Parts Store Fun

[hls30.com]

Old, you might have used a slide rule, but an abacus would date you...I had a Timex Sinclair 1000 bought from Cirtcuit City-both are gone now!

Will

[TomoHawk]

I started college with a cheap $15 manual typewriter, then got a Commodore 64, and wrote my own software to do word-processing. That was real luxury! You still had to re-type your papers to make it look type-written.

Yeah, the ECU on my car is analog, but I think of it as more like a transistor radio than a computer...

[59blane]

A couple years ago, I went to Auto Zone and told the kid behind the counter that I need a cap, coil and points for my 1974 Datsun 260Z. He looked at me with a puzzled look on his face and asked.. "Points?". I was about to answer him when another kid who had over heard, told him... "Yeah, points. Old school ignition". I was laughing all the way home...

[TomoHawk]

What exactly ARE the requirements to work at an auto parts store!??? :ogre:

[59blane]

I'm pretty sure as long as you are breathing and able to make it to work... you're qualified...

[sblake01]

....I had a Timex Sinclair 1000.....

Old? My Epson HX-20 might have preceded your Timex by a year or two.

[nwa240z]

Oh I though you just needed a a faint pulse.

[doradox]

Old? My Epson HX-20 might have preceded your Timex by a year or two.

Commodore VIC-20 was my first.

Steve

[sblake01]

Commodore VIC-20 was my first.

Steve

I think those came out the same year as the Epson HX-20 which I think was 1980 with the Timex Sinclair 1000 coming out a couple of years later.

[jerbear]

My specific example has to do with a Toyota truck as opposed to my 240z, but I walked into a local AutoZone and asked for a clutch with throw out bearing. The counter guy asks with a straight face is that a manual or automatic transmission?

I just walked out.

[rewiredz]

What exactly ARE the requirements to work at an auto parts store!??? :ogre:

Must not be too hard, i went in looking for a Zerk fitting and all three working there didn't have a clue. i had to find them and tell them what they were for. didn't think Zerk fittings were that old, but most new stuff has sealed bearings now i guess.

[MikeW]

Here's a thought: Ask them if they know what a 350Z is? Yes, what Nissan Z car came before that? the 300ZX? Great - what about the early Z31 300ZX? The s130 280ZX? Eventually you're going to find the limit of their knowledge. Maybe the answer is to take a picture of your car along with pictures of the entire Z lineage. A picture of your great-great grandfather might mean nothing until you see it laid out in a family tree. The parts guy might quickly realize his computer only goes back to 1980 and can at least admit defeat gracefully.