The Lexus IS 350 F Sport is a performance-oriented trim of the Lexus IS compact luxury sedan, centered on a 3.5-liter V6 and sport-tuned styling/handling cues. The “F Sport” package typically adds firmer suspension tuning and more aggressive interior/exterior details compared with standard trims.
The Toyota C-HR is a small SUV, meaning it’s a bit taller and roomier than a sedan but still easy to park. In this context, the 2026 C-HR is described as all-electric, so it runs on a battery instead of gasoline. That’s why it comes up in conversations about choosing an electric vehicle.
The Ford F-150 is a common full-size pickup truck. This one is a 2020 model with a 5.0-liter V8 engine, which is the “classic” engine choice many people like for the sound and feel.
EcoBoost is Ford’s name for turbocharged engines. Turbos can help engines make strong power, and people often compare them to bigger gas engines when talking about towing.
The oil dipstick is how you check how much oil is in the engine. The speaker is saying they made changes involving that dipstick as part of dealing with the oil problem.
The Ford Mustang is a car made for sporty driving. It’s known for having a strong engine and a fun, performance-focused design. People often talk about it because it’s a popular model with many versions.
This is a way to measure how much oil a car burns or uses while driving. If it’s “a quart every 1,000 miles,” you may need to add oil fairly often even if the engine isn’t broken.
Sometimes a car can use a little oil even when nothing is “broken.” The important part is understanding what’s normal for that engine and keeping the oil level topped up.
Checking the oil means making sure there’s enough oil in the engine. If the oil level gets too low, the engine can wear out faster or even get damaged.
Four-cylinder engines usually hold less oil than bigger engines. So if you’re low by a little bit, it can be a big percentage of the oil the engine has available.
Engine oil consumption means the engine is using oil faster than expected. If the oil level gets too low, the engine may not be lubricated well, which can lead to damage over time.
The Mazda CX-5 is a Mazda SUV that’s made for everyday driving. Here, the host’s 2024 CX-5 was fixed after a front-end crash, but it still makes a noise, so they’re trying to figure out what mechanical part is causing it.
A transfer case is a part that helps send power to the wheels on four-wheel-drive cars. If it’s damaged, the car can make strange noises or feel wrong when you drive.
A gearbox is the part that changes gears so the engine can drive the wheels efficiently. If it’s suspected after a crash, it means the problem might be inside the drivetrain, not just the body.
The transmission is what helps the car shift gears to move smoothly. If they think it’s the transmission, the noise could be coming from the drivetrain rather than the repaired body parts.
When an insurance company “totals” a car, it means they decide it’s not worth fixing because the repairs cost too much. The host is wondering if the unresolved problem will push the claim into that category.
Auto checks are reports that look up a car’s history, like accident records and title information. They can be used to support how much the car was worth before and after a crash.
Trading in is when you sell your current car to a dealer as part of buying another vehicle, usually in exchange for credit toward the new purchase. After an accident, a car’s trade-in offer can drop because dealers and buyers factor in the accident history and reduced market value.
When an insurer “totals” a car, it means they decide it’s too expensive to repair compared to what the car is worth. Instead of fixing it, they treat it as a total loss.
A powertrain warranty is insurance for the big moving parts that make the car go. It usually covers the engine and the gearbox, and sometimes the transfer case in trucks.
An extended warranty is extra coverage you purchase after the original warranty ends. It can help pay for big repairs so you don’t have to pay everything yourself.
This part is about extended warranties—how much they cost and how you might be able to negotiate the price. It’s basically advice on how to choose and shop for warranty coverage.
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Lexus 2026 NX350 AWD
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The Cadillac XT4 is Cadillac’s smaller luxury SUV. The host is saying it’s a good deal right now because it’s being phased out, so discounts/incentives may be stronger than usual.
The Audi Q3 is a small luxury SUV from Audi. The speaker is saying it’s fine, but they still prefer the Lexus NX, particularly if you’re shopping for a hybrid.
The Toyota Corolla Cross is a small “crossover” that looks and feels a bit more SUV-like than a regular car. Here, the host is saying it’s a great deal for the money, especially with a hybrid option.
The Toyota RAV4 is a popular small SUV. The host is saying it’s the better pick if you specifically want an SUV, and they point to how consistently it sells the most.
A suspension system is the set of components that connects the wheels to the body and controls how the car absorbs bumps and maintains tire contact. Different suspension setups can make one vehicle feel smoother or bouncier than another, which is why the host links the RAV4 vs. Corolla Cross ride feel to their suspension differences.
A lease is like renting the car for a few years with monthly payments. You usually return it at the end unless you choose to buy it.
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a member of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame, and sixth time winner of the Texas Auto Writers
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Jerry's partner is Todd Chambliss, great voiceover guy, and sixth time winner of the
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Here they are now, on The CarPro Show.
Yep, as one of us is here, Todd is out of town today, so I'm solo, but I would still
love to talk to you, and I'm finding that I have more time to talk to you, because Todd
is out of town.
We get to talking, and we get to bantering back and forth, and you know, sometimes time
gets away from us.
It just seems like there's never enough time anyway.
But there is today, and all you have to do is call the phone number, thechase.com CarPro
Hotline is 800-926-7777-82926-7777, a couple other things we'll be doing this hour, at
35 minutes after, coming up here in about 28 minutes.
I'm going to play the song that I wrote and produced for all the police officers all across
America.
This thing got a lot of play online, and I want to share it with you, so we'll do that
at 935, I'm sorry, 935, good grief, at 35 minutes after the hour, and you can, I hope
you enjoy it.
If you'd like a copy of it, subscribe to the free weekly newsletter.
It will come back in your inbox from yesterday, and you'll get the song, and my advice articles
this week, my review of the Chevy Suburban that I really liked, and the Lexus IS 350F
Sport that I also enjoyed, two very different vehicles, but both really, really nice in
their own rights.
Now this particular week, and this will be in next Friday's newsletter, I had the 2026
Lincoln Navigator, the L version, which is the long wheelbase, and it's the black label,
so it's the top of the line, is a big SUV, but boy, is it some kind of nice.
Should be right, for $138,000, but really nice big luxury SUV, and then on the opposite
end of the spectrum, I had the 2026 Toyota CHR, which is a small SUV, and it is all electric.
So there you go, lots going on.
Question of the day, which is something we do every single week, today's question is,
and I want to hear from you, 800-926-7777, what's the biggest lie you've ever been told
at a car dealership?
Have you been lied to at a car dealership?
If you go to one of mine at carpro.com, that won't happen, but it's probably happened to
you in your past, tell me your story.
The biggest lie you've ever been told at a car dealership, I'm interested.
800-926-7777, let's go to the phones.
Magnolia, Texas in the Houston area, Clarence.
Clarence, welcome, what can I do for you?
Thank you, Jair, good afternoon.
You know, you missed your call and the black tape on the badge is awesome.
I've done that for 32 years.
However, I'll get to my point here, I bought a new 2020, F-150, and I got that Coyote 5.0 V8.
Yeah, 5.0.
I love that V8.
Yeah, I'm old school, and I just like the sound of V8.
I know they always say the EcoBoost is more towing capacity or whatever, but I still like
my V8.
However, 2020, the 5.0 has an oil consumption issue, and oh my God, it's been a headache
for me.
And you might say, well, why even bother, get tonsure or something.
But my point is, I bought an old 2 F-150 years ago, new, and my son is still driving it.
Now, I was over 300,000 miles on it, and I said, well, I'll give him this one, and I'll
buy me a new one.
And I did, and it consumes like a quart of oil every 2,000 miles.
So finally, I kept telling them, hey, the trucks burning oil, I'm adding a quart in
between all changes.
Well, they do have a consumption problem, but finally, about 58,000 miles, I said, oh,
well, yeah, 4,000, it's problem with 5.0.
And we have to put this conversion kit on it.
You'll have to drive it another 2,000 miles.
Well, of course, the war is to go out at 6,000 miles.
So I done what they suggested, I paid for the modifications on the engine oil dipstick.
Sure enough, it's burning quite oil every 2,000 miles.
I'm kind of stuck.
Should I go with another F-150 or straight it off, get rid of it, it's a $10,000 engine.
Oh yeah.
And it's a good engine.
That 5 liter has been around for, I don't know, 30, 40 years.
No, I know.
And the Mustang, everything, you know.
Oh yeah, absolutely.
But there's a lot of engines that use oil today, and part of it is just technology.
And they think they're trying to get more horsepower out of smaller engines, or if you
take a V8 like you got, they're trying to get more horsepower out of that, because when
trucks, when people look for trucks, that's typically one of their questions.
What's the fuel economy?
What kind of horsepower does it have?
I'm going to tell you the truth.
I see most cars today.
In fact, I've written on this.
I've seen most cars today that are using a quart of oil every 1,000 miles.
Sometimes, sometimes every 800 miles.
And there's nothing wrong with the engine.
It's the way it was designed.
And, you know, I know it's frustrating because all of us have been around for a while.
Our first thought is, if a vehicle is using oil, something's wrong.
That's not necessarily true anymore.
It may just be a characteristic of the engine.
So, as good as that engine is, even at one quart between oil changes, I'd keep it.
And, you know, the problem that I run into today is younger people don't even know how
to check the oil.
Well, true, yes.
So it takes some education, and I've written an article on this, too, about teaching your
kids and your grandkids some very basic things about cars and checking the oil is one of
them.
If you give that truck to your son, you're going to have to teach him how to do that
and tell him to get used to adding a quart, you know, 2,000 or 2,500 miles.
As many quarts as that engine holds, it's not going to be catastrophic if he does it,
if he's a quart down at the next change.
But you take some of these four cylinders that only hold four quarts of oil, and you
go down a quart, you're down 25 percent, and that's big.
You don't want to mess with that.
So I think you'd be okay with the truck, and yeah, I'd turn right around and buy another
one if I were you.
I would get the EcoBoost this time, Clarence, because of the fuel economy and the extra
horsepower that you get, and I don't think you'll have that engine oil consumption problem.
But man, thank you for the call, and thank you for your service.
And we welcome to the CarPro Show Radio Family KNews in Palm Spring, California, 94.3 and
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If you're in Palm Spring listening today, we're tickled to death to have you.
We had a new affiliate join us last week in Fayetteville, Arkansas, tickled to have
you, and Lubbock, Texas.
You're on three hours with me now.
Tickled about that too.
I love our Lubbock audience.
So 800-926-7777.
The lines are full right now, but when somebody hangs up or we go to a break, call it then,
and you'll get through 800-926-7777 to Katie, Texas.
We go.
Edward, welcome.
What can I help you with, Edward?
Hey, Jerry.
How are you?
I'm good, buddy.
You're doing a great job running solo there, so good job.
Thank you.
Very kind.
More than anything, I just want to tap in on your experience.
This is the disclaimer.
I'm not seeking legal advice.
I have a 24 Mazda CX-5 with my daughter's car, and she got into an accident, front end,
driver's front end, auto body shop, fixed the vehicle, but when they handed it over to
me, there was a noise.
It sounded like a bearing noise.
Nonetheless, now it's been at the shop for the last two months, they can't figure out
the issue.
You come to find out they use an outside garage for the mechanical work versus the body work,
and they've got the dealership now.
Jeff has Mazda's over here taking a look at the vehicle, and it seems like they can't
figure it out either.
So here's one of my dilemma, I guess.
I'm waiting to see what they're going to come back with.
The insurance company's already paid $12,000 for the repairs, and still not correct.
If the dealer comes back, says it's a transfer case, gearbox, or the transmission, I don't
know what's going to happen.
If they can repair the car, or they're going to total it, nonetheless, what I'm curious
about is I've just been toying around, should I go to my insurance company and ask them
to play in an intermediary because I'm going through the other person's insurance company.
They were at fault.
Okay.
Or do I just get myself with a lawyer?
That was my next question.
Was this a single car wreck, or was there someone else?
So the other person was at fault.
Yes, sir.
Yeah.
I would get your own insurance company involved in it and let them speak with the insurance
company that's paying the bill.
Okay.
What year model Mazda did you say it was?
24 CX-5.
How many miles were on it?
17,000.
Okay.
So you're a long way from it totaling.
They could, they'd probably spend, the typical rule of thumb is 80% of value.
So you're probably, you're probably five grand away from getting into that territory just
off the top of my head.
But yeah, I would get, I would do two things.
One is let's get it fixed right first, no matter what's got to be done.
And Jeff Haas is a good dealership, that's one of mine.
Yes.
And they'll get to the bottom of it.
It complicates things when there's been a wreck.
It's not like there's something that was wrong that came from the factory with Mazda and
they know how to fix it.
This is clearly related to the wreck.
So they may just have to start replacing things until the noise goes away and the insurance
company should pay for that.
The other thing that you've got here is, you've got a very strong diminished value
claim or she does because once that wreck happened and it wasn't her fault, then the
other insurance company owes you the difference in what the vehicle was worth before the accident
and what's worth after the accident.
So given the car facts and auto checks, they're going to have a record of a $12,000 repair.
The value of her car just plummeted.
And when she goes to trade it in, she's going to take a bath.
She is due that money by law.
I've got a really great article at my website that I wrote years ago, never changed it because
it's still true today at carpro.com at the top of the page in the search box, put in
diminished value, it'll pull right up and have her read that.
Now one word of caution.
I would not bring up diminished value until you get the vehicle fixed properly because
if you do, that's going to push them over the top as far as it's totaling it.
And you know, if the rest of the job came out right, we've got this one isolated problem,
then I'd say that's going to be a great car for her many years from now.
But she does need to get the money for the diminished value.
That is set in stone.
So I've also got a place that I use that's an expert and it's in that article.
It's called Tiger Diminished Value.
That's what they do.
They'll charge a few hundred dollars to give her a real workup that they can't argue with
and that they could actually take to court if they had to.
I appreciate the call, Edward.
Good luck.
If you bought a car you thought you'd love, but now you want to push it off a cliff.
Get some advice from the CarPro Jerry Reynolds on the Chase.com CarPro Listener Line, 1-800-926-7777.
And Larry in California, you're welcome.
Larry, welcome.
What can I do for you?
Good morning, Jerry.
I certainly enjoy your show.
Well, thank you, sir.
I'm trying to sell a car for my sister-in-law, she's no longer driving.
Yeah.
She bought a new and it's very original, it's always been garage.
I'd like to know the best place to advertise the car for sale.
What kind of car is this?
It's a 77 Dotson 280Z.
Oh, wow.
And it looks pretty darn good, except for three or four places on the paint.
It's been repainted once, but there's a couple three or four places that the paint is peeling
and evidently it wasn't prepared properly or something.
Larry, is it a low mileage car?
That's, I think it's gone over 100,000 miles.
The odometer is no longer working, nor is it registering any legible numbers.
I don't understand why, but something is gone wrong inside the odometer.
Okay, there's a couple ways to get rid of it.
One is auto trader classics.
It's the auto trader, auto trader.com's got a separate website that's for classic cars.
And you might have some luck there.
What I would recommend, and if I were trying to do it, I would go to retailmyride.com.
Retailmyride.com.
They will take that car on consignment and they'll sell it for you.
And you'll get all, you or her, whoever wants to handle it, will get the rider refusal.
If they, they'll tell you upfront, Larry, what they think that car will bring.
And then they'll mark, they'll market it and they are extremely good at this.
They know exactly where to put that online.
And then you or your sister, neither one had people coming to your house trying to scam
you, writing bad checks or it's a mess these days.
These guys are super trustworthy.
I've done business with them for a lot of years.
I would go that way and see what they can do for you.
You can't get good advice from someone who doesn't really have a lot of experience.
That's why you need to call the car pro Jerry Reynolds before you get your next vehicle.
Call the Chase dot com car pro this underline now at 1-800-926-7777.
Thank you for being with us here on the car pro show.
As I promised you earlier in the hour, I'm going to play a song for you now that I wrote
and produced and it's called the black tape on the badge.
And it's about police officers in honor of them for National Police Memorial Week.
Yesterday was National Police Memorial Day.
All the flags were at half staff.
I always send a reminder out to car pro dealers all over the country
to put the flags down when they're supposed to and put them back up when they're supposed to.
We do that.
It's just one of the things that I do because I feel so strongly about it.
Our police officers, men and women just, you know, they just they do a job
that nobody wants to do.
And I say that in the song that they don't do it for the paychecks and they don't do it for the applause.
They do it because somebody's got to do it.
And that's the way I feel about it.
So without any further ado, the black tape on the badge.
He smiled and said, I'll do my best, but deep inside, he knows the truth.
Every shift could be the one that takes him from the ones he loves.
Some people curse the uniform, some politicians want it gone.
But when the worst day finally comes, guess who they still call home?
I stood beside a mother crying, tried to find the word somehow.
There ain't no training in this world for telling her her child's gone now.
And every silent screams of prayer, every badge carries a cost.
And every officer knows one day a brother or sister could be lost.
So if you see the men and women in blue, remember they're human too.
They miss birthdays and holidays and bleed red, white and blue.
They run toward danger when we run away.
Stand the line so we can sleep safe.
Sometimes all that's left behind is black tape on the badge.
There ain't a pain that cuts this deep like folding up a fallen friend's flag.
Replacing your hand across your heart, looking at black tape on your badge.
So before you judge what you don't understand, walk one night in the boots.
Carry every scar in memory and see if it changes you.
Because they don't do it for the paycheck of glory or applause.
They do it because somebody has to, no matter what the cost.
So tonight when they walk out that door, pray they all make it home.
Back to the families waiting up scared to answer the phone.
For every life they try to save and every sacrifice they've had.
God bless the men and women in blue and the black tape on the badge.
God bless the men and women in blue and the black tape on the badge.
Well, I hope you enjoyed that and if you would like a copy of that, it's free.
You can share it with anybody that you wish, especially make me proud if you'd share it with someone that is a police officer.
The way to get it for free is to subscribe to my newsletter and you do that at the bottom of the page at carpro.com.
You'll get yesterday's in your inbox immediately and that will give you the song and a link to it so you can give it to anyone that you want.
Thank you police officers for what you do.
Let's talk to John in Houston.
John, welcome. How can I help you, sir?
I purchased a 250 diesel trimmer pickup about nine months ago and I love it.
But I'm looking at doing the Ford extended protection on it and there's pretty big price discrepancy between the different layers and I was just wondering if you could give me your opinion on it.
Yeah, I like, for me, I mean, when you start getting up into the extended warranties from the factory that cover maintenance and all those things.
I mean, you're talking a serious amount of money.
I, for me, if I got a diesel truck, I want coverage on the engine, transmission and transfer case.
So you're talking about a powertrain warranty, which is the least expensive of them all.
Now, it's not going to cover you for air conditioning compressors, power steering, power windows switches and that sort of thing.
But none of that stuff is going to break the bank if you have to have it replaced.
But boy, if you need something with that 10 speed transmission, if you need something fixed inside that, then your warranties paid for if you use it one time.
So for those reasons, I just get powertrain coverage and get covered the things that would cost a lot of money to fix and that'll get you out cheaper on the extended warranty.
Okay, great.
Does that help?
Yes, it does.
Good.
Good, good, good.
And talk to one of my dealers.
Even if you didn't buy the truck from one of my dealers, they help my listeners with everything.
Go to carpro.com, reach out to my contact at the dealer nearest you.
You can buy a warranty online and, you know, through the mail system, just regular mail and some of them have an electronic process to sign papers there and you can send them a credit card.
But it can be done and it's easy.
It might be wise to shop around.
One of the things I had in the article in the newsletter yesterday about extended warranties was some dealers will negotiate the price of the warranty with you, especially the dealers on my show.
Thanks for calling, John.
If you think you want a hybrid or maybe an electric, call the CarPro Jerry Reynolds first.
He'll help you decide.
Call the Chase.com CarPro Listener Line now at 1-800-926-7777.
And next up is Sandra in Houston.
Sandra, welcome to the CarPro show.
What in the world can I help you with?
Thank you so much, Gary, for taking my call.
You're welcome.
I tried so much to call before I did the purchase, but it doesn't matter.
I just want your advice.
I just bought a Lexus 2026 NX350 AWD.
Yeah.
Tell me that I made a good decision.
You did.
There is no small SUV in the luxury brand that I recommend more than the NX.
It's my go to 100%.
And you know, the only other one that I would have suggested that you look at would have
been the Cadillac XT4.
And the only reason I'm recommending it currently, it's going away.
This is the last year for it, but they've got some big incentives on it right now.
So if somebody wants a really nice small SUV that isn't going to break the bank, that's
a good buy and a good SUV.
But for the long haul, I always go with the NX.
I don't, I don't like the Mercedes GLA or GOB, either one, particularly well, the Q3
from Audi's okay, but there's nothing better, especially if you're going to get hybrid
than the NX.
Wonderful.
Thank you.
I wanted to hear that.
Well, I'm glad you called.
One more quick little question.
I also have a Jeep Sport.
It's a 2000 4.0 liter.
I've had it for 26 years with 66,000 miles.
Tell me it's a keeper.
Everybody loves it.
I love it.
I'll tell you what, that's not only is it a great vehicle, but it's a vehicle that you
can drive for another 10 years and it's going to be worth the same amount of money.
You're not, it's not going to appreciate a penny.
In fact, it may go up.
But yeah.
Oh, wow.
Sandra, you're set.
You don't need me.
Thank you.
All right, kiddo.
Thank you so much.
Have a great day.
Thanks for taking my call.
Call me again.
I love you.
Take care.
David in Santa Monica, California.
David, welcome.
David, are you there?
David, are you there?
Yes, can you hear me?
Yeah, I got you now.
What's up, my man?
Great.
Great.
Man, I was, I was a couple of days, I was calling about, have you ever been lied to
to dealership?
Yeah.
Man, two years ago, I was in the market for, you know, a used car.
I didn't want to, you know, get anything new right now because I had to
rebuild my credit after going through some, you know, identity theft.
Yeah.
But I settled on a, man, we started going to my son, you know, connected me with the
car pros and we were looking at cars.
And so, but we were going to these dealers, I must have drove like 40 miles one way to
one dealer around the corner for another dealer that lied.
I mean, it was just, it was just harrowing.
I mean, I was like, I was, I was like, I was disgusted.
I was like, man, these guys lied to you.
They tell you, oh, you know, we'll, we'll, we'll keep the keys because I've seen one
dealer right at close, right?
Yeah.
And we say, okay, I'm going to church tomorrow.
You open tomorrow, we'll come right after church and we'll close everything out because
there was something else that they need to blah, blah, blah.
And so he promised me, oh yeah, no problem.
I'll keep the keys here, my desk, you know.
And they sold the car.
And they sold the car.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Golly.
I've seen that.
Brother, we're almost out of time here, but I've seen that more times than I'd like to
remember.
And there's really no need for it.
If you make a commitment to a customer, you keep your word.
That's the way I ran my dealerships.
That's the way everybody ought to run their dealerships.
And it's a shame that there's still some out there.
But then again, if there wasn't, I wouldn't have a show.
I appreciate the call.
And Pat in Rancho Santa Margarita, California.
You're welcome.
Pat, what can I do for you?
Hi.
I'm looking to buy a new car and I want to get either a Toyota Corolla Cross or a RAV4.
And I want to get a hybrid.
And I'm just, I haven't driven either yet recently and just kind of want to know pros, cons.
Well, I don't think there's any cons to either one.
I will tell you a lot of it's going to depend on how much room you need.
And Pat, for me, the Corolla Cross price wise is fantastic for what you get, especially
with the Toyota Hybrid under the hood.
But it's not really an SUV to me.
Okay.
They say it's an SUV.
I say it's a car with bigger tires and wheels.
And they just kind of made a hatchback car and they're calling it an SUV because SUVs
bring more money than cars do.
And they're more popular.
RAV4 is going to be hard to beat if you really want an SUV.
But I will tell you that I think the Corolla Cross rides better.
It's not quite as bumpy as the RAV4 and that's just the difference between the suspension systems.
So either one is going to make you a great vehicle.
It's just going to come down to which one you like the most and your budget.
If you want to save some money, the Corolla is cheaper.
But if you want a real SUV, go with the RAV4.
And I got to tell you, kiddo, there's a real good reason that the RAV4 is the number one
selling SUV in America and has been 15 straight years.
They're just so good quality wise, especially if you're going to lease by any chance, by far
that's the best lease vehicle out there in the SUV.
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About this episode
A packed Car Pro Radio Show episode moves from upcoming review previews—like “my review of the Chevy Suburban” and “the Lexus IS 350F Sport”—into real-world ownership talk. Listeners share experiences with oil consumption on a 2020 F-150 5.0 V8, including “a quart of oil every 2,000 miles,” and discuss how to think about oil levels and warranty choices. The show also covers accident repair and diminished value claims, plus advice for selling cars with odometer issues and choosing between compact hybrids like the Corolla Cross and RAV4.
