[Fot] Sadly a Sign of the times-

[Tony Drews]

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?  Didn't have to jump through the "what car did it come from" 
dance at all.  And, I ordered the spark plugs by number (NGK 
BP7HS).  So not EVERYONE has lost the ability to properly service us.

Tony

At 10:23 AM 3/28/2013, Greg Petrolati wrote:
>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 with a Saab plug, which I
>previously happened across by accident in the auto department of Walmart. The
>kid at the
>  computer told me "there was no such spark plug as there wasn't
>anything
>  like a 1962 Triumph TR4 in his computer"... so it didn't exist... I
>asked to see his manager then took the both of them out to the parking
>lot to
>show them the "nonexistent" car. When the manager started getting
>pissy I
>walked away. I went to NAPA where there were car guys and not shoe salesmen on
>staff.
>
>Greg Petrolati   Lafayette, Oregon
>
>That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory...