Short Rant about Autozone

[broncoman6524]

or the whole code k or g? for the motor parts lol

 

[Metrodps]

The part that sucks is that don't sell any internal axel parts, like the cross shaft bolt... ****ers!!!

Also they suck looking up parts in general. I wanted intake manifold gaskets, I tell them its for a small block Chevy, they go 2 or 4 barrel?

Thats the dumbing of America for you. People who can't think for themselves and have to follow what the computer ask. I had a 1980 Ford LTD CV with a 351 Modified (old cop car) That the water pump craped on I go in and try to get one there like they are the same as a regular one. I am Like NO the one I need has extra bolt holes for alternator.

The dickweed argued I didn't know what I was talking about. I had the old one with me and said go find one like it and I would kiss his grass! He looked at everyone they had and then called some one who said yea they were the same. I said f it and went to FORD. $120.00 for the dam thing and that was with out the $80.00 core for old.

 

[Randy92782]

that's hilarious. lmao ...love the screenname btw

 

[dick_landy]

what do tie rods and a/c have in common? apparently something because they always ask " does it have air?"

 

[Jason4x4]

Best one I ever had, I called them to see if they had the front axle shaft seal for an 85 toy 4 runner, the guy told me they didn't, and that I should try a junk yard!

 

[Craig Artzner]

Do your reasearch before you go in there, give the part numbers so they don't have to look anything up...

Ditto. If I ever need to buy something from them that I can't get at Summit I always do the research online before going into the store. They have a wide selection of instock parts but most of the guys working there seem so clueless it's ridiculous. I feel like an ASE Master Technician every time I go in there

 

[Metrodps]

Here is one to try Call and ask if they have a muffler bearing for a 1979 AMC Pacer with Air and a straight six.

I wonder what the heck they would tell ya?

 

[PDXCHVY]

The one by me is some what good, the manager knows what he's talking about so I just go to him.

I was in there once and needed plugs for a 427. He asked what it was in. I told him a 78 3/4 ton chevy he proceeded to tell me i had a 454 because they didn't make a truck with a 427. That's when I grab his key board and started looking it up my self and got kicked out of the store. I ran in to the manager a couple days later and the guy no longer works there. I guess he likes me because he offered me a job the other day.

 

[chevy wrangler]

well the one right up the street is cool, one of the general managers is my neighbor

heres his blazer next to my truck



and the main manager know about gm trucks because he use to wheel them, they all know me and i get to look up my own parts and such when there is no customers
so i guess my experience with them is pretty good

 

[ZooMad75]

I've seen more bad than good at any of the big box chain stores. Auto zone, checker, advanced, you name it. They all hire idiots who wouldn't know a parts manual from a phone book. You want to get the blank stare from them ask them about something you swapped in that's not stock. I needed front drum brake shoes for my 69 nova while on a cross country trek. looked it up on my laptop from the hotel and auto zone in des moines showed they had them. Mind you this is for drum brakes right? I go into the store and the kid goes into the maze behind the counter and drops this small box in front of me. I didn't even have to open the box it was too small to hold drum shoes. I tell him he got the wrong stuff and he argues with me. I SAID DRUMS!! He checks again and apologizes saying oh we don't have those, but we can have them here tomorrow. Ya still want them? I say do you want to pay my hotel bill if I have to wait for them? I walked out and drove around to find an O'Rilleys. They didn't even have to look it up. He went into the back and handed me the correct shoes. I was floored.

I dealt with murrays when I lived in metro detroit. Yeah being able to get parts mid way through a night time thrash is great, but if the Dee behind the counter can't find you the right part in the computer whats the point? One busy saturday at the murrays in royal oak I watched a young counter guy try to sell the wrong spark plug to a customer with a mid 60's vette. The customer kept saying that plug looked too small compared to what he pulled out. I chimed in and asked if his old plugs had gaskets on them or were they tapered seat plugs. He said they were the big gasket type. The kid behind the counter was convinced he needed tapered seat plugs. He got snippy when I proved him wrong.

 

[mostwanted]

Around here we have Oreilly's, Advanced, NAPA, Carquest, and Auto Zone. I go to each one for different things as one may have better quality on some parts as another. I prefer auto zone as they are closest to my house, friendly, and have a cool rewards program. I also like their website.

Maybe if yahoos like me wouldn't go in asking for a distributer cap and rotor for a 97 Dodge 3500 with the 5.9L Inline, they would be nicer . I normally try to have done my research before I go so there is no confusion when I get there.

 

[GREENPANE]

I got one from the zone! I had to get u-joints for two separate vehicles. He gives me a weird look so I said I have a chevy trans in a Datsun. He looks even more confused and asks why? I tell him well, I have a small block chevy in an old datsun Z. He says "That sucks" and I swear I almost b!tch slapped him! I ask him why does that suck and he says "well did they tell you that when you bought it?". I was so heated, I don't even remember what I said next.

 

[Metrodps]

I've seen more bad than good at any of the big box chain stores. Auto zone, checker, advanced, you name it. They all hire idiots who wouldn't know a parts manual from a phone book.

I thought they sold hamburgers!

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[pauly383]

Its all the government we let grow too big damn fault .

If business was profitable without jumping through hoops , paying someone who knows what they are doing , what they are worth , would be a non issue . Autozone hires idiots , or those who were destined to work forever , at lower wages to turn a profit . .Which is why a business exists in the first place , to make a profit .

Make it easier for businesses to turn a profit , and wages could increase , which increases productivity , and creates even more profit .

 

[CDA 455]

Exactly, I worked at one a few years ago for a while. One day a guy came in and came up to the counter and asked my female coworker if we had any wheel chocks. I knew it would be good so I just stood back and watched. So she went over to the computer...... After she asked what year vehicle, I had to finally step in.

 

[cabledawg]

I cant complain. The Autozone I go to has a good crew. Most of them drive bowties, so cross referencing parts is easy to do. One guy has actually saved me money and time by crossing the numbers before I walk out the door. Another guy never asks anymore what vehicle I need parts for, just whether its mine or my wife's. I guess I'm just one of the lucky ones.

 

[mr.smartass]

I worked for an O'Reilly's for 2 years... I've found service varies from store to store, we had girls and young guys who didn't know much but we had some older guys that had done it their entire lives. They basically don't pay enough to keep many qualified workers around. But O'reilly's does keep paper catalogs on hand which I love. I always skipped the computer and went straight to the catalogs, much more useful information in there. The computer is what makes alot of these guys look like morons, it asks unrelated questions, and in turn they ask you, if they would learn to skip those questions it wouldn't be so bad...

P.S. We used to pass the time by calling the AZ down the street and asking for a thermostat for an early model VW.

 

[oneofthefewbmx]

both of my friends that help me work on my rig (dan and rob) work at o'reilly auto parts, so i am in there allll the time. literally 2 stores down is an autozone or "vato-zone" as reffered to by us texans...anyway when we get bored at o'reilly's we call vato-zone and mess with them because it is soo hilarious....its even funnier when you talk like kermet the frog haha!! it wiss confuse the **** out of them when you ask for a water pump for a VW beetle?...or air for your '94 hovercraft, umm the compressed kind?....how about a control link bushing rebiuld kit for an '84 z-71, what is a control link u ask?? it connects the subframe to the bottom of the axle to control lateral movement and sway, but not like a swaybar....the best one is probably the flux capacitor for my '88 dalorian, in red if you have it....haha its awsome, yall try it sometime

 

[barneybasher1010]

I asked for ball joints for a 1982 chevy suburban 4x4 and he asked if it was a 2 ton truck??? What a dumb ass

 

[goldwing2000]

....its even funnier when you talk like kermet the frog haha!!

That's frickin' hilarious!