TL;DR O'Reilly is looking to buy NAPA.

Darn shame. RockAuto is the obvious first choice but NAPA is legit and has a type of vibe you don't find in public storefronts.

They do not coddle you and those old guys behind the counter will call you a dumbass without remorse if tell them that you don't know what car's chasis code is.

O’Reilly has spent the last couple of years quietly exploring expansion into Canada and Mexico—the green brand’s $10 billion bid could also be in service of establishing an international auto parts empire.

So they want to go international and are going to buy NAPA to do it, which means they will shit up Canada's NAPA stores, then the Mexican, Caribbean, and Australian NAPAs after with their "corporate experience" aka the same shit jobber parts and brainless counter clowns as PartSource. FFS.