Opinions on auto part stores.

[DeanMoriarty]

Ah yeah, you're right. Mine was a rebadged Daytona / Turismo I believe. I forgot they had the later model Eclipse / Talon one.

 

[High Desert Ranger]

Not all auto parts stores have idiots behind the counter. And I insist on buying parts from guys who have a clue.

I haven't had much trouble finding such stores. Though I won't go to the local NAPA because of excessive part failures (their staff is AMAZING, but I can't tolerate the short part lifetimes).

A parts store that has an attached garage can be helpful for technical questions. These aren't all that common anymore, but they aren't completely gone.

Which parts have you had failures on? I'm an Assistant Store Manager for a NAPA and always like to keep my ear to the ground if there is problematic parts out there.

As to the subject at hand, i think a lot of the issues with personel have to do with the store owners.

As for quality in parts I know personally before I started working for Napa that I wouldn't use AutoZone parts unless I needed to.