If you are ever to drive a car (and I assume you are), make sure you have a tire iron and jack in your trunk. If, for some reason, you should attempt to drive without a tire iron and jack in your trunk, make sure you don't have a blowout. If you should have a blowout, really try not to have it on the upper level of I-35. If you have to have a blowout on the upper level of I-35, try not to do it at 2:30 AM. If you do, against the aforementioned advice, find yourself with a 2:30 AM blowout on the upper level of I-35, make sure you don't have a complete jackhole with you who will not tell you that he has taken your rim and tire out of your trunk and left them propped up against the railing, after you've waited an hour and shelled out $78 for a tow truck driver to put on your spare. If these things should happen to you, however, do go to Capitol City Auto Parts, a SALVAGE (don't call it a junk-) yard and replace your now-forever-lost rim and tire. $35 (plus tax) will get you (if you drive a '98 Mazda 626, that is) a brand-spankin' used rim and tire, facilitated by a hyper-energetic receptionist with a propensity to pepper her speech with "baby," "lovey," and "hon." Just make sure you buy a new tire iron and jack to put them on. read more

So apparently I went in the middle of the great Cap City Auto Parts conversion of '12. They are now owned by a different company that seems 100% on eking every last penny out of their customers. When you walk in now, rather than being greeted, you're charged admission. Yes, really. Is this a theme park? A club? An up & coming music venue? No, it's still a goddamn junk yard, and one that charges admission. I know times are tough, but I also know of four other junkyards on Lamar, all of whom will be getting my business in the future. read more

They are no longer Capitol City Auto Parts, they are now LKQ "self serve" Auto Parts and they are s joke! They don't keep an inventory of parts anymore, just vehicles so they can tell you to come and look to see if you can find it yourself. Then they can hit you with the catch...you have to pay to go look!!! What a scam right?!? Such a shame because Cap City was so cool at one time and now some leach company owns them. Do yourself a favor and dump this place and go right across the street to Aaron's or up to Browning where at least the people are helpful and give a crap. read more

Be prepared before you go: 1. Find out what the part cost new. 2. Get your tools together. They don't have any to loan you. 3. Always better to ask what the part will cost before you waste time pulling it. I asked a young guy at the counter how much for a single bolt and they laughed and said $5 bucks. That is what it costs from Honda brand new with tax. I went with the new bolt. read more

i needed a new rear window for my rodeo. a new one was at least $550 and would take a day to deliver. Capital City had one for $125. So if you don't need a new part, check these guys out first before paying full price. this place is a salvage yard, they don't let you pull your own parts. in my case i had the Glassman pick it up, deliver and install it for me. see my glowing review on him. read more

Well I used to love this place. I currently as a hobbie track a car and always in need of parts I am breaking. I showed up after I was told a car was on the lot. Spent thirty minutes looking for it in row 27. Went back and asked if row 27 was where I was at and the guy behind the counter said it's next to 28. Nice! I shopped there since 2000 and that will be my last visit. i also informed the car club I am a member of and heard some similar experiences. Good job guy's you lost my biz. I won't even mention the attitude and additional comments when asked where the car really was. read more

All they do is tell you they may have a part and then charge you to $2 admission to go look for it in their mine field of rubbish. Also, their website hours are wrong. I drove all the way there after work only for some apathetic lady to tell me that their closed and they need to update their website. Lastly, their Austin phone line is crossed with their Houston location. They'll tell you they have a part waiting for you, only for you to find out that it's at the Houston location rather than the Austin location. Complete waste of time. read more

So the first time I went on a Friday afternoon to pick up a sending unit that they said they had they didn't have told me to come back Monday went back on Monday sold me the wrong one and he said he wouldn't give me my money back or a store credit all he would offer me is another fuel pump which I would have to come back for again another day I've been in this business for 40 years I've never seen anything like it .Do yourself a favor and find another place to go you will get ripped off read more

Yesterday I took my Volks Wagon to CCA. I had been here before with an unrelated issue with my car and was very pleased with the work they had done. The staff there is MORE than helpful and happy to accommodate. They are super professional and know what they are doing. Very quick, quality work. I will be going back for ALL my vehicle maintenance. THANKS AGAIN, GUYS! read more

I went there today to see whether they had lights for my infiniti. Being a woman and not having a single clue about tools and car parts I asked for help. "Luis" the self employed young man there helped me take the parts out. He was quick and he charged me a reasonable price. I recommend Luis to anybody who can't or doesn't want to take the parts out by themselves. --I didn't give them 5 stars because both times when me and my mechanic called they said they didn't have the parts. I had to trust my gut to go and check for myself, fortunately I was lucky because Luis found a car that had all the parts I needed. They gave me a discount and told me I can return the parts if they don't fit. Hopefully they will fit. Overall for someone like me who knows nothing about cars and couldn't handle the tools and didn't want to go out of town to find a junkyard it was the perfect place. read more

Prices are expensive! Check new prices online before you go. They look at one assembly as 3. They'll break down the price on every piece of and charge you three times what you can find it on eBay for. The don't have any loaner tools, so come prepared. They do have an engine lift but most of the hoist there are broken. They hit you for a high core charge and when you bring your core back they'll complain that your core isn't good. It's a core guys, I know it's no good, that's why I'm looking for a new part. They also will try to charge you an entrance fee to return your core, don't let them. read more

It was a good experience for me, I've been to junkyards before and this one measured pretty high. I have a ford festiva which isn't that common of a car and I was happy that they ended up two.. I went in to buy a car seat and smaller accessories. They were going to charge $25 for the seat with $25 labor so I did labor myself. I also was going to get a side mirror but that too would've been $25 which I thought was a bit much. Their prices vary, if you show them a bag-load of small accessories they just estimate a cost - pretty reasonable - and sell it as one. This place is organized so I'd recommend it to others. read more

Called to ask if they had the vehicle on their lot that I was looking for parts for and the woman that answered the phone said they did. Got to the entrance and asked the fellow at the cash register collecting a $2.00 entrance fee the same question. His response yeah we have those. Keep in mind these people do not group their vehicles by make. Wandered the lot looking for my model vehicle for about an hour and not a single vehicle I was looking for on the lot. I checked back into the office and a third individual told me that there were none of what I was looking for on their lot. I asked for a refund of the entrance fee and they refused. I will be looking for other salvage yards in the future. read more

I am from Omaha and my parents live here in Austin. I am into fixing up and selling Toyota vans. Problem is that all the vans up north where I am are all rusted out. I love visiting here when I am in Austin. I usually get some good parts when I am there, and enjoy the hunt for them. The prices seem reasonable most times. I have found that it depends on who you ask the price from and will vary on different days... One day I was quoted $70 for a part, and then ended up picking it up the next month for $30.... read more

I called looking for a replacement tail light for my kids car. After being put on hold for 10 minutes i hang up.. give it a few minutes and try back. The guy answers and yells LKQ something or another. I politely ask if this is Capitol City Auto Parts (the place where i've bought parts before and never had a bad experience) and the guy yells.. and i do mean YELLS lol.. "Yes!!! This is LKQ (somethin) we have changed our name recently and we NO LONGER PULL PARTS." Ok.. I guess being that Im a female calling he automatically thinks im in distress LOL. He was very rude and spouted off a few other things.. reiterating the fact that he will NOT be pulling a part for me of any kind. I say "Ok.. well thank you very much" and he SLAMS down the phone in my ear. Love it. Nice Job guys.. read more

HORRIBLE!!! Capitol City was great but they're history. The once helpful, courteous staff is long gone along with any hint of a reasonable price or good directions. I'm a "doin yourself' kinda guy and greatly enjoy workin on my ole Ford truck..... So i'll go ahead an find myself a Reasonable place to go pull my own parts like the one on the north side of Highway 71 just before Bastrop, or better yet Special Auto on 812 where they actually appreciate business, regular customers and even KNOW WHAT THE HECK THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT! Not to mention test the engines and don't charge JUST TO WALK IN THE DOOR!! Good riddance to the old ExCapitolCityWhoCaresWhatYoureCalledNow read more

I'm hispanic and this is what happened to me when I went to CCAP to get some parts for my mustang with my father and cousin. My father went in to ask to see if the car was still available and they told him yes, gave him a map, and told him to go to the top of the hill. We then drove to the top of the hill with the tool box in the back of the truck. I then got off the truck and told my father which parts to get off the car since I am on crutches. Then this fat tub of lard showed up in a large Bobcat/Loader yelling you can't be here, get off my property with that truck, move now, get off the property now, move, move now. I looked at my father and said did they tell you we can 't drive up here. He said no and we kept walking. The fat tub of lard moves about a half car length up and he starts yelling everything again. I, stop, told him do you see me moving, you see I'm on crutches, do you see me moving, do you see me walking, and my father tells him you don't talk to me like that, you better learn to talk to people and we start getting pretty upset when the fat tub of lard starts saying. I'm sorry can you please leave, you can't be up here, and you can't be here. My father told him that's better, that's how you talk to people. We then drive off to the parking lot. Then my father and my cousin take tools into a back pack and go back tot he top of the hill and start removing some bolts when the same fat tub of lard comes back up the hill in his Bobcat/Loader and the only thing he has to say is "I ain't scared of ya'll". It wasn't to apologize, say can I help you, or even is there anything I can help you with since your here to do business. No, he wanted a fight. My cousin told him then get off your Bobcat. Come on down. The fat tub of lard does what he does best and sits his big ass on the Bobcat and moves on. My cousin and father pack up and begin to leave, even knowing I needed a whole exhaust, because they didn't know what he was going to do next. I am so glad I am on crutches cause I know what I would have done when that fat tub of lard came back the second time. You get one star since I have to put something. Otherwise Martin, you wouldn't get a damn thing, nothing, not even the taco juice off my boot you fat piece of lard. read more