1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: Ron and Anian actually closed early yesterday because yesterday it 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: was a mental health day. I decreed the car Doctor. 3 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: I came home Wednesday night. We were having supper and 4 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: Susie said, she goes, what happened to your hand? And 5 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: I could see it. I cut the knuckles on my 6 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: right hand, and she said, you were working on something old, 7 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: weren't you? And I went, yeah, how'd you know? She goes, 8 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: because your hands don't get beat up when you're doing 9 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: new stuff. She goes, because you're not doing anything mechanical. 10 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 1: You're gonna listen to her more. 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UM, I do a quick piece of email. 29 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: I've been looking at this one for a couple of 30 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 1: weeks now, Ron my name is Mike Chevalier. I think 31 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 1: I'm saying that right. C H E V A L 32 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: I E. R. Chevalier, Chevalier and Mike Chevalier. Kind of 33 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: interesting is that Toyota Mechanics first three initials are Chevrolet 34 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: but first forness but or whatever. I'm an a C 35 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: certified Master Techno Toyota deal ship in my early thirties. 36 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 1: I listen to your show through podcast on my way 37 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: to work in the mornings and sometimes during the workday. 38 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: I'm really starting to despise the politics and the way 39 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: customer services handled at the dealer level. I came from 40 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 1: the independent circuit years ago and missed talking to the 41 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: customers and developing relationships with them as their mechanic. I 42 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: get it, Mike, I really do. You know that's the 43 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 1: best part of this job. I was wondering if you 44 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: give me some advice and opening my own shop, and 45 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 1: what was the best ways to go about that and 46 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: what that would be. I enjoy helping people with their 47 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: vehicles and more importantly, educating the customer. I feel like 48 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: all of this is lost to the dealer. I'm getting 49 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: extremely frustrated with the level of customer service I can't 50 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: provide here. It is my goal to someday open a 51 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: Japanese exclusive shop in my area and really appreciate any 52 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 1: and all advice you give me. Great job on the show, 53 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 1: You've earned a loyal listener, live along and prosper Mike. Um, 54 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: you know it's it's it's really something, and you know 55 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 1: you gotta look at it like this. It's really something 56 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,519 Speaker 1: when when when your peers, somebody wants to listen to you. 57 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: I mean, the rest of you guys have to kind 58 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: of listen to me because you're turning on the radio. 59 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:47,519 Speaker 1: But here's a guy who does it for a living 60 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,519 Speaker 1: and he still wants to listen to me. Um. It 61 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: isn't that good in my house? For crying out loud? Uh? 62 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 1: You know, starting your own shop, you know, Mike, I 63 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: think of I think of the order repair of business 64 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: as as as kind of like owning a sports team. 65 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,839 Speaker 1: All right. I don't think the owners of the Jets 66 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: or the Giants are really football players where they were 67 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 1: football players, ton'ty, No, They're just business people. And I 68 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: think that's the key. And I think, you know, if 69 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: I had it to do over again, what are the 70 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: mistakes I made? Was I thought being a good mechanic 71 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: was an automatic key to success for owning a repair shop. 72 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,959 Speaker 1: And it's not because a lot of really good mechanics, 73 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: guys better than me, you know, haven't made it because 74 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: I think they're missing some key points. And I think 75 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: some of those points, probably the most key point in 76 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: opening your own repair shop is you've got to be 77 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: an organizer and you've got to be a decision maker, 78 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: and you've got to learn to hand off tasks. You 79 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: can't do everything. You've got to assemble a team. You've 80 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: got to have an account and you've got to have 81 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: a lawyer, you know, for for even the little legal questions. Um, 82 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: you know, you can't count on a brother in law 83 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: or a brother. You've got to make decisions yourself, and 84 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: you've got to have information at your fingertips. You know, 85 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: working in the shop is probably where a guy like 86 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: you will do best. But you've got to find the 87 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: right front for the business. You've got to find that 88 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: right person out front. You've gotta be able to afford them. 89 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: And it's not easy today finding the right people as kay. 90 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: You've got to look at your overhead. You've got to watch, 91 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: you know, what are you gonna spend per month? And 92 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: then how are you going to calculate what you can 93 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: charge per month? And then what's the demographic in your 94 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 1: target market? Does the area support old Japanese vehicles or 95 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: enough Japanese vehicles that you can make a living, and 96 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: you know, put the kids through college if there's any, 97 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: and so on, and get the retirement. There's a lot 98 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: of little pieces along the way. The big piece, though, 99 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 1: is you've got it. You've got the desire, and that's 100 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 1: the most important part. You know, as I get towards 101 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: the end, and I'm not there yet, but I'm getting there, 102 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: you know, I keep pushing that, I keep pushing the 103 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 1: end date back in my head because I'm still not done. 104 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: I still enjoy what I'm doing after forty three years. 105 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: And I think that's key. If you enjoy what you do, 106 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: You're never gonna work a day in your life. You're 107 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: gonna get to go out and do some really and 108 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 1: you're gonna have some bad days. Heck, everybody has bad days. 109 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 1: I mean, that's part of life, you know what. I 110 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:15,840 Speaker 1: appreciate the bad days. When I have a down day 111 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 1: and a bad day, I know a good day and 112 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 1: an update is coming. That's the way God does it. 113 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: He balances the universe like that. He gives us those, 114 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: he gives us the down days, so we appreciate the 115 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 1: up ones. But you've got the desire and the desire 116 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: to help people and educate people. There's always gonna be 117 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 1: a place for a guy like you. And I've yet 118 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: to figure out how, if, and when they could ever 119 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 1: export our jobs overseas. They can't take our jobs to 120 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: India to work on cars here in the States. It 121 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: just doesn't work like that. They're always gonna need people 122 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: hands on to work on cars. I think you've got 123 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,679 Speaker 1: to be able to say no to people is another 124 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:50,600 Speaker 1: key to success in order to repair. You've got to 125 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: figure out who your customer base is. You've got to 126 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: figure out who you want to work for. You don't 127 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 1: want to work for everybody because you can't work for 128 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: everybody because the diversity is too much, and and and 129 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: some people just dar flat out nuts. Um. There's just 130 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: no other way to say it. Some people just don't 131 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 1: get it. They'll drive around with faulty brakes, bold tires 132 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:10,039 Speaker 1: and an overd oil change, but they'll be content because 133 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:12,159 Speaker 1: the air conditioning works and they'll think the car is okay. 134 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 1: I can't tell you how we after forty three years, 135 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 1: how many people come in and they say, why do 136 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 1: I have to change oil? What are you changing it into? 137 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: I'm not changing it into anything, I'm changing the oil 138 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:28,040 Speaker 1: desires the key kid though. UM. I would lay out 139 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 1: a financial plan. I would lay out what you think 140 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 1: you're capable of of affording. Um, if you're interested, And 141 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: I say this for anybody, anybody wants to open their 142 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: own shop, I'll be glad to send it to him. 143 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 1: Send me an email Ron and Car doctor show dot com. 144 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 1: Years ago, I wrote a spreadsheet. Cost of doing business 145 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: helps you figure out what it collts you to be 146 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: there what it collts you to be there day one 147 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,479 Speaker 1: dollar one without ever fixing a car, whether you fix 148 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 1: one car or a hundred. It's a spreadsheet to do that. 149 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 1: It will show you what your effective cost per hour 150 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,159 Speaker 1: is based on a two thousand hour year, working Monday 151 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,720 Speaker 1: through Friday. That's where you want to be and then 152 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 1: look at the numbers and crunch the numbers and then 153 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:08,160 Speaker 1: decide you've got the desire. You got to put a 154 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: financial package in place, because it doesn't happen just from 155 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: being a really good mechanic. And that's what you got 156 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: to think about. Thanks Mike, I appreciate the question, and 157 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: I'm I hope I answered it for you. Like I said, 158 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: if you've got any other you've got any other questions 159 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: about it? Um ron at Car Doctor show dot com. 160 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: And if you're I don't know where you are. It 161 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 1: doesn't say here, but um you know, if you're in 162 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 1: New Jersey five or ten years from now, I don't know, 163 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 1: come look me up. You never know what my mind 164 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 1: is gonna be at and uh, what I'm gonna be 165 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: wanting to do. Mr Ray is wandering this way, so 166 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: I know he has a comment. Yes, sir, I just 167 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: wanted to say that, you know, Tony and I are 168 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: having a bad day today. We're with you. Yeah, but 169 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: just remember this, remember this, Okay, you at least have me. 170 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: All I've got is you too. To your point, I've 171 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: got it worse. So don't ever forget that. Uh, they're good. 172 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: At least I made the guys in the side of 173 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: the glass left. No, I'll put my clothes back on 174 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: and will continue with the show. Let's pull over and 175 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: take a plause eight five five five zero nine zero zero. 176 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: The car doctors coming back right after this for the 177 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: best in car advice. Give Ron a call eight by 178 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: five five six zero nine nine zero zero. Now back 179 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 1: to Ron, Welcome back. Let's go over and talk to 180 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: Joseph and Kansas. Joseph and Campus. You gotta be somewhere, Joseph, 181 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: what's going on on? Anian car doctor here? How can 182 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: I help? Hey? Ron? How's it going? Good? Sir? What's cooking? Uh? Well, 183 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: I recently just scrapped an oh three Ford winds Star 184 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:46,680 Speaker 1: about two to three months ago. I'm trying to remember. 185 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:54,199 Speaker 1: But um, I was just wondering what were some of 186 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: the major problems with those here? Uh jeez, I mean 187 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,439 Speaker 1: they had so many recalls. Rear axle recall was the 188 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:03,199 Speaker 1: one that really did them in. They had problems with 189 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: the rear axle corroding. And what about transmission. Yeah, yeah, 190 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: I was gonna say everybody, every everybody went through four 191 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: transmissions on those um not an uncommon thing. And then 192 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:18,079 Speaker 1: depending upon one engine, would you have the three point 193 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: eight leader in it, so you had the three eighths, 194 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: you had clogged, you had clogged d g R ports 195 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,079 Speaker 1: and the intake manifold giving your fuel trim codes and 196 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: misfires at idle UM. It also had the intake manifold 197 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:33,680 Speaker 1: gasket issues affecting a cold temperature around the hunder sixty 198 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 1: eight degrees created misfires. But you know a lot of 199 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: a lot of the major issues with that was the 200 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 1: rear axle and the transmission, the accumulator piston and the 201 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 1: transmission was made out of aluminium, I remember right, And 202 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 1: the next up they took it to steal and then 203 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 1: it gouged the case and then they had to do 204 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: it again and it was just a disaster. Um it 205 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: was col was leaking into the transmission fluid and then 206 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,079 Speaker 1: that's the other the cooler was the cooler would go 207 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: bad inside the adiator and they had they had they 208 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 1: had problems with that. So yeah, not just just you 209 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,719 Speaker 1: know what, you took one off the road, go out 210 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: tonight and have a beer on us it. Uh, it's 211 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 1: you know, it's like you did it. You got rid 212 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,200 Speaker 1: of one of them. Um, you know they they went 213 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: a long time, but they were a little bit of 214 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: a nightmare as time went on. Uh in terms of 215 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: holding up, they just didn't really hold up all that well. 216 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 1: Second question for you, I've gotten oh five Honda Odyssey, 217 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:33,559 Speaker 1: uh Minivan. Uh, what kind of oil would you recommend? 218 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: Whatever it means manufacturer spec I mean I would be 219 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 1: using synthetic for sure. Whatever the discostity rating is, I think, 220 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: you know, five it's I'm gonna take a guess here 221 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: and say it's a five twenty, so five twenty synthetic. 222 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 1: But you know, the major brands are all right there. Uh, 223 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 1: Penn's Oil, motor Mobile, one castro Um. You know, it's 224 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: all good stuff. I think, Uh, I think oil technology 225 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: for right now, I'm seeing oil technology in my mind 226 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:00,840 Speaker 1: is sort of leveled off, and a lot of them 227 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,959 Speaker 1: are a lot of them are even with each other 228 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 1: and it's Um. It's interesting. I read a report not 229 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 1: too long ago that the oil companies are having problems 230 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: because the oils are made so well today that you 231 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 1: know that leveling off has occurred and no one oil 232 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:18,960 Speaker 1: is out ahead of another for the immediate future. Where 233 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: it goes three months or six months from now, that's 234 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 1: anybody's guests. But you're seeing technology, um keeping things even, 235 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 1: sort of like the way in in in sports right 236 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 1: the the the the NFL draft or the Major League 237 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 1: Baseball draft. You know they've each team has X number 238 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 1: of good players and levels things out. It's a very 239 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: close race on most of them. Um. You're seeing a 240 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 1: lot of that with motor oils right now too. A 241 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 1: third uh comment, Uh, we just recently fixed the no crank, 242 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 1: no start on our crom Vick, and it turned out 243 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 1: to be the battery cables. Yeah, I can see that. Um, 244 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: battery cables are sure off and overlooked. Nobody stops to 245 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 1: think about it. Had you come to that conclusion, had 246 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:04,839 Speaker 1: you figure it out? Well, Um, my dad was the 247 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:08,719 Speaker 1: one that figured it out. Like you were saying, a 248 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:12,839 Speaker 1: little bit of caulifier growing on the posts, so you know, 249 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 1: we just had to clean them off real good. And uh, 250 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 1: we used a little bit of coke and baking soda. 251 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: I don't know, uh if you use that or what 252 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:30,199 Speaker 1: you would recommend. Hot water. Hot water, believe it or not, 253 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:35,679 Speaker 1: the number one cleaner of And the reason is, you know, 254 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 1: in the life of a mechanic, I'm exposed to too 255 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: many chemicals. All right. I'm wearing gloves all the time. 256 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 1: I'm watching what I breathe, I'm watching how i'm you know, 257 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: in the environment. And anytime I can eliminate using a 258 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: chemical to do a job, I'm all for it. And 259 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:52,959 Speaker 1: in the shop, we've got you know, we've got a 260 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,199 Speaker 1: water cooler up front. It's you know, cold water on 261 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 1: the right and hot water on the left, boiling water 262 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 1: on the left, you know, and it's instant hot. We'll 263 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: go up there, we'll double up a dixie cup and uh, 264 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 1: you know, fill it up with hot water boiling water. 265 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 1: We'll go over to the car, take the battery cable. 266 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: The battery cables already off. We'll just put the end 267 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 1: right in the dixie cup and let us sit there 268 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: for two or three minutes. You'd be amazed how the 269 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 1: crud falls off of it. It's I do appreciate everything 270 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:28,719 Speaker 1: you guys have got to offer with the uh maintenance 271 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 1: repairs and everything. I enjoyed listening to your show. I 272 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:34,959 Speaker 1: just like I said, I wish we could get it 273 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:38,199 Speaker 1: up here in which hallway, but it's kind of hard. 274 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: So I listened to you guys on the delayed podcast, 275 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 1: which it works for me a lot easier. I work 276 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: in the maintenance field myself and at a ice rink, 277 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 1: and it's kind of crazy where automotive repair and maintenance 278 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 1: stuff has to do with, you know, trying to keep 279 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 1: up with the ice arena and stuff like that. You know, 280 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: I think at the end of the day, Joe, I 281 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: think I think everything is everything is maintenance, right. It 282 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 1: doesn't matter whether you're working on a car, the Space Shuttle, 283 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,960 Speaker 1: or the USS Enterprise. Um, it's it's it's all care 284 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 1: or an ice rink, you know. And and you know, 285 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: some of the smartest mechanics I've ever met are the 286 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 1: guys that will walk into a house and tell you 287 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: your chimney needs to be clean because the flu is 288 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: not flowing correctly. Because they understand pressure vacuum when the 289 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 1: front door opens, they understand how air flow is supposed 290 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 1: to work and they pick up on the little things 291 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 1: and that's maintenance, right, So you know it's it's it's 292 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 1: just it's just all connected somehow. But I get it. Brother, 293 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: I'll talk to the affiliate guys. I'll see if I 294 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 1: can kind of steer somebody into the Wichita market and um, 295 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: maybe we can get an affiliate going for you guys 296 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 1: up there and make life a little bit easier for you. 297 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 1: That would be amazing. I got another question at that 298 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 1: time too, for a nickel goad, how okay on these 299 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 1: newer vehicles. I was reading somewhere where they were looking 300 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 1: at going to all natural gas or propane, right, My 301 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: question is how well would they start in the cold? 302 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: I mean how would Yeah, And that's a problem. You know, 303 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: it's it's probably not so bad in Kansas or New Jersey, 304 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 1: but you know, get up to Minnesota. Where it goes 305 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm sure we'll hear from the Minnesota 306 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 1: listener now, but where's it going Minnesota below? Um, you 307 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 1: know that that becomes an issue. There's probably a method 308 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 1: of preheating the combustion chambers, so you're putting cold fuel 309 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: into a hot chamber to ignite and uh, you know, 310 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: instant temperature change, but you know, is it worth the effort? Listen, 311 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: I think years ago the country would have gone hydrogen 312 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: fuel cell and I'll never forget. I read a report 313 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: and you know, in the rumors were abounding in two 314 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 1: thousand and eight when GM went bankrupt, there was a 315 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:58,360 Speaker 1: lot of conversation about that General Motors within five years 316 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: of two thousand eights would that have been twenty twelve 317 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 1: somewhere around that time frame, they were going to release 318 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: hydrogen fuel cell cars for the masses. And you know, 319 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 1: the black helicopter conspiracy theory was that the government, not 320 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 1: the government, but the oil companies got wind of that. 321 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 1: And that's if you go back and look at the 322 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 1: way the stock market tanked and broke General Motors back. 323 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: It was there was there, and I don't remember exactly, 324 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: but there was a big oil connection there somewhere, And 325 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 1: you wonder, did one big business try and destroy another 326 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 1: big business for fear of one putting the other out? 327 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 1: And it's gonna be very interesting in the future. I'm 328 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: really curious to see what happens. I think what's holding 329 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: back electric cars right now is and yeah, I know 330 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: they're not perfect but neither our internal combustion engine. But 331 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 1: when you look at an internal combustion engine has twenty 332 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: thousand moving parts and an electric motor has twenty. Um, 333 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 1: you know, you've got to think the electric motor has 334 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 1: got to be simpler to fix. It's gonna be really 335 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: interesting to see how the world handles the change. And 336 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: we recently about the self driving cars, and we're gonna 337 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 1: eventually convert where our cars are gonna eventually convert into airplanes. Right, Sorry, 338 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 1: but I don't I don't think we're ready. Oh I 339 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 1: you know, we we will be after the next natural catastrophe, 340 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 1: whatever that is. Um, you know what, Joe, I I 341 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: look at the world today and I think of the 342 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 1: coming change, and are they capable of changing for it? 343 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:30,720 Speaker 1: I think people are basically good. They need to be 344 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 1: shown the way. I think that not to get political 345 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 1: or weep be here, but I just think that we've 346 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 1: got to see we've got to see the air of 347 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:40,120 Speaker 1: our ways, and we haven't seen it yet. We haven't 348 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:42,640 Speaker 1: figured out why we're doing it so wrong in order 349 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:44,919 Speaker 1: so we can do it right. And um, we've got 350 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:48,160 Speaker 1: a spanking coming. I'm afraid in some form or another. 351 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:50,480 Speaker 1: And I'm not saying, you know, natural, I'm not saying 352 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 1: the end of the world or anything like that. I'm 353 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:54,920 Speaker 1: just saying we're gonna come to the conclusion that gas 354 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:56,719 Speaker 1: engines are in it, We're gonna put more of our 355 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:59,399 Speaker 1: effort into something else, and um, it's gonna be a 356 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 1: dramatic change. The problem is the economics of it, because 357 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 1: what's keeping gas engines here right now, in my opinion, 358 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: is the cost factor, both in reality of it and 359 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 1: getting rid of gas engines. The damage it will do 360 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: the infrastructure and oil companies and big oil right now, 361 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:19,640 Speaker 1: in my opinion, is still running the country. So Joe, 362 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 1: I appreciate a chatting, and uh, good luck to you 363 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 1: down there, Kansas Way. We'll do we can for an 364 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 1: affiliate and uh, um stay cool, bardonating. The card doctor 365 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 1: will be back right after this. Don't go away. Hey, 366 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 1: welcome back. When I'm naming the car doctor eight five 367 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 1: five zero zero zero. Let's get over and talk to 368 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 1: Brian tinton Falls, New Jersey. Oh nine Ford must Thang. Hey, Brian, welcome, 369 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: first time caller. Thank you. Um, so I have a 370 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 1: two nine Ford Mustang g T convertible to the forty 371 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 1: fifth diniversary edition, highly optioned car automatic and I boughted 372 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:08,159 Speaker 1: new as soon as I pretty much graduated college, got 373 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:12,600 Speaker 1: my first job, and maintained it well and unfortunately, and 374 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: a few months back, I was rear rended. Um and 375 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 1: took a good chunk of the back out. It doesn't 376 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:19,879 Speaker 1: look that bad, but I guess when you go underneath it, 377 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: it doesn't look that great. So the trump hands taken 378 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 1: out the rear drivers at quarter pounds, a little bit 379 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 1: crunched tail lights you know need to be replaced. Um, 380 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 1: you know, never been him on the bumper, car runs 381 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 1: and everything, okay, has a hundred and forty one miles 382 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 1: on it. Took it to uh, the insurance company totaled it, 383 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 1: but I wanted to hold on to it to see 384 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:41,719 Speaker 1: if I can get it fixed. Um, and I can 385 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 1: get a fixed frame where from about a five dred 386 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: and ten thousand. But I'm kind of on the offensive. 387 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 1: Is it worth it? Is it not worth it? It 388 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:50,640 Speaker 1: will be worth anything being a forty five anniversary model. 389 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:52,679 Speaker 1: So that's kind of where I'm at. And just look 390 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 1: for I guess I'm outside advice. Um, yeah, and I 391 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:58,880 Speaker 1: know where you're coming from. More like an emotional thing. Yeah, 392 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 1: and that's listen, dude, I get it. You know what, um, 393 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: you know what. I had a seventy two Monty Carlo 394 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 1: in college and it took oh god, almost thirty five 395 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,959 Speaker 1: years and the bug hit me again. And that's why 396 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,879 Speaker 1: I have another seventy two monty Carlo. You know, all 397 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 1: of a sudden, I realized my attachment and there's and 398 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 1: you know that's and listen, you're healthy, kiddoh um. That's 399 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 1: what tells me that you're you've got emotional balance. You're 400 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,199 Speaker 1: attached to a car. It means that you have emotion 401 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 1: and feeling. I think that's. Um, I think that's a 402 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:27,879 Speaker 1: good thing. I really though. It tells us who you are. 403 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 1: It tells you who He tells you who you are. 404 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 1: You know, I grew up around cars, six of them 405 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:33,119 Speaker 1: and everything else, not to the not to the level 406 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 1: of a mechanic or anything, but definitely you know your roots. Yeah, 407 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:37,639 Speaker 1: you know your roots. Man, Listen, you know what you like? 408 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: People go through life and they wonder and they're never 409 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: quite sure why they're here, and then all of a sudden, 410 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 1: you know, they wake up. But you know what, you 411 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,159 Speaker 1: got it right from the beginning. You've got a good gift. Um, 412 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 1: the universe gave you a gift. Um. The first thing 413 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 1: I concern me with the fact that it was one 414 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 1: of the frame rails was I guess damage and we 415 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:54,920 Speaker 1: need to be repaired. And growing up, always heard of 416 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 1: the once the frame of the car gets hit. I 417 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:58,399 Speaker 1: know it's a unibody. Yeah, the frame of the car 418 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 1: gets hit. You know, it's a very different world today. 419 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 1: They can, they can straight and twist, push, pull a lot. 420 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 1: It really depends on you know, you give to model 421 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: cars to two different people and they both exact same kit, 422 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:16,359 Speaker 1: and they're both assembled and they look entirely different. It 423 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 1: all depends on the model builder and how much attention 424 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:22,240 Speaker 1: to detail and you know, and how you know what 425 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 1: what they're what the cost factor is. Um. You know, 426 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,399 Speaker 1: can a good body shop, a state of the art 427 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:29,680 Speaker 1: body shop, do a good job. Yeah, maybe they can't 428 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: do it to the insurance estimate because the insurance estimate, 429 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:34,879 Speaker 1: I mean, listen the insurance, the way the insurance companies 430 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 1: right estimates. Some stunned that you know, anybody can fix 431 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: the cars because I've seen the abuses, I've seen the mislabeling, 432 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: I've seen the misdirection, Um is the car worth fixing? 433 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,880 Speaker 1: The first thing becomes the first question becomes, what will 434 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:50,679 Speaker 1: the cost you to go buy another one? There's got 435 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,640 Speaker 1: to be another forty fifth anniversary edition optioned out car 436 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 1: out there somewhere, right, Uh, same color patterns and everything else, 437 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: maybe with less money. Believer, it looks actually kind of 438 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,359 Speaker 1: tough because for didn't make that many in that year 439 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,119 Speaker 1: because it was a transition year. So it's about a 440 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 1: two thousand of them, not necessarily in the same color 441 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 1: and stuff. And that's not that that would bother me, 442 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: but um, yeah, you know, I'm just kind of at 443 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 1: that point like do I, you know, move on or not? 444 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 1: You know, if you can, if you can find another 445 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:22,040 Speaker 1: one with less mileage, and you know, maybe that's the deal. 446 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:24,439 Speaker 1: And then this becomes the parts car, you know, if 447 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 1: you're because the way they were going to fix it is, um, 448 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 1: I guess go to a salvage car and kind of 449 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,920 Speaker 1: I guess cut it between the graph the news section, 450 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 1: you know, and in the back and kind of graphed 451 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 1: on a new end. And that didn't sit well with 452 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 1: me right well, necessarily I know that was the best 453 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:42,680 Speaker 1: way to repair it or not? You know what a 454 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:45,360 Speaker 1: qualified metal guy in a welder they can do. They 455 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,399 Speaker 1: can they can do wonders. It's amazing what they can do. Uh. 456 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 1: Like I said, the question is how straight and square 457 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 1: will the car be if it's on the frame machine 458 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: and they're if they're doing it correctly. You know, listen, 459 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 1: there's there's there's ten different ways to turn off a 460 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,440 Speaker 1: check engine light, everything from fixing it right to a 461 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 1: bullet through the dashboard. The question becomes, are you finding 462 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 1: a body shop that's gonna fix the check engine line 463 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 1: and diagnosed it properly. They're gonna put a bullet through 464 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 1: the dashboard they get the ball togo and you don't 465 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 1: think it's concerned up too? You know, is there any 466 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 1: damage to the rear end or the transmission from right? 467 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,160 Speaker 1: And you don't know that. You know, a thousand miles 468 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 1: later can change to make a whole world of a difference. 469 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 1: There's there's, there's, there's here's the other way. You've got 470 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,159 Speaker 1: to look at it. Okay, let's say you fix this 471 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 1: and maybe this is the answer. You fix this, you 472 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:31,879 Speaker 1: spend ten thousand, heck, you spend twelve thousand. You put 473 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:34,960 Speaker 1: twelve grand in this car and it rides perfectly, absolutely 474 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:39,400 Speaker 1: pre accident condition. Two months later, unrelated to the accident, 475 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 1: the trans blows. It's nine years old, it's got a 476 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 1: hundred forty miles on at the transmission fails. All right, 477 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 1: would you put a trans in the car? Yeah? Probably, 478 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 1: You gotta you gotta answer that question first. You gotta 479 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 1: have a clear answer to that in your head. All right, 480 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,200 Speaker 1: owning a car sometimes it's like being married or you 481 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 1: gotta have the commitment as long as you're getting satisfaction 482 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,720 Speaker 1: from it. You gotta be unit for the long run. Yeah, 483 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:07,879 Speaker 1: all right, Well that's great, great advice. Thank you very 484 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 1: much for You're very welcome painting a different way for me. Yeah, 485 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: all right, Brian, you take good care of um. Sometimes 486 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 1: it's you know, sometimes it's the relationship. Guys. It's just 487 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 1: how long he into this for? Um? You know paid 488 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:24,360 Speaker 1: what did I pay for it? Five fifteen years ago? 489 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 1: For the ranger, a little shop truck and bos A 490 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 1: listener to this show, he knows what I did. You 491 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 1: know you have him five hundreds for I was looking 492 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 1: at it the other day. I think in fifteen years. 493 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: Let's see, we've done two clutches. We've done two exhaust systems. 494 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 1: We've done breaks, we did two rear ends, rebuilt the 495 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 1: third rear end the third time. Um, we've put about 496 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 1: sixty thousand miles on it now. And maybe we didn't 497 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: do two exhausts. Yeah, we did do too exhaustives. May 498 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 1: only did one clutch. But my point become, you know, 499 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,879 Speaker 1: we've put anywheres upwards of eight or nine thousand dollars 500 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 1: just in parts in that truck. It's now got two 501 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 1: d and twelve thousand is on it. Just put the 502 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: third fuel pump in it. You know, it's it's it's 503 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: it's cheaper to keep her. And there's a car that 504 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: I'm not emotionally attached to and O nine Mustang. You 505 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:13,159 Speaker 1: know it's there's gotta be other ones out there, and 506 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 1: if you're not emotionally attached to it, listen, Shelby, Jimmy, 507 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:19,960 Speaker 1: did I tell you guys this story yet? Shelby Jimmy. 508 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 1: You know Jimmy and my friend with the older Shelby's 509 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 1: he said to me last month or the month before, 510 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 1: he said, you're the only guy I know that could 511 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: sell the hot rod that he had as a kid. 512 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 1: How did you do it? And I said, Jimmy. It 513 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 1: gets to the point where you turn off the emotions 514 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 1: and you realize that if you can replace it and 515 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 1: duplicate it, it's the same thing, just a different pile 516 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,159 Speaker 1: of sheep metal. And that's all it is. Um, you know, 517 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:44,359 Speaker 1: it's it's sometimes the childhood memories are a good thing 518 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 1: to let go of, and sometimes it's time to step 519 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 1: up to something better and a little less mileage. It 520 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 1: is like being married, isn't it? Zo zero on any 521 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 1: of the car doctor who I'm gonna pay for that 522 00:25:56,400 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 1: one coming back right after this. That's right. If you 523 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: call and we're not live, you can leave a message 524 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 1: and we'll call you back to get you on the 525 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: air with Rono nine zero zero. Speaking of ron here, 526 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 1: he is, Hey, welcome back. As a matter of fact, 527 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:22,200 Speaker 1: let me just do this real quick for Brian in 528 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 1: New Jersey regarding the Mustang, and we had a listener 529 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 1: calling during the break, and I appreciate the call. This 530 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 1: slipped my mind, but he's absolutely right. That vehicle will 531 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 1: come back to you, Brian, that oh nine Mustang from 532 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:36,639 Speaker 1: the insurance company now with a salvage title. That salvage 533 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:39,240 Speaker 1: title will have a direct impact on the value of 534 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 1: that car. And you've got to keep that in mind too. 535 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:44,920 Speaker 1: If you're if you're repairing that car foreign investment, then 536 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 1: you know that's an issue in terms of you know, 537 00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:50,400 Speaker 1: it's not gonna be worth anywhere's near what you think 538 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 1: it's gonna be worth if it has a salvage title 539 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,680 Speaker 1: attached to it. So just be mindful of that. Let's 540 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: get on over and talk to Bill and Delaware. Bill, 541 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 1: I think you're our first caller from our I'm assue 542 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 1: me the no affiliate we've got down there in Delaware, 543 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 1: w G M D. I think it is. UM. I 544 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:06,959 Speaker 1: think you're I think you're a first caller. Welcome a board, sir. 545 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: How can we help? I have a minor problem. My 546 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:13,880 Speaker 1: check engine light goes on, and the the reason it's 547 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:18,920 Speaker 1: going on is my gas cap. When I fill my 548 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:20,840 Speaker 1: car and I turned my motor off and do what 549 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 1: I'm supposed to do, and I filled the tank with 550 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 1: gas and I put the cap back on, and when 551 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:30,159 Speaker 1: I start the car up, the check engine light is on. 552 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: Is there anything I can do to Somebody told me, well, 553 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:37,159 Speaker 1: you could put some days lean to give you a 554 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 1: better seal, but I don't want to put do anything 555 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,119 Speaker 1: that I'm not. I don't want anything going into the 556 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 1: tank and stuff like that. So, so is it a 557 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 1: check engine light or a check gas cap light? No, 558 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 1: it's it's it's a check engine light that goes on. 559 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 1: And when they put that tool under day to find 560 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 1: out what the problem is, it's the gas cap that says, well, 561 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 1: I don't know any code that says it's a gas cap. 562 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:03,479 Speaker 1: I think gas cap is listed as a potential source 563 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: or checking to make sure the gas cap is on 564 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:08,760 Speaker 1: would be would be a more accurate way to say 565 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 1: if there's no there's no fault code that there there are. 566 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 1: There are no codes to my knowledge that I've ever 567 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 1: seen that you plug in the tool, turn it on, 568 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:20,879 Speaker 1: it's this code boom. This is the part absolutely positively guaranteed, 569 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:25,440 Speaker 1: all right, So so don't don't fall into that trap. Now, 570 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 1: to directly answer your question, if you take the gas 571 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 1: cap off and flip it over, there's a rubber seal 572 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 1: on the cap, all right, and that rubber seal has 573 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:40,160 Speaker 1: to see and seal against the steel top portion of 574 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 1: the filler neck. All right. You know, vasoline would probably help, 575 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 1: but it gets kind of gooey and messy and then 576 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,280 Speaker 1: the thing I don't like about that is, over time, 577 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 1: a grease like that on the filler neck is going 578 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 1: to attract what airborne grit and contaminant right right, and 579 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,360 Speaker 1: you know that's gonna just grind into it and over 580 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 1: time gnarl up and beat up the rubber o ring 581 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 1: or the rubber seal and the top of the neck. 582 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,360 Speaker 1: If you want to try something to take the cap off, 583 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 1: look at the rubber seal. If the rubber seal is 584 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 1: you know, beat up, then maybe you want to replace 585 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 1: the cap. Maybe that's the way to go about this. 586 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 1: And you know, we'll start. They're keeping in mind that 587 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 1: also look at the metal filler neck and look at 588 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 1: the ceiling area where that rubber seal seals. Is it 589 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 1: pitted a lot of times the filler neck has become 590 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:34,320 Speaker 1: rusted and pitted. In some cases, we can wet sand it, 591 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,120 Speaker 1: just you know, get some get some um, you know, 592 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,280 Speaker 1: medium grit sand paper, um some or so or and 593 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,960 Speaker 1: work your way down to a finer and wet sand 594 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:45,360 Speaker 1: the top of the filler neck, being careful not to 595 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 1: let any contaminant go down the neck because obviously it's 596 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:49,360 Speaker 1: going to go into the gas. We want to put 597 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 1: that through the system. So maybe maybe some newspaper or 598 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 1: rag stuffed into the top of the neck that you 599 00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:57,480 Speaker 1: can take it out so that it doesn't you know, 600 00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:00,160 Speaker 1: the contaminant, go in and just clean around the the 601 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,320 Speaker 1: ring area itself. Sometimes it's nothing more than putting a 602 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 1: little rubbing compound on the tip of your finger, you know, 603 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,360 Speaker 1: like wax rubbing compound, and just give it a you know, 604 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,440 Speaker 1: around the top, and and that'll take off the grit 605 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: and the contaminant and then wipe off the compound and 606 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:17,520 Speaker 1: then put the gas cap on, you know. But if 607 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 1: we want to start somewhere, that's how I would approach this. 608 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:25,840 Speaker 1: But I wouldn't put vaseline. All right, m You're very welcome, sir. 609 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 1: Good luck to you. Let's let's get on over and 610 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:29,520 Speaker 1: talk to we We got time, Yeah, let's go on 611 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:32,320 Speaker 1: over and talk to Glenn and Philly and see what's 612 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:34,280 Speaker 1: going on here. Yeah, Glenn, what can I do for you? Sir? 613 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 1: How you doing? Good? Sir? What's cooking? Two questions comparing 614 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 1: two different cars. The first one is a late model 615 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:48,320 Speaker 1: called the Highlander Um comparing sen I know in sixteen, 616 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 1: if I'm right, they upgraded from a six to eight speed. 617 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:55,280 Speaker 1: Trans did some changes with the motor. I think it, um, 618 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:59,080 Speaker 1: it might have stoner deactivation. And that's not want to 619 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:02,800 Speaker 1: hear your opinion. I'm sorry that sounds right, um My, my. 620 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:06,360 Speaker 1: My opinion is basically, less is more. I'm a I'm 621 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:08,959 Speaker 1: a I'm a fan of less is more. You know. It's. Um, 622 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:10,920 Speaker 1: I keep thinking I better go out and buy a 623 00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:12,760 Speaker 1: new car this year because I'm afraid what next year's 624 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 1: model is gonna look like on anything. And you know 625 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:20,240 Speaker 1: it's it's it's you know, for every for every increase 626 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,680 Speaker 1: in technology, and every time we have the next bell 627 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:26,520 Speaker 1: and whistle. Um, you know, we in my mind, we've 628 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 1: just added a more expensive way and a more expensive 629 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,760 Speaker 1: thing to break. You know. Somebody, somebody asked me again 630 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 1: this year, Hey, did you go to the auto show 631 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:34,480 Speaker 1: in New York this year? And I said no? And 632 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:36,160 Speaker 1: they said why not. I said the same answer I've 633 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 1: given for the past thirty plus years, because I got 634 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:40,920 Speaker 1: tired of going. Because I go and I see all 635 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,680 Speaker 1: these latest whiz bang. Oh isn't this great? Oh my god, 636 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:45,200 Speaker 1: this is so exciting, and I look at it and 637 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:47,200 Speaker 1: I go, Yeah, in five years, it's gonna be in 638 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,240 Speaker 1: my shop because nobody else can fix it. It's broken, 639 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:51,720 Speaker 1: and um, I'm gonna have to deal with it. And 640 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:56,520 Speaker 1: you know, it's it's you know, cars. Cars are not 641 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 1: designed by mechanics. They're designed by engineers. And even more 642 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 1: so then engineers the designed by marketing companies. It's it's 643 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:06,080 Speaker 1: what can we get to sell so that we can 644 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:08,000 Speaker 1: come up with the next thing? And oh when it breaks, hey, 645 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:09,960 Speaker 1: where will they be at what point in mileage? And 646 00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:12,760 Speaker 1: can they afford to buy the next gladest, greatest Belding whistle? 647 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:16,160 Speaker 1: And um, you know, just I was looking at Ford 648 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 1: Explorers and I like Ford, I really do. I think 649 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:22,040 Speaker 1: Ford's got a great product. And one of my concerns 650 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:23,960 Speaker 1: right now is Ford is doing an awful lot and 651 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,120 Speaker 1: has been for a while with the eco boost motors, 652 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:30,600 Speaker 1: with the turbo motors, and you know, gee, do I 653 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 1: really need a turbo? Do I need another thing on 654 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:37,920 Speaker 1: there to break two? Make the car move? And um, 655 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:40,560 Speaker 1: you know I wonder hey, Glenn, I think that's the 656 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,760 Speaker 1: second part to your question, right, Yeah, tell you what, 657 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:45,680 Speaker 1: Hang on for a second, don't go anywhere. Limp will 658 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 1: over and take this pause, and when I come back, 659 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:49,000 Speaker 1: we'll finish up. I'm running aiding the Car Doctor Car 660 00:32:49,080 --> 00:33:02,720 Speaker 1: Doctor show dot Com. We'll return right after this. Hey, 661 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:04,520 Speaker 1: welcome back on the name of the Guard, Dr Glenn. 662 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:07,239 Speaker 1: You're still there, sir, I am. Yeah. By the way, 663 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,959 Speaker 1: when I come to Philly, Yeah, where do I get 664 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:13,960 Speaker 1: the best cheese sticks? I'm only kid. Um, let's finish 665 00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:15,720 Speaker 1: your question first. Let's say we have time for that answer. 666 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:17,440 Speaker 1: I'll that take a rod, um, what's your second part 667 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:22,320 Speaker 1: of question? Five or twenty six? Camera buddy of mine 668 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,080 Speaker 1: has an OH five and we each do a lot 669 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:28,040 Speaker 1: of city driving. You both home healthcare, physical therapists, and 670 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,920 Speaker 1: he loves the car, and I'm actually thinking about buying one. 671 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:34,480 Speaker 1: And the ones that I'm seeing UM usually have around 672 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,600 Speaker 1: a hundred two hundred twenty grand on them. And I 673 00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 1: want to hear your opinion because some of them have 674 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,840 Speaker 1: four cylinders or some of that six, and I like 675 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:44,960 Speaker 1: the six a lot, but I'm willing to um go 676 00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:46,880 Speaker 1: either way. I just want to hear your opinion which, 677 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:50,120 Speaker 1: if any drive change is more reliable the four or six. Um, 678 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:51,840 Speaker 1: I think I have to give the edge of the six. 679 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,600 Speaker 1: The reason being I see a lot of oil consumption 680 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:58,080 Speaker 1: issues with the fours. But it's it will come back 681 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:01,360 Speaker 1: to who changed the oil and how much, how often, 682 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:06,280 Speaker 1: what quality and what consistency. The problem Toyota seemed to 683 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:08,759 Speaker 1: have not just Toyota, Honda does it. Toyota does it, 684 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:13,200 Speaker 1: Nissan does it, Honda's have it, Keys have it. They 685 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:15,040 Speaker 1: seem to fall into this we don't need to change 686 00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:17,600 Speaker 1: the oil till every ten thousand miles thing and um, 687 00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:19,719 Speaker 1: as the vehicles get older and the oil starts to 688 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,120 Speaker 1: varnish up and heat up, the rings start to stick 689 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:25,279 Speaker 1: in the piston groove and then they start to consume oil. 690 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:28,799 Speaker 1: And once they consume oil, it's there's no turning back. 691 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:32,400 Speaker 1: You're done. Uh you know, so you know, proof of 692 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:35,040 Speaker 1: records of of oil changes are key. This is this 693 00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:37,959 Speaker 1: is where the value of service records in my mind 694 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:40,120 Speaker 1: as a couple hundred bucks to the to the to 695 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:43,120 Speaker 1: the to the vehicle, because you can prove what was done, um, 696 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:45,359 Speaker 1: you know, and that just that just becomes that much 697 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,200 Speaker 1: more valuable. All right, sir, real quick, best chiefe steak 698 00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:52,600 Speaker 1: in Philly? Where am I going? Um definitely not pass 699 00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:56,960 Speaker 1: your genos. I would try um um olive Arry I 700 00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:00,680 Speaker 1: like them Olive Arry A l or o l oh well, 701 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,279 Speaker 1: oh well, cool beans. Hey Glenn, I appreciate the call, 702 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:05,600 Speaker 1: and if ever get down Philadelphia Way, I'll look you 703 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:07,359 Speaker 1: when your Toyota is up. You have a good rest 704 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,719 Speaker 1: of the weekend. Wow, that's just about wraps it up 705 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:11,719 Speaker 1: in other great two hours. I appreciate you taking the 706 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:12,920 Speaker 1: time to be here. I know you've got a lot 707 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:14,400 Speaker 1: of choices, and I want to thank all of you, 708 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:16,240 Speaker 1: including the two guys on the other side of the glass. 709 00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:17,920 Speaker 1: Till then, I'm on a naming the car Doctor. The 710 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:19,760 Speaker 1: mechanics aren't expensive, they're priceless.