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Speaker 1: Yes one, I got a fever and the only prespicion.

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Speaker 1: The car Doctor Fuel composition sensor is what you want

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Speaker 1: one with it? Scans it three times so far. Welcome

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Speaker 1: since this is where car owners the world overturned to

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Speaker 1: and now you know what you got. Spunke I hate

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Speaker 1: American society. So the Great lu At the Great at

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Speaker 1: And what can I tell you that's new and different

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Speaker 1: All you hear is electric car, No more pollution, no

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Speaker 1: but but stop changing parts. Let's let's use mode six.

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00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,679
Speaker 1: That's why it's there, all right. The other thing you

425
00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:07,720
Speaker 1: can look at is earned you, and I'm not trying

426
00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:10,280
Speaker 1: to insult you. You understand the concept of fuel trim

427
00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:17,320
Speaker 1: long term, short term, Okay, let's use let's use fuel trim,

428
00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:20,679
Speaker 1: all right. If if this vehicle, if this vehicle has

429
00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,080
Speaker 1: a misfire on one bank or the other, or one

430
00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:26,359
Speaker 1: cylinder or the other, we should see a variation of

431
00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:30,080
Speaker 1: fuel trim between left and right correct, because of the

432
00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,960
Speaker 1: lack of oxygen being consumed, it's gonna drive that vehicle

433
00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:38,160
Speaker 1: one way or the other. Right, let's look at fuel trim.

434
00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:42,800
Speaker 1: You have things you can use, all right. Don't count

435
00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,000
Speaker 1: on the tool to give you the golden bullet. Count

436
00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:46,760
Speaker 1: on the tool to give you information so the thing

437
00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:49,399
Speaker 1: between your ears can come to a conclusion. Does that

438
00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:54,000
Speaker 1: make sense? Alright? Does that make sense? Promise you'll call

439
00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:57,879
Speaker 1: me back next week after you fix it, all right.

440
00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:00,800
Speaker 1: I'm gonna hold you to that, all right, you guys,

441
00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:06,200
Speaker 1: You guys, be good, have a great rest of the day. Yeah, alright,

442
00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:09,959
Speaker 1: bye bye, um. Yeah, it's let's let's look for things.

443
00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:12,560
Speaker 1: You know, let's how does this work? How am I

444
00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,200
Speaker 1: gonna fix it? You know, I don't care whether it's

445
00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,120
Speaker 1: a squeaky door, hinge and engine that misfires or anything

446
00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:21,320
Speaker 1: in between. We all take the same diagnostic approach. Once

447
00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:22,680
Speaker 1: in a while, you put a drop of oil on

448
00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:24,200
Speaker 1: the hinge, and if it's squeak and make a noise,

449
00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,040
Speaker 1: you get lucky. It quiets it down. Sometimes you find

450
00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:29,000
Speaker 1: out that that drop of oil makes the noise worse

451
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:33,960
Speaker 1: because it's not that hinge. It's somewhere else. So let's

452
00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,240
Speaker 1: let's start practicing and doing it that way. Let's pull

453
00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:37,920
Speaker 1: over and take a pause. When we come back, we'll

454
00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,720
Speaker 1: go right to Clara and Pennsylvania with THEO for Toyota

455
00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:45,720
Speaker 1: Rondady in the car doctorate your service zero zero. We're

456
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:55,080
Speaker 1: back right after this. Welcome back the car doctor. Hey Tom,

457
00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:57,159
Speaker 1: real quick, you know I meant that I meant to

458
00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:59,080
Speaker 1: tell you, and I was thinking about this. You know

459
00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,199
Speaker 1: what part of the problem with that hummer repair is

460
00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:06,760
Speaker 1: that they're going through up there. Uh well, and I

461
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,240
Speaker 1: just want to point this out that they're using a

462
00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,920
Speaker 1: snap On scanner, all right, and and a lot of times, listen,

463
00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:14,840
Speaker 1: snap On makes a decent scanner, but it's not the

464
00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:16,960
Speaker 1: be all and end all, and a lot of times

465
00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:20,920
Speaker 1: it's how they interpret the information, all right. It took

466
00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:24,000
Speaker 1: me a minute to to get it in my head because,

467
00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:27,520
Speaker 1: for example, my Opus I vs scan tool will break

468
00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,920
Speaker 1: the Mode six language down to everyday language so it's

469
00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,679
Speaker 1: easier for us to understand. So you know, they're writing

470
00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:37,840
Speaker 1: it snap On is likely writing it in hexadecimal code,

471
00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:40,240
Speaker 1: and it's using all machine language, and it's it's very

472
00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:43,159
Speaker 1: complicated and very convoluted and twisted. Now some of the

473
00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:45,800
Speaker 1: later models of software, it depends on which one they're using,

474
00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:49,040
Speaker 1: will break it down to everyday language, but they don't

475
00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,160
Speaker 1: take full advantage of it like some of the other

476
00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:54,160
Speaker 1: companies out there, and Opus I v S will actually

477
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,040
Speaker 1: break it down into everyday language and call it ignition,

478
00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:02,640
Speaker 1: misfire um EVA problem, you know, exponentially weighted average movement

479
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,880
Speaker 1: um all the technical terms. They put it into everyday language.

480
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:07,639
Speaker 1: So I just gotta I gave a shout out to

481
00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,200
Speaker 1: my boys over at Iby Opus I VS because they've

482
00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:11,960
Speaker 1: just they've got it going on. I bet you they

483
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,000
Speaker 1: would have fixed that car faster with a better scan tool.

484
00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:16,520
Speaker 1: Let's go over to Clara and Pennsylvania, Oh for Toyota

485
00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:19,879
Speaker 1: Highlander and the climate control problem. Clara, welcome to the

486
00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,359
Speaker 1: car doctor. You've waited long enough. How can I help you?

487
00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:27,160
Speaker 1: You're very welcome. What's going on? Well, I cannot use

488
00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:31,719
Speaker 1: my heat and defrost in my car because the button

489
00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:35,520
Speaker 1: or not whatever you call it to turn the temperature

490
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:39,119
Speaker 1: up and down will not will no longer work. I

491
00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:44,639
Speaker 1: just I just received from Donny. As you pull it in,

492
00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:50,080
Speaker 1: I'll tune in Pennsylvania I guess it's called a bezel, right.

493
00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:55,080
Speaker 1: I think it's from a two thousand six Toyota Highlander,

494
00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,280
Speaker 1: but it is a little different than mine, so I

495
00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:58,760
Speaker 1: don't know if it's gonna work, but I have a

496
00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:01,720
Speaker 1: mechanic who's going to look at for me. Okay, I

497
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,480
Speaker 1: didn't have to pay too much for it. Is your

498
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:12,320
Speaker 1: knob loose, your heat? Your heat or knob is loose, right, right,

499
00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,119
Speaker 1: So if you pull that knob off, there's going to

500
00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,640
Speaker 1: be a little jam nut underneath there. Has he done

501
00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:21,720
Speaker 1: that or have you done that yet? Alright, so pull

502
00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:26,680
Speaker 1: the knob off. Listen, it's already broken, right, You can't

503
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:30,560
Speaker 1: break it anymore. Broke is broke, so it's now it's

504
00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:32,440
Speaker 1: time to get creative and try and fix it, because

505
00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:36,280
Speaker 1: otherwise you're buying a control head, which I think is

506
00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:41,040
Speaker 1: five or six D from Toyota. It's it's the phrase

507
00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:48,240
Speaker 1: no worse. Yeah, okay, you know, the phrase stupid money

508
00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:49,680
Speaker 1: was coming up in my head and I just wasn't

509
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,720
Speaker 1: sure how stupid they were what they wanted for it.

510
00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:55,600
Speaker 1: So it's already broke, you though, Take the knob off,

511
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,760
Speaker 1: tighten a little jam nut, all right? Now, be careful

512
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,920
Speaker 1: when you tighten it, there's going to be an index pin.

513
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,560
Speaker 1: And you'll understand this when you take the knob off.

514
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:09,159
Speaker 1: They have to have a way of it's just a potentiometer,

515
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,159
Speaker 1: which is just a varying resistor, and they have to

516
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:15,960
Speaker 1: have a way to define max colder, max hot. So

517
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,040
Speaker 1: they put a pin in the switch and that locks

518
00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:21,399
Speaker 1: it in place to the dash or the bezel piece

519
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:24,720
Speaker 1: that you're discussing, and then that's the that's the zero

520
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:26,480
Speaker 1: point and then you turn the knob and it varies

521
00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:31,040
Speaker 1: the resistance. Now, if that doesn't work, just tightening the

522
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:34,800
Speaker 1: jam nutton, lining up the pin. Have your mechanics tell

523
00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:38,240
Speaker 1: him take the control head out. All right, there's a

524
00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:40,320
Speaker 1: cable ribbon. You ever see the inside of a computer

525
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,720
Speaker 1: and you you look at you look at ribbon cables.

526
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,240
Speaker 1: You know what I mean by a ribbon cable attaches

527
00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:51,840
Speaker 1: to the motherboard. That's all it is. It's just a

528
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:55,560
Speaker 1: ribbon cable attached to the to the potentiometer which then

529
00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:59,520
Speaker 1: feeds the board of the control unit. All right, and

530
00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,400
Speaker 1: a lot of times that that that knob. This is

531
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:07,560
Speaker 1: the center knob. Correct, No, it's the left hand. Okay,

532
00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:09,760
Speaker 1: it's the left hand nob. So a lot of times

533
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:14,840
Speaker 1: that knob comes loose because the nutbacks off and the

534
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:19,600
Speaker 1: printer the ribbon cable falls off inside the unit. So

535
00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:22,960
Speaker 1: you're seeing, you're seeing what caused that, you're not seeing

536
00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:25,560
Speaker 1: the effect. You've got to take the control unit out

537
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,680
Speaker 1: of the dish, take it apart to actually see the

538
00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:31,400
Speaker 1: ribbon cable. It will be physically unplugged. Now, there's some

539
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:35,200
Speaker 1: very delicate pins there. So as long as the pins

540
00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:39,920
Speaker 1: didn't break over time, odds are you know what, Clara,

541
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,520
Speaker 1: I fixed a lot of these. I don't think I've

542
00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:46,720
Speaker 1: bought a control unit and gosh, six or seven years now,

543
00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:49,760
Speaker 1: you know, once we started to see these as the

544
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:55,000
Speaker 1: problem just by reconnecting the uh control ribbon. I think

545
00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:58,280
Speaker 1: one of them broke the connection for the control ribbon,

546
00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:02,280
Speaker 1: and I took it down the street to the guys

547
00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:07,080
Speaker 1: that make alarm systems and do very detailed soldering, and

548
00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,840
Speaker 1: I talked them into soldering it for me because I

549
00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:13,080
Speaker 1: fixed all their cars and uh um, you know, we

550
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,000
Speaker 1: repaired it because we didn't want to spend you know,

551
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:17,440
Speaker 1: the crazy money that they want to fix these things.

552
00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,400
Speaker 1: And so far it's worked. So far, it's worked. Everyone

553
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:22,320
Speaker 1: I don't know if my guys, Yeah, I don't know

554
00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:24,200
Speaker 1: if my guy is going to be able to do that. Now,

555
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:27,640
Speaker 1: are you saying we should take the entire piece out,

556
00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:30,840
Speaker 1: the whole devil pull it off, or just the knob,

557
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,320
Speaker 1: just the knob pulled the knob off. It's just held

558
00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:35,840
Speaker 1: on by pressure. There should not be a set screw.

559
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:37,760
Speaker 1: Look at the knob carefully. If you don't see a

560
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,040
Speaker 1: set screw or something to remove, it should just be

561
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:43,000
Speaker 1: a push on knob. Take the knob off. You will

562
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:46,240
Speaker 1: see a I want to say, a twelve or fourteen

563
00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:51,400
Speaker 1: millimeter very thin jam nut, all right, and just gently

564
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:53,200
Speaker 1: tighten it up. You can even spin it up tight

565
00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:54,880
Speaker 1: and you'll see all of a sudden the stem will

566
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:58,240
Speaker 1: pull back into the dash and snug up. But I'm

567
00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:00,400
Speaker 1: trying to recall because it's been a while since i've seen.

568
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,280
Speaker 1: When there is there's some type of an identifier pin

569
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,280
Speaker 1: that has to be lined up in order to provide

570
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:10,680
Speaker 1: it's it's it's base point of calibration. All right, Think

571
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,880
Speaker 1: of a think of a circle, a circular switch, right,

572
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,440
Speaker 1: that switch has to have a max position and a

573
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:20,800
Speaker 1: men position. Well, that pin identifies where that where that

574
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:24,240
Speaker 1: zero point begins and ends, so to speak. So you've

575
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,720
Speaker 1: got to make sure that when you tighten the nut up,

576
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:29,560
Speaker 1: you you line that pin up into the besl It

577
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 1: will be obvious to you. It's hidden behind the knob

578
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,920
Speaker 1: right now. I don't believe you can see it. All right.

579
00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:39,520
Speaker 1: If if tightening that jam not up with with the

580
00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:43,880
Speaker 1: knob off doesn't restore functionality, then have them take the

581
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:47,000
Speaker 1: control unit apart and you will see there's a printer

582
00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:50,120
Speaker 1: ribbon attached to it. It's already broken. You can't break

583
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,920
Speaker 1: it anymore. There's a printer ribbon attached to it, or

584
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,720
Speaker 1: a cable ribbon I'm sorry, a cable ribbon attached to

585
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:59,000
Speaker 1: it that has become unplugged. It might be damaged as

586
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 1: a result of the not being loose, but you may

587
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,280
Speaker 1: be able to plug it back in, put it all

588
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:06,320
Speaker 1: back together, tighten the nut up and down the road,

589
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:11,000
Speaker 1: all right, So try that. I I think that will work,

590
00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:14,240
Speaker 1: depending upon how badly this is broken. But remember it's

591
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 1: already broken. You you can't break it anymore. Call me back,

592
00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 1: let me know what happens. I'm glad to help anyway

593
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:22,920
Speaker 1: I can. In the future, zero run any of the

594
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:27,080
Speaker 1: car doctor coming back right after this. What this car

595
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 1: is automatic, it's systematic, it's hard, dramatic, what's greased lightning?

596
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,080
Speaker 1: Welcome back round any of the car, doctor, you know?

597
00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:48,320
Speaker 1: And I keep saying that nobody is going to be

598
00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:51,400
Speaker 1: talking about tesla's that way in fifty years. There's just

599
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:54,200
Speaker 1: no way. Hey man, my armature is bigger than yours.

600
00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:57,080
Speaker 1: I have more copper windings than you. You know who

601
00:32:57,120 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 1: cares it won't matter, and I can prove it won't matter,

602
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:03,400
Speaker 1: you know, wine, because there's nothing sexy about a tesla.

603
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:06,520
Speaker 1: There's nothing inspiring about a tesla. I'll tell you a

604
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:09,360
Speaker 1: true story. I was bad today, Tom, I was so

605
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:14,160
Speaker 1: bad today. Why do I believe that I took I

606
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,880
Speaker 1: took Black out today? Um, for those of you that

607
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,280
Speaker 1: don't know, Black's my two door fifty five Chevy that

608
00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:21,880
Speaker 1: you know. I was inflicted by this disease watching American

609
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 1: graffiti back in nineteen seventy three, and I said, I

610
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:25,680
Speaker 1: have to make one of those. And I've made a

611
00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:27,960
Speaker 1: few of them, and this is the best incarnation of that.

612
00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,160
Speaker 1: And I I there was a white Tesla here in

613
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:34,320
Speaker 1: North Jersey at the traffic light this morning, and it

614
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,480
Speaker 1: was sitting there and and it was it's a gorgeous

615
00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:38,480
Speaker 1: day here in New Jersey, really is. The weather is

616
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:40,760
Speaker 1: gorgeous after Hurricane Ida. And you know we always get that,

617
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:43,560
Speaker 1: you know, nice weather after the storm thing. Um. You know,

618
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:45,760
Speaker 1: he was sitting at a traffic light in his in

619
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:48,880
Speaker 1: his white Tesla, all all polished up and out for

620
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:51,720
Speaker 1: an early Saturday morning ride. And you know, he had

621
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:53,760
Speaker 1: on his it was a little cool, so he had like,

622
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:55,719
Speaker 1: you know, one of those flat beanie caps on, and

623
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 1: you know, his little scarf and you know, um, you know,

624
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,200
Speaker 1: and his his his his wife was sitting in the

625
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,200
Speaker 1: car next to him, and she was all quaffed up,

626
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:05,800
Speaker 1: you know, with her, you know, all fancy gloves on,

627
00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:07,800
Speaker 1: and you know, like they were going to breakfast or something.

628
00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:09,279
Speaker 1: And they were just sitting there and they're listening to

629
00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:12,480
Speaker 1: their tesla, not say a single thing. And I pulled

630
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:15,480
Speaker 1: up next to him, and I didn't want to do it,

631
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:17,319
Speaker 1: but he kept looking at my car like he didn't

632
00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:20,440
Speaker 1: understand it. So I opened up the headers because I

633
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:22,240
Speaker 1: had electric cutouts on us. I opened up the headers

634
00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:23,560
Speaker 1: and he sat there and he got to listen to

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Speaker 1: the sounds of horsepower. Well, I don't know, for twenty

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Speaker 1: seconds before the light change, and his wife was laughing hysterically.

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Speaker 1: She really loved it, especially when I rebbed it up

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Speaker 1: and I launched it at three grands. I'm not any

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Speaker 1: in the car, doctor, apologizing to him wherever he might

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Speaker 1: be in reminding all of you, good mechanics aren't expensive,

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Speaker 1: They're priceless. See you,