This is BIG NAPA done with Waltrip

[Nerd-Vol]

Nothing against NAPA, as there is one pretty close to me, i have just always gone to Advance Auto. NAPA's website is not very good, in my opinion. The big NAPA store on Middlebrook normally has all the odd ball stuff that i can not get at Advance, but their showroom sucks as does their customer service. The Farragut store has a much better showroom, but they normally send me to Middlebrook to pickup parts.

For what it is worth, I have really started ordering all my non-time sensitive parts from RockAuto. They are about 40% cheaper on most parts across the board. For example: I replaced my entire A/C system in my Durango this summer (compressor, condenser, expansion valve, accumulator, and pressure switches) for 300$. Just the compressor locally was 230$ for the same exact compressor.

I like rock auto. I was able to save a nice bit of money on my brake job with parts from them.

 

[chvy1986]

Nothing against NAPA, as there is one pretty close to me, i have just always gone to Advance Auto. NAPA's website is not very good, in my opinion. The big NAPA store on Middlebrook normally has all the odd ball stuff that i can not get at Advance, but their showroom sucks as does their customer service. The Farragut store has a much better showroom, but they normally send me to Middlebrook to pickup parts.

For what it is worth, I have really started ordering all my non-time sensitive parts from RockAuto. They are about 40% cheaper on most parts across the board. For example: I replaced my entire A/C system in my Durango this summer (compressor, condenser, expansion valve, accumulator, and pressure switches) for 300$. Just the compressor locally was 230$ for the same exact compressor.

Yea the Middlebrook store is the main distribution center for the area. That Farragut store is new isn't it? What year is your Durango?

 

[coors40light]

Yea the Middlebrook store is the main distribution center for the area. That Farragut store is new isn't it? What year is your Durango?

The Farragut store is a couple of years old now, probably 4 or so. My Durango is a 1999.

 

[MyBloodRunnethOrange]

anybody old enough to remember the old Western Auto's? You could get anything from a set of brake pads to a Red Ryder BB gun, to a bicycle. Those were the stuff.

Yep. I also remember when Auto Zone used to be called Auto Shack.
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[orangesox]

Yep. I also remember when Auto Zone used to be called Auto Shack.
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Damn, I had forgotten about that, LOL. I'm getting old. As for the OP in this thread, I feel like there's more to this story than we'll probably ever know. This kind of crap has been going on in Nascar forever, and all of a sudden NAPA just can't be part of it? Really? What about a few years back when Waltrip got busted for cheating at Daytona? That was ok, but this is just over the line? Doesn't add up to me.

 

[Mountain Man]

I've been a NASCAR fan since I was a kid in the 70s. I went to all 3 races at Bristol in August and there was plenty of empty seats at the cup race. NASCAR picks and chooses where to take action the same as it always has. I wonder if they would have had the same reaction if had been the 88 and 48 involved?

I don't like Waltrip but respect NAPA parts and have always used them (IMO they have the best parts). It's nice to see a big time sponsor where the advertising benefits locally owned mom and pop businesses. I hope to still see a NAPA car on the track in 14.