N1ghtM0nkey

I had the exact opposite experience. I checked two Autozone stores in Nashville for a master cylinder for my CRX (how hard can that be? come on) and I needed it replaced like that day. Neither one of the Autozone stores had what I needed and they wanted me to go to their hub and get it from there. Instead we went down the street to Advance Auto and they had like 10 different master cylinders in stock, new, remanufactured, etc.

The local autozone here isn't too bad with having parts in stock and knowing their stuff though. I know the employees pretty good and one of them teaches the automechanics and autobody classes at the highschool.

spongerlbc

And when you walk in there they treat you like ---- because you look young... even when you know exactly what you want and its them being the dumbasses....

hotrex

its a known fact that i pull some descent -----

juli0_bustamante

i know this one mexican dude that works at VATOZONE that drives a Turbo Flat black 4 door..oh wait thats me.

The other 2 guys that work there are pretty young and naive. One drives an IS300 and can barely make the payments let alone fill it up with gas. The other swears up and down that Nissan is the ----. Oh and the one with a 2nd gen GSX thinks his stock car is the fastest thing on earth. God i work with morons. There is however Andrew, hes pretty mellow and knows his stuff. I think he and i are the only ones who actually know our ---- and do our own wrenching. The store manager has no clue as to how the charging system works. its great.

oh and they already askemd me to be a PSM. im like oh no...whats the payrate for that? Store manager says ..its dependant on a percentage. Im like WTFwhat the hell does that mea?

To tell you the truth though, i really enjoy working there. I learn something new everyday

Racintweek

it means commision, and its the way to go. the more parts get sold the more $$$ you make.
i get paid salary and comm, its the only way to go. i get two decent checks a month for salary and a one fatty check on the 10th every month for my comm. my commision check pretty much covers all my monthly bills so the bi-weekly ones are for ------- off

kain

i love simple green. works great for me.

spongerlbc

Unless your store employees have IQ's totalling less than 100.

Off topic but anyone looking for a good Christmas seasonal job (that pays based on commission) should check out Radioshack. Yea you have to wear a tie and put up with alot of corporate bullshit but in November and December I was pulling in ~$18 an hour on commission and I wasnt even trying... I hated pestering people like the company wants you to... and theres something entertaining about selling suckers gold plated wiring and any product from Verizon...

Racintweek

2 of the guys i work with each have 15+years exp w/ VW and the other guys are pretty knowledgable about cars in general

crxrocks

No surprise. What do you expect when they pay $4 an hour? It is like hardware stores. If I know what I need and want it cheap, I will just go to home depot and grab it. If I need help with something and need to ask for advice I find the local ACE where the guys actually know what they are talking about.

Chris

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although i loved simple green in the past, i have a new love called castrol super cleaner. It's purple and will eat oil right off any floor and have black driveways bleached white if you let it sit overnight (have to clean after old jackasses who dont know what a oil catch is :x).