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advanced auto
43
34.40%
napa
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22.40%
o reilly
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13.60%
auto zone
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Old 08-06-2006 | 11:38 AM
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None to the dealer we go.........
Old 08-06-2006 | 11:40 AM
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Advance, I work at one part-time. Gotta love the 20% off!
Old 08-06-2006 | 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by ChocoTaco369
i voted for autozone simply because that's where i can get german castrol 0W-30.

Good point Autozone is my least favorite of them all; the RED zone just hurts my eyes. However, the gc 0w30 is there, so I go there only for that oil. Mostly I go to Advance for cleaning products but will go to Napa for some things for my civic and the Wix filters for both my cars.

All around, I gotta say Napa for parts, Advance for cleaning products, Autozone for gc 0w30.. lol.
Old 08-06-2006 | 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Rescue Ranger
All around, I gotta say Napa for parts, Advance for cleaning products, Autozone for gc 0w30.. lol.
that about sums it up. advance is significantly cheaper than napa. i go autozone for GC 0W-30, napa for filters and advance for everything else i cound need for a car.
Old 08-06-2006 | 12:20 PM
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napa cause i have a friend that works there that hooks me up with discounts
Old 08-07-2006 | 08:15 AM
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pepboys around here = RICE, and i chose autozone due to the fact that advanced auto doesnt carry mobile 1 for some odd reason
Old 08-08-2006 | 02:25 PM
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VATO ZONE!!!

I think they all suck.
Old 08-08-2006 | 04:20 PM
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haha..vato zone..thats a good one!!
Old 08-09-2006 | 01:22 AM
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Ive blacklisted my local pep boys. I primarily use Kragen out here in california but do find myself at autozone from time to time.
Old 08-09-2006 | 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by TXZ28LS1
haha..vato zone..thats a good one!!

Old 08-09-2006 | 06:37 AM
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advanced, just because I can through a stone and hit the store from my house
Old 08-11-2006 | 10:18 AM
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I'll go to Advance, Autozone, and Pep Boys and honestly there's little difference between them.........I use to work at autozone when I was in college so I'll usually try them first and if they don't have what I need I'll move on to the next closest. In my opinion it seems like whichever one I go in the guy behind the counter doesn't really know what he's talking about......that's another reason I go to autozone, so I look up my parts on the store computer myself.

But all the major auto parts chains seem to have around the same prices on parts, give or take a few bucks here or there. As for service........ah, nothing special.
Old 08-11-2006 | 10:32 AM
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Motor parts central/northern auto parts 2 names but the same place. Always have what I need and the people there are intelligent.
Old 08-14-2006 | 10:27 AM
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I have to say auto zone just for the fact that I can rent tools there. But overall I dont like any of them. They hire people that know zippo about cars so anytime I have a question I get 10 opinions and 0 facts... unless I want a set of APC neons and then you see the gerbils really start spinning in their heads and they are f'n experts.
Old 08-14-2006 | 10:30 PM
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auto zone seems to be "ghetto" to me. all of the auto zones i've been to, their store is about 10xS more disqusting than any other part store i've been in. plus, they don't give military discounts. but they like to sport a huge banner that says "WE SUPPORT OUR TROOPS" HAHAHAHA..
Old 08-15-2006 | 12:08 AM
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Get in the zone....... AUTO ZONE!!
Old 05-24-2007 | 09:12 PM
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Carquest or Napa.
Old 05-24-2007 | 09:13 PM
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I choice Napa because they seem to have the best "hard parts".

I generally go to Autozone for the basic needs. But when it comes mechanical parts - I choose Napa.
Old 05-24-2007 | 10:18 PM
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Man, I cant believe O'reilly's is last, they have always come through for me, more often than not they will have the parts in stock that autozone or advance does not(at least in my experience.....)
Old 05-24-2007 | 10:30 PM
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they just opened a new advanced auto about 3 minutes from my house. so i go there. nothing special, im just lazy.



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