Parts by state

Climate, road treatment and terrain decide which parts fail first, and they differ enormously across the United States. Road salt destroys brake lines in Michigan; Arizona has none and kills batteries in three years instead. These pages cover every state and the cities where the difference goes further still.

We ship to every state. A city gets a page of its own only where there is something true about running a car there that is not simply true of the state around it — Denver is a mile up, Houston floods, San Francisco parks on gradients nowhere else has.

Written for the whole country

Parts where the answer does not change much between states — what fails, why, and what we hold.

Alternator
Brake Caliper
Strut Assembly

Cities with their own page

50 of them, each because the answer to what fails first there is genuinely different from the state around it.

Phoenix, ArizonaBuying car parts in PhoenixPhoenix nights stay above ninety, so a parked car never returns to ambient. That is why batteries here have the shortest life in the country.
Tucson, ArizonaBuying car parts in TucsonA six-thousand-foot descent starts inside the city limits. Nowhere else asks a brake system to do that on an ordinary Saturday.
Los Angeles, CaliforniaBuying car parts in Los AngelesA commute measured in hours on concrete, canyon descents at the weekend, and traffic that heat-soaks a cooling system standing still.
Sacramento, CaliforniaBuying car parts in SacramentoNone of the coastal moderation and all of the California sun. Weeks above 100, agricultural dust in every filter, and winter fog you cannot see through.
San Diego, CaliforniaBuying car parts in San DiegoThe mildest climate of any large American city, so cars last. What actually ends them here is marine air and the hours spent idling at the border.
San Francisco, CaliforniaBuying car parts in San FranciscoStreets steep enough that parking is a legal procedure. What holding a car on a 25% grade every night does to a parking brake and a transmission.
San Jose, CaliforniaBuying car parts in San JoseMore electric cars per household than anywhere in America, which changes the parts list entirely — and makes brake rotors rust before they wear.
Colorado Springs, ColoradoBuying car parts in Colorado SpringsA city starting at six thousand feet with a fourteen-thousand-foot mountain attached, in the most hail-prone corridor in the country.
Denver, ColoradoBuying car parts in DenverThin air costs a naturally aspirated engine a sixth of its power and gives the cooling system less to work with. Then the hail arrives.
Jacksonville, FloridaBuying car parts in JacksonvilleThe largest city by area in the lower 48, so an ordinary errand is a highway trip. Hours at load, plus Atlantic salt air at the end of it.
Miami, FloridaBuying car parts in MiamiStreets that flood with sea water on a sunny day, and the densest, hardest-braking traffic in Florida. Both end up in the same caliper.
Orlando, FloridaBuying car parts in OrlandoA city built around toll roads and rental cars, inland enough to miss the sea breeze. High-hour vehicles and a cooling system with no help.
Tampa, FloridaBuying car parts in TampaMore lightning than anywhere in the country and a storm most summer afternoons. What that does to electronics, and what the water does after.
Boise, IdahoBuying car parts in BoiseOne of the fastest-growing metros in America on a road network built for a much smaller city. What that does to brakes and suspension.
Chicago, IllinoisBuying car parts in ChicagoOne of the heaviest winter road treatments of any major city, an alley network nobody else has, and expressway crawl that eats brakes.
Indianapolis, IndianaBuying car parts in IndianapolisA city that commutes on an interstate loop over concrete slab. Hours at load wear what rotates; the joints fade what damps.
Des Moines, IowaBuying car parts in Des MoinesGravel starts a few miles out in every direction, harvest fills the air with dust, and the storms here can be genuinely destructive.
Louisville, KentuckyBuying car parts in LouisvilleThe Ohio valley traps heat and humidity here in a way the rest of Kentucky does not, and a major air hub means a lot of night-shift driving.
New Orleans, LouisianaBuying car parts in New OrleansThe ground under the roads is subsiding, so the surface does not wear out — it deforms. That is a suspension load, not a wheel one.
Baltimore, MarylandBuying car parts in BaltimoreSome of the roughest city surfaces on the East Coast, harbour humidity working on every connector, and an inspection that only bites at sale.
Detroit, MichiganBuying car parts in DetroitDetroit's road surfaces are among the worst of any large American metro. What repeated impacts do beyond the wheel that took them.
Grand Rapids, MichiganBuying car parts in Grand RapidsWest Michigan gets snow totals the rest of the state does not, which means a longer treatment season and more of everything salt does.
Minneapolis, MinnesotaBuying car parts in MinneapolisThe freeze-thaw swing here is bigger than almost anywhere, so spring genuinely is pothole season. What that costs beyond the wheel.
Kansas City, MissouriBuying car parts in Kansas CityWhich side of the state line you register on changes what is tested and what is inspected. Hail and potholes do not care either way.
St. Louis, MissouriBuying car parts in St. LouisOne of the few Missouri areas that tests emissions, on some of the worst road surfaces in the state. Both cost money on the same schedule.
Omaha, NebraskaBuying car parts in OmahaFrom well below zero to well above ninety, with spring hail in between and nothing in the state inspecting what any of it did.
Las Vegas, NevadaBuying car parts in Las VegasA city that never stops driving, in a desert that never stops being hot. Cars here accumulate mileage and heat hours faster than almost anywhere.
Albuquerque, New MexicoBuying car parts in AlbuquerqueBernalillo is the one county in New Mexico that tests emissions, so a check engine light matters here and nowhere else in the state.
Buffalo, New YorkBuying car parts in BuffaloSome of the heaviest lake-effect snowfall in the country means the longest treatment season in New York, and the worst corrosion with it.
New York City, New YorkBuying car parts in New York CitySteel road plates, utility cuts and bridge expansion joints make this the hardest surface any American city drives on. It shows in the suspension.
Charlotte, North CarolinaBuying car parts in CharlotteTwo major freight corridors crossing a metro growing faster than its roads, with an annual inspection and an emissions test at the end of it.
Raleigh, North CarolinaBuying car parts in RaleighThree city centres and no single downtown means longer commutes than the map suggests, and spring turns every filter yellow.
Cincinnati, OhioBuying car parts in CincinnatiBuilt on hillsides above a river valley, with gradients most of Ohio never sees. What holding a car on one every night actually loads.
Cleveland, OhioBuying car parts in ClevelandThe one part of Ohio that tests emissions, and the part that gets the most snow. Both of those decide what you end up buying.
Columbus, OhioBuying car parts in ColumbusOhio tests emissions in the north-east and nowhere else. Columbus is outside it, so a check engine light here is maintenance, not a deadline.
Oklahoma City, OklahomaBuying car parts in Oklahoma CityOne of the largest city areas in the country means every trip is a long one, through a climate that hails in spring and glazes in winter.
Portland, OregonBuying car parts in PortlandSteel bridge decks in the wet, hundreds of unimproved gravel streets, and the only emissions test in the region. What each one costs you.
Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaBuying car parts in PhiladelphiaStreets laid out for carts, parked on both sides, with cobbles underneath. Contact damage here is not an accident, it is the environment.
Memphis, TennesseeBuying car parts in MemphisA logistics city that drives at every hour on some of the roughest streets in the state. Hours, not miles, are what wear a car here.
Nashville, TennesseeBuying car parts in NashvilleA metro that grew faster than almost anywhere, on roads that never caught up, in a state that inspects nothing at all.
Austin, TexasBuying car parts in AustinLimestone hills west of the city, a road network years behind the population, and caliche dust that loads a cabin filter in a season.
Dallas, TexasBuying car parts in DallasDallas–Fort Worth takes more damaging hail than almost any metro. The panels get claimed; the lenses and condenser fins are what fail afterwards.
El Paso, TexasBuying car parts in El PasoDesert dust storms load a filter in a week, altitude thins the air a cooling system needs, and border queues idle an engine for hours.
Houston, TexasBuying car parts in HoustonStreets flood here on an ordinary afternoon. What driving through standing water does to hubs, connectors and an air intake — and how far you drive after.
San Antonio, TexasBuying car parts in San AntonioThe oldest street layout in Texas meets the longest run of hundred-degree days. Narrow turns take mirrors off; the heat takes everything else.
Salt Lake City, UtahBuying car parts in Salt Lake CityCity blocks bigger than anywhere in America mean long stop-start arterial runs, and the drying lake bed puts corrosive brine dust in the air.
Virginia Beach, VirginiaBuying car parts in Virginia BeachAtlantic salt air from one side, tidal flooding from the other, and tunnel queues that idle an engine for an hour at a time.
Seattle, WashingtonBuying car parts in SeattleSome of the steepest city arterials in America, some of the worst congestion, and a ferry system that idles engines for an hour at a time.
Spokane, WashingtonBuying car parts in SpokaneEast of the Cascades is a different state: real winters with treated roads, hot dry summers, and none of the coastal damp Seattle deals with.
Milwaukee, WisconsinBuying car parts in MilwaukeeRoad salt from underneath and lake humidity from the air, on a city of short journeys where brakes never get hot enough to dry out.

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