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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / July 2006FLAPS Online Ordering
Been trying out a fairly new feature for the local flaps chain here in Florida... Discount Auto Parts (owned by Advance Auto Parts) now has online ordering. http://www.advanceautoparts.com/ http://www.partsamerica.com/ You register and it remembers who you are (and what car/truck you are working on)... You put in the car/truck you are working on and you can look up your own parts. You select the part and the quantity and do the shopping basket routine. Then you check out in the normal method. I did four different orders in the last three days for side jobs and stuff I needed. Neat thing was you can choose the store you want to pick it up at. Parts will be ready in an hour. Sure was nice picking up a complete Tahoe brake job without doing the countermonkey dance. They were so new to it that they had to learn about it too.. But they liked it so much they even loaded the stuff in my trunk. Jeff (I liked everything about it except for the paying part <lol>) Rice  SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com Yeah it's nice I have been doing that for years - Autozone has it too. I have been using Autozone for a preferred vendor for brand X based on price and their free tool loan program. Too bad the closest one is 30 miles away....... That just makes free shipping on orders over $50 even more attractive. Mark (out in the woods) Dunning It kinda stinks though that 1951 Studebaker isn't an option when choosing "My Vehicle" online. And unfortunately, when I go into the Advance Auto near my house, the first thing they ask is "Now who made Studebaker?" =) On 7/26/06 4:48 PM, in article 44c7d5d6$0$12727$88260bb3@free.teranews.com, > Been trying out a fairly new feature for the local flaps chain here in > Florida... [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > But they liked it so much they even loaded the stuff in my trunk. > Jeff (I liked everything about it except for the paying part <lol>) Rice Interesting addendum to this... Carrie and I drove up to Pat Skelly's yesterday to do a little shopping. On the way up the LeBaron overheated (which is wierd because that was something that I had just 'serviced'.. (Reminds me of that flow chart.... I went right to "A": Did you f#*k with it? <lol>) Anyways... We got back to his house late after shopping and I went online and looked up and ordered the parts for the LeBaron off of Pat's 'puter. They had ALL the items in stock at a store 3 miles from Pat's, and we are picking them up this morning so we can install the parts tonight. In stock.....a radiator, water pump, and thermostat...for a 15 year old car... Amazing in a way.. Jeff (not complaining, except for the paying part) Rice When I had an overheating problem in my '92 Lebaron, it turned out to be the radiator fan motor. It was turning, but not fast enough. Chrysler used two different styles of radiator fans in the Lebaron that year... one with independant parts (shroud, fan motor, fan, etc.) and one as a complete unit. Guess which one mine had... the part was $400. Mine would only overheat if the outside temperature was over 80 degrees and when I was stopped. Lee > Interesting addendum to this... > Carrie and I drove up to Pat Skelly's yesterday to do a little [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Amazing in a way.. > Jeff (not complaining, except for the paying part) Rice > Interesting addendum to this... > Carrie and I drove up to Pat Skelly's yesterday to do a little [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Amazing in a way.. > Jeff (not complaining, except for the paying part) Rice I use Advance's website for parts research/ interchange, etc. Pat's is a good place to seek refuge, Jerry F. and I milked a clutch fan less suburban from Reedsville to Savannah a few years ago and Pat was kind enough to haul me around for parts. Pat & Emily real good people. BTW Jeff, Emily responds well to Martin's potato chips for payback, Pat's usually just happy to have her happy. <grin> give me a call. Way more than a refuge. I really can't say enough about the Skelly's (Pat, Emily, and their son Lee.. My weekend up there was supposed to be an upbeat exciting adventure for Carrie and me. It turned out to be a tortuous affair saved only by the Skelly's hospitality, professionalism, and pity. (I used the flowchart all weekend and always chose 'A: Did you %$#@ with it?'... What a dufus <lol>..) They made this weekend special, and our friendship is locked up for the long run. There's more to this story that will come out later, but I want to extend my thanks to Emily and Pat. (Oh, it sure was a pleasure swapping radiators at midnight in an air conditioned supershop during a southern Georgia thunderstorm!) Jeff (Put in a recliner chair and I could live out there!) Rice "oldcarfart" wrote... > I use Advance's website for parts research/ interchange, etc. Pat's > is a good place to seek refuge, Jerry F. and I milked a clutch fan less > suburban from Reedsville to Savannah a few years ago and Pat was kind > enough to haul me around for parts. Pat & Emily real good people. > BTW Jeff, Emily responds well to Martin's potato chips for payback, > Pat's usually just happy to have her happy. <grin> give me a call. >> Interesting addendum to this... >> Carrie and I drove up to Pat Skelly's yesterday to do a little [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> Amazing in a way.. >> Jeff (not complaining, except for the paying part) Rice SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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