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Speaker 1: it's that time of year again. Well this is you know,

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Speaker 1: The Car Doctor. There's that emotional attachment to cars. Everybody remembers.

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Speaker 1: It's the first date, the first car, the first you

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Speaker 1: sailing the Queen Mary across the Atlantic. Welcome to the

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Speaker 1: radio home of Ron Andanian The Car Doctor. This is

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Speaker 1: where car owners the world overturned to for their definitive

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Speaker 1: opinion on automotive repair. If you're mechanics giving you a

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Speaker 1: Do orders are open, but I am here to take

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Speaker 1: your calls at eight five five five six, and now

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Speaker 1: the only prespicion he running. Hey, start your engines. Hello

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Speaker 1: and welcome Ron and any in the Car Doctor. Here

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Speaker 1: this Memorial Day weekend edition of The Car Doctor. We're

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Speaker 1: live always at eight five five five zero nine zero

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Speaker 1: about your automobile, whatever they might be. Um, we followed

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Speaker 1: the prescription here that there is no car problem unrepaarable.

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Speaker 1: Everything will be sorted out. Every car can be restored

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about it. And uh, saw whatever you've got

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Speaker 1: the staff is here. Happy Memorial Day weekend too. I

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Speaker 1: I think about Uncle Steve. Right, Uncle Steve has gone now,

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Speaker 1: it's not about the barbecue. It's not about the trip

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Speaker 1: about the weekend getaway. Um. Uncle Steve always said, and

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Speaker 1: I believe he's right to this day, that Memorial Day

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Speaker 1: And I didn't want to be cliche this year. I

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Speaker 1: many other invasions like it. And you know, it's it's

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Speaker 1: June six anniversary is coming up, by the way, and um,

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Speaker 1: If I may UM two thousand six. Ford Focus came

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Speaker 1: a higher than normal idle speed. What makes a car

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Speaker 1: It says doing things correctly on a regular basis insures

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Speaker 1: I went looking. Sure enough, there's the bulletin which I

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Speaker 1: the road. What if you simply do this, flip it around?

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Speaker 1: And that's your takeaway as we kick off this hour

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Speaker 1: the Car Doctor. If you can't fix a car and

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Speaker 1: go to John and Mississippi ninety Chevy Cavalier. John, Welcome

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Speaker 1: to the Car Doctor, sir. How can I help? All right,

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Speaker 1: thank you, I'm going to little tiny split in my

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Speaker 1: Hey Doug, how are you? How can I help, I'm

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Speaker 1: good sir. Hey. Uh. The vehicle, the F one fifty

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Speaker 1: Any any any red break morning lights staying on anything

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Speaker 1: like that? No, I've got a check engine light that

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Speaker 1: any any codes as he pulled any codes out of it.

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Speaker 1: next time it happens, Doug, I want your mechanic to

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Speaker 1: It is not uncommon for these trucks to actually have

428
00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:52,280
Speaker 1: bad clusters. They fail internally because it's a big, giant

429
00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:55,840
Speaker 1: circuit board, and the best diagnosis in a lot of

430
00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:59,320
Speaker 1: cases is UM. You want to go through power and

431
00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:03,000
Speaker 1: ground at the connector at the back of the cluster

432
00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:07,240
Speaker 1: and UM anywhere the ground wires lead off of to

433
00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:11,399
Speaker 1: their contact point on the vehicle likely not a ground

434
00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,080
Speaker 1: issue because the acne the heat still work. That's why

435
00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:17,520
Speaker 1: I asked that question. All right, but you still want

436
00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:19,560
Speaker 1: to go through the process because this is a case

437
00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,320
Speaker 1: of if he can catch it in the act, it's

438
00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:26,680
Speaker 1: powers and grounds good. Yes, Okay, communication fault. Yes, likely

439
00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:30,159
Speaker 1: going to be a replacement cluster. Be aware that if

440
00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:34,400
Speaker 1: it's if it's a replace the cluster, the cluster will

441
00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:38,960
Speaker 1: will require will require programming. He's got to use um,

442
00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:42,119
Speaker 1: you know, an approved scan tool or a ford I DS.

443
00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,280
Speaker 1: You know it's it's it's programming stuff. It's not something

444
00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,719
Speaker 1: you can do just by plug and play. All right.

445
00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,840
Speaker 1: The the only other thing you can look at. And

446
00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,840
Speaker 1: just as a tip, it just occurred to me, there

447
00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,879
Speaker 1: is something else. Have him take a look at fuse

448
00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:01,080
Speaker 1: twenty one, alright, Fuse twenty one, and once in a

449
00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:04,040
Speaker 1: blue moon, it's it's fuse one in the underhood fuse boxes,

450
00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:06,200
Speaker 1: all right. And if he looks, if he looks on

451
00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:09,080
Speaker 1: the wiring for the instrument cluster, he'll see what twenty

452
00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:10,879
Speaker 1: one in one power. I believe they applay power on

453
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,320
Speaker 1: different legs of the cluster. Make just make sure that

454
00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:18,320
Speaker 1: the fuses, the blades of the fuses their push style terminals.

455
00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:21,919
Speaker 1: Make sure they're not the contacts aren't burned. Twenty one

456
00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,520
Speaker 1: is a common problem also on these, but believe it

457
00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:26,520
Speaker 1: or not, I've also seen if it's the fuse I'm

458
00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:28,840
Speaker 1: thinking of twenty one also on some of these trucks

459
00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:33,000
Speaker 1: causes a no start condition because it also has reference

460
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:36,879
Speaker 1: or um involvement in the fuel pump circuit. All right,

461
00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,200
Speaker 1: but you know it's it's weird. You'll pull the fuse

462
00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:42,359
Speaker 1: out and I've learned to look at the fuse blades.

463
00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:46,600
Speaker 1: If the fuse blades are black or charred looking, gee,

464
00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:50,800
Speaker 1: that's not right. You go, you know, like what what

465
00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:53,480
Speaker 1: caused that? And then you find out that the circuits

466
00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:56,400
Speaker 1: overloaded and it's creating such a high current draw it's

467
00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:59,080
Speaker 1: starting to burn the end of the fuse and subsequently

468
00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:03,400
Speaker 1: the fuse box. You know, just just you know, bad

469
00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:05,840
Speaker 1: connections at the fuse box. We're seeing Ford's get a

470
00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,879
Speaker 1: lot of havoc and a lot of issues, right, and

471
00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,359
Speaker 1: it it does now that the check in and the

472
00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,719
Speaker 1: light comes on. Until that gets cleared, the transmission seems

473
00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:17,720
Speaker 1: to shift alert of firmer when you come into town.

474
00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,480
Speaker 1: When you go from highway speeds down to thirty five,

475
00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:23,000
Speaker 1: it seems to downshift kind of hard every now, right,

476
00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:27,879
Speaker 1: because it's in default. Car companies, you know, car companies

477
00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:31,639
Speaker 1: will do everything they can to get you home because

478
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:33,639
Speaker 1: they'd rather have you get home and say gee, the

479
00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:36,440
Speaker 1: trans shifted a little cock eyed. Then you know what,

480
00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:39,120
Speaker 1: My Ford left me on the side of the road. Uh.

481
00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:42,040
Speaker 1: You know that they don't take that. They don't take

482
00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:45,119
Speaker 1: too common to that. I've got three of them, so

483
00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:47,280
Speaker 1: I'm a four guys. Yeah, listen, I'll tell you what.

484
00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,080
Speaker 1: We've got one to three. We've got three Fords in

485
00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:52,680
Speaker 1: the family. I love every one of them. They're great. Uh.

486
00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:55,400
Speaker 1: You know, there's there's there's a lot of product there,

487
00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:57,199
Speaker 1: there really is. I was kind of shocked when they

488
00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:00,159
Speaker 1: talked this week about Ford having uh um was a

489
00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,760
Speaker 1: financial issues and laying off employees. I couldn't figure that out.

490
00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,520
Speaker 1: I said, how could they make such a great vehicle? Um,

491
00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:09,000
Speaker 1: it didn't make any sense to me. But you know whatever,

492
00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:12,160
Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not the power to be um. But yeah,

493
00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,000
Speaker 1: by all means, do that. Talk to your mechanic. If

494
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:15,280
Speaker 1: that doesn't work for you, call me back. We can

495
00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:17,880
Speaker 1: talk some more. Thank you, sir. He's a great guy.

496
00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,240
Speaker 1: He listens to you to Oh my my, what's his name?

497
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,840
Speaker 1: Uh Max? Max? Shout out to Max is taking care

498
00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,120
Speaker 1: of Doug Max. I'm sure Max runs a great repair

499
00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:29,320
Speaker 1: shop and he's you know, I always say this and

500
00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:33,320
Speaker 1: people don't. People have a hard time understanding it. I think, um,

501
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,399
Speaker 1: how many times somebody comes into the shop and their

502
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:37,520
Speaker 1: attitude is I'm looking for an honest mechanic. I can't

503
00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:39,639
Speaker 1: find one yet. I've been through three dozen and I

504
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,800
Speaker 1: always think to myself as at the person, because there's

505
00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:45,200
Speaker 1: a lot of people in this industry like myself, like Max,

506
00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,280
Speaker 1: like so many other guys I can mention I've met

507
00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,359
Speaker 1: over the years that try real hard every day just

508
00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:54,200
Speaker 1: to fix a car. And you know what, they their

509
00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,440
Speaker 1: their their heroes in my eyes, like some of the

510
00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,679
Speaker 1: other heroes in our lives, and uh um, they all

511
00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:00,960
Speaker 1: deserve a tip of the wrench. Thanks Doug. I appreciate

512
00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,160
Speaker 1: the call. Welcome sure, thank you for taking my call.

513
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,120
Speaker 1: You're very welcome. I'm run any in the Car Doctor

514
00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:19,080
Speaker 1: will be back right after this. Welcome back, run An

515
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517
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:26,520
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518
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,280
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00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,280
Speaker 1: answer every question or at least get the information up

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521
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522
00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:37,040
Speaker 1: Ron at Car Doctor show dot com. Let's get over

523
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,720
Speaker 1: Sally in Maine, Chevy Suburban and some questions. Sally, welcome

524
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,680
Speaker 1: to the Car Doctor. How can I help? Hi? Thinks

525
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,320
Speaker 1: I have a twelve suburban with about a hundred and

526
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:49,760
Speaker 1: twelve thousand miles on it. At a hundred and four

527
00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:54,520
Speaker 1: the engine went and I replaced that the GM dealer

528
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:58,080
Speaker 1: worked with GM. Have only had it service at my dealer.

529
00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:00,879
Speaker 1: At about undred and tenth hous of miles there was

530
00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:04,200
Speaker 1: up um e break system that needed to be replaced.

531
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,840
Speaker 1: And now living in Maine and can't garage it because

532
00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:09,680
Speaker 1: it's too big, it's starting to rust out, and I'm

533
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:13,359
Speaker 1: just wondering how long I should go with the Chevy

534
00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:16,920
Speaker 1: Suburban and the longevity of it, because I don't know

535
00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:18,920
Speaker 1: many people can afford a new one. And I really

536
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,520
Speaker 1: love that viacom Well yeah, and you know it's listen,

537
00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:24,159
Speaker 1: I'm sort of in the same but different boat. My

538
00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:28,320
Speaker 1: two thousand four suburban has sixty six thousand miles on

539
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,119
Speaker 1: it because I get out a whole lot and you know,

540
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,000
Speaker 1: it's it's it's it's sort of garage kept. I keep

541
00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:35,479
Speaker 1: it at the shop because the garage of the house

542
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:37,080
Speaker 1: isn't quite big enough and I've got the hot rod

543
00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:39,280
Speaker 1: in it anyway. Uh so, you know, like I have

544
00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,040
Speaker 1: a problem. I keep trying to convince my wife, you know,

545
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,560
Speaker 1: like do we really need all these rooms downstairs in

546
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:45,640
Speaker 1: the house. She's not buying it, Sally, What do you

547
00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:47,080
Speaker 1: think is wrong with her? She will let me like,

548
00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:48,400
Speaker 1: I want to get her to the family room in

549
00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:49,720
Speaker 1: the living room and said, you know, we could just

550
00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,400
Speaker 1: extend the garage this way and make like a six

551
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,880
Speaker 1: card deep garage. You know. She said, well, I said,

552
00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:58,320
Speaker 1: you don't need a kitchen. We eat out anyway. Who cares?

553
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:00,440
Speaker 1: I don't know. She has no sense of and put

554
00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:01,920
Speaker 1: it with me for thirty seven years. Was gonna be

555
00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:05,280
Speaker 1: something tour um, So yeah, I get it. So the

556
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,800
Speaker 1: question is to go and buy a suburban, a new suburban.

557
00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:09,760
Speaker 1: And I priced them last year because I was thinking

558
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,680
Speaker 1: about it. And then she then she caught onto what

559
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:15,239
Speaker 1: I was doing. Um, a new suburban you know at

560
00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:17,600
Speaker 1: seventy four thousand dollars. By the time you want to

561
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:19,080
Speaker 1: get into the game, and you say that around your

562
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,520
Speaker 1: tongue three times fast and you go to wiz. You know,

563
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,640
Speaker 1: we could probably feed a small army in Bolivia for

564
00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:25,560
Speaker 1: that kind of money for at least six weeks. So

565
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:30,200
Speaker 1: it's not a great idea. Um. So the question for

566
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:35,960
Speaker 1: you is how rusty is it? You know? Yeah, it's

567
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,480
Speaker 1: only bubbling up, you know, I'm starting to see it,

568
00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:41,640
Speaker 1: and then on the front door towards the front and

569
00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:44,880
Speaker 1: maybe the water doesn't drain. It actually has like a

570
00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:49,560
Speaker 1: quarter size west spot uniformly on both the passenger side

571
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:54,320
Speaker 1: and the driver's side where it's showing absolute rush through

572
00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:56,280
Speaker 1: all the paint and the clear coat and of you

573
00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,239
Speaker 1: and around the wheel. Well, it's all it's bubbling up.

574
00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:04,880
Speaker 1: So that's where we're at. Yeah, yeah, I I you

575
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,320
Speaker 1: know I would probably first the first place you've got

576
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:08,880
Speaker 1: to go. You've gotta get a body shop guy to

577
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,800
Speaker 1: look at it, all right, body shop guys, you know,

578
00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:14,040
Speaker 1: some of them don't want to do rust some of

579
00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:16,160
Speaker 1: them are afraid of it, some of them don't feel

580
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:17,800
Speaker 1: like they can make money at it. And be honest

581
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,040
Speaker 1: with the guy, Listen, I'm asking you to not just

582
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:23,240
Speaker 1: fix what you see now. I'm ask I'm asking you

583
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:27,120
Speaker 1: to fix what's coming a year from now. So maybe

584
00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:30,160
Speaker 1: it's take the door panels off, figure out the drains,

585
00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,680
Speaker 1: make sure the drains are open, paint the inside of

586
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:37,200
Speaker 1: the doors. Right, let's throw a code a bit, let's

587
00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:39,960
Speaker 1: throw a code of Benjamin Moore low luster alkali rush

588
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,680
Speaker 1: preventative painting. There. When I bought my new plow truck

589
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:45,240
Speaker 1: last September, I've said this before, I didn't drive the

590
00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:48,240
Speaker 1: truck for two weeks. I took the whole thing apart underneath.

591
00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:50,080
Speaker 1: I I sat there with the spray gun at night,

592
00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:53,240
Speaker 1: and I painted the whole bottom of the chassis, you know,

593
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:56,440
Speaker 1: because that that matters. So maybe get up the paint

594
00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:58,840
Speaker 1: inside the doors as well as fix the stuff outside.

595
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:00,840
Speaker 1: But then you've also got to look at the break

596
00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:03,840
Speaker 1: and the fuel lines. Kind of comment on GMS to

597
00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:06,120
Speaker 1: rust and be an issue too over a period of time,

598
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,719
Speaker 1: especially living in a high salt rush state like Maine. Right,

599
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:11,200
Speaker 1: You guys put a lot of chemical down on the

600
00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:13,880
Speaker 1: road in the winter, so that becomes an issue as well.

601
00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:19,440
Speaker 1: And you know, for conversation's sake, what's cheaper, right to

602
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:22,440
Speaker 1: spend three to five thousand dollars on rust repair and

603
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:28,040
Speaker 1: preventative or seventy two dollars on another one? Yeah, and

604
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:33,000
Speaker 1: and even right, well, you've got a new engine, right

605
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:36,600
Speaker 1: if if, if Heaven forbid, the trans fail, the trans

606
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:38,400
Speaker 1: is I don't know what trans is still four or

607
00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:42,520
Speaker 1: five grand? Okay, that's now you're up to fifteen thousand

608
00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:44,680
Speaker 1: dollars or well you're up to ten plus whatever the

609
00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:48,640
Speaker 1: engine costs. So let's say fifteen, All right, fifteen here

610
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:54,520
Speaker 1: do this go fifteen thousand, thousands, seventy. You know, no

611
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,800
Speaker 1: matter how many times you say it, it's it's it's like, wow,

612
00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,920
Speaker 1: what a difference. Um, you know, and where do I

613
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:01,680
Speaker 1: think you could go? You'll probably get another five six

614
00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 1: years out of the truck. Yeah, and then and then

615
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:08,600
Speaker 1: how long do you want to keep it? To me,

616
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 1: I'd like to keep it. Probably another at least five years,

617
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:17,160
Speaker 1: so kids out of college and there you go. All right,

618
00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:20,240
Speaker 1: and that's exactly, and that's exactly. So you gotta find

619
00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:22,200
Speaker 1: the right guy's got to give it a little TLC

620
00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:25,640
Speaker 1: and a little rust prevention, and then you know, just

621
00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,959
Speaker 1: budget some money away for the repairs that might crop up.

622
00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:31,080
Speaker 1: Put away a hundred and fifty a month. I'm sure

623
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,320
Speaker 1: this is paid for. Put away a hundred and fifty

624
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,200
Speaker 1: a month towards a repair budget and I bet you

625
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:37,960
Speaker 1: five years from now you still got a great running,

626
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:42,560
Speaker 1: great looking truck. Thanks Sally, I appreciate the call. Zero

627
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:51,640
Speaker 1: the Car Doctor is coming back right after this. Welcome back.

628
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:53,280
Speaker 1: We're needing of the car Doctor. Thanks for being with

629
00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:55,200
Speaker 1: us this hour. You know, I just want to talk

630
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:57,840
Speaker 1: a little bit about Memorial Day from a car perspective,

631
00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:01,560
Speaker 1: in that they expect and they're right. The traffic in

632
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:03,840
Speaker 1: North Jersey yesterday, I'm sure other parts of the country

633
00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:06,840
Speaker 1: was just unbelievable. You could you could probably walk on

634
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,480
Speaker 1: the hoods of cars to get across the Hudson River yesterday,

635
00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:11,200
Speaker 1: and from what I understand coming out of the tunnel

636
00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:14,440
Speaker 1: in the bridge, it was just crazy traffic. We've got

637
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:16,280
Speaker 1: to think about the car, right, there's a show about car.

638
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 1: We're gonna think about cars. Um. I want to think

639
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:22,800
Speaker 1: about tires. Tires are so critical, you know, and yesterday

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Speaker 1: was just kind of a shock to me that it

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Speaker 1: was interesting once again, the non regular customers, the people

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Speaker 1: that show up once every fourteen months or you know,

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Speaker 1: once every three years, and all of a sudden they

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Speaker 1: dawned on and I can honestly say, all the regular

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Speaker 1: customers at the shop, we didn't see any of them

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Speaker 1: for any unexpected maintenance. Everybody was prepared and ready to go.

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Speaker 1: It was all the unexpected. This is the end. This

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Speaker 1: is where in the midst of National Tire week right

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Speaker 1: and Um, I was reading this press release from the

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Speaker 1: Car Here Counsel and I was thinking about it. Um,

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Speaker 1: they're talking about maintaining the vehicles tires is essential to

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Speaker 1: maximize tire life and ensure safety on the road. And

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Speaker 1: I'm thinking, no time to talk about at the Memorial

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Speaker 1: Day weekend, at the beginning of the summer driving season.

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Speaker 1: Tires are what holds us up. Yesterday at the shop,

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Speaker 1: tire sales were off the wall, and I'm saying, why

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Speaker 1: is that? Why is that always at the last minute?

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Speaker 1: And I said, I have to mention it on the

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Speaker 1: show this week. I'm wondering how many people have let

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Speaker 1: their tires go and maybe even still now. Haven't you

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Speaker 1: know you haven't had an oil change. If you haven't

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Speaker 1: had an oil change in four months or five months,

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Speaker 1: chances are you probably need air and your tires, or

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Speaker 1: at least to have your tires inspected to make sure

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Speaker 1: there's no cuts, bruises, abrasions, no damage to the tire

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Speaker 1: and that they're at the proper level and also have

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Speaker 1: the spare tire check all right. You can read more

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Speaker 1: about tire safety and maintenance. Get out to us tires

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Speaker 1: dot org, slash safety, talk about service intervals, and you

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Speaker 1: can also visit the Car Care Council's website and get

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Speaker 1: their digital car Care Guide car here dot org. But

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Speaker 1: do that and be safe this Memorial Day weekend. Ride

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Speaker 1: your tires. There. What's holding you up until the next

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Speaker 1: time I'm on anating in the car? Doctor, The mechanics

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Speaker 1: aren't expensive. I listen. She super