1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:02,520 Speaker 1: Ron and Anian. The reason they make cars the way 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: they do is because you keep buying them. So if 3 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: you want to change something, you know what you gotta 4 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: doctor the car Doctor. When you have something like that, 5 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:22,120 Speaker 1: you take it back at and you will root quarter 6 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 1: creative one. And that's what everybody does. Get her I mean, 7 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: that's not unusual. And I bet what ended up happening 8 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: one you still had a misfire on cylinder throwing. Welcome 9 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: to the radio home of Ron and Ainian the Car Doctor, 10 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:37,520 Speaker 1: since this is where car owners the world overturned to 11 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 1: for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics 12 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 1: giving you a busy signal, pick up the phone and 13 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,879 Speaker 1: call in the garage doors are open, but I am 14 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 1: here to take your calls at eight five five five 15 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: six and now he running. Hey, it's time to start 16 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 1: your engines along and welcome money in the car Doctor 17 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: here at five five five six zero nine nine zero 18 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:07,199 Speaker 1: zero Again eight five five five six zero nine zero zero. 19 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: Take your calls, answer your questions, whatever you've got going on, 20 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: whatever bothering you about your car. This is the place 21 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: to get the answer zero nine zero zero. It is 22 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: seven phone number. You can leave a message. Tom Ray, 23 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: executive producer, will pick up the phone and if not, 24 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 1: he will pick up the message that you can leave 25 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: there there's an answering service provider and we'll call you 26 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: back and get you in q Fenix Live Broadcast. A 27 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: little bit of a somber note as we kick off 28 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: this hour of the Car Doctor. And I'd like to 29 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: do this from a very personal perspective because I knew 30 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: this gentleman, John stat Mueller passed away. Not many of 31 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: you knew John, or perhaps some of you did. Um 32 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: He was well known in the New Jersey, New York area. 33 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: He was the music teacher at Dickinson High School in 34 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: Jersey City, New Jersey. And um he recently passed with 35 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: the last month uh this month, um within the last 36 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: month um uh, after suffering for a good five six 37 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: years on kidney dialysis. And it was a tough road 38 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: for John um many A many a morning he would 39 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: come in from kidney dialysis and sit in the shop 40 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 1: and get his oil changed, and uh, you know, we 41 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 1: changed his oil and talked to John and John John, 42 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 1: there's two things John loved. John loved people and John 43 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: loved cars. He was just that kind of guy. You 44 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: know he was. He was sixty one years old. I 45 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: believe he was just a little bit younger than me. 46 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: And I still remember the day five years ago when 47 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: he said we were talking about something about the car 48 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 1: that he owned at the time, and he said, well, 49 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: when I get the next car, And I said, what's 50 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 1: the next car? John, Well, I'm saving my money to 51 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: buy a Mustang. John, You're fifty six years old at 52 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 1: this point. He really wasn't that sick then. And I'm 53 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 1: very happy to say I was the one that convinced them, John, 54 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: what are you waiting for? Go buy your seventh Mustang? 55 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: This guy was a Mustang? Not right? And John, just 56 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: go buy your next Mustang, Like get this over with, 57 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: like you know, there's no guarantees. Tomorrow is here, right, 58 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: enjoy it. He went out and he brought his Mustang 59 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 1: and he went out driving that Mustang. So John passed 60 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: and his wife Janet called me up and big he 61 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: was a big car doctor. Fancy he used the driver 62 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 1: of nuts. I can only imagine playing the you know, 63 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: the live show and the podcast around the Clock and 64 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: just you know, God, listen to the car doctor, and 65 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: you know that's what the car doctor said, and that 66 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 1: was John, right, But you could also go to him, 67 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: you know. He he'd sit in the shop and I go, John, 68 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: what's this song? And you you'd whistle three bars up, 69 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 1: damn dad, and and oh that was John Phillips SUSA, 70 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: you know, nineteen sixteen or whatever it was. And he'd 71 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: give you the who and who played first trump bone 72 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: and all that. He was just a big music guy. Right. 73 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 1: So Janet calls me up. John passes. Janet calls me up, 74 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: and and I've got a point here, so just be patient, 75 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: give me a second. And she says, you know John 76 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: had a matchbox collection of little cars. So I said yeah, 77 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: and she said, you know, she said, I really don't 78 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 1: know what to do with it. And I said, you know, Janet, 79 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: I said, they're worth money. I mean little match box cars. 80 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: I can only imagine you know how old they are 81 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: if John has been collecting them a long time? Was 82 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:02,839 Speaker 1: John collected match boxes for a long time? I said, 83 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 1: once you put him on eBay. No, I don't have 84 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: the time and I really don't need the money. And 85 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: you know, I don't think that's what John want me 86 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: to do with it. Well, you know what am I 87 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: gonna she said, can you do something with it? All 88 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what I'm gonna do. All right, I'm 89 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 1: thinking there's twenty five cars. You know, how big of 90 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: a matchbox collection could the guy have? He sixty one 91 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: years old. Right, It's not like he's got time to 92 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,359 Speaker 1: do this. I don't have time to build a matchbox collection. 93 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: I only have time to work on the hot rock. 94 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: So I said, every little boy and girl that comes 95 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: into the shop, for as long as they last, what 96 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 1: could it be a month? Mikey right, I'll give I'll 97 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: give each little kid a car. And John would like 98 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: that because John was a car person, John, and he 99 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: was a kid person. He was a school teacher, you know, band, 100 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 1: high school band, thirty years Jersey City. So I said, 101 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:49,920 Speaker 1: all right, every kid that comes into the shop, I'll 102 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: give away you know what, the kid pick it. I 103 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: like this one, the red one. Whatever. Jan says, great, 104 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 1: I said, you know, drop it off whenever you get 105 00:04:56,760 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: a chance, Monday, this piste week. But she backs up 106 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: to the door of Bay three. I'm going, why is 107 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:08,839 Speaker 1: she backing up to the door, Like how many can 108 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 1: there be? Like? What are we doing? Seven boxes of 109 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: match and I mean not little big boxes, you know, 110 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 1: you know, eighteen by thirty six by by by two 111 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: ft moving boxes with and i mean packed to the 112 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 1: brim with its key pitch key cars and you know, 113 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: wrapping every everyone was wrapped, which is the sad part, right, 114 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 1: every one of those cars was wrapped because John put 115 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 1: away because I'm gonna play with them someday and I'm 116 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:40,479 Speaker 1: gonna use them someday, and I'm gonna put him out someday. 117 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: And some day never came for John, and we unwrapped 118 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 1: every one of them. It took us almost three hours. 119 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: We worked on it for three days. At lunch, Dandy 120 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: and I and carpenter Bob chimed in and we're all looking, 121 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: and you know, the little kid in us came out. 122 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:56,040 Speaker 1: Oh look at this. A sixty seven g t O, 123 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: a sixty nine g t O Judge, a seventy Plymouth 124 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: heavy road runner. Look at this? How cool is all this? Right? 125 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:05,600 Speaker 1: We've got snacks of cars. We got no work done 126 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 1: on Monday. I mean it was just you know, which 127 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: car was faster? And what do you remember from your childhood? 128 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: And you know, just just just amazing. We wrapped up 129 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 1: some we've we've handed out a bunch. We brought some 130 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: over the local doctor's office. They're gonna give it out 131 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: to the kids instead of lollipops. I explained the whole 132 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 1: story to them, and, UM, you know, we're gonna make 133 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: it work. And the point of all this becomes, you know, 134 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: there is no tomorrow. And understand what cars are. If 135 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: you've got a car that you want, if you've got 136 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 1: a car that you're itching to get and you're just 137 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 1: waiting for that moment, that moment is now, brother, if 138 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: you can afford it. You know. I remember the last 139 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: time I saw John, and I don't know it was 140 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: the last time, but I remember him telling me how 141 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 1: grateful he was that I talked him into buying his car, 142 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 1: because he's had five years in it and he hoped 143 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: to get another five, you know, driving that Mustang, that 144 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: last Mustang that he really loved. And this guy, I 145 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: love Mustangs. I gotta tell you. In the matchbox collection, 146 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 1: he had every Mustang made since nineteen sixty four, okay, 147 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 1: just about every color, fast back, Sedan's um some some 148 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: um what you call it experimental Mustang models. If Mustang 149 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: made it, he had it all right. Then he also 150 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: had then he had. He had Matchbox, the little ones, 151 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 1: then he had the one thirty second scale, then he 152 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 1: had the scale. Then you know there was Franklin Mint 153 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: cars in there, all right, Franklin Mint or like the 154 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 1: detailed models of of of what it's all about. I mean, 155 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 1: just just incredible stuff. Never got to see any of it, right, 156 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 1: he never played with any of them. So we're handing 157 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: him out, like I said, And the point becomes, enjoy 158 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: your today and you have to see it. Right. You 159 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: come by the shop like somebody will pick up a 160 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: car this week, and we didn't have We don't have 161 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: any kids this week, right, because that naturally that's what happens. Right, 162 00:07:58,360 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: you have all these cars, think about the kids. You don't. 163 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: You don't see a lot of kids. But given that, 164 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: the parents, you have to see the fathers. You know, 165 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 1: one guy yesterday was picking up him in the summer, 166 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: picking up their two thousand Nissan Frontier. The kid's car, Hey, Rick, 167 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: what was your car in high school? Oh? I had 168 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 1: this really great Camaro that I just I said, he said, whine. 169 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: I said to the kid, I said, what do you like? 170 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 1: He says, jeez, I don't know. I you know, And 171 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: I looked at him, and I thought about it. I 172 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: went to the because I have entire out of the 173 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 1: vide You don't have like the muscle car section. I 174 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: have the NASCAR section. I have the really old car section. 175 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: I got cars of the fifties, you know. I got 176 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 1: car stars of the sixties and seventies, cars that nearly 177 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: made it. I've got an a MC javelin Okay, and 178 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: an a MX matchbox. I've never seen that. All right, 179 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 1: if they made it, he's got it. John had it 180 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: in the collection. So the one guy got a sixty 181 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 1: seven Chivel SS big Block and the other and the 182 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 1: other one got his sixty eight Camaro that he had 183 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:52,559 Speaker 1: in high school. And you have to see people react. 184 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: And this is how I know how much cars meant 185 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 1: to us at one point in the American culture. You 186 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: had to see Rick the father's eyes light up when 187 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 1: he's so I had the exact color combination matchbox right 188 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 1: of the car he drove in high school. He's like, 189 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 1: oh my good, it's like they shrunk. Oh look at this. 190 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 1: And he's telling us, oh, look and this, you know, 191 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: and and and your mother used to sit here, and 192 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: you know, I'm like, Okay, um, just just just great stuff. 193 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: We dedicate this hour of the Car Doctor. We dedicate 194 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:24,839 Speaker 1: this this, this, this show the next two hours the 195 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 1: j S. John stab Mueller. You know they say that 196 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,839 Speaker 1: radio waves go on forever, right, they say it goes 197 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: out into the atmosphere, and you know as it reaches 198 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 1: the heavens and above, it's just it's I imagine there's 199 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: twenty seven years twenty eight years of the Car Doctor 200 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 1: somewhere out there circling the universe. And uh, if John's 201 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: up there, and I know he's up there, and he 202 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 1: can probably hear this already, he gets it on instant replay. Um, 203 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: let him know we're thinking of him and we appreciate 204 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 1: his car if we appreciate his collection, and uh we 205 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 1: miss him to a great car guy. J S. This 206 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: is for you. I'm ronan ad in The Car Doctor. 207 00:09:57,480 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: When we come back, we're gonna open the garage doors. 208 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 1: Don't go away. Whether it's a little red Corvette or 209 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 1: you go, you've come to the right place to get 210 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: that car fixed. Ron and Dandy in the Car Doctor 211 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:19,559 Speaker 1: five five five zero nine zero zero Now backter on 212 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: and there were no hugos and John stat Mueller's collection either. 213 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 1: It was really amazing. Um it did have a six 214 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: passenger Disney you know, the travel bus that you're riding 215 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: down at Disneyland when you're when you're Disney had the 216 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 1: six passenger a little yeah, I mean he had all 217 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:37,559 Speaker 1: these weird little things. Had a little red Volkswagen. Um, 218 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 1: Russell's getting. Don't don't tell Russell I sent I'm sending 219 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 1: that to my buddy Russell in North Carolina. Oh he 220 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: listens to the show. Um, well he might as well know. 221 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:47,560 Speaker 1: I found a Volkswagen which he drove in high school. 222 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: I also found the exact copy of the sixty nine 223 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 1: s S three chavel he drove in high school, which 224 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:56,599 Speaker 1: was jenks That's why he had to drive the Volkswagen. 225 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 1: We figured that was the punishment. And um, he's also 226 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: getting a Franklin Mint Boss four twenty nine because he's 227 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:04,839 Speaker 1: the Boss as far as I'm concerned. So, but just 228 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: just just an unbelievable collection. Take them out and enjoy 229 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: and play with them. That's life's too short. And uh, 230 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:12,439 Speaker 1: you know, and and enjoy what you got while you got. 231 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: Let's kick the garage doors open. Let's go over to 232 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 1: Peter in Texas. Some questions about car purchase. Peter, Welcome 233 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 1: to the car doctor. How can I help? Good? Good afternoon. 234 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I'm eighty three, and I'm looking for the 235 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 1: car which has good a lot of safety features as 236 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 1: a standard thing, and which had a reliable safety features 237 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 1: so it doesn't go bad. It's expansies. So I have 238 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: three cars in in consideration. When he's a two Son 239 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 1: by Hundai, Rogue by Nissan, and to it does CRV 240 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 1: four which had a reliable sensors for the safety features. Um, 241 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 1: I think they're all fairly equal. I think the biggest 242 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: thing when I look at when I start thinking of 243 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:54,320 Speaker 1: safety in a car with to me, what contributes the 244 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 1: most to safety in the cars? What do you feel 245 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 1: the most comfortable? And they're all good cars everything, use 246 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:03,559 Speaker 1: everything you recite it to me. Good vehicles, reasonable mechanical repairs, 247 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:07,719 Speaker 1: reasonable mechanical endurance. I'd probably say the hun Day in 248 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 1: the Toyota are neck and neck with Nissan a very 249 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: close third. And I'll throw one more vehicle into the 250 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 1: mix in that category. Is afford escape? I would? I would, 251 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: I would, yeah, I would absolutely, I would absolutely go 252 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 1: look at an escape. And one of the reasons for that. 253 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: Out of the out of the four cars we're talking about, 254 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: Toyota and Ford make it the easiest for an independent 255 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 1: repair shop to get service information and scan tool technology 256 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 1: and and and and that's that's really kind of important. 257 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:41,559 Speaker 1: If you were to buy any one of these four Peter, 258 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:43,440 Speaker 1: who would work on at the dealer or do you 259 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 1: have an independent mechanic that you trust? Uh, right after warranty, 260 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 1: so you know, you'd you'd have to go and talk 261 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 1: to them, talk to your independent, ask him what is 262 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: his shop geared towards? And you know. The the issue 263 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: is everybody says, well, he's got a scan tool, then 264 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:04,440 Speaker 1: it must be that he can work on anything. And 265 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 1: that's not really true. Some scan tools are better at 266 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 1: certain car lines than others. A lot of independent repair shops, 267 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,320 Speaker 1: the ones that are really staying on top of their game, 268 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 1: are accelerating. They're actually spending the money and making business 269 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: models and coming up with you know, they're buying the 270 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,840 Speaker 1: OE dealer level scan tool for Toyota, they're buying the 271 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 1: OE level scan tool for Ford, and so on. The 272 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:30,080 Speaker 1: problem is Hyundai and Nissan make it very expensive, almost 273 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 1: almost to the point I'll say Nissan prices that out 274 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 1: of reach because Nissan wants to their borderline proprietary. In 275 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 1: my mind, um, it's a very expensive scan tool to purchase, 276 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:42,959 Speaker 1: is a very expensive scan tool to maintain. So whereas 277 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,679 Speaker 1: whereas you can go purchase afford Ford's latest scan tool, 278 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 1: I d S two of v C M two, I 279 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: believe it is uh probably in the twelve hundred all 280 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,839 Speaker 1: arrange for the tool. And then the software update is 281 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: eight nine hundred bucks a year for a repair shop. 282 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: That's an affordable commodity, that's something they can afford. Whereas 283 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 1: the last time I looked at Nissan, and the last 284 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:04,960 Speaker 1: time I had the discussion with somebody, it was well 285 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,959 Speaker 1: over six thousand dollars for the Nissan factory scancel right 286 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: and then and then the software subscription can be fifteen 287 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 1: hundreds two thousand dollars a year. That's a lot of 288 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: Nissan's brother and you know you've got you've got to 289 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 1: justify that. So uh, you know, part of my conversation 290 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 1: whenever I talk to anybody about what should I buy 291 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 1: as far as a car, you gotta do two things. 292 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 1: You have to what are you comfortable in? And you've 293 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: got to drive that new car at least twice my opinion, 294 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: you got to drive it once during the day and 295 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 1: you gotta drive it once at night. Because cars change. 296 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 1: There's a there's an ambiance, there's an energy change in 297 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 1: a shift between a car between day and night. It's 298 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 1: it's you know, think about it, right, even in your 299 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 1: current car. You know where everything is in your current 300 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 1: car because you're familiar with it all right, But you 301 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: know in the daytime you can see things your body 302 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 1: and mind are reacting. You can see the radio, you 303 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: can see the heat or controls, the windshow wiper, position 304 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 1: of the door handles, and so on. It's visual in 305 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 1: the dark. In the dark, are you fumbling for anything? 306 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 1: Is something not well designed or well lit or accessible 307 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 1: that you know it's you can't always count on muscle 308 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 1: memory to find controls inside of a dark car. You 309 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: want to accessible, you want to be able to that 310 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: you know you're comfortable with it. And then also, what 311 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: can you see in the dark in terms of if 312 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: you turn your head left, right, look in the back, 313 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: look to the side, do you have that same ability 314 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: of vision. There's all of a sudden, that rear view 315 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 1: mirror that works so well in the daytime? Is it 316 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 1: too small in the nighttime? And you know, ge ways, 317 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I bought this. Better to be safe than sorry. 318 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 1: Drive drive a new car at least twice. And remember this. 319 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: New cars are like dating, all right. You don't fall 320 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 1: you don't fall in love with the first one because 321 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: the last car is kind of worn and beat up 322 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 1: and it's probably got miles on it, and you're for something. 323 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: You know, it's it's it's all of a sudden every 324 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 1: everything looks great and it doesn't necessarily work that way. Um, 325 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 1: you gotta take your time and go through it. Don't 326 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 1: rush into buying a car unless you're absolutely certain of 327 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 1: what it is that you'll like. Alright, sir, So what 328 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 1: you're saying Ford is not necessarily bad just because American product. 329 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 1: Oh I listen in in in the Innanian household right now, 330 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 1: there are uh three Ford products, two escapes, one Explorer, 331 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 1: a brand uh you know fairly no uh one year 332 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 1: old chevy Ton plow truck. A let's see a two 333 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: thousand four suburban with almost it's almost got seventy thousand 334 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 1: miles on it. Now I'm really rolling the miles now, um, right, 335 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 1: looks like the day it rolled out of the showroom 336 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 1: because I take care of a car. I've got a 337 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 1: ninety seven Ford Ranger with two d and seventeen thousand 338 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 1: miles on it. Um. You know what, there's no the 339 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: only the only non domestic vehicle in the family is 340 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 1: the one daughter unit has a Toyota were Runner Um 341 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 1: and she just happened to like the options of bells 342 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,439 Speaker 1: and whistles, but she drove everything else, and you know 343 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: that's what she decided. So one out of seven, I 344 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: guess it is that. Uh, you know, so it doesn't 345 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 1: have to be it doesn't have to be a a 346 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: quote unquote foreign car for it to have good quality. 347 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:18,719 Speaker 1: I think the domestics are making some real good stuff. 348 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 1: I think Ford and GM have some real good product 349 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 1: out there, and um, you know, we've got to recognize that. 350 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 1: And I think Ford's probably got the advantage over GM 351 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 1: right now as far as what makes a good car 352 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 1: on what doesn't good good. I appreciate your wonderful information. 353 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 1: Thank you. Some of the things you mentioned we never 354 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 1: talked to. You're very welcome, sir. You take good You're 355 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 1: very welcome, very welcome. Yeah, I you know, it's you've 356 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 1: got to be comfortable in the car. And then just 357 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 1: as important, and I didn't mention this to Peter, but 358 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:53,080 Speaker 1: just as important um that line, that product line. You know, 359 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 1: the dealership who's gonna service it? What's their service rating? 360 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:00,119 Speaker 1: Look on Yelp, look on Google, look at the reviews. 361 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: You know, how is it set up? And remember sometimes 362 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 1: the dealership with the super fancy waiting area in the 363 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 1: marbled floors and the hot toddy machine and everything else. 364 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,200 Speaker 1: I don't know if you want that, because somebody's paying 365 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:15,960 Speaker 1: for that. Usually you the consumer, you want to go 366 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 1: to the place that's reasonable and moderate and as long 367 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:21,640 Speaker 1: as they do the job, be honest, clean and quality. 368 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 1: That's what I think you're looking for. I'm running any 369 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 1: of the Car Doctor. We're coming back right after this. 370 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 1: Don't go away, welcome back. Aren't the end of the 371 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:42,920 Speaker 1: Car Doctor? Cruising along at eight five five five zero zero, 372 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 1: Let's go to a talk to Chris in Maine. Chris, 373 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Car Doctor, sir. How can I help? 374 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: How are you doing today? Good? Well, I'm having an 375 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:55,439 Speaker 1: issue with a oh three pp cruiser. Uh. It seems 376 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:58,640 Speaker 1: to be going into limp mode when it gets very 377 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 1: hot outside. I changed out pretty much the entire ignition system, 378 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:09,159 Speaker 1: spark plugs, spark plug wires multiple times, the ignition coil, 379 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:14,399 Speaker 1: camshaft position censor multiple times, the knock sensor. Um, and 380 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 1: I changed all that stuff because of the codes that 381 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 1: they were throwing. And they were throwing the cant positioning 382 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:25,880 Speaker 1: censer code zero zero zero three Chris, Yeah, any any 383 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 1: any crank censor fault codes and and ignition misfire faults 384 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 1: or is it strictly cam and crank Uh? The ignition 385 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 1: coil too, Okay, it's it's it's through a fault code 386 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 1: for the pre ignition coil. Yeah, okay, um, al and 387 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 1: I which I changed that out twice also okay, And 388 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:55,200 Speaker 1: I mean any testing done prior to parts replacement? Uh? 389 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 1: What do you mean which well did you did you 390 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: test anything? Or if it had a code for it, 391 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 1: you just you just change the component? No, No, I changed. 392 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: I tested the ignition coil uh uh once once before 393 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:12,439 Speaker 1: I changed it. Um. Then after after I replaced it, 394 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 1: it threw the code again, and I just replaced it. Okay, 395 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 1: Um what sort of test did you do to the 396 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: coil primary resistance test? Yes? Was it was the problem 397 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:28,479 Speaker 1: there at the moment when you were testing the coil. Okay, 398 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:32,640 Speaker 1: is the is the problem affected by temperature at all? Yeah, 399 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 1: when it gets extremely hot outside, it goes right in 400 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:39,200 Speaker 1: the limp mode. But if it's cold, like all winter long, 401 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:43,640 Speaker 1: it barely had the issue. Um, and now that summers here, 402 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:48,159 Speaker 1: it's just yeah. And when when you say limp mode, 403 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 1: you're saying that it loses power, it starts to shut down, 404 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:56,399 Speaker 1: it's stalled. What exactly does it do well? It does 405 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: the the mill light, It blinks a couple of times. 406 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 1: It stays on continuously, and you you get it up 407 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 1: to you really have to revenue to get it to 408 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:10,159 Speaker 1: switch gears. Okay, does it shift gears? Will it go 409 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:13,160 Speaker 1: through all the gears or is it in second gear 410 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 1: all the time? Oh? No, it will go into the 411 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 1: rest of the gears because you really have to. You 412 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,879 Speaker 1: really have to tack it to get it to shift gears. Okay, 413 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: So it's not transmission limp mode. It's clearly engine limp mode. 414 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: You know. I I was starting to think it was 415 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 1: transmission because there was a small leak in the transplant. UM. 416 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,439 Speaker 1: But like I said, it's it's going through all the gears. 417 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 1: You just really have to tack it to get it there. 418 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:42,479 Speaker 1: Do you have all the old parts, Chris, Yes, you know, 419 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:45,400 Speaker 1: like like cam and crank and and and the ignition coil, 420 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 1: the original ignition coil um. What I would tell you 421 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,199 Speaker 1: to do is, since you haven't gotten anywhere is I 422 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:52,639 Speaker 1: would tell you to put all the parts back in 423 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,880 Speaker 1: at first. All right, let's let's let's bring it back 424 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: to zero spark plugs. I don't care about wires. I 425 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 1: don't care about that. That doesn't bother me. But let's 426 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 1: let's baseline it and bring it back to original components. 427 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:05,879 Speaker 1: The one thing you can keep in mind, for example, 428 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 1: if if you want to test that coil, if you 429 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 1: think it's the coil um, you know, but want to 430 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: take the coil before you put it back in, just 431 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:16,440 Speaker 1: for giggles, and put it in an oven, Heat it up, 432 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 1: turn the turn the oven onto. I don't know where 433 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,160 Speaker 1: to even start. I think even start at one seventies. 434 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,880 Speaker 1: You have to be careful, uh you know, but if 435 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 1: you if you could get you know, heat the coil 436 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 1: up a little bit, get it warm and then real 437 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:33,359 Speaker 1: quick slide it out. Have your meter handy, have the 438 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 1: have the test leads all set up, you can just 439 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:38,600 Speaker 1: plug your meter in. Just be careful. You just be careful, 440 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: your leads don't melt. You realize what we're trying to do. 441 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:45,120 Speaker 1: And see does does the resistance value change? I don't 442 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:47,679 Speaker 1: think it will because the problem hasn't gone away with 443 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 1: a replacement coil. And you know, I'm not gonna well, 444 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:54,360 Speaker 1: I will ask you, actually, where'd you get the parts from? 445 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 1: Decent quality stuff? Uh? Yeah, but that was that was 446 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: something I was concerned about because you know, I was 447 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: going we've it was it's my sister's car, and we're 448 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:08,439 Speaker 1: going on so many different forums and see that a 449 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 1: certain amount of these, these are three PEP cruisers have 450 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 1: the same issue, and it doesn't seem like anyone could 451 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 1: find the problem. And I was starting to think that 452 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:20,679 Speaker 1: maybe that these aftermarket parts were just not up to 453 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: specs for the computer, and it's just it's reading bad 454 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 1: because it seems to be like the camshaft positioning centers 455 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:31,400 Speaker 1: like the big issue with a lot of these, right, 456 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,440 Speaker 1: and and and I would venture to guess the cam 457 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:35,920 Speaker 1: censor of the P zero three is the one you're 458 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: seeing the most of Oh yeah, yeah, okay, Well, a 459 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: couple of things come to mind. And I think I 460 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:43,680 Speaker 1: know the answer of the first question, but I'm gonna 461 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 1: ask it. Do you own an admission or an engine 462 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:48,639 Speaker 1: a sciloscope? Do you have the ability to scope the 463 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,360 Speaker 1: camp center and look at the signal? I don't. That's 464 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 1: the only thing that I haven't been able to try. 465 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 1: So so let's work backwards before you get to that point. 466 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:00,280 Speaker 1: All right, Number one, I want you to get your 467 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 1: hands on a wiring diagram and look at all the 468 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:08,400 Speaker 1: engine compartment grounds for that engine compartment wiring harness. They're 469 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:12,640 Speaker 1: known to get dirty, twisted, greasy, loose, and so on. 470 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: The wiring harness itself that comes into the CAM sensor, 471 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:21,120 Speaker 1: just inspected closely. It has that plastic, that black plastic 472 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:25,160 Speaker 1: convolute tubing on it. Right, if you peel that away gently, 473 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:27,639 Speaker 1: does it look like any part of the harness is 474 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,920 Speaker 1: uh starting to melt? Does it look like it's starting 475 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:32,680 Speaker 1: to degrade and fall down? You've got to realize, you 476 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 1: know what, I'm sure you do. These cars are fourteen 477 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:36,920 Speaker 1: years old now, so you know what does the wiring 478 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:40,639 Speaker 1: harness look like? That's very important. If you were able 479 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 1: to gently keyword gently manipulate the wiring harness in that 480 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: area of the CAM sensor with the engine running, obviously 481 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 1: keeping your hands away from any moving parts. Does the 482 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:56,479 Speaker 1: car buck shake, miss, you know, start to stuttered? Can 483 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 1: you get a reaction by gently, you know, pretend you're 484 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 1: giving somebody massage, nice and easy, you know, twisting the 485 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 1: harness around and uh, you know, because if you yank 486 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:07,120 Speaker 1: on it, I guarantee you'll get the car to stall. 487 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 1: But that's not what we're trying to do. We're trying 488 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:12,399 Speaker 1: to you know, duplicate something easy, okay, last, all right, 489 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,200 Speaker 1: and I saved the best for last. What I've seen 490 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 1: and what nobody seems to look at is everybody changes 491 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 1: the cam sensor, but nobody stops to think about what 492 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:25,919 Speaker 1: triggers it. Have you looked at the timing belt at all? No? 493 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 1: I did not. Okay, If the timing belt is not 494 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 1: tensioned properly, all right, If it's loose, if it's flopping around, 495 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,120 Speaker 1: you know that that that could Yeah, you could throw 496 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:38,800 Speaker 1: the cam off and that sets off the whole chain 497 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,640 Speaker 1: of events. Is it the original timing belt in the car? 498 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:47,439 Speaker 1: How many miles are on the car? Well, it was, 499 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: it's it's it's probably due at a hundred and five 500 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 1: or ninety, the problem becomes it's also due in seven years, 501 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: so um yeah, you know, six to eight years on 502 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 1: a timing belt is a good rule of fund for 503 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 1: a time frame. You know, it's just like tires, right, 504 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 1: tires dry rod over time. So you know, why wouldn't 505 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,359 Speaker 1: we change the timing belt. So you may want to 506 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,880 Speaker 1: consider doing that. If you do do that, you want 507 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:16,920 Speaker 1: to do some research to see. I don't think in 508 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 1: OH three it's applicable. I think it was OH ones 509 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,879 Speaker 1: and some of the early OH two's, But some of 510 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:27,119 Speaker 1: these cars you replaced the rear plastic timing cover, the 511 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:30,719 Speaker 1: cover warped and it didn't seal correctly and you ended up. 512 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 1: So when you buy your timing belt kit, you know, 513 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 1: as a matter of fact, what you could do is 514 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,359 Speaker 1: get out online. You've got online, right, everybody does what 515 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,200 Speaker 1: I'm asking, and you know, get out to o rillyoto 516 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: dot com. Look up a timing belt kit for the 517 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 1: OH three PT Cruiser and you'll see because they give 518 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: you a real nice parts breakdown and they'll show you 519 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:51,160 Speaker 1: all the components that are in there. If you can 520 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 1: I'm betting if if it's not there, you can inquire 521 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:59,159 Speaker 1: I've seen that aftermarket companies are making that covers. The 522 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,200 Speaker 1: plastic covers is I don't even know if Chrysler has 523 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 1: them anymore? Which is which is the second problem? So 524 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: you know, get out to a riley Old dot com. 525 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:08,440 Speaker 1: You'll see it there last, all right, And I saved 526 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: the best for last, like I always do when you 527 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 1: pull the camp censor out. Okay, bring it around to 528 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:17,360 Speaker 1: the trigger magnet. Right, there's a magnet sitting on that 529 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: camp sprocket. And here's the clue. Nobody ever, nobody knows this. 530 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 1: I'm only gonna tell you. Okay, see if see if 531 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 1: the magnets cracked. Bingo, al right, if the magnet's got 532 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:34,639 Speaker 1: a hairline crack in it. I don't see it often, 533 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 1: but I see it. If the magnets cracked, see you, 534 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: all right? Won't it won't rewrite and it's usually affected 535 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: by heat. All right, kiddo, you got some homework to do. 536 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:47,360 Speaker 1: I gotta go up, come up against the clock. Do 537 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 1: all that. If you want to hear this again, get 538 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,080 Speaker 1: out to the Car Doctor Show dot com web page. 539 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 1: You can pick up podcast first hour about three quarters 540 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 1: of the way around. You can listen to the whole 541 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,680 Speaker 1: conversation again. You take good care and let me know 542 00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:59,640 Speaker 1: if anything else. Chris, I'm running anating the car doctor. 543 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 1: We're bad. Right after this, welcome back corn card doctor 544 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 1: rolling along, Let's get out to Frank in New Jersey. Frank, 545 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:22,640 Speaker 1: Welcome to the car doctor, sir. How can I help? Hi? Ron? 546 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 1: I have a Mini Countrymen with run flat tires, and 547 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,679 Speaker 1: yesterday I had had a very interesting experience where I 548 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 1: was getting a flat. The alarm came on. I started working, 549 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 1: you know, watching the pressure drops. So I said, let's 550 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 1: go to the tire store. So I get to this 551 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:41,360 Speaker 1: tire store with about fifteen pounds of air left in 552 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 1: the tire, walk into the tire store and they said, oh, 553 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 1: that has a run flat. It can't be fixed past 554 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:51,240 Speaker 1: three dollars and we'll replace the tire and they're new 555 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 1: normal and there's your sign. Yes it does, it is 556 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 1: and it will be Yeah. I mean, isn't that amazing? 557 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 1: Um it's And they based it on the fact because 558 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 1: minis don't have a great trunk, do they. The trunk's 559 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 1: not too big, right, there's no there's no room. That's 560 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 1: the problem. And and you know, and you're we're seeing 561 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,440 Speaker 1: a lot of cars like this. The one that the 562 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:18,160 Speaker 1: one that makes insane for me is Toyota Sienna's minivans. 563 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:20,760 Speaker 1: In order to make it a what is I think 564 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 1: it's a seven passenger vehicle, so that they have the 565 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:26,800 Speaker 1: back seat, they put run flats on them. So not 566 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:28,600 Speaker 1: that it's not that it's any worse for you and 567 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 1: your mini, but imagine the family of five cruising along 568 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 1: the interstate and they get a flat and the tire 569 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 1: gets ripped up, the side walls demolished, and there's no spare, 570 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 1: and you're you're in the middle of East Jabib and 571 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:44,600 Speaker 1: South Jabib and you know there's no place in Jibib 572 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 1: in between. And then what do you do? And it's Sunday. Uh, 573 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:49,440 Speaker 1: you know you're not changing that on the side of 574 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 1: the road, and it's it's a problem. I think run 575 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 1: flats are silly, I really do. I don't get it. 576 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 1: And and and that's normal price. Listen, put us set 577 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,239 Speaker 1: of run flats on a Toyota Sienna I and tell 578 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 1: you from experience, it's every bit of fur. By the 579 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 1: time you're done, it's it's crazy. Yeah, it's it's yeah. 580 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:10,720 Speaker 1: And ahead. The thing that was interesting about it. You 581 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:13,640 Speaker 1: mentioned about availability, So you know, he looks at me 582 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 1: and it's a firestool and tire and the fire and 583 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:17,840 Speaker 1: it's a firestone where I went. He's like, I hate 584 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 1: to tell you this, but I know for a fact 585 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:21,800 Speaker 1: that that tires on national back order. I don't think 586 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 1: I can get it. So after about ten minutes of 587 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 1: looking and he had me called the dealer. The dealer 588 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:29,640 Speaker 1: doesn't have it. He was able to find one. And 589 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:31,320 Speaker 1: if I onally, it came in today. But you're right, 590 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:33,320 Speaker 1: if I were on on the interstate, I would be 591 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:35,120 Speaker 1: out of luck. I don't know what I would have done. Well, 592 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,640 Speaker 1: then you then you you either buy four of a 593 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,920 Speaker 1: different brand you get to replace all four tires hooray, 594 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 1: or you buy one of something anything that will fit 595 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 1: the car just to get at home, and then when 596 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 1: you get home you get to throw out the new 597 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:51,040 Speaker 1: tire you bought and buy something else. It's it's it's 598 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 1: designed in such a way that they it's impossible to 599 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,200 Speaker 1: repair them. Yeah you can't. You know, you're not allowed 600 00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 1: to repair run flats. It's just it's just the way 601 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:01,600 Speaker 1: their mode. Uh, there's a there's definitely taboo on the industry. 602 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:04,120 Speaker 1: There's no one fixing run flats. There's no acceptance of 603 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,840 Speaker 1: fixing run flats. And I can't help but thinking, I'm 604 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:08,800 Speaker 1: an old car guy, right, look in the trunk of 605 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:11,960 Speaker 1: a six Camary you had that little tiny space saver, 606 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:14,959 Speaker 1: the little tiny space saver spare, but it still had 607 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 1: a jack and you had room for two or three 608 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:19,880 Speaker 1: suitcases and it was a sight. Now, what's more fun 609 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 1: to drive a Mini Cooper or Zight? I mean, let's 610 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:25,680 Speaker 1: weigh this out. Um, maybe we need to really petition 611 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:28,240 Speaker 1: the car companies to bring back more fun automobiles. That's 612 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:31,240 Speaker 1: kind of what I'm thinking, because yeah, it just it 613 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:35,120 Speaker 1: just it just makes no sense. And as a father 614 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:38,360 Speaker 1: and a husband, if I ever had to send, you know, 615 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:40,320 Speaker 1: the wife and the kids out on a trip and 616 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:43,640 Speaker 1: I wasn't there and they've got no spare, you know, 617 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:47,080 Speaker 1: there's a certain amount of comfort knowing at least there's 618 00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:50,000 Speaker 1: a spare tire in the trunk of the vehicle. And 619 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:52,040 Speaker 1: this is what the car companies are doing, and they've 620 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:53,440 Speaker 1: been doing it for a lot of years, and now 621 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:57,040 Speaker 1: they're doing it. Primarily, it started out doing run flats 622 00:31:57,080 --> 00:32:00,719 Speaker 1: as a cost saving measure because say the story this way. 623 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:04,600 Speaker 1: Do you know where run flats came from? Frank? The 624 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:08,520 Speaker 1: way I heard the story is in Germany outside the 625 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 1: BMW factory. The thieves, this is probably twenty years ago. 626 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,840 Speaker 1: The thieves would wait for the latest experimental BMW to 627 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:19,520 Speaker 1: come out the doors of of of Bavarian Land and 628 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:22,680 Speaker 1: they would throw beds of nails out on the road 629 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:24,880 Speaker 1: and the guy would get a flat and jump out 630 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:26,200 Speaker 1: of the car and go, gee, I got a flat. 631 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:27,960 Speaker 1: He'd got to get help, or he'd call on his 632 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:31,120 Speaker 1: cell phone and while he was talking to somebody at 633 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 1: the back of the car and his cell phone, Hey, 634 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 1: I got a flat, Come get me, somebody would jump 635 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:36,200 Speaker 1: in the car, hiding in the bushes and take off 636 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:37,640 Speaker 1: in the car. And they just still a hundred thousand 637 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:41,400 Speaker 1: dollar experimental BMW. BMW said we can't have this, so 638 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:44,560 Speaker 1: BMW started run flats. And that's to my knowledge, and 639 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 1: I've heard this story and I've read about it. That's 640 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,920 Speaker 1: that's where it came from. And I don't get it 641 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,520 Speaker 1: because now it's beyond cost savings. Now it's space savings. 642 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:54,560 Speaker 1: Now it opened up the door where they can make 643 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,440 Speaker 1: vehicles smaller meat of mission standards. That has a major 644 00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:59,920 Speaker 1: impact getting rid of the spare. But the problem is, 645 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,160 Speaker 1: I think you're unsafe in the car without a spare. 646 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:05,720 Speaker 1: Look at you, and they don't seem to care. So 647 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, brother. You know I gotta buy a Sight. 648 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 1: Go home tonight. Tell your wife you want a blue 649 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:14,800 Speaker 1: blue white top Sight three oh two. At least it's 650 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:18,480 Speaker 1: got a space saver. All right, I'll do that. Thank you. 651 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:22,160 Speaker 1: You're very welcome to take good care. Zero nine zero zero. 652 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,080 Speaker 1: The Car Doctor and crew will be back right after this. 653 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:29,240 Speaker 1: Welcome back on any of the card docorated by five 654 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 1: zero zero numbre calls this hour, but keep that number 655 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:34,040 Speaker 1: handy if you need it the next hour, or if 656 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:35,440 Speaker 1: you need it during the course of the week. Eight 657 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:39,600 Speaker 1: zero zero. Leave a message. Tom. We'll call you back. 658 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:42,360 Speaker 1: Executive Producer, Tom Ray, We'll call you back and hook 659 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:45,200 Speaker 1: you up for the next live broadcast. UM. Interesting, right, 660 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,440 Speaker 1: we're talking about car companies and their defects and what 661 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:50,719 Speaker 1: goes right what goes wrong? UM, August, I realize it's 662 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:52,360 Speaker 1: almost two years old now, it's been it's been in 663 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:55,440 Speaker 1: my conversation pile for the show for almost two years. 664 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:59,400 Speaker 1: Import Car Magazine Technical Service bulletin watch top ten fixes 665 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:02,640 Speaker 1: for popular Volkswagen models, and the article starts off with 666 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:05,160 Speaker 1: Over the past twelve months, Volkswagen has issued more than 667 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:09,440 Speaker 1: one sps, covering everything from sunroof leaks to new oil specifications. 668 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:11,719 Speaker 1: You know, I've never seen one of these for four 669 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:16,920 Speaker 1: GM Toyota, Honda, Chrysler, only Volkswagen. And it was interesting. 670 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,000 Speaker 1: I read all of them, and some of them, you know, yeah, 671 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,000 Speaker 1: I knew about most. I wouldn't say most, but some, 672 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:23,360 Speaker 1: and um, it was interesting. I didn't see any of 673 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:24,840 Speaker 1: that said, the way to fix this one car is 674 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:26,480 Speaker 1: with a gallon of gas in the match, and I guess, 675 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,280 Speaker 1: I guess that's not what they're up to. It's uh, um, 676 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:32,960 Speaker 1: but I'm just I'm just stunned that they've got this 677 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:36,560 Speaker 1: many problems with Volkswagens. And you look at some of 678 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:40,359 Speaker 1: it and it's such so very specific. They change their 679 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:44,239 Speaker 1: fluid specifications, they change their uh they change the way 680 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,560 Speaker 1: they want you to put oil in the car. They 681 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:50,120 Speaker 1: talk about issues with cooling fans. For a company that's 682 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:53,719 Speaker 1: supposed to be so well engineered, how do you bring 683 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:57,280 Speaker 1: a product to a major market and then you issue 684 00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:00,719 Speaker 1: so many bulletins to fix them that. You know what, 685 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:03,080 Speaker 1: I promised everybody I wouldn't pick on Volkswagens, and I 686 00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:05,399 Speaker 1: don't have to because volkswage it makes it so easy. 687 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,239 Speaker 1: They pick on themselves. They you know, virtually getting up 688 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:10,239 Speaker 1: in the morning. You know they're in trouble. It's a Volkswagen. 689 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:13,200 Speaker 1: Um what could actually go wrong? Well, nothing else google 690 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:15,200 Speaker 1: wrong for us this hour, because this hour of the 691 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,200 Speaker 1: Car Doctor is over and I've enjoyed being with you. 692 00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:19,080 Speaker 1: I appreciate the time to take to spend with us, 693 00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:21,279 Speaker 1: and we can spend time with you until the next 694 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,440 Speaker 1: time I'm running any of the Car Doctor. The mechanics 695 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:25,680 Speaker 1: aren't expensive, they're priceless. See you