# Parts **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [March 13, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/parts/62582 "2011-03-13T23:54:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ccoleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed8c4c/32.png) [@ccoleman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ccoleman)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/parts/62582/1 "2011-03-13T23:54:13Z")
I’m in the midst of writing a manuscript and am coming up short with the relevant linkages between “spare parts” and human genetic engineering. That is, discourse associates current “designer babies” with the search for “spare parts.” So here is my question: supplying human parts (e.g., kidney, liver) is like…locating what types of auto spare parts? Since I’m not an auto-afficianado, I depend on your kindness to direct me to relevant auto-part to make this metaphorical linkage. ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/parts/62582/2 "2011-03-14T00:00:08Z")
Get a job… ---
**Author:** ![jayhawkroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jayhawkroy/32/33_2.png) [@jayhawkroy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jayhawkroy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/parts/62582/3 "2011-03-14T00:01:37Z")
Recycling yards. Used parts come in a variety of conditions. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/parts/62582/4 "2011-03-14T00:03:23Z")
🙂