buy auto parts online?

I need a distributor for a 1999 accord V6.

Any reliable online sites? Local places are looking to get $500 for
the part.

I found a couple but of site but even though I picked the car and 3.0
engine the results kept coming up with a 2.3 distributor.

Try Rockauto.com. I've bought from them several times. Great prices & super
fast shipping. Excellent return policy. Checked your part. Goes for $230
plus a $75 core charge. Their shipping is reasonable as well.
Mike

MCL > wrote in article
>...
> Try Rockauto.com. I've bought from them several times. Great prices &
super
> fast shipping. Excellent return policy. Checked your part. Goes for $230
> plus a $75 core charge. Their shipping is reasonable as well.
> Mike
>
>


Every time you get on here and hype RockAuto, I get on other sites and do a
little comparison shopping.

I've NEVER seen a better price on Rockauto than I can get
locally.....NEVER!

The Rockauto website actually gives you a final price of $302......with the
core - and there is NO MENTION of how you get your core charges back!

By the time you pay shipping TO you, then wait for it to show up, then pay
shipping to return the core.....etc., etc. you've spent MUCH more than you
would buying it from your FLAPS (Friendly Local Auto Parts Store)

A lot of the retail auto parts stores that cater to DIY, offer even cheaper
stuff - including the very same Cardone product that Rockauto offers at
MUCH better pricing.

Check with some of the "cheapo" parts stores such as Pep Boys, Auto Zone,
etc.

I could never understand why somebody would want to buy auto parts online
and have to WAIT for them to show up along with paying shipping charges
that makes the part almost as expensive as the one you can go down and pick
up NOW - or have overnight from the warehouse with NO SHIPPING CHARGES - at
your FLAPS!

"RayV" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>I need a distributor for a 1999 accord V6.
>
> Any reliable online sites? Local places are looking to get $500 for
> the part.
>
> I found a couple but of site but even though I picked the car and 3.0
> engine the results kept coming up with a 2.3 distributor.
>

Hey, Ray, I've had GREAT success buying from Ebay. Just looked at a
dist(link below) that should fit, shipping is about $11.50, starting price
is at $10 with 1day left, and NO BIDS as yet. I'd email seller for part
#--seems like you can often find out a bit about seller by how he answers
your questions. Seller has only 7 feedbacks, but ALL positive, giving him
100% rating. HTH, s
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HONDA...QQcmdZViewItem <

RayV wrote:
>
> I need a distributor for a 1999 accord V6.
>
> Any reliable online sites? Local places are looking to get $500 for
> the part.
>
> I found a couple but of site but even though I picked the car and 3.0
> engine the results kept coming up with a 2.3 distributor.

http://www.slhondaparts.com/
http://www.slhondaparts.com/browse.a...HI%29+%28V6%29

RayV wrote:

> I need a distributor for a 1999 accord V6.
>
> Any reliable online sites? Local places are looking to get $500 for
> the part.
>
> I found a couple but of site but even though I picked the car and 3.0
> engine the results kept coming up with a 2.3 distributor.
>

napaonline.com
rockauto.com

i bought stuff from www.carparts.com


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> The Rockauto website actually gives you a final price of $302......with the
> core - and there is NO MENTION of how you get your core charges back!

General info on returning cores is found under the "Returns" link on
the RockAuto.com home page (http://www.rockauto.com). Here is a direct
link to the cores info: http://www.rockauto.com/policy.html#Cores

RockAuto customers return cores every day by clicking on the "Order
Status" link on the RockAuto home page and entering their order number
to get core return instructions for their specific part(s). It is true
that some cores are valuable and worth returning and some cores are not
worth the shipping cost.

> A lot of the retail auto parts stores that cater to DIY, offer even cheaper
> stuff - including the very same Cardone product that Rockauto offers at
> MUCH better pricing.
>
> Check with some of the "cheapo" parts stores such as Pep Boys, Auto Zone,
> etc.
>
Maybe you were looking at prices on a chain store web site rather than
RockAuto.com. A site like Autozone.com will usually not have prices
lower than the prices available at their local store fronts.

For many parts RockAuto's prices aren't slightly lower but $20 or $100
lower! RockAuto prices are especially competitive on products by A1
Cardone.

The RockAuto.com home page includes a price comparison demonstrating
RockAuto's lower prices. RockAuto's price for a part is compared to
prices at JCWhitney (aka carparts.com), Autozone, NAPA, CSK brand
franchises, etc. The RockAuto price is the regular price, not a
special sale price created for this comparison.
>
> I could never understand why somebody would want to buy auto parts online
> and have to WAIT for them to show up along with paying shipping charges
> that makes the part almost as expensive as the one you can go down and pick
> up NOW - or have overnight from the warehouse with NO SHIPPING CHARGES - at
> your FLAPS!
>
I am certainly biased because RockAuto.com supports my family, but I
truly enjoy shopping for auto parts and many other products online.
RockAuto's catalog lets people jump behind the auto parts store counter
and see all the choices available. Haven't you wondered what is on the
computer screens and in the big paper parts catalogs behind the auto
parts store counter? Haven't you ever been dismissed by a clerk who
says a part is no longer available when in fact he just doesn't know
where to look for it or he doesn't want to take the time? There are
certainly some knowledgeable, professional counter people out there.
RockAuto Customer Service has some great former counter people who no
longer wanted to earn minimum wage at a chain store. But why waste gas
driving to a chain store and then waste time lurking in the back of the
store until the "good" counter person is available.

Yes the chain store might have a cork Fel-Pro oil pan gasket on the
shelf, but will even a good clerk take the time to tell you there is
also a Fel-Pro oil pan gasket made out of silicone with a metal core
that will actually seal up your oil pan? Will he tell you about
gaskets made by other manufacturers? Will he even tell you about the
oil pan gasket choices that might be sitting in his own warehouse?

Even if you have ties to the local chain store, before you drive there
do some research using the RockAuto.com catalog so you know what parts
choices are available and what is a reasonable price range. Who wants
to change an oil pan gasket two or three times.

It is also just plain fun to see all the parts available for your
vehicles. Ever wonder if you could build your car from scratch? Does
the local chain store have a new fender, a remanufactured engine
computer, a catalytic converter, or new carpet for your old truck? How
about custom lime green carpet?

RockAuto's prices are usually lower partly because the parts ship
directly from warehouse or manufacturer. Even with shipping charges on
heavy parts like brake rotors or exhaust, RockAuto's prices are less
more often than not. Why pay for a parts manufacturer to ship parts to
a warehouse and then pay for the warehouse to ship the parts to a low
volume store front? You are kidding yourself if you think you aren't
paying for the chain store to ship parts to their store front.

Why make multiple trips to the store front? For even medium sized
repairs you would usually have to get very lucky to find the right
parts on the shelf on the first trip. Go online and put together a list
of all the parts you need and have the FedEx or UPS person deliver
those parts to your door within a few days. Many regions of the
country get parts delivered in one or two days using regular ground
shipping.

In article . com>, wrote:

> I am certainly biased because RockAuto.com supports my family, but I
> truly enjoy shopping for auto parts and many other products online.
> RockAuto's catalog lets people jump behind the auto parts store counter
> and see all the choices available.

I have to agree with him here... I haven't bought anything from rockauto
but their website has served to be good reference in checking part
numbers, getting extra info, seeing how many brands offer something, etc.
I also use napa's, motorcraft's, and autozone's websites for the same
purpose.

And I also have to agree with him on counter people vs. online. There is
a mirror glass that I probably should order from them, just haven't
gotten around to it. Counterpeople have been a pain trying to get this
not-regularly stocked doorman part. HAd previously ordered another brand
from carparts.com and that brand had their application guide all fubar.
(carparts did all they could to fix the issue and it wasn't their fault)
The mirror glass I needed and the mirror glass for a contour shared the
same part number even though were totally different. The
customer rep at manufacturer of the mirror glass couldn't even grasp the
issue even with highlighted portions of their application guide and
photographs.

That said, I still prefer a well stocked store... problem is most now
practice just-too-late inventory systems. And now the motorcraft
distributor I go to has closed the counter at their wearhouse.... I am
now at the mercy of their stores' inventory.

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> I am certainly biased because RockAuto.com supports my family, but I
> truly enjoy shopping for auto parts and many other products online.
> RockAuto's catalog lets people jump behind the auto parts store counter
> and see all the choices available.

I certainly agree on that point. I use Rockauto and Napaonline.com
EXTENSIVELY for that purpose, even if it is only to take a NAPA P/N to
my locally-owned parts store and let them cross-reference it.