{"version":"1.1.0","producer":"fm.getcarcurious","layer":"official","episode":{"title":"Car Guy Coffee Podcast Presents #5Liner feat. Kelly Strausser","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/car-guy-coffee-podcast-presents-5liner-feat-kelly-strausser","audioUrl":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72462653/car_guy_coffee_podcast_presents_5liner_feat_kelly_strausser_6_9_26_10_54_pm.mp3","description":"Car Guy Coffee Podcast Presents #5Liner feat. Kelly Strausser Welcome to The #5Liner, the show dedicated to the individual journeys that power the automotive industry. It's not about the company; it's about the individual, their career, mindset, and personal story. In each episode, we sit down with a high-quality selection of Car Guys and Car Gals to get beyond the title and into the hard earned wisdom they've gained. Join us as we uncover the wins, challenges, and #5Liner takeaways that have shaped today’s top talent.  In this episode of The Car Guy Coffee Podcast, hosts Lou Ramirez and Fred Lennartz welcome Kelly Strausser, COO of D&M Leasing in Dallas–Fort Worth and owner of Four Stars Auto Group, who shares his 30-year automotive journey and how his “why” evolved from financial success to serving employees, customers, and communities.   📲Stream it. Share it. Let's Brew.  Don’t forget to share and subscribe! carguycoffee.comcertifiedsolutionaries.com"},"annotations":[{"id":411241,"startTime":1105.14,"endTime":1110.5,"type":"car","title":"Toyota Celica","url":"/cars/toyota/celica","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/1977_Toyota_Celica_Liftback_2000_GT.jpg","quote":"And so I jumped back in my car all mad and I drove home by a Toyota store and I was in a Toyota Celica. That's what I drove for my college car.","canonicalId":"car:toyota:celica","priority":0.45,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"The Toyota Celica is a long-running Japanese coupe/fastback model known for sporty styling and, in many generations, a driver-focused feel. Here it’s used as a personal detail: the speaker drove a Celica when they stopped at a Toyota store to get into the business.","simplifiedExplanation":"The Toyota Celica is a sporty Toyota model that’s been around for many years. In this story, it’s the car the speaker was driving when they pulled into a Toyota dealership.","imageAttribution":"Rutger van der Maar (CC BY 2.0)","imageLicense":"CC BY 2.0","imageSourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1977_Toyota_Celica_Liftback_2000_GT.jpg","sourceStartTime":1105.14,"sourceEndTime":1110.5}},{"id":411242,"startTime":1161.6,"endTime":1165.66,"type":"person","title":"Matt Deimos","url":"/glossary/matt-deimos","quote":"And so I made a career of it. I love that. And that's such a familiar sounding story for so many amazing people in this industry... I know my first mentor. I just no doubt Matt Deimos walked in the store. He's the one who","canonicalId":"person:matt-deimos","priority":0.25,"confidence":0.9,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"Matt Deimos is named as the speaker’s first mentor in the automotive sales context. The mention is mainly biographical, highlighting how mentorship influenced their career path.","simplifiedExplanation":"Matt Deimos is the person the speaker credits as their first mentor. The speaker is saying mentorship helped guide them into and through their career.","sourceStartTime":1161.6,"sourceEndTime":1165.66}}],"speakers":[{"id":"s1","name":"Lou Ramirez","role":"host"},{"id":"s2","name":"Fred Lennartz","role":"host"}],"transcripts":[{"url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/car-guy-coffee-podcast-presents-5liner-feat-kelly-strausser/transcript.vtt","type":"text/vtt"}],"alignmentMode":"scalar","fallbackOffset":0.0}