O'Rielly's auto parts moron

[racer313g]

Originally Posted by SnakePlissken

I wasn't pissed off. I was amazed. A collector gasket is a very basic thing. It's not like I asked for a distributor pack for a 1999 Saab or some obscure shit.

That would tecnically be a direct ignition cassette, and I would need to know if you needed the red one or black one. Very common for those to fail on a saab.

[SnikPlosskin]

Originally Posted by racer313g

That would tecnically be a direct ignition cassette, and I would need to know if you needed the red one or black one. Very common for those to fail on a saab.

Ha! I know that all too well. Had a 99 Saab 95 turbo and put 125k miles on it. Those damn DICs are expensive. Fast car. Lots of issues.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by ConstantChange

I get it's fun to bitch about the idiot at the auto parts store, but if a person knew all this information about all the different cars on the road, do you think they would be working at a parts store?

The majority of the time I research the part online using the AutoZone or O'Reilly website and come in with the part number I need.

You trust their websites? That's scary, too. A search for a tensioner and an idler pulley for the C5 both come back with the same part. Not quite.

I look up the gm part number, or ac delco number and use that as a search tool. Go to Amazon, order the parts I need, save the trip to the store, AND end up with higher quality parts than the cheap crap they stock at any of the part stores. "lifetime warranty semi metallic brake pads for only $22? No thanks, how bout I just buy the good Raybestos or Akebono ones online for less than you get for them, and just as fast"

[SteelCityBlue]

Originally Posted by SnakePlissken

Ha! I know that all too well. Had a 99 Saab 95 turbo and put 125k miles on it. Those damn DICs are expensive. Fast car. Lots of issues.

How many miles on the Saab total? And what color
Is the vette?

[SnikPlosskin]

Originally Posted by SteelCityBlue

How many miles on the Saab total? And what color
Is the vette?

I think about 130k total. It was in such bad shape we donated it to charity. I couldn't imagine anyone buying it. It was having electrical failures, oil leaks, coolant leaks, total nightmare.

Vette is silver with black interior. I will post up pics shortly.

[RedLS1GTO]

Originally Posted by racer313g

That would tecnically be a direct ignition cassette, and I would need to know if you needed the red one or black one. Very common for those to fail on a saab.

Of course you would manage to find the 1 Skizaab reference in the history of this forum.

[wicked_c6]

Funny...I read this the other day and thought, "wow my local store is pretty decent". Then went to get a replacement battery at Oreilly's for my wifes 2011 mazda 6. Tell the guy 3 times as he's looking in the computer that its a 6 cyl...he says, "thats the 4 cyl right...thats all I show". Flip the screen around - no its the 6cyl...the one in the drop down right here that has a 6 followed by C Y and L.

Get the battery home... Not the right size - its 2" too big to fit. Took it back and went to a local parts store.

wife:




Mazda 6



Parts counter guy:

[kylebuck]

This thread just gave me a headache.

[SQUIRMIN VERMIN 84]

Originally Posted by SnakePlissken

I wasn't pissed off. I was amazed. A collector gasket is a very basic thing. It's not like I asked for a distributor pack for a 1999 Saab or some obscure shit.

That was your problem....he thought you wanted a "collector" gasket, as in gasket collections that gasket collectors collect! Try for a designer gasket next time..

[Mike Mercury]

Originally Posted by wicked_c6

wife:




Mazda 6



Parts counter guy:

an "A" for effort... but





that's not your wife.