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Speaker 1: Ron and Anian. I heard you mentioned that car work

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Speaker 1: can be like therapy, and I agree entirely. That's the line,

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the radio home of Ron and Anian, the

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Speaker 1: Car Doctor. Since this is where car owners the world

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Speaker 1: Car Doctor. Come on in, sit out, join me. Give

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Speaker 1: about because we're here to try and help to fix

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Speaker 1: cars and do what so many others don't seem to

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Speaker 1: be able to do. We work on cars age and

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Speaker 1: I'm here to share some of that knowledge and experience

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Speaker 1: and help make it work for you. Because um, it

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Speaker 1: doesn't matter what kind of car you're driving. There's always

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Speaker 1: a solution. There's always a better answer to that problem

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Speaker 1: talk to Harry, and everybody seems to enjoy talking to Harry.

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Speaker 1: Just be prepared that, um, it's not a simple three

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Speaker 1: because everybody knows car Doctor Show dot com and there's

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Speaker 1: You guys will know how to do that by now.

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Speaker 1: I don't need to go over that. Two thousand and eight.

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Speaker 1: Four tourists come into the shop this week at our

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Speaker 1: automotive with an intermittent airbag light. It was explained to

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Speaker 1: if my husband's wearing plaid socks and suspenders, it seems

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Speaker 1: welcome back on a meating of the car doctor here

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Speaker 1: talk to Daniel eighty four ponty X Sunburn and see

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Speaker 1: what's going on here. Daniel, Welcome to the car Doctor.

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Speaker 1: Ser How can I help? Yes? Um, my wife is

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Speaker 1: My wife is gonna take your word for it. Uh.

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Speaker 1: This car has about eighty ninety thousand miles on it

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Speaker 1: and the fuel pump you hot wire it it work.

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Speaker 1: And if is it too old? Or can you help

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Speaker 1: thousand dollars on a new car. And I'm not saying

429
00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:12,399
Speaker 1: that's a bad thing to do in every case, but

430
00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,600
Speaker 1: I start to run the numbers in my head. We

431
00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,480
Speaker 1: had a customer this week, Larry, with a two thousand

432
00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:22,280
Speaker 1: Honda Accord. It's got just over a hundred thousand miles

433
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Speaker 1: on it. I've been working on that car since two

434
00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:30,399
Speaker 1: thousand two. Since two thousand two, Larry has spent fourteen

435
00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:35,000
Speaker 1: thousand dollars on that car, maintaining it, done every pick

436
00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:37,119
Speaker 1: a bit of maintenance the car needed. The car is

437
00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:41,439
Speaker 1: still going strong. It's now what sixteen years old. It

438
00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:44,520
Speaker 1: needed breaking fuel lines. This week the break and fuel

439
00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:46,439
Speaker 1: lines routed out and I was able to still get

440
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Speaker 1: him from Honda. By the time we were done break lines,

441
00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:51,840
Speaker 1: fuel lines, I put a headlamp assembly in a couple

442
00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:55,440
Speaker 1: of other things. He'd spent twenty bucks. And he looked

443
00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,680
Speaker 1: at me and he said, you may think I'm crazy,

444
00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,880
Speaker 1: which I don't, But he said, can't buy a car

445
00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:06,359
Speaker 1: for And he said, I've only spent, including this repair,

446
00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,800
Speaker 1: sixteen thousand some odd dollars in the past sixteen years.

447
00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:11,440
Speaker 1: He goes, where am I going to get a car

448
00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:16,400
Speaker 1: for a thousand dollars a year? You're not, so back

449
00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:20,080
Speaker 1: to your question that two thousand one focus. You know

450
00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,240
Speaker 1: what I'd price an engine if it needs an engine,

451
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:24,920
Speaker 1: I'd make sure I look at something with a good

452
00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:28,080
Speaker 1: warranty on it. And if you can't get a warranty,

453
00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:30,000
Speaker 1: you know something from an engine company that you know,

454
00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:32,320
Speaker 1: maybe they're giving you six months six thousand miles asking

455
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:35,879
Speaker 1: about an extended warranty. An extended warranty contract in a

456
00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:39,040
Speaker 1: situation like this is always a good thing. And see

457
00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:41,200
Speaker 1: what will it take to keep that car on the road,

458
00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:43,240
Speaker 1: because it might be cheaper to fix it than it

459
00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:46,160
Speaker 1: is to replace it, especially if it still looks good.

460
00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:49,720
Speaker 1: And that's the bottom line. But that's just you and

461
00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:56,280
Speaker 1: me talking. All right, go ahead, hut, I'm sorry, I said.

462
00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:59,959
Speaker 1: I like the way you think. That's why I the JNS.

463
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,440
Speaker 1: I'm maybe getting to talk to you. Ron. Well, I

464
00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:06,000
Speaker 1: appreciate that, Tina. I'll tell you what. Let me see

465
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,520
Speaker 1: if I can take away some of your troubles. I

466
00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,119
Speaker 1: know it's not much, but Harry's giving me the thumbs up.

467
00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:12,760
Speaker 1: We're gonna send that thirty nine Ford out to you.

468
00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:16,200
Speaker 1: You're gonna be our Wicks Scale Model car winner this week,

469
00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:18,320
Speaker 1: and we hope you put it to some good news

470
00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,440
Speaker 1: and get some get some enjoyment for it. And uh

471
00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,760
Speaker 1: um you you can look at that and think about

472
00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:26,280
Speaker 1: the Car Doctor and some of that advice, and we

473
00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:30,920
Speaker 1: hope it works for you. Alright, sweetheart, that's wonderful. Thank you, Ron,

474
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:32,879
Speaker 1: You're very welcome. You take good care and have a

475
00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,639
Speaker 1: good rest of the weekend. And PS, Tina, look in

476
00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:37,480
Speaker 1: the box. We might stuff a few car Doctor T

477
00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:39,600
Speaker 1: shirts in there too. I noticed, by the way, you

478
00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,560
Speaker 1: guys who's wearing their car Doctor T shirt today. Let's see,

479
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:46,960
Speaker 1: Tony's got his on and uh Tom, Harry has his on.

480
00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,280
Speaker 1: Tom's out of uniform. So but then again Tom's were

481
00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:51,719
Speaker 1: in the same shirt as me. We both got our

482
00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,760
Speaker 1: our automotive T shirts on. What can I tell you?

483
00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:56,320
Speaker 1: You know? This is like what was that movie with

484
00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:59,920
Speaker 1: Clint Eastwood, Um, when he was the Marines? Drill Sorr,

485
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:03,280
Speaker 1: just heartbreak Ridge. This is like Heartbreak Ridge. We all

486
00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,240
Speaker 1: can't decide what T shirt to wear. We're gonna shoft

487
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:08,600
Speaker 1: the show up together and do drill otherwise. Um, there's

488
00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,320
Speaker 1: something going on here. I think this is a consider

489
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:12,959
Speaker 1: Actually I keep harping on this. See he gave us

490
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,280
Speaker 1: one and our mind goes into wash and I don't

491
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,520
Speaker 1: know what happens in my house. But if this appears

492
00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:19,520
Speaker 1: and like three or four weeks later it shows up,

493
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:21,440
Speaker 1: I can I can answer that question. You know, who's

494
00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:25,520
Speaker 1: steal stuff in your house when you're not around? Not me? See,

495
00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:27,800
Speaker 1: not me doesn't exist in my house because most of

496
00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:30,120
Speaker 1: my kids have moved out, So I'm not sure which

497
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:32,359
Speaker 1: one of my kids was not me. But they took

498
00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,840
Speaker 1: not me with them, so that doesn't seem to happen anymore.

499
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,080
Speaker 1: It is I don't know with them too or here

500
00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,879
Speaker 1: I don't know. Still they're still around a little bit.

501
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:42,640
Speaker 1: But listen, if you need a new car, doctor T shirt.

502
00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:44,240
Speaker 1: Get out to eBay and get when you know they're

503
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:48,200
Speaker 1: out there anyway, zero nine zero zero run any of

504
00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:52,480
Speaker 1: the car. Doctor, We're back right after this. Nothing nothing,

505
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:17,080
Speaker 1: what this car is automatic, it's systematic, it's hard, dramatic.

506
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:25,199
Speaker 1: What's a breeze? Lightning? Welcome back on any of the car.

507
00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:27,359
Speaker 1: Like I was just talking to Tom and Tony, my engineers,

508
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:32,160
Speaker 1: and Tom was in Deposit, New York yesterday, and he said,

509
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:33,760
Speaker 1: there's not a whole lot in that What do you

510
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:35,400
Speaker 1: say again, Tom, There's not a whole lot in that town.

511
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:37,800
Speaker 1: Not a whole lot in that town. The Deposit, New

512
00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:42,080
Speaker 1: York is located about fifteen miles to the east of Binghamton,

513
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:44,480
Speaker 1: so it's down in the southern tier over there. And

514
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:46,760
Speaker 1: the only reason I was in Deposit, New York is

515
00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:51,080
Speaker 1: Roots seventeen slash eight six Um had an accident and

516
00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,080
Speaker 1: I had to reroute through Deposit in New York. And

517
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,280
Speaker 1: I mean, there's a couple of coffee shops. It's a

518
00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:57,240
Speaker 1: nice kind of a little downtown area. I think I

519
00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:59,160
Speaker 1: saw a place where they fixed cars, but I mean

520
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:01,400
Speaker 1: it's not a thriving metropolis. Well, and then what's gonna

521
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:04,360
Speaker 1: happen in in eight or ten years, when when self

522
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:08,720
Speaker 1: driving cars are put into effect, and that self driving

523
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:12,720
Speaker 1: car breaks in Deposit, New York, I'll have to probably

524
00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:16,920
Speaker 1: send out to Binghamton the whatever car dealership or whatever

525
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:18,400
Speaker 1: it is that has to fix it. And now you're

526
00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:20,720
Speaker 1: gonna be sitting there twiddling your thumbs, waiting and uh,

527
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,760
Speaker 1: eating at the local diner. Right, like we said before

528
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:25,960
Speaker 1: about the farmers, when the farm tractor breaks in the

529
00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:28,280
Speaker 1: middle of the cornfield at five o'clock in the morning.

530
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 1: The corn fields aren't small in Iowa, right or any

531
00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:34,600
Speaker 1: other place. You know, that's a lot of land. That

532
00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:36,480
Speaker 1: tractor is gonna sit there until they can get a

533
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:39,200
Speaker 1: repair guy out to the middle of the field. I

534
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,880
Speaker 1: don't know. It sounds like we're going back a number

535
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,160
Speaker 1: of years ago when the economy started the tank. There

536
00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:48,200
Speaker 1: were they started getting rid of car dealerships in certain areas,

537
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,400
Speaker 1: you know, certain hundred performing areas. And I remember driving

538
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,120
Speaker 1: through Courtland, New York one day. Uh a matter of fact,

539
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:55,040
Speaker 1: you probably remember this phone call. I had called you.

540
00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:58,440
Speaker 1: My my right front wheel bearing started the wine called you.

541
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:01,920
Speaker 1: I said, I'll bring in Maori. He said great. I

542
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,280
Speaker 1: went about ten miles and the bearing, let go. The

543
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,840
Speaker 1: car tilted to the right, the inverered to the left.

544
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:10,800
Speaker 1: I pulled it over. Um. They told me to the

545
00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:13,600
Speaker 1: closest Ford dealership at the time, which was eighteen miles away,

546
00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:15,440
Speaker 1: and they happened to have one on the shelf. Otherwise

547
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:18,120
Speaker 1: I would have sat there, right, Yeah, let me go,

548
00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:19,920
Speaker 1: let me go do some calls. But yeah, I'll tell

549
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:22,720
Speaker 1: you what it's interesting where technology is taking us. Let's

550
00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,840
Speaker 1: go over to Jim Prospect Toyota, Jim. Welcome to the

551
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:28,480
Speaker 1: car doctor, sir. How can I help Hey? Thank you

552
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:32,280
Speaker 1: very much for what I've learned from you over the years,

553
00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:36,160
Speaker 1: technically and mechanically. Uh, I just love you. Glad to

554
00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:38,640
Speaker 1: be here, my friend. Whatever I can do to help you. Well,

555
00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:42,800
Speaker 1: I have a long story show I have. I got

556
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:46,600
Speaker 1: under it the other day, was going to walks in

557
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:55,640
Speaker 1: Ratchet and Rent. I put that ranch on the plug

558
00:30:56,240 --> 00:31:00,800
Speaker 1: and I couldn't get it loose, struggle for seconds of

559
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,240
Speaker 1: twenty and so just for the front of it, I

560
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:05,800
Speaker 1: put a talk ranch on it and said ninety pounds,

561
00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:10,720
Speaker 1: and I tried to back off it and the talk

562
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:14,400
Speaker 1: ranch click ninety I put on one and it clicked,

563
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:17,840
Speaker 1: and then I went I to my break the bar

564
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,200
Speaker 1: and with a lot of strains, I got that loose

565
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:27,040
Speaker 1: and they Toyota changed that oil three months ago April.

566
00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:29,120
Speaker 1: So so so you know the name of the guy

567
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:33,800
Speaker 1: that put that on, don't you The name of the well,

568
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:35,320
Speaker 1: the name of the mechanic could put that on was

569
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:39,200
Speaker 1: Jercules Um. The guy definitely made it way too tight.

570
00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:43,480
Speaker 1: So Jerules, were you able to get the oil filter

571
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:47,800
Speaker 1: adapt their housing off? That came with a big struggle

572
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:51,360
Speaker 1: to amendous struggle. And when I put the filter cover

573
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:54,960
Speaker 1: back on it when it dragged on the bridge, but

574
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:59,120
Speaker 1: the great damage. But they put that long way too

575
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:02,040
Speaker 1: tight and I call, I call the show the next

576
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:06,600
Speaker 1: day and and uh, it was funny. I think it's

577
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:08,880
Speaker 1: a fund of funny in the way. I just want

578
00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,160
Speaker 1: to know what to say. And they said, oh, we

579
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,000
Speaker 1: always put them on that type. They've got to be

580
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:18,280
Speaker 1: on that one of them. And they said they right, Well,

581
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what the drain plug, not so much

582
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:24,960
Speaker 1: the oil filter housings on the Toyota's the canister style filters.

583
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:28,200
Speaker 1: Now we I'll tell you what. We struggle with just

584
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:30,840
Speaker 1: about every one of those, to the point that I

585
00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:34,640
Speaker 1: have an eighteen inch air chisel with a dull end.

586
00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 1: It's got a blunt mills. I ground it down and

587
00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:39,560
Speaker 1: Danny will sit there and he'll put load on the

588
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,160
Speaker 1: wrench on the on the housing using the wrench, and

589
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,680
Speaker 1: I'll take the It's great for dramatic effect when you

590
00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:46,560
Speaker 1: want to scare the customer half to death weight I'm

591
00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:48,200
Speaker 1: gonna change your oil and you get out this big

592
00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:51,080
Speaker 1: almost two foot air chisel adapter and you walk up

593
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:52,960
Speaker 1: and you go, okay, hit it, and I give it

594
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:56,280
Speaker 1: a little bang bang. Danny spinds it. We shock it loose,

595
00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:59,239
Speaker 1: and we've tried everything. We've put yellow grease on the

596
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:02,040
Speaker 1: old ring, we torked the spec. We've got a little

597
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:05,000
Speaker 1: looser than spec. We find those to be a real

598
00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,320
Speaker 1: struggle and a real issue, which is one of the

599
00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:10,960
Speaker 1: reasons we stock the Toyota oil filter adapt their housings

600
00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:13,560
Speaker 1: in the shop because we have had to replace them

601
00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:15,760
Speaker 1: from time to time. Sometimes, even when they come loose,

602
00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:18,040
Speaker 1: the plastic starts to strip out where the wrench won't

603
00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:20,520
Speaker 1: grip it anymore, and it's issue for it later on.

604
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 1: But for the record, that oil drain plug should have

605
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,360
Speaker 1: been tightened. The twenty seven foot pounds and obviously Jerky

606
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:29,200
Speaker 1: Lees can't read, which is why he's a jerk. Anyway,

607
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,360
Speaker 1: I appreciate the call, Jim, and I thank you for

608
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,200
Speaker 1: being part of the car Doctor family, and we wish

609
00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:35,680
Speaker 1: you better things in the future for you and your automobile,

610
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:40,280
Speaker 1: Zoe zero. The car Doctors coming back. One more call

611
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:42,800
Speaker 1: in the gate. We'll talk to Franco right after this.

612
00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:13,520
Speaker 1: Welcome back. Why don't needting the car doctor? Real quick,

613
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,440
Speaker 1: let's go to Franco Costa Mesa, California. Franco, Welcome to

614
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:19,200
Speaker 1: the Car Doctor, sir. How can I help? Thank you?

615
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:23,759
Speaker 1: You're welcome. What's going on? Um? All right? Well, no, no,

616
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:30,040
Speaker 1: I'm in pur purchasing a near Okay. I wanted you

617
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:33,520
Speaker 1: to be able to do the good month to gall

618
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:37,960
Speaker 1: and then all drawing goose a ne mountains right and

619
00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 1: that Jeep and and I wanted to get you take him.

620
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:49,040
Speaker 1: I know you Ford, well, I like my Ford, I

621
00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:51,040
Speaker 1: like my Jeep, I like Super I like them all.

622
00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:53,719
Speaker 1: You know what, I think you're in the game. The

623
00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:55,759
Speaker 1: first question I've got is real quick, We've got list

624
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 1: than a minute and a half left. Who's gonna work

625
00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:01,239
Speaker 1: on a dealer? Or an independent, Um, how would be?

626
00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 1: The first two years are would we be? Would do it?

627
00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:10,759
Speaker 1: And how would now? And I want to right, I mean,

628
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:13,000
Speaker 1: you know, if you've got an independent shop in mind,

629
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,799
Speaker 1: you've got to ask them can they handle working on

630
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:18,880
Speaker 1: any one of those three? You know? Going forward? Picking

631
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 1: a car is all about the relationship you're gonna have

632
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:25,239
Speaker 1: with the person that's gonna ultimately fix it. And it's

633
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:27,840
Speaker 1: it's just gonna get that much more important. I see

634
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:32,440
Speaker 1: people struggle more and more every week when they decide,

635
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:35,000
Speaker 1: you know what, I've been to a mechanic in five years.

636
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 1: I think I'll go and I'll take it in and

637
00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:39,040
Speaker 1: I'll let him work on this one particular problem that

638
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:41,399
Speaker 1: either everybody's picked that or I've ignored for the last

639
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:45,319
Speaker 1: seven months. So a relationship with the guy that's gonna

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Speaker 1: work on it, whether it be a dealer or an independent,

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Speaker 1: is very important. That being said, all right, out of

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Speaker 1: those three choices, I like the Jeep, and I'll tell

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Speaker 1: you why. There's just something about a Jeep. There's something

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Speaker 1: about uh, the Wranglers and and the Wrangler Rubicon and

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Speaker 1: and and some of the other Jeep models that are

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Speaker 1: out there. You know, I have my issues with Chrysler.

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Speaker 1: I think they've got some parts problems. I think they've

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Speaker 1: got some information issues to the to the aftermarket, which

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Speaker 1: concerns me a little bit. But I kind of look

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Speaker 1: at a car as if you like it, you don't

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Speaker 1: mind fixing it, and that's what's so gushed. Aren't important.

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Speaker 1: What I would tell you to do is test drive

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Speaker 1: each and every one of those, come back to me

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Speaker 1: with your likes and dislikes, and we'll talk about it

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Speaker 1: from that point on. Franko, I appreciate the call. I'm

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Speaker 1: on any new car. Doctor. Mechanics aren't expensive to pryceless

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