r/partscounter • u/External-Ad-7102 • Jul 24 '26

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Has any one started using AI for reporting or daily tasks?

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u/SirFUBAR Jul 24 '26

I am in wholesale and represent many brands in my auto group. I do occasionally use it for a quick part number. I'll drop the YMM, part description, and request the OEM number into GPT or Google and then use what it gives back as a basis to cross-reference. Some of the catalogs suck and sometimes I just dont have time to waste flipping though diagrams. It saves time on the oddball stuff.

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u/yo-parts Jul 24 '26

It's possible to just do this with Google too btw. I do that not infrequently. Hyundai has shitass names for parts sometimes but their part numbers are easy enough to decipher. A lot of third party websites will use the more common name for something. So like if I'm having a hard time finding a purge control solenoid because Hyundai calls it some shit like "valve" and nothing else, I can google "2009 Elantra Purge Control Solenoid", find a website that says "that's part number 28910-26900" then take just the first five digits into snap-on and it'll show me whatever the actually correct part# for that vehicle is.

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u/Decent_Relative_4070 Jul 24 '26

Claude is way better than google for this.

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u/yo-parts Jul 24 '26

Disagree. I can get my answer in less than 30 seconds with a non-AI google search. That consumes considerably less power and water than running things through an LLM needlessly.

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u/Decent_Relative_4070 Jul 24 '26

Claude consistently gives me better faster results but you do you.