The BMW 3 Series is a smaller luxury car made by BMW. The podcast mentions a 1977 BMW 320i, which is an older version of that model line. It’s discussed in the context of a favorite car from the 1970s.
The Ford F-150 is a popular big pickup truck. Here, the host is talking about one that looks and sounds especially good—big wheels, lowered suspension, and a V8.
A “Lobo package” on a Ford truck usually means a set of options or a trim level that changes how the truck is equipped. The podcast is saying that this particular Lobo version looked great. It’s being mentioned because it’s a recognizable configuration.
Term
Lobo package
A “package” usually means a pre-set bundle of options the truck comes with. The “Lobo package” is the name for the particular combination of upgrades on that F-150.
The Honda Pilot is a family SUV with three rows. “Elite” is the nicer, higher-end trim, and “all-wheel drive” means power can go to more than just the front wheels for better traction.
The Cadillac Coupe De Ville is a luxury car, usually a two-door coupe. The podcast is specifically recalling a 1966 model and describing it as an exciting or memorable car. It’s the kind of vehicle people talk about for its classic comfort and style.
A Chevrolet Silverado is a large pickup truck. People use it for work like towing and hauling, but it can also be a normal daily vehicle. The podcast is talking about how GM has supported the Silverado over time.
The Toyota Land Cruiser is a tough SUV meant for both road trips and rough terrain. It’s known for being built to last. The podcast is saying they plan to buy a new one in the 2026–2027 timeframe.
A truck chassis means the car sits on a separate frame, like a pickup truck. The host is saying that this kind of build helps the vehicle ride and drive in a smoother, more solid way.
A turbocharger is a device that helps the engine make more power. It squeezes more air into the engine, so the vehicle can feel stronger even when it’s heavy.
The Lexus GX is a rugged SUV from Lexus that’s built to feel steady and comfortable. Here, it’s mentioned as the closest match to the other vehicle’s ride quality.
Four wheel drive means power goes to all four wheels. That helps the vehicle grip better on rough or slippery roads, but different 4WD systems can drive differently.
The Ford Mustang is a sports car made by Ford. It’s known for performance and for having many different versions over the years. The podcast is mentioning that the speaker has owned some older Mustangs.
“55 Chevy” means a 1955 Chevrolet. The host is talking about how his car drove with a simple older-style transmission that shifted from the steering column.
That phrase means the car has three gears, and the gear lever is on the steering column. It’s an older driving setup compared with modern cars that usually have the shifter on the center console.
“Dual exhaust” means the car has two exhaust pipes/outlets instead of one. It can help exhaust flow and is a common performance-style setup on older cars.
A “split manifold” is part of the exhaust system that splits the exhaust flow into separate channels. The host connects it to having dual exhaust, meaning there are two exhaust outlets instead of one.
They’re talking about a Jeep Gladiator (the transcript says “Ladiator”). It’s a Jeep that’s part off-road SUV and part pickup truck, with a bed for hauling.
“Death wobble” is when a truck or Jeep starts shaking really badly through the steering wheel and front end. It’s usually caused by something loose or worn in the suspension or steering.
A track bar is a suspension part that helps keep the wheels lined up as the car moves. If the rubber parts (bushings) wear out, the car can feel wobbly or unstable.
Bushings are the soft rubber pieces that hold suspension parts in place. When they wear out, the parts can move more than they should, making the car feel shaky.
This sounds like the automaker Stellantis. The point is that a good dealer can check with the manufacturer for guidance on what’s causing the problem and how to fix it.
This is a classic Chevrolet from the muscle-car era. The 1970 Chevelle Malibu is remembered for having powerful V8 engine options and a strong enthusiast following.
The Chevrolet Impala is a large car that was made in many years, including the mid-1960s. The podcast is talking about a 1966 or 1967 model with a four-speed transmission. That means it shifts gears in a more driver-involved way than an automatic.
A slide-away steering wheel is a steering wheel that can move so it’s easier to get in and out of the car. It’s more about convenience than performance.
Term
factory installed a MFM radio
They’re saying the car came with a radio installed at the factory. The exact “MFM” part is just the radio option name used for that model.
A “blinker” is the turn signal you use to show you’re turning left or right. In this story, it’s mentioned because the steering wheel movement was tied to the control actions.
They’re talking about design features that make it easier to sit down and get out of the car. The steering wheel moving (or tilting) is part of that convenience.
A tilt steering wheel can be adjusted so the wheel points more toward you or away from you. It helps you sit comfortably and get in and out of the car more easily.
This sounds like the Kia Telluride, a family-size SUV with three rows. The “hybrid” part means it uses both gas and electricity to help with efficiency.
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Well, we sure appreciate you being with us on this holiday weekend, and we hope that
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It's not about picnics and barbecues and that sort of thing.
It's about those people, the men and women who went before us and died so that we can
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And without them, who knows what this country would be like.
It's just, it's a very somber holiday, and I don't want to bring everybody down because
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It's a great time to be with family and friends and have some fun.
But just in the back of your mind, remember why this holiday is.
And if you do that, and you've got children or grandchildren, teach them what Memorial
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It's not Veterans Day.
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That's when we thank all veterans who served.
This holiday and Monday is about those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.
They paid with their lives so that we could be free.
And you've got to think this Iran thing is about to crank back up and we'll have people
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And they just keep getting better.
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Ford really kicked it off with employee pricing a couple of weeks ago, and everybody else
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Tim.
Sam, go on a week and look what happens.
You forget the name.
Oh, you were gone last week.
I was gone last week.
I didn't miss you.
I'm glad you told me.
My goodness.
All right.
Kidding, kidding.
I know, I know.
Five straight hours of solo radio.
You kidding me?
Yeah, you probably were aware.
Yeah.
I knew right off the bat.
Oh, sure.
Of course.
Yeah.
There you go.
How was your week been?
It's been crazy week, but you know what?
Here we are on a Memorial Day weekend.
And besides what you said about how, what the weekend really means, this is not happy
Memorial Day.
This is not thank you all veterans, although we love all veterans, it's not what the weekend's
about.
As you mentioned, some gave all all game some and with that being said, it's sacrifice
that men and women made to keep us free and we can never repay them back.
But we were so grateful for that extreme sacrifice that I don't know that I could do that myself.
But some, some did and we are, we can, we're just so grateful for that.
Yeah.
And, and, you know, I, I didn't serve.
I missed it, you know, age wise.
Yeah, me too.
Vietnam was well over when I turned 18 and that was too old for Afghanistan.
So, you know, but I will tell you this, I'd have gone.
I'd have gone.
If you were that generation and if I were back then, I think we all would probably be
in a different scenario and mindset where a lot of us who love our country would say,
you know what, it's, it's, if it's up to me, let's go, let's get it done.
Yep.
And boy, I'll tell you what, there's been, I don't know the number.
It's probably something that I'm, I'm sure the records are out there of how many people
men and women died serving the country in America.
You know, it'd be good to look at, maybe I'll do that here in a little bit.
200 and fifty years coming up here in just a few weeks.
You know, wow, if we come a long way and it's because of our military.
You played this, you wrote this song and it's one that has gotten probably a lot
of attention in the last couple of months to honor our veterans and those who have
fallen in duty of, of defending our country.
And that was a big hit earlier on the show.
Yeah, it was called Stand With The Brave.
I played it, I don't know, when I first wrote and direct and produced it a couple
of months ago, I guess.
But if you would like that, if you want to email me, I'll send you a link so you
can listen to it.
It's called Stand With The Brave.
It's kind of an upbeat song about our military.
It's very well done.
Oh, thank you very much.
Let's talk to Thomas in Roanoke, Texas.
Thomas, first car, favorite car.
Good morning, Jerry.
My first car was a 1957 Renault Golf.
Oh, wow.
57 Renault.
My favorite car was a 77 BMW 320i.
Boy, I tell you, in the 70s, there weren't, you didn't see very many BMWs here.
Yeah, that's right.
I bought it over at the Burian Mildry.
I remember them.
No longer exist.
No, they don't.
But I remember them.
Yes.
And Todd, do you know what BMW stands for?
British motorworks, Bavarian, Bavarian motorworks.
OK, I should have guessed that.
Yes, that would have been a good guess.
Thomas, thank you for letting us know.
I appreciate it.
What was your first car and what was your and have a great weekend?
What was your favorite car?
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Well, my favorite car this week was a Ford F-150.
I drove the first half of the week and I've it was called the Lobo package.
Beautiful, beautiful truck.
I mean, just gorgeous.
And it's just an old school truck.
It looks great on the outside, big 22 inch wheels, blacked out all the way around.
Extra fog lights in the grill, lowered two inches.
And it's got a five liter V8 and it's got some exhaust on the back
from the factory that sounded amazing.
So that review will be in next week's free weekly newsletter.
And that will be out next Friday.
We came out a day early this week.
But next Friday, the that review.
And I've had the 2026 Honda Pilot Elite all wheel drive.
And that's been a joy, too.
Your tray could be worth a lot or not.
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Wes in Flower Mound, first car, favorite car.
Good morning, Jerry.
Hey, buddy.
I appreciate the call.
My first car was a 1954 four door V8 flathead three speed.
Wow.
Wow.
I paid three.
I think I paid $325 for it.
Had to borrow some money from the bank.
My dad co-signed for me.
Awesome.
My dad co-signed my first car, my first financed car, but he never did it again.
He told me when he did it.
He said, this is one, this is a one shot deal.
I said, okay.
And what's been your favorite car?
Well, I've had several, but one of my favorites was a 1970 Torino two door
red had that 351 Cleveland engine in it.
And it was snappy.
I really enjoyed it, but I had to sell it because my wife was pregnant
with our first child and we were coming back into the Dallas area.
And she was in the back seat and got claustrophobia and as I'm driving
down the highway, she climbs over the seat into the front seat and says,
we got to get a bigger car.
Well, that's a good reason to West.
Thank you so much.
I appreciate the call.
Nicholas in Scranton, New York.
Welcome.
First car, favorite car.
Hey, thanks a lot for taking my call.
My first car was a 76 Chevy Monte Carlo.
Oh my goodness.
I love those.
Yeah.
Sunroof.
Actually, you know, not the glass.
It was metal.
So they called that a move.
I'm pretty sure.
Swirlboat Park is the whole nine yards.
Not my favorite car that I've had cars.
I've had a bunch and I'm not bragging.
I'm just saying, you know, strictly American always, yeah, I had a 70.
I had a 73 Pontiac Grand Prix, which is a one year car as far as bumpers
and header panel and trunk lid and everything.
Wonderful car.
Yes, it was.
Yeah, I had a 78 Lincoln Continental Town Coupe.
That was a beautiful car.
Boy, oh boy, I had to come in to the road today.
I see.
I see a pattern.
I see a pattern here.
You.
Yeah, you know, you like long hoods.
Oh, for sure.
You got to land the helicopter somewhere, you know?
Oh, that.
That Graham, that Grand Prix had a long hood.
Oh, my in a short back.
Oh, my goodness, that thing was pretty.
My brother had an orange one with a white half vinyl top.
And I thought that's a prettiest car I'd ever seen in my life at that time.
Wonderful car than the third one.
You know, if I could, I had it and I was like a superstar in that car.
Was a 66 Cadillac Coupe de Ville.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And I it was a really sharp car.
The way I had it with the paint, you know, had the beautiful
while your wheels on it, just a classy looking car.
And the cops would pull me over actually just to talk to me.
I believe it.
I believe it.
Everybody loved that car.
Let me tell you, little kids, boys and girls, old people.
I mean, it was unbelievable.
Have fun.
Oh, it's it's good to walk back down memory lane, isn't it, Nicholas?
How much fun is that?
Hey, brother, have a good weekend.
Thank you very much for the call.
And Nicholas opened a line at 964
seven. Tell me what you're thinking about doing with your car situation.
I'll tell you what, I think is the best deal out there for you right now.
There are some smoking lease deals out there for this holiday weekend.
And there are big rebates, a lot of zero percent out there for this weekend.
General Motors, at least in the Texas market that I know of,
General Motors did zero for 72 on Silverado.
We haven't seen that in a very, very long time.
And that's I mean, we know why they're doing it.
It's they don't want to copy forward and do employee pricing,
but they needed to stay competitive.
So they went a completely different direction.
So if you're looking for that low price and you want, you know, to get that,
the Ford is going to be a lesser price.
But maybe you want the savings of zero percent for 72 months.
I don't like 72 months.
But at zero percent, I'd want to finance it as long as I possibly could.
Absolutely. Here you go.
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And Jacob, in which tall falls, Texas is next on the car pro show?
Good morning, Jason. What can I help you with?
Hello? Hey, buddy, you're on the air.
OK, yes, we're thinking about buying.
Well, we're going to purchase a brand new
Land Toyota Land Cruiser.
Yeah, 2026 or 2027.
Oh, that's what I want.
Yeah, Todd wants one, too.
Well, we of course, we haven't had the 27 yet, but the 26
the 25 the 24 when it first came out.
This thing has really been something special, Jacob.
It is. I've reviewed it twice.
It is so solid.
I mean, it's on a truck chassis, which I always love
the way it rides and drives.
But this thing is just you can tell the minute that you open and shut the door,
it's so well built and it's it's selling great.
I mean, that that I force max two point four turbo
charger has been a great engine so far, got plenty of power
in spite of the fact that that that vehicle is very heavy.
But there I got not.
I don't have one negative thing to tell you about that vehicle.
OK, do you see any other ones that's comfortable to that?
Well, the Lexus GX is the closest thing I've seen to it outside of that.
I mean, you can't you can't say the Ford Bronco.
Because it's just a completely different set up and it's not even in those two vehicles.
The only thing they got in common, really, is they're both four wheel drive,
but they're they're riding drive so different.
If you really wanted to do offroading in a vehicle, I'd go with the Bronco.
But if you want a good daily driver that sets up great, that'll probably go 300,000 miles.
Absolutely, I'd go with the Land Cruiser.
100 percent. OK.
Let's get you one.
Let's get you one in Dallas.
You'll save a bunch of money.
Freeman Toyota.
Talk to Jerry Patterson there, tell him I sent you.
He'll take amazing care of you.
You're going to be on a waiting list,
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Welcome back to the car pro show Jerry Reynolds, the car pro, me, Todd Chambliss newsletter this week
came out just a little bit earlier than normal, but certainly wasn't short on great content.
And as a matter of fact, some of the clicks here looking over some of the things that you were
interested in, one advice column called turbo charged and terrified don't be talking about how
turbo used to be back in the day.
Somebody was about to go and do some neighborhood racing with it and drag racing in the streets.
But really, they're everywhere and folks are kind of scared of the name, I guess, but they shouldn't be.
No, they shouldn't be.
They turbo chargers got a bad reputation back in the 80s, some of the 90s.
But today, they're so much better than they used to be and they're proving to be very reliable.
There is some maintenance that needs to be done.
And that was the kind of the point of the article.
Yeah. Yeah, most definitely.
You got to do some things to it and you don't want to ignore those.
But don't be don't because I hear it every day.
I seriously hear it every day.
I don't want nothing with the turbo.
Yeah.
You're going to have to get over that.
It's it's everywhere.
But I mean, look at how cars have changed.
We were a question of the day.
First car, favorite car, people telling us about their first car.
So I'm in the 60s and 70s and 80s.
And, you know, if you think back on the cars from then,
we loved them because that's all we knew.
Yeah.
But you forget how lousy they drove.
I mean, even even some some of the classic
mustangs I've had through the years that I've, you know,
messed with and restored and, you know, that sort of thing.
They drove horrible.
The brakes were awful.
Yeah. And the maintenance was really, I mean, extreme compared to now.
We had to pump the accelerator before the car would start.
And if you pumped it too much, then it was flooded.
Flooded. Yeah. And you just have to wait.
You know, gosh, have we come a long way?
We really have.
Let's talk to Tom in Portland, Oregon.
Tom, welcome to the show.
First car, favorite car.
First car, favorite car.
My first car was a 55 Chevy.
This is back in 1970.
Oh, and it was a junker of a 55 Chevy.
Six cylinders, three feet on the column.
Yeah, you can hear this thing a mile away going.
You heard that sound?
Yes.
Yeah. So can I tell a quick, can I tell a quick story?
I don't know how much time I got.
Sure, go ahead.
So one day I live in Northeast Portland.
I had a job in Beaverton, so it's about a 10 mile commute.
Yeah, I'm pulling on to the freeway.
And this is 1970.
And the song comes on the radio, Eric Burden and war.
This is after he left the animals.
Spill the wine.
Remember that song?
Spill the wine.
Dig that group. Remember that?
Oh, yeah. And I crank it up.
This is I'm pulling on to the freeway ramp.
And I'm cruising down the freeway at 55 miles an hour
in my little 55 Chevy with, like I said, a three speed
on the column and the song ends and I turn the radio down
and I hear this screaming sound.
And this is the engine.
I'm in second gear.
I never gifted it in the first.
Oh, no.
Oh, no.
It didn't blow up.
It still ran.
But probably.
That was my first.
Probably tacking 7000 RPM.
Wow. Wow.
Oh, man.
Have you had a favorite since then?
My next car was actually another 55 Chevy with the little lady car.
It was a six cylinder, but it was automatic with it.
It had a split manifold.
So it had dual exhaust.
Oh, nice.
So it looked it looked cool, but it was just a little six banger.
But it was a cute little car.
Well, Tom, thank you for sharing.
That's a great story.
I appreciate you.
I appreciate you calling.
And I hope you have a great holiday weekend and try to help us all remember
what this weekend's all about.
I appreciate that.
Let's talk to Gary in Henderson.
Is it are you in the.
Where what?
Where in what?
Where is Henderson?
Henderson would probably be to East of Tyler.
Oh, OK.
All right. So you're in Texas.
You're not in Nevada.
All right.
What we're going to help you with, sir?
My wife's Jeep.
She's got a 2022 Jeep Ladiator.
Yep.
And it had that death wobble the first year she got it.
Oh, boy.
She took she took it back in the because it was still under warranty.
And they they just replaced some rod underneath a
stabilizer, what it was.
Yeah.
And and then it just.
Every now and then it would do it, but then it got to be a regular.
So we took it back and they said, well, we can't find a problem with it.
So they said they can't find a problem with it.
They can't fix it.
So now it's out of warranty and took it back again.
And it really did it.
Now it's getting really bad.
And it's like three and a half years going on for years.
How many miles to another?
How many miles are on it now, Gary?
Uh, 42000
OK, let me ask you a question because this comes up.
Does it have the factory tires and wheels on it?
Yes. OK.
Because there seems to be an issue with.
Aftermarket tires and wheels on these things.
Ford had the same problem with the F 254 before.
They they've come up with a fix for it.
Now, for the Jeeps, it's typically
what's called a track bar, which is which is under there.
And the the bushings and the mounting holes start to wear out
and it causes that thing to wobble.
And it's, you know, it's it's usually tied to some steering component.
And I don't I don't do mechanical things.
I don't take mechanical questions.
But this has come up enough that I've actually looked at it.
It could be tie rod ends, but that's unlikely at that mileage.
I mean, tie rod ends wearing out in 20000 miles.
That makes no sense.
So let me let me just give you a tip.
Some dealers are good at repairing these things and getting it right.
Some dealers are not.
And you really got to talk to them.
I would don't if you've had it
to the same place more than once for this, you're not at a place
that's going to be able to find the problem and fix it.
I'd get on the phone
and start calling some other Jeep dealers around and and just ask
for the service manager and tell him what you got and say, hey,
if you guys had any luck fixing these things or not.
And given the history of this one, Gary,
if it's a good dealership, they should be able to pick up the phone
and call Stalantis and say, hey, we know what's wrong.
This man is and his wife have tried to get this thing fixed time and time
and time again and haven't nobody's been able to fix it.
We can fix it, but you need to pay for it.
And maybe they'll do that.
I've seen it.
I've seen it happen with this exact problem, but there's no guarantee of that.
Well, I got I got Jeep to authorize them to fix it after the warranty.
I told them this is going on.
But they said, OK, well, you have to find the dealer.
And I'm finding that most of the dealers that I've gone to in my area here,
they kind of, you know, they kind of think that I get the feeling that
they're not going to get paid for it and they want to take on the job.
Yeah. And that's that's that's the legitimate concern.
I would tell you that.
But if you get the right dealer, they'll fix it.
They'll get it billed. It won't cost you a penny. That's great.
I'm glad to hear that.
But get on the phone.
Just start talking to service managers and find one as close as you can.
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Well, in the new section of this week's newsletter that Jerry put out this week
of news about Ford ditching the 6.8 liter gas
truck, the fan, the super duty truck in favor of the 7.3 liter Godzilla.
Now, I mean, from 6.8 to 7.3, you might say,
is that really going to make that big of a difference? And you would say?
Yeah. About 40 horses.
All right. Well, there's that.
I don't know. People just love that 7.3. And I don't I don't blame them.
It's been it's been a good engine.
You know, it's the 6.8 just never fit in really anywhere.
Just in that middle quagmire away. Yeah. Yeah.
And when, you know, now they've made it kind of easy because the diesel
power strokes of 7.3. Now the gas is a 7.3.
And you know, you're going to get a 7.3.
Do you want gas or diesel? Yeah.
So it made a little bit simpler.
Let's talk to Joe in Stafford, Texas.
Joe, welcome. What's your first car and what's been your favorite car?
My first car was a 1970 Chevelle Malibu.
Nice. The horseshoe shifter on the console.
Yeah. You know what I'm talking about?
Oh, I do. I know exactly what you're talking about.
Yeah. I had it through high school.
And then later, my father found me a 67.
It's either 66 or 67.
Anyway, it was a Impala with a three speed or excuse me,
four speed with a 327 in it.
Oh, I love that 327 engine.
Holy cow. It was it was a two door.
I loved it. And you were just talking about the 7.3.
I've got a 97 for crew cab with a 7.3 diesel.
That was a good one.
Yep. And it still runs like a champ.
So anyway, that's all I got for you, Jerry.
Hey, Joe, thanks for calling and have a great weekend.
You're here and enjoy Memorial Day.
And let's all remember what Memorial Day is all about.
I appreciate the call, my friend.
And we go to League City, Texas in the Houston area.
Hello, Reed. What can I do for you?
Or tell me your first car and your favorite car?
I graduated from the University of Arkansas
with an electrical engineering degree in 1967.
And my parents handed me the keys for a four year old Thunderbird in 1963.
Oh, that was a dream car.
Yes, it was. That's still 62, 63, 64, 65.
I loved them. Oh, 66 loved them all.
Did yours have the slide away steering wheel?
Yes, it did. It had something.
I didn't have another car till 1972.
Do you know what that was? No.
A factory installed a MFM radio.
Oh, I see. I see.
Todd, you're too young.
But in those in that radio, it was worth a thousand dollars today.
Oh, for sure. Oh, my gosh.
The reads first car, it had a slide away steering wheel.
So explain that.
OK, so you you did something with the blinker, right, read, push forward.
I think when it was in neutral,
you just you just want to get out of the way to get into the car.
OK, so it slid in park, I guess, if you can imagine the steering wheel
and you just push it to the right side.
Was it on a pivot or a hinge or apparently somewhere in there.
Yeah, but that was before tilt steering wheels.
And so to get in and out of the car easier.
Ford came up with this.
This this steering wheel that that went sled to the right.
I've never seen that before.
I was I was thinking that you had to push the blinker forward.
I could be wrong.
But read that was a beautiful, beautiful car.
Holy cow. I love that body style.
I tell you what, if I could find the right
64 or 65 convertible today, I would be an owner.
I'll tell you right now, because I just thought those cars were beautiful.
And especially if they had that hard shell cover over the back seat.
Gorgeous car. Hey, have a good weekend, pal.
Whether you want an SUV, a truck or what is it called?
Oh, yeah, a car.
Get free expert advice from Jerry Reynolds, the car pro column now
on the chase dot com car pro listener line at 1071
Well, it's happy listener time here on the car pro show.
Folks have taken Jerry's advice and done it his way.
And I had this great story to tell about a great car buying experience.
A low star Chevrolet is the place that Chris was going for
his brand new vehicle or a different vehicle because he ended up getting a 2016 Audi Q three.
Oh, nice choice. Yeah.
And Mike Batches, he is a fan of Mike Batches.
He says the absolute best at what he does.
It'd be hard for me to believe that anybody is as good or it could be better than the experience he had with Mike.
He went so far above and beyond to make this such a pleasant and amazing experience.
Could be happier.
Thanks to Mike and to you, of course, and says he'll be back for the next vehicle purchase.
Loved it.
Lone Star Chevrolet.
Mike's been with us a long time at a couple of dealerships, believe it or not.
Has he? Yeah, he's been a long star a long time now.
But he was he was somewhere else before that with us.
He's a he's a car pro fan.
He's a good guy. He does a great job.
And David went to Cowboy Kia and looking for a car that is kind of on my radar.
The 27 telluride hybrid.
I know he said he had a great experience there in Conroe at Cowboy Kia says his salesperson Conner.
Excellent. Not high pressure.
Didn't go through the back and forth thing on the price.
Finance was seamless.
The price they agreed to.
He was great with.
So can't say enough good things about his experience.
Oh, I love that.
Yeah, that is awesome.
All right.
If you're thinking about doing something on this Memorial weekend, it all starts at car pro dot com.
And if you will click on the button near the top, it's green.
And it will say find a car pro certified dealer near me and click there.
Pick the brands you want and put your zip code in the closest dealer will pull up.
Be sure you talk to my contact and be a little bit patient on this holiday weekend.
The dealers are going to be super busy.
So it may be best.
I typically tell you to call ahead or email ahead, but it might be better to just get that name and go to the dealership.
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 1071
About this episode
Hosts open with a Memorial Day message about the meaning of the holiday and teaching kids what it’s about. The conversation then shifts to Memorial weekend buying—dealers’ offers and factory incentives—before jumping into listener call-ins about first and favorite cars. Vehicle stories range from classic muscle and 1950s Chevys to a Ford F-150 with a five-liter V8 and factory exhaust, plus warranty and suspension “death wobble” troubleshooting. The show also touches on dealer-finding tips via CarPro.com.
