# Purchasing Car Parts Online

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/purchasing-car-parts-online/135387>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [February 26, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/purchasing-car-parts-online/135387 "2019-02-26T03:23:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/purchasing-car-parts-online/135387/21 "2019-02-27T00:58:28Z")

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I have a laptop in the garage that I use for parts shopping and looking at parts blow-ups to figure out how things go together. Where the spacer goes, is there supposed to be a washer there, what goes on first, that sort of thing. If you have an old laptop it’s usually fine for this stuff. Everything I work on is old, and so am I.

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**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 1:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/purchasing-car-parts-online/135387/22 "2019-02-27T01:05:46Z")

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RockAuto, Amazon, and a few dealers that do online sales for me. I have used eBay, but only from an American salvage yard with excellent ratings.

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**Author:** ![bloody\_knuckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@bloody\_knuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bloody_knuckles)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/purchasing-car-parts-online/135387/23 "2019-02-27T11:44:33Z")

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Amazon is pretty good, but selection can be hit or miss with newer cars. RockAuto is awesome and I’ve never had an issue. Their website is very 1998, but I love it because it is easy to use.

I stay away from eBay as it has turned into a mixture of Kmart and a scammers paradise. When it comes to your car, buying unknown parts from unknown sellers is almost always a bad deal in the long run.

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**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 4:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/purchasing-car-parts-online/135387/24 "2019-02-28T04:59:20Z")

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I hate the new business model for parts stores. I had a very old time local parts store for many years, they knew that everyone in my family drove Mopars and sometime had the part I was carrying up on the counter before I reached it. Because I was a good and frequent customer, I always got a decent price

Eventually the owner got too old and sick and closed it, I have always enjoyed browsing parts store looking for tools or products to stock up on. The two closest parts stores to me are both Advance Auto and now I don’t browse at all because if I don’t pre-order it from home, I will have to pay 20% more for it.

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