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Speaker 1: car owners the world overturned to for their definitive opinion

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Speaker 1: and Pennsylvania with the thirteen Chrysler minivan and stalls at random. Richard,

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Speaker 1: How can I help iron? Thanks for taking my call? Welcome.

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Speaker 1: My question is can I use an H rated tire?

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry? Can I use a V rated tire rather

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Speaker 1: In theory, so, tire speed ratings are the maximum allowed

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Speaker 1: I thought you were doing a D and twenty instead

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Speaker 1: an H rated tire. Out of the out of the

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Speaker 1: three most common T, H and V, the three more

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Speaker 1: common speed ratings, H rated tires tend to give us

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Speaker 1: seems like the VS. And you think about it, right,

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Speaker 1: but you know, the H rated tires as a rule

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Speaker 1: kind of tire they are they selling you? You know,

427
00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:45,840
Speaker 1: what brand? Any particular brand that came to mind. I'm

428
00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:50,040
Speaker 1: looking for a Continental. What I've research showed me a

429
00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:53,720
Speaker 1: Continental Pure Contact l S was the best tire for

430
00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:59,679
Speaker 1: this hysicle. Okay, yeah, rating, I think that's good. I

431
00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:03,320
Speaker 1: think UM as as as an as an alternative. Take

432
00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:06,400
Speaker 1: a look at a Cooper, all right, See what Cooper's got.

433
00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:11,280
Speaker 1: Cooper's Um, I believe it's their encore evolution. UM I can't.

434
00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:13,280
Speaker 1: I think it's the evolution the Cooper evolution is a

435
00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,040
Speaker 1: new tire for them. But the Cooper line, we we

436
00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:17,840
Speaker 1: sell a lot of Cooper's, a lot of bang for

437
00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:20,320
Speaker 1: the buck. Take a look and see what good Year

438
00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,400
Speaker 1: has uh. Cooper is another one, a lot of bang

439
00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,720
Speaker 1: for the buck and they're both having great fill rates

440
00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,440
Speaker 1: of inventory right now. You know, there's a tire shortage.

441
00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:32,800
Speaker 1: That's the other problem that a hand cook hand hand

442
00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,280
Speaker 1: cooks a good tire. We sell those. A matter of fact,

443
00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:37,360
Speaker 1: I've got handcooks on my wife's Explorer and I still

444
00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:41,800
Speaker 1: like her after forty one years. I'd be better off

445
00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:44,719
Speaker 1: with a different brand of tire in the H ratings

446
00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:49,240
Speaker 1: than going with the Continental. Yes, if that was my choice,

447
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:54,280
Speaker 1: a Cooper tire in an H versus the the Continental

448
00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:56,119
Speaker 1: in a V I think is going to give you

449
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,320
Speaker 1: more bang for the buck and more war factor. Um

450
00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:01,520
Speaker 1: with that with without a doubt, so I would stay

451
00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:03,240
Speaker 1: with that. I would do a Cooper over the other

452
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:04,960
Speaker 1: and do look for the H rating, which is what

453
00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,600
Speaker 1: the vehicle came with. Because in theory, and this is

454
00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:11,080
Speaker 1: the last part of it, in theory that it's it's

455
00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:14,840
Speaker 1: about sidewall, flex and bounce. You know, I think you've

456
00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:17,360
Speaker 1: got to be, you know, like that old nursery tail

457
00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,320
Speaker 1: or the kid's fable about the princess and the P

458
00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,480
Speaker 1: filling the P through the seven mattress is kind of

459
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,199
Speaker 1: a thing. I don't know that I ever felt the

460
00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:24,960
Speaker 1: difference between an H and a V that I could

461
00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,520
Speaker 1: actually have the vehicle handles. But I can tell you

462
00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,720
Speaker 1: from practical point, the H does seem to wear better

463
00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,919
Speaker 1: in every every instance where I've used it, and it um,

464
00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:38,119
Speaker 1: it makes a better rud overall. No, no, ma'am, not

465
00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:41,280
Speaker 1: at all, not at all. Thank you very much. I

466
00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:42,960
Speaker 1: appreciate You're very welcome. You have a good rest of

467
00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:45,080
Speaker 1: the day. You're very welcome. Thank you, thank you, thank you,

468
00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:49,800
Speaker 1: bye bye. Um, Yeah, it's now. I wouldn't go and

469
00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,359
Speaker 1: I don't like to go from an H. I don't

470
00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:54,160
Speaker 1: like to go from I don't like to go down.

471
00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:56,840
Speaker 1: If the vehicle calls for a V, you gotta put

472
00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:59,119
Speaker 1: a V. But if the vehicle calls for a T,

473
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,560
Speaker 1: I'll put an H because it's a better wearing tire.

474
00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:05,240
Speaker 1: And that's just that's just the way that works. I

475
00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,320
Speaker 1: just wanted to explain it to everybody, said they understand it.

476
00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:11,040
Speaker 1: But age seems to be the best best wearing speed

477
00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:13,080
Speaker 1: rating of a tire. If I'm saying that correctly for

478
00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:15,680
Speaker 1: everyone understand. Um, So anyway, let's pull over, take a

479
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,560
Speaker 1: pause eight five five five zero nine zero, rond and

480
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,560
Speaker 1: naming the car Doctor. Coming back right after this, don't

481
00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:33,240
Speaker 1: go away, Welcome back Ron naming the car Doctor here

482
00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:36,480
Speaker 1: live at five five five zero nine zero. Keep in

483
00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:41,240
Speaker 1: mind that tomorrow night, the seven, Sunday, between the hours

484
00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:46,359
Speaker 1: of seven and nine pm East Coast time, Sunday between

485
00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:48,359
Speaker 1: the hours of seven and nine pm East Coast time,

486
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,640
Speaker 1: or you can call ahead to eight five five zero

487
00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:54,280
Speaker 1: nine zero zero and leave a message. We're gonna be

488
00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,720
Speaker 1: taping a show for next weekend. We've got a great

489
00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:58,960
Speaker 1: line up for you. We're gonna be talking. Um. Let's

490
00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:00,440
Speaker 1: se who we're gonna talk to. We talk to a

491
00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:03,960
Speaker 1: Mark Muller Muller Miller, and I gotta hear somewhere I

492
00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:07,160
Speaker 1: should know these things. Tom Um. We're a recent book

493
00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,160
Speaker 1: about Ford Mustangs. Are gonna be covering that. We're gonna

494
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,920
Speaker 1: be talking to good old Mark Mills once again. Regarding

495
00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,360
Speaker 1: ev vehicles. We've got that to look forward to. We've

496
00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:17,919
Speaker 1: got um Mike Flink from Autel joining us, talking to

497
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,080
Speaker 1: us about the latest changes to scan tool technology and

498
00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:23,800
Speaker 1: dealing with Chrysler. Chrysler has got some things going on

499
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:27,960
Speaker 1: with wireless technology control. Uh, that is making it more

500
00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:30,479
Speaker 1: expensive and a little more difficult. But Hotell has the answers.

501
00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:32,280
Speaker 1: Are gonna be talking to Mike about that and in

502
00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:34,240
Speaker 1: general talking to you. We've got calls lined up that

503
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,520
Speaker 1: we're gonna be taking and we look forward to taking yours.

504
00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:41,760
Speaker 1: So you can call us at zero zero net between

505
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:43,920
Speaker 1: now and then or tomorrow night between seven and nine

506
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:45,120
Speaker 1: and tom we'll get you in the queue. You get

507
00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:48,120
Speaker 1: the car Doctor a little earlier than next weekend. Looking

508
00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,920
Speaker 1: at the Facebook page this afternoon, I can see that,

509
00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:54,119
Speaker 1: um it's active. Doug Paine's making some comments. I like

510
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,879
Speaker 1: hearing from Dougie's a parts manager. He's he works in

511
00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,280
Speaker 1: a parts department for a dealership, and uh, I think

512
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,080
Speaker 1: the parts guys and dealerships have to be some of

513
00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,320
Speaker 1: the smartest. I really do, because they know everything that's

514
00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:07,240
Speaker 1: going on. You know, there's sort of them. They're kind

515
00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:11,000
Speaker 1: of the uh, you know, they they talked to everybody, right,

516
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,320
Speaker 1: the guy in sales that needs the floor mats for

517
00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:15,560
Speaker 1: the new car, being delivered in there any available, is

518
00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:18,400
Speaker 1: there a shortage? The guy in the oil change lane

519
00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,600
Speaker 1: that sees something newer that he may need to go

520
00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:23,160
Speaker 1: get information from the parts guy, Hey, is this available

521
00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,720
Speaker 1: on that new used car we just sold? The technician

522
00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:27,719
Speaker 1: in the bay and he talks to every technician at

523
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:29,600
Speaker 1: some point, so he knows everything that's going on in

524
00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,240
Speaker 1: the shop, every kind of repair. He sees the frequency

525
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:35,200
Speaker 1: of what parts are being replaced. They're very interesting guys

526
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,399
Speaker 1: to talk to. They they have an awful lot of

527
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:39,480
Speaker 1: information in their heads. They really do have a great

528
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,080
Speaker 1: deal of respect for parts guys. They're great, great, great

529
00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:45,239
Speaker 1: technicians in their own right. And Helen Foley, I just

530
00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:48,400
Speaker 1: have to make a comment here Helen Foley, who loves

531
00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:51,360
Speaker 1: us up on Facebook. She writes, Hey, Ron, somebody warned

532
00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,160
Speaker 1: me five years ago about the weight on a key chain.

533
00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:54,880
Speaker 1: So I've taken everything off my key chain, but the

534
00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,840
Speaker 1: house key, car key, mailbox key, and launder room key.

535
00:28:57,880 --> 00:28:59,320
Speaker 1: I think Helen is telling us the keys are a

536
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,840
Speaker 1: pain in the neck. They are. And hopefully Helen, you've

537
00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,040
Speaker 1: made copies of all the keys that you have and

538
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:06,240
Speaker 1: you've got them stashed somewhere else in your apartment so

539
00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:08,920
Speaker 1: that you don't have that issue. Um, but the keys

540
00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:12,080
Speaker 1: are real. I'll tell you it's even worse. And you

541
00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:14,520
Speaker 1: know if I leave you with this segment, making aware

542
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:17,720
Speaker 1: of one thing. If you're buying a used car, or

543
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:19,920
Speaker 1: you have a new car to you or a new

544
00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:25,000
Speaker 1: car period and you have wheel locks, please make sure

545
00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:28,640
Speaker 1: you know where or you have a spare wheel. Lucky.

546
00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:32,040
Speaker 1: We had a twenty thirteen Jeep Cherokee that came in

547
00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:36,280
Speaker 1: the shop this week. I'm sorry, seen seventeen jeep Cherokee

548
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:38,280
Speaker 1: that came in the shop this week. The person had

549
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,440
Speaker 1: bought it used and we had to do some break work,

550
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:44,080
Speaker 1: entire rotation and so forth. Found the wheelock ky and

551
00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:46,200
Speaker 1: it was sloppy. It was kind of beat up. It

552
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:49,160
Speaker 1: hadn't seemed really great care they were. They were hammering

553
00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:50,400
Speaker 1: on it with an air gun, I guess in the

554
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:52,920
Speaker 1: last couple of repair shops before got to us, and

555
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:55,200
Speaker 1: it was very sloppy in the lug and it it

556
00:29:55,240 --> 00:30:00,280
Speaker 1: went into the lock lug nut and it got two

557
00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:02,040
Speaker 1: of them out, but two of them were just stuck

558
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:05,480
Speaker 1: frozen in place. You know, what a disaster. What a

559
00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:07,880
Speaker 1: way to take a simple repair and make it ten

560
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,360
Speaker 1: times harder than it needs to be. We have a

561
00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 1: product called a lug ripper. A lug ripper actually clamps

562
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,880
Speaker 1: over the outside of the lug nut and it's got

563
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,680
Speaker 1: a special hardened drill bit that we can drill straight

564
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,960
Speaker 1: down the center of the collet and break the locking

565
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:26,480
Speaker 1: lug off. And it's a bit of work, but we

566
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:29,480
Speaker 1: can get it done without damaging the wheel. And as

567
00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:32,040
Speaker 1: I say to Danny, I say, so, can you imagine, right,

568
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:34,200
Speaker 1: they could throw this expense to put a locking lug

569
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:36,640
Speaker 1: knot on a vehicle and all you've got to do

570
00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:39,360
Speaker 1: is either on a lug ripper, and you could, you know,

571
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,240
Speaker 1: take wheels if you want to take the time it

572
00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:44,600
Speaker 1: takes the drill them out, or just take the whole vehicle. Um,

573
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:47,240
Speaker 1: it just seems ludicrous that we have locking lug nuts.

574
00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:48,920
Speaker 1: I don't know what they really deter anymore. I think

575
00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 1: we're in the age where people will take the whole

576
00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:52,880
Speaker 1: vehicle and just tow it. But if you've purchased a

577
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,600
Speaker 1: used vehicle for yourself or one of your kids they're driving,

578
00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:58,800
Speaker 1: if it's got wheel locks on it, look at it.

579
00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:01,240
Speaker 1: It's very easy to tell if it's a five log wheel,

580
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,120
Speaker 1: and you've got four lug nuts that look the same

581
00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:05,760
Speaker 1: in one's kind of flat with a squiggly design in it.

582
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,760
Speaker 1: That's a locking lug nut, and there's gonna be a

583
00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:12,000
Speaker 1: matching key somewhere in the vehicle. And the other thing

584
00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:14,520
Speaker 1: is make sure you get the tires rotated, you get

585
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:16,760
Speaker 1: the vehicle service. If they had to use the locking

586
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:20,000
Speaker 1: lug nut, ask them where did you put it? Or

587
00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:22,560
Speaker 1: even better, what I do? I like to hand it

588
00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:24,960
Speaker 1: to the person. Here, Tom, here's your locking lug nut.

589
00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:26,760
Speaker 1: Put it in the glove compartment where I found it.

590
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:28,240
Speaker 1: So the next time the car comes in, we know

591
00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:30,680
Speaker 1: where to uh, we know where to find it and

592
00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:34,520
Speaker 1: make servicing it that much easier. So, um, just just

593
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:38,560
Speaker 1: good important stuff. Tom's got a comment. You want another

594
00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 1: key chain issue, Good ahead. My daughter keeps her apartment

595
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:48,560
Speaker 1: keys and her car key on a lanyard that hangs

596
00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:52,240
Speaker 1: down almost to her foot. Drives me nuts because every

597
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:54,080
Speaker 1: time I'm in the car with her, I'm looking at Oh,

598
00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:56,120
Speaker 1: someday you're gonna go to hit that break and your

599
00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:59,720
Speaker 1: foot's gonna hit that lanyard and get caught. Yeah, yeah,

600
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:03,560
Speaker 1: you know. Keys are tough. Um, keys are a tough thing,

601
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:07,200
Speaker 1: but uh, you know, and and the danger with the

602
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:09,440
Speaker 1: to go back to the locking lud nut thing real

603
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:12,560
Speaker 1: quick is the danger is you may not find out

604
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:14,720
Speaker 1: you've got locking lug nuts, or you may not find

605
00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:18,560
Speaker 1: out that you're locking lug nut doesn't work properly until

606
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:20,960
Speaker 1: you're stuck on the side of the road. And then

607
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,640
Speaker 1: a simple flat tire, as simple or complicated as that

608
00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:26,520
Speaker 1: might be, just got a whole lot more expensive. And

609
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:28,440
Speaker 1: in all truth, the more time you're on the side

610
00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:30,120
Speaker 1: of the highway when trucks are going by you at

611
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:33,360
Speaker 1: eighty miles an hour, the more dangerous the situation becomes.

612
00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:35,160
Speaker 1: So it can be life and death. So take a

613
00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:37,000
Speaker 1: look see if you got locking lug nuts on the car,

614
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:38,600
Speaker 1: make sure you know how to get them apart, and

615
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,200
Speaker 1: make sure the shop is handworking lug nuts when they

616
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,680
Speaker 1: put the tires back on after a rotator's service, so

617
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:45,600
Speaker 1: that you don't have any issues on the road. I'm

618
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 1: ring ading in the car doctor at eight five zero zero.

619
00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:54,600
Speaker 1: We'll be back right after this. Don't go away but

620
00:32:54,800 --> 00:33:10,400
Speaker 1: not con Pens woke up and that's all night with me. Hey, hey,

621
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:13,200
Speaker 1: running any in the car? Doctor? Um, I just want

622
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,000
Speaker 1: to take a moment and um, I don't know if

623
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:16,640
Speaker 1: this is stepping out of character, but I want to

624
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,720
Speaker 1: wish a very happy birthday to a very special person. Um.

625
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:23,240
Speaker 1: I have known Jimmy, as I affectionately call him computer

626
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:27,120
Speaker 1: Jimmy sometimes and and Shelby Jimmy the others, probably for

627
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:30,120
Speaker 1: the better part of well, I guess forty years now,

628
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:32,960
Speaker 1: maybe a little longer, maybe forty five. You know, I

629
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,960
Speaker 1: first met Jimmy as a kid. He's got a couple

630
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:38,560
Speaker 1: of years on me in chronological age, but not in spirit.

631
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,320
Speaker 1: I can tell you that. And um, you know he's

632
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,000
Speaker 1: gonna turn I think he's turning seventy three or I

633
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:46,800
Speaker 1: think it's four tonight. We're off to We're gonna go

634
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:49,360
Speaker 1: off to a Jimmy's birthday party this evening and probably

635
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,600
Speaker 1: have a great evening of talking cars in the old days.

636
00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:53,880
Speaker 1: But it was funny. I talked to him this morning

637
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,800
Speaker 1: and here's this guy in his seventies telling me about

638
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,080
Speaker 1: how well the weather got nice about a week ago.

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Speaker 1: And I had to go to the do a couple

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Speaker 1: of errands, so I took the old car now to Jimmy,

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Speaker 1: his sixty six Shelby Gt. Three fifty is the old car,

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Speaker 1: because everybody's got one of those sitting in their garage, right,

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Speaker 1: Like you know, I took the old Mustang. It's no

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Speaker 1: big deal. It's it's just an old car. It's a

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Speaker 1: secretary's car, he tells me. You know, this one just

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Speaker 1: happens to have some stripes and a couple of scoops

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Speaker 1: on it, right, the old car, the one that's worth

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Speaker 1: a two or thirty thousand dollars, I think the list

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Speaker 1: time I looked at the Shelby website. So to Jimmy

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Speaker 1: and for all that he's done and for all that

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Speaker 1: he continues to do and evoked the spirit and the

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Speaker 1: hobby of car collecting and um you know, youth and

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Speaker 1: hot rotting and cruising, and for driving the old car

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Speaker 1: in the middle of the winter, because to him it's

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Speaker 1: just another car, and he's got the greatest attitude in

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Speaker 1: the world. I love your brother, I'll see you soon

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Speaker 1: and you have a very happy birthday. I'm on a

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Speaker 1: nating in the car doctor, reminding each and every one

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Speaker 1: of you till the next time for a great time.

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Speaker 1: Always remember good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. See you