1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Ron Ananian, I think Uber needs to come up with 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: a certification program. I think Uber needs to certify their 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: cars or mechanically sound. The car Doctor. Uber is counting 4 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: on the driver, counting on the mechanic working on it. 5 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:19,639 Speaker 1: But what if the mechanic working on it, like we 6 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: all know, there's bad mechanics. What if he's an idiot. 7 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: Welcome to the radio home of Ron and Nanian the 8 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: Car Doctor, since this is where car owners the world 9 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: overturned to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If 10 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,519 Speaker 1: your mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick up the 11 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 1: phone and call in the garage doors are open, but 12 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 1: I am here to take your calls at eight five 13 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: five six And now he running. Hey, maybe it's a 14 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: sign of the times of how gulble you are to 15 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: get good or bit or to repair. Hold and welcome 16 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: Ron and the car Doctor. You know it's it's it's funny, 17 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: right um. You start to notice things as you drive 18 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: around neighborhoods in the neighborhood have been driving around his mind. 19 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: I've been driving around it a long time and you 20 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: see new signs go up. And recently a repair shop 21 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: opened and it says, and think about this, a SC 22 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 1: certified Master mechanic. You know what it takes to become 23 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: an a s C certified Master tech. And okay, you've 24 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: got to sit down. You gotta take eight written tests 25 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: and you have to pass anywhere from fifty fifty questions 26 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: to two questions depending upon the area of expertise and 27 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: whether you're re certifying or certifying. But it's a lot 28 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: of work, it's a lot of knowledge. It's not it's 29 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:34,559 Speaker 1: not easily done. You just don't walk in and knock 30 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: it off. It's the equivalent of becoming well, getting a 31 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,679 Speaker 1: master's or maybe a doctorate in order repair. Hey you 32 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: see master auto technician, grand opening nine oil chain special. 33 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: I mean it's the equivalent of taking a thoroughbred racehorse 34 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: and sending him out to do kiddies parties to kids 35 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: are right around on with a clown. Uh, you know, 36 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: what's what's the point? What are you saying there? And 37 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: then who actually would go to somebody like that? Would 38 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 1: you go to somebody like that? Would you really want 39 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: somebody like that to be your mechanic? That he doesn't 40 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: think enough of what he does, that he's got a 41 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,679 Speaker 1: bargain basement discount. You couldn't buy the oil for any 42 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 1: car today for much lessen do the change, and then 43 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: how long will that guy to be in business? Subsequently, 44 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: I've got to say the grand opening sign has been 45 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 1: up there for about four months now, maybe five, so 46 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: I guess this is still the grand opening, and there 47 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 1: wasn't a lot of people there. The crowd didn't really exist. 48 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: And my theory is that that's partly because the person 49 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: that's looking for good, cheap auto repair isn't really got 50 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 1: the right mindset. They're not looking for the right perspective 51 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: of what it takes to fix cars, because fixing cars 52 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:47,839 Speaker 1: is a very expensive proposition today. We all know that 53 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: we've experienced it. I think the majority of you don't 54 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: have a problem with expensive repair. I think a lot 55 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: of you have a problem with expensive, poorly done repair. 56 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: That's what the issue is. You're willing to pay for it, 57 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: and you just you want to pay fair pricing. I'm 58 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: not saying to overpay, but you're not looking to cheap 59 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: it out. You're not gonna take your fifty thousand dollar 60 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: whatever it is you're driving in the average car today's 61 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: between forty and fifty grand and a sixteen ninety nine 62 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,679 Speaker 1: oil change. Is at the right type, is the right viscosity? 63 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:24,519 Speaker 1: How much oil is it? What brand is the filter? 64 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:26,359 Speaker 1: What are they doing when they do the oil change? 65 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: Are they're looking it over? They're just blowing through it 66 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 1: and getting out the door to try and up sell you. 67 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: Because of this, I know alright, having done this business 68 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: for the past forty five plus years, I've lost track, 69 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: all right. There's certain things that are that are in determined, 70 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: that are you know, undeterminable or unmovable would be the word. 71 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: And that is the mortgage, the rent, the lights, the insurance, 72 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: the fixed expenses of what it takes to be in business. 73 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: And you're not going to cover those fixed expenses, never 74 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 1: mind expanding by new equipment by doing six nine an 75 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: oil changes. You gotta be an idiot to use the guy, 76 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: and he's got to be an idiot for putting up 77 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: the sign. Oh my god, it's gonna be a great 78 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: two hours today, folks were doing a bunch of things. 79 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: We're giving away a twenty five dollar a rally o 80 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: to parts gift card. I don't know which hour. I 81 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: leave that up to my professors on the other side 82 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: of the glass. Tom and Mikey. They'll be telling me 83 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: we're giving away a couple of copies of Steve Cook's books. 84 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 1: Will be to the O B D two Diagnostics Made Easy? 85 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: You think I should say, let's say that three times fast. 86 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: O B D two diagnostics made easy? Gob do you 87 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 1: do diagnostics made easy? Go? Do you do diagnostics med easy? 88 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 1: That's not bad for a for a It's okay. You know, 89 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: I just woke up from my nap. I'm a little 90 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: cranky today, and I'm here, of course, to answer your 91 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: questions or whatever they might be. Commentary. You want to 92 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 1: talk about the signs of the times, you know, if 93 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: you trust the sign from the mechanic that says, hey, 94 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 1: I'll work cheaper than anybody just to Luia in the 95 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 1: door because I know you're stupid and I can up 96 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: sell you and sell you all the stuff you don't 97 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: really need to make up for the loss on the 98 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: oil chains. God, it's like going to a fast food 99 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:53,919 Speaker 1: place expecting a good meal. Let's get on over and 100 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:57,799 Speaker 1: talk to Tim and Cheeto, California twelve niece on Frontier. Tim, 101 00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: how are you, sir? How can I help? Yes, sir? 102 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 1: What's going on? Help me with my terminology. So I 103 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: on this Nissan frind here when I cycle between um 104 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: recirculate on the air conditioning or eating uh. And then 105 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 1: when I take it out of the recirculate mode to 106 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 1: fresh air mode, I get four rhythmic clicks evenly spaces 107 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: click click click click click, and then and then it 108 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 1: functions normally. Everything works beautifully. I could tolerate the sound. 109 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 1: Apparently other people have on all Nissan truck related products. 110 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 1: This is apparently an issue, but none of the information 111 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 1: online seems to line up with my exact model. And 112 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 1: since so I'm kind of stuck on terminology, Well, I 113 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,840 Speaker 1: think you explained it really well. You know, I give 114 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: you a lot of credit brother, for not having ever 115 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 1: worked on one you and I'm assuming you have, and 116 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 1: you describe me of correctly. It's a ratcheting mechanical kind 117 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: of sound, like a tap tap tap tap tap, and 118 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: then all of a sudden it frees up and it 119 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: starts to work or the noise goes away. What what? What? 120 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:04,840 Speaker 1: What's happening? Is your your play with slot cars as 121 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 1: a kid, or you ever take a part like um um, 122 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: It's just a little plastic actuated with little gears in it, 123 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,359 Speaker 1: and what what happens is those plastic gears are are 124 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 1: are notched or worn, and they're getting stuck in a 125 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: particular position. There's not a lot of power that the 126 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: actuators have. They don't you know, they can't overcome something 127 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 1: sticky stuck. They're just there's supposed to be a free 128 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 1: movement operation. And what you're hearing is you're hearing the 129 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,679 Speaker 1: chatter of the actuator working against itself or working against 130 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 1: the door, whichever one it is that it's trying to 131 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 1: open or close. So yeah, you know, as long as 132 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:42,839 Speaker 1: it's working, okay for now, you're okay. The real question 133 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 1: is when does it fail? And you know which, which 134 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: exact actuator is it. If it's resirch outside air, you 135 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: can probably get away with that a little bit longer 136 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: than if it were heat or you know, left right, top, bottom, 137 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 1: middle type of a thing. So you know, that's a 138 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 1: little bit more you you could you could deal with 139 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: that on a higher level. The question is when will 140 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: it break? So you started ahead, right, I'm sorry, I 141 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,239 Speaker 1: didn't get you tom say that again. It just started 142 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: so I'm in the early days and so there's no 143 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: real harm in letting it fail to completely um other 144 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: than I won't be able to select that mode correct. 145 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 1: And there's there's no real harm in it, provided you've 146 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: got the right actuator that it is, that it really 147 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: is research and it sounds like it is UM. But 148 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 1: I've got a caution you. It's probably against my religion 149 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: to say that I know what's broken on the car 150 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna keep driving it. So you're asking the 151 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 1: wrong guy for for Penis to say, yes, yes, you're almighty, 152 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: may you know, and I'm gonna sprinkle some you know, 153 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: some winch, you'll washer fluid on you and give you 154 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 1: the sign of absolution. It just kind of doesn't work. 155 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: It's you know, yes, my son, go forward and hopefully 156 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: it starts tomorrow. Uh, you know, it's it's you know 157 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: what's broke. What I think you've got to look at 158 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: my perspective and all seriousness is the car has given 159 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: you a great gift, all right, it's telling you. It's 160 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: telling you what's broke. Now you can go get some 161 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: current pricing in your neck of the woods and see what, 162 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 1: you know, see what it's gonna cost to fix, because 163 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: maybe it's worth it to get it fixed now, and 164 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 1: then you know you don't have the problem later on 165 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: when it's an emergency, you're you know, because it's gonna 166 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 1: break at the worst possible time. You just know it. Uh, 167 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: you know, unless you're gonna tell me, Hey, ron, I 168 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 1: think in three months, I'm getting rid of the truck. 169 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: That's a different conversation. Alright, I can see not spending 170 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: the money right now this second, All right, sir, um, 171 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: one more question gets up. It requires dash removal according 172 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:37,840 Speaker 1: to Internet information and and so um in order in 173 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 1: order to try to get um replacement estimates or repair estimates, 174 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 1: you know, without being a diagnosis to each one. You know, 175 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: you think I can convince them with this information that 176 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 1: you know it is what it is and and get 177 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:55,559 Speaker 1: a uh repair estimate without a diagnosis. I think any 178 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 1: repair shop worth their salt that you're trying to work 179 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:00,120 Speaker 1: with or you know, I assume you don't have a 180 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: steady mechanic. You don't have a steady mechanic, tim Oh, 181 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 1: I am several I work with. Yeah, okay, I would 182 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:08,920 Speaker 1: think that, you know, within their own right, if we 183 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: walked up to him and said, hey, guys, you know 184 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:13,239 Speaker 1: what do you think would cost to put this actuator 185 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: in if it were bad, all right. And I think 186 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 1: if they're working with you, and they've got a relationship 187 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 1: with you, they should be able to turn around and say, hey, Tim, 188 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: it's six hours it you know, seven tomatoes an hour, 189 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 1: whatever the going rate is for that repair shop, and 190 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: they should be able to give you an estimate. But 191 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 1: they should also camp it in all fairness to them. 192 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: And I know you want to be fair to them 193 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: too by saying, provided that's the piece we need, we 194 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 1: need an hour of time to to prove that it's 195 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 1: that actuator. And I think that's a reasonable request also, 196 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 1: or whatever they think they need an hour, two hours, 197 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 1: et cetera, you know whatever, And I think that's pretty 198 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 1: much a standard general approach. Listen, I had a guy 199 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 1: this week. I'll tell you the story real quick. I 200 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 1: had a guy this week I haven't seen. I don't know, 201 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: Jeff from Boo. He bought a Mustang from his brother, 202 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 1: which right away could be a problem. Alright, His brothers, go, 203 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: I can tell you, so, we bought a used Mustang 204 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 1: from his brother. It's fifteen years old and it's sat 205 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 1: in Chicago for a couple of weeks, which I believe 206 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: is really months because judging by the amount of rust 207 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: underneath the car, Chicago being the snowy state that it is, 208 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 1: with the rust and the corrosion, I'm like, yeah, this 209 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 1: car sat a while. We gave Hi an estimate this 210 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 1: week of fort I thought he was gonna fall over. 211 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 1: And my my point is, you know, here's what the 212 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: car needs. And I kind of laid it out in 213 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: a in a in a in a menu. I said, 214 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: you know, here's what it needs. Now, here's what I 215 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: think it's gonna need in three to six months, here's 216 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 1: what I here's what I see it needing in the 217 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 1: next year. Trying to lay out the whole picture. Um, 218 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:39,679 Speaker 1: it probably took me forty five minutes to an hour 219 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 1: to write that estimate and another fifteen twenty minutes on 220 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: the phone. In all honesty, I owed him that because 221 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:50,959 Speaker 1: he paid me to do a checklist of what kind 222 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 1: of shape is the car? In my obligation is to 223 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: give him answers so he can make a better decision. 224 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 1: My point is, if your repair shop, whoever youre talking to, 225 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 1: if you've been working with them and you know, maybe 226 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,960 Speaker 1: they're gonna give you the quick ten minute estimate. But 227 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 1: once they diagnose it and you pay them money for 228 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,839 Speaker 1: that diagnosis, I think they'll use some form of that's 229 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: their obligation by the virtue of the contract you created 230 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: by paying them for the diagnosis. Right, they're they're obbligated 231 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 1: to give you a diagnosis and an estimate. Perfect, perfect 232 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 1: way to end the day. All right, kid him, You're 233 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 1: very welcome. You take good care to him. Um, yeah, 234 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 1: that's uh, that's the reality of ort to repair. But 235 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 1: definitely not for royal changes that much. I can tell you. 236 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 1: Eight five five zero nine nine zero zero. I'm round 237 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 1: any of the car Doctor. I'll be right back after this. 238 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:47,200 Speaker 1: Don't go away. What's more fun than listening to Ronny 239 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 1: in the car Doctor and getting that car fixed? Right 240 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 1: A five five five zero zero zero. Give run a call? 241 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 1: Now back to ron Hey, let's get over talk to 242 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: Ken and Maryland. Ken. Welcome to the Car Doctor, Sir. 243 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 1: How can I help? Yes, sir, Ken, you're on. Yeah, 244 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: you talked about the solar tires last week. What's what 245 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 1: don't you like about him? Because I got them on 246 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 1: two cards that I find them pretty good tires. Well, 247 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: you're probably one of the few then, I uh let 248 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:20,439 Speaker 1: me let me say it like this based on personal experience, 249 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 1: and it's not even based on my experience, ken, because 250 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: I could just sit here and say, Ken, I think 251 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 1: they're junk and hang up. But I won't do that. 252 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 1: I'll tell you why because out of my two salesmen 253 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:32,719 Speaker 1: and the tire business, one from each two separate warehouses, 254 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:34,960 Speaker 1: each one of them tells me stay away from solar 255 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 1: tires because they don't last, they don't seem to hold together, 256 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 1: and they're made over season and not of a good 257 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: quality and a known reputation. So I kind of take 258 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 1: that a stock and trade when someone walks in with it. 259 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:47,680 Speaker 1: They're not made by China, they're made over in Japan. 260 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: They're Japanese tire manufact We're talking about a different tire 261 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 1: than the solar tire I saw it was made in 262 00:12:52,840 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 1: China because this one's made by the yeah, Summing SNA Tomo. Right, 263 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: so that's the company that claims they make solar tires. Then, right, well, 264 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 1: we're talking about two different things because the solar tire 265 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:11,959 Speaker 1: I saw I was made in China, and that's part 266 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 1: of the problem. China has invaded the country now with 267 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 1: autoparts and they're just taking name brands from different different tires, 268 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 1: different manufacturers, calling it the same thing. So it looks 269 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 1: like the same thing. And that was the whole danger 270 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: of the issue that I spoke about, because it looks 271 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: like it looks like it's a good quality component, but 272 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 1: it's not because it says made in China on it. 273 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 1: And now the problem is, go sue China, let me 274 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:38,200 Speaker 1: know who you're gonna talk to, you know, And that's 275 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:42,439 Speaker 1: and that's the issue, all right, And that's the issue. 276 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: So but Solar they also make high end tires too, 277 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 1: when they claim that company too, right now, I haven't 278 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:51,679 Speaker 1: seen the right and I haven't seen those. And then 279 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:53,679 Speaker 1: the other issue is, as I always say, or to 280 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: repair as a national occurrence with regional issues. Certain tires, 281 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 1: certain parts will say it like that, are are distributed 282 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 1: in different places around the country depending upon relationships. You know, 283 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: it used to be I'll give you an example. It 284 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 1: used to be years ago, we used to get wagon 285 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: and break pads by the truckload, very easy to find. 286 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 1: It's I now have Wagner brake pad available to me 287 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: only through one warehouse and that's it. Where they used 288 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 1: to be distributed through four or five one? And why 289 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 1: does that happen? Uh? You know, I don't know. When 290 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: I look at auto parts, I look at where are 291 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 1: they coming from, who's the company, what's the brand, what's 292 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: the reputation? And probably more important now in the last 293 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: couple of years since the Chinese invasion is where are 294 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 1: they made? Now? If if if Wagner sells me a breakpad, 295 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: Wagner Wagner, really Wagner from St. Louis, Missouri, sells me 296 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: a break pad that they're making in China and bringing 297 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 1: over here, I'm okay with that, all right. And I'm 298 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: not saying that's what's occurring, but I'm okay with that 299 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 1: scenario because I know who I'm gonna go talk to 300 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: when I have a problem. When somebody brings me a 301 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 1: tire that they purchased online that says solar tire made 302 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 1: in China. Who am I gonna go talk to? More importantly, 303 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: has made in China. I guess you gotta believe they 304 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 1: made in China, right? And then you know, Ken, if 305 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 1: that was your car and you brought me that tire 306 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: and I put it on, the tire blows out, you 307 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 1: get killed, your widow and your lawyer, are gonna come 308 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 1: and talk to my insurance company. Let's see. Are they 309 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 1: gonna go to China? No, they're gonna go to the 310 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 1: guy that installed it. They're gonna go to the easiest 311 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: point of lawsuit. And that's why they can't be here. 312 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 1: And that's why they shouldn't be here. And that's the 313 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 1: danger we're all falling into because we're all going under 314 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: the assumption like you did. Hey, it's solar tire Maiden 315 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: Maide in Japan. It's not its solar tire Maide in China. 316 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 1: And my good answer, I spoke to you today. Uh 317 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 1: not yet, Tom says too early. Tom's thinking about it. 318 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 1: Calm and palman twenty minutes and yell at him. All right, 319 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 1: all right, Ken, luck to you. A good question. You're 320 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 1: very welcome. Yeah, Tom, what uh you know? You know 321 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 1: we should have asked Ken, does he have a car story? 322 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 1: That's the other thing we need a Christmas Well, we 323 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 1: don't need a Christmas car story, but we kind of want, 324 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: Like I can tell you my Christmas car story. You 325 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 1: wonder what my Christmas car story is? Just the one 326 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 1: about the family truckster. No, this isn't the one about 327 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 1: the family truckster. You know you you talk about you 328 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 1: talking about Christmas, Right, I've got to tell you the first, 329 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: the first, my earliest memories of cars has to be 330 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: the Christmas car story has to be. Um. They loaded 331 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 1: you up in the back of Dad's station wang and 332 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 1: Dad had like a sixty two Ford Galaxy wagon and 333 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 1: you got shuffled out of the house in Dumont, New Jersey, 334 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 1: wearing your little feede pajamas. Right, little you're probably five 335 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 1: years old, right, you got loaded into the back. They 336 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: always took you over to Uncle Steve. You always know 337 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 1: how you go over to your family and wearing your pj's, right, 338 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: it's not it's not too traumatizing. Right. They stage up 339 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: in front of all the relatives, the big kids who 340 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 1: are like three or four years older, and you're there 341 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: in your feede pajamas and your bunny suit. You know. 342 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:05,119 Speaker 1: I oh, and and you know and and I remember. 343 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 1: And that's why I gotta tell you when you see 344 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: that thing on when you see that that piece on Facebook, 345 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 1: everybody talks about how we didn't wear seat belts and 346 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 1: we survived in the back of station wagons. I remember 347 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:16,439 Speaker 1: that because I did. I survived in the back of 348 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:19,399 Speaker 1: the station wagon with my brother and sister bouncing around, 349 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:21,639 Speaker 1: my father doing you know the speechers are, you know, 350 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 1: hurry up, we gotta get to Uncle Steves because we 351 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 1: were always late. Um, and you'd get there and you 352 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 1: get you'd walk in and by the time you got 353 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:31,439 Speaker 1: carried out after Santa Claus came um. And once in 354 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: a while it was snowing or wet, and you know, 355 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:35,679 Speaker 1: it was a good time, you know, at family memories, 356 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 1: and it was always cold. In the back of that 357 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 1: station wagon. It was always very metallic, right, because everything 358 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 1: was metal the floor, the floorboards were metal, the sides 359 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 1: were metal. Because those were real cars. That was my perception. 360 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 1: I thought you were supposed to wear peedie pajamas in 361 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 1: the back of the station wagon. I thought that's the 362 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 1: way it worked. I went out on a date when 363 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 1: I was eighteen without I'll tell you that story another time. 364 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 1: Five zero nine zero zero running in the guard Doctor. 365 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 1: We're coming back right after this. Don't go away, welcome back. 366 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:27,159 Speaker 1: Grant a car, doct you're just a reminder. We'll be 367 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: going to giving away a twenty five dollar gift card 368 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 1: to o Riley Ota Parts. You know, last minute Christmas gifts, 369 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: holiday gifts, or maybe you need something for yourself. O'Riley 370 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,159 Speaker 1: odo parts is the place. Rileyoto dot Com will be 371 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: doing that twenty five dollar gift card sometime in this show. Yes, Tom, 372 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: you know, before we went to the break you were 373 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:44,080 Speaker 1: talking about in the back of the station wagon, my 374 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 1: father had a sixty four Ford Falcon I remember going 375 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:49,679 Speaker 1: up to New Hampshire in that You're right. It was 376 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 1: metal all over the place. We had this little rubber 377 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 1: pad on it and you just bounce around like a 378 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:57,359 Speaker 1: ping pong ball. Well even worse, or even worse, my 379 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: father was in the rug business in the sixties, so 380 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:02,639 Speaker 1: you know he he tried. My father tried to carpet 381 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 1: everything all right. I mean everything was wall to wall carpeting, 382 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:08,440 Speaker 1: because that's he was in the carpet business. And you 383 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:10,120 Speaker 1: know what happens if you put a piece of carpeting 384 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: on the back of a Ford station wang with a 385 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 1: metal bottom, and you put three kids on it, you 386 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: sit at the traffic light. When he pulled away, he 387 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 1: slid right. It was like a sleigh right on piece 388 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:19,480 Speaker 1: of carpet right to the back and then if he 389 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 1: break too hard, it would slam forward and right into 390 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 1: the back seat, right into the back seat. Yeah, it 391 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 1: just it just so. It wasn't. But you know, you 392 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 1: can't do that. You can't sit there and look out 393 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 1: and make faces of the cars behind you anymore. It 394 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:33,119 Speaker 1: just doesn't work in today's vehicles because there's no you 395 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: have to turn around to do it and you're in 396 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 1: a seat belt. Well you do, but if your kids, 397 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 1: you know, it's all you know. And this is not 398 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:41,639 Speaker 1: a holiday car story, but this is a kid car story. 399 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 1: So one day we were taking um, we went to 400 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 1: see a Yankees game, all right, And it was probably 401 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: one of the first times I was taking one of 402 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,399 Speaker 1: the kids um with with the guys. It was my 403 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 1: middle one, my army kid, and uh, I probably should 404 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 1: have known how tough she was going to grow up 405 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 1: to be. Right, she's um hanging out the back of 406 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 1: the wagon on the g W A bridge. Um people 407 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 1: were giving. People were like somehow, somehow they learned the 408 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:09,720 Speaker 1: bronx cheer, all right, and she was joining in this, 409 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 1: a little ten year old kid hanging out the back 410 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: of the wagon giving everybody the bronx chair. And I'm 411 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: driving along, like, why is everybody waving at me, like 412 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 1: what's going on? And finally I caught the action in 413 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 1: the rear view mirror. Where did we have a conversation 414 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 1: when we got home? You know what, it doesn't surprise me, right, 415 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 1: look what the kid grew up the bit. She's doing 416 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:29,160 Speaker 1: so good. Let's go and talk to Cheryl and Maine. Cheryl, 417 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 1: thanks for allowing me to rant a little bit. And 418 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 1: how can I help you in your own nine Subaru? Well, 419 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 1: the tire pressure tire pressure indicator light is lit. It 420 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 1: stays lit, and we checked the air pressure and the tires. 421 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: That fine. Anybody do any kind of any other diagnosis 422 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:52,879 Speaker 1: to this? No, I haven't taken it back yet. I 423 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:55,640 Speaker 1: was just curious as to weather, all right, as as 424 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:58,439 Speaker 1: long as there is no censor in the spare and 425 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 1: I don't believe yours does. I've never seen a subbru 426 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:04,159 Speaker 1: norder my knowledge. I don't believe Subaru puts uh uh 427 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,199 Speaker 1: tire pressure sensors in the spare tire as long as 428 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: you're setting tire pressure to within fiftcent of placards. So 429 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 1: if the placard says thirty three and you're sending it 430 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 1: to thirty five or thirty uh, that light should go out. 431 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: So I've got to assume then there's a fault in 432 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 1: the system. Likely that the that the car is ten 433 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 1: years old. Likely you're going to be needing a tire 434 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 1: pressure sensor. Is what this will come down to. Um, 435 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:31,639 Speaker 1: you know, yeah, it's I know. UM, you've got a 436 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: you've got a regular mechanic and independent mechanic. You're gonna 437 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:35,159 Speaker 1: take it back to the dealer or what are you 438 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 1: gonna do with it? You know, I've got a regular mechanic. Okay, alright, 439 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: well listen, let me let me, let me help you out. 440 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:44,880 Speaker 1: Stay on the line. Tom wants to send you out 441 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 1: the twenty five dollar O'Reilly gift card today. You can 442 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 1: use it online at o'reillyoto dot com to help you 443 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 1: towards the purchase of a of a tire pressure censor 444 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:54,400 Speaker 1: for your car. And we just want to say Merry 445 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: Christmas and happy Holidays from the car doctor. So stay 446 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 1: on the line and let Tom. Let Tom get your information. 447 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,480 Speaker 1: We can go for in there. Okay, thank you, You're 448 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: very welcome to take good care. Um, I'm wondering if 449 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: you know we're talking about good mechanic, bad mechanic, and 450 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 1: how to tell the difference. I'm wondering if anybody out 451 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 1: there knows how to tell if their shop is competent 452 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: and the little things you can do for it. I've 453 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,160 Speaker 1: got a test. You can take your car in for service. 454 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:23,639 Speaker 1: Here's the deal. And Cheryl reminded me of this because 455 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:27,120 Speaker 1: of her her issue with TPMs. You know, you can 456 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 1: take take your car in for service, and when it 457 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:34,680 Speaker 1: comes out, walk around the car. And all I want 458 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 1: you to do is look at the valve stems, you 459 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 1: know where you put the air in the tire, and 460 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:43,400 Speaker 1: look to see A does the car have a valve 461 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 1: stem on every tire? And B does it have the 462 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 1: right valve stem or right valve cap on every stem? 463 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:52,399 Speaker 1: And and and here's the trick. And I'm gonna post 464 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 1: this up on Facebook. I've I've got some pictures that 465 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:57,360 Speaker 1: i want to get up on our Facebook page. Run 466 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:00,360 Speaker 1: on any in the car doctor so and eight car 467 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 1: made before two thousand eight and down if it does 468 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:08,199 Speaker 1: not have a tire pressure monitoring system. If it doesn't 469 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: have TPMs, will have the old traditional black cap sports cars. 470 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 1: BMW's corvettes excluded all right, because they could be a 471 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:22,639 Speaker 1: variety of different caps. But the cars are going to 472 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:27,160 Speaker 1: have that traditional black cap. In two thousand and eight 473 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: when the government mandated that old cars have tire pressure 474 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 1: monitoring systems on them. Now we've created and and and 475 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 1: the first go round naturally was a mistake because tire 476 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: pressure monitoring system cars all had a metal valve stem 477 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 1: with a metal cap. And somebody raised their hand and 478 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: tell me what happens when you put a metal cap 479 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 1: on a metal stem, drive it through snow, slush, lead, chemical, 480 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 1: and rain, it corrodes and sticks to the censor or 481 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 1: sticks to the to the metal stem, right, so you 482 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,200 Speaker 1: can't take it off. So there was a bullet and 483 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 1: that came out into street Winde that talked about we've 484 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 1: now gotten rid of the metal cap and we've converted 485 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:08,440 Speaker 1: to either an aluminum cap that won't rust or corrode 486 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:11,639 Speaker 1: or which was and this is the one. I like 487 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:16,920 Speaker 1: a gray plastic cap. And the difference between that gray 488 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:20,400 Speaker 1: plastic cap and the older style black cap, in case 489 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 1: you didn't know, is turn that gray cap over. There's 490 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,959 Speaker 1: a little red rubber seal in it. That red rubber 491 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,400 Speaker 1: seal helps keeps moisture out from going down the stem 492 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,399 Speaker 1: and corroding the valve stem. And if the because of 493 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 1: the valve stem corrodes sticks stuck leaks, then you've got 494 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,360 Speaker 1: to change that. What could be a hundred dollar tire 495 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:42,919 Speaker 1: pressure sensor, So that little seven cent gray plastic cap 496 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 1: saves you the price of a tire pressure sensor replacement. 497 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 1: So your car, So now you know your car should 498 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: either have a black cap if it's an older system 499 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,119 Speaker 1: on a large scale, or it should have a gray 500 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 1: plastic cap that if you take it off, it's got 501 00:24:56,840 --> 00:25:00,119 Speaker 1: a little red insert in it. That That is what 502 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 1: I was always taught and what I believe in what 503 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:05,120 Speaker 1: we do is the right way to do it. If 504 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:09,199 Speaker 1: it's a GM product with a tire pressure sensor on it, 505 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 1: it's going to have a black cap, but roughly two 506 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 1: or two and a half times the size of a 507 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 1: traditional valve cap. It's a big, long and elongated thing. 508 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 1: You'll see it in the picture when I get it 509 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: up on Facebook after the show today. All right, and 510 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,200 Speaker 1: they should have that. Now, I've got to be honest. 511 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,239 Speaker 1: Why GM has to make their caps bigger, I don't know, 512 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 1: but it's GM. Anything's possible. You don't know how they're thinking. 513 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 1: All right, um, but they put those on their rubber 514 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 1: stems all right, because then we switched to rubber stems 515 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:39,480 Speaker 1: because then we decided the metal stems were no good. 516 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 1: The point is, now you know there's there's there's one 517 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 1: of three, right, It's either it's either black, it's gray, 518 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 1: or aluminum or the big giant black hat. It would 519 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,640 Speaker 1: look like a big tall beanie. The point is your 520 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:54,679 Speaker 1: car after it comes out for service. I don't care 521 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 1: if it went in four windshield wipers or or or 522 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 1: a fluid check or a seasonal checklist, or definitely with 523 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 1: tires or breaks. You know, if they're working on the car, 524 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:10,360 Speaker 1: I think they're obligated two common sense safety check. If 525 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: somebody brings a car into a repair shop with a 526 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 1: check engine light on and the check engine lin gets 527 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 1: diagnosed and repaired all right, and they see that, I 528 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:24,680 Speaker 1: think it's a sign of a shop that is detail oriented, 529 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 1: paying attention to the small stuff because that's what aller 530 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 1: repair is, and to put the proper cap on. I 531 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:35,359 Speaker 1: think that shop is also obligated if you haven't had 532 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,920 Speaker 1: some form of a seasonal checklist, you go in for 533 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 1: a check engine light on, they've been working on the 534 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 1: car for two years and it's gone thirty miles and 535 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,439 Speaker 1: you haven't allowed them to do a safety checklist. I 536 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:48,960 Speaker 1: think you're obligated to let them do that. So it 537 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 1: goes both ways. But do that the next time you 538 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 1: go car goes in for service, Walk around the cap, 539 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: look at the tires, look at the valve caps. What's 540 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:57,440 Speaker 1: on there? Doesn't have one? Is it the right one? 541 00:26:58,040 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 1: And then maybe you can go back and have a conversation. 542 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:01,640 Speaker 1: Maybe you got a good shop and you don't even 543 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: know it. Eight five five zero. The car docor is 544 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 1: coming back right after this. Don't go away. Welcome back 545 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,359 Speaker 1: on any of the car doctor. Let's stick it right 546 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 1: out of southern California and talk to Neil. Neil, Welcome 547 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 1: to the car doctor, sir. How can I help? Yes? Uh, 548 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 1: good afternoon. Uh. I have a question regarding changing tire 549 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:30,960 Speaker 1: sizes on Volkswagen tou eggs. I have a I had 550 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,160 Speaker 1: a two thousand twelve that got masked by a three 551 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 1: and it had twenty inch wheels on it. And I 552 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:41,840 Speaker 1: just bought a two thousand sixteen UH tour Egg, same 553 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 1: basic vehicle and it has eighteen inch wheels on it. 554 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 1: And I'm gonna put the twenty inch wheels on the 555 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 1: on the new vehicle. And my question is doesn't will 556 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:57,760 Speaker 1: that impact the accuracy of the speedometer or and if so, 557 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 1: do you need to make adjustments of any kind? Okay, 558 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:04,359 Speaker 1: and this this the way I'm gonna answer this, Neil 559 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 1: is probably a generic answer across the board, because I 560 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:11,280 Speaker 1: take every time I get confronted with this on a 561 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 1: case by case basis, Um, can you can you change 562 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 1: those tires? Can you put the twenties on in place 563 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:20,159 Speaker 1: of the eight teams? And will it affect sphenometer accuracy? 564 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 1: The answer is likely, as long as they fit and clear, 565 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:28,160 Speaker 1: you can put them on, but they will affect spenometer 566 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 1: accuracy to a degree. The bigger concern is you're also 567 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:37,719 Speaker 1: going to be affecting an I locked brake operation, stability 568 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 1: control and and all the safety features they are built 569 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:44,480 Speaker 1: into the vehicle. If if, if it's not calibrated to 570 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 1: accommodate that different diameter, because this is about rolling diameter 571 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:52,959 Speaker 1: of the tire. Now, whether the manufacturer allows for if 572 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 1: twenties were ever an option on that newer vehicle, man, 573 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 1: I'm sure that you can go in using Volkswagon factories 574 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:04,520 Speaker 1: and tool and accommodate for that that tire change. All right, 575 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 1: so you may want to talk to the dealer. Did 576 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 1: they ever put twenties on whatever you got, whatever the 577 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 1: new one is, if it's a if it's a hum 578 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 1: a sixteen or an eighteen, whatever it is. But you know, 579 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 1: did they ever put twenties on that as an optional size? 580 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:20,120 Speaker 1: Then yes, and I'm sure it's in the programming. The 581 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:23,479 Speaker 1: other way to do it, which can be a unique 582 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 1: experience too, is to you know, figure out what the 583 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 1: diameter of that of that twenty is and the diameter 584 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 1: of the eighteen, and just put a lower profile tire 585 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:39,600 Speaker 1: on the twenty inch wheel. It can look kind of cool. Um, 586 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:42,040 Speaker 1: it'll ride, it'll write a little harder because there's less 587 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:45,680 Speaker 1: side wall, all right, there's there's less given the side wall. 588 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 1: But it might look kind of neat on it. We 589 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:48,840 Speaker 1: could turn it into a hot rod at that point, 590 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 1: make a hot rod bolkswagon out of it. Um, you know, 591 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:54,680 Speaker 1: but yeah, you you can. There's a couple of ways 592 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:56,840 Speaker 1: to do it. But keep in mind it's more than 593 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,720 Speaker 1: just sphenometer that you're affecting. You're going to be affecting 594 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:03,560 Speaker 1: a lot of the calculations on the way the vehicle runs, speed, 595 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:09,240 Speaker 1: vehicle stability, breaking, transmission shift point, because everything is calculated, 596 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 1: all vehicle speed. Yeah, it's not it's it's not simple 597 00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:16,280 Speaker 1: stuff anymore, hasn't been for a long time, right, Okay, Well, 598 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 1: I appreciate I appreciate the input on that. Although I 599 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 1: live in California, I visit Maine for three months out 600 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:26,400 Speaker 1: of every year and I listened to your show every 601 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:28,920 Speaker 1: Sunday back there. Well, thank you, sir. You know if 602 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,120 Speaker 1: you want to still if you if you have the ability, 603 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 1: And I think we just picked up I think I 604 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:36,440 Speaker 1: don't know where you are in southern California, but I 605 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:39,280 Speaker 1: thought we just picked up another affiliate down in Eureka 606 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 1: and Eureka, California. I think that's southern California. If that's 607 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:46,800 Speaker 1: anywhere near where you're at, uh, that's way north. Yeah okay. 608 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:50,400 Speaker 1: And then um uh you can stream us if you 609 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 1: go to Car Doctor Show dot com. You can't stream 610 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:54,960 Speaker 1: the show or podcast us. And we're working on it. 611 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:56,800 Speaker 1: You know what, we want to be everywhere and that's 612 00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:59,479 Speaker 1: the goal. We're working with our syndicator to get us 613 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,400 Speaker 1: in into more places. But I thank you for the 614 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 1: kind words sir, all right, well, thank you very much 615 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 1: for very help. You're very welcome. Good luck to you. 616 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 1: Merry Christmas eight zero. The cardocks are gonna pull over. 617 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 1: Take a pause. He'll be back right after this. Looco 618 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:20,840 Speaker 1: back run an end of the car backtor. Let's go 619 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:22,640 Speaker 1: and talk to Steve and New Hampshire. Steve, I got 620 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:26,560 Speaker 1: two and a half minutes. What's going on, bib ye, yes, sir? 621 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:29,680 Speaker 1: Hi you Ron? How are you doing? Good? Sir? What's 622 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 1: going on? Not too much? Listen, I knew you got 623 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:35,440 Speaker 1: you got. You were just talking about tire pressure stems 624 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 1: and tire pressure monitor senses. I just wanted to share 625 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 1: this from everybody else out there. I made the mistake 626 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,280 Speaker 1: of removing the rubber caps on the valve stems and 627 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:46,320 Speaker 1: installing some nice chrome ones. I think they were made 628 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 1: of aluminum. Well, I went to add air to the 629 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:52,320 Speaker 1: tire maybe two months later, and they refused to the 630 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:55,920 Speaker 1: valves down. I tried getting them off and ended up 631 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: breaking the entire GPMS and how to replace all four 632 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:02,920 Speaker 1: and that? So yeah, you know, so it got expensive 633 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,920 Speaker 1: real quick. Right. The ones I'm talking about, the aluminum 634 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,200 Speaker 1: ones I'm talking about the industry uses actually as a 635 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:11,560 Speaker 1: coding on the inside a release agent. So not every 636 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:14,160 Speaker 1: aluminum camp is made the same. But it's an issue 637 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:15,719 Speaker 1: would you end up doing. You have to put sensors 638 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:19,040 Speaker 1: in it, right, you have four sensors. It was expensive 639 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:23,200 Speaker 1: for horr bucks. Uh. Let's see you've got the parts 640 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 1: online and now I have the local tire shop do it. 641 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:30,000 Speaker 1: But uh, it was I think they were around fifty dollars. Uh, 642 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:33,120 Speaker 1: and they were good quality ones forty times four and 643 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:36,520 Speaker 1: then the labor to installed. On a side note, On 644 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:39,240 Speaker 1: a side note, grown, I've always wondered this trivial wise, 645 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 1: I've been I'm gonna consult with an m chief friend 646 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,880 Speaker 1: of mine. How many times do you think an engine 647 00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:48,720 Speaker 1: revolves or turns? How many r pms does an engine 648 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 1: make in its entire lifetime? If you've got two hundred 649 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:54,560 Speaker 1: thousand miles out of it, I don't know. I would 650 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:57,560 Speaker 1: have to say, you'd have to calculate out that two 651 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:03,160 Speaker 1: hundred thousand miles at what speed and and how? Yeah, 652 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,280 Speaker 1: you know, so I don't know that it's It would 653 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:07,600 Speaker 1: probably have to be done more with an hour clock, 654 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,640 Speaker 1: all right. You know you'll see some cars have an 655 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:13,200 Speaker 1: hour meter on them. They'll tell you how many hours 656 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,720 Speaker 1: the vehicle has been running. But even then I think 657 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:17,840 Speaker 1: it's I think it's got to be a calculation of it. 658 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:19,719 Speaker 1: What speed is the engine running for an hour at 659 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 1: a thousand rpm? Is it running for an hour at 660 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:25,720 Speaker 1: five thousand rpm? So it's got to be up in 661 00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:30,520 Speaker 1: the Quatrillians, right, it's you know, it's you know, it's funny. 662 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:34,400 Speaker 1: And you know the gym that I go to, Um, 663 00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:37,040 Speaker 1: the woman that works out across from me by the 664 00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:40,840 Speaker 1: rig Natalia, she's a math teacher, and we we got 665 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:42,400 Speaker 1: on the subject and they don't they don't really know 666 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:44,920 Speaker 1: what I do there, so it's good. Um, you know, 667 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:46,960 Speaker 1: we got on the subject of cars or math, and 668 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:49,320 Speaker 1: you know, she she does math, she knows I do cars. 669 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:51,440 Speaker 1: And I said, so, what's it like teaching math to 670 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:53,760 Speaker 1: high school kids? And she says they have absolutely no interest? 671 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:55,360 Speaker 1: And I said, what do they want to be? And 672 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:56,760 Speaker 1: she said, well, I've got two kids that want to 673 00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:58,480 Speaker 1: be mechanics. And she says, but they were in math 674 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 1: class and they're bored to death. And I said, you know, 675 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:04,560 Speaker 1: you've got to explain to them math is such a 676 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:08,719 Speaker 1: predominant subject in society today. And you want to go 677 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:10,560 Speaker 1: be a mechanic, you've got to know math for just 678 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:14,279 Speaker 1: what you're talking about. Revolutions per minute, um, you know, inch, 679 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:17,560 Speaker 1: put pounds, torque, you know, just just mathematic. We use 680 00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:21,759 Speaker 1: math more than just running the business. UM is a 681 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:25,920 Speaker 1: math problem some days. So you know it's it's you 682 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,600 Speaker 1: present some good questions, Steve. If you get an answer 683 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:30,320 Speaker 1: to that, there's gotta be an average, there's gotta be 684 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:33,680 Speaker 1: a way to calculate that, UM. I'd appreciate an answer back. 685 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:35,560 Speaker 1: We'll talk about it up here on the air. But yeah, 686 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:39,200 Speaker 1: math is UM. Math is a huge subject and we 687 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 1: wouldn't be anywhere without it. But we definitely wouldn't be 688 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:46,120 Speaker 1: fixing cars, driving cars, or creating cars UM in any way, 689 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:48,799 Speaker 1: shape or form. Well, that was a quick hour. There's 690 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:50,640 Speaker 1: another hour to come if you're lucky enough to get it. 691 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:52,480 Speaker 1: If not, find it out on the podcast. I'm on 692 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:55,800 Speaker 1: any of the car doctor, reminding you the mechanics aren't expensive, 693 00:34:55,920 --> 00:35:06,480 Speaker 1: they're priceless. See you. She was start