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Speaker 1: telling me, brother that you brought you brought your truck

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the radio home of Ron and Nannian the

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Speaker 1: Car Doctor. Since this is where car owners the world

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Speaker 1: welcome a boarding standby. We've got a great couple of

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Speaker 1: So Will brought us two tires this week to put

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Speaker 1: not sure why. Um, the car just seems to pile

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Speaker 1: And I get it. Everybody's out to save a buck.

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Speaker 1: Online makes it good. Right. The internet can solve everything.

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Speaker 1: Ronny of the Car Doctor here at zero. Let's so

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Speaker 1: How can I help? Yeah? Hi u um so, yeah,

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Speaker 1: Um as as as the third Marine said, as they

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Speaker 1: new Hampshire, Sir, oh for Chevy taha how can I help? Yes, right, yes, sir, afternoon, Yes, sir,

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Speaker 1: Oh six four escape Joe. Welcome to the Car Doctor, Sir,

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Speaker 1: how can I help? How you doing? Uh? I have

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Speaker 1: where would the GEM module that? Uh? But I believe

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Speaker 1: Ron to help. You're very welcome, sir. If you need more,

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Speaker 1: I help? Hey? Ron? Yes, Um, I appreciate you. And

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Speaker 1: a couple of months ago, and uh back for us

426
00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:03,359
Speaker 1: my core, right, I heard you say that. Also, Uh,

427
00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:08,000
Speaker 1: I can't sad it's wearing herd on inside degrees. And

428
00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:12,240
Speaker 1: then my actuator valve was kind of floating a little bit,

429
00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:15,720
Speaker 1: so I kind of set a screw driver in it

430
00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:19,880
Speaker 1: and got it um to the heat mode. But I'm

431
00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:24,920
Speaker 1: still getting heat and then it goes cold again cold?

432
00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:28,119
Speaker 1: What first? Let me ask a couple of questions, what

433
00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:32,879
Speaker 1: how do you know it's a hundred degrees? Well, my, my,

434
00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,360
Speaker 1: I gotta I gotta do agread out on my thumb

435
00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:38,800
Speaker 1: sat and that reason hunt night side. Yes you have

436
00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:43,040
Speaker 1: you have a digital readout on your thumb set. Yes

437
00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:47,360
Speaker 1: on my car. Yes, on the temperature control you mean

438
00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:51,359
Speaker 1: on the temperature gauge. Okay, okay, so so. And if

439
00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:53,080
Speaker 1: you touch the upper radiator hose when it reads a

440
00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:56,400
Speaker 1: hundred degrees, it's it's warm to the point of being

441
00:24:56,480 --> 00:25:00,760
Speaker 1: uncomfortable to hold onto. Correct. And when you touch one

442
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:02,600
Speaker 1: of the heater hoses, at least one of the heater

443
00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:06,119
Speaker 1: hoses feels as warm as the upper radiater hose. No,

444
00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,840
Speaker 1: no stars, That's why I'm back. Plus my heater core okay,

445
00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:15,040
Speaker 1: is either one of the heater hoses as warm as

446
00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:20,560
Speaker 1: the radiator hose. Now that I am not ed, you know,

447
00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,480
Speaker 1: because I mean, listen, it's gotta be it's gotta be

448
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,440
Speaker 1: hot in and and cooler out. So you might you

449
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:29,480
Speaker 1: might have your hand on the on the exit line

450
00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:32,200
Speaker 1: versus you know, versus the feed. You might have your

451
00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:37,280
Speaker 1: hand on the outlet, not the inlet now, but let's

452
00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:40,320
Speaker 1: just talk past that a little bit. So let's let's

453
00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:43,119
Speaker 1: get to the point where, Okay, the radiator hose the

454
00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:45,879
Speaker 1: car is hot, the heater hose is hot, the the

455
00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:50,639
Speaker 1: outlets cooler, and you're driving along. You've got good heat.

456
00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:54,359
Speaker 1: Your definition of good heat terry is gauged by what

457
00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:57,800
Speaker 1: your hand in front of the heater. Not Now, it's

458
00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:02,920
Speaker 1: not good. It's just walks. Not good. Heat will be

459
00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:07,800
Speaker 1: froll me in Michigan, so you will defrost file windshi. However,

460
00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:12,760
Speaker 1: it's not hot. Okay, yeah, let's do me a favorite.

461
00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,280
Speaker 1: Do you have a do you have an O Rillyoto

462
00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:19,680
Speaker 1: parts by you about twenty down the road, you know,

463
00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:23,040
Speaker 1: jump jump jump jump in there you can or if

464
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,280
Speaker 1: if there's something closer, pick up you know, spend ten

465
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:33,080
Speaker 1: bucks pick up a an in dash temperature thermometer, the

466
00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:36,200
Speaker 1: vent thing. I heard you say that. Yeah, only did

467
00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:40,720
Speaker 1: not do that because is not hot? Right? But I

468
00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,239
Speaker 1: just well, and here's what But here's why I want

469
00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,280
Speaker 1: you to do that, because I hate to gauge myself

470
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,960
Speaker 1: by well, I think it's cool or I think it's cool.

471
00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,520
Speaker 1: I want to know how much it's dropping you're saying,

472
00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:56,840
Speaker 1: you're saying, it's never hot. How hot is not hot? Um?

473
00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,359
Speaker 1: But dot's go cold? I mean code is in the

474
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:05,680
Speaker 1: air is actually like cool cool, but it starts but

475
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:10,159
Speaker 1: it starts warmer, right, all right? This get warm that

476
00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:13,680
Speaker 1: this's not yet hot as as as it would normally

477
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:18,560
Speaker 1: do as last year it just started this here. But

478
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,240
Speaker 1: but but here's not going to be the actuator vowl

479
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:25,560
Speaker 1: is the activated vow? Is that possible? The piece under

480
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:29,080
Speaker 1: the dashboard? Sure? Absolutely, that was in the it's in

481
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,240
Speaker 1: the glove box, right. My actual was about in the

482
00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:35,760
Speaker 1: glove But but before we go there, kiddo, um, before

483
00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:39,560
Speaker 1: we go there, let's because it will help in diagnosis,

484
00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:43,720
Speaker 1: all right, because you're telling me it goes cold actuator valves.

485
00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:47,200
Speaker 1: You know, temperature actuators don't really change position on their own.

486
00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:50,320
Speaker 1: If they do, they're being driven there, all right. What

487
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:54,240
Speaker 1: I'm what I'm concerned about is, you know, I need

488
00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,800
Speaker 1: I need to get a better feel no pun intended

489
00:27:57,119 --> 00:28:00,440
Speaker 1: for the temperature of this in terms of in terms

490
00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:03,760
Speaker 1: of heat, what's really going on temperature wise? Because what

491
00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,560
Speaker 1: I'd like to know is when you're talking about and

492
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,960
Speaker 1: if I'm hearing, you're right, it starts out warm, never

493
00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:14,280
Speaker 1: great and then it goes cold. And what I'm thinking

494
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:17,159
Speaker 1: about is do you have a seeping head gasket? Are

495
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:19,560
Speaker 1: you are you putting air into the system? Are you

496
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:23,880
Speaker 1: using any coolant? Are you seeing a variation in coolant

497
00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,760
Speaker 1: level in either the radiator or the overflow bottle? The

498
00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:30,199
Speaker 1: next morning, but before I take you there, go buy

499
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,719
Speaker 1: a thermometer. Coming back next week, give me some actual

500
00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:34,960
Speaker 1: numbers and let's talk about I want to know how

501
00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:38,040
Speaker 1: widespread of a temperature range we're talking about, and then

502
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,680
Speaker 1: we can continue this conversation. Get yourself out to a

503
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,200
Speaker 1: local orillyot to parts. I'm Rondandy in the car doctor.

504
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:50,760
Speaker 1: We'll be back right after this. Welcome back right in

505
00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,800
Speaker 1: the guard doctorless government talk to Renee in Houston. Renee,

506
00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:56,880
Speaker 1: welcome to the car doctor. How can I help? Yes,

507
00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:01,600
Speaker 1: I have a question for UH, for the guys on

508
00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:06,239
Speaker 1: the radio, and I took my car in and had

509
00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:10,440
Speaker 1: a wheelbaring replaced. Will they replaced the long one? I

510
00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:14,920
Speaker 1: what I really need now is a front end UH

511
00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:18,160
Speaker 1: change of rotors and the brakes. And I was just

512
00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 1: wondering how they would handle something like that. So the

513
00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,400
Speaker 1: question here becomes, when you took it into the shop,

514
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:29,880
Speaker 1: what did tell me what happened. What transpired? You went

515
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:31,720
Speaker 1: up and you talk to the service writer at the counter.

516
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:34,600
Speaker 1: One of their mechanics drive with me and there was

517
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:38,120
Speaker 1: a home and he thought it was coming from the

518
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:41,600
Speaker 1: rear everything like that. Well, I get it and they

519
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:45,720
Speaker 1: replaced the front one and I drove it after I

520
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,880
Speaker 1: got it back, thinking it was all taken care of,

521
00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:52,240
Speaker 1: and it wasn't. The homes and the manager or the

522
00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:54,680
Speaker 1: assistant manager wrote in me, I says, here that home.

523
00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,320
Speaker 1: That's why I brought it in. So I didn't change

524
00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,680
Speaker 1: it at all. So it's not like the front one

525
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:03,360
Speaker 1: was going now right, So so did you you know,

526
00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:05,880
Speaker 1: did we Did they go through? I would, I would

527
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,080
Speaker 1: expect they would. Did they go through? You know, hey,

528
00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:10,920
Speaker 1: Renae's here her cars making this noise, the noises from

529
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,239
Speaker 1: the front replaced front wheel bearing. They gave you an

530
00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:18,360
Speaker 1: estimate and you signed it. Yeah. Um, I don't know

531
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:22,880
Speaker 1: about the estimate, but I just um, they gave me

532
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,680
Speaker 1: a rough estimate of what it costs for front will bearing,

533
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,400
Speaker 1: which the rear will bearing, which is really the one

534
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:33,240
Speaker 1: that was going out, it costs less. So the front

535
00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:37,760
Speaker 1: one was three dollars and then the back one was

536
00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:41,160
Speaker 1: like two hundred and seventy five dollars and what kind

537
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:44,040
Speaker 1: of cars I didn't need? I didn't need the front one?

538
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:48,719
Speaker 1: What kind of cars? It's a two thousand six Chevy

539
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:54,160
Speaker 1: Malibu Max hundred ninety thousand miles, just broken in. Um,

540
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:56,760
Speaker 1: I know it good for three hundred doll and I

541
00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:00,360
Speaker 1: like my car. It's a great car, but I love it.

542
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,280
Speaker 1: But you know what I really need now is I

543
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:06,720
Speaker 1: need to have the rotors and a front break job.

544
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:08,160
Speaker 1: Because I said, yeah, you're going to need that, and

545
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,480
Speaker 1: I knew I needed that, but I was thinking of

546
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:12,800
Speaker 1: asking them take it back to the same place and

547
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:16,600
Speaker 1: give them a chance to remedy there. Let me ask

548
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,479
Speaker 1: you this, Are they your regular mechanics Have you been

549
00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:22,680
Speaker 1: there before? It was? It was a new mechanics shop

550
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:24,880
Speaker 1: I went to. They had very good reviews and they're

551
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:28,440
Speaker 1: always busy, so obviously people are using them. And the

552
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 1: manager was very nice and he was like, you know,

553
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:36,040
Speaker 1: oh gee, sorry, you know what do you say. They're

554
00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:37,920
Speaker 1: not going to say, oh, yeah, we replaced their own part,

555
00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:40,120
Speaker 1: and I get that, but I want them to take

556
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:44,320
Speaker 1: the labor from that job, and the labor of the

557
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:47,320
Speaker 1: changing the rotors and the brakes, and I will pay

558
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:52,600
Speaker 1: for the parts as a remedy. Tell them that you know,

559
00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:57,360
Speaker 1: and is that is that appropriate? Or is that you know?

560
00:31:57,680 --> 00:31:59,800
Speaker 1: You know because they screwed up and they're not going

561
00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:02,000
Speaker 1: to sit there and say, hey, we screwed up. Well,

562
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,560
Speaker 1: from what you're telling me, they changed. They changed both

563
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,840
Speaker 1: wheel bearings, front end back on one side. They changed

564
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,200
Speaker 1: the front when it did not remit it. The real

565
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 1: problem was the rear one. And then they changed free

566
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,440
Speaker 1: will being I'll pay for the part, but I want

567
00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,520
Speaker 1: you to apply the labor of that to the job

568
00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 1: of the of my break job now that I need

569
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,720
Speaker 1: to get done. But here's the but here's how you

570
00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,520
Speaker 1: have to position it to him. Okay, is you want

571
00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:28,320
Speaker 1: to tell them listen, I'm looking for I'm looking for

572
00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:30,680
Speaker 1: a repair shop. You guys have good reviews. I came

573
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:32,880
Speaker 1: here in good faith, you know what. Maybe there was

574
00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:35,720
Speaker 1: some miscommunication, but I was clear that I had a

575
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,480
Speaker 1: noise from the car. That's what I wanted fixed. If

576
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:42,000
Speaker 1: the miscommunication occurred, it occurred because I feel like you

577
00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:45,760
Speaker 1: guys misdiagnosed it. So how about how about we do this.

578
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:48,880
Speaker 1: How about I'll pay for parts you guys, cover the labor.

579
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:52,760
Speaker 1: Let's begin our relationship anew, and I'll be I'll be

580
00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:54,920
Speaker 1: with you guys from this point on. See how they

581
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 1: handle that, all right? And I'm not only wanting to

582
00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 1: replace the labor of it would cost to change out

583
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,480
Speaker 1: the rotors and the brakes. A break, du They said

584
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:08,200
Speaker 1: it was like three dollars. Well, I sent three dollars

585
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,680
Speaker 1: on a job I didn't need. But I have the part,

586
00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,000
Speaker 1: so I get the benefit. But take the labor of

587
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:16,320
Speaker 1: that job and the labor of what it would cost

588
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:19,720
Speaker 1: to change out the rotors and the brakes, and then

589
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:23,000
Speaker 1: we'll I'll be happy, right and see what they do

590
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:24,800
Speaker 1: with that, and then take it from there. Call us back,

591
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:26,240
Speaker 1: let us know what happens. I'm run on any of

592
00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:30,800
Speaker 1: the car doctor. We'll be back right after this. Welcome back,

593
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:32,959
Speaker 1: We're on any of the car doctor. First of all,

594
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:35,600
Speaker 1: let's get a couple of pieces of maintenance done. Bottom

595
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:37,960
Speaker 1: of the hour, I was talking to a gentleman about

596
00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:41,480
Speaker 1: his four wheel drive differential and huboil. It was Lucas.

597
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:43,440
Speaker 1: I kept wanting to say Luke oil, but I knew

598
00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:47,200
Speaker 1: it wasn't Luke oil. It was Lucas. Lucas huboil. It's

599
00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:51,800
Speaker 1: a very heavy thick um heat fighting creates a very

600
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:54,520
Speaker 1: good solid film, very good for front differentials on those

601
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:57,640
Speaker 1: Uh that generation GM product OH four oh five with

602
00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:00,920
Speaker 1: the aluminum housing, the steel bearings day spinning the carrier.

603
00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:04,920
Speaker 1: So Lucas huboill works really well. Uh for Renee in

604
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:07,240
Speaker 1: Houston that we just spoke to, I think there was

605
00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:10,279
Speaker 1: a little bit of confusion. I have to apologize because

606
00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 1: I think she didn't realize she was calling the wrong

607
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,439
Speaker 1: radio show. Um, she was looking for a couple of guys.

608
00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:16,200
Speaker 1: I knew who she was looking for, but it wasn't us.

609
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:19,120
Speaker 1: But I know we gave her solid information. Uh. Just

610
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:21,960
Speaker 1: you know, there's a classic example of you know, what

611
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:25,120
Speaker 1: goes wrong. There was no communication I think there in

612
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:27,680
Speaker 1: the repair shop. Where was the noise from? You know,

613
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 1: did she get did she give approval to fix the

614
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,840
Speaker 1: front wheel bearing? And then did she give approval to

615
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:36,879
Speaker 1: fix the rear wheel bearing? Auto repairs a process. It's

616
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,960
Speaker 1: not something that's gets that that's just automatic that you

617
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,239
Speaker 1: can just it can't have a life of its own,

618
00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:45,200
Speaker 1: especially not when you're using a repair shop for what

619
00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,719
Speaker 1: sounds like the first time you know it's it's just

620
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:50,920
Speaker 1: like going to a doctor. After a while, you go

621
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:52,920
Speaker 1: to a doctor and the doctor starts giving you the

622
00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:55,560
Speaker 1: you know he's gonna cut something off, but you're okay

623
00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:58,400
Speaker 1: with it because he's done it before, all right, So

624
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:00,840
Speaker 1: you've got to equate that the same part of the

625
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,600
Speaker 1: order repair process. How many times have you been there?

626
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:05,640
Speaker 1: Have they cut things off that maybe you could have

627
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,520
Speaker 1: used or maybe you didn't need um? So you've got

628
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:10,719
Speaker 1: to ask yourself that question as well. So Renee, if

629
00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:12,160
Speaker 1: you happen to get a chance to listen to this,

630
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:14,280
Speaker 1: just go back and talk to them and see what happens.

631
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,399
Speaker 1: I'm Rodanadi in the car doctor until the next time,

632
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:20,480
Speaker 1: reminding you good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. See you