Evaluate Non-Proprietary Parts Benefit

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Don't Buy a PeterBuilt, Kenworth or Freightliner...Until You See This

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This segment explains how Autocar's choice of parts significantly impacts maintenance and repair costs. Unlike competitors like Kenworth and Peterbilt, which use a high percentage of proprietary parts (around 78%), Autocar boasts 74% non-proprietary parts. This means owners are not forced to purchase expensive, brand-specific components from dealerships. Instead, they can readily find replacement parts at generic auto parts stores, reducing both cost and vehicle downtime.

Goal: Understand how non-proprietary parts reduce maintenance costs and downtime.

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>> Correct. So, on Autocar, it's 74% non-proprietary. Okay. >> Meaning in else's parts. 74% non-proprietary. >> Correct. And what are the other guys? Like a Kenworth 78% proprietary. So, let's make sure we understand this. 74% non-proprietary on an Autocar and seven versus 78% proprietary on a Kenworth. What about Peterbilt? About the same. Kenworth. About the same. But and that basically means that you're stuck with a Kenworth or a Peterbilt parts system. So, when you're broke down, you are forced to get 78% of your parts from them. Back at the dealer. But with Autocar, 74% of their parts are non-proprietary, meaning you can go to the Chevy dealer across the street and pick up a part. >> Go to Love's, go to NAPA. Pick up your grody headlight anywhere that sells any type of lighting system. Trailer marker, trailer marker. You're not buying a $1,200 headlight system cuz you have a burnt out bulb. $45, you're back DOT compliant again. All right, guys. I'm jumping in right here cuz we're going to next jump into diagnostics, but this proprietary versus non-proprietary basically means you're not stuck being married to buying overpriced parts because these dealerships do not make a lot of money on selling the actual truck itself. Where they make up all of their profit is in the repair of that truck. And this is how they get you. This is an absolute gouging moment that the other guys, that's why they go with these proprietary parts in the first place because this is where the profit is made for these big dealerships. They want you stuck married to their parts, but that also means you're beholden to them on their schedule. You've got to go in and you've got to get the diagnostic through them. Then you've got to wait for their parts to come in, and you are paying through the nose for something that be back in the day when I was growing up, we would be able to go out and get on our own. And Autocar has never changed. They've held that same model that uptime is profit for you guys, and you're not stuck buying overpriced parts. But, the

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