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Speaker 1: Ron an Aian supposedly a used Volkswagen catalytic converter is

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Speaker 1: worth nine hundred dollars, which I kind of find surprising

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Speaker 1: for me. The whole car's not worth nine hundred dollars,

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Speaker 1: and I didn't get that for the cat Je the

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Speaker 1: Car Doctor. If you're cruising down the road at forty

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Speaker 1: miles an hour and you pop it into neutral, no

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Speaker 1: load and you're just rolling, does the noise change?

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Speaker 2: I have not tried that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, why not.

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Speaker 3: Welcome to the radio home of ron Ananian, the Car Doctor.

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Speaker 3: Since nineteen ninety one. This is where car owners the

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Speaker 3: world overturned to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair.

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Speaker 3: If your mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick up

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Speaker 3: the phone and call in. The garage doors are open,

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Speaker 3: but I am here to take your call.

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Speaker 1: At eight five five five six ninety nine hundred.

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Speaker 3: And now he.

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Speaker 1: Running well. I hope everybody survived Thanksgiving and didn't get

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Speaker 1: stuffed too much and had some turkey and some good

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Speaker 1: conversation around the table, and we're already talking about cars

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Speaker 1: this weekend. Here at a five five five six zero

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Speaker 1: bunch of projects in the shop this week. It was good.

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Speaker 1: I was happy we finally got rid of the Ram

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Speaker 1: pickup truck, the great Ram pickup truck that you're also

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Speaker 1: curious as to what would fix it, and sort of

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Speaker 1: a long story that I'll try to condense. The problem

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Speaker 1: with the truck, if you recall, was that the customer

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Speaker 1: couldn't put fuel in. It would pop every you know,

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Speaker 1: if he was putting in twenty bucks, it would pop

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Speaker 1: every three dollars worth of fuel and click the pump off.

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Speaker 1: And you know, the same thing happened to us. As

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Speaker 1: I went through diagnosing it, I was able to repeat

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Speaker 1: the problem and verify it, and I went through the

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Speaker 1: several steps and narrowed it down to where the fault

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Speaker 1: was on the tank side of the system, not the

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Speaker 1: canister side of the system. The canister had nothing to

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Speaker 1: canister because they have such a high failure rate, but

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Speaker 1: that wouldn't solved anything related to this problem. Just trying

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Speaker 1: to invent the future problem that may or may not happen. Well,

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Speaker 1: it will happen, actually, but I'm just not quite sure when.

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Speaker 1: So Chrysler finally brought us the right fuel tank on

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Speaker 1: Monday or Tuesday this week, I forget which it was,

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Speaker 1: and we were able to you know, we get it

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Speaker 1: and we were able to replace the tank. We did

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Speaker 1: a tank, a pump, and they gave us we were required,

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Speaker 1: they had to give us new event lines, new tubing

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Speaker 1: for the tank because they've changed a few things. And

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Speaker 1: when I looked at the old tank versus the new tank,

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Speaker 1: I bet the problem was in the tank, not as

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Speaker 1: much the fuel pump as Chrysler Tech Support intimated, because

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Speaker 1: they changed the tank. There were two major differences in

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Speaker 1: the replacement tank. One was that the fuel filled check

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Speaker 1: valve where it came down the tube, there was no

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Speaker 1: longer a plunger style check valve there, but more of

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Speaker 1: old Western barroom doors that just kind of swung open,

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Speaker 1: that Western door, just a spring loaded flap. And the

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Speaker 1: rollover valve was different. It was clocked differently. It was

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Speaker 1: but it doesn't be any good. You can't separate it anyway.

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Speaker 1: But I think the problem is in the rollover valve,

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Speaker 1: in the way Chrysler is building those things, and I

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Speaker 1: think that's that's going to be the issue. And you know,

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Speaker 1: I just see too many tank, too many tank bulletin

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Speaker 1: So putting a tank and putting a pump in it,

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Speaker 1: and there was some modification on the pump actually too,

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Speaker 1: so you know, and sometimes you're at the mercy of

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Speaker 1: the parts guys, or not the parts guys, but but

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Speaker 1: you know Chrysler the engineer, the parts supplier, where they say, hey,

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Speaker 1: I wonder why they do that. You know, they in

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Speaker 1: Just you know, I still can't understand why it's so

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Speaker 1: hard for Volkswagen to come up with production dates for

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Speaker 1: all these catalytic converters. Evidently. I was talking to someone

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Speaker 1: wondering what makes a Volkswagen catalytic converter so rare and exotic,

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Speaker 1: You know, Volkswagen wants to be the largest car I think. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: to supply parts for it. And you know that brings

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Speaker 1: the other point to light. Whatever you're thinking of buying,

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Speaker 1: you've really got to look at, especially in these times.

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Speaker 1: And it's been like this forever, but especially in these times,

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Speaker 1: you need that, do they have the financial wherewithal? What's

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Speaker 1: the history of that company? Because I've always said this,

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Speaker 1: repair process, the the parts procurement process, the you know,

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Speaker 1: resale value. You're buying the culture of that vehicle along

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Speaker 1: Ordered it on Tuesday, no Wednesday, I'm sorry. We ordered

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Speaker 1: You know that's that's just as important and something to consider.

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Speaker 1: So just be aware. Let's let's kick the garage doors open.

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Speaker 1: Why not, let's go to uh, let's go to Amy

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Speaker 1: and Maine fourteen Kia Sorrento and some questions and comments

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Speaker 1: and concerns about catching fire. Amy, what's going on here?

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Speaker 4: Yes? Yes, indeed, I just got an interim notice from

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Speaker 4: Kia telling me that my car might catch fire either

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Speaker 4: yes to put my car into my garage now I

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Speaker 4: live in Maine. I need the driveway PLoud. They say

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Speaker 4: they have not discovered the fix for it yet. And

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Speaker 4: I didn't know what your spots on this was how

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Speaker 4: many you've seen? What are my ability to deal with

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Speaker 4: Kia as far as I'm concerned, the and I have bought.

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Speaker 4: I bought the car at the dealership. I have done

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Speaker 4: all my service there. I service my car like you preach.

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Speaker 4: It's maintained very well. And I called the general manager

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Speaker 4: because he is telling me they have no fix for them.

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Speaker 4: Now some of the other vehicles. They have put a

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Speaker 4: lower amperage fuse into the car, and I don't quite

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Speaker 4: understand how that fixes it, because they say it's a

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Speaker 4: break fluid leak onto a fuse which creates the fire.

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Speaker 1: Right, this is the one where uh break fluid leaks

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Speaker 1: and it goes onto the wiring harness and causes a fire.

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Speaker 1: And I think what they're trying to say is they're

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Speaker 1: it doesn't take that long too cause the circuit to

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Speaker 1: which to me is ludicrous.

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Speaker 4: Is that all right? Well? I did the zero simple

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Speaker 4: minded about in the can No. No, I think, how

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Speaker 4: does this make any sense?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: It doesn't. The whole thing doesn't make any sense. I

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Speaker 1: you know, I think your argument with Kia is, you know, well,

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Speaker 1: what are your options here? I agree? You know, first

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Speaker 1: we don't want to put it in the garage. We

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Speaker 1: don't want to burn the house down, you know, that's right.

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Speaker 4: I don't think my insurance will cover it. But I

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Speaker 4: I can't. I just there's no way.

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Speaker 1: So do you get rid of the car? Is that?

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Speaker 1: Is that the option?

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Speaker 2: Well?

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Speaker 4: That's well, that well, you know what that's I'm not

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Speaker 4: going to tell him that because what I'm telling the

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Speaker 4: give me a loaner un till they fix this car

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Speaker 4: because I just had it hugely maintained. It has ninety

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Speaker 4: six thousand miles on it. I just had all the

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Speaker 4: five months ago, had thought, well maybe I should trade

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Speaker 4: a car in And now, I mean, do you think

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Speaker 4: I'm going to get anywhere with a for a loaner?

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Speaker 4: Or what else would you ask for? Is there anything

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Speaker 4: else I can do?

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Speaker 1: I think asking for a loaner is a very reasonable request,

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Speaker 1: and I you know, will you be able to cat one?

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Speaker 1: You know, like Mom said, it doesn't hurt to ask,

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Speaker 1: it's it's what are you going to get? The question

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Speaker 1: I've got is so if they can't provide you with

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Speaker 1: rid of this car, and it wouldn't be the worst time.

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Speaker 1: Amy it's unfortunately it's approaching ten years old, it's got

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Speaker 1: one hundred thousand miles on it. You got five years

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Speaker 1: longer out of that Kia than I see most kias

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Speaker 1: go or the point of comfort that.

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Speaker 4: Should make that should make me feel good. Honestly, I'm

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Speaker 4: going to be a great car, and I thought I

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Speaker 4: had got the raft Ford that had the oil leak.

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Speaker 4: So see, it's just so I realized. So you're sort

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Speaker 4: of thinking that maybe your advice and I take it

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Speaker 4: very highly. I listened to you from the bangor main station. Right,

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Speaker 4: So are you thinking that my best deal would be

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Speaker 4: to get rid of this and get a new car?

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Speaker 1: Well, because what are we hanging on to we're trying

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Speaker 1: Well, you know, Amy, I understand that I kind of

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Speaker 5: Whether it's a little red Corvette or you go, you've

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Speaker 1: You know what a team I have behind me research.

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Speaker 1: We were working on a what the heck was that thing?

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Speaker 1: the noise. It had two new front struts, two new

430
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Speaker 1: sway bar links, bushings. We did a lot of work

431
00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:02,439
Speaker 1: to the front end of this car, but it just

432
00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:04,800
Speaker 1: it sounded terrible. You just you'd be afraid to go

433
00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:08,040
Speaker 1: around the block in it. So we went through our

434
00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:10,120
Speaker 1: due diligence and looked it over, and we brought them

435
00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:11,440
Speaker 1: in and we showed them and we took them through

436
00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:14,080
Speaker 1: it one step at a time. The rear bushings on

437
00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:17,440
Speaker 1: the lower control arms were just cracked. The control arms

438
00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:19,760
Speaker 1: you could pry on them and they would float out

439
00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:22,160
Speaker 1: in space. They would just go anywhere that you wanted

440
00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,480
Speaker 1: to put them. You could just there. There was nothing there.

441
00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:29,240
Speaker 1: They were just floating. And the boots on the ball joints. Now,

442
00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:30,719
Speaker 1: I know this may be hard for some of you

443
00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:33,960
Speaker 1: to agree with, but if you've got a suspension component

444
00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,199
Speaker 1: like a ball joint or a tie rod in you know,

445
00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,439
Speaker 1: the pieces that hold the front end together, just like

446
00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:43,360
Speaker 1: your arm is held into the shoulder socket of your shoulder. Okay,

447
00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:47,240
Speaker 1: if that boot is exposed, the grease is going to

448
00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:49,800
Speaker 1: get washed out, and generally in a very short period

449
00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:55,800
Speaker 1: of time, depending upon the conditions it's operating in, you know, dry, dusty, moisture, snow, slush,

450
00:22:56,280 --> 00:23:01,200
Speaker 1: et cetera. And it's going to it's going to force

451
00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:04,040
Speaker 1: you to have to deal with an unsaved vehicle at

452
00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,080
Speaker 1: some point. So it needed to lower control arms because

453
00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:09,000
Speaker 1: not only were the bushings in the rear of the

454
00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:12,679
Speaker 1: arms bed, but the rubber booties that went around the

455
00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:16,560
Speaker 1: ball joints had dry rotted and split, and the tie

456
00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:20,480
Speaker 1: rods did the same thing. But before we did that,

457
00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,760
Speaker 1: I took it for another ride and I started hitting

458
00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:29,399
Speaker 1: bumps left side, right side, you know, looking for you know,

459
00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:33,359
Speaker 1: Where's where does the noise happen the most? Because we

460
00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:35,480
Speaker 1: couldn't see anything on the left, We couldn't see anything

461
00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:37,880
Speaker 1: on the drive on rack. We couldn't get anything out

462
00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:40,080
Speaker 1: of this by way of pride bar other than the

463
00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:44,160
Speaker 1: obvious bushing failures and faults. And it really came down

464
00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:47,880
Speaker 1: to when I hit a left front left front hit

465
00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,239
Speaker 1: Like if I had a recessed manhole cover or a

466
00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:53,280
Speaker 1: pothole on the left side, but not the right. You

467
00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:56,680
Speaker 1: heard the noise, you'd swing around and bring it and

468
00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:58,520
Speaker 1: you'd hit it on the right side, you wouldn't hear it.

469
00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:03,800
Speaker 1: So I knew it was something left front. You ever

470
00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:06,480
Speaker 1: go with your gut, you ever play the cards and say,

471
00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,760
Speaker 1: you know what, it's got to be this because I

472
00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,200
Speaker 1: had no definitive proof, But I said to Danny, I said,

473
00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:14,439
Speaker 1: it's a bad news strut. It's the only thing it

474
00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:17,320
Speaker 1: can be. There's nothing else there. It's not body, it's

475
00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:21,479
Speaker 1: not frame. The cradle mounts are tight. You know, the

476
00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,840
Speaker 1: control arms are unsafe, but they're not making that noise.

477
00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,720
Speaker 1: It's not that type of a noise. I said, this

478
00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:31,080
Speaker 1: is a bad news strut that somebody put in. So

479
00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,080
Speaker 1: we went through and we got approvals, and you know,

480
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,719
Speaker 1: we wrote the estimate and we were able to procure parts. Interestingly,

481
00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:37,800
Speaker 1: and I thought this was kind of weird, right, we're

482
00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:39,960
Speaker 1: talking about how hard is to get some parts for vehicles.

483
00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,840
Speaker 1: Mazda had two lower control arms in stock for a

484
00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,879
Speaker 1: fifteen year old car, which kind of blew my mind,

485
00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,200
Speaker 1: I'm saying. And I asked why, and they said, yeah,

486
00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:53,320
Speaker 1: they go bad, go figure. So you know, we did

487
00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,399
Speaker 1: two lower control arms which had ball joints in them.

488
00:24:56,440 --> 00:25:01,280
Speaker 1: We did two tirod ends, did an alignment, and I said, Danny,

489
00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:02,840
Speaker 1: just take it for a ride first, I want to

490
00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,840
Speaker 1: see something. And some of the noises we heard went away,

491
00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:10,439
Speaker 1: but this one distinctive, god awful rattle that sounded like

492
00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:12,240
Speaker 1: the left front corner of the car was going to

493
00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:17,159
Speaker 1: fall off on the road just was still there. Danny,

494
00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,520
Speaker 1: it's it's it's it's a strut. Just put the strut

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Speaker 1: in it.

496
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:20,600
Speaker 4: You know.

497
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:22,879
Speaker 1: I had ordered a replacement strut to have on hand

498
00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:24,840
Speaker 1: so we could always you know, we could always return

499
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,560
Speaker 1: it if we had to and put a strut in it.

500
00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:30,960
Speaker 1: And the car's fixed. So you look at this, I

501
00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,520
Speaker 1: mean the strut we took out same brand. I won't.

502
00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:35,920
Speaker 1: I won't tell you the brand I'm not. I'm slowly

503
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:39,360
Speaker 1: not becoming a fan of the brand. I'll say that

504
00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,680
Speaker 1: because I'm starting to see more and more issues with them.

505
00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:47,320
Speaker 1: And you know, I bet you this strut doesn't have

506
00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:50,879
Speaker 1: I bet it doesn't have five thousand miles on it,

507
00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,360
Speaker 1: and it just it's just it's literally falling apart internally.

508
00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,200
Speaker 1: There's nothing external you look at it. Everything's in place,

509
00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:01,640
Speaker 1: everything is where it should be. The thing's damage, nothing's hanging.

510
00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:06,080
Speaker 1: But there's just something wrong with that strut. And sometimes

511
00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,440
Speaker 1: the point becomes, you got to go with your gut.

512
00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,040
Speaker 1: You've always got to eliminate what's bad, right, You've always

513
00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:13,679
Speaker 1: got to fix what you know is bad and then

514
00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:15,399
Speaker 1: go on to the next thing. And I said that

515
00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:16,800
Speaker 1: to Lou when I brought them over. I said, Lou,

516
00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:20,440
Speaker 1: I can't promise you control alarms, tie rods, et cetera.

517
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:22,280
Speaker 1: Are going to fix the noise. They're going to fix

518
00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:23,560
Speaker 1: some of the noises, but they're going to make the

519
00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:25,480
Speaker 1: car safer than it is now. But I've got to

520
00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:27,320
Speaker 1: get rid of that stuff. I've got to get that

521
00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:32,040
Speaker 1: stuff out of my peripheral vision of concern that I

522
00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,840
Speaker 1: know that's taken care of. That I can then go

523
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:36,359
Speaker 1: on to the next thing, because I'll fix it. I

524
00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:38,560
Speaker 1: just I have to eliminate things one step at a time.

525
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,359
Speaker 1: And he agreed, you got it. And sometimes you're going

526
00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:42,919
Speaker 1: to have to do that too. But you've got to

527
00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,400
Speaker 1: you've got to have confidence in the mechanic you're using,

528
00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:47,480
Speaker 1: and you've got to want to fix the car. And

529
00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,280
Speaker 1: you know, don't start thinking how cheap can you fix it?

530
00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:52,040
Speaker 1: You got to think how safe can you fix it?

531
00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,000
Speaker 1: Because if you can't make it safe, what's the point.

532
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,320
Speaker 1: But we ended up we saw that put a strut

533
00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:58,280
Speaker 1: in it. That was the final piece of the puzzle.

534
00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:00,679
Speaker 1: And now she's got a nice, quiet, fifteen year old

535
00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:02,719
Speaker 1: monit to drive, which is a testimony of the car.

536
00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:03,960
Speaker 1: And the rest of the car is in good shape.

537
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,080
Speaker 1: And you can't, you know, for the couple of grand

538
00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:07,400
Speaker 1: they put in it. By the time they were done,

539
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,600
Speaker 1: we did some other services, fluids and filters and stuff,

540
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:12,359
Speaker 1: you can't. I think they're into the car now for

541
00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:14,920
Speaker 1: what they paid for it and for the repairs, they'll

542
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:16,800
Speaker 1: be into the car for about nine grand. But you

543
00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:18,600
Speaker 1: can't buy a car for nine grand today you can't

544
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,640
Speaker 1: buy a used car for something decent in the market.

545
00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:23,600
Speaker 1: I'm seeing you can't buy a decent used car today

546
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,840
Speaker 1: for under fifteen. So just be mindful of what you're

547
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,840
Speaker 1: trying to fix and what the end result is. Eight

548
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,159
Speaker 1: five five five six zero nine nine zero zero. We

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00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:33,800
Speaker 1: are live today, by the way, I know this is

550
00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:36,880
Speaker 1: Thanksgiving Day weekend, but we are a live today Saturday.

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00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,359
Speaker 1: Eight five five five six zero nine nine zero zero.

552
00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:40,840
Speaker 1: So if you've got a question, give us a call.

553
00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:51,639
Speaker 1: We'll be back right after this. Don't go away. I

554
00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:58,800
Speaker 1: can the first resisting out the fave and it's in

555
00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:06,800
Speaker 1: the fingus. What the summer of sixteen. Welcome back running

556
00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:09,920
Speaker 1: the car Doctor. Let's get over to Ken in Maryland

557
00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,639
Speaker 1: on the CRX and some questions. Ken, Welcome to the

558
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:13,640
Speaker 1: car Doctor. How can I help?

559
00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:21,280
Speaker 2: I have a nineteen ninety Hoto CRX with twelve a

560
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,600
Speaker 2: little over twelve thousand miles on it. Okay, car is

561
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:30,200
Speaker 2: pretty much perfect. But what I'm interested in is what

562
00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:34,760
Speaker 2: parts should I be stockpiling. I've got a new got

563
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,840
Speaker 2: a new timing building there, got you know, new plugs,

564
00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,280
Speaker 2: But you know what parts am I going to have

565
00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:44,640
Speaker 2: a hard time finding, and should I start trying to

566
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:48,640
Speaker 2: buy up now while the car is only thirty three

567
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:49,160
Speaker 2: years old?

568
00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:52,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, and it might be too late, but let's say

569
00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:57,760
Speaker 1: you know it's well because you know it's thirty three.

570
00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:02,720
Speaker 1: Now I'm finding you know, my bourbon is nineteen years old,

571
00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,600
Speaker 1: and I'm finding things I can't get for it already,

572
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:10,720
Speaker 1: you know. So, I mean the hard question is that

573
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:12,680
Speaker 1: you've got to ask, is are you going to increase

574
00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:14,200
Speaker 1: your use of it? I mean, why does it only

575
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:15,520
Speaker 1: have twelve thousand miles on it?

576
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,680
Speaker 2: Well, I model a couple of years ago for my

577
00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:23,760
Speaker 2: wife for sentimental reasons that we don't need to get

578
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:28,160
Speaker 2: into to get it, and we've only put a few

579
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:32,840
Speaker 2: thousand miles on it. But I'm not a garage queen

580
00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:35,520
Speaker 2: kind of guy. I like cars are meant to be driven.

581
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:38,440
Speaker 2: So yes, I would expect mileage to accelerate.

582
00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:43,960
Speaker 1: Okay, So basic basic maintenance stuff air filters, spark plugs,

583
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,440
Speaker 1: you know, ignition components, the things you would normally change

584
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,200
Speaker 1: its service. I wouldn't buy fluids. Fluids are going to

585
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:52,000
Speaker 1: go bad sitting on a shelf, hard parts, don't you know.

586
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:55,080
Speaker 1: Obviously I would think breaks are going to be around

587
00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:56,600
Speaker 1: for a long time for that car. I'm not so

588
00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:59,640
Speaker 1: worried about them. I'd worry about some of the electronics,

589
00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:02,400
Speaker 1: you know, not that they had a high failure rate.

590
00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:04,200
Speaker 1: You know, we didn't do a lot of if the

591
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:06,200
Speaker 1: vehicle has ABS, we didn't do a lot of ABS

592
00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,200
Speaker 1: control module failures on those cars. Every once in a while,

593
00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:10,880
Speaker 1: if it was an ABS vehicle, it had a bad

594
00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:14,200
Speaker 1: speed sensor or wheel speed sensor issue, something like that.

595
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:18,080
Speaker 1: You know, it's I would definitely put a radiator somewhere,

596
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:22,719
Speaker 1: radiator water pump of known good quality, you know, preferably Honda,

597
00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,200
Speaker 1: if I can, if I can still get it. You know,

598
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,960
Speaker 1: you know, I wouldn't worry about exhaust exhaust. The will

599
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:32,000
Speaker 1: probably go a while yet. If you can stockpile Honda exhaust,

600
00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:34,479
Speaker 1: if it's in the budget, by all means, do it.

601
00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:38,320
Speaker 1: You know, I think the goofy things are going to

602
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:41,480
Speaker 1: get you. Because that's a Honda and it's a popular car.

603
00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:43,320
Speaker 1: I bet your parts will be around for a long time.

604
00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,800
Speaker 1: You know, you're gonna think I'm crazy. Things like the

605
00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:51,280
Speaker 1: seat belts, seat belt retractors. Not that I expect them

606
00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:54,240
Speaker 1: to go bad, but you know, at what point will

607
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:58,600
Speaker 1: they you know, it's it's because I'm like, you know,

608
00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:01,040
Speaker 1: you're not a garage queen guy. I'm not a I can't.

609
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:02,920
Speaker 1: I can't drive a car where a seat belt doesn't

610
00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,040
Speaker 1: retract all the way properly, you know, where when you

611
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:06,680
Speaker 1: take it off it falls out the door and you

612
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:08,040
Speaker 1: have to pick it up put it in the door

613
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 1: before you close the door, because it kind of catches

614
00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:14,440
Speaker 1: and pinches. So I would look to see, you know,

615
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,520
Speaker 1: any of the any of the seat belts around, you know,

616
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:21,600
Speaker 1: does anybody make any of that stuff? You know, it's

617
00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,440
Speaker 1: we never see fuel pumps go bad on those cars,

618
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:29,280
Speaker 1: you know, very uncommon. I think that you're also going

619
00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 1: to find that your biggest obstacle will be electronics, engine

620
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 1: controllers and things like that, if if they ever go bad.

621
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:39,560
Speaker 1: Not that they did on a lot, although there were

622
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:42,440
Speaker 1: some hondas that generation late eighties, early nineties that has

623
00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 1: some PCM failure issues. But you know, how do you

624
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,719
Speaker 1: prepare for that ken that's the problem because then when

625
00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:49,440
Speaker 1: it goes bad, if it needs to be programmed, how

626
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,160
Speaker 1: do you program it? You know, your mechanics got to

627
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:53,560
Speaker 1: have that ability.

628
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:57,120
Speaker 2: So yeah, in my mind, I was kind of thinking

629
00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:59,400
Speaker 2: that like, like you said, the hard parts, I'm not

630
00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:05,520
Speaker 2: super worried about you know what contained but plasticky things,

631
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:09,520
Speaker 2: rubbery things, but oxidized and crack over time. Yep, you

632
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:11,840
Speaker 2: know like I you know, like the timing belt is

633
00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:13,520
Speaker 2: is the one thing that I was like, you know,

634
00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:15,240
Speaker 2: I should buy another one and put it in a

635
00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:19,720
Speaker 2: Mason jar with oxygens or like absolutely prepping for the apocalypse.

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00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I get it. Hey can't tell you what

637
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:23,240
Speaker 1: sit tight. I want to finish this conversation. I got

638
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:24,920
Speaker 1: to pull over and take a pause. Don't go anywhere.

639
00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:26,800
Speaker 1: I'm ronning any in the car doctor. I'll be back

640
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:27,440
Speaker 1: right after this.

641
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:34,000
Speaker 3: Why this car is automatic, It's systematic.

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Speaker 1: It's a dramatic.

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Speaker 4: What's breezed lightning?

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Speaker 1: Welcome back running in the car doctor. We've got kid

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Speaker 1: on the line in Maryland. Ken. You know, one of

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Speaker 1: the things I would tell you to do when trying

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Speaker 1: to keep parts together for this ninety c r V

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Speaker 1: is if you could do a little research, how popular

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Speaker 1: was the are how popular still is the car?

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Speaker 2: You know?

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Speaker 1: And that's where the manufacturers will will continue to make

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Speaker 1: parts for it. If you know, if there's ten left

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Speaker 1: in the country and you're one of them, it's going

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Speaker 1: to be hard finding. But if there's still a half

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Speaker 1: a million register, you've got a greater chance of finding

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Speaker 1: what you need over the course of the next you know,

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Speaker 1: five to seven to eight years, depending on how long

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Speaker 1: you're going to keep it and keeping it on the left.

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Speaker 2: I think that's and that's part of the problem is

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Speaker 2: that I think it's pops or car but for a

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Speaker 2: specific kind of person that mods these cars right right well,

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Speaker 2: and therefore they don't they don't want the parts I.

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Speaker 1: Want, yeah, and as well. But the other side of

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Speaker 1: that is the parts guys, you know, the racer guys

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Speaker 1: are going to make it so that timing belts will

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Speaker 1: always be available, water pumps will always be available, starters, alternators,

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Speaker 1: the electronics. I'm more worried about the everyday passenger stuff,

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Speaker 1: you know, like for example, on my Force suburban, because

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Speaker 1: you know, if you're a regular listener, I'm sure you

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Speaker 1: know I've I've got this O for suburban I'm going

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Speaker 1: to keep forever because I keep telling my kids it's

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Speaker 1: the last one I'm ever going to get. If the

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Speaker 1: ABS control module ever goes bad. For the love of money,

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Speaker 1: I can't find one doesn't exist anymore on the planet.

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Speaker 1: You just you just so what do you do?

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Speaker 2: Do you buy? Do you try to buy another suburban?

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Speaker 1: That might happen if I ever come up with it.

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Speaker 1: Of course, of course, then I'm buying an O Force

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Speaker 1: suburban where I don't know the condition or how it

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Speaker 1: was maintained, how clean the brake fluid was kept, you know,

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Speaker 1: wearing at what point? But yeah, I mean that's or

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Speaker 1: do I do I bypass the ABS? Do I wire

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Speaker 1: up my own brakes? I mean a thousand questions go

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Speaker 1: through my mind. I'm determined I'm going to find an

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Speaker 1: ABS controller for that truck, because there's got to be

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Speaker 1: one out there somewhere sitting on a shelf. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: those are the problems you get into.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 1: I always say that they're going to eliminate cars when

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Speaker 1: they want to. All they've got to do is turn

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Speaker 1: off the park supply chain. And it's going to be

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Speaker 1: certain critical things, certain little things that we don't realize

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Speaker 1: that are going to be gone that we won't be

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Speaker 1: able to keep. But you're on the right track, my friend.

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Speaker 1: Rubber components, everyday components, things you're going to use in

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Speaker 1: need and that'll help keep you on the course to

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Speaker 1: keeping that car going longer. Good luck to you. I'm

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Speaker 1: Ronning Ay in the car doctor, reminding you till the

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Speaker 1: next time. The mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. See you