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Speaker 1: home of ron and Anian the Car Doctor, since this

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Speaker 1: is where car owners the world overturned to for their

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Speaker 1: definitive opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics giving you

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Speaker 1: the garage doors are open, but I am here to

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Speaker 1: take your call at eight five five five six and

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Speaker 1: now running. So I've got this way that you can

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Speaker 1: well all save money. Everybody's in for saving money, right,

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Speaker 1: and something that you can take into your own and

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Speaker 1: it gives you the power and the ability to do this.

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Speaker 1: I want you to think differently about repairs going forward.

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Speaker 1: And you know you can't do this. Gee. I took

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Speaker 1: classic reason why I went back to the gym this week.

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Speaker 1: not that I saw. He goes. It was just straight

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Speaker 1: We're done. Well, that's the problem. So now he's got

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Speaker 1: It is a different repair process. We're gonna fix cars

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Speaker 1: d C. Jeremy, Welcome aboard, sir, welcome back. How can

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Speaker 1: For what I'm gonna ask you, I had a new

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Speaker 1: Do your due diligence. Brother, call me back. You know

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Speaker 1: Now back to run. You know I had someone this

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Speaker 1: Car Doctor. We're back right after this colcome back n

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Speaker 1: a name of the car doctorate. You know, our next

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Speaker 1: Welcome to boards, sir, Hey, thanks, air conditioning systems and

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Speaker 1: zone one three four A is way better for ozone

427
00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,480
Speaker 1: than our twelve used to be. It's not zero, but

428
00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,560
Speaker 1: it's it's it's way better to our twelve. If our

429
00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,080
Speaker 1: twelve is a one one four A is like zero

430
00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:07,159
Speaker 1: is your point zero zero zero one uh five, you

431
00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:11,680
Speaker 1: know something like this. So from that standpoint, yeah, it's

432
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,040
Speaker 1: I think we've got the ozone problem. Okay with one

433
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,119
Speaker 1: four A and with YF. But what we need to

434
00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,399
Speaker 1: get a handle on is the global warming. So the

435
00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:24,720
Speaker 1: CEO two gases and warming the planet. Um. And so

436
00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,440
Speaker 1: you know there's more A C systems these days. Um.

437
00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:30,560
Speaker 1: You know, we we have more people, so on and

438
00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:33,760
Speaker 1: so forth. So uh, you know, moving to a lower

439
00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:37,600
Speaker 1: g wt refrigerant just just something that's gonna make sense

440
00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,560
Speaker 1: for us. So when you look at a modern vehicle,

441
00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:42,480
Speaker 1: and for those of you just joining us, we're talking

442
00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,560
Speaker 1: to Chuck in Kid from Mala Corporation about air conditioning,

443
00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:49,919
Speaker 1: when you look at a modern day vehicle, Chuck, you

444
00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:52,560
Speaker 1: know it's it's not that sixty six caddy with a

445
00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,320
Speaker 1: four and a half pound system, it's a one pound.

446
00:24:55,640 --> 00:25:00,960
Speaker 1: Typical system capacity today is sixteen ounces are less the

447
00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:03,439
Speaker 1: shop that's you know, and the reason we went to

448
00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,040
Speaker 1: all this is right. We we need the grill area.

449
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,960
Speaker 1: The design of the vehicle has affective components, and we're

450
00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,920
Speaker 1: trying to make everything more compact. That's a given. But

451
00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:14,680
Speaker 1: the shops that are out there, and I want you

452
00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,960
Speaker 1: to speak directly to this, that are trying to charge

453
00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:23,040
Speaker 1: air conditioning new old whatever, without a machine, how can

454
00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:28,520
Speaker 1: they be accurate it's really difficult. UM. Yeah. So you know, we,

455
00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:30,960
Speaker 1: you know, not just us, but a lot of in

456
00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:34,400
Speaker 1: the industry spent a lot of time really tuning these systems.

457
00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:36,800
Speaker 1: And there's new standards that we have to meet today.

458
00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,200
Speaker 1: If you look back in UM the R twelve days, UM.

459
00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:43,280
Speaker 1: You know, the the j so f A has standards

460
00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:46,040
Speaker 1: for equipment and uh used to be j I think

461
00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:50,199
Speaker 1: it's standards, but you know those standards for that we

462
00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:53,720
Speaker 1: were under, they really have nothing for the efficiency of

463
00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,840
Speaker 1: the recovery or the charge accuracy, right because of the

464
00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,760
Speaker 1: systems were so big. Be fast forward to two thousands

465
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:04,480
Speaker 1: and as the standard came out and that that forced

466
00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:10,159
Speaker 1: us to do recovery in every case half oun charge accuracy.

467
00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,879
Speaker 1: UM added some other things like you know, you can't

468
00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:15,760
Speaker 1: cross contaminate, so if you know, you know, uh or

469
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:17,960
Speaker 1: if you know, but if you know, I'm sure you know.

470
00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,320
Speaker 1: But tag oil and poe oil, you have to be

471
00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,280
Speaker 1: careful if you get an electrically driven compressor. You don't

472
00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:26,240
Speaker 1: want that oil to be conductive. Uh. You know that

473
00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:29,600
Speaker 1: can cause fires and electrical issues in this so UM.

474
00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:32,280
Speaker 1: So there's some standards that were put in there, and

475
00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,440
Speaker 1: then now we've got a new standard that we've got

476
00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:38,399
Speaker 1: to meet, which is h J seven for r F, I,

477
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:43,560
Speaker 1: D and J, which is for the wife equipment in whole.

478
00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,359
Speaker 1: And that's due to the there's just the changes in

479
00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:50,040
Speaker 1: the refrigerant um. The playability of the refrigement was a

480
00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,439
Speaker 1: big driver for a lot of that. Right, you know

481
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,440
Speaker 1: it's been said, and I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna

482
00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,159
Speaker 1: put it here before we take the plus, Chuck, I

483
00:26:57,119 --> 00:26:59,480
Speaker 1: want to hold you over another segment. A C is

484
00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:04,359
Speaker 1: assisted of precise measurement and accuracy, and I want to

485
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:06,560
Speaker 1: talk about how you put that into a machine and

486
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:08,520
Speaker 1: make that work. Stay right where you are, Chuck and

487
00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:11,359
Speaker 1: Kaid Mala Corporation on Ronanini in the Car Doctor. We'll

488
00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:20,560
Speaker 1: both be back right after this. Don't go away, Welcome

489
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,119
Speaker 1: back the car Doctor here with Chuck in Kid, product

490
00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:27,280
Speaker 1: manager and Equipment Engineering Equipment UH, Workshop manager for the

491
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:31,680
Speaker 1: Automotiva after market at Mala and Um, Chuck, your your

492
00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:36,280
Speaker 1: title changes by the way, by the minute. I'm sorry. Uh.

493
00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:40,159
Speaker 1: You know there's far too many cars out there that

494
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,160
Speaker 1: you know you'll drive along in the A C. It'll

495
00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:45,080
Speaker 1: blow cold out the left side and hot out the

496
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:49,320
Speaker 1: right and to the layman or even to some mechanics,

497
00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:52,000
Speaker 1: they'll think that, gee, there's a problem with blend doors

498
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:55,720
Speaker 1: or maybe the controls are not working properly. But in

499
00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:59,760
Speaker 1: a lot of cases it's a charge issue. And you know,

500
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:03,000
Speaker 1: we're talking about being off by four ounces. The system

501
00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:06,800
Speaker 1: is not properly charged. It does that. You need a machine.

502
00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:09,640
Speaker 1: You absolutely have to charge by a machine. It's it's

503
00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:12,800
Speaker 1: the law in a lot of cases. But you know,

504
00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:17,640
Speaker 1: speak to that precision, that that that accuracy, that's that's

505
00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:21,080
Speaker 1: a standard that's they don't they don't really let go of,

506
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:25,520
Speaker 1: do they now? And you're right, right, I mean exactly.

507
00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:26,920
Speaker 1: I mean a lot of times it would be a

508
00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:30,040
Speaker 1: blend or but it could also be under charging, right,

509
00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:33,879
Speaker 1: And so there's consequences to under charging or overcharging the system.

510
00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:36,920
Speaker 1: Overcharging could damage a compressor. There's all kinds of different

511
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:40,120
Speaker 1: things that could happen, and it really depends on the vehicle. Um.

512
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,600
Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean, you absolutely need a certified machine.

513
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:48,520
Speaker 1: All these sort of units are certified. They need testing standards,

514
00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,680
Speaker 1: and you're really you're really doing the customers a disservice

515
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:54,120
Speaker 1: if you're not using machine on a modern vehicle. Uh

516
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:56,840
Speaker 1: you know, you know, we take a lot of factors

517
00:28:56,840 --> 00:29:00,680
Speaker 1: in new account temperature pressures, weights, COUMP and say factors

518
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:02,480
Speaker 1: and things like this so that you can get a

519
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:05,400
Speaker 1: good service, in a repeatable service out of it. And

520
00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 1: if you're doing that mannually or with especially with older

521
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:11,280
Speaker 1: equipment which really just doesn't have those kind of standards, um,

522
00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:13,960
Speaker 1: you know, it's tough to get that accuracy of the unit.

523
00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:18,800
Speaker 1: One of the things, one of the things that I

524
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:23,040
Speaker 1: love the way my Mama machine works is that and

525
00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,280
Speaker 1: in comparison to some of the older machines we used

526
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,680
Speaker 1: to run through the shop, is that the Mala sort

527
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:31,560
Speaker 1: of gives you training on the job. You know, you

528
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:33,920
Speaker 1: you walk through an automatic sequence. It tells you, now,

529
00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:35,640
Speaker 1: I'm gonna do this, how does this look? I'm gonna

530
00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:37,120
Speaker 1: do that? How does that look? You know? Now we

531
00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,880
Speaker 1: need to do this, and it teaches you the process

532
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,480
Speaker 1: and asks you the question at the same time, and

533
00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,200
Speaker 1: not to mention the display is very nice. Can that

534
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,520
Speaker 1: thing get like YouTube channel? I mean, can I can

535
00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:50,800
Speaker 1: I get like bugs buttons? You know it's like sometimes

536
00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:52,680
Speaker 1: you want to watch TV. You're doing a c service,

537
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:57,080
Speaker 1: but um uh yeah, we could do that, but yeah,

538
00:29:57,520 --> 00:29:59,760
Speaker 1: we we tend not to. But yeah, you're right. We

539
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:03,160
Speaker 1: user manuals in there right in the interface. And um,

540
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,240
Speaker 1: you know, we always tell customers, you know, follow the

541
00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:07,680
Speaker 1: instructions on this greet and that's really what you have

542
00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:10,200
Speaker 1: to do, and you know we walk you through it.

543
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:12,640
Speaker 1: You know. So there's things get more complex, you know.

544
00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,520
Speaker 1: We obviously we put more technology into these units, but

545
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:17,640
Speaker 1: part of the reasons to do that is really to

546
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:20,480
Speaker 1: make life easier for the technician. Right, So you know

547
00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:23,280
Speaker 1: it sounds more complicated with touch screens and things like this,

548
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,640
Speaker 1: but the point of the technology is to make you

549
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,720
Speaker 1: make it easier to use, make life easier, uh, for

550
00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:31,200
Speaker 1: the technician. So you know, well, we do things like

551
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:33,960
Speaker 1: we have WiFi in our enclosure that gives us you know,

552
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,600
Speaker 1: we can network print full page reports, or we have

553
00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:38,600
Speaker 1: a phone mapp you can be across the shop or

554
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 1: at lunch and you you get a push notification note my

555
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:45,040
Speaker 1: services done, or monitor the pressures while you're doing the service. Um,

556
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:47,520
Speaker 1: you know, we we could also give us some advantages

557
00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:50,160
Speaker 1: for like diagn diagnosing machines. If you have a problem

558
00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,840
Speaker 1: in the in the field, we can remote into those machines.

559
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,840
Speaker 1: We can take over control. We can do live training

560
00:30:55,840 --> 00:31:00,080
Speaker 1: in some cases UM diagnosed the machine. UM actually a

561
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,440
Speaker 1: lot of cases prevent the need to have to send

562
00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,760
Speaker 1: service providers out. And and I really like it to

563
00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,360
Speaker 1: tell you that, because it really gives me the opportunity

564
00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,000
Speaker 1: to offer more features. So these you know, we work

565
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:12,920
Speaker 1: with O E. M. S and and a lot of

566
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,520
Speaker 1: different people get a lot of great ideas. A lot

567
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:18,440
Speaker 1: of those ideas actually turn into features and enhancements of

568
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:20,360
Speaker 1: the product that we can just you know, give to

569
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,720
Speaker 1: our customers. And so you know, your machine gets better

570
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:25,160
Speaker 1: and better over time. You know, you're never out of date.

571
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:28,040
Speaker 1: The great one of the great things about the mala

572
00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,720
Speaker 1: A C machines is I'll walk up, turn it on,

573
00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:33,920
Speaker 1: and I'll watch it go through an update before I

574
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,200
Speaker 1: use it that day. And it's kind of comforting to

575
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:40,840
Speaker 1: know that you're working on a problem vehicle in some

576
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:44,479
Speaker 1: cases and your machine has the absolute up to the

577
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:49,240
Speaker 1: second latest technology and and and bug fixes. Right, It's

578
00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:51,920
Speaker 1: just it's comforting. It's it's like working with a scan

579
00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:56,520
Speaker 1: tool that that you know is constantly being updated. And

580
00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,200
Speaker 1: I haven't seen anybody else in the marketplace do it

581
00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:01,560
Speaker 1: to the level that MALA is doing it, so you

582
00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:04,720
Speaker 1: get you get kudos from me for that, you really do. Hey, listen, Chuck,

583
00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:06,600
Speaker 1: we're gonna we're gonna wind it up because we're gonna

584
00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:09,000
Speaker 1: run out of time. Where before we go, where can

585
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:11,600
Speaker 1: the listeners get more information? Because obviously we're gonna have

586
00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 1: you back, but in the interim, where can we get

587
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,480
Speaker 1: more information about MALA and a C and all that

588
00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:20,320
Speaker 1: we're gonna deal with this summer and summer's next. Yeah,

589
00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 1: So i'd point people to a couple of places. Obviously

590
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:27,440
Speaker 1: our website, so that's uh www dot Service Solutions all

591
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:31,200
Speaker 1: one word dot Mala dot com. And uh, the Mobile

592
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:34,240
Speaker 1: Air Conditioning Society. I think they just changed their name recently.

593
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:38,800
Speaker 1: But um, that's also a good place for training. Um.

594
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 1: You know, people are gonna want six or nine certification

595
00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:44,920
Speaker 1: certifications to even buy a refrigerant these days, so that's

596
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:48,000
Speaker 1: a great place for training as well. Good Okay, Well yeah,

597
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:49,880
Speaker 1: and you're right. You know what we could do three

598
00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:52,240
Speaker 1: more interviews, Truck. We're gonna get your back, brother, all right.

599
00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 1: There's just a lot to talk about a C and certification,

600
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,520
Speaker 1: the safety of it. We've only scratched the surface more

601
00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:59,680
Speaker 1: to come. Thanks to you and everybody at MALA. We

602
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:01,040
Speaker 1: have pre She hate the way you're trying to take

603
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:04,880
Speaker 1: care of us and the environment. Uh, just outstanding job.

604
00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:07,280
Speaker 1: Take take good care, Chuck. I'm runing any in the

605
00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:19,760
Speaker 1: car Doctor. We are back right after this. Welcome back.

606
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:21,720
Speaker 1: We're on any of the car Doctor. And once again

607
00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 1: thanks to Chucking kid over at MALA Corporation for taking

608
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:26,480
Speaker 1: the time today. MALA by the way as m A

609
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:29,040
Speaker 1: h l E. If you're out there looking for them

610
00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:32,320
Speaker 1: and their A C equipment. UM, good stuff, really good stuff.

611
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:35,280
Speaker 1: We use them in the shop. I had a recent call.

612
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,880
Speaker 1: I want to address this. Someone called the shop this

613
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:42,840
Speaker 1: week and we were talking about she's interested in buying

614
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:45,040
Speaker 1: a new vehicle and you know, what do I think

615
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:47,480
Speaker 1: about buying an electric vehicle now? And I said, well,

616
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:49,920
Speaker 1: you know, I we ran down the list and you

617
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:52,000
Speaker 1: know the pros and the cons. And I said, but why,

618
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,760
Speaker 1: I said, you've you know, you've been driving this little

619
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,400
Speaker 1: four cylinder Honda Civic for so many years that you know,

620
00:33:57,440 --> 00:33:59,400
Speaker 1: why would you change and get away from that? And

621
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:02,520
Speaker 1: she she actually drives a stick She's driving an older

622
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:04,960
Speaker 1: Civic with a stick and she's a stick girl. And

623
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:08,040
Speaker 1: she you know, she likes to drive stick and I said,

624
00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:09,880
Speaker 1: you know you're gonna get an automatic. I said, aren't

625
00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,120
Speaker 1: you gonna miss that the driving style? And she said yeah.

626
00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,760
Speaker 1: But she said, you know, why would I buy another

627
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:18,080
Speaker 1: internal combustion engine a gas engine, because in fifteen years

628
00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:22,759
Speaker 1: everything is gonna be electric. Anyway. I can't imagine being

629
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:26,080
Speaker 1: ready or trying to buy an electric vehicle now because

630
00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:29,840
Speaker 1: in fifteen years you're worried about getting parts for an

631
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:33,399
Speaker 1: internal combustion engine. Listen, the electric vehicle isn't gonna last

632
00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:36,319
Speaker 1: five years. You don't think the computer chips and the

633
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:39,440
Speaker 1: modules and the software that runs that isn't gonna have

634
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,360
Speaker 1: to be updated more than a few times over the

635
00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:45,080
Speaker 1: course of the next fifteen years if it lasted that long.

636
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:48,360
Speaker 1: From the way the market's talking, I don't think electric

637
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,600
Speaker 1: vehicles are gonna go beyond the five six year mark

638
00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:55,799
Speaker 1: with given current technology and even projected technology. So you know,

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Speaker 1: don't count the internal combustion engine out just yet, and

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Speaker 1: don't jump the gun. Make sure if you're going to electric,

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Speaker 1: you're going for all the right reasons, and make sure

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Speaker 1: you're able to deal with the pros and the cons

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Speaker 1: of either or so. Just some good long thought processes needed.

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Speaker 1: I'm running any in the car. Doctor, thanks for stopping

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Speaker 1: by this hour until the next time. Good mechanics aren't expensive,

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Speaker 1: they're priceless. Signa