About 4 days ago,I was asked to help rebuild, the brakes on my brother in laws 1974 corvette
he had not driven it in over 5 months
,and when he tried too drive it,
he found the rear brake calipers were locked up.
I helped him diagnose the issue and the rear calipers were locked up solidly.
he called ADVANCE AUTO near his home,
he prefers to deal with a store close to his house!
and
the guy answering the phone assured him,
he had both the calipers and rear disc pads and replacement rotors in stock,
we drive over and we find he has NO calipers and only the pads in stock,
but he looks in his computer that shows a sister chain store about 20 miles north,
has the extra components we want,
so we get the STORES address and drive over....
only to find that store has only the pads in stock,
yes they show the rest of the parts but can,t find them.
but they assure us they will have everything in stock by the following day at noon!
the next day.... you guessed it.....the parts are still on order.
but we are assured once again the parts should arrive the next day....
so we call and they say the parts were sent to the store 20 miles north,
we drive over there again, to be told theres been a mistake,
the parts went to the store near his home....
several phone calls... no one knows where or when the parts will arrive!
now Ive suggested several times we deal with NAPA or some other store ,
but my B.I.L gets a 15% discount at ADVANCE AUTO,
just for grins I call napa and they say they have the required parts .
were still waiting! (so he can get his discount and save $20 on the deal.)
he had not driven it in over 5 months
,and when he tried too drive it,
he found the rear brake calipers were locked up.
I helped him diagnose the issue and the rear calipers were locked up solidly.
he called ADVANCE AUTO near his home,
he prefers to deal with a store close to his house!
and
the guy answering the phone assured him,
he had both the calipers and rear disc pads and replacement rotors in stock,
we drive over and we find he has NO calipers and only the pads in stock,
but he looks in his computer that shows a sister chain store about 20 miles north,
has the extra components we want,
so we get the STORES address and drive over....
only to find that store has only the pads in stock,
yes they show the rest of the parts but can,t find them.
but they assure us they will have everything in stock by the following day at noon!
the next day.... you guessed it.....the parts are still on order.
but we are assured once again the parts should arrive the next day....
so we call and they say the parts were sent to the store 20 miles north,
we drive over there again, to be told theres been a mistake,
the parts went to the store near his home....
several phone calls... no one knows where or when the parts will arrive!
now Ive suggested several times we deal with NAPA or some other store ,
but my B.I.L gets a 15% discount at ADVANCE AUTO,
just for grins I call napa and they say they have the required parts .
were still waiting! (so he can get his discount and save $20 on the deal.)
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