# I was looking at the O’Reilly Auto Parts website… **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 8, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632 "2024-06-08T15:04:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/1 "2024-06-08T15:04:03Z")
And stumbled across part # 121G. Good to know they are looking ahead. Any other examples of this type of thing? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/2 "2024-06-08T15:07:10Z")
Link or something? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/3 "2024-06-08T15:08:53Z")
Where he’s going, he doesn’t need links. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/4 "2024-06-08T15:11:22Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > part # 121G It’s a joke flux capacitor listing. [https://www.oreillyauto.com/flux-capacitor](https://www.oreillyauto.com/flux-capacitor) Dear jeebus, I hate that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/5 "2024-06-08T15:14:30Z")
From that product name, I didn’t even need to look it up. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/6 "2024-06-08T15:20:33Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > And stumbled across part # 121G. > [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > From that product name, I didn’t even need to look it up. If it were part# 121GW I would have gotten the joke. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/7 "2024-06-08T17:00:07Z")
I thought it was a reference to 3G/4G/5G. Comcast has pooped in the pool by labelling one of it’s unrelated services 10G. ---
**Author:** ![Arjuna34](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Arjuna34](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arjuna34)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/8 "2024-06-08T21:19:20Z")
I got excited until I saw the fine print: > **Non-Functional Item Displayed for Entertainment Purposes Only** ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/9 "2024-06-08T21:33:01Z")
Mr. Fusion Home Energy Reactor sold separately. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/10 "2024-06-08T21:43:21Z")
> [@Arjuna34](#): > > I got excited until I saw the fine print: = > > > **Non-Functional Item Displayed for Entertainment Purposes Only** Same here. Now what do I spend my 5 billion dollars on? ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/11 "2024-06-08T21:49:18Z")
Wait a minute, the product info says “ **Gigawatts: 121** ”. According to the documentary I saw, the original flux capacitor runs on 1.21 gigawatts, not 121 gigawatts. What kind of shoddy product is this that requires 100 times as much power as the original? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/12 "2024-06-08T21:51:59Z")
FWIW, I recently changed the start/run capacitor on our air conditioner’s outdoor condenser unit. Bragging shamelessly to my wife – as I do with DIY projects – I kept referring to it as ‘the flux capacitor.’ She eventually asked me if that wasn’t something from “Back To The Future.” I married well. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/13 "2024-06-08T21:53:49Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > According to the documentary I saw, the original flux capacitor runs on 1.21 gigawatts, not 121 gigawatts. Ahh, see, it’s a homograph (or heteronym) error. A “gigawatt” (pronounced with a hard “g”: GIG-uh-waht) is 1/100th of a “gigawatt” (pronounced with a soft “g”: JIG-uh-waht). ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/14 "2024-06-08T22:07:30Z")
I just thought it was a typo, like in “Plutonium not available and [_sic_] O’Reilly Auto Parts. Please contact your local plutonium supplier.” ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/15 "2024-06-09T02:07:55Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Please contact your local plutonium supplier. Oh, man, that’s just asking for trouble. Not many legal places to score plutonium, and a buyer might end up dealing with unsavory suppliers… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/16 "2024-06-09T02:45:55Z")
> [@digs](#): > > > [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > > > Please contact your local plutonium supplier. > > Oh, man, that’s just asking for trouble. Not many legal places to score plutonium, and a buyer might end up dealing with unsavory suppliers… - You also don’t want to buy too much all at once… ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/17 "2024-06-09T03:04:21Z")
Well, as long as you don’t store too much of it in one place, you’re fine. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/18 "2024-06-09T14:22:11Z")
I assume by “fine” you mean, “in a sold state when you die.” ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/19 "2024-06-09T15:23:02Z")
> [@Arjuna34](#): > > I got excited until I saw the fine print: > > > **Non-Functional Item Displayed for Entertainment Purposes Only** I believe that there is a legal precedent for this disclaimer. > **[Flashback 1996: Man sues Pepsi for not giving him a Harrier Jet](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/1996-man-sues-pepsi-for-not-giving-him-a-harrier-jet/)** > > A 21-year-old collected the 7 million Pepsi points needed to win the jet offered in Pepsi's commercial; but the soda maker refused to give him his prize ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632/20 "2024-06-09T15:46:20Z")
Plot twist: he buys one on his own and strafes the Pepsi corporate offices. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-looking-at-the-o-reilly-auto-parts-website/1002632.md?page=2)