1 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: Ron and An I, and I'm sure we're gonna be 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: giving high school science classes in which stuff, because yeah, 3 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:08,720 Speaker 1: that's what the kids of the future we'll be doing. 4 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: Right forget autoshop, to'll be working on proprietary plasma generated 5 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: graphine batteries. The Car Doctor. When I put that key 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: into the ignition and turn it, sometimes I get nothing, 7 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: no prank or anything. If I pull the key out 8 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 1: and then pick it back in, it will then turn 9 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: you out a result of that battery going bad. Um, 10 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: it shouldn't be Welcome to the radio home of Ron 11 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: Andanian the Car Doctor, since this is where car owners 12 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: the world overturned to for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. 13 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:47,520 Speaker 1: If you're a mechanics giving you a busy signal, pick 14 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 1: up the phone and call in the garage orders are open, 15 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 1: but I am here to take your calls at eight 16 00:00:53,440 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: five five six and now running. Hey, welcome to the 17 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 1: uh pre Thanksgiving Car Doctor edition. And so we get 18 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 1: rid of to cook off Turkey week, and we're doing 19 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 1: it in fine style here this week at Car Doctor Studios. 20 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: I should tell Tom that I've got the egg. We 21 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: have an egg here at the studio. You know, a 22 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: big green egg. And um, I'm actually on air and 23 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: through the power of technology and electronics, I'm watching the 24 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: egg cook on the camera in the back of the 25 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:27,040 Speaker 1: studio and we're monitoring temperature. Let's see the egg temperatures 26 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: about two and six degrees. I gotta get up another 27 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: seventy five degrees before I can consider it's starting to go. 28 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: So I'll check it at the first break. So Tom, 29 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 1: when we're done, if you drive down, we can have 30 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: turkey together tonight. This will be our pre turkey. Do 31 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 1: you need me to pick up gravy or anything. No, 32 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: I've got gravy. I've got right. I'm Armenia. Come on, 33 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: you don't think I can feed you. Um, you know 34 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: we're gonna, we're gonna. We're gonna eat really well. And 35 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: this is the pre this is the pre Thanksgiving turkey turkey. 36 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: I've never cooked on the egg before. We're gonna find 37 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: out if it works, and if it doesn't, we'll have 38 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: pizza tonight and we'll figure it out for Thursday. Um. 39 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: It was a lot at the shop this week. There 40 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: was a lot going on. Um. Of course, this is 41 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: the first show back from the Wedding Show, which the 42 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: wedding went well, thank you for all your well wishes 43 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: and thoughts. Uh, you know it. Um. I actually I 44 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,519 Speaker 1: felt good. It came out great. I made a great speech. Um. 45 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: Somebody came up to me afterwards and said, well, you 46 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: made that whole speech off the top of your head. 47 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:15,959 Speaker 1: You know you speak very well. You should be on radio. 48 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: I said, I'll take that into consideration and just kind 49 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: of walked away and didn't tell him what was really 50 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 1: what he what he didn't know. UM, so that was 51 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 1: kind of interesting. It was a busy week at the shop. 52 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 1: Of course. Back Monday we hit it hard. I was 53 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:27,919 Speaker 1: up at the five am, went to the gym, and 54 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: then when it started fixing my pile of cars this 55 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: week like I always do. And I can't remember how 56 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 1: the week started, because it was like a blur. It 57 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: was just an influx of broken vehicles. I will say 58 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 1: that I noticed that you are hanging onto your cars. 59 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: You are fixing everything. Uh, you know, we had an 60 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,679 Speaker 1: O four think about this and O four Mercury Grand 61 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: Marquis came into the shop this week sixty eight thousand 62 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 1: miles and it has a bad rear axle. You can't 63 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: get parts for this well, you can get carrier and ringing, 64 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: pinion bearings and axle bearings. Uh uh, it needs a 65 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: ring opinion, No ring opinion available. Nobody's rebuilding it. Nobody 66 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: has parts, so we have to source a used differential. 67 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:13,519 Speaker 1: And I called our local used parts guy, and Louis 68 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: was telling me that it seems like the demand for 69 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 1: used parts has gone through the roof, which I can understand. 70 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: You know, look at the price of new cars, look 71 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:22,959 Speaker 1: at the price of used cars. If you can even 72 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 1: get a new car, as Louis said to me, But 73 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: he said, the absurdity of what people are asking for. 74 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: He I almost fell off my chair. He said, yesterday. 75 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: This is on Wednesday, Tuesday. Wednesday, he said, the day 76 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: before somebody called up and they were looking for a 77 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: driver's door for a you go, You go? Are you go? 78 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: First of all, I don't know how it would have 79 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: survived the past almost forty years. I can't believe somebody 80 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: is actually gonna fix it. But look at what Look 81 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: at what kind of situation where we've got to fix 82 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: a car that forty years ago when Motor Trend wrote 83 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: the review for it, the car they tested in I 84 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: believe was a manual transmission, and the reviewer said, this 85 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: car has a manual transmission, and the shifters shifts with 86 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: all the precision of a baseball bat and a barrel 87 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 1: of coconuts. I never forgot that line. Uh, you know, 88 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: I thought that was the best line for the description 89 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: of an unobile. And he's right. The first one that 90 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: came into the shop, it did shift with the precision 91 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: of a baseball bat and a barrel of coconuts. You 92 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: kind of where's the gear and you sort of but 93 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: that's evolution, right, We've gotten better in this case. You 94 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: go went away, or so I thought. They're still trying 95 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: to fix them. On Thursday, I did find a rear 96 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: for the marquet. It'll be a week before tarrelly. You 97 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 1: know how that turns out. Uh, you know, the the 98 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 1: the owner gave us to go ahead, to go ahead 99 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 1: and fix it. On Thursday, we um, it was just 100 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: a typical day at the shop. There wasn't a lot 101 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: of diagnosed, a lot of tires, a lot of breaks. 102 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: I noticed, you really want to take care of the cars. 103 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: You're trying to get him in shape for the winter, 104 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: which is always a good thing. And then on Friday 105 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,679 Speaker 1: we had well. I guess I was trying to imitate 106 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 1: the turkey. Um, let me see where is the two 107 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 1: or seventy degrees? Okay, we gotta get it up another fifty, 108 00:04:56,400 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 1: I think so uh um. We had a oh seven 109 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 1: Lincoln came in for service Friday morning and it um, well, 110 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:09,359 Speaker 1: you know, I got service and the owner said, the 111 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 1: elderly couple they're in their eighties now, Frank and Darlene, 112 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: and they said to me, they said, you know around 113 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: the car's got a clunk in it, but we can't 114 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: kind of pin it down where it's clunking from. Okay, 115 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: let's take a look and we we we went. I 116 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 1: went for a ride, and it's got a clunk and 117 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 1: put it up in the air and the right front 118 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: strut coil spring assembly was broken. You could physically see it. 119 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 1: The the strut was bowed and the coil spring was 120 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: wedged into the control arm, so it needed a strut 121 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: in a coil spring. Unbelievably, I was able to find 122 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 1: a part, which I was shocked at. Either that or 123 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: they've got the last oh seven Lincoln town car in 124 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: North Jersey. I thought maybe that might have something to 125 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:49,720 Speaker 1: do with it. And we had to take it out. 126 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: Now here's the catch, right, you have to disassemble part 127 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: of the suspension to get the strut coil spring assembly out. 128 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: But in the case of this car, we were betting 129 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 1: that the stru was broken. So once we took it 130 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: out of the suspension, it was gonna bawang. You know 131 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: what bwang means, right, The whole strut goes bwang when 132 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:08,839 Speaker 1: you take it out of the suspension and it just 133 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: flies all over the place. So we had to cut 134 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: the coil springs to contain them. We could have, you know, 135 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: I guess we could have put some straps in place, 136 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 1: but I don't want to trust anything because then how 137 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 1: am I gonna, you know, eventually I gotta take those 138 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: straps off. It's like, you know, trying to let loose 139 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: a hand grenade. So I figured, you know what, I'll 140 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: cut the coil springs. Well, you know, Danny and I 141 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: are doing it, and our buddy Jeff is there. World. 142 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 1: You know, this is serious stuff. We're playing with the 143 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 1: torch and we're trying to pay attention to what we're doing, 144 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: and you know, my my right foot started to get hot, 145 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 1: and I was like m I said, hey, Danny, is 146 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: my shoe on fire? He said no, but you just 147 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 1: dropped the number into the toe kind of melted its 148 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: way through the top of the shoe, and um, it 149 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,160 Speaker 1: got onto the sock, which sort of made my sock 150 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: catch fire. I kept cutting though, because I thought that 151 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 1: was the right thing to do. I figured, you know, 152 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 1: I can catch fire once in a while if the 153 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 1: turkey can stand it, I guess, like good too, And uh, 154 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 1: you know made it workd and he put my foot out. 155 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: He took his bottle of water and put my foot out, 156 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: which I really appreciated. I ruined a sock, though, and 157 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 1: I think I ruined the sneaker. It's got a little 158 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 1: bit of a hole in the top. But I can 159 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: always get a new pair of sneakers. And I guess 160 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: the point becomes that, you know, I kid around a lot, 161 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: but ought to repair is a little bit of a 162 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 1: dangerous thing in the sense that you know, you never 163 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: know when the next thing is gonna get you, that 164 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: you've always got to be careful. And I guess as 165 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 1: I start off this hour and this week's show, I 166 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 1: just want to remind everybody that don't repair is a 167 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 1: dangerous practice. It's it goes along very well. It It 168 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: can be filled with some great experiences and some great 169 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 1: you know, positives. But you've got to be careful because 170 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 1: when you least expected everybody, including myself, you know, you 171 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 1: could set yourself on fire when you're when you're not 172 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: expecting it to be and uh, you've got a problem. 173 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: So just just be aware that Lincoln did get fixed 174 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 1: in one day wherever to give it back to them 175 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: because they needed the car. It was their only real transportation. 176 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 1: So Frank and Darlin or half And I'm happy because 177 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 1: not only could I find parts, but I got a 178 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 1: car back to a customer in time for the weekend, 179 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: which is always a good thing. Um, Mr Tom, have 180 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 1: you noticed I feel compelled to tell you this? Did 181 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: you know that I'm a liar? I don't know that, 182 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: especially after you sent me the picture of you in 183 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: the suit without giving me a name and I didn't 184 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: know who you were. But didn't I look good in 185 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 1: that suit? I made that look good? That was so 186 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: I kind of rocked it. I photo bombed my photo 187 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 1: bomb my own my own daughter's wedding though, because they 188 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 1: were doing a group shot and uh, they said, let's 189 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: get everybody in front of the camera. You have one 190 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: of those wide angle lens on it, and I sort 191 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: of did a you know, a Wesley Snipes in Major 192 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: League where I kind of slid in for that m 193 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:42,199 Speaker 1: X commercial. I kind of slid in and went tut, 194 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,559 Speaker 1: you know, And so I can't wait to see that picture. 195 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 1: Rachel said, yeah, it was great that just as the 196 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 1: guy flashed, you put your hand in front of my face. Whoops. 197 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: So I, uh, you know that happens. But I was 198 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:56,199 Speaker 1: reading our review. Somebody sent me a review. Where where's 199 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 1: the letter that I've got? Mark was nice enough to 200 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: send me a reply, and you know it's the one 201 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 1: smoking No, that's that's the one in the by the 202 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: studio grill here. Um. You know Uncle Steve, Remember Uncle Steve. 203 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 1: He always had some great comments and thoughts. Uncle Steve 204 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: once told me, he said, you'll know when you've arrived 205 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: when you start annoying people and they start to talk 206 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 1: to you about, uh, you know, what's going on and 207 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 1: their reaction to you. Mark wrote, and hey, ron I 208 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 1: just gave your show a five star rating and decided 209 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: to read some of your reviews. It's sad how people 210 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 1: are using the review rating feature to show their disagreement 211 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: with your opinion of electric vehicles. I appreciate your show 212 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: and all the help you give people wrong. Thanks Mark, uh, 213 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: you know, Mark, I appreciate that. And listen. I read 214 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: the reviews too from time to time. You know what 215 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: that means. That means they're not listening, all right, because 216 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 1: they're not. If anybody has hurt me say something negative, 217 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 1: truly negative about electric cars that isn't true, I want 218 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 1: to know about it. A matter of fact, I want 219 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:55,199 Speaker 1: you to call me Zo zero. Let's talk about it. 220 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 1: All I've said about electric vehicles to this point is 221 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 1: I don't see the economics of it. I don't see 222 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 1: the fundamentalism of it. How it's going to work and happen. 223 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 1: You know, you guys are giving negative reviews in less 224 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 1: than fifteen years. By five, we're supposed to go all 225 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: electric nationwide. I'm just about every vehicle manufacturer California for sure, 226 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 1: all right. And you're telling me that it's not gonna 227 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 1: happen or that it will happen. Okay, prove it to me, 228 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 1: show me the math of it, show me how it's 229 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 1: going to work. And I can't stress that enough. All 230 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 1: I want is proof positive. I don't want to believe. 231 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:37,559 Speaker 1: You know, they told me the tooth Fairy existed when 232 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: I was a kid, and I got a quarter under 233 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:40,440 Speaker 1: my pillar when I found that when I was four, 234 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:42,439 Speaker 1: it was my mother and father. I don't want to 235 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 1: believe the tooth fairy is gonna come along and give 236 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:46,680 Speaker 1: me a battery that last. I've got a story here 237 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: that talks about the school bus in Alaska and great. 238 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: It does a good job, I think, and I'll find 239 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 1: it here in a second in my pile. Um. I 240 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: think the school bus in Alaska was a half a 241 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: million dollars they purchased with a government grant, and it 242 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 1: works really well. It's not it's not missing. I'm quoting 243 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 1: the story here. Transportation co owner Gerald black Blackguard v 244 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: Alaska Public Media says, these school buses performing extreme cold 245 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: temperatures not miss a single day of school. The bus 246 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 1: heats well, it kept the interior normal temperatures, but the 247 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 1: buses efficiency on days when we had thirty eight below 248 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:24,200 Speaker 1: fell off. It was it used and trying to hold 249 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: even with a little bit of insulation on the batteries 250 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,199 Speaker 1: and kind of covering up the engine compartment to try 251 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 1: and holding as much heat as we could, we were 252 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 1: still using more energy to heat the bus than we 253 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 1: were to drive the bus. On January we had thirty 254 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 1: eight below The buses efficiency that day for batteries was 255 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:40,719 Speaker 1: three point four six kilo watts per mile. So this 256 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 1: fall in August September we were running between one point 257 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:47,199 Speaker 1: four and one point seven. It doubled in a cold 258 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:51,839 Speaker 1: winter's day in Alaska, the electric bus doubled its battery consumption. 259 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 1: That's the way I'm reading that. So how can we 260 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:57,079 Speaker 1: say this is a great idea with current technology And 261 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: you're gonna say, well, Ron, don't worry, We're gonna have 262 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 1: current technology. Somebody wrote a post on Facebook, Ron, you 263 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:05,200 Speaker 1: know what, we're gonna see electric vehicles and transporters. Good. 264 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 1: We probably will in about three or four hundred years. 265 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 1: You know, let's let's see the technology come to fruition. 266 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:15,439 Speaker 1: All I'm asking you to do is to consider the possibilities. 267 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: Consider that an all electric, all electric vehicle future is 268 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 1: not practical or economically sound at this particular point. To 269 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 1: try and do it in fifteen years as a rush. 270 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 1: To try to try and do it over the next 271 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 1: fifty I think is a more practical and logical approach. 272 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 1: I think I'm wrong, give me a call. Let's talk 273 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: about it. Zero zero on the car doctor. I'll be 274 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: back right after this. Whether it's a little red Corvette 275 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 1: or you go. You've come to the right place to 276 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 1: get that car fixed. Ron and in the car doctor 277 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: five five zero nine zero, now backter on. You know, 278 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 1: the more I do radio, the more I understand why 279 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 1: Bob Grant started yelling towards the end of his career. 280 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 1: Let's get on over and talk to Matt and Virginia 281 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,959 Speaker 1: met eighteen fifty and some questions and problems. Welcome to 282 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 1: the car doctor, sir, How can I help? Hey? How 283 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 1: you doing today? What's going on? So? I've had this car. 284 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: I bought it in late um eighteen and I've had 285 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,319 Speaker 1: issues ever since. I bought a brand new drove it 286 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 1: off the lot. There was a loud noise coming from 287 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: the engine at first, and they said it's probably just 288 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 1: about you need to break it in. That didn't get 289 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 1: that wasn't the case. They fixed that over there to 290 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 1: make it a short explanation. There's that other noises in 291 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 1: the center console area underneath the car. There's uh, when 292 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:53,960 Speaker 1: the when the cold start it's there's kind of a 293 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 1: grading noise when you let off the accelerator, um until 294 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: it heats up probably like a hundred degrees. They've replaced 295 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:07,439 Speaker 1: a bunch of parts in the transmission. They replaced the 296 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: camp favors. I have no idea what that even is. 297 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 1: Three times uh, and my real question is how to 298 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 1: deal with the dealership at this point. Um. You know, 299 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 1: I'm not totally ready to throw them under the bus, 300 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: but you know they're beginning me to run around. I've 301 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: spent twelve to fourteen weeks and rentals and loaners, and 302 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 1: they have, you know, different technicians working on it. I've 303 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: been through three different service managers and just they can't 304 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 1: seem to get the car fet. It's frustrating, right, it's 305 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 1: very fresh. Yeah, it's hey listen, and I don't want 306 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 1: to hijack the conversation, but if it makes you feel 307 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: any better, my wife's explore that I that I thought 308 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: was fixed broke again this week. So it's doing the 309 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 1: exact same thing. So you know, I called them up. 310 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: I called up the local Ford dealer Friday and I said, Okay, 311 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 1: here's what I think we should do. I don't know 312 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 1: if they're gonna listen to me. Their answer was, we 313 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: really don't know. It's from wrong with it. I gotta 314 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 1: tell you there's a lot of things you can tell 315 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: a customer. Never tell a customer you have no idea 316 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: what's wrong with the vehicle. I think that's a wrong move. Um, 317 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: So to your problem. You know you've talked to multiple 318 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: service managers. Have you talked to the service manager? Or 319 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 1: this dealership is so big it's had it's got three 320 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: or they keep it's a rotating door. Well it's better 321 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 1: rotating door. Now they have a new service manager and 322 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 1: they've appointed a long term along a guy that's been 323 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 1: with him for a long time, kind of as the 324 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 1: overall service manager for multiple dealerships. I've also dealt with him. 325 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:39,520 Speaker 1: I've dealt with the general manager as well. Everybody is 326 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 1: aware of the problem. Um, it went through you. You're 327 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: probably familiar that they were doing oil consumptions has this 328 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 1: model at the beginning and it failed those They said 329 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 1: they were going to replace the engine. But then of 330 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: course they they came out with Ford came out with oh, 331 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: we can fix it with something in the computers. Yeah. Well, 332 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 1: and you know what I'm gonna pick on Ford for 333 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: a minute if I can, because I've come to the 334 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 1: conclusion on my experience with my wife's car that I 335 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: think a lot of what you're going through, a lot 336 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 1: of what I'm going through and what other people are 337 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 1: going through is Ford's culture and how it's changed in 338 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 1: the last couple of years to and their approach into 339 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: into repairing a car, and it really has changed. You 340 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 1: can see the mindset, you know. I can tell you 341 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: what I would do. I would sit down with the 342 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 1: general manager and just or the sales managers ask him 343 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: and the service manager just asking point blank, and I 344 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 1: waste in my time. Can you guys fix it? It's 345 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 1: been broken since day one, you know? Or is this 346 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: just the way this particular model is? Did you did 347 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 1: you go that route? Matt? Did you at least drive 348 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 1: another eight team to see that? You know? It's they're 349 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 1: all like this or or could be like this. So 350 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: I've driven multiple other eight teams and none of them 351 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 1: are driving like mine that I've that I've driven. So 352 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 1: I drove the exact same model, same engine, same everything. 353 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:05,920 Speaker 1: What's Lemon law in Virginia. Well, we've exceeded Lemon law. 354 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:08,680 Speaker 1: But I have had the general I've had the conversation 355 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:11,639 Speaker 1: with the general manager because they had just gotten a 356 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 1: new service manager. Uh. You know, he promised they would 357 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 1: fix it or or get me in a new car, 358 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 1: or take care of the problem one way or another. Um, 359 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: so at least, I mean I have that that to 360 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 1: fall back on. But I guess, yeah, I'm really getting 361 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 1: it at one point. You know, they've got a what 362 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 1: they call a master tech working on it. Now, how 363 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 1: many how many miles are on it? You know? I 364 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 1: guess at what point do I have that conversation? Um? Sixty? Right, 365 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 1: I think you've reached that point. I think you're past 366 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,199 Speaker 1: that point because you've been miserable in this car for 367 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:48,119 Speaker 1: the past. Let me make the argument, you've been miserable 368 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:52,120 Speaker 1: in this car for three years, right, and you're already 369 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 1: more than half you're you're already more than halfway to 370 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 1: a hundred thousand miles. How much value are they going 371 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:00,399 Speaker 1: to give you? What's the value left through? What are 372 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:03,880 Speaker 1: they gonna give you on trade towards another vehicle? So 373 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 1: I think Monday morning i'd have that conversation. Guys, I'm 374 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 1: ready to throw in the hat. What's the next vehicle 375 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 1: you got what kind of deal you're gonna give me 376 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:11,639 Speaker 1: and how are you gonna make me happy? And then 377 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 1: if that doesn't work, you know, I would inquire about 378 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:16,920 Speaker 1: Virginia's lemon lore talk to the Attorney General and say, hey, 379 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 1: I've got a vehicle that can't be fixed. What's next. 380 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:20,959 Speaker 1: It's time to lean on him a little bit. Let 381 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 1: me know what happens. I'm running any in the car doctor, 382 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:45,400 Speaker 1: we're back right after this. Welcome back. We're in any 383 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 1: of the car doctor. Thanks for coming back with us 384 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: for the rest of this hour. Let's go over to 385 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 1: Bob and Delaware. Oh, one Chevy astro van. You know 386 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:53,880 Speaker 1: I know another Bob with an astro van. You can't 387 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,639 Speaker 1: be related at the carpenter, Bob Kenyan know he's in Delaware. Carpenter, 388 00:18:56,680 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: Bob's in New Jersey. Welcome Bob. How can I help Bob? 389 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:08,639 Speaker 1: Is Bob there? Bob going once, Bob going twice, Bob's gone. 390 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: How do you like that? That's okay? I got plenty 391 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: to talk about today. I want to go back to 392 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: my electric vehicle discussion. UM. I will say this that 393 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 1: the conversation about the electric school bus up in Alaska. 394 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:24,200 Speaker 1: It shows me that it does work. It's it's it's working. Well, 395 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: it's just that it's using a lot more battery than 396 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 1: they anticipated. Um. You know, there was another article that 397 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 1: came out that talked about the price of batteries, using 398 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:38,160 Speaker 1: batteries versus gasoline and uh um, it's let's see, it's 399 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:40,679 Speaker 1: go over here, it says the future of everything. Uh 400 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,119 Speaker 1: The e P a national average per mile costs for 401 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 1: every electric vehicle for alls, broadly in line with their findings, 402 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: electric vehicle drivers save six point four cents and fuel 403 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 1: costs each mile versus gasoline combustion engine. The fast charge 404 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 1: includes a four months Electrifi America membersis gonna be canceled 405 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 1: any time. Hiring an electrician to install a charging station 406 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 1: on the average home can cost anywhere from five But 407 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,919 Speaker 1: that doesn't include local permits or needed garage modifications. You know, 408 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 1: the electric vehicle is gonna happen. I get that part, 409 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 1: But as I keep saying, and nobody has yet to 410 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 1: show me as the why or how, you know, how 411 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:17,440 Speaker 1: will this you know come to fruition in the sense 412 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:21,399 Speaker 1: of uh um, you know, actually the mechanics of it 413 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:23,719 Speaker 1: per se, you know, don't send me an article and say, hey, 414 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,400 Speaker 1: we're gonna have transporters someday like Star Trek, we probably 415 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 1: will will all be dead, um, because it's gonna be 416 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,159 Speaker 1: three or four hundred years from now. But uh, you 417 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:33,679 Speaker 1: know it's I'm not trying to say we can't have 418 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,159 Speaker 1: better technology. I'm just trying to ask, how's it going 419 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,679 Speaker 1: to affect us here now today? And that's that's my 420 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:41,439 Speaker 1: bigger cre that's my bigger concern and my bigger questions. 421 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,679 Speaker 1: So that's the part I don't get. Um. So you know, 422 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:46,440 Speaker 1: I want to hear your thoughts all right. I want 423 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 1: to have an intelligent, comm rational conversation with each and 424 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 1: every one of you five about electric vehicles. How you 425 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,439 Speaker 1: think it's going to transpire our speaking of research Kathy 426 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:01,359 Speaker 1: this morning on the phone as I was traveling south 427 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: on the local highway and we were talking about it, 428 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:06,639 Speaker 1: and I said, you know, cath right now, in my eyesight, 429 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:10,880 Speaker 1: I counted thirty five cars and then I closed my eyes, 430 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 1: and then another thirty five cars, and then another thirty 431 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 1: five cars. So this is about the mass and the 432 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,120 Speaker 1: volume of how many electric vehicles are gonna be out there? 433 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 1: How will we charge all of them? I get it 434 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,160 Speaker 1: that they're coming. Somebody's got to show me the math. 435 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,679 Speaker 1: The math doesn't work at the current rate in current 436 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 1: situation that uh you know, we're in hey, Ron. I've 437 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:31,119 Speaker 1: got a two thousand Chevy Silverado. When I put it 438 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:32,920 Speaker 1: in four wheel drive, it operates fine. When I changed 439 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 1: the four wheel low, it actually like the transmission drops 440 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 1: out and then re engages. The vehicle lunges forward, and 441 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:38,960 Speaker 1: then after a few feet it drops out again and 442 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,719 Speaker 1: repeats the process. That only does this in four wheel Look, 443 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 1: it would be a mismatch between the transmission and transfer case. 444 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:46,880 Speaker 1: This is from Glenn. This is from October. I'm sorry, Glenn. 445 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:48,680 Speaker 1: I'm just getting to it. I don't know that that's 446 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,919 Speaker 1: a mismatch between the trans and the transfer case. I 447 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 1: would want to know. I don't think so, but I 448 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: would just do the basics. You know, is there are 449 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 1: all four tires the same size. I've seen incorrect tire 450 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 1: size do some crazy things to older four wheel drive 451 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 1: and even newer four will drive for that matter. Uh, 452 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 1: you know, I would also want to know, is this 453 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 1: an internal problem in four wheel low in the transfer cases? 454 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:13,120 Speaker 1: This a transfer case issue, which I would be more 455 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 1: inclined to think only because of the fact that the 456 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 1: transmission to transmission it doesn't know what gear the transfer 457 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 1: cases and if the trans is in first gear, it 458 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:23,680 Speaker 1: doesn't know if it's outputting to a transfer case in 459 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:27,359 Speaker 1: high low or two wheel drive. UM so just you know, 460 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:29,439 Speaker 1: just be aware of that. If you've got any other questions, 461 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: give me a call zero when you hear this and 462 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: that we can talk about it directly. Can we go 463 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 1: over to Alan Maryland. Let's see if the phones are 464 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:40,880 Speaker 1: working and see what's going on here. Alan Maryland wants 465 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 1: to talk about jump starters. All. Welcome to the car doctor, sir. Yeah, 466 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:48,160 Speaker 1: thank you, Ronco listener and I enjoy the emotive putomotive 467 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:50,879 Speaker 1: education every week. Thank you. Thank um got one of 468 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 1: these portable jump start units. You know, if the battery 469 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 1: goes bad, you can start the car from it. Uh. 470 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 1: You're supposed to keep them charged up. I did not. 471 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,440 Speaker 1: It ended up on a shelf in the garage and 472 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 1: sitting there for some years. Um So I tried charging it, 473 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 1: but the charge indicator always indicates it's not charged. But 474 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:11,159 Speaker 1: my question is do they go bad if you'll let 475 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 1: them sit for a long period of time and then 476 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 1: you know it could be what what brand is it? 477 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 1: Is it an older you know liquid you know, wet 478 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: acid battery style or is it one of the new 479 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:25,200 Speaker 1: lithing Yeah, I think it is. It's it's cold Endurance. 480 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:27,639 Speaker 1: I don't know if that means anything, doesn't mean anything 481 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:29,199 Speaker 1: to me. But if it's an older is it a 482 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 1: big box kind of jump back? Yeah, it's about half high. 483 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what I still think is one of 484 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 1: the best jump packs out there. And they're not even 485 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:43,480 Speaker 1: a sponsor, so they're not paying me to say this right. Uh, 486 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:45,520 Speaker 1: you know, and I have to clarify that because you 487 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:47,239 Speaker 1: know it's it's well, you know why I say that 488 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 1: out because everybody says, oh Ron talks about a sponsors. 489 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 1: Guess what if I don't talk about my sponsors, you 490 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,399 Speaker 1: guys don't have a show to listen to, you know. 491 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,679 Speaker 1: And if if, if you're that stupid you can't understand that, 492 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 1: then that's what you're probably complaining about electric cars in 493 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:02,400 Speaker 1: the way I talk about them, um, straight talk. Um. 494 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: I like the micro Start XP ten. I think it's 495 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 1: a heck of a product. I've had one for the 496 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:10,640 Speaker 1: better part of going on six years now. It has 497 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: never let me down. I've jumped started diesel trucks with it. 498 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: I've jumped started gas trucks with it. Obviously, I've started 499 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 1: little cars. When we have power failures and I'm not 500 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 1: home because we have a generator at the house i'm 501 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: not home, I will charge my laptop or cell phone 502 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,360 Speaker 1: off of it. It very rarely gets charged. I think 503 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 1: I charge it twice a year, so it holds its 504 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,399 Speaker 1: charge really well. And the last time I looked, I 505 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:36,359 Speaker 1: haven't looked in a while, but I think they're around 506 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 1: the two mark, and it's small enough it would fit 507 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: in your glove compartment. Literally. I yeah, no, no, no, 508 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: this is like, this is like the size of two 509 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:52,640 Speaker 1: cell phones together, you know the way cell phones. Yeah, 510 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:54,399 Speaker 1: it's it's crazy. You're gonna look at it and go 511 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 1: that thing is going to start a car, and I'll 512 00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:01,960 Speaker 1: be like, yep, And it does every time. XP X 513 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:04,119 Speaker 1: ray Peter ten as the one I believe I have. 514 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 1: If you look at it online, they've got dealers online. 515 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 1: I believe you can get them on Amazon. You can 516 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: grab it there. You can look at the reviews. Uh 517 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:17,680 Speaker 1: you know I have. I think they also have their 518 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 1: own website. We started, we got involved using a micro 519 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:24,119 Speaker 1: Start in the last time we were in Vegas, so 520 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:27,679 Speaker 1: I guess it's eight years really, and you know it 521 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 1: was it was a small guy. He designed the thing 522 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 1: in his garage and it just grew into this company 523 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:37,160 Speaker 1: and I think they're great. Um. One of the nice 524 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 1: things about micro Start is they're one of the few 525 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 1: companies that are approved by the vehicle manufacturers. Again, they 526 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,639 Speaker 1: were the last time I looked. And that's important because 527 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 1: how you jump start and what you jump start a 528 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 1: modern car with with all the computers on board is 529 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,879 Speaker 1: is definitely you know, you can have problems with some 530 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:58,360 Speaker 1: of those computers, so you want to be careful, alright, Yeah, yeah, 531 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 1: you don't want to have anything right, that's correct. So okay, okay, 532 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:10,159 Speaker 1: all right, okay, very good run. You're very welcome, Thank you. 533 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 1: You have a good Turkey day zero. The car doctor 534 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:27,439 Speaker 1: is coming back right after this, welcome backroning any of 535 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:28,879 Speaker 1: the car doctor. You know, Tom, I just got to 536 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 1: get this out, so for everybody that's you know, complaining 537 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:35,199 Speaker 1: about me talking about the absurdity of my god, electric 538 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 1: vehicles have to succeed, right, does anybody idea? Did anybody 539 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: read the news this week about GM is starting the 540 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:44,640 Speaker 1: new hummer plant and they're gonna build electric hummers. Does 541 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: anybody realize how much that vehicle ways or how much 542 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:52,119 Speaker 1: the battery alone ways. The battery in an electric hummer 543 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 1: weighs three thousand pounds. You know, the efficiency of that 544 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:01,879 Speaker 1: is mind boggling. The total v vehicle, a total hummer, 545 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 1: the electric commer, the total vehicle wait is nine thousand, 546 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 1: forty six pounds, nine thousands. That's over four tons. What's 547 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:14,119 Speaker 1: that going to do to the roads. That's gonna be 548 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 1: like driving an eighteen wheeler in your driveway. Well maybe 549 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 1: not quite an eighteen wheeler, but you get my point. 550 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:22,159 Speaker 1: So I you know, but you guys are going to 551 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,639 Speaker 1: accept all this. You want electric vehicles, You're gonna get it. 552 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:26,640 Speaker 1: Speaking of which, let's go over to Mike. Virginia Beach 553 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 1: wants to talk electric cars. Cool beans. Mike, I'm all ears, baby, 554 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:33,119 Speaker 1: What do you want to talk about? Oh, there's so 555 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 1: much to say about electric cars. Just just to qualify myself, 556 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 1: I'm sixty two years old and automotive repair and rebuilding 557 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 1: industry for my whole life, so forty something years, four 558 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 1: or six years. UM did a lot of work on 559 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 1: brand new cars um in an aftermarket shop. So I've 560 00:27:56,240 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 1: seen the transition of all of these various government regulations 561 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: via safety features and blah blah blah. So my problem 562 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:11,800 Speaker 1: with electric cars is what's going to happen to the 563 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:16,280 Speaker 1: electric grid. You know, they're already talking about hold on, 564 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:20,120 Speaker 1: do you need to sign up? They're already talking about 565 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:25,959 Speaker 1: how bad the electric grid is, and now we're going 566 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:30,120 Speaker 1: to burden it even further with the electricity needed. But 567 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:36,200 Speaker 1: nobody's talking about that. Is that because that's what they want. 568 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 1: They don't. They want to impose more and more regulations. Uh, 569 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 1: I don't know. It's mine picked me up, helped me out. 570 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 1: It's it's mind boggling, Mike. I can't. I can't make 571 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:51,520 Speaker 1: sense of it either. And all I'm listened. When you 572 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 1: guys hear me talking about, we'll call it an anti 573 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 1: electric car rant. And I don't know if that's fair 574 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:58,760 Speaker 1: for me to say that about me. I'm not an 575 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 1: anti electric car. I'm anti stupid. I am anti stupid. 576 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: I know electric cars are coming, all right, just like I. 577 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:11,040 Speaker 1: You know, listen, in nine when General Motors hung the 578 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 1: computers on their cars. I was the first guy at 579 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:15,960 Speaker 1: class to sign up, and I was. I still got 580 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:17,800 Speaker 1: a wall full of certificates. I went to every C 581 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 1: three class and commuter command control and carburetted GM cars 582 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 1: with computers, went through it all. Brother, I was right 583 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 1: there at the tip of the transition. That made sense 584 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 1: to me. Sort of. This does not because nobody can 585 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:36,520 Speaker 1: explain where the electricity is going to come from. Every 586 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 1: you know, nobody's asking that question. I don't hear people 587 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 1: asking that question other than people like me who have 588 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 1: lived the car business my whole life. I mean, if 589 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 1: people want to know why our cars so expensive, it's 590 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 1: because of all of these regulations that the government continues 591 00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: year after year after year to place on the auto 592 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 1: manure factors for them to meet certain standards. And it 593 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:10,160 Speaker 1: is ridiculous. It's unbelievable. Cars do not have to cost 594 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 1: you not. Have you priced that a new pickup truck yet? 595 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:19,160 Speaker 1: I don't even want to, man, I really don't you know. Um, 596 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,520 Speaker 1: the last new car we bought was a fourteen Prius. Now, 597 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:27,160 Speaker 1: I do have to hybrids. I like my hybrid, they're 598 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 1: they're highly I like Toyota's they're highly dependable, they get 599 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:32,920 Speaker 1: great gas mileage. This Prius is getting us fifty five 600 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: miles per gallon my camera O eight camera hybrids was 601 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:40,480 Speaker 1: getting me forty back and forth to work. Heck, I 602 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:45,760 Speaker 1: even got a sixty six Plymouth Belvedere Man. You know, yeah, 603 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 1: and I to that point. I think, you know what, 604 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,200 Speaker 1: here's where I think the electric future is. I think 605 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:56,080 Speaker 1: all delivery vehicles, Amazon ups, FedEx mail. I think even 606 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:59,000 Speaker 1: some police cars need to be electric. The root vehicles, 607 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:01,040 Speaker 1: the vehicles that you could have a planned route, school 608 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:02,600 Speaker 1: buses could be electric. I don't know if I want 609 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:04,959 Speaker 1: the one in Alaska that's a half a million dollars 610 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:07,360 Speaker 1: and it uses twice as much battery on cold days, 611 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:09,959 Speaker 1: which seems to happen in Alaska. Guess why, all right, 612 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 1: I think that all needs to be electric. I think 613 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:15,160 Speaker 1: for the everyday driver, uh, you know, I don't think 614 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:18,200 Speaker 1: it's practical. I think for the older generation. I'm starting 615 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 1: to include myself in that group. You get into some 616 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:23,560 Speaker 1: of these cars. A friend of mine, Chuck Chuck's eighty two. 617 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:25,560 Speaker 1: He had to be driven home from the Mercedes dealer 618 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:27,640 Speaker 1: the other day by someone in a new Mercedes. He 619 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 1: he owns a two thousand one. He said, I understand 620 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 1: why cars have to be self driving. There's so much 621 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:34,800 Speaker 1: and I won't say, I won't say it exactly the 622 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 1: way Chuck said it, but you can say you can 623 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:38,200 Speaker 1: imagine what he said. He said, there's so much stuff 624 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:40,560 Speaker 1: in these old in these new cars. You're so busy 625 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,360 Speaker 1: looking at it, adjusting things. You can't be bothered driving. 626 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 1: You don't have time. Andlous it's it's you know, a 627 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,160 Speaker 1: car was meant to be transportation. It wasn't meant to 628 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:54,000 Speaker 1: be more comfortable than sitting in your living room, all right. 629 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,840 Speaker 1: It wasn't meant to be an entertainment center while you're 630 00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:00,960 Speaker 1: driving down the road at sixty five and and well, 631 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:03,680 Speaker 1: hopefully I've got to go. And I really appreciate you 632 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:05,880 Speaker 1: talking with me because it's nice to hear somebody that 633 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:09,280 Speaker 1: shares a decent opinion. Thank you. I just I just hope, 634 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,840 Speaker 1: I just hope Jesus comes. For too long straightens all this, 635 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 1: somebody better come. Um, you know what, and we hope 636 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:19,160 Speaker 1: it's God. I appreciate the thought. Mike, Thank you very much, 637 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,560 Speaker 1: but you have a good Thanksgiving best to you and yours. 638 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:23,960 Speaker 1: I'm running any of the car doctor. We will be 639 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:42,120 Speaker 1: we will be back from right after this welcome back 640 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:46,080 Speaker 1: A name of the car doctor here at zero zero 641 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:49,920 Speaker 1: eight five five zero zero speaking of the future, because 642 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:52,080 Speaker 1: everybody keeps telling me it's coming, which it is. You know, 643 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,520 Speaker 1: you want to see the future, it's here. See it 644 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,200 Speaker 1: just showed up ten seconds later. There it is. Um. 645 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:02,440 Speaker 1: This week we were introduced to the Mitchell One Customer 646 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:07,320 Speaker 1: Retention Marketing system CRM Social Social CRM, and I gotta 647 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:10,800 Speaker 1: tell you it's it's nothing short of amazing what it 648 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:13,880 Speaker 1: can do, it will, and it's it's you know, from 649 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:16,280 Speaker 1: a business side, it will. And I've just sort of 650 00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 1: I've just kind of put my little toe in the pool. 651 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,360 Speaker 1: I haven't I've I've dived in, but I'm just sort 652 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:24,760 Speaker 1: of beginning to see what's there. What Mitchell one has 653 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:28,520 Speaker 1: done in terms of, you know, helping to revolutionize the 654 00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 1: repair shop and track what they're doing, how they're doing it. 655 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:35,840 Speaker 1: But it's the way they're communicating with the customer that 656 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:39,600 Speaker 1: I find pretty astounding. You know, every time someone comes 657 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:42,080 Speaker 1: into the shop now they will get emailed to them 658 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:45,280 Speaker 1: a thank you and the chance to review us. And 659 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 1: we want to hear that you know, we're not perfect, 660 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:49,800 Speaker 1: will be perfect when we're dead I keep saying that 661 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:54,320 Speaker 1: I'll never make a mistake once I'm gone, And you know, 662 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:57,320 Speaker 1: the way they approach the ability to communicate to the 663 00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,240 Speaker 1: customer to be able to point out to them the 664 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:03,400 Speaker 1: need for service on the vehicle and what needs to 665 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:07,120 Speaker 1: be done at specific time intervals as per the vehicle manufacturer. 666 00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:11,319 Speaker 1: You know, nobody else is doing that, and I think 667 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,040 Speaker 1: that's just you know, again, Mitchell one is on the 668 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:16,280 Speaker 1: tip of the sword when it comes to that stuff. 669 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:19,400 Speaker 1: They've also just added now to their repair shop program, 670 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:23,760 Speaker 1: their management program UM, which is different than Social Crum, 671 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:26,600 Speaker 1: their their their customer marketing program, adds onto their shop 672 00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:31,279 Speaker 1: management program. They've they've they're adding in a feature a 673 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:36,239 Speaker 1: time clock so technicians can clock in, clock out how 674 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:38,440 Speaker 1: much time do they actually spend on the car, and 675 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:41,920 Speaker 1: help track technician productivity and help make the shop more efficient, 676 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:43,719 Speaker 1: among other things. It's it's gonna do a lot of 677 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:46,480 Speaker 1: stuff there. In my opinion, there first to market with 678 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:48,920 Speaker 1: that because I haven't seen it incorporated in a program 679 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:51,799 Speaker 1: the way they're doing it. So again, more information at 680 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,759 Speaker 1: mitchell one dot com and I thank them for their efforts. Hey, 681 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:56,680 Speaker 1: that about wraps up this hour until the next time 682 00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:58,320 Speaker 1: I'm runing any in the car and I can reminding 683 00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:13,400 Speaker 1: you good mechanics aren't expend they're priceless. See you M