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Speaker 1: You're own with the cardock. You're not going to help.

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Speaker 2: Yes, good afternoon, Ron. You have a terrific show, and

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Speaker 2: I wanted to just take a moment to commend Harry

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Speaker 2: for his outstanding help and support for the show, and

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Speaker 2: also for arranging my call with you today.

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Speaker 1: He wanted he slipped your five bucks, didn't He never?

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Speaker 2: But he's terrific and you are too.

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Speaker 1: Thank you.

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Speaker 2: My wife and I have had a number of Volvos

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Speaker 2: over the years and currently have a nineteen ninety one

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Speaker 2: and ninety three Volvos, and we just wanted to see

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Speaker 2: if you might have any thoughts or special suggestions on

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Speaker 2: finding an accomplished Volvo mechanic.

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Speaker 1: What model, what model early nineties do you have, Larry.

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Speaker 2: Great, We've got a nineteen ninety one seven forty and

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Speaker 2: a nineteen ninety three two forty, relatively low miles on

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Speaker 2: each of them, and in the Tampa Bay, Florida area

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Speaker 2: that includes Tampa Saint Petersburg in kind of a fifty

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Speaker 2: mile radius, the dealerships have proved to be extraordinarily expensive

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Speaker 2: and really with not terrifically good or reliable service to

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Speaker 2: local independent mechanics that we'd work with have each retired,

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Speaker 2: and we just wanted to see if you might have

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Speaker 2: any suggestions on how to find maybe a moonlighting certified

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Speaker 2: Volvo mechanic or a really well trained Volvo mechanic.

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Speaker 1: Great questions, and you're correct, because cars of that caliber

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Speaker 1: you need somebody from Sweden almost is how I look

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Speaker 1: at it. My love affair for Volvos began when we

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Speaker 1: started purchasing them and running them through the family, and

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Speaker 1: the more we drove, the more I learned, and the

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Speaker 1: more I decided what a great car they were. Somewhere

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Speaker 1: around nineteen ninety five, I think Volvo sort of fell

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Speaker 1: off the wagon and they fell into a state of

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Speaker 1: disarray that I think continues even more so today. But

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Speaker 1: that's a different conversation. I think if I was looking

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Speaker 1: for a Volvo mechanic, I'd do it a couple of

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Speaker 1: different ways. There's a website that as an automotive professional,

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Speaker 1: I belonged to and I'm allowed access into the site.

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Speaker 1: But I believe there is a consumer side as well,

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Speaker 1: a TN dot net, and I believe you can get

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Speaker 1: out to I atn dot net. There is a consumer

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Speaker 1: site where you can search in your area of the

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Speaker 1: of the country for a repair shop specifically looking for

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Speaker 1: your make model, that type of.

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Speaker 2: Thing, and that would be like India Alpha Tango, Nancy.

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Speaker 1: Correct, I eate International Automotive Technicians Network, and the idea

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Speaker 1: being that and listen. Just because they're there doesn't make

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Speaker 1: them gospel or good guys. It just means that they've

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Speaker 1: signed up. But it gives you the opportunity to read

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Speaker 1: what people are saying about them or what they say

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Speaker 1: about themselves, and then you know, google it and search

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Speaker 1: it in your neighborhood. At least it's the direction. The

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Speaker 1: second way I would approach this is to take a

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Speaker 1: look at the alleged shops that can work on Volvos.

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Speaker 1: What's in their parking lot? If the guy's got Ford,

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Speaker 1: Chevy and Chrysler's in there, I don't think the guy

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Speaker 1: speaks Volvo. I don't think he's I don't think he

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Speaker 1: speaks Swedish. I just don't because those two particular model Volvos,

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Speaker 1: the seven forties and the two forties, are very particular

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Speaker 1: and very very unique to you know, they're just different animals,

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Speaker 1: they really are.

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Speaker 2: So.

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Speaker 1: But anyway, I tell you what, Larry, hang on one second,

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Speaker 1: I've got to pull over and take a quick pause

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Speaker 1: and then we'll come back. I'm running Indie in the

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Speaker 1: card doctor. We're back right after this. Hey, it's me

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Speaker 1: running any in the car doctor at a five five

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Speaker 1: five six on nine nine zero zero. We're talking to

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Speaker 1: Larry and Tampa, Florida. Larry, you're still there.

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Speaker 2: Sir, absolutely on just one quick following up by your suggestions, Yes, excellent.

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Speaker 2: Is there any hinder suggestion you've ever heard anyone mentioned

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Speaker 2: on how to find a moonlighting Volvo mechanic someone that

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Speaker 2: does work on the side.

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Speaker 1: One of the ways you may be able to find it.

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Speaker 1: And it's a little difficult in this case because Volvo's

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Speaker 1: in my eyes, if you're doing a Volvo properly, you're

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Speaker 1: using an original equipment like kind, part and material. Now,

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Speaker 1: you know, once in a while, I'll say that you'll

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Speaker 1: find that kind of person hanging around at the local

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Speaker 1: autoparts store. So go in and talk to your autoparts stores. Say, listen,

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Speaker 1: I've got a Volvo. I'm looking for somebody that speaks Volvo.

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Speaker 1: And I would say it just like that, who do

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Speaker 1: you recommend? Auto parts stores are kind of like this,

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Speaker 1: you know, the secret center in every town. They know

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Speaker 1: who the good shops are, they know who the bad

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Speaker 1: shops are. They know who the shops are that really

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Speaker 1: that are buying parts and then sending them back with

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Speaker 1: greasy fingerprints on them saying, yeah, we never tried it,

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Speaker 1: it's no good, we didn't need it, or some other

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Speaker 1: kakamami excuse. But it's really it's really a bad part.

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Speaker 1: Auto parts stores know really what's going on, so I

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Speaker 1: would tell you to start there and see what that

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Speaker 1: does for you. All right, sir, on.

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Speaker 2: The suggestions are terrific. Keep up the phenomenal show, and

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Speaker 2: thanks so much.

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Speaker 1: You're very welcome, Larry, thanks for calling in. And I

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Speaker 1: want to point out there's more card doctor and after

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Speaker 1: the news at the top of the hour, and most

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Speaker 1: of these affiliates till the next time. The mechanics aren't expensive,

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Speaker 1: they're priceless.

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Speaker 2: See you