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Speaker 1: to go along looking for a similar response. Welcome to

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Speaker 1: the radio home of ron An 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: and welcome Roninini and the Car Doctor. Here at the

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Speaker 1: with your automobile and helping to solve its problems. Mikey,

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Speaker 1: this show's for you, baby. I was talking to Mikey

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Speaker 1: So all sitting ready to go? Got you? Okay, Let's

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Speaker 1: get over to Paul Eisenstein. Paul Eisenstein is with us.

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Speaker 1: He's no stranger. He's from the Detroit Bureau dot Com.

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Speaker 1: Paul wrote an article recently and we saw it in

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Speaker 1: but here's something that is going to affect what this

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Speaker 1: no one better than to talk about it than Paul Eisenstein,

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Speaker 1: the expert. Paul, welcome back, sir. Hey you been hey

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Speaker 1: thank you, and thanks for the question, Thanks for being there. Um. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: maintenance is still maintenance is still the best Thodds maker.

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Speaker 1: Maintenance still gives you the advantage it's if done properly,

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Speaker 1: and I think there's Do I think it's changed. Yes,

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Speaker 1: I don't think the thirty thousand miles service is as

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Speaker 1: big as it once was is on the average car today.

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Speaker 1: I think that at the new number is it's falling

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Speaker 1: into that. Fifty sixty is the first big service, you know,

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Speaker 1: the fifteen, the thirty, the forty five is oil changes,

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Speaker 1: tire rotations, and a couple of oil changes in between.

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Speaker 1: Cabin air filters at thirty, bottle of fuel system cleaner

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Speaker 1: at thirty, maybe every other oil change, depending upon how

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Speaker 1: you want to maintain it. If it were me and

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Speaker 1: be every oil change. But I'm just like that. I've

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Speaker 1: seen very good results doing that. A lot of the

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Speaker 1: customers have seen very good results doing that. But the

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Speaker 1: fact becomes, doing maintenance just prevents that costly repair later on. Now, look,

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Speaker 1: if you're gonna keep the car and drive it fifty

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Speaker 1: miles and get rid of it in three years, do

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Speaker 1: four oil changes. Who cares, it doesn't matter. It's not

446
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Speaker 1: gonna be your problem. But we're talking about laying the groundwork.

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Speaker 1: And I hope it didn't offend anybody by saying that.

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Speaker 1: But that's the truth because look at the look at

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Speaker 1: look at the way they lay out oil changes in

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Speaker 1: the owners manuals of manufacturers cars. If you're leasing the car,

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Speaker 1: they're pushing the problem onto the next owner. That's why

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Speaker 1: it's so importan When you lease a car, you want

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Speaker 1: to see the scheduled oil change maintenance records, and hopefully

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Speaker 1: you want to see something that was above and beyond

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Speaker 1: what the manufacturer recommended. You know, in a perfect world,

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Speaker 1: in a perfect world, scheduled manufacturer maintenance works. I haven't

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Speaker 1: found Shankorla yet, and I don't know where that perfect

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Speaker 1: world exists, all right, but it's just something that is

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Speaker 1: it's not there. And that extra oil change here and

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Speaker 1: there in that trans service before the trans fails. All

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Speaker 1: that stuff adds up to that car going to two

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Speaker 1: hundred and fifty thousand miles three thousand miles. You should

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Speaker 1: really be coming to your mechanic and saying, I think

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Speaker 1: I need a new car. I've got two eighty three

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Speaker 1: thousand miles on it, and it's starting to get a

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Speaker 1: little loose and squirreling in the way that it fields

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Speaker 1: and rides and rattles and so on and so forth.

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Speaker 1: But you know, I see people change cars. Now you

469
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Speaker 1: need four tires in a set of breaks, and they're like, now,

470
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Speaker 1: just go buy a new car. You know, there's something

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Speaker 1: wrong with that picture. And uh, there's a lot of

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Speaker 1: things we could talk about anyway. Eight five zero nine

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Speaker 1: zero zero ron any of the car doctor at your service.

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Speaker 1: We're back right after this welcome back run. Name of

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Speaker 1: the car doctor. Hey, Mikey, Mikey, you're a you're a

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Speaker 1: young guy, right, so they say, um, so you know

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Speaker 1: April's National Car Care Month. You know that, right? I do? Now? Okay, Well,

478
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Speaker 1: so April's National Carcare Month, and the Car Care Council

479
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Speaker 1: took a survey, and I want to see if they're right. Okay,

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Speaker 1: so I'm gonna make you. I'm gonna make you the

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Speaker 1: pollster for the for the youngsters. Okay, So April's National

482
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Speaker 1: Car Care Month. We thought it would be a fun

483
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Speaker 1: idea to find that which musicians car owners like to

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Speaker 1: listen to when getting ready for a road trip, said

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Speaker 1: Rich White, Executive director, Car Care Council. I'm trying to see,

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Speaker 1: so who would you pick who's your number one go

487
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Speaker 1: to for your taking a road trip in your car?

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Speaker 1: Who's music? Who is it? Uh? I like shine Down,

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Speaker 1: I like something like that, some rock, alternative rock, heavy rocks,

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Speaker 1: something like that. I'll go with you. It's the mark

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Speaker 1: by about a million miles. It's okay, you know you're allowed. Um,

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Speaker 1: Bruce Springsteen was number one. Yeah, I'm telling you. Bruce Springsteen,

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Speaker 1: Keith Urban, Bruno Mars, Jimmy Buffett, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift,

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Speaker 1: and Beyonce. Probably none of those. But you know what,

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Speaker 1: that's a generational thing. If I asked Tom, Tom, what

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Speaker 1: what music do you like to listen to when you're

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Speaker 1: when you're cruising in the car? Uh, seventies, early eighties, sixties,

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Speaker 1: Tom Tom, Bruce Springstein, beach Boys, beach Boys. Uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: it's a generational thing. It just goes to show you.

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Speaker 1: I'm just I'm very surprised they must have asked an

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Speaker 1: older audience here, because there's none of the groups that

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Speaker 1: and you probably don't even know who. Well, you probably

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Speaker 1: know who Bruno Mars is. Yeah, I know who. I

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00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:46,080
Speaker 1: don't know who most of them are. Just yeah, I

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Speaker 1: don't really listen either, So it's just it's just kind

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Speaker 1: of interesting. But in any event, April is National Car

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Speaker 1: here month, and I just want to do a quick reminder.

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Speaker 1: Let everybody check all their fluids and remember to take

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Speaker 1: a look at engine oil and belts and hoses and

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Speaker 1: tires and wipers and lighting and you do all those things.

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Speaker 1: And what comment as a shop owner, I want to

512
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Speaker 1: say the number one most annoying thing that people seem

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Speaker 1: to do, if there is one, number one, it's they

514
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Speaker 1: always tell you one last thing after the car is done. Hey,

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Speaker 1: your car's all done. Well. By the way, I forgot

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Speaker 1: to tell you about the wipers. Well, you know, make

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Speaker 1: a list. Can we make a list? You know, I

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Speaker 1: mean with us, you know, well, we'll sit there and

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Speaker 1: we'll tell them. By the way, you know, what do

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00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:25,800
Speaker 1: you want to do the wipers? You want to do this?

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00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:27,040
Speaker 1: And we'll say no, I gotta let you know. And

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00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,080
Speaker 1: then afterwards the world done, they say, okay, now I

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Speaker 1: want to do the wipers. You know what the moment

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Speaker 1: passed that was this morning. It's so let's let's all

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Speaker 1: get on the same page. Reach an article and the record,

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Speaker 1: the Bergen Record of North Jersey today. What's today? Today's

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Speaker 1: April six. Yeah. The European Union Authority said Friday that

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Speaker 1: means yesterday the German automakers Oh Boy, BMW, Daimler and

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Speaker 1: Volkswagen jee Vokswagen's at It again colluded to limit the

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Speaker 1: development of emissions cleaning technology in their cars. The findings

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Speaker 1: add to the car industries woes after Volkswagen in twenty

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Speaker 1: team admitted to cheating on emissions test in the US,

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Speaker 1: which led to a worldwide reevaluation of how cars are tested.

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Speaker 1: The e U n T Trust regulator said that after

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Speaker 1: an in depth investigation, it found that BMW, Damler and Volkswagen,

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Speaker 1: including its OUTI and Porsche units, broke EU laws from

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Speaker 1: two thousand six by illegally agreeing among themselves to limit

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Speaker 1: the rollout of technology. The technology helped eliminate nitrous ot sides,

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Speaker 1: which can be harmful to human health. You know, here

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Speaker 1: we are again. So we're back to cheating on emissions

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Speaker 1: and it just seems to be a worldwide problem. And

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Speaker 1: what really got me throughout all this and okay, I

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Speaker 1: guess they got caught cheating is the case comes after

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Speaker 1: volkes waging It admitted four years ago to using software

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Speaker 1: and diesels to cheat on US emissions test. It has

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Speaker 1: set aside thirty two billion for fine, settlements, recalls and

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Speaker 1: buy backs. Where'd that thirty two billion dollars go? Because

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Speaker 1: I'm not seeing any of it, and you know, what

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Speaker 1: are they doing for me? Since they polluted my environment?

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Speaker 1: Did you get a check, Mikey negative? I didn't get

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Speaker 1: a check, and and Tom definitely didn't get it by

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Speaker 1: a check, not not not not you know Tom's Tom

553
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Speaker 1: definitely didn't get a check, not judging by the way

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00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:15,600
Speaker 1: he dresses, so you know. Renewed scrutiny of diesel emissions

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00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,280
Speaker 1: revealed the cars from other automakers also showed higher diesel

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Speaker 1: emissions every day driving and during testing, thanks in parts

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Speaker 1: of the regulatory loopholes that lit automakers turned down the

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Speaker 1: emission controls to avoid engine damage in their certain conditions.

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Speaker 1: Anti trust finds can be steeped. The article closes out

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Speaker 1: by saying, in sixteen and seventeen, the European Union Commission

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Speaker 1: imposed the fine at four point three billion. That was

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Speaker 1: on top of the thirty two billion, folks, Where I

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Speaker 1: can set aside that six truckmakers had colluded on pricing

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Speaker 1: the timing of introduction of emission technologies in the passing

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Speaker 1: out of costs for a mission compliance to customers. Why

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Speaker 1: does it seem that customers seem to be the ones

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Speaker 1: that take the beating, but the car companies are paying

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Speaker 1: the money to someplace else other than the customers. I

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Speaker 1: don't I don't understand that. So but um, anyway, let's

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Speaker 1: pull over and take a pause. We'll come back and

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Speaker 1: finish up eight five five zero zero running any of

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Speaker 1: the car doctor right your service? Don't go away? Welcome

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Speaker 1: back any of the car docor you know, to finish

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Speaker 1: out that comment about the car Care Council. Uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: the conversation about music, musicians and road tests. It all

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Speaker 1: depends what car you're in. In the hot rod, I

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Speaker 1: listened to the soundtrack to American Graffiti till my years bled.

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00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:30,880
Speaker 1: But you know it was in the Monte Carlo would

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Speaker 1: be frank all the way. Let's go to Gary and

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Speaker 1: May No. Three Dodge Dakota Gary. How can I help you?

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Speaker 1: Run on any in the car doctor? Right your service?

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00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:40,840
Speaker 1: Or yeah, Hi, Ron, how are you doing? Second time call?

583
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Speaker 1: I called you about a year ago with the same vehicle.

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Speaker 1: Thank thank you very much. I appreciate your show and

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Speaker 1: I listened to you every every week. Thank you, sir,

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Speaker 1: it's an OH three Dakota with four seven eight and

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Speaker 1: it's good a hundred miles trucks in an overall good shape.

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Speaker 1: It's no rust or anything. It's just that the year

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Speaker 1: the years are catching up with it. I've got an

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Speaker 1: e c M. I think you know my mechanic and

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Speaker 1: one that I trust. Like I hear you say, Um

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Speaker 1: is telling me that it's pointing to the e c

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Speaker 1: M with a he he believes that the voltage regulator

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Speaker 1: is built into the main motherboard. I believe, I believe,

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Speaker 1: I believe it isn't a three year car. He's correct. Yeah,

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00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,280
Speaker 1: it's not a separate item where you can just swap

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Speaker 1: it out. And he's saying, what it's doing is this

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Speaker 1: that it's Uh, it's sending a signal to the battery

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Speaker 1: gauge on the on the dash. And when I started up,

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Speaker 1: sometimes it's right where it should be. It what I

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00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:39,160
Speaker 1: don't know what it is, thirteen eight or something. And

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00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:42,800
Speaker 1: sometimes I started up and it's right down and nothing.

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00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,640
Speaker 1: And sometimes I started up and it's pinned out at

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Speaker 1: high and Uh. It just depends on what it feels

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Speaker 1: like doing. And he says, eventually, what's gonna happen. It

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Speaker 1: is just running on the battery and it's gonna run

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Speaker 1: at the battery voltage and you know, wear out your battery.

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Speaker 1: And by the way, that's new. That was all the

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Speaker 1: battery three months ago. Yeah, you know, is it something

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00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:06,200
Speaker 1: that he can catch in the act? Can he you know,

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Speaker 1: can he be there when this is happening. He could

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Speaker 1: certainly start it up and see what I see on

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Speaker 1: the battery gauge. Okay, so it's gonna be one of

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Speaker 1: those three positions that he's gonna see. So so so,

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Speaker 1: you know, and I don't want to trust the dash gauge.

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Speaker 1: I'm not a dash gauge guy. You know, the gas

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00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:26,200
Speaker 1: dask cage is a good second opinion. But let's put

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Speaker 1: a voltmeter on the battery if if, if that matches

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Speaker 1: the dash gage. And the only reason I say that

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Speaker 1: is because the car is broken, right, I don't want

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Speaker 1: to use I don't want to use the broken car

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Speaker 1: from my barometer of of making a decision it's good

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Speaker 1: or bad. So an external voultmeter would work. Wonders here,

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Speaker 1: because what if you found out that the charging systems

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00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:50,240
Speaker 1: working fine, It's just the dash cage is broken, right, Oh,

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Speaker 1: that's yeah, I didn't. I didn't think of that. And

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Speaker 1: the other thing is is that the alternator they tell

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Speaker 1: me is good two different garages. Okay, yeah it might

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Speaker 1: it might very well be. But let's let's do this

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Speaker 1: two things. Let's put a let's put a voltmeter on

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Speaker 1: the battery and does does the does the charging rate

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Speaker 1: of the dash gauge match what the voltmeter on the

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Speaker 1: battery says. That's good. And then if you catch this

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Speaker 1: in the moment of not charging, with a good scan tool,

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Speaker 1: a proper scan tool hooked up, you can use the

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Speaker 1: scan tool to field or create the alternator, or cause

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Speaker 1: the alternator to charge, discharge and so on. You can

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Speaker 1: control the PCM to control the alternator. If he tells

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Speaker 1: the scan tool, hey, turn on the field and charge

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Speaker 1: the one the alternator in charge the battery and nothing happens.

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Speaker 1: The inputs getting to the PCM, nothing's coming out. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that kind of proves the point, right, That kind of

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Speaker 1: shows you that the PCM is at full and you

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Speaker 1: know it's more than just an educated guest. And I

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Speaker 1: would also think that there should be a fault code

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Speaker 1: in here because they're looking at PCM and charge rate

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Speaker 1: response have them do those couple of things. Called me

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Speaker 1: back next week. If you need more help, I'm on

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Speaker 1: any the car doctor. Good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless.

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Speaker 1: See you, she