Car Pro Radio Show January 3 26 Hour 1

Toyota Thon, Toyota Thon, Toyota Thon is on!

Oh what fun it is to drive a new Toyota today!

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This is the CarPro Show, the home of straight talk and honest answers about everything automotive,

with Jerry Reynolds the CarPro, a former two-turn chairman of the Ford National Dealer Council,

a member of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame, and sixth time winner of the Texas Auto

Writers Association Award for Best Radio Show in Texas. Jerry's partner is Todd Chambliss,

great voiceover guy, and sixth time winner of the Darche Championship at the Golden

Spur Bar and Grill. Here they are now on the CarPro Show.

Well, happy new year to you. Welcome to the CarPro Show. We have no idea which stations we're on

I can tell you one thing. If you missed the end of the year deals on vehicles,

don't stress out yet. You've got till Monday because that's when the incentives run through.

So let's chit-chat about what you're going to do. The phone number here, thechase.com,

CarPro Hotline is 800-926-7777-800-926-7777. Let's discuss your buying situation.

And if you have, you know, if you're one of those people who gets it in your mind,

I'm in a buy car right after the first of the year. It's right after the first of the year.

And I can tell you if history repeats itself and it's been this way for as long as I can remember,

after the December incentives go away, the January incentives drop. And that will be starting

Tuesday. So you still got today, Monday, tomorrow in some cases. If you're listening in California

that are where the dealerships are open seven days a week, you've got tomorrow. So there's still

time to do something. But don't do it without talking to me first. Let me help you. It won't

cost you a penny. Free, unbiased, expert auto information on 40 years of being in the business.

I'll help you with anything that I can. 800-926-7777. Mr. Chambliss is here.

I am here. So happy new year to you.

Well, thank you, sir. And I hope you had a good start to 2026.

So far, so good. It's been a great start to the year. It's been an interesting day. That's for

sure. Did not expect to wake up this morning and see the news that we saw, of course, in Venezuela

with Maduro. But we've been covering that this morning, watching that, the president speaking

on that, as you mentioned before. But more importantly, what we talk about here is that,

we've got a limited deadline. You're going to be able to take advantage of incentives and

the fact that this is really the 11th hour when it comes to the best time to buy.

Yeah, we're right down to it. And honestly, the difference between a good time to buy a car and

a great time to buy a car is when the incentives are the best. If you're thinking about leasing,

when the lease deals are the best. And what we're seeing right now is the best we've seen

since before COVID. And I just don't know what to say about what happens Tuesday.

I'm confident they'll go down. I don't know how far they'll go down. But I can tell you that the

thing that spurs incentives is inventory, the amount of cars on dealers lots. If that number is

too high, they put on incentives. If that number is low, they back off on incentives. They'll keep

enough out there just to give them something to advertise. But I can tell you that our dealers

moved a lot of vehicles in December. Our Chevy dealer in Dallas Fort Worth, classic Chevrolet,

did over 1100 new Chevrolets in December. That's crazy. Fred has Toyota World, Houston, Texas,

Spring, actually, popped a thousand Toyotas for the first time in their history.

1,000 Toyotas in a single month. So if these dealers were overstocked,

they're probably not now. Yeah, probably have a lot of used cars, I would imagine.

Oh, they're going to have a gazillion trades, which is one of the reasons that used car market

typically drops in January because there's a glut of trade in. It's all supply and demand,

always. It always comes down to supply and demand. Always. 800-926-7777, 800-926-7777.

You're listening to The Car Pro Show coming up on 25 years of being on the air. Yeah,

believe it or not. And our newsletter this week came out early, came out on Monday. Now,

next week, we'll be back on our regular schedule, which is every single Friday. So

if you're not a subscriber, the number one clicked thing this when it came out on Monday was my

review of the 2026 Toyota Grand Highlander, which doesn't really surprise me. Everybody

just loves that vehicle. Everybody I've ever helped get one of those, just crazy about it.

I know it's really popular. I did not expect it to be the number one most clicked item on the

newsletter. I kind of did. I'll be honest. Did you really? Okay. Okay. I did. That's why you're

The Car Pro. Well, I know how many questions I get on it. Right. Yeah. So you get lots of email

and you can gauge it from all that. That's a gauge. Yes. My top car reviews for 2025.

My song. I did very well. My new song about the Dallas Cowboys. The owner, Jerry Jones.

Yes. Jerry Reynolds, particularly, particularly about the owner. Yes. And also, if it depends on

your age, but if you grew up in the 70s and 80s, you've probably never seen the brochure on your

very first car. And I gave you that where you could actually go online and look at the brochure

on your very first car. And it's a it's a lot. What was your first car? I don't think I've ever

asked you that 74 Ford Maverick. Oh, I'm so sorry. Me too. Dumped it as quickly as I could,

but that was a graduation gift. It was obviously used to that point because I graduated in 82.

So you do the math there. But yes, 74 Ford Maverick. It was a tank. And every cold morning,

I had to go spray the carburetor because it wouldn't turn over. It was just, yes,

a whole lot of maintenance and stuff to it. But it it ran once it once it got warm outside,

it ran just fine. Oh, yeah. Oh, I don't very attractive car. When I got into the car business,

the Maverick was new. And I was just washing cars, but I had to drive them, you know, occasionally,

especially around the lot. And wow, they really suck. But I look at that. I mean,

I look at the lineup when I got when I went to work washing cars at that Ford dealership. We had

Mavericks, we had Pentos, we had Granada's. It was just horrific. What was your first car,

by the way? 67 Chevy Malibu. That's a better choice than the 74 Ford Maverick. 283 V8. Yeah.

Three speed transmission on the steering wheel. Oh, oh, column. Yeah, nice. Three on the tree,

as we used on the tree. How about that? We're going to go to the phones when we come back at

800-926-7777. Think of how much you'd pay for advice from an expert before you buy a car.

Well, it's free at the CarPro show. 1-800-926-7777.

All this talk about classic cars reminded me that this week's classic car of the week has been

posted on our Facebook page. Go to carpro.com, go to the bottom there is a link to our Facebook

page. You can go and check that out. You can make your guess as to what the correct year making

model is for the car. Monday would take all the correct guesses for a chance to win your very own

auto heat shield for your car. And speaking of while, you're on carpro.com. If you have not signed

up for the newsletter yet, recommend you do so. The next one's going to come out the regular day

next week, as Jerry mentioned a few minutes ago. It'll be on Fridays. We did one earlier this week

because of the holiday, but go to carpro.com, go to the bottom, sign up. You can get the latest

ones sent to you immediately. Yes, you can. And you will probably have a good time,

especially if you listened to my new song. Yeah, which was very popular in the last week.

Oh, yes it was. Folks found something there they cared about listening to.

Let's talk to Gary in Portland, Oregon. Gary, welcome to the CarPro show and happy New Year,

pal. Yeah, happy New Year, Jerry. Thank you, buddy. So I've been looking at Toyota four-runners

and I've driven both generation six, the new ones. Yeah. And then I drove a generation five

the other day and you know what? I've decided I like the older ones better. Well, there was

there was nothing to complain about with the old one. I will tell you that it was probably

the longest lasting SUV ever made. And I have said many times, you know, there's a couple

of reasons. One, it's on a truck chassis, which I love. And I think I do think long-term that makes

a vehicle way more durable in an SUV. And then secondly, I mean, that generation you're talking

about, they built it from 2010 to 2024, 14 years. It never changed. And boy, I tell you what, if

there were bugs to get out of it, it probably happened around 2011. And they were spectacular

after that. I don't blame you. I like the new one. But I think if I were looking for, you know,

longevity, not knowing how this new one is going to stack up with the old one for the long haul,

especially where you live, I think you're probably on the right track there.

Yeah. So let me tell you, I found one that's a TRD off-road premium and it's priced right at a

Toyota dealer. And this is a 2023 with 12,000 miles on it. And it's got a car fax that shows

minor damage. I took a paint meter and I checked the paint on this thing. It's got a repainted

tailgate. Yeah. But it's been sitting for two months on this lot and it's not selling.

I say it, like I say, it's priced right. And it's kind of a lime green color. I'm wondering,

what do you think is keeping it from selling? The color. The color. Yeah.

If you can live with it, if you can live with that color, it's probably going to be a bargain. And

if it's been there that long, the dealer is probably waiting until next week to send it to

the auction because typically a dealers have a 60 day rule that at 60 days, it goes to the

auction and whatever it brings, it brings. So your timing is impeccable on this thing.

You can go to them and say, look, you can talk like, you know, like you've been in the car

business. You can say, look, I know you guys are fixing this thing, the auction, you're going to

take a bath on it. Make me a great deal and I'll buy it. Are you going to finance it with them?

Cash. Cash. Okay. Which is fine. Financing is sort of a motivator for a dealer. I helped

a listener this past week by a dodge challenger electric that a dealer had had an inventory

forever. And I walked him through the same thing. I said, look, they want to sell this thing.

They want to write it off in the last year, which is 2025, probably the same thing on this

forerunner. They got a loss coming. They can still book it into 2025 and get it off the books.

Your timing is great. What do they, what do they got it listed for?

It's listed at 44 seven. Okay. There's room there. I would say there's probably a couple

of thousand dollars there. So if it were me doing it, I'd go in with a $40,000 cash offer.

They're not going to take it. Don't be surprised. But your hope is that they'll meet you in the middle

and don't be afraid to walk away because they will, they will be calling you back.

That is helpful information. Good to have. Good to help pal. I hope, I hope it works out. I hope

you have a happy new year. I liked the way you're thinking pal. You found yourself something that is

a prime bargain. And that's not easy to do these days. 800 926 7777.

Six cylinder or four cylinder with a turbo. Let Jerry Reynolds the car pro help you decide.

Call the car pro show. 1 800 926 7777.

And next up is Diana in Coppell, Texas in the North Texas region. Hello Diana.

Hello Jerry. Happy new year. Happy new year to you too. Thank you. So

2025, my goal was to get moved and we did that and that was a focus that drained us of some money.

But now my goal is to buy a new car. And I think I'm late to the game based on what you've been

saying for as far as incentives, but I've got a 2016 Nissan Rogue, 120,000 miles and it's been a

great car. And I thought, well, I'll just go buy another Nissan. Yeah. But I started looking,

you know, see what else is out there. 10 years. So let's changed. Oh, yeah. So anyway, I went

into a Nissan dealer first and told them I just wanted to look to see if the new ones. And he

told me that no dealerships were taken cash anymore, that everything was financed. Well,

did you finance it and then pay it off in a month? Get the hell out. Get out of there then. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. A dealer will gladly take cash. They'd prefer you to finance because they make money

that way, but they will take your money. They will take cash. We want to pay cash because we're

tired. I don't want any debt. But anyway, I started looking and I thought, well, I'll look at the

rest for and then you started talking about the Hyundai and hybrid. And I thought, maybe I need

to check out that brand. I had no idea about the reputation of it or what, but I thought maybe

it might be worth working into. It is. And I'll tell you, Hyundai and Kia owned by the same company.

Hyundai and Kia are both putting out great vehicles. The Hyundai hybrids have been great so far.

Now, do we have the history on the Hyundai hybrid that we've got with the Toyota RAV4 hybrid? No,

not near. But the plus side is the Hyundai comes with a 10-year 100,000 mile warranty. So,

yes, it's certainly worthy of you looking. I would suggest you look at the Sportage

and see what you think about it. It's a great SUV. I've helped a lot of people in them and

they're always real happy. So go to carpro.com and find the closest Hyundai dealer to you.

I've got quite a few of them and they'll take great care of you. You could be losing money at

the end of your lease and not even know it. Jerry Reynolds, the carpro will clue you in.

Call the carpro show at 1-800-926-7777.

Toyota Thon, Toyota Thon, Toyota Thon is on. Oh, what fun it is to drive a new Toyota today.

Hey, Jan from Toyota here reminding you Toyota Thon is on. Make your holiday wishes come true

with a new Camry, RAV4, Tacoma and more. All right, let's sing it together this time.

Toyota Thon, Toyota Thon, Toyota Thon is on. Dealer inventory may vary. Toyota Thon ends

January 5th. See your participating dealer for details. Toyota, let's go places.

And welcome back to the carpro show with Jerry Reynolds, the carpro and Todd Chambliss. Quick

shifts, one of the more clicked items every single week. Every time that Jerry releases a brand new

newsletter, it's stories in the auto industry. A couple of things in the quick shifts I thought

were rather interesting. You always see these typically one to year vanity plates where people

go and take advantage and they're no good nicks. They do something either obscene or inflammatory

or just hard to read. And there's a story about, I think there are over 500 submissions people

were trying to get personalized license plates and they were denied in Illinois.

But occasionally you'll see one slip through. They catch it.

It's something that's a little too hip for the room or that kind of thing. You'll see that for

sure. Some of these really and not at liberty to say on the year. Yeah, exactly. They're that kind

of thing. And then the story about why a fire truck may blast its horn three times and you wonder

why there's information about that. Some good stuff in quick shifts and the newsletter. Go and

get that immediately if you go to carpro.com and you can sign up today. I got some good ones for

next week already too. I bet you do. I do. The guy that came up with the idea to put an arrow

under your gas gauge to show you which side of the car. Yeah. To fill up. Right. He passed away.

Oh, really? Yeah. That's a sad thing. He was a Ford engineer. He came up with that idea in 1986.

Is there a joke that you've got? No. I was waiting for the joke at the end. It's true.

That's sad. That's an important thing. I know a lot of women are really thankful to know

which side it's on because, you know, that their safety is like a paramount thing. And that

influences a lot of folks who buy cars to be able to know which side it's on. Because I'll forget

half the time even though I've driven this car for two years now. Oh, try getting in and out of

100 cars a year. Well, that's exactly, yeah. Because I always fill them up before I give them

back, which none of the other reviewers do, but that's another story. Yeah. Yeah. All right.

Look, we don't know if we're on the air anywhere in the United States. Maybe not.

66 stations are probably playing the president right now. And they're still on?

Yeah. He's still, he's still talking. Okay. All right. It's a big day though. So it is. I mean,

this is one of those historic days that we'll always remember. Oh, yeah. But if you would like

to pick my brain and if you want to have more time than normal. This is the time right now.

Oh, it is. This is the time 800-926-7777-800-926-7777 and we'll talk to Dwayne in Houston. Dwayne,

what is going on, my friend? Yes, sir. Happy New Year to you, gentlemen up there. Thank you,

buddy. Happy New Year to you. Yes, sir. Get ready to retire in a couple of years, looking at getting

a nice car vet. Not really sure which way to go. Never on the car vet. Check online with auto traders,

car facts, car guru. Everybody has different, different, you know, car vets and the price range,

you know, different also depending on which way to go. And so looking for to get a nice pre-owned

car vet and everything, you know, to have a lot. Most of the time I keep a car for a long time,

if not forever, but might put some money down or trading and got a little Toyota Yars. I'd like

to trade in also, you know, so just trying to get your opinion which way you think I should go at

this point. Well, I'd be looking for something, you know, and you talk to Corvette aficionados

and they all have a different opinion on what was the best generation. I had, I had two,

the only two new Corvettes I ever owned were both C sevens, which came out in 2014.

And they, those ran through 2020 when the new C eight came out, which is the mid engine car.

Right. I loved my C sevens. I love both of them. One of them was they were both convertibles.

The second one I had in 2016 was a zero six and it frankly was too fast,

even for me with my heavy foot, because you couldn't, you couldn't keep the rear end down.

I mean, you could be driving down the freeway at 65 miles an hour and floorboard it

and it get loose with you. The rear end start coming around. So yeah, now everything changed

with the C eight with the, with when you got that big engine sitting pretty much on top of the rear

wheels, those rear wheels aren't going to break loose. And it was a remarkably different ride and

when I reviewed the new one, the one that's, that's still out today. So a lot of this is

going to come down to budget. I would tell you that I would drive a C seven and a C eight both

and see, see which one you like. Cause I have actually talked to listeners

that didn't care for the C eight. They liked the old one better. I don't think if it were me,

I don't think I'd go back past 2014. Okay. I think, I think that generation was probably

one of the best ones ever made. I had amazing luck with both the ones that I had, but sir, if,

you know, it's, it's, it's a personal decision. You're going to be the one driving it and you need

to be the one that takes a really good test drive. Right. I was looking at the 2014s and 2016s.

I've heard you talk about those years, those models and something like that. So I say, you know

what, I'm kind of leaning towards these are 2014, 2016, you know, maybe a Z 51 or Z 71. Z

Z 51 is the, that's the suspension. That's the suspension package. I had that on both mine

and it's worth, it's worth it. Now, the one good thing Dwayne about used Corvettes is they're always

some really low mileage ones out there because for a lot of people, they're weekend cars.

That's it. They only drive them on the weekend. Exactly. And then at some point they get tired

of it and they say, uh, you know, I'd rather have the money in the bank or, you know, okay,

I've had this car for eight years and I'm ready to get rid of it, you know. So finding one, a big

Corvette dealer and I've got a big one in sugar land, classic Chevy sugar. They sell a ton of

new Corvettes and that dealership is part of the big classic store in here in Dallas,

which was number one in America for the third year in a row this year. They sell a ton of Corvettes.

Well, the Sugarland stores the same way. Yeah, classic Chevrolet. Classic Chevrolet in Sugarland,

okay. In Sugarland and they're just great, great people. So keep a watch on their inventory. Doesn't

sound like you need to be in a hurry. Uh, but not really, not really, but look, I understand how it

is, Randall. Once you get your mind on it, it's that desire to get a new Corvette is going to eat

on you. So I know I've been there. I've been there. Yeah. So yeah, I've been looking for a long,

for a while and I'm start watching when, when, when the right one pops up a classic, you'll know it

and then get down there and get your hands on it quick. They don't set long. Happy new year, pal.

In this week's newsletter, one of the most clicked items happens to be the story that Jerry did about

the automakers with the most recalls for 2025. As Jerry mentions in the article this year,

this past year, 2025, the one of the most active years for auto safety actions for recalls and the

number one of the list, which I'm not going to tell you. I want you to go and check out the story

for yourself in the newsletter. The number one beat the number two by three times, the number

of recalls. Yeah. And if you watch our recall section every week in the free newsletter,

always up to date, you'll find them there first. Yep. You'll know who it is. You'll know exactly

who it is. Not a big surprise, but and nothing, this is not a contest you want to win. No, it's not.

And they're going to be recalls. All of them have recalls. It's just kind of surprising,

the number of recalls from this particular company, but nonetheless, it is right there in the newsletter.

Jerry mentioned it's free. There are no ads and I'm going to sell your address to

some company online. It's a, you can always unsubscribe anytime you want. No obligation,

but you're not going to want to because once you get it, you're going to want to keep up with

things like the recalls and incentives. Carpro.com has the link if you want to get that sent to you

today. And I love the way they spend it. They spend it. We had the most recalls. That means

that we're watching our stuff better. That's one way to put it. I wouldn't put it that way.

No, it's not exactly working for me. Ben and Katie Texas in the Houston area. Hello, Ben.

Hey, Jerry. Gosh, I've listened to you for a hundred years. It seems like between WBAP and now

KTRH down in the Houston area. Yeah, I feel it today. Jerry, I've got a Tacoma, a Tundra,

a forerunner and a Lexus GX that just all I buy is Toyota products. They just run forever and

ever and ever. And I'm going to have to replace one of them before too long. My wife wants to

coy it, but I'm old school. I don't want to hybrid. And then they've got all these smaller

engines now with the turbo chargers. Since President Trump supposedly relaxed the fuel

standards here a couple of weeks ago, is there any chance Toyota could go back to the normally

aspirated engines at all? No. That's a thing of the past.

Well, look, and you're telling the story here that I love of how much you love Toyota and

how reliable they've been. Well, I've got a friend who bought a new Tundra. Engine blew up.

I know, pal. There was 100,000 of him and 100,000 more. But guess what? That can happen with

any vehicle. That can happen with any manufacturer. But the thing about Toyota is

when they run upon a problem like that, they take care of it. They're not fixing those engines.

They're replacing those engines, which is going to cost them millions of dollars,

but it's the right thing to do. So Toyota, as a car company, in my opinion,

is the smartest car company out there. They don't take risk. Yeah, they can have an issue like

the Tundra Sequoia 3.5, which was the problem was with the non-hybrid, not the hybrid. So,

you know, a lot of lessons were learned with electric vehicles, such as

all the automakers putting all their eggs into one basket called electric vehicles in the last

administration that ran the country. And then the new administration comes in and everything's

out the window. They're looking at this the same way, which is Toyota saying, nope,

gas is coming down, coming down to two bucks a gallon in some places already. But we're not

going to back away on fuel efficiency. And the one thing about Toyota, they're not going to back down

on their quality and their testing that they do. You're going to have to get over the fear that

you have. And I promise you, I don't think you'll be disappointed in the long run. Happy New Year,

Ben. There are a lot of good midsize SUVs. Find out which one is right for you by calling Jerry

Reynolds, the car pro at 1-800-926-7777. It's that time of the show when we talk

about happy listeners, all the folks who have listened to Jerry, followed his advice and went

through his step-by-step instructions and had a great result from it when they bought a brand

new vehicle. For example, Kurt in Houston went to Tom Ball Ford, our friend Jorge Lopez,

helped him out. Of course, he said he wanted to let you know he visited Jorge last week. His

daughter wanted a Bronco Sport and Jorge and Ashley were great and helping them weigh the

available options. Guiding through the process had a great experience. And Paul, the Dallas

Fort Worth area, looking for BMW of Plano, talked to Max over there, Max Steamer, about a 2026 BMW

X640i. So communication with the car pro team. Excellent. Always sending helpful information

on a timely basis. Jerry was awesome, answering all my questions, helping guide me and making the

best car buying decision for my family. Well, I'm happy to help. You did. And looks like your way

of buying a car came through again for some people. Yeah. And I got a new, my new BMW came from the

same guy. Is that right? Yeah, Max at Seoul BMW Plano. Nice. But you've, look, you got to follow

the process. I got a little bit, which I never do. I got a little bit irritated yesterday with

a listener. You know, it was like, I went, I sent my daughter at a different time. This,

this doesn't work for me. Did you go through my website? No. Did you talk to my contact at the

dealership? No. Yeah. Oh, so you went through the right dealership, but you didn't follow through

and find out who to talk to. Exactly. No, it's important. I never heard you say that.

Only a million times. Only a million times. It's on the website too, by the way. Yeah.

You got to follow the process to be successful. We've got two hours to go. We will be back

and you can call next hour and I'll be happy to talk to you. Find out when that 100,000

mile mark matters. And when it doesn't matter, call the car pro Jerry Reynolds now at 1-800-926-7777.

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