The Kia Telluride is a family-sized SUV. The host is talking about how expensive gas can make you think about switching cars, but trading just because of gas prices usually costs more in the long run.
Fuel efficient means the car uses less gas to go the same distance. It can lower your fuel bills, but you still have to consider the cost of switching cars.
The Toyota Camry is a regular passenger car (a midsize sedan) meant for everyday driving. People often choose it because it’s comfortable and straightforward to own. It may be mentioned because the host has owned several of them in a row.
The Ford F-150 is a large truck designed for carrying things and handling tough jobs. People also use it for normal driving, like commuting and family trips. It may be mentioned because shoppers are deciding what kind of Ford truck they actually need.
Super Cruise is GM’s system that can help drive more automatically on certain roads. It still watches the driver to make sure you’re paying attention and ready to take over.
The Porsche 911 is a sports car made for fast, fun driving. It’s known for its unique shape and its engine placement behind the driver and passengers. It may come up because it’s a well-known car with advanced features and performance-focused engineering.
The Cadillac Escalade is a flagship full-size SUV mentioned as another option for Super Cruise. It’s relevant because buyers often look at top-tier trims when they want the most advanced driver-assistance features.
The DMV is the government office that deals with things like registering your car and getting your license. They can also reject or remove license plates if they break the rules.
A vanity plate is a personalized license plate where the owner chooses a combination of letters and numbers. Many states have rules about offensive, misleading, or otherwise prohibited wording, and the DMV can revoke plates that violate those rules.
Diesel exhaust fluid is a special liquid used in many diesel trucks and cars. It’s added to the exhaust system to help reduce pollution from the tailpipe.
This is a 2015 Ford Explorer SUV. The caller is saying they’ve kept it going for a very long time with regular service, which is encouraging for long-term ownership.
Many newer SUVs use power-fold or easy-fold third-row designs that stow the seats into the floor area. This improves cargo volume and makes it easier to switch between passenger and hauling needs.
Resale value is how much your SUV might be worth when you sell or trade it later. Features like a third row can make it more appealing to future buyers.
Front-wheel drive means the front wheels do the work of both steering and pushing the car forward. It can feel a bit different than cars where the back wheels do the pushing.
Rear-wheel drive (RWD) sends power to the rear wheels, which can change how the vehicle accelerates and handles. Many drivers describe RWD as feeling more balanced or “connected” during driving.
Electric vehicles run on electricity stored in a battery instead of gasoline. The host is talking about how companies may lose money when they sell EVs, even if the cars are popular.
“Slamming the brakes” is a metaphor for abruptly changing direction or slowing down. In this context, it means Honda is backing off or adjusting its EV plans rather than accelerating full speed.
Honda is the automaker referenced here in connection with its EV strategy. The segment suggests Honda is changing course—“slamming the brakes”—which implies a shift in how aggressively it’s pursuing electric vehicles.
High mileage like 225,000 miles is a key factor in used-vehicle pricing and trade-in value. It also signals that the current truck has likely seen significant wear items, which can influence what the buyer expects to spend on maintenance.
A test drive is when you actually drive the car to see if it feels right for you. It helps you check comfort and how it drives before you buy.
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Thank you so much for being with us today.
We appreciate you inviting us into your home, and we hope that we can help you make a good
smart car buying decision.
That's kind of what we do here.
We talk about a lot of things, no mechanical questions if you would, I just don't have
the knowledge to help you with that, but if you're looking at maybe making a trade,
then let's discuss it.
I'll tell you what I think.
If you're down to maybe two or three different cars, then I'll help you make that decision
and tell you what I think.
I drive at least 100 new cars a year, and I'll share my knowledge with you.
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I pull back the curtain, and I do give you straight talk and honest answers about everything
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Todd Jambliss is with me as always.
Yes, sir.
I'm doing great.
It's an Easter weekend, and of course, it is not the usual year that we have been experiencing
in the, I guess, past few years, and oddly enough, with everything going on in the International
Theater, if you want to go that route, there are folks now, and you actually cover this
in your newsletter this week, about don't panic trade because of gas prices.
No, that's not a good idea.
And, you know, there are folks who are saying, I've got a big, giant car, and maybe I should
go down to a small or maybe do a hybrid or electric, and there's certainly some arguments
either way.
But as I was gassing up last night for my Kia Telluride, mid-sized SUV, not big, not small,
$62, a little bit of a pinch there, but as you mentioned in the article and you mentioned
earlier on the Dallas show, making a trade because of just a panic trade, as you say,
is going to cost you more than what you're paying at the pump right now, ultimately.
You can't come out.
If that's the only reason you're thinking about trading, don't.
Put a dollar amount to it.
You know, I said in the article in the newsletter in my advice column, if you look at just averages,
15,000 miles a year is what America drives.
The average car on the road today gets 25 miles to the gallon.
If gas goes up a dollar a gallon, which is about where it is, it costs you $50 per month
extra because of that dollar raise.
And if you think you can trade cars and come out and save $50 a month, you're spending
thousands to save $50 a month.
I mean, you're stepping over dollars to pick up a penny and really that's the bottom line.
If you're thinking about trading anyway, yeah, look for something more fuel efficient because
let me tell you something.
This isn't the last gas bike we're going to see in our lifetimes.
There'll be many, many more.
So yeah, get something that's going to make you happy and is the most fuel efficient that
you can get, but don't trade because of gas prices.
Ride it out.
You'll come out money ahead.
Let's talk to Barry in Houston.
Barry, thank you for calling 800-926-7777.
What can I do for you?
Yes, sir.
Can you hear me clearly?
Yes, sir.
I don't like this game.
Toyota is playing.
I've been a Camry driver for the last four cars I've had.
The L.E. now has a manual power manual seat on the driver's side that you got to buy extra
convenience package to get.
Now, nobody's going to go from power seat on the driver's side to manual.
Toyota knows that.
I don't like this being nickel and dime.
It's going to give Toyota a bad name or am I, or is my complaint not legitimate?
Well, no, it's legitimate, but it's not just Toyota.
This is in the auto industry.
We call this D contenting, and it's not just the auto industry either.
Barry, you know, you go to the grocery store and you look at a package that's
the same size as the package of whatever that you've bought for years and years
and years, but there's two ounces less in it.
And it's the same price or more car companies are doing the same thing.
They're it's D contenting, where they take popular features out
so that they don't have to raise the price so much.
And then you can go up to the next package and you get not just that power
right hand seat, but you get some other things to that people like.
So it's it's it's not don't don't just single out Toyota.
This is an industry wide issue.
And they are trying everything that they can right now to hold prices.
And, you know, you can you can believe or not believe in tariffs.
But the truth is it's adding dollars to the bottom line.
And that is one of the reasons that we're up to a $50,000 average
new car price today for the first time in history.
And but the convenience package is a heated seat in the heated steering wheel.
We don't need heated seats in Houston, do we?
No, not not typically.
No, I agree with you.
But on the on the way to get the power drive on the drive side,
it is by the convenience package.
Yep, brother, you're preaching to the choir here.
I hear you, but they're they're building cars for all over the country.
And there there are places opposite of Houston where buyers would say,
oh, I couldn't I couldn't have a car without heated seats and a heated steering wheel.
You know, I don't know what the answer is, but it's it's a problem
that I think every manufacturer is going to have to take a hard look at and say,
all right, we need to go back to building cars that people want.
And we've got to hold the line on price.
And I hope they do that.
Happy Easter to you, my friend.
Your trade could be worth a lot or not.
Find out which by calling Jerry Reynolds, the car pro at thechays.com car
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Welcome back to the car pro show with Jerry Reynolds, the car pro and me, Todd
Chambliss. If you're shopping for an F-150, it could be a super duty pickup.
You might be kind of surprised to know that it's a supply demand thing,
that these vehicles may be short in supply.
And it's not because of any sort of like manufacturing or like a lack of demand
or anything, demand is still out there for these.
They're like among the best selling vehicles in America, really.
Yeah. The problem was a major supplier that supplies aluminum to make these F-150s
had a big giant fire. Oh yeah.
So with that, of course, then a whole portion, lots of the lightweight
metal that's used to make the F-150s not there.
And so what happens when you're short in supply, the prices may be going up.
Wouldn't surprise me.
So be wary of that if you're shopping for it.
And if you see that there are less of them, that's the reason why.
And it won't be forever, but for right now, that's where we are.
Yeah. And they they're shifting a lot of production from the super
duty plant, making the two fifties and the three fifties.
So they have more aluminum for the one 50. Oh, interesting.
OK. Yeah, it is an interesting move because they make more money on the super
duties, but they're sacrificing that to keep that number one selling
vehicle in America title.
Yeah. Yeah. That's a big deal.
And they're I mean, it's been the number one selling truck for 47 years.
And and I saw something that said Chevrolet was
upping their production starting in May, which makes me think Chevrolet
I smell blood and said maybe we could outsell for this year in pickups
and they're going for it.
Marketplace could be shifting just because of that particular fire right there.
Yeah, there you go.
Look at the chain of events that happen there.
Jack in the Woodlands, Texas, near Houston.
Jack, what can I do for you?
Hey, Jerry, I'm looking for a full size, size,
hybrid vehicle with the most advanced self driving features on it.
And I keep hearing that the Lexus is going to come out with that in the five
fifty, but they don't have it out yet.
What would you be looking at if you were looking for that self driving hybrid?
Oh, you know, I I have been a huge fan of super crews
since day one, and that's the General Motors product.
And I've tested it.
The Blue Cruise is very good.
That's the Ford Lincoln Ford Lincoln system.
But I I'd still I'd still put supercruise at the top of the list.
And the reason is they have mapped out now coming up on
seven hundred and fifty thousand miles of highways.
So just just so you understand, there's a couple of systems that are out there.
One is the kind that Tesla uses and they use a lot of cameras
and they use a lot of LIDAR in their system.
And then you've got the General Motors system who actually maps
the miles out manually and puts that information in.
And there's been a good number of deaths in the Tesla systems.
And it's because people get too reliant on it and they quit paying attention
to the road and the General Motors system won't let you do that.
It's monitoring your eyes.
And if you're not looking at the windshield
for an extended period of time, it's going to start yelling at you.
And at some point it's going to it's going to shut you down.
It's going to safely pull over and and stop the car.
And the reason for that is if a driver becomes incapacitated.
So if somebody's on supercruise, they have a heart attack
and pass out, the car will stop you
and get you off to the side of the road.
And on Star will then call 9-1-1.
So if you're looking for something big in an SUV,
I'd look at Tahoe, Yukon, Escalade,
something along those lines for the supercruise.
We are still a long way away from self driving cars, a long way.
We're on we're now on level two
and a fully autonomous car is a level five.
It's going to be a while.
But I think for now, that's as good a system as you can get.
You can do lane changes with the supercruise.
Turn on your blinker.
It'll make sure it's OK to turn, you know, change lanes either either left or right.
And just with the blinker, you never have to touch the steering wheel.
But you do have to pay attention and that's the big deal.
That's the way I would go, Jack.
And I've got some great General Motors dealers there in the Houston area.
They're all at carpro.com and right there near the top of the page.
Just click on where it says find a car pro certified dealer near you.
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What would you change about your current car if you could change it?
And we go to Tom in Magnolia, Texas.
Tom, welcome. How could I help you?
Hey, I wanted to get your your take on I have a twenty eighteen Chevy Silverado
got the active fuel management.
I've had a twenty thirteen.
My brother's got a twenty twenty with a dynamic fuel management.
You know, they they recommend the zero W twenty weight oil.
And there's all this controversy about that oil and people switching to five W
thirty and the new Chevy's apparently coming out without dynamic fuel management.
And, you know, you inquired the dealership and they say,
well, it's normal to it's normal for your five point three liter to
consume a quart of oil or more every two thousand miles.
And yet they want to add this MOA friction additive to it.
So being that the new Chevy, you know, they say that the VH will not have this.
Look, there's there's all kinds of talk all over the Internet about people
having to get lifter work done at one hundred and forty thousand miles or less
on all these Chevy's.
So what what what do you what kind of info do you have concerning all that?
You know, it's it's a tough one to keep up with,
because especially with pickups, because everybody uses them differently.
Some people haul and tow.
Some people don't. Some people use them just for, you know, like a car.
But but the bottom line is the smaller engines that are putting out more horsepower
have got really tight tolerances inside the engine.
A heavy weight oil will not flow through there properly.
It takes a thinner oil.
I really studied this years ago, 20 years ago,
when I still own four dealerships, Ford went to a zero debut 30.
And I was like, incensed by that.
What are you guys doing?
And they walked me through it from the factory level and talked about the oil flowing.
This lifter problem is doesn't seem to be going away.
And I don't know what the fix on it is, but it's common.
I don't have an answer for you, Tom.
I wish I did.
Truly, it's something I'm watching.
And if I get something, I'll dog on sure, let everybody know.
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It's just great reading.
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We kind of teased this last week, but it's a Texas Lamborghini owner
thought he had kind of gotten one past the DMV with his vanity plate.
Now it looks innocent enough when you look at it, 370HSSV.
It doesn't mean anything to me or you until you turn it upside down.
And then it reads a word we can't say on the air.
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Oh, I bet.
You know, there's just so many weird things that happen with cars.
Cars are such a big part of our lives.
Oh, sure. You know, there's always something out there that's going on.
One question I get a lot is about diesel exhaust fluid.
D.E.F. death.
Most diesel drivers absolutely hate it.
And I've been asked the question a lot and I couldn't answer it, which was
what's what's this current administration, which we know has pushed back
on fuel economy standards, they push back on electric cars.
What's what's this administration going to do about diesel exhaust fluid?
I've got the information finally.
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Let's talk to Susan in Waller, Texas.
Susan, welcome to the car pro show.
What can I do for you?
Yes, I currently am driving a 2015
Ford Explorer that has two hundred and seventy three thousand miles on it.
Oh, my.
And I'm seventy four years old and I love my
Explorer. It's been serviced every five
thousand miles. I really haven't had any major problems with it.
But I'm thinking I'm needing a new vehicle, another SUV.
Do we need a third row seat?
I have one now, but no.
I don't actually need it anymore.
OK, I like the size of it.
All right.
If you stick with this, with the size that you've got with that
Explorer, you're going to probably get a third row seat.
But but now, nowadays, they all fold into the floor.
And that was that was kind of a new thing with the Explorer
back around the time that you got yours, where they the third row
folded flat into the floor.
And most of them are electric now.
You just hit a button and it folds the seat out of the way.
So you got all that extra cargo area.
So if you're going to stay in that size,
then you're probably going to get a third row seat.
But that's OK.
It's good for resale value down the road, you know, not at 280,000
miles, but if you were to decide to trade quicker.
Now, what would you say to me was the thing that you don't like
about your current Explorer?
Or is there anything?
No, there's nothing, but it's a new one has to have a movement.
OK, that's pretty easy these days.
OK, OK.
So have you given any thought to getting another Explorer?
Yeah, I just didn't know if there was anything different out there.
It's very this this Explorer today is night and day
different from the one that you have.
And the main thing that's different is your Explorer
was on a car chassis.
It was a front wheel.
It's a front wheel drive vehicle.
So the front wheels are pulling where if you've got a rear
wheel drive vehicles, you got the rear wheels pushing.
Now, some people prefer front wheel drive.
And if you do, that's OK.
I like a rear wheel drive.
I think it drives better.
The new Explorer that came out in 2020 and all through now.
Is rear wheel drive and it's on a truck platform.
So you get you get a different ride and drive.
I would certainly encourage you to drive one.
Now, if you want to look at others, you got to look at the Hyundai Palisade.
You got to look at the new Kia Telluride.
The old standby forever and ever and ever has been the Toyota Highlander.
But if you're used to an Explorer that's that's the old style Explorer,
I would tell you to drive the new one, see what you think.
Because most people really, really love the changes that Ford made in 2020.
The Chevrolet Traverse, another great one.
I mean, it's it's an outstanding SUV.
And if you do want to just go down to two rows while you're looking at
Chevrolet's, look at the Blazer and see what you think about that.
That'll save you some money as well.
So there's a lot of good choices out there.
I think you're going to have to get out and talk to some of my dealers
and take a take a good long test drive and see which one you like the most.
But I I'd put the I'd put the Explorer at the top of the list.
And one of you have one in Tom Ball, right?
Yeah, I've got Jorge Lopez, Tom Ball Ford.
He's been with me for 20 years.
And and just a 20 minutes away.
Yeah, great guy.
Go go let him get you to to drive a Explorer.
And let me tell you something good.
For April, Ford is doing in Texas at least.
And I think in other parts, too.
But in Texas, I know for a fact, they're doing honor loyalty.
So the fact that you've got a twenty fifteen will get you
somewhere between a four and five thousand dollar rebate.
OK, that's going to put the Explorer
probably the most affordable of anything we talked about today.
OK, all right.
Talk to Jorge, be sure be sure you talk to Jorge and tell him I sent you.
I appreciate the call.
Thank you. Happy Easter to you.
So we're talking today about the thing that you would change
about your current car, if you could.
We did it on the earlier show in Dallas, Fort Worth.
And the main answer was the start stop system.
Oh, man, that's popular answer for sure.
That's another thing that this administration in Washington
is trying to do away with.
So if you hate start stop, you might be getting a break on that pretty soon.
Oh, wouldn't that be nice? Yes.
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That's me. I know that, Jerry, you're keeping sort of a little tally
on how much everybody has lost money on these electric vehicles.
And you've said it's over a hundred billion.
We're around 120 billion right now in just right offs.
So we that's just the tip of the iceberg,
really not even full into what they've really lost totally.
Yeah, over the years when they lost money, big money on every single vehicle,
electric vehicle they sold for it at one time,
was losing $80,000 per vehicle on electrics.
And now comes the news about Honda who is stopping the slam of the brakes.
Here's the headline. Honda slamming the brakes on electric.
So how much have they lost? It's been in the 15 billion.
They just rode off 15 billion and they're getting,
they're jumping off the bandwagon. Yeah. Well, we kind of,
you kind of forecast this actually way back when I wrote
that article some time ago, you know, I tried to tell them all,
you're going too fast. You're going too fast.
You can't you can't rush into these things.
America doesn't change their car habits overnight. Yes.
But if you're thinking about an electric, there are opportunities
and they're going to it's this is the year to buy a pre-owned electric car
because we've got 300,000 of them coming off lease.
They're going to flood the market.
And when the market gets flooded with anything, the prices fall.
And they're taking a hit already of depreciation, too, I would imagine.
Oh, yes, they are.
So you got some sweet deals out there if you want to go that route.
Scott, Tyler, Texas.
Welcome. How can I help you, Scott? Happy Easter.
Well, thank you.
I am in the market for a new pickup.
Kind of sort of driving a 99 F 150
and selling at 225,000 miles.
Well, I figure I'm about halfway done with it.
Yeah.
And but I'm I'm looking for a replacement
and I've.
Move a lot of lumber and doors and shutters and things like that.
And I have to tie in the load.
And the new pickups,
at least the Ford's and the Chevy's, I have
stood beside both of them and I cannot reach over the side of the bed.
Most people can't.
That's I am.
I mean, I'm not short, but no, you don't need to be short.
They're just the pickups are so tall now in the beds
and the bigger tires and wheels, you know, they're raising the height
and especially in four wheel drives.
So, you know, the answer
that they're trying to do is come up with all these new handy dandy tailgates
where they got steps in them.
Ford was the first one there to pull out step.
General Motors has got a step package with theirs.
GMC was the first General Motors product to have it.
And it works. It works really slick and General Motors also has
a corner step on the bumper where you can put your foot
in the corner of the bumper and pull yourself up into the bed.
I think the best system.
Ford has it now, but Ram started it and it's it's barn doors.
You the tailgate will open down like a regular tailgate or you can open.
It'll it's split right in the middle and you can open one side or both sides
out like barn doors.
And that seems to be the thing that everybody really likes
when they actually use their bed a lot.
So when you get when you get ready to replace it,
and again, Ford just came out with it last year, but but Rams had it for several.
Look at that. Look at the tailgate systems.
There's no fix for how tall the beds are.
But but there is a fix on how easy they are to get in and out of.
And I think that's a good thing.
Whether you want an SUV, a truck or what is it called?
Oh, yeah, a car.
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We're tickled to death to be with you for three hours instead of two.
And just a little personal request from me.
If you get a chance, say a little prayer for our troops.
They could use it right now.
Knowing the right time to trade is a huge thing right now.
As the car pro Jerry Reynolds on the chase dot com car pro listener line.
1-800-926-7777.
About this episode
Jerry Reynolds and Todd Chambliss run a live, call-in car-buying show focused on smart decisions in a pricey, supply-constrained market. They push back on “panic trading” due to gas prices, arguing the math rarely works out. Listeners debate feature “decontenting,” oil-spec controversies tied to lifter issues on some Chevy engines, and how aluminum supply disruptions may affect F-150 availability. They also cover driver-assist tech (Super Cruise vs camera/LiDAR approaches), EV depreciation losses, and practical truck access solutions like step and barn-door tailgates.
