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

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Speaker 1: I want to talk about assumption this hour and why

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Speaker 1: over to Sandy in Wisconsin. Sandy, welcome to the car doctor.

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Speaker 1: How can I help? Oh, thank you for taking my call.

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Speaker 1: You know, flex fuel and eight five UM is a

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Speaker 1: we're getting ready for summer driving, they do different things

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00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,840
Speaker 1: to help hold down missions and vehicles run differently in

426
00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:05,160
Speaker 1: hot weather versus cold. UM. But you know, listen, good

427
00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:08,080
Speaker 1: for you though you're you're you're aware of what you're

428
00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:09,800
Speaker 1: putting in at the pump and you're notice pulling in

429
00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:11,679
Speaker 1: and saying fill it up. I think that's very smart

430
00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:13,840
Speaker 1: of you. When I commend you for that that, UM,

431
00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,720
Speaker 1: you know, you're you're obviously concerned about what you're putting

432
00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:19,360
Speaker 1: in your vehicle, not to take any chances and possibly

433
00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:24,760
Speaker 1: ruin it. So good job, all right, So anything else

434
00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:28,399
Speaker 1: I can do for you today, Sandy, Yes, I was

435
00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,960
Speaker 1: wondering is my battery? I've had the car since August.

436
00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:37,920
Speaker 1: I'm wondering is the battery? Is that you have to

437
00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:41,440
Speaker 1: change a battery every three to five years. Well, it's listen,

438
00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:43,720
Speaker 1: it's a good idea after the vehicle is three years

439
00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:46,560
Speaker 1: old to start testing the battery, all right. And it's

440
00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:49,680
Speaker 1: a it's a simple, easy test. There are things a

441
00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,240
Speaker 1: repair shop can do. It's it's doesn't have to be

442
00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:55,520
Speaker 1: a big involved process. A lot of the handheld testers

443
00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:59,240
Speaker 1: today use a mathematical algorithm. It's literally a thirty second test.

444
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:03,480
Speaker 1: We actually do a battery test on every vehicle that

445
00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,919
Speaker 1: gets an oil change starting in September through December in

446
00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,200
Speaker 1: the shop just and you know, by then we've caught

447
00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:13,040
Speaker 1: everybody that's a regular as they cycle through, and you know,

448
00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,240
Speaker 1: we'll we'll we'll just test it once the vehicles three

449
00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:16,719
Speaker 1: years old. That goes on the ticket. It's a no

450
00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,080
Speaker 1: charge courtesy part of the oil change. Um, you know what,

451
00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:23,240
Speaker 1: I automatically blindly changed this battery just because the vehicles

452
00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,600
Speaker 1: four years old I don't know, I would get it tested.

453
00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:27,840
Speaker 1: I think wherever you're getting its service, I think they

454
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,040
Speaker 1: you know, they can incorporate that as part of the service.

455
00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:32,760
Speaker 1: If you're a regular somewhere at a regular shop and uh,

456
00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,320
Speaker 1: you know, approaching the fifth winter, it's not the worst

457
00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:38,520
Speaker 1: idea to replace that battery. Um, there's nothing like having

458
00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:41,560
Speaker 1: a stable battery in a vehicle, especially as it ages.

459
00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:44,920
Speaker 1: And when you do purchase a battery, consider ask them

460
00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:48,280
Speaker 1: that's not the case every time, but ask them, is

461
00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:53,680
Speaker 1: there a bigger a battery that's electrically bigger, not necessarily

462
00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:57,480
Speaker 1: case size, but a battery When I say case size

463
00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:01,119
Speaker 1: physical dimension, you know, but they're a battery that's the

464
00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:04,320
Speaker 1: same physical dimension but has more electrical energy in it.

465
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,160
Speaker 1: And you may find there is, and you may find

466
00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,600
Speaker 1: it's another twenty or thirty dollars. And that twenty or

467
00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,840
Speaker 1: thirty dollars to me on an electrical vehicle is today

468
00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,480
Speaker 1: is you know, with the electronics that are on board. Um,

469
00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,680
Speaker 1: I think we'll we'll benefit the vehicle in the long run.

470
00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:22,480
Speaker 1: I've always had that ideology for a long long time,

471
00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,320
Speaker 1: and um, I've gone that to be truer more often

472
00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:27,880
Speaker 1: than not. It um. It always gives me that less

473
00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:32,159
Speaker 1: little bit of especially in cold weather, makes sense. Do

474
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:35,520
Speaker 1: you recommend that a battery be tested after it's three

475
00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:38,159
Speaker 1: years old? After the vehicle is three years old, should

476
00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:42,080
Speaker 1: be tested at least once a year. Oh good, Thank

477
00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,359
Speaker 1: you so much for the information. You're very welcome. You

478
00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:45,520
Speaker 1: be well so and do you have a good risk

479
00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:50,280
Speaker 1: of the weekend? Thank you very much. Ohe you too,

480
00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:54,520
Speaker 1: you two dear, thank you so much. Zero zero or

481
00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:56,639
Speaker 1: list will over and take a pause. I'm Marnini and

482
00:25:56,640 --> 00:26:13,359
Speaker 1: the car doctor. I'll be back right after this. Welcome

483
00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:14,879
Speaker 1: back right named the card, I said, let's go over

484
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,240
Speaker 1: to Pennsylvania and talk to Brett two thousand Chevy and

485
00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:19,360
Speaker 1: pala what's going on here, Brett? How can I help

486
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,720
Speaker 1: at your service? Hey, hey, Ron, thanks for taking my call.

487
00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:25,520
Speaker 1: Have a you set a two thousand Chevy and Palette

488
00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,679
Speaker 1: I inherited from my grandmother. I'm going to use it

489
00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:33,040
Speaker 1: just for a work car four mile round trip. I

490
00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:36,000
Speaker 1: don't believe the transmission has ever been serviced in the

491
00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:39,639
Speaker 1: eighty eight thousand miles. And while the fluid seems to

492
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:44,359
Speaker 1: smell okay, I understand these transmissions have some issues and

493
00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,640
Speaker 1: I'm just curious from you. Would I'd be better off

494
00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:50,760
Speaker 1: to leave this transmission alone it seems three shifting, okay,

495
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,440
Speaker 1: Or would it be good to do a fluid and

496
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:56,800
Speaker 1: filler service. Well, you know, let's talk about what's the

497
00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:00,040
Speaker 1: rest of the vehicle look like good shape? Well, the

498
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,040
Speaker 1: the car had it's in pretty good shape. The car

499
00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:06,639
Speaker 1: had new head gaskets, intake gaskets, water pump plugs, wires,

500
00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:10,800
Speaker 1: throttle body service two thousand miles ago, which was four

501
00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:14,840
Speaker 1: years ago, hasn't been driven much in the last four years.

502
00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 1: So you know, what's the body itself like any rust

503
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:21,479
Speaker 1: any you know, paint still look good, it's you know,

504
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:23,880
Speaker 1: it's actually pretty good since it wis garage cap it's

505
00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,959
Speaker 1: actually for twenty two years old, not too bad, all right.

506
00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:29,720
Speaker 1: So let me ask the question this way. If whether

507
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:34,080
Speaker 1: you service the trans or not, if the trans failed

508
00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:37,680
Speaker 1: next week sometime, would you put a new trans in it?

509
00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:41,959
Speaker 1: No way? Okay? Now, then then then drive it as

510
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,679
Speaker 1: it sits okay, all right? You know. Only the only

511
00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:50,879
Speaker 1: reason being is you know, you can aggravate it, uh,

512
00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:54,080
Speaker 1: you know, by changing fluid. And I've got to tell

513
00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:58,240
Speaker 1: you that the thousand, two thousand one, two thousand two.

514
00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,160
Speaker 1: We're in great years for those rans is. They did

515
00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:04,840
Speaker 1: have their issues, and I've got to think somewhere between

516
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:07,600
Speaker 1: now and a hundred and ten thousand miles, you're gonna

517
00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:11,280
Speaker 1: see something crop its head up. So if the goal

518
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,639
Speaker 1: is to just drive it as cheaply as possible and

519
00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:15,640
Speaker 1: just get as long as we can, regardless of how

520
00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,240
Speaker 1: far it goes, then you know, I think doing a

521
00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,600
Speaker 1: trans service, you're just you're just spending money. There's no

522
00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:25,400
Speaker 1: longevity here. Um, but let me point this out. If

523
00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:31,360
Speaker 1: a transmission replacement was four grand, what are you gonna buy?

524
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,320
Speaker 1: What are you gonna buy for less than five grand today?

525
00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:36,320
Speaker 1: For a used car? Yeah that's true. It's actually just

526
00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:38,520
Speaker 1: a fourth vehicle that I'm going to use the drive

527
00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:40,280
Speaker 1: back and forth at work. I don't really need it,

528
00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:43,640
Speaker 1: but the price is right, yeah, right, so then you yeah,

529
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:46,239
Speaker 1: then just use it. Then just uh um, do what

530
00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:49,520
Speaker 1: you're doing with it, and uh you know, but the

531
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:54,320
Speaker 1: problem becomes that I think you're probably you've got to

532
00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:59,240
Speaker 1: reasonably expect the twenty two year old transmission. Um, it's

533
00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,239
Speaker 1: got to have a failure. Not to wish it upon you,

534
00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:04,920
Speaker 1: but you know, something has to happen. Whereas you know,

535
00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:07,000
Speaker 1: I always find it hard and I always feel like

536
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,360
Speaker 1: a jerk whenever I tell somebody with a you know,

537
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:11,480
Speaker 1: with a ten year old vehicle that's got a hundred

538
00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:13,400
Speaker 1: thousand miles on it, Hey, let's service the trans will

539
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,040
Speaker 1: get longevity out of it. Already got ten years. Um,

540
00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:17,800
Speaker 1: you already got twenty two years, right, what are you

541
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,720
Speaker 1: gonna get out of it? Uh? You know, it's it's

542
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,000
Speaker 1: the The ultimate question to me is how much further

543
00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:25,480
Speaker 1: do you want to go? You know, because nothing can

544
00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:29,000
Speaker 1: be driven, you know, in definem without some sort of

545
00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:31,960
Speaker 1: maintenance and repair. The problem is when trans fluid doesn't

546
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:35,000
Speaker 1: get changed, the inside of the trans can get varnished up,

547
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,280
Speaker 1: it can get particular that forms along the bottom of

548
00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:40,400
Speaker 1: the pan, you know, and and putting in fresh fluid.

549
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,040
Speaker 1: Trans fluid has a high degree of detergency to it.

550
00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,440
Speaker 1: It has a higher it has a higher or harder

551
00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:49,040
Speaker 1: scrubbing action when it's fresh, and all that particular, all

552
00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:51,240
Speaker 1: the varnis that's on the walls of the trans inside.

553
00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:54,400
Speaker 1: All it takes is one piece smaller than the eye

554
00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:56,960
Speaker 1: of a needle to be in the wrong spot. And

555
00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:00,560
Speaker 1: now you've got a problem. You know, at at ten

556
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:02,640
Speaker 1: times it works, and it at ten times the trans

557
00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:05,320
Speaker 1: service does extend the life and does put fresh fluid

558
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,360
Speaker 1: in it. It's that. It's that that I worry about.

559
00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,280
Speaker 1: And if the person is not ready to, you know,

560
00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:12,080
Speaker 1: deal because this is the same question I would ask

561
00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:14,200
Speaker 1: at the shop if we service it and it fails,

562
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:15,680
Speaker 1: what would you do. I'd put a trans in it,

563
00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:17,960
Speaker 1: then let's service it. I get rid of the car,

564
00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:21,800
Speaker 1: then leave it alone. You know. Um, It's just as

565
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:23,840
Speaker 1: simple as that. So the best answer I got, kiddo,

566
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:26,600
Speaker 1: all right, it makes sense. I appreciate it, love the show.

567
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,600
Speaker 1: You're very welcome, sir. You'd be well, um, yeah, it's

568
00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:33,719
Speaker 1: it's really all about maintenance, I guess, even as complicated

569
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:36,000
Speaker 1: as they are, and you know, an older vehicle like that,

570
00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:38,600
Speaker 1: it still comes down to that. Listen, um. By my

571
00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:41,840
Speaker 1: own admission, my old four suburban changed the trains of

572
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:43,959
Speaker 1: trans Fluid once, might have even changed it twice, might

573
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,320
Speaker 1: even have done a few exchanges. For whatever reason, that

574
00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:48,720
Speaker 1: trans had a planetary and a converter failure at the

575
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:54,280
Speaker 1: mile mark. It happens. There's still mechanical, there's still it's

576
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:58,440
Speaker 1: still a machine that still breaks all right, Maintenance just

577
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,200
Speaker 1: puts the odds in your favor. You know. We tend

578
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 1: to stand on well is it in warranty or out

579
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:06,520
Speaker 1: of warranty? How old is it? You know? And and

580
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:10,400
Speaker 1: are we driving? Um? You know, everything costs money, I guess.

581
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:13,360
Speaker 1: Is my point that if I'm driving an older vehicle

582
00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:15,600
Speaker 1: and I don't have car payments anymore, I've got to

583
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:19,000
Speaker 1: expect to have some repairs and some maintenance requests, and

584
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,840
Speaker 1: I've got to start putting that money away as well. So, um,

585
00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:25,959
Speaker 1: just just things to think about. Five zero zero, I'm

586
00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:27,480
Speaker 1: running eating of the car doctor. I'll be back to

587
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:47,320
Speaker 1: wrap it up right after this. Don't go away, welcome back.

588
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:49,280
Speaker 1: We're needing the car doctor here to wind it down

589
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:54,120
Speaker 1: this hour. Let's uh, let's kind of let's get this going. UM.

590
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:55,760
Speaker 1: I want to I want to leave you with this thought.

591
00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:58,720
Speaker 1: And I had this thought yesterday, or I had this

592
00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,200
Speaker 1: thought this week on Friday. You know, I got up

593
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:03,120
Speaker 1: Friday this week in the Northeast and it was a

594
00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:06,160
Speaker 1: gorgeous day. And if you're if you've got a hot

595
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:08,560
Speaker 1: rod sitting in the garage, or a classic or something

596
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:11,320
Speaker 1: you haven't driven in a while, you know, what it's time.

597
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:14,160
Speaker 1: It's been a long winter. We we just went through

598
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,000
Speaker 1: we've just come out of COVID and quarantine, and I

599
00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:19,479
Speaker 1: gotta tell you something, there's still something that will clear

600
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:24,040
Speaker 1: your head about getting out on the open road in

601
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:27,200
Speaker 1: in a in an older car, or just something you've assembled,

602
00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:29,160
Speaker 1: or maybe you're that person that's got I don't know,

603
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:30,760
Speaker 1: maybe it's a ten year old car that you drive

604
00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:32,880
Speaker 1: every once in a while. Just go for a ride

605
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:36,959
Speaker 1: this weekend, you know, or this coming week and it's just,

606
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,000
Speaker 1: you know, something with a little rumble and a bark

607
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:43,320
Speaker 1: as a is a plus, but it was. It was fun.

608
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,960
Speaker 1: It felt kind of silly. I was sitting there and

609
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:48,880
Speaker 1: then I really kind of felt old because I'm driving

610
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 1: around in a black fifty five Chevy with with cutouts

611
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,640
Speaker 1: open down Main Street, and uh, everybody else is in

612
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,400
Speaker 1: their commuter vehicle, and I'm thinking, God, I remember when

613
00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:59,720
Speaker 1: the ratio was the other way around. Everybody was in

614
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 1: a hot rod and we were all driving, and that

615
00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:03,560
Speaker 1: one or two person with the commuter vehicle was the

616
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,680
Speaker 1: odd ball. I don't know, it's just um, but I

617
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:07,360
Speaker 1: gotta tell you it cleared my head. It made work

618
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:10,200
Speaker 1: more enjoyable on Friday, and uh, it was just a

619
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:11,920
Speaker 1: good time. So if you've got a if you're looking

620
00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:13,920
Speaker 1: for something to do and you want to get out,

621
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:16,360
Speaker 1: you want to, uh you know, go take a ride

622
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:18,480
Speaker 1: with the hot rod and uh go spend some money

623
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:21,440
Speaker 1: on gasoline. That seems to be to me. Yeah, give

624
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:24,440
Speaker 1: you a hint. Don't come up north of the border

625
00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:27,640
Speaker 1: in New Jersey. Why you didn't hear about the new

626
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:31,360
Speaker 1: law here in New York. Oh, the noise law. Yeah yeah,

627
00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:35,480
Speaker 1: well yeah, you'll get pulled over and ticketed. Mr Adan, No,

628
00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:37,800
Speaker 1: not me. I'll just hit the switch. I'll just hit

629
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:41,120
Speaker 1: the switch and close them the other way. Um, I

630
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:46,040
Speaker 1: have electric cutouts, tom so. Uh but yeah I heard that. Well,

631
00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:49,520
Speaker 1: I think what New York is going after is the

632
00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:53,360
Speaker 1: kids with those tuner cars. Those things are obnoxious, all right.

633
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:55,720
Speaker 1: I don't know, maybe I'm biased, but there's something uh

634
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:57,760
Speaker 1: with a little bit of rump to it, you know,

635
00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:59,800
Speaker 1: pulling up with open headers at the traffic light. I'll

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Speaker 1: tell you what, though, It is sure is fun. You

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Speaker 1: pull up next to something with open headers and a

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Speaker 1: black hot rod and you can see, you know, and

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Speaker 1: the wife's always elbowing the husband and you can see

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Speaker 1: she's telling him, how come we don't have something like that,

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Speaker 1: and where's your car? And yeah, you know, it's sorry,

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Speaker 1: I um, you know, I just it's it's it's what

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Speaker 1: I did. It's what I do. It was funny yesterday

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Speaker 1: customer came to pick up his car at the shop

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Speaker 1: and the wife came in and she was paying the

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Speaker 1: bill and the husband was standing at the fence and

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Speaker 1: I had black parked all the way down at the

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Speaker 1: far into the yard, and she was leaving and he

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Speaker 1: stuck his head in the door. Hey can I see

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Speaker 1: the bell air? Well, actually it's not a bell air,

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Speaker 1: it's a two tent. But that's okay. I figured he

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Speaker 1: got he got the idea, right, you know. So I

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Speaker 1: took him down and I popped the hood, and you know,

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Speaker 1: I opened the door and let him sitting in. And

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Speaker 1: you know, it's amazing how many stories seemed to come

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Speaker 1: back to people. I remember I had one of these

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Speaker 1: and I did this, and there was so and so,

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Speaker 1: and this guy thought he was the fastest. And I've

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Speaker 1: never seen anybody sit down in a prius and go, well,

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Speaker 1: I remember when my priests got the most miles per

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Speaker 1: gallon based on anybody in the car club that night

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Speaker 1: on Friday when we were all driving around downtown. Man,

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Speaker 1: nobody seems to say that it takes some bark and

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Speaker 1: bite because hot rods was what it was all about,

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Speaker 1: still is from me. Anyway, get yours out of the

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Speaker 1: garage this week and coming up seasons here. I'm on

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Speaker 1: any of the car Doctor, reminding you until the next time.

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Speaker 1: Good mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless. See you