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Speaker 1: six O six Toyota, Tacoma, and some transmission questions. Bob,

425
00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:10,520
Speaker 1: welcome to the car doctor. How can I help? Thanks

426
00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:15,080
Speaker 1: for taking the call. Rock oh six Toyota, Tacoma, three

427
00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:22,439
Speaker 1: hundred and eight, two thousand miles, just broken in. I

428
00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,800
Speaker 1: wish I would like to get a couple more years

429
00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:29,200
Speaker 1: out of it, but run, I haven't had the transmission

430
00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:34,399
Speaker 1: service in years, probably several hundred thousand miles and starting

431
00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:38,920
Speaker 1: to have a shutter with the transmission when it shifts

432
00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:45,879
Speaker 1: years at about forty to mechanics. Uh that I have

433
00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:50,760
Speaker 1: talked to, both of whom have given me pretty reliable service.

434
00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:55,600
Speaker 1: That said they would be reluctant to flesh at transmission

435
00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:59,000
Speaker 1: with all those miles, they'd be afraid that it would

436
00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:02,600
Speaker 1: lock up. And they both were independent of each other,

437
00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:08,560
Speaker 1: but said the same same thing. My call, My question

438
00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:12,280
Speaker 1: to you is is there nagative I might slide in

439
00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:15,080
Speaker 1: there or have him put in there that would give

440
00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:21,720
Speaker 1: me a little more knowledge. Can I tell you a story? Yes, sir,

441
00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:28,640
Speaker 1: so anyway, so you know I am so. My grandfather

442
00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:33,520
Speaker 1: lived to be into his late seventies, almost almost eighty,

443
00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,359
Speaker 1: and I remember the story. I don't remember much about

444
00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:38,240
Speaker 1: my dad because he was gone early, but I remember

445
00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:42,320
Speaker 1: the story later on that I heard from my uncle Steve.

446
00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,760
Speaker 1: You know Uncle Steve from Memorial Day Fame here on

447
00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:49,399
Speaker 1: the show where he said he remembers when his father,

448
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:52,760
Speaker 1: my grandfather looked at him at seventy five and said,

449
00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:56,399
Speaker 1: you know, I think I'm gonna give up smoking. And

450
00:23:56,520 --> 00:24:00,399
Speaker 1: Uncle Steve said, why, what's the point You're seventy five.

451
00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,000
Speaker 1: You know it's you know, his health was failing, his

452
00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:06,879
Speaker 1: eyesight was failing. He was having a hard time breathing. Um,

453
00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,640
Speaker 1: you know, the damage is done. You've got nothing to lose.

454
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,919
Speaker 1: Smoke it up, live it up, you know, do what

455
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,760
Speaker 1: you can while you can. You've got to. You've got

456
00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:18,280
Speaker 1: a fifteen year old vehicle there about with four dred

457
00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:20,560
Speaker 1: thousand miles on it that the trans is starting to

458
00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:26,399
Speaker 1: show signs of failure. Right, yes, right, you're smoking at

459
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,760
Speaker 1: seventy five, brother, and you're having a hard time breathing.

460
00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:32,440
Speaker 1: What's the difference? Do a fluid change, all right? If

461
00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:36,440
Speaker 1: the fluid change doesn't work, put a trans in it. Um.

462
00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,439
Speaker 1: You know, if the rest of the truck is in

463
00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:41,440
Speaker 1: good shape, and I'm assuming it is, because nothing gets

464
00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,960
Speaker 1: to four hundred thousand miles if you're not taking care

465
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,600
Speaker 1: of it, all right, it just doesn't happen, by sheer

466
00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,320
Speaker 1: dumb luck. Um, do a trans service. But what I

467
00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:51,920
Speaker 1: would do is I would do a fluid exchange. I'd

468
00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:56,199
Speaker 1: find the cooler lines up front, and I would as

469
00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,639
Speaker 1: I'm pouring fluid in it, because does this have a

470
00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,639
Speaker 1: dipstick or no? This is a II'DE case, phil, which

471
00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:05,480
Speaker 1: is it? No? No? Yeah, this is a side case, Phil,

472
00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:10,040
Speaker 1: So you'd have to set up where you're going to

473
00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:13,520
Speaker 1: fill the trans while allowing fluid to come out one

474
00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:16,080
Speaker 1: of the cooler lines, or you're gonna find a shop

475
00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,760
Speaker 1: that's got an exchange machine that will tie into the

476
00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:22,840
Speaker 1: cooler lines and do a complete fluid exchange. Let me

477
00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:24,959
Speaker 1: ask the question this way, Bob. If if a shop

478
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:30,439
Speaker 1: did that and it was three or four D and

479
00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:34,679
Speaker 1: it worked versus a transmission that's probably every bit of

480
00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:41,160
Speaker 1: five or six grand, wouldn't you be happy? Absolutely? All right?

481
00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:44,200
Speaker 1: And if if it, how would offend? How would to

482
00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,160
Speaker 1: fend some somebody that could do that? Right? You gotta

483
00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,360
Speaker 1: find a trans shop. Well wait a minute. Now, let's

484
00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,199
Speaker 1: say the trans flush doesn't work. Let's say the trans

485
00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,480
Speaker 1: exchange or flush or whatever magic word you want to

486
00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:58,960
Speaker 1: call it doesn't work, and you know now you've got

487
00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,040
Speaker 1: to put a trans in it. Are you gonna be

488
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:07,639
Speaker 1: completely surprised? Oh? Absolutely not. Are you gonna be disappointed? Not? Really?

489
00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:12,920
Speaker 1: You know, you realized that seventy five that that was

490
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:14,960
Speaker 1: the time to give up smoking. Unfortunately, you should have

491
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:19,960
Speaker 1: stopped smoking thirty years ago. Right, it's it's it's what's

492
00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:25,040
Speaker 1: the point. Um? So as long as look. You know,

493
00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:30,040
Speaker 1: sometimes as a shop owner, as a mechanic, I'm responsible

494
00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:32,119
Speaker 1: to take care of you. You walk into my shop,

495
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,959
Speaker 1: I'm responsible to look you straight in the eye and

496
00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,240
Speaker 1: tell you the hard, cold facts about or to repair.

497
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,520
Speaker 1: Here's how we're gonna do it, here's why we're gonna

498
00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:41,640
Speaker 1: do it, and you got to sign off on it.

499
00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:44,640
Speaker 1: As long as you're willing to sign off on it.

500
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:49,640
Speaker 1: You know what's the harm it's you know, it's four

501
00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,840
Speaker 1: it's four hundred thousand miles. You know, if if I

502
00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:56,760
Speaker 1: was afraid to service a trans that had a shutter

503
00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,600
Speaker 1: in it, I can tell you another real life story.

504
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:01,960
Speaker 1: My daughter who was in the military, and I'm always

505
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:06,560
Speaker 1: afraid of her um. She had a a sixteen Toyota

506
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,720
Speaker 1: four Runner at I think it was seventy two or

507
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,119
Speaker 1: eighty two thousand miles. The trans start at the shutter

508
00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:15,280
Speaker 1: because the trans fluid was worn out and it was

509
00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:19,399
Speaker 1: losing it's it's it's it's shift characteristic and editive package properties,

510
00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:25,000
Speaker 1: and it needed to be changed. Trust me, my daughter

511
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:26,719
Speaker 1: is the last person you want to tell your car

512
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,439
Speaker 1: needs a transit eighty miles. It'd be easier for me

513
00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,480
Speaker 1: to join the army and go overseas. All right, Um,

514
00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,200
Speaker 1: you know, I changed the fluid. The cars fixed next,

515
00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:41,800
Speaker 1: Um you know, and I expected that one to work yours.

516
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:45,800
Speaker 1: You're probably headed for a trans. But let's find out however,

517
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,600
Speaker 1: and I'll leave it here. You have the power find

518
00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,000
Speaker 1: out what a trans is gonna cost before you touch it?

519
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:56,480
Speaker 1: Can you even get a trans? Are parts available? Where

520
00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,360
Speaker 1: are you going to get the trans from? All right?

521
00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:01,879
Speaker 1: And you've got to start to look, you know. I

522
00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,000
Speaker 1: don't think that's something a local shop can do. I

523
00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:06,360
Speaker 1: think that's got to be a trans rebuilder. And you've

524
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:09,080
Speaker 1: got to start to read reviews or you're gonna take

525
00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:11,320
Speaker 1: it to the Toyota dealer and say, how much is

526
00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:14,320
Speaker 1: a transit replacement transfer my Tacoma. I'd like to do

527
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:16,160
Speaker 1: a flush. If that doesn't work, I want to put

528
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,359
Speaker 1: a trans in it. What would it cost? And I

529
00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,320
Speaker 1: think that's the best approach. And ask about warranty. What

530
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,560
Speaker 1: sort of warranty would you get? I would expect a

531
00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,480
Speaker 1: two or three year warranty at least fifty up to

532
00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:29,880
Speaker 1: a hundred thousand miles. And then you've got another You've

533
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,800
Speaker 1: got a vehicle for another couple of years. Right, yes, sir,

534
00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:38,840
Speaker 1: so I'll go in direction. You helped me out, Ryan.

535
00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:41,040
Speaker 1: I'm glad I did, Bob, thank you. I appreciate you.

536
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,600
Speaker 1: I appreciate you listening to an old man ramble so

537
00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:47,440
Speaker 1: you'd be well, my friend. All right, I'm glad you

538
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:52,640
Speaker 1: were taking off Facebook. That means you're politically correct. Well listen,

539
00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:55,400
Speaker 1: I'm just you know, I still don't understand what we did.

540
00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,400
Speaker 1: All we did was I don't know, you know, I listen.

541
00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:59,000
Speaker 1: I've got a couple of theories in my head. Maybe

542
00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:01,200
Speaker 1: I should have told the story about the GMC on

543
00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:05,600
Speaker 1: on Cruise Control flying off the bridge, but maybe that's whatever. So,

544
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,560
Speaker 1: you know what, we don't accommodate stupid here. We just

545
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,120
Speaker 1: try to fix it. I gotta go, Bob. You'll be well.

546
00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 1: Zero zero running any of the Car Doctor coming back

547
00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:30,239
Speaker 1: probably right after this. Welcome back Running of the Car

548
00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:34,600
Speaker 1: Doctor at five zero zero or toll free phone number

549
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:37,040
Speaker 1: you can call and give us a leave a message,

550
00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,040
Speaker 1: and uh, Tom, will I get you up on Q

551
00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:41,560
Speaker 1: for the next live broadcast. UM, A couple of things.

552
00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,400
Speaker 1: I see that the battle up in Massachusetts is still ongoing,

553
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:47,440
Speaker 1: and it's actually heating up with the super ruiners. UM

554
00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 1: Subaru is not allowing because of the Massachusetts Right to repair.

555
00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:55,800
Speaker 1: UM again continued articles talking about that it's creating issues

556
00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:58,200
Speaker 1: for them where they're not leaving the cars, are allowing

557
00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,640
Speaker 1: the cars to have telematics the ability to communicate wirelessly

558
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:03,840
Speaker 1: over the year, so that seems to be ongoing. We

559
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:06,800
Speaker 1: should point that out. You know, technology is uh UM

560
00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:09,240
Speaker 1: an ever changing thing, and I don't necessarily agree with that.

561
00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:12,240
Speaker 1: I don't see what the problem is. UM. Give people choice.

562
00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:14,800
Speaker 1: If you give people choice, the cream always rises to

563
00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:17,960
Speaker 1: the top. When you have to hide behind a law

564
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,120
Speaker 1: to make things right. You know, to me, that's like saying, well,

565
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:22,880
Speaker 1: you're two miles over the warranty that doesn't apply. UM.

566
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:24,680
Speaker 1: Common sense has to come back to this point in

567
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:28,880
Speaker 1: the day, and Marjorie writes in. Marjorie writes in from Louisiana, Hey, Iran,

568
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,040
Speaker 1: you were talking before about Father's Day and then Mother's Day.

569
00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:33,920
Speaker 1: That's right, I should point that out. We are We've

570
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:35,440
Speaker 1: got a couple of books we want to give away

571
00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:38,480
Speaker 1: for the you know, Mother's Day, Father's Day, whatever. Before

572
00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:40,800
Speaker 1: summer UM sixty four and a half months Day on

573
00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,880
Speaker 1: Up written by UM Mark Muller we're gonna be giving

574
00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:45,400
Speaker 1: away a couple of copies of those in the next

575
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:47,760
Speaker 1: couple of months. Um. And Marjorie goes on to say,

576
00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 1: but you know, I want to get my dad something else.

577
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:51,920
Speaker 1: I'm looking for a jump start pack, and I'm wondering

578
00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,120
Speaker 1: if you can make any recommendations. I've heard you talk

579
00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,239
Speaker 1: about different products from time to time. Can you tell

580
00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:59,160
Speaker 1: me what's out there and what's fresh? Marjorie Louisiana. UM,

581
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:03,000
Speaker 1: I assume that's Marjorie and Louisiana, not Marjorie. Well, whatever

582
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:05,520
Speaker 1: you get it, UM, go to Rugged Geek. I just

583
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:08,239
Speaker 1: found these guys this week, Rugged geek dot com just

584
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:11,000
Speaker 1: like it says, are rugged g E E K Rugged

585
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:14,080
Speaker 1: geek dot com. Holy cow they I was reading their

586
00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:16,400
Speaker 1: website and we're waiting for some product to show up

587
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:18,120
Speaker 1: to take a look at it. But some of the

588
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,560
Speaker 1: stuff they've got they don't have just jump start packs.

589
00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:23,920
Speaker 1: They actually have power stations, so they've taken it to

590
00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:26,640
Speaker 1: a whole new level. They've got some really great technology

591
00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:28,360
Speaker 1: built in from what I'm reading, and I've heard good

592
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:30,880
Speaker 1: things about it from other people in terms of what

593
00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:34,240
Speaker 1: they're capable of, and you know, long lasting and very

594
00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:36,840
Speaker 1: well thought out in our American made company. Like, wow,

595
00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,200
Speaker 1: when do you see that? Okay, a couple of college

596
00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:42,680
Speaker 1: kids got together and created this and they're ongoing. So

597
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:46,840
Speaker 1: Rugged Geek got Rugged geek dot com. Sorry, and see

598
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,520
Speaker 1: what that's all about. But like I said, it's power supplies,

599
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,320
Speaker 1: it's jump packs, and a whole bunch of other technology

600
00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 1: all rolled into one. So Marjorie, I hope that would

601
00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:57,360
Speaker 1: uh help help do it for you and keep that

602
00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:01,680
Speaker 1: on the road nice and safe. Hey five, I fiz zero,

603
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:03,600
Speaker 1: I'm running any of the Car Doctor coming back right

604
00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:26,040
Speaker 1: after this. Don't go away. Yes, I am running any

605
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:28,800
Speaker 1: of the Car Doctor at your service. You know. Maybe

606
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:30,680
Speaker 1: this is where we want to close out the show today,

607
00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:33,080
Speaker 1: and um, I'll turn your world upside down even more.

608
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,080
Speaker 1: Not that the Facebook thing wasn't annoying enough, But don't worry,

609
00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:38,640
Speaker 1: folks will get through it, right. We've a good mechanic

610
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,320
Speaker 1: always rises to the challenge, and a good radio engineer

611
00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:43,760
Speaker 1: always figures out a better way to make it work.

612
00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:45,240
Speaker 1: I always said, Tom will get me on the air

613
00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:46,920
Speaker 1: in the middle of the desert with a juice canon

614
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,200
Speaker 1: a piece of string, and he's done it. And he'll

615
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:51,600
Speaker 1: do it again. So UM, we'll be back up with

616
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:55,440
Speaker 1: some sort of stream next week. UM. Just a story

617
00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:58,080
Speaker 1: today about a Volkswagen right and a positive one. Like

618
00:32:58,160 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 1: I said, I'm gonna turn your world upside down with

619
00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:03,239
Speaker 1: the closing segment. We had Volkswagen g T I roll

620
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:07,080
Speaker 1: into the shop this week with a minor, very small

621
00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:10,120
Speaker 1: pimple on the flies behind the type of a vibrational

622
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:14,120
Speaker 1: noise out of the right front. There's not much over there.

623
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,080
Speaker 1: All it could really be was a wheel bearing, but

624
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:18,360
Speaker 1: we couldn't prove it. It was really pretty quiet on

625
00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:20,760
Speaker 1: the lift until we wounded up to about fifty six

626
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,040
Speaker 1: somebody in the vehicle driving it, and I was listening

627
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,440
Speaker 1: underneath with a stethoscope, and I could pick it out

628
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,440
Speaker 1: ever so slightly. The way I proved it was I

629
00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 1: held the front wheel and they drove it again, and

630
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:34,760
Speaker 1: while I didn't hold it, I locked it in place

631
00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,200
Speaker 1: and it drove the left front wheel, so the right

632
00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:39,320
Speaker 1: front stop spinning and the noise was gone. So I

633
00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:43,280
Speaker 1: knew where my problem was. The pleasurable part was doing

634
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:46,480
Speaker 1: the wheel bearing. Here's an eight eight thousand miles seven

635
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:48,920
Speaker 1: year old car I've been in North Jersey. Its whole life,

636
00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:52,800
Speaker 1: and everything just fell apart right took the twenty four

637
00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:57,080
Speaker 1: millimeter actual bolt out, got the three bolts holding the

638
00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,360
Speaker 1: wheel bearing hub assembly, and didn't have to fight to

639
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,840
Speaker 1: get it out. Nothing rusted, It just came apart. Nicest

640
00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:06,800
Speaker 1: pie went together, nicest pie least amount of aggravation. It

641
00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:08,680
Speaker 1: really was a pleasure to work on. It really was.

642
00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:12,920
Speaker 1: I will say this Volkswagen doesn't seem to rust like

643
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:15,800
Speaker 1: so many other cars out there. Um, so that's something

644
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,160
Speaker 1: they've got going in their favor. Who knows, maybe even

645
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:21,239
Speaker 1: Volkswagon could get it right. Come on, now, you know what,

646
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,160
Speaker 1: In all honesty, the Volkswagen was. It was a very good,

647
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:27,280
Speaker 1: very well engineered vehicle. I was impressed for the mileage

648
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,440
Speaker 1: in the age and the lack of rust on this car.

649
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:31,839
Speaker 1: And I've noticed this of late that Volkswagen has gotten

650
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:34,839
Speaker 1: a lot better in their engineering. I still think they've

651
00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:36,680
Speaker 1: got some parts issues, and I still think they've got

652
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:39,800
Speaker 1: some service information issues that make a little more difficult

653
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 1: to work on. But they're not the biggest automobile manufacturer

654
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,640
Speaker 1: or seller in the world for no reasons. Something to consider.

655
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,520
Speaker 1: Maybe they're worth looking at. After all, I'm not an

656
00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:51,520
Speaker 1: ady in the car doctor, thanking you for staying here

657
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,640
Speaker 1: today and until the next time. Good mechanics aren't expensive,

658
00:34:54,800 --> 00:35:10,120
Speaker 1: they're priceless. Let's see it. She was st