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Speaker 1: an electric vehicle future. They're just it's gonna be here.

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00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,800
Speaker 1: They're not keeping things like they once did. I read

427
00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,280
Speaker 1: her story over the summer that talked about how General

428
00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:42,080
Speaker 1: Motors is no has has no longer developing. I want

429
00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:46,240
Speaker 1: to say this right, They are not developing further technology

430
00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:48,600
Speaker 1: on V eight gas engines. They've taken a V a

431
00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,639
Speaker 1: gas engine as far as they can go, and the

432
00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:54,920
Speaker 1: engineering work is now dedicated towards getting more out of

433
00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:59,800
Speaker 1: electric vehicles, better batteries, better charging systems, and so on. Uh,

434
00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:03,000
Speaker 1: that where the technology is gonna go. So you know

435
00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:07,240
Speaker 1: they're going to be putting, you know, older cars behind them.

436
00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,320
Speaker 1: And I think that's a problem because if if you

437
00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:12,080
Speaker 1: can't buy a new car and you don't want an

438
00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:15,159
Speaker 1: electric vehicle, or you can't afford an electric vehicle, what

439
00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,800
Speaker 1: are you gonna drive? And this is why I say

440
00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:20,600
Speaker 1: to you sometimes. You know, cars are a cultural thing.

441
00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:24,399
Speaker 1: You know. I look around the studio here and you know,

442
00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:26,840
Speaker 1: I look and there's little there's little chot keys and

443
00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:28,840
Speaker 1: do dad's that you guys have sent me over the years.

444
00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:34,080
Speaker 1: I've got a Johnny Rockets thirty two Ford. Uh kids

445
00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,119
Speaker 1: cars somebody bought and sent to me from you know,

446
00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:39,200
Speaker 1: the kind of things to see hanging in kmarter. I'm

447
00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:41,960
Speaker 1: dating myself and you know in the toy stores for kids.

448
00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:43,800
Speaker 1: You know it's age ages three or not, so it's

449
00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:47,760
Speaker 1: perfect for me. But um, you know it's it's it's

450
00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:51,359
Speaker 1: a little model of a thirty two Ford on Paradise Road,

451
00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,600
Speaker 1: all right, and uh the American graffiti people will get that,

452
00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:59,560
Speaker 1: um mentioned and you know it's it's a cultural thing,

453
00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:03,120
Speaker 1: right Evs are going to be a cultural thing. And

454
00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:05,360
Speaker 1: you know the used car market is a cultural thing.

455
00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:07,160
Speaker 1: Not being able to buy the used car you want,

456
00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:08,840
Speaker 1: not being able to get it at the price you need,

457
00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:11,840
Speaker 1: not being able to keep your car going, Um, it's

458
00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:15,440
Speaker 1: gonna hit us in the pocketbook. So the article continues,

459
00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,320
Speaker 1: there was an incredible bull market for used cars. It

460
00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,320
Speaker 1: has likely peaked as new car production recovers and demands

461
00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:25,000
Speaker 1: softens thanks to higher interest rates and deteriorating economic conditions

462
00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,000
Speaker 1: that Jerry Reports stated, but one to three year old

463
00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,919
Speaker 1: vehicles will be in short supply. The report concluded. This

464
00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:33,399
Speaker 1: will keep a floor under prices, meaning that prices are

465
00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:35,800
Speaker 1: gonna be pumped up, particularly for the most popular models.

466
00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:38,520
Speaker 1: That's likely to provide some relief for people who have

467
00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:40,399
Speaker 1: bought such a vehicle in the past two years, but

468
00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:42,720
Speaker 1: not so much for those shopping now or in the

469
00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:47,280
Speaker 1: next few years. Danny, my mechanic. His mom has a

470
00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:51,760
Speaker 1: twenty ten Honda Accord that she was making a left

471
00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,840
Speaker 1: turn two nights ago. Three nights ago, she was making

472
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Speaker 1: a left turn and the car stopped just right in

473
00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:01,920
Speaker 1: the middle of the intersection, and they pushed it off

474
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:03,600
Speaker 1: to the side and they picked it up on the flatbed.

475
00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:05,000
Speaker 1: They brought it to the shop. I haven't looked at

476
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,560
Speaker 1: it yet, and I as it turns out, I probably

477
00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:09,720
Speaker 1: won't have to because his mom went out and bought

478
00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:13,440
Speaker 1: a new car, a used car, a new used car. Um.

479
00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:16,040
Speaker 1: I think the axle failed if I were to take

480
00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:17,640
Speaker 1: an educated guests at it. From the way I heard

481
00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:21,000
Speaker 1: the description, um or the axle popped out of the transit,

482
00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,639
Speaker 1: the stub shift popped out of the axle, and that

483
00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:26,320
Speaker 1: will put the car into no go mode because it

484
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:29,919
Speaker 1: just failed completely. It has no reverse, no drive. Um

485
00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:32,399
Speaker 1: you know, it's a little odd for a failure for

486
00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:35,440
Speaker 1: any automatic transmission. And the key is with her car.

487
00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,880
Speaker 1: With Lisa's car is that it won't stay in park.

488
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,679
Speaker 1: She has to use the parking break. So that tells

489
00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:45,840
Speaker 1: me that the um uh final drive assembly is free

490
00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:48,720
Speaker 1: wheeling and there's nothing to lock. So, you know, I

491
00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,399
Speaker 1: think an axle popped that. But my point becomes, she

492
00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:58,480
Speaker 1: went out and purchased aen Honda Civic and spent way

493
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Speaker 1: more money than an then I would have ever guessed

494
00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,480
Speaker 1: she'd been about. I think from what Danny was telling

495
00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,760
Speaker 1: me the numbers, she spent about four thousand dollars over

496
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:08,760
Speaker 1: what that car was worth two years ago, because we

497
00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,879
Speaker 1: looked it up, and you know the price of cars

498
00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:16,440
Speaker 1: is just through the roof. So um, maybe fixing the

499
00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,520
Speaker 1: old car is not such a bad idea. The used

500
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,119
Speaker 1: autobile industry back to the story is recovering slowly, in

501
00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:23,360
Speaker 1: part because of problems with the global supply chain, which

502
00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:26,199
Speaker 1: won't be corrected anytime soon. I don't understand that. You

503
00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:28,399
Speaker 1: know that if the pandemic has been over and I

504
00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:30,920
Speaker 1: keep saying this, and you know, maybe I'm annoying people,

505
00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:34,159
Speaker 1: I don't know. Good, that's my job, Um, you know,

506
00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:37,600
Speaker 1: I if the pandemic has been over per se, although

507
00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:39,560
Speaker 1: you know, I guess we're we're dealing with it. It's

508
00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:43,480
Speaker 1: not that it's necessarily over. Why haven't we recovered from shortages?

509
00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,359
Speaker 1: Why is the chip industry still in short supply? I

510
00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:52,080
Speaker 1: mean it's it's two years later, eighteen months later. Um.

511
00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,600
Speaker 1: Every other industry is slowly making their way back. I

512
00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,119
Speaker 1: mean the price of things have gone through the roof. Chicken,

513
00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:00,560
Speaker 1: paper products, among other things have gone through the roof.

514
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,440
Speaker 1: But they're available, but they you know. When I talked

515
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:06,120
Speaker 1: to the Ford dealer this week about a new Explorer,

516
00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:08,760
Speaker 1: and we were talking about high line Ford Explorers, the

517
00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:12,679
Speaker 1: answer I got was, well, you know, the high line version,

518
00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:16,720
Speaker 1: the platinum version of Explorer, UM, as it were, takes

519
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:21,720
Speaker 1: a lot of chips. How many chips can it take? Um,

520
00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:23,960
Speaker 1: you know, and how can it be eighteen months later,

521
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,119
Speaker 1: we don't have which is scary when you think that

522
00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:27,720
Speaker 1: everything is so tight that you know, what if we

523
00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,639
Speaker 1: really needed something? Um, you know what if you what

524
00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:32,800
Speaker 1: if your new car brakes under warrantine? You can't get

525
00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:34,760
Speaker 1: a part and where will that part come from? There's

526
00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:38,000
Speaker 1: a there's a tremenduous shortage. The auto industry, back to

527
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,840
Speaker 1: my story, is experiencing supply constraints as a result of

528
00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:45,719
Speaker 1: ongoing semiconductor shortage and I Cash Senior investment advisor Stephen

529
00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,720
Speaker 1: Holmes said they rush at Ukraine crisis is exasperating rising

530
00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:51,399
Speaker 1: raw material costs. I knew the Russians were gonna come

531
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,240
Speaker 1: into this, uh huh, which are also increasing car prices.

532
00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,240
Speaker 1: Industry problems with getting new cars off the production line

533
00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:00,119
Speaker 1: into dealerships won't be svolved. Won't be solved in ME

534
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,719
Speaker 1: three either. By increasing a hundred six year over year

535
00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:05,840
Speaker 1: in twenty one, the weighted average cost of row materials

536
00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:08,520
Speaker 1: required to make a new car is now at an

537
00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:11,760
Speaker 1: all time high. Stephen Holmes pointed out lithium, nickel, and

538
00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,159
Speaker 1: cobalt are crucial elements of electric car batteries. There are

539
00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:17,880
Speaker 1: prices of skyrocketed and electric vehicles have been particularly impacted

540
00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,240
Speaker 1: by growing material costs. By the way, did anybody see

541
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:22,120
Speaker 1: the article as long as reading one article, we'll mention

542
00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:25,239
Speaker 1: another one. Did anyone see the article um in the

543
00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:29,720
Speaker 1: press two weeks ago that they were pointing out how

544
00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:33,160
Speaker 1: lithium they were talking about what Mark Mills had said

545
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:36,119
Speaker 1: about how lithium is mined in the Democratic Republic of

546
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:40,560
Speaker 1: Congra of Congo, and um that you know slave labor

547
00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,159
Speaker 1: rules are in effect. There are the people there. You know,

548
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:46,520
Speaker 1: the person building your electric vehicles battery was probably a

549
00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:50,200
Speaker 1: child under durestful situation, in a stressful situation. So it

550
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:53,200
Speaker 1: kind of makes you wonder, how what's really a foot here?

551
00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:57,320
Speaker 1: So zero zero running any of the car doctor coming

552
00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:14,280
Speaker 1: back right after this? Welcome back running the car doctor.

553
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:16,359
Speaker 1: By the way. To close out our conversation about buying

554
00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:18,800
Speaker 1: a used vehicle or how tough it is to get

555
00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:20,119
Speaker 1: a used vehicle, I want to leave you on an

556
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,280
Speaker 1: uplifting note if I can. UM, there's a couple of

557
00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,080
Speaker 1: tips that I want to pass on that I found.

558
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:26,919
Speaker 1: The first is no your budget and stick to it,

559
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,040
Speaker 1: being truthful about how much you can afford when making

560
00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:32,560
Speaker 1: a significant purchase. The tip Line talks about is the

561
00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,720
Speaker 1: easiest approach to saving money. It's the same thing when

562
00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,920
Speaker 1: purchasing a used vehicle is new. Try to stay within range.

563
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:40,800
Speaker 1: If you currently have a car loan that's affordable, and

564
00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,120
Speaker 1: that's true, you know, walk into a dealership if you're

565
00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:44,800
Speaker 1: trying to buy a used car, whatever you're trying to buy,

566
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:46,520
Speaker 1: you know, whatever, the number is, three hundred a month,

567
00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:49,400
Speaker 1: four hundred a month. I'm seeing some car loan payments

568
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,920
Speaker 1: of nine a month, like holy cow, I remember house

569
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,320
Speaker 1: payments of that. But whatever it is, no, no, your

570
00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:57,000
Speaker 1: dollar value. Don't be emotional when you go in to

571
00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,840
Speaker 1: buy a used car or any car, all right. If

572
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,360
Speaker 1: if you fear yourself being emotional, if it's oh my

573
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:04,520
Speaker 1: dad had one of these and I gotta have one,

574
00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,120
Speaker 1: and you know what, that should be a red flag

575
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,640
Speaker 1: for you because if you can't afford it, you're you're

576
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:12,080
Speaker 1: you're buying over your head and that could be a

577
00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:15,080
Speaker 1: problem for you later on. Be aware of the ninety

578
00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:18,800
Speaker 1: day rule, all right. If you're buying a used vehicle, um,

579
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:20,800
Speaker 1: you know, look at a vehicle that's been on the

580
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:23,400
Speaker 1: dealer's lot for almost ninety days. A dealership gets more

581
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,400
Speaker 1: willing to negotiate as the next step before they send

582
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:29,440
Speaker 1: the vehicle down to the wholesale auction. And you know,

583
00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:32,960
Speaker 1: they'd rather negotiate on that ninety day vehicle than send

584
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 1: it down to the auction where they're gonna probably lose money.

585
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:38,040
Speaker 1: So you know, don't be so picky on color and

586
00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:41,040
Speaker 1: trim levels. You know, the more narrow your criteria is,

587
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:43,360
Speaker 1: the list inventory is going to be out there for you,

588
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:46,560
Speaker 1: especially in a slow market, so be more open to well,

589
00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:48,440
Speaker 1: maybe that red car is not so bad, or maybe

590
00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:49,959
Speaker 1: that green car is not so bad if you can

591
00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,360
Speaker 1: get it at the right price. So the ninety rule

592
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,240
Speaker 1: does help. And if you wait till the end of

593
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:57,160
Speaker 1: the month, uh, you know, and I still believe this

594
00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:59,800
Speaker 1: to be true because dealerships tend to work month to month,

595
00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:01,720
Speaker 1: so you look for deals towards the end of the month.

596
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,880
Speaker 1: Especially among the salespeople. They want to turn cars the

597
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,920
Speaker 1: last day of the month because they want their commission

598
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,360
Speaker 1: that month, they don't want it the following month and

599
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,240
Speaker 1: so on. So if they can close the deal before

600
00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,160
Speaker 1: the end of the month, that's good for them. If

601
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:16,560
Speaker 1: you can find low interest vehicles or you know, vehicles

602
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:19,040
Speaker 1: that have been there longer. It's in the best interest

603
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,800
Speaker 1: if the dealership, if they can turn that inventory into

604
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:25,080
Speaker 1: capital and um, you know, sell it. And that's where

605
00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:27,400
Speaker 1: the good deals are. As the tip line points out,

606
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:29,959
Speaker 1: they say, those are where the good deals are buried. So, uh,

607
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,080
Speaker 1: you know, working with a dealership that you've been working

608
00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:34,360
Speaker 1: with before. If I was in there, and I am,

609
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:36,760
Speaker 1: I'm still looking for a vehicle. I haven't decided on

610
00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:39,640
Speaker 1: what yet, but I'm talking to the dealerships that I've

611
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,959
Speaker 1: been dealing with and I'm waiting for the right car

612
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:43,840
Speaker 1: to come along. And you know, fortunately for us, we're

613
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:45,480
Speaker 1: in a position where we're not in a mad rush.

614
00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:48,600
Speaker 1: But you know, it's just something that's on my mind.

615
00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:50,600
Speaker 1: It's it's uh, it's time. So I know what you're

616
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:52,880
Speaker 1: going through, but be aware there are some there is hope.

617
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:54,280
Speaker 1: There is hope at the end of the tunnel. And

618
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,760
Speaker 1: in the meantime, you want to make sure that you're

619
00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:00,240
Speaker 1: you know, taking care of the car you've got. Uh,

620
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,720
Speaker 1: you know, again, I can't I say it all the time,

621
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:06,120
Speaker 1: all right, you know, regardless of mileage, try changing the

622
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:08,680
Speaker 1: oil every five six months. Um, it does make a

623
00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:10,800
Speaker 1: difference in the vehicle. It does make a difference, especially

624
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:12,880
Speaker 1: on an older vehicle, and that's something to be aware of.

625
00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:15,280
Speaker 1: You know, if you're hanging onto your car longer at

626
00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:17,479
Speaker 1: the average ages of the car instead of being uh,

627
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:20,600
Speaker 1: you know, eleven years is now fifteen years old, you know,

628
00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:24,360
Speaker 1: there's more likely to be something else that potentially could

629
00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:27,520
Speaker 1: go wrong with that older vehicle. So getting a good

630
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,000
Speaker 1: set of eyes in the hands of your trusted mechanic

631
00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:33,160
Speaker 1: and the eyes of your trusted mechanic on it may

632
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:35,680
Speaker 1: save you money in the long run. Sure, the car

633
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:37,840
Speaker 1: is going to be expensive when it breaks. The only

634
00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:40,400
Speaker 1: way I know to avoid spending money on a car

635
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:42,960
Speaker 1: is to not drive one, and I don't think that's

636
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,800
Speaker 1: really an option. So get used to it, all right.

637
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:47,840
Speaker 1: You know I've been telling you for years a d

638
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:50,800
Speaker 1: and fifty dollars a month, you know, put it away

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Speaker 1: as far as maintenance and repair costs, so you're not

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Speaker 1: surprised probably want to up that number. I haven't seen

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Speaker 1: new numbers to contradict that, but I'm thinking a hundred

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Speaker 1: and seventy five months probably isn't a bad idea for

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Speaker 1: maintenance and costs, especially the vehicles older and with the

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Speaker 1: way current inflation and the economy is going things cost

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Speaker 1: more if you can even get it. So, UM, just

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Speaker 1: some used car tips and things to look forward to.

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Speaker 1: Six zero zero morn any of the Car Doctor. I'll

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Speaker 1: be back to wrap it up right after this. Don't

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Speaker 1: go away, welcome back right name the Car Doctor. You know,

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Speaker 1: if there's one thing I love about this radio show

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Speaker 1: the most, it's you the listeners. So Dong from uh Dodge, Dodge,

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Speaker 1: d O MG birdwe Mr Bardwell from Maryland, I believe

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Speaker 1: it his rights and he goes, hey, Ron, if if

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Speaker 1: used car prices being tough to get for three years

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Speaker 1: is a reach, he said, look at this article and

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Speaker 1: basically he's got an article here from JP Morgan that

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Speaker 1: says you cars prices have peaked and they're gonna be

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Speaker 1: cheaper in three But you don't know who to believe, right,

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Speaker 1: It's we start reading the media and and I guess

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Speaker 1: you could see the argument both ways. I guess that's

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Speaker 1: part of what we get to look forward to. We

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Speaker 1: see what comes forward in the in the coming year.

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Speaker 1: You know, one of the things I wanted to leave

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Speaker 1: you with is UM and I appreciate that Dodge, thank

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Speaker 1: you very much. Um you know, one of the things

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Speaker 1: I wanted to leave you with is, regardless of what

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Speaker 1: we're driving in the next year, or the next three years,

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Speaker 1: in the next ten years, somebody's got to fix it.

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Speaker 1: I was thinking of this the other day. You know,

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Speaker 1: every day I get the I get the pleasure in

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Speaker 1: the honor of of teaching Danny something else about cars

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Speaker 1: and just the basics, you know, the found the fundamental basics.

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Speaker 1: And it'll sound funny, but you know, he's been with

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Speaker 1: me for twelve years now, and every time I show

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Speaker 1: him how to press a wheelbearing, there's something new, and

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Speaker 1: it's fascinating to watch. He's like a little kid at Christmas,

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Speaker 1: the way he watches and pays attention, and he notices

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Speaker 1: every little thing I show him. And you know, put

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Speaker 1: the put the support here, and put the press here,

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Speaker 1: and you know, you want to exert this much pressure

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Speaker 1: and a day of a grease there. And you know,

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Speaker 1: I thought about the learning curve and what it takes

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Speaker 1: to build a mechanic, just like we build a car,

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Speaker 1: and it's huge, and it's it's fortunate because when you're

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Speaker 1: dealing with younger kids, they're more impressionable and they're more

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Speaker 1: likely in the right frame of mind, presented the right

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Speaker 1: way to pay attention and actually absorbed the material. And

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Speaker 1: I started thinking about all the gray heads, all us

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Speaker 1: older guys that are you know, gonna be gone in

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Speaker 1: ten years or out of the business in ten years

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Speaker 1: or fifteen years or whatever the number is. And are

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Speaker 1: we teaching the next younger generation enough about cars because

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Speaker 1: the hill they have to climb is much steeper than

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Speaker 1: the one I had to climb. All right, I at

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Speaker 1: least had the history of internal combustion engines to fall

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Speaker 1: back on when electrification came in the form of computer

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Speaker 1: command control from General Motors. I had twelve years of

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Speaker 1: working on gas engines with carburetors before I got into

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Speaker 1: fuel injection. And you know, my evolution was it was progressive.

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Speaker 1: The younger kids, it's very very steep for them, all right,

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be a sudden shock to their system to

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Speaker 1: see what goes on. And you know, I wonder who's

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Speaker 1: going to be teaching them how to do that next

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Speaker 1: wheelbearing per se, or that next service or that next diagnosis.

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Speaker 1: It's going to be interesting because one thing I know

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Speaker 1: for sure, I'm not an Indian. The car doctor as

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Speaker 1: always The mechanics aren't expensive, they're really priceless. Happy New Year,

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Speaker 1: see you