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1. [Fot] Sadly a Sign of the times- (score: 1): Author: gasket.works@gte.net; Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 03:02:36 +0000; I went to my local auto zone today. Behind the counter a clerk perhaps 28y/o asked me what he could get for me. I asked "Where do you have your timing lights?". He looked at me then calmly went to th; /html/fot/2013-03/msg00210.html (9,763 bytes)
2. Re: [Fot] Sadly a Sign of the times- (score: 1): Author: Vince G <vangoughv@hotmail.com>; Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:25:21 -0400; OMG Sent from my iPhone 28y/o asked me what he could get for me. I asked "Where do you have your timing lights?". He looked at me then calmly went to the computer and asked "What year and model?". ti; /html/fot/2013-03/msg00211.html (11,333 bytes)
3. Re: [Fot] Sadly a Sign of the times- (score: 1): Author: "Spitfire Racing" <spitfire_racing@twcny.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:35:39 -0400; I can remember when there were some 9 auto parts stores in this area and everyone of them had people that knew their stuff and many were motorheads who contributed expertise and experiences over the; /html/fot/2013-03/msg00212.html (12,039 bytes)
4. Re: [Fot] Sadly a Sign of the times- (score: 1): Author: marty sukey <trmarty@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:23:14 -0400; I would venture to guess that corporate wouldn't know a main bearing from a babushka either. My local NAPA appears to be the only ones left that speak the language. Marty ____________________________; /html/fot/2013-03/msg00213.html (9,584 bytes)
5. Re: [Fot] Sadly a Sign of the times- (score: 1): Author: Duncan Charlton <duncan.charlton54@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:01:28 -0500; Napas in our area have disappeared. The last independent auto parts store in Austin sold out about 15 years ago. Curiously, the best service I've had in recent years is from a 20-something young lady; /html/fot/2013-03/msg00214.html (11,143 bytes)
6. Re: [Fot] Sadly a Sign of the times- (score: 1): Author: "Robert MacKenzie" <list@mackenzie.aero>; Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:04:11 -0500; My recent AutoZone experience: @ parts counter Me: Do you have Champion RN9YC spark plugs in stock? AutoZone Guy: How many do you need? Me: I need four but I'll buy eight if you have them. AZG: What; /html/fot/2013-03/msg00215.html (12,538 bytes)
7. Re: [Fot] Sadly a Sign of the times- (score: 1): Author: davehogye <dlhogye@comcast.net>; Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:59:47 +0000 (UTC); I recently went into an AutoZone to grab a couple head lights for my TR3 and the fellow asked to look up the car. When he looked it up he said they didn't have them in stock. I said, dude just point; /html/fot/2013-03/msg00217.html (11,839 bytes)
8. Re: [Fot] Sadly a Sign of the times- (score: 1): Author: Greg Petrolati <greenman62@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:23:43 +0000; This is nothing new for AutoZone... I ran into the same problem back in the early "oughts" with my TR4. I wanted Bosch platinum spark plugs for the Greenman. I had crossed referenced them previously; /html/fot/2013-03/msg00218.html (15,590 bytes)
9. Re: [Fot] Sadly a Sign of the times- (score: 1): Author: Tony Drews <tony@tonydrews.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:44:20 -0500; I was in my local O'Reilly's and had just the opposite experience. Set an alternator on the counter and the dude says - Oh, I see you've converted it to one-wire. Would you like a one-wire version? D; /html/fot/2013-03/msg00221.html (11,654 bytes)
10. Re: [Fot] Sadly a Sign of the times- (score: 1): Author: N197TR4@cs.com; Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:59:27 -0400 (EDT); Our favorite NGKBP7HS spark plug is commonly used in GOLF CARS, so they are readily available at most parts stores! </HTML> _______________________________________________ fot@autox.team.net http://w; /html/fot/2013-03/msg00222.html (10,350 bytes)
11. Re: [Fot] Sadly a Sign of the times- (score: 1): Author: Russell Westfall <rwestfall@ymail.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:11:59 -0700 (PDT); I can assure you, corporate upper management people at the automotive chains are concerned with one thing, corporate profit. That's as it should be, it is after all a business, however, these bu; /html/fot/2013-03/msg00225.html (10,444 bytes)
12. Re: [Fot] Sadly a Sign of the times- (score: 1): Author: Robert Deanes <rfdeanes@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:42:29 -0400; I fill the same way I guess guys..when I stop at my local store now they quit asking me what the part is for or drive......now they ask what the part is suppose to go on....and they are still puzzled; /html/fot/2013-03/msg00226.html (11,943 bytes)
13. Re: [Fot] Sadly a Sign of the times- (score: 1): Author: "john hasty" <jhhasty@gdhs.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:42:23 -0400; The thing I most long for most 40 or 50 years ago is to be 37 again! John H. Hasty Attorney At Law Guthrie, Davis, Henderson & Staton, P.L.L.C. 719 East Boulevard Charlotte, North Carolina 28203-5113; /html/fot/2013-03/msg00227.html (15,679 bytes)
14. Re: [Fot] Sadly a Sign of the times- (score: 1): Author: James Gray <toodamnfunky@comcast.net>; Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:07:00 -0600; I agree, NAPA are the only real parts stores left. I went to an auto zone and asked for a set of plugs by name & type. The person at the counter needed the make & model of the car. I told him it was; /html/fot/2013-03/msg00228.html (12,480 bytes)
15. Re: [Fot] Sadly a Sign of the times- (score: 1): Author: BillDentin@aol.com; Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:17:07 -0400 (EDT); I know babushkas, the ladies wear them on the South side of Milwaukee, in the winter...with their galoshes. We've still got two great NAPA stores nearby. Both know what they're doing. Bill Dentinger; /html/fot/2013-03/msg00229.html (10,532 bytes)
16. Re: [Fot] Sadly a Sign of the times- (score: 1): Author: Craig Leinicke <craigl@leinickegroup.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:59:03 -0500; To add to this thread, a couple of years ago I asked the same 20+ year old counter clerk at a local auto parts store about rear shock absorbers for a Triumph TR7... He looked me square in the eye and; /html/fot/2013-03/msg00230.html (15,587 bytes)
17. Re: [Fot] Sadly a Sign of the times- (score: 1): Author: "Craig Wensley" <wensley_tr@comcast.net>; Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:31:34 -0400; Damm...What do you guys want they only make 18.00 an hour and not allowed to over 35 hours a week. I would venture to guess that corporate wouldn't know a main bearing from a babushka either. My loca; /html/fot/2013-03/msg00231.html (11,661 bytes)
18. Re: [Fot] Sadly a Sign of the times- (score: 1): Author: robertten1@aol.com; Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:58:24 -0400 (EDT); Sadly its not about servicing, supplying and knowledge sharing from the current crop of " Auto Parts Stores ". It's about the most PROFIT one can gain from the product on the shelf (?). Parts made in; /html/fot/2013-03/msg00232.html (16,377 bytes)
19. Re: [Fot] Sadly a Sign of the times- (score: 1): Author: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:20:20 -0600; My favorite story along these lines was when I lived in MI in the `70s. There was an old, old auto parts store downtown that had been around since the days when the Model T was new. A guy I knew did; /html/fot/2013-03/msg00241.html (11,908 bytes)
20. Re: [Fot] Sadly a Sign of the times- (score: 1): Author: Larry Young <cartravel@pobox.com>; Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:39:51 -0500; Not even Napa. I went in and asked for an generic exhaust hanger. After asking the make, model and year it was for, she said I don't think we carry those. There are other Napa stores in the area that; /html/fot/2013-03/msg00242.html (11,388 bytes)

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