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Autopia Carcare
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16.67%
Griot's Garage
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Proper Autocare
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37.50%
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41.67%
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Old Jan 12, 2004 | 01:51 PM
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Default Where do you all buy your car care products?

Autopia Carcare

Griot's Garage

Proper Auto Care

Other
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Old Jan 13, 2004 | 03:57 PM
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I've been shopping at www.premiumautocare.com now for a couple years. They carry everything you want to buy except Zaino. Only one place to buy that online anyway. PremiumAutoCare has some really nice stuff. In fact, a lot of Zaino users have switched over to some of the 4 Star (formerly known as Platinum) products. I'm not saying that its any better or worse, but it has impressed some of the most scrutinizing eyes in the industry. And they always have excellent deals on shipping. Not something I can say for other places.

www.autogeek.com is another place that I like to order from. They have good deals from time to time as well. I like to keep my eye on both of them because they have different products sometimes. Every now and then I can find a better deal if I shop around.
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Old Jan 13, 2004 | 05:03 PM
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I buy all of mine from http://www.zainostore.com

Towels, I buy from K-mart (100% cotton Made in the USA)
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 05:34 PM
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carcareonline is a good place to deal with
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 09:15 PM
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i get my stuff from properautocare.com
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 09:20 AM
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I agree Properautocare is very good also, So there are a lot of choices available.
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 03:17 PM
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I'm just curious if there's any one site that has the major advantage over another weather it's properautocare or the next guy....
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 05:41 PM
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Originally posted by jikman01
I'm just curious if there's any one site that has the major advantage over another weather it's properautocare or the next guy....
That's a good question, What I have noticed is that they are all just about the same. One may have a little better price on a few things, and then the others beat their price on other things, You also need to look at shipping costs.
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 05:48 PM
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None of the above...

I get everything I need from Walmart, Autozone, Costco.....
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 06:22 PM
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Properautocare has some pretty high shipping costs sometimes. Other than that there isn't a whole lot of difference. They are the main distributor for a lot of places in fact. The prices are usually the same because its a competitive industry. Its the shipping that usually draws the line. autogeek.net, properautocare.com and premiumautocare.com are all pretty similar to each other even though they are totally seperate companies competing with each other.
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 07:04 PM
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Originally posted by Jngrbrdman
Properautocare has some pretty high shipping costs sometimes. Other than that there isn't a whole lot of difference. They are the main distributor for a lot of places in fact. The prices are usually the same because its a competitive industry. Its the shipping that usually draws the line. autogeek.net, properautocare.com and premiumautocare.com are all pretty similar to each other even though they are totally seperate companies competing with each other.
Welcome over here, Autopian guru!
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Old Jan 20, 2004 | 06:47 PM
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The other thing I noticed is that some places private label stuff, so you can only buy it through them. For example Blackfire and Pinnacle are only available via properautocare altough you can find it at some other places, but they get it from properautocare.

If you live close to Tampa, you can cut the shipping costs 'cause I found out that they're local!
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Old Jan 20, 2004 | 07:04 PM
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http://sportscarcare.com/
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Old Jan 25, 2004 | 07:47 PM
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Thumbs up AUTOPIA.ORG

I'm an Autopian all the way.
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Old Jan 25, 2004 | 07:53 PM
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I'm an Autopian therefore I buy all of my supplies from Autopia Carcare.
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