The Lexus ES is a comfortable, luxury car from Lexus. Here, the host says the new one is a hybrid, meaning it uses an electric motor plus a gasoline engine to help with fuel economy.
A Subaru Forester is an SUV/crossover that’s built to be practical and good in different weather. Here, the speaker is talking about their 2018 Forester and how they’re thinking about what to buy next because they want something reliable for long trips.
The Subaru Outback is another Subaru model, kind of like a crossover wagon. The host is comparing it to the Forester to explain how wind/air drag might feel differently.
A safety system is the car’s set of features meant to help prevent crashes or make them less serious. The host is saying Subaru’s safety features are a major selling point for them.
All-wheel drive means the car can send power to all four tires. The host is saying Subaru’s AWD is a big reason they trust the car, especially for safety and traction.
“Trade it” means you swap your current car toward buying a newer one. The host is saying that when a car gets very high mileage, you may have to decide whether to fix it or replace it.
The Ford Maverick is a small pickup truck. It’s built for everyday driving and light hauling, and it’s popular because it’s usually cheaper and easier to park than bigger trucks. That’s why people bring it up when talking about what’s selling well.
The Ford Ranger is a mid-size pickup truck. It’s meant for people who want a truck for hauling or towing, but still want something that’s easier to drive than the biggest trucks. It often gets compared to other popular pickup options.
Datsun is the earlier brand name used by Nissan for many of its cars before the company fully transitioned to the Nissan name. In this story, it’s mentioned as the type of car the speaker’s dad had, but the exact model isn’t identified.
Car
1978 Chrysler Cordova
This is a 1978 Chrysler model from the late 1970s. It’s being remembered as a big, comfortable car with a large V8 engine, and the story also includes what the seats looked like.
The Cordoba mentioned is a 1978 Chrysler Cordoba, which is an older-style American car. It’s known for having a big V8 engine, specifically a 400 cubic inch engine with a four-barrel carburetor. People bring it up when they’re talking about classic cars and their engine feel.
“400 cubic inch” is the engine’s size—how much space the cylinders move through. Bigger numbers usually mean a stronger engine, but it often uses more gas.
A “four barrel” engine usually means it has a carburetor with four openings that feed the engine. More openings can help the car make more power when you press the gas.
The Mazda CX-90 is a larger SUV with three rows of seats. It’s built for families or anyone who needs extra passenger space. The podcast mentions it because someone drove one and is considering it.
The Mazda CX-60 is a family-sized SUV/crossover from Mazda. The host is saying it’s a good one to look at and that they’ve liked it from their past reviews.
The Mazda CX-70 is another Mazda SUV that’s very similar in size to the CX-60. The big difference mentioned is that it doesn’t have a third-row seat, but it still has plenty of room for cargo.
The Acura ILX is a small luxury car made by Acura (Honda’s luxury brand). The hosts are talking about it in the context of comfort and whether it makes sense financially to pay it off and use it toward a new car. They say Acuras usually keep their value pretty well.
The Toyota Camry is a regular passenger car (a midsize sedan). People often choose it for daily driving because it’s comfortable and generally easy to live with. It’s mentioned because the speakers have owned them for a long time.
A trade-in is when you turn in your current car to the dealer and use its value to help pay for the next car. The hosts are discussing the best way to handle the payoff so the dealer can apply what you still owe versus what the car is worth. It’s basically about how the deal gets calculated.
Equity here means how much of your car you truly “own” outright. It’s basically the car’s value minus the amount you still owe on the loan. The host is saying the dealer can use that leftover value when calculating your new-car deal.
Android Auto lets you connect your phone to the car and use navigation and music through the car’s screen. It’s one of the common “modern upgrades” people add when updating an older car.
“Modifying” a car means changing it to suit your goals, and “restoring” means fixing it up to look and work like it used to. Either way, what you can do (and how much it costs) depends a lot on how bad or good the car already is.
This is a Hyundai Sonata sedan from 2020, in the Limited Edition trim, with a 1.6-liter turbo engine. They’re talking about how their current car feels to live with, and why they’re considering something else.
“Turbo” means the engine uses a device that compresses air before it enters the cylinders. That helps a smaller engine feel stronger and more responsive than you’d expect.
They’re talking about the car using cameras to help with safety and driving features. The point is that they find that kind of tech annoying or unsettling compared with simpler cars.
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GM engine
They’re basically saying they’d rather use an American-made engine—specifically a GM one—because it tends to work better in the situation they’re talking about. It’s about choosing an engine that’s easier to match up and live with.
A spare tire is the backup tire in your car for when you get a flat. Some newer cars don’t include one, so if you puncture a tire you may have to wait for help or use a repair kit instead.
Roadside assistance is help you call if your car has a problem, like a flat tire. If your car doesn’t have a spare, you can’t just change the tire yourself, so you may need to wait for someone to come fix it.
Fuel economy rules are government standards that require car companies to make cars use less gas. One way to do that is to make the car lighter, and removing a spare tire can help reduce weight.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a U.S. government agency that regulates things like pollution. Here, it’s mentioned because its rules are part of why car makers may remove weight from cars to meet fuel-efficiency requirements.
Dealer add-ons are extra items the dealership adds to the sale price. They can be things you didn’t plan on paying for, so it’s worth checking the final bill carefully.
An extended warranty is extra coverage you buy after the normal warranty ends. It can help pay for certain repairs, but you should compare the price and what’s actually covered.
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There's only one place to get straight talk and honest answers about everything automotive
and that's right here on The CarPro Show.
Jerry Reynolds is The CarPro, a 35 plus year veteran of the automotive industry and two
time winner of USA Today's dealer of the year award.
Todd Chambliss is Jerry's co-host and on the side he runs the used pet store.
Today's special is a gerbil that sadly died last night but hey, attach it to the end of
the stick and it makes a dandy dust mop and no more squeaky squeaky in the night.
Anyway, here they are now on The CarPro Show.
And I thought I knew everything about you.
Mysterious Todd Chambliss.
No doubt about it.
That's troubling too by the way.
Just troubling.
Thank you very much for joining us on this Father's Day weekend.
If you're a dad, I want to say to you Happy Father's Day.
We had our annual Father's Day tribute in yesterday's free weekly newsletter that came
out and in my closing message this week I got very, very personal about something that
happened to me and I would, if you are a subscriber and you didn't get all the way to the bottom
of the newsletter, take a minute.
It was a very touching video that a listener sent to me out of the clear.
It was just such a shock and he did something very, very nice for me honoring my late son
and it just really touched me.
I was blown away by it.
I was too.
I titled it The Email That Stopped Me Cold and I tell you what, it was, I've always
loved this audience and I've always said this is the best audience in the country and now
that we're being broadcast on 141 stations nationwide, I know that that is going to grow
and welcome Los Angeles by the way, K-A-B-C just joined us so we're tickled to death
to have you guys again this week but if you're not a newsletter subscriber you can get yesterday's
in your inbox immediately by going to carpro.com at the top of the page and subscribing.
It doesn't cost a penny, it is full of information and I'm going to shock you next week with
some of the stuff I've got in the newsletter but it's also about fun.
We have a lot of fun things that are there, my quick shifts or funny quirky stories about
things involving automobiles and then I've got the suits and settlements which is another
completely different section that talks about lawsuits and settlements and class actions
and things going on in the auto industry and then I have a closing message every week.
I have an advice column every week that I write and it's just full of information.
Two car reviews always, sometimes three.
Oh, I've got the all new Lexus ES next week.
Oh, do you really?
I do and this is the hybrid version.
So this is one that everybody's been asking me about.
Just so funny to watch when gas prices go up, all of a sudden everybody gets out of
the SUV mood and they're looking at cars again and thank goodness for Toyota and Honda and
Hyundai and Kia because they're basically the only ones that didn't abandon the car
segment and thank goodness for them.
So I'll have that new ES and we'll get the review next week's review in the newsletter.
However, will be the 2026 Chevy Equinox, which you're driving today, which I'm driving today
and I have driven a lot this week.
I did more driving this week.
I was at my lake house, which is 90 miles one way, but I had to come back into Dallas.
This is the third trip I've made 90 miles one way this morning.
I'll go back 90 miles this afternoon and I've done that three times this week.
So you want a really thorough review of the Equinox?
I'm your guy.
800-926-7777 is the phone number 800-926-7777 Nawaz in Houston.
Nawaz, welcome to the show.
Oh, he just hung up.
Oh, no.
That's too bad.
We'll call back.
Well, yeah, because he was, he wanted to talk about a Mazda.
So call us back 800-926-7777 and we'll talk to Danny in Rome, Georgia.
Danny, welcome.
I think you mean Annie.
Oh, I do mean Annie.
Yes, I do.
My apologies.
That's all right.
That's all right.
No, no, no.
What can I help you with?
I'm brand new to your newsletter.
Oh, thank you.
And last week, the insurance thing was very interesting.
About people turning to AI to shop.
Yes.
Yeah.
And how AI just turns you off in three seconds.
Yeah.
Anyway, happy Father's Day.
Thank you.
And I want you to know my husband and son are deer heads.
Yep.
And this car drove past me the other day and it was, it was so cool.
Where was it?
Uh-oh.
Did I just hang up?
No, no, no.
We got you.
Anyway, I have a 2018 Forester that has 189,000 miles on it.
Yeah.
I want a reliable, safe vehicle to be able to travel across country and stuff.
So I don't know which car to pick next.
How have you enjoyed your Forester?
Well, you're going to laugh at me.
But it seems like when the wind blows, I get, I don't know, like top heavy.
Yeah.
You get blown around.
Yes.
Yeah.
And I don't like that.
You're going to get that with a lot of SUVs.
And that one in particular has a sort of a really square side, which is going to catch
more wind.
It's not as aerodynamic as say the outback, which I don't think you'd get that sensation
with as much as you do with that Forester.
But I mean, you put a lot of miles on that thing in a fairly short period of time.
Oh, yes.
Is that going to be the case in the future?
Yes, sir.
Well, I would tell you to probably look at the outback then.
You know, the one thing I love about Subaru, well, there's more than one, but a couple
of the main things I like is the safety system that it's got.
I like their all wheel drive system.
I think it's the best in the industry and the safety of it.
But the reliability is one thing that it does not get enough credit for.
Everybody talks about long term reliable Japanese vehicles and they always talk about Toyota
and Honda, which are great, but Subaru is just as good and it'll go just as far.
Now, with 190,000 miles, you're going to either have to make a decision to put some
money into it or trade it.
And as far as as much as they've improved over the past nine years, I would tell you
to trade it and I tell you to look at the Forester and see what you think
about it.
And it was great talking to you.
Thank you for the good wishes.
The CarPro Jerry Reynolds knows things you just can't know.
So call it on thechase.com CarPro Listener Line 1-800-926-7777.
In the newsletter this week in the news section, there's a report about a brand new player in
the midsize truck segment from Mitsubishi.
If you remember this far back, 20 years ago was the last time we saw a new Mitsubishi
truck of this type called the Raider, I believe, right?
That's correct.
And it was allowing for a couple of years, but it just didn't make the impact and it
died down.
Well, this one against going to be midsized and you kind of report in here, they've got
to go and do something a little bit different to make it stand out or it's going to just
get lost in the shuffle.
It's not going to be successful.
Sorry.
All right.
Well, for those looking for a Mitsubishi midsize truck, I'm sorry.
Yeah, me too.
But there's plenty of good choices out there.
Yeah.
You know, it's one of those segments that is always say cars are like clothes.
They come and go out of style.
Yeah.
Well, small trucks became midsize trucks.
And what used to be a half ton truck became a large truck.
And so the true small trucks got squeezed out and they kept getting higher in price and
higher in price until the point that everybody said I can get a half ton truck for the same
money.
Yeah.
And they did.
That's a fair thing to say too.
They did.
Now, now we're getting some separation between them again, which is good.
We needed that, you know, and more people looking at the success of the Ford Maverick.
Yeah.
And then, you know, you got the Ranger, Tacoma has been such a hit since it came out and
it's mainly because it's one of the best trucks you could possibly buy.
I mean, they just last forever.
Yeah.
So, you know, yeah, there's we're going to have more players.
No question that Dodge or Ram, I don't know how their brand yet is going to come out with
a midsize truck probably within the next year.
So that segment's heating up again and I think is, you know, as we get more of these gas
spikes, I think people are going to start looking at different alternatives.
Yeah.
Even here in Texas, which is truck heavy.
Oh, absolutely.
Yeah.
Let's talk to Nawaz.
He was able to get back through in Houston.
Nawaz, welcome.
Mr Reynolds, how are you?
I'm good, buddy.
Thanks for calling back.
All right.
No, no, I don't know what happened anyway.
Long story short, I want to tell you about my dad's two cars.
He's gone now.
I'm sorry.
Back in Tanzania.
Back in Tanzania.
He worked for a Dutch company and he had a Datsun, but I don't know what model it was.
I just have one picture of it and he got hit by a lorry as we call it truck here in the
U.S.
And he walked away.
Wow.
But the car that reminds me most of him is a 1978 Chrysler Cordova with a 400 cubic inch
four barrel engine.
Cordury seats, navy blue, like midnight blue.
And then he leased that before lease was a thing to me for $100 a week.
So you can get high school.
But I just thought I'd share that with you, but I got a question for you, sir.
Yes, sir.
So I drove over the last 10 days, Hondas, Acuras, Lexus, Chevy's Ford, everything.
Yeah.
And let me tell you, you what I'm looking for.
I'm looking at Houston.
The roads are not like they are in Dallas.
Houston.
The roads are horrible.
Yeah.
Right.
With that, with that said, I drove a CX 90 yesterday.
I'm a Mazda or I said, I think in the U.S., we say Mazda, right?
Right.
It's such a beautiful car.
I used to have a Laredo with an inline six, but not the turbo and all that.
I need your guidance on it just, you know, it's got a real, real bias.
It seems like it runs.
It's tight.
It's nice.
It handled the road well.
And I don't care about the third row seat, but it just talked to me.
So can you give me guidance?
I can.
Let me tell you what Mazda does best.
They keep things simple.
And, you know, they've been behind the curve with electronics, with all their, with all
the screens, while everybody else is going bigger and bigger and bigger, they Mazda resisted
that.
They have stuck to reliability and great interiors.
They are upscale from Honda's and Toyota's.
There's no doubt about it.
And with, with their strategy, Nawaz has come real reliability.
When you're not changing cars dramatically every single year and you're not changing
them just for the sake of changing them, you end up with a great car.
And that's what Mazda's got right now.
I love the CX 60.
I've reviewed it several times and have loved it.
I'll tell you the other one that you might look at because you said you don't need a third
row seat.
It's look at the CX 70.
Same car, same length, same size, just no third row seat.
Lots of cargo area though.
Look at that one.
David in Tyler, Texas, the Rose Capital of America.
Welcome, David.
Thank you.
Thank you for taking my call.
What can I do for you, sir?
Well, I'm 85 years old.
My wife's a few years younger and we currently have a, just a minute.
My brain doesn't work very fast nowadays.
My mind just went blank.
Do you have an Acura?
Yeah.
Okay.
We have an Acura that's about almost like 6,500 short of being paid off totally.
But the Acura has been a very uncomfortable car.
It's an ILX.
It's pretty small.
Yeah, it's small.
And so prior to having this Acura, we mostly had Camrys for about the last 20 years.
Yep.
And always been happy with them.
So the decision is, shall we pay off the Acura totally and then go use it as a trade-in?
No, I wouldn't do that.
I'd let the dealer pay it off and then they'll apply the equity that you've got.
How many miles are on the Acura?
About 70,000.
Okay.
It's going to have good value.
Acuras do hold their value very well and it's a Honda.
So, you know, it's got a good reputation.
That was just a pretty small car.
And I just don't think there's any reason to be uncomfortable in a car.
I know I hear from a lot of people who are, but it just doesn't make sense to me.
Why?
You know, get one that you're going to be comfortable in.
And this new Camry, the changes they've made since your last one before the Acura are night and day.
And I'm going to tell you something.
I hear consistently from people that tell me the Camry gets over 50 miles to the gallon on the highway.
And it's a big car.
It just doesn't get any better than that to me.
Now, if you'll go to my website, DavidCarPro.com, I've got a dealer in Dallas that will do the whole deal with you over the phone and bring it to you.
That's Freeman Toyota.
And welcome back to the Car Pros show with Jerry Reynolds and me, Todd Chambliss.
In the newsletter this week, one of the most clicked items, and this was, we talked about this earlier on the Dallas show.
The fact that Texas is about to pass California for most cars sold.
Yeah, boy, I didn't see that coming.
That is crazy.
What do you think accounts for that?
You think it's the truck sales as far as Texas or is it things in California making it difficult to sell cars?
Or is it just a combination of everything going on?
It's everybody from California moving here.
That's true.
That's a good point.
And they are?
It's pretty big numbers.
Yeah.
You know, I don't know.
Gas prices.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You could have put some people off, putting that decision off in California.
I don't know.
But it's, and I was in the article, I said, okay, so why does this matter?
You know, I mean, because they're cares.
What state sells the most cars?
Well, one thing is that automakers pay attention to those markets that sell the most cars.
And they make decisions based on that.
And so that's that in alone is kind of a big deal.
And they've been, you know, like that's why the emissions and everything's been based on California's requirements.
And now that the tide may be turning, it might change some of that, you know, feeling and the thought the way they do those two, I guess, right?
Yeah.
And I think, you know, that's been coming over time where the, you know, California had their own emissions for so many years.
And the rest of the country adapted to that.
And because cars used to have, if you were, if you were selling a new car in California, it had to have California emissions, which were more stringent than the rest of the country.
Colorado was kind of the same way back when I was in the car business.
But, you know, I think the rest of the country decided, okay, it would be better if we all did the same thing.
You know, so they did it the California way.
And I think part of that is because it was such a big market and their regulations have over the years been more stringent when it comes to cars and continues to be that way today.
They've passed some things in California about, you know, gasoline cars that the rest of the country just didn't have.
Yeah.
Now, most of that isn't going to happen.
And I predicted that because it's impossible to have to outlaw gasoline-powered cars by 2030.
Yeah.
Good luck.
We all knew that wouldn't happen.
No, of course.
So, you know, it's just, it's interesting, though, when you look at sales and you go, wow, California is a huge population state and Texas is going to outsell it.
So we'll see.
It could happen this year.
Now, that's cool, actually.
Yeah.
We'll see what happens.
Let's talk to Kurt in Liberty, Texas.
Kurt, welcome to the show.
Good morning, Jerry, or good afternoon, Jerry.
How are you doing?
I'm good, buddy.
Happy Father's Day to you if you're a dad.
Well, I am.
And also, I've got that awkward position of Father's Day and my birthday at the same time.
So I'm one of those persons that only gets the one present.
You know, I'm kind of, I'm kind of in that same boat a little bit.
My birthday was Thursday.
And so I get, I get a little bit of combination gifts, you know?
It's not fair.
It's not fair.
And to you, sir.
And to you, my friend.
So my question is a little convoluted, so bear with me.
My wife and I just bought property for our retirement home.
It's going to be about an hour southeast of Waco.
Okay.
My dad, my dad used to have, when I was growing up, had a Jaguar E-Series.
Beautiful car.
But my main memory about it is, A, it looked like what speed is supposed to look like.
And B, it spent more time in the garage than it did on the road because it broke down constantly.
Oh yeah.
That was part of the deal.
So now I'm ready to have my midlife crisis, even though I've really honestly been having
it since I was about 20.
And I'm looking, I'm looking at, and I'll explain why in a moment, about a night, about
a 2003, 2004 Jag XK E.
Okay.
But what I'm thinking about doing is pulling the original motor out of it, putting an American
made motor that's more reliable in it, taking it to a body place, absolutely telling them,
basically turn this into a new car and then adding a little bit of modern stuff like GPS
because Android Auto is a very useful feature.
Yeah.
I'm just going to let you admit it.
So I guess my question is, A, do you know of some place in the Waco, Texas area that
you could recommend for that kind of job?
And B, am I looking at having to mortgage my entire 60 acre piece of land in order to
get this project done, make my dream come true?
Well, let me address that first because you can go as far as you want to with a car when
you're doing modifications or restorations, either one.
And a lot of it is going to depend on the condition that the car is in.
If you buy a pristine 04 Jag and they're around, you can find one, then you're going to spend
a lot less money on it because the body is going to be great and the interior is going
to be great.
Now we're talking about powertrain and electronics inside the car, right?
So that's going to cost a lot less money than a place, then go into a car that's going
to need paint and it's going to need dents taken out and maybe it's got some rust on
it and the wheels are ugly and that sort of thing.
So you really got to make a decision on how far you want to go with this thing.
And it may be something you want to do over time where you take your time and enjoy it
as you go along and document it with pictures and make a book out of it.
I've seen people do that and it's not, I don't mean like a book itself, but your own little
scrapbook, okay?
I've seen people who've done that and just had an exceptional experience with it and
loved every minute of it.
So, you know, you really got to get the car first and then decide how far you want to
take it because you could spend as much as you want to on one.
Okay, the reason I want to get it is I currently drive a 2020 Sonata Limited Edition 1.6 Turbo.
Yeah.
Wonderful car, but it's a bit of a pain in the neck sometimes.
And some of the things I've been reading about the brand new stuff that's about to come out,
honestly, it's quite off-putting, the cameras, that sort of thing.
And I also don't want to be a slave to some auto dealer for the rest of my life, even though
if I do the Jaguar, I'll probably be a slave to some mechanic for the rest of my life when
we're the other.
Well, if you put a good American engine, probably be a GM engine, they seem to fit better.
You'll probably not have any powertrain issues unless you're going to make a daily driver
out of it and eventually you would under those circumstances.
But there is a place I know of in Waco.
I've got one in Dallas that I use too, but the one in Waco is really good.
And I've had great reports on them.
It's called Auto Design Specialty, ADS, Auto Design Specialty.
And their website is adswaco.com.
Talk to them before you buy the car and get their opinion.
I think you'll be better off.
Every single week to nearly 400 stations, Jerry answers some commonly asked questions
that he is just through his years of working with cars and being a dealer.
And of course having the car pro show has been getting from folks who are interested in buying
a car.
This week, one of the Q&A spotlight questions is how do I buy a used car from a private
seller that you would talk about in the newsletter?
And there's some good things to remember if you're going to buy from a private seller.
Yeah, there is.
The main thing is your safety.
Keep your safety first and foremost in your mind.
And I'll give you some other tips there.
You know, it's not something that happens every single day for most people and times
have changed.
You just got to be really careful out there, not just from your personal safety, but from
the standpoint of getting scammed.
You know, buying a car that doesn't actually belong to the person who's selling the car.
And there's also a ton.
And I see it all the time.
There is a ton of used car dealers masquerading as private sellers.
They got a used car lot.
They sell crap cars and then they'll put them on Facebook Marketplace.
Yeah.
And have you come to their house to look at it?
Oh.
You know, it's just, it's just a bad deal.
Yeah, you shouldn't go to anyone's house to do something like that.
It used to be a very safe place in public, I would imagine.
Yeah, a 7-Eleven or, you know, a lot of police stations now.
Offer areas that for exchanges like this, like selling a cell phone online.
You can go to the police station and there's a well-lit area that's got a camera focused
right on it.
I love that.
Yeah.
Some gas stations are doing it.
And in Texas, QT does, they have a special area.
That's right.
I've seen that.
I love QT because they have free air.
They do have free air.
That's a big deal now.
Because they nickel and dime me on that in other places.
You know how hard that is to find them?
You're right.
You go to 7-Eleven, you get your credit card out.
You better have it ready.
Boy, that makes me mad.
It's air.
It's free.
I know.
You can get all you want.
Yeah.
Just not in your tires.
Exactly.
Cindy and Magnolia speaking of tires.
Oh, I segue.
Hello.
Hello.
Hi.
Thanks for your time.
Thanks, Cindy.
You bet.
What can I help you with?
Sure.
We are considering, we have an old car and we're considering
getting a Hyundai Santa Fe.
Yeah.
And looking at the hybrid and I've heard positive things about the hybrid.
One of the things that seems to be almost a showstopper for us is that there is no spare
tire at all.
Zip.
Zip.
And when we started researching, we found out that a lot of the new cars now don't
have spare tires.
About 40%.
Yeah.
And so what's the rationale?
I mean, in Texas, we drive, right?
We go everywhere.
Yeah.
We go to East Texas and what are we supposed to do if we're in the middle of nowhere and
we have a flat tire?
Sure.
The rationale, albeit flawed, is that you're going to use roadside assistance anyway, but
guess what?
You don't have a tire to put on.
What good is roadside assistance?
The answer to the question, Cindy, is they did it to cut down on weight because of the
Environmental Protection Agency fuel economy rules that were there under the last couple
of administrations mandated fuel economy that automakers couldn't get to unless they
really cut the weight on the car and the spare was one of them.
Some cars still come with spares.
This has been a negative for car buyers now for about five years.
This has been a hot topic.
So many of the car companies make a spare tire for your car.
You just got to pay for it and have the dealer install it along with a jack.
So you know, if it were me and I were going to be doing a lot of driving, I'd absolutely
want a spare, but work was one of my dealers and they'll get you a spare.
I promise you.
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Well, it's happy listener time again here on the car pro show folks that take Jerry's
advice and go and do get the car the way a brand new car the way that you recommend.
And look at this story here from Dwight.
Talk about Metro Mazda.
Oh, yeah.
Dallas Fort Worth.
Dallas Fort Worth.
Apparently this particular person wanted to buy a new vehicle, wanted a great experience.
So talk to Billy there at Metro Mazda.
Apparently very helpful, connected to him with a salesperson who let his friend take
several vehicles out for a demo and really take her time with the decision.
She had a chance to think everything over, called Billy back on a few days later and
they worked out the numbers of the deal right there on the car, on the phone, went back,
picked up the vehicle, everything went smoothly.
No dealer add-ons, simple and easy in the FNI process, no pressure on the extended warranty
or maintenance plan, just a straightforward professional experience.
Made it clear that wanted a smooth and comfortable buying experience and that's exactly what
happened.
So you'll always get a positive feedback from me with the CarPro method of buying a car,
a great experience.
You know what I got out of that one?
What's that?
They left the dealership and weren't pressured.
Yes.
They left the dealership.
They walked out and could have never returned.
And yeah.
And so that's an important distinction.
It is.
For me, that's the most important thing.
Guess what?
They wanted to go think about it.
Well, when you're in the car business, you're trained that B-backs don't come back.
Now, that's insider language, but a B-back is somebody that they're walking out the door,
they turn around, they wave at you and you say, we'll be back.
B-backs don't come back.
Right.
Okay.
But these people were not pressured.
Because of the great people they're working with at Metro.
And you can have that same experience if you start at CarPro.com.
About this episode
Jerry Reynolds and Todd Chambliss kick off the show with listener stories and then shift into upcoming reviews, including “the all new Lexus ES” (the hybrid) and a “2026 Chevy Equinox” they’re driving today. Callers weigh in on used-car decisions—like a high-mileage 2018 Subaru Forester that feels “top heavy” in wind—and debate Mazda’s simpler electronics. The conversation also covers midsize truck market changes, spare-tire omissions, and practical tips for private-party buying and avoiding scams.
