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Speaker 1: Ron and Anien. You know, Tom, I'm having a rough week.

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Speaker 1: It's it's really I heard that you're having a rough month.

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Speaker 1: Last month you got your fause truck stuff. That's not

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Speaker 1: way to lost your starter. If now you can't figure

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Speaker 1: out how to burn the microphone rounding, how the light

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Speaker 1: doesn't light up Tom's studios Broken doctor news that got

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Speaker 1: the Car Doctor. I'm a guy and I was kind

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Speaker 1: of interested in your take on them. I think that

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Speaker 1: the Z car was really the early ones were forgotten

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Speaker 1: and underrated because I think they were phenomenal. Welcome to

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Speaker 1: the radio home of Ron and Anian the Car Doctor,

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

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Speaker 1: for their definitive opinion on automotive repair. If your mechanics

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Speaker 1: call in. The garage doors are open, but I am

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Speaker 1: here to take your call at eight five and now

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Speaker 1: he is running. Did you hear the one about the

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Speaker 1: Toyota president telling Apple how to build a car? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: true story. Actually it's not a joke. It's in the

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Speaker 1: we don't get the same product support that we get

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Speaker 1: So what we're gonna have new models every six months?

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Speaker 1: But the president of Toyota True story Google It is

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Speaker 1: this whole electric car thing has got everybody in its

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Speaker 1: get here. Mica, writing in um I love hearing from

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Speaker 1: doesn't make any sense, and you've just got to be

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Speaker 1: aware of it. Um uh so, just just be aware.

427
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Speaker 1: Note there are ways to mount correctly, mount duly wheels,

428
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Speaker 1: big hole. Uh there's adapters out there. I know Hunter

429
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Speaker 1: makes them. We actually have them at the shop that

430
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Speaker 1: will allow us to mount and balance most anything out there.

431
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Speaker 1: Just a little more tedious, a little more time consuming,

432
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Speaker 1: and obviously a little more costly. But cost can't come

433
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Speaker 1: into it. It's got to be can you do it right.

434
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Speaker 1: Let's get over to the phone. Let's get over to

435
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Speaker 1: Gale in Virginia with a tense subaru. Virginia is coming

436
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Speaker 1: in loud and clear, Gale. There's some crazy things going

437
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Speaker 1: on in Virginia. Or last caller from Virginia was telling

438
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Speaker 1: us that out how she's having Uh jeez, the garage

439
00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,800
Speaker 1: door windows were shot out, and gas and the sugar

440
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Speaker 1: and the gas tank and what's going on in Virginia

441
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Speaker 1: these days? I don't know. I heard that, so I

442
00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:16,120
Speaker 1: don't know what areas she's from. Yeah, but we don't

443
00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:21,600
Speaker 1: have anything like that around here. Yet be safe? Yeah, yeah, yeah, right, yeah,

444
00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:23,520
Speaker 1: we always have to say yet yet becomes part of

445
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Speaker 1: our language. Uh, as part of the normal every day.

446
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Speaker 1: How can I help you in your SuPAR route today?

447
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Speaker 1: I love your show, by the way, thank you. I'm

448
00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:35,960
Speaker 1: glad to have you. I have it's a subar u

449
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Speaker 1: um that and my question was a time and chain

450
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Speaker 1: timing belt. I also have a toyo to siy on

451
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Speaker 1: that requires a time and chain that I don't have

452
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Speaker 1: to repay replace. But the super u as the belt

453
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Speaker 1: that I have to repair replace every one, so they're

454
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Speaker 1: not cheap. But I just finished. I just finished doing

455
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Speaker 1: the the first one and it was seven. Right, So

456
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Speaker 1: your question to me is why or or yeah, why

457
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Speaker 1: why do I have wha can? Why do I have

458
00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:19,840
Speaker 1: to replace the belt and not to change? Okay, so

459
00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:24,399
Speaker 1: the chain's metal, it's more durable, all right. You would

460
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Speaker 1: have to replace the chain on anything dependent upon what

461
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Speaker 1: your oil change maintenance is. Like, you know, there's there's

462
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Speaker 1: value in doing those oil changes on a regular consistent basis.

463
00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:41,120
Speaker 1: I know that. Yeah, that very well, right, you know, yeah,

464
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Speaker 1: it's and it's it's it's not just that, it's it's

465
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Speaker 1: it's it's everything in the engine. It's the chain, it's

466
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Speaker 1: the engine itself, rings, valves, the whole setup. So you know,

467
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Speaker 1: doing regular maintenance, it's like, you know, it's like, don't

468
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Speaker 1: have a can of coke and a slice of pizza

469
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Speaker 1: every day once in a while is okay, But you know,

470
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Speaker 1: it's it's how we treat our cells, it's how we

471
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:04,600
Speaker 1: treat the cars. So that comes back to the chain

472
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Speaker 1: as far as the chain is more durable when that ssion,

473
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Speaker 1: if that sion gets to the two thousand mile mark,

474
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Speaker 1: you know, maybe the chain is gonna have enough slop

475
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Speaker 1: in it that it will finally require replacement. But you know,

476
00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:19,000
Speaker 1: the oil changes that you do now pay dividends later.

477
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Speaker 1: That belt, that belt is rubber. Obviously, rubber just has

478
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Speaker 1: a finite life. There's just nothing you're gonna do about it.

479
00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,240
Speaker 1: You know, tires have a six to eight year time

480
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Speaker 1: span in terms of birthdate. They tell you to always

481
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Speaker 1: check the sidewall of the tire for the birthdate, which

482
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:43,160
Speaker 1: is cast right into the tire. And they tell you

483
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Speaker 1: that if the tire is older, I think it's older

484
00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:48,560
Speaker 1: than eight years is where the industry is right now.

485
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Speaker 1: If it's more than eight years old, it might be six.

486
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Speaker 1: But if it's I'm gonna say eight, but you get

487
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Speaker 1: the idea. If it's older than that time frame, uh,

488
00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:57,840
Speaker 1: they tell you that that tire has exceeded it's it's

489
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Speaker 1: safety factor in terms of you know, durability and how

490
00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,800
Speaker 1: well it'll hold up on the road. A lot of

491
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Speaker 1: times you will find, and you know, it's a good

492
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Speaker 1: way to be aware, is you will find that if

493
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Speaker 1: somebody is running a you know, all of a sudden,

494
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Speaker 1: the price of a tire is thirty dollars cheaper than

495
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Speaker 1: what it was or what it is from the guy

496
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Speaker 1: down the road. Somebody might have a bargain on tires

497
00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:24,800
Speaker 1: because they're selling stock that's two years old, that's been

498
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Speaker 1: in the warehouse, and the unaware consumer just figures, hey,

499
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Speaker 1: I can get this tire thirty dollars less um. And

500
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,320
Speaker 1: for some people that will work out. You know, if

501
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,080
Speaker 1: you do high mileage and you're gonna roll through that

502
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Speaker 1: set of tires, it's already two years old and four

503
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:42,280
Speaker 1: years you're covered. But if you buy a set of

504
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,600
Speaker 1: tires it's two years old and you're barely doing five

505
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,080
Speaker 1: thousand miles a year because you're doing all short trips,

506
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Speaker 1: that tire's gotta last you. You know, jeez, you want

507
00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,359
Speaker 1: to try and get that eight year time span or

508
00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:54,800
Speaker 1: whatever the length of time is out of the tire, right,

509
00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:58,159
Speaker 1: so that the rubber doesn't dry out. Um. But the

510
00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:01,879
Speaker 1: same idea, that's what affects the timing belt. The timing

511
00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:05,560
Speaker 1: belt gets dry and brittle over time, and if it fails,

512
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:10,040
Speaker 1: just like a bicycle chain, right, You've you've seen a bicycle, right, Gail.

513
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,920
Speaker 1: You know the chain breaks. If if that was a

514
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,119
Speaker 1: rubber belt and it broke, the bicycle wouldn't work. The

515
00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,320
Speaker 1: engine doesn't work, and it stops when you did the

516
00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:19,359
Speaker 1: timing belt that they do the water pump or just

517
00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:24,400
Speaker 1: the belt. Okay, so be aware that should have a

518
00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:30,440
Speaker 1: timing belt driven water pump, all right, so yeah, if

519
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:35,960
Speaker 1: it does, yeah normally because if that's a timing belt

520
00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,240
Speaker 1: driven water pump, which it should be, when the pump fails,

521
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:42,720
Speaker 1: when the pump starts to leak, all right, now you've

522
00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:44,840
Speaker 1: got an issue with Now you guess what you have

523
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:46,480
Speaker 1: to take off in order to do the water pump

524
00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 1: the timing belt. All right, So you kind of go

525
00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,720
Speaker 1: through the right, You kind of go through the whole process. Um,

526
00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,879
Speaker 1: so just be aware, just be mindful next time, you know,

527
00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,359
Speaker 1: maybe you go back and talk to them and uh,

528
00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,119
Speaker 1: just be mindful whenever you're doing anything like that, timing

529
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Speaker 1: belt wise or anything. It's just a question of you know,

530
00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,240
Speaker 1: is it just a timing belt, is there a water

531
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Speaker 1: pump involved? Are their tensioners, are their idlers? You know,

532
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,119
Speaker 1: you want the whole package. Don't base it on price,

533
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:15,159
Speaker 1: based it on longevity. So you don't have to go

534
00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,960
Speaker 1: back in fifty miles and repeat the process again. Call

535
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Speaker 1: me with more questions. Stay safe in Virginia. I'm running

536
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Speaker 1: any in the car Doctor. Thanks Gail. I'll be back

537
00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:41,440
Speaker 1: right after this. Welcome back when I named car DOCTORO zero. Um.

538
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Speaker 1: By the way, time I noticed that, you know, never mind,

539
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,200
Speaker 1: I was gonna say something. You know, I'm gonna I'm

540
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,880
Speaker 1: gonna get you more T shirts. You're gonna say something.

541
00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,880
Speaker 1: I was gonna say something, but I was thinking about, Um,

542
00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:54,880
Speaker 1: I guess it's time to do more car doctor T shirts.

543
00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,360
Speaker 1: I'm meant to tell you that the other day. I think, so,

544
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Speaker 1: you know, I mean I right now, it's when to her.

545
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,520
Speaker 1: I'm wearing, uh, you know, I'm wearing a tough sweatshirt

546
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Speaker 1: to support my daughter because I'm sitting down here in

547
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Speaker 1: the h in the downstairs area of the house where

548
00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:10,959
Speaker 1: I keep it a little cooler. So right, yeah, I

549
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,960
Speaker 1: think I have to I have to do that. I

550
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,400
Speaker 1: was reading a really great article by A Kathleen Harris,

551
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:17,840
Speaker 1: We need wheels should be lease or By, and she

552
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:20,560
Speaker 1: makes some really good points, and you know, the gist

553
00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:24,120
Speaker 1: of it becomes that, you know, cars are a lifestyle,

554
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Speaker 1: and I like the way she wrote the article. For example,

555
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Speaker 1: if you're on a tight budget, the elease or Darby

556
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:33,880
Speaker 1: and ms Harris says, you know what if you're on

557
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Speaker 1: a tight budget lease. And her argument becomes, if top

558
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:39,560
Speaker 1: priorities having the lowest monthly bill, lease payments typically are

559
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:43,200
Speaker 1: lower than car loan payments, and a lease is low,

560
00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,840
Speaker 1: do it signing payment with average monthly payments may suit

561
00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:49,760
Speaker 1: your financial situation. That's actually true. And she also in

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Speaker 1: her article UM with regards to the elease or by,

563
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,800
Speaker 1: she talks about the fact that you know, if you're

564
00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:58,280
Speaker 1: just starting out, you're married, you don't have kids yet.

565
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,760
Speaker 1: You know, you're kind of working towards the long haul,

566
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Speaker 1: and you know, do you start out? And I never

567
00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:05,160
Speaker 1: thought of it like that. I gotta admit she changed

568
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,080
Speaker 1: my mind on it. She said, you know, you need

569
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Speaker 1: flexibility for the future. You know, you may be married,

570
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,040
Speaker 1: you're not gonna have kids for a couple of three

571
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:14,200
Speaker 1: years four years. Leases are typically to three years long.

572
00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:17,400
Speaker 1: Maybe you're going to lease that car and then get

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Speaker 1: into the minivan. UG. Every time I say that, women

574
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:23,080
Speaker 1: go U. Just that minivan thing just kind of irks him,

575
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Speaker 1: which I'm sorry. UM, you know, I guess it's part

576
00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:27,760
Speaker 1: of the it's part of the badge of honor. UM.

577
00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:29,320
Speaker 1: I always say to my wife, I say, you know,

578
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,360
Speaker 1: the pain you felt when the kids were young, we

579
00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:34,040
Speaker 1: get to inflict back on them now when you have grandchildren.

580
00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:36,160
Speaker 1: I think it's like a reverse Uh. You've paid your

581
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:38,440
Speaker 1: dues and uh, you know, you get to make it

582
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:41,680
Speaker 1: work your way. So, but it's an interesting idea leasing

583
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Speaker 1: when you're young. Then she goes on to say, hey, listen,

584
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Speaker 1: you have kids and you're just about they're just about

585
00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:48,560
Speaker 1: to start driving. What do you buy the elease or

586
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,840
Speaker 1: do you buy She says, buy used. And our argument

587
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,040
Speaker 1: is if you're worried about the combination of an experienced

588
00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:56,720
Speaker 1: driver in the high risk of scratching things, which is true,

589
00:30:57,280 --> 00:30:59,200
Speaker 1: you know, chances are that young driver is gonna have

590
00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:02,200
Speaker 1: an accident, and oginately buying a certified pre owned car

591
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:03,960
Speaker 1: can save you a ton of money. And that's right,

592
00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:06,680
Speaker 1: that's absolutely right. She goes on to point out that

593
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:08,240
Speaker 1: you get a one or two year old car with

594
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:14,760
Speaker 1: its life that left for twenty for less than a

595
00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:16,800
Speaker 1: new car. A car that's only a few years old

596
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 1: will likely have all the safety features you want for

597
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:22,760
Speaker 1: a new driver, like blonds bite blondze, blind spot mitering,

598
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:27,120
Speaker 1: talk much monitoring, review cameras, cross traffic alerts, inside airbags,

599
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,640
Speaker 1: it's lower your insurance bill. And of course if you're

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00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:31,360
Speaker 1: buying something used, you want to take that car to

601
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:34,080
Speaker 1: a mechanic and have them look at it and um,

602
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:36,080
Speaker 1: you know, make sure it's in good a good, good

603
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,520
Speaker 1: overall condition. And then if you need a second family car,

604
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:41,680
Speaker 1: you know, something short term, short trip. I've got an

605
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,680
Speaker 1: older couple going through this right now. They're probably going

606
00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:46,640
Speaker 1: to buy one more car in their lifetime, but they

607
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,080
Speaker 1: want to keep that second car. But they're gonna buy

608
00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:51,680
Speaker 1: that first car and keep the second one because they

609
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:55,200
Speaker 1: need a cheap set of wheels to get around if

610
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,080
Speaker 1: you can afford the repair bills and you're not doing

611
00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:00,480
Speaker 1: a whole lot of driving. And as the article points out,

612
00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:03,520
Speaker 1: you want to buy because it becomes more cost effective

613
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,080
Speaker 1: in the long run. So you know, there's a lot

614
00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:07,800
Speaker 1: of ways to get into a car. There's a lot

615
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,680
Speaker 1: of things to think about, and you know you've got

616
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,920
Speaker 1: a sort of baseline how you approach it in terms

617
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 1: of what you're what you're part of the market represents

618
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 1: in terms of what do you have to spend if

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Speaker 1: you were living in North Jersey. And if you notice

620
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:24,320
Speaker 1: anytime you hear me quote dollars on the show. I

621
00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:27,240
Speaker 1: always talk North Jersey, which is where we are. Um,

622
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:28,960
Speaker 1: you know, I will tell you that you're gonna spend

623
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Speaker 1: ten to twelve grand to get a six year old

624
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:35,920
Speaker 1: vehicle with probably eight thousand miles on it, and you

625
00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:38,640
Speaker 1: know that's gonna need work. The more you spend, the

626
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:41,360
Speaker 1: less work it needs, the better off you might be.

627
00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 1: Things to think about zero, I'll run on eating the

628
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:47,560
Speaker 1: car doctor. I'll be back right after this. Don't go

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Speaker 1: with welcome to ground name of the car doctor. You know,

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Speaker 1: I don't know where this article came from since came out. Well,

631
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,440
Speaker 1: it came out of this February issue of Triple A magazine,

632
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Speaker 1: and it's titled Wat's Up Doc W A T T S.

633
00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:11,280
Speaker 1: And of course somebody sent it to me and I

634
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Speaker 1: was reading and it talks about electric vehicles, and I'm

635
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:19,040
Speaker 1: you know, you gotta read between the lines, all right,

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Speaker 1: No pun intended, and no not to beat up electric vehicles.

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Speaker 1: One side of this article is asking most people about

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Speaker 1: buying an all electric car, and you're likely to hear

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Speaker 1: a list of excuses. Well, the Chevrolet Bolt takes those

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Speaker 1: arguments and the gates them one by one. First of all,

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Speaker 1: they're not slow. I never said electric cars were slow.

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Speaker 1: The electric motor propelling them. Propelling this compact hatchback delivers

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Speaker 1: more power instantaneously the moment you step in the accelerators.

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Speaker 1: Not a stretch to say the bolt feels quick though. Okay,

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Speaker 1: driving range is another common anxiety. Now listen to this.

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Speaker 1: of two and fifty nine miles, which you'd get, which

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Speaker 1: should get most anybody through their day. So the backside

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Speaker 1: of that is every time you go home or every

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Speaker 1: day you park, you're gonna be charging that via goal.

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Speaker 1: You gotta hope there's a charger available. And I'm not

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Speaker 1: trying to be negative, Nancy, I'm trying to be practical.

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Speaker 1: Show me where Let's take California for example. Show me

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Speaker 1: how in the state of California they're gonna have enough

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Speaker 1: electric chargers for all the vehicles that are projected to

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Speaker 1: be on the road. That state's gonna look like a

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Speaker 1: massive grid of wiring and and I can't imagine what

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Speaker 1: in the next ten years. Okay, recharging a Chevy bolt

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Speaker 1: takes nine hours from a normal two forty old household charger,

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Speaker 1: and a fraction of that time from a level two

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Speaker 1: or three charger. But what if you can't find a

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Speaker 1: level two or three charger. I don't know. I think

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Speaker 1: we're being sold to build goods. By the way along

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Speaker 1: the electric car line. We didn't talk about this today, Tom,

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Speaker 1: nod your head, James Lebrec. Next weekend, yeah, um, James Lebrec,

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Speaker 1: the assistant to the Governor of Maine or the former

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Speaker 1: assistant to the Governor of Maine on energy. It's gonna

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Speaker 1: be with us next weekend. We're gonna be talking about

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Speaker 1: the electric car future. James got some interesting points. I'm

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Speaker 1: running any of the car Doctor, reminding you until the

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Speaker 1: next time. Mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. See