The 1985 Mercury Cougar is a classic 1980s Mercury coupe. The host brings it up as a favorite because of how it looked and the kind of engine it could have.
A 1953 DeSoto Fire Dome is an older American car from the DeSoto brand. It’s remembered because it’s from a time when car makers had lots of unique model names and styling.
The DeSoto Fire Dome is an older car from the early 1950s. It was made in a time when cars were known for big engines and classic styling. It comes up in stories because it’s a memorable, collectible classic.
A 1965 Chevy Impala is a classic American car from the mid-1960s. The host is saying they used to drive this car and it’s part of a personal story about racing.
A “Hemi engine” is a type of V8 engine known for its special combustion-chamber shape. The host is saying they had a powerful engine that helped them in a race.
This is a 2009 Honda Accord in a two-door (coupe) style. The host mentions it has a V6 engine, which usually means it feels quicker than the smaller engine versions.
An Audi SQ5 is a sportier version of the regular Audi Q5 SUV. The “SQ” usually means it’s tuned to feel quicker and more responsive than the standard model, and the 2026 year can bring updates.
The Ford Ranger Raptor is a tougher, off-road version of the Ford Ranger pickup. It’s designed to handle rough roads better than a typical pickup, and the speaker is saying they haven’t owned one before.
The Ford F-150 is a large pickup truck with a bed for hauling and towing. People talk about it because it’s available in many different versions for different needs. It’s commonly chosen for both work and personal use.
The Mazda 6 MPS is a sportier version of the Mazda 6 sedan. It’s meant to drive more enthusiastically than a regular, everyday Mazda 6. People mention it when they’re talking about owning or choosing a more performance-focused sedan.
The BMW i4 is a fully electric car shaped like a sedan. Instead of using gasoline, it runs on a battery and you charge it at home or at public chargers. People consider it when they’re shopping for a used electric car.
A hybrid usually saves the most fuel in city driving. That’s because it can use the electric motor at low speeds and it can recover energy when you slow down.
The Toyota Highlander is a midsize SUV that’s made to carry people and gear comfortably. Many versions have a third row for extra passengers. It’s commonly talked about because it’s practical for daily life and family trips.
The Ford Explorer is a family SUV that can carry several people, usually including a third row. People talk about it because it’s a well-known model and comes in different versions. It’s often chosen for everyday driving and road trips.
The Chevrolet Traverse is a family SUV with three rows of seats. They’re saying it has enough space in the back row for adults and still leaves room for luggage behind the seats.
The Chevrolet Tahoe is a bigger three-row SUV. The host is comparing it to the Traverse and implying it can be harder to find the same kind of deal or setup.
Classic Chevy Sugarland is a Chevrolet dealership. The host is saying it’s close to you and that they have inventory and can help you find the exact vehicle you want.
The Buick Roadmaster is a large, older-style car made by Buick. It was designed for comfortable driving and typically had a big engine. It comes up in stories because it’s a classic model people remember from earlier decades.
The axle is the part that connects the wheels to the car and helps them roll. If the axle breaks, the wheel can’t be properly supported or driven, and the car can become unsafe right away.
Metal fatigue means the metal gets damaged little by little from repeated loading—like flexing back and forth. Eventually, that damage can turn into a crack that leads to a failure.
The Audi A8 is a top-of-the-line luxury sedan. Here, the host talks about an A8L with a V8, and says it was one of the most comfortable and enjoyable cars they’ve owned.
This is a 1960s Ford coupe called the Galaxy 500 XL. It’s a “fastback,” meaning the roofline slopes smoothly into the back, and it was a popular style back then.
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390
“390” is the engine size, measured in cubic inches. Bigger numbers like this usually mean a more powerful, old-school V8.
“Brass hat” is slang for an important person or executive. Here, it means the car was connected to Ford leadership, not just an ordinary customer car.
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2015 Jaguar XJL portfolio
This is a Jaguar XJ sedan, but stretched longer (the “L” part). The “portfolio” trim is a nicer, more upscale version, and the person talking says theirs is a particularly uncommon setup.
Semi-aniline leather is a leather interior finish that’s dyed to keep a natural look, but it has a protective top layer too. That usually means it looks great while being a bit more resistant to everyday stains than more delicate leather types.
“Parts issues” means it can be hard to get the right replacement parts when something needs repair. That can lead to longer repair times and sometimes higher costs.
A frame-off restoration is when the car is taken apart completely, down to the frame, and rebuilt. It’s a very deep, “do everything” kind of restoration.
“Vet” here means a Chevrolet Corvette from 2008. It’s a performance sports car, and the host is mentioning it because it’s parked next to the Camaro.
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grand sport stripes
“Grand Sport stripes” are the racing-style stripe graphics you see on certain Corvette versions. They’re mainly a visual look that helps identify the car.
An extended warranty is extra protection after the original warranty ends. It can help pay for major repairs—like engine or transmission problems—so you’re less likely to get hit with a huge bill.
The engine and transmission are the main parts that make the car move and shift gears. Repairs to them can be very expensive, which is why they’re talking about warranty coverage.
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This is The CarPro Show, the home of straight talk and honest answers about everything automotive.
With Jerry Reynolds, The CarPro, a former two term chairman of the Ford National Dealer
Council, a member of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame, and sixth time winner of the Texas
Auto Writers Association Award for Best Radio Show in Texas.
Jerry's partner is Todd Chambliss, great voiceover guy, and sixth time winner of the
Darche Championship at the Golden Spur Bar and Grill.
Here they are now, on The CarPro Show.
We appreciate you being with us on this holiday weekend.
Yeah, we're here, we're always here when I think you may need my help.
And this may be a weekend where you're thinking about going out and making a move with your
automotive situation.
And if so, I can help with that.
I do that.
I've been doing that for 25 years.
I did it for 20 years before that, only in the car business and stood on the radio.
So I owned car dealerships for a lot of years.
I was good at it.
I don't mind that that's not being braggadocious.
I was just good at the car business.
We sold more Fords at my dealership in Texas than anybody else in the country except one
dealership, Galpin Ford.
At least they're overall that.
Yeah, I never held a guard.
I beat him once.
One time.
One month, March of 2002.
Never forget it.
Now, where is that place?
Los Angeles.
Okay.
Yeah.
Well, that would make sense.
Yeah.
Yeah.
They were the biggest dealer in the country for many years.
Many years.
I snuck up on him one month.
Oh, but I bet that really made him mad.
Oh, yeah.
They didn't care for that.
They trounced me the next month.
I mean, it wasn't even close.
It was ugly.
Oh, man.
Oh, they threw.
I mean, it was ugly.
All I did beating him one month was make him mad.
Stir up a hornet's nest.
Well, no, the owner there thanked me the following month after they came back and trounced me.
He thanked me.
He said, hey, you know what, we needed that lit a fire.
He said it was it was subject of the sales meeting at our dealership every single day.
Wow.
But I saw more for trucks in him every month.
Well, you're in Texas.
So that that tracks too, actually.
They like trucks in Texas.
And I was good at it.
Well, I'm not saying that you weren't good at it.
Take it away.
You make you minimalize it.
No, no, no.
Oh, the number one seller of the number one selling vehicle in the world.
Yeah.
Think about it that way.
OK, well, forgive me.
I think I may hold this one for a while.
Boy, you may hold on to this forever, too, like Galpin Ford, apparently.
Yeah, we got over that one.
Exactly.
Hey, let's get some first car favorite cars in here real quick.
Oh, please.
Leonard in Houston.
Welcome, Leonard.
What can I do for you?
Hey, great show transformative and thank you.
Thank you, buddy.
First.
First car 1970 Camaro.
Nice.
Nice.
I remember those.
That was.
Yeah.
Uh huh.
Go ahead.
What's your favorite?
Oh, and my favorite car was my 85 Cougar.
I love that body style.
That was a great year for the Cougar and the Thunderbird.
That was.
Oh, I love that.
Yeah.
And he had any and he had the 5.0 under the hood.
Yeah.
Exactly.
Oh, yeah.
Great, great choice.
I hadn't thought about the Cougar in a while.
Holy cow.
I kind of miss.
Well, I miss Mercury anymore.
I miss Mercury.
I miss Pontiac.
I miss Oldsmobile.
I mean, there were some good brands back then that unfortunately went by the wayside.
You know, Plymouth was another one that was just they made some just great unusual cars.
And that was so much fun.
Uh, Leonard, thank you.
Thank you for the call.
I appreciate it so much.
William in Sugarland.
William, welcome to the car pro show.
William, are you there?
I am.
I'm just trying to get the thing off the speakerphone and be able to.
Okay.
Talk to you without screaming.
No problem.
First car favorite car.
First car was a 1953 DeSoto Fire Dome.
Wow.
Okay.
I'm not familiar with that one.
53 DeSoto.
It's a Chrysler product.
Yeah.
I knew DeSoto was.
I just, I can't picture it.
I can't picture it in my head.
I have to look that one up.
Okay.
Well, let's go.
Okay.
It's the one that has the front grill look like teeth coming at me.
Okay.
All right.
I know exactly what you're talking about.
Very good.
All right.
Now what's unique about this particular car being the Fire Dome, it had one of Chrysler's
first 10 engines in it.
Really?
In 53?
Yes.
I had no idea.
I had no idea.
Yep.
Holy cow.
And I got that car indirectly from my Aunt Lorraine up in Homer, Louisiana.
And she bought a brand new 1965 Chevy Impala, but she's happy and I'm happy.
And it was my car that I used to go to college in.
Wow.
And I remember one time, and I went to college in Louisiana Tech.
Yeah.
I remember one time I was driving back home because there was a break.
I needed to go back home and visit the family and get all caught up.
But anyway, there was a 1956 Chevy and he wanted to race me.
Now in the state 20 heading towards the Texas border.
Yeah.
Now, little did he knew.
No, but I had that Hemi engine in there.
Right.
And so we started racing down there and all of a sudden there's a blue light special in
the back of us.
My thoughts were, I better go a little bit faster, get across that border and win this
race.
Yeah.
Because the other guy's going to be pulled over by the blue light special.
Right, right.
Did you?
Yeah.
Yes, sir.
All right.
I did.
I didn't go all the way border.
I just took the exit and it took me on down to Carthage, Texas.
I see.
I can just go over and discover.
What's been your favorite since then?
Well, since then, it's a 2009 Honda Accord Coupe.
This is the one with the V6 in it.
Yep.
That was a good old days.
A lot of peppy engines.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Now, I still got that thing.
It's parked on my driveway.
Really?
Holy cow.
That will be given to my oldest granddaughter shortly.
Nice.
Oh, that's awesome.
William, that was a good, I love that.
Thank you for sharing your story.
I learned something.
I didn't know that him, he's went back as far as 53.
So good information for me to store away somewhere.
And I'm glad you've enjoyed that Honda.
That sounds great.
I appreciate it.
Did you serve, William?
One other thing, it had a six-volt positive ground system in it.
Wow.
And what I had to do to put an 8-track tape player in it was to mount that 8-track tape
player in the glove box in order to keep the positive away from the negative and put
a 12-volt adapter and then hook it up to the speaker.
How about that?
William, we're out of time, but I appreciate the call and I appreciate the information.
You're listening to The CarPro Show where Jerry Reynolds, The CarPro reviews over 100
cars every single year.
You always have typically some interesting cars to drive the next week.
I'm certainly going to have a couple of cars that you're looking forward to reviewing
and checking out.
Boy, I think I screwed up.
Oh, how's that?
I think I scheduled myself for three cars next week.
Are you kidding me?
How are you going to do that?
I don't know.
Spending enough time behind the wheel of them, it doesn't worry me.
I can put eight to 10 hours of car in each one and have time left over.
That's just the writing of the reviews.
That's the hard part.
Oh, OK.
Because that takes hours and hours and hours.
I don't remember the third one, to be honest with you, but I know for a fact I've got the
2026 Audi SQ5.
All right.
It's a beautiful SUV.
I've got the Ford Ranger Raptor.
The Ford Ranger Raptor, which I've never had before.
Wow.
OK.
So yeah, that's going to be interesting.
And then one more.
I don't know what it is yet.
I forget.
Is it an SUV or a car or a truck?
I don't remember.
I have no clue.
It will show up and you'll do it.
This one is good.
I said OK to it a long time ago and now it's here.
Oh man.
So here we go.
Busy week.
Whoa.
Yes.
Yeah.
Let's talk to Martin in Claremont, California.
Martin, welcome to the car proof show.
Hi, Jerry.
Thank you.
You bet pal.
What can I do for you?
So I have a 2021 Mazda 6 signature.
I love it.
But my job has me driving all around Southern California
from the Inland Empire down to Oxnard.
So I'm doing a lot of driving in Southern California traffic.
And I love the turbo.
I love the technology.
Like I said, it's the signature.
So I love the interior.
I love this car.
But I'm thinking it makes more sense for me to get an electric
vehicle at this point.
And I guess I've done some research.
I've looked at the Tesla 3.
I've looked at the BMW i4.
I'm thinking about going with a used vehicle.
A used EV 2023 or higher.
Yeah.
Less than 30,000 miles.
And I figured I'd ask you what your thoughts are.
I'm scared for you.
I'm afraid for you.
Doing that much driving.
Are you sure that an electric car is going to do it for you?
Because remember that when you're setting in traffic and you're
running the air conditioner and you're listening to me on the
radio and all these other things that are going on at the same
time, the range that you read about and that you expect are
under perfect conditions.
Not stopping go traffic.
So whatever range a car has and today the cars you're looking at
2023 to today, most of them are around the 250 mile mark.
Some of them will go 300.
But again under under perfect conditions.
And so when you talk about what you're doing driving from one
side to the other in heavy traffic, if you're on the, you know,
on the 405 or whatever, stopping and going, you can cut that
range in half.
Okay.
I hadn't thought of that.
What, hmm, so it might just be better to stick with what I've
gotten swallowed and cost of gas right now.
Or trade for a hybrid.
Because the hybrid.
So my.
The hybrid will do you the.
I'm sorry.
The hybrid will give you the most benefit in town when you're when
you're driving under 40 miles an hour, not when you're driving over
40 miles an hour.
And it sounds to me like you're going to be doing a lot of under 40.
And that's where that hybrid really shines.
Okay.
All right.
My, my Mazda dealer actually sent me and I wish I had, was
ready to mention what it was, but he sent me a proposal for the new
hybrid.
He said one of the things that I love about the six is the wheelbase.
I'm not a small guy.
Yeah.
And so I love the leg room.
I love everything about the wheelbase on the six and he said that
there's a one inch difference on the Mazda hybrid versus the six.
Hang on.
It'll be the CX five.
I think that's it.
Yeah.
That's going to be it.
What do you think of that?
I think it's great.
I love Mazda.
I love their interiors.
You know, their hybrids are a little bit of a mystery because they
haven't been doing it.
But I also know Mazda and they've waited and I'm sure I'm positive.
I'm very confident that they waited until they had this hybrid ride.
I think that is a good direction to look and brother, we're out of time.
I apologize, but I'm so glad you called.
I think I saved you a lot of headaches.
Hey, we were looking at getting a 2026 traverse.
Yeah.
I just wanted to get your opinion that we listen to your show often,
but we never heard you do a review on the traverse.
Yeah, I've had it.
I love it.
I absolutely love the traverse.
I recommend it constantly in the three row SUV lineup.
My favorites are the traverse, the Explorer and the Highlander.
Now, I may throw the pilot in there after having it this week because
they've made some nice improvements since the last one I had.
But I put the traverse right at the top of the list when you're talking about
features and you're talking about money because it is priced absolutely right.
And it is so nice.
And I'll tell you one thing.
It is it's one of the few out there that it's got really good cargo area behind
the third row seat.
I can't really say that about this pilot.
But the traverse has got a nice size for two adults, at least third row seat.
So they're not cramped.
And then you've got cargo area behind that.
And that is unless you get up into a Tahoe or suburban or one of those,
that's hard to find.
Yeah, the price range is kind of a comfortable spot for us for that size of the SUV.
And they keep and they keep nice incentives on.
In fact, there's some really nice incentives on this weekend through Monday night
and maybe through the end of the month.
But I know through Monday night, Chevrolet threw a bunch of money at their dealers
for this weekend.
So from Baytown, I think Sugarland is going to be closest to you.
Classic Chevy Sugarland.
Zack Cypert.
He's my buddy there.
He's been with me on the show here now for 12 years or more.
Great guy.
You'll love him.
And they stock a bunch of them.
Plus they can work out of the inventory of five other Chevy stores that they own also.
So they're going to be able to get the one that you want.
But I try to do something this weekend.
I truly think it'd be worth your time.
Good choice on the traverse.
I love it.
John, thank you and have a good weekend.
800-926-7777, that's the phone number.
You are listening to the car pro show and that car pro is Jerry Reynolds.
I'm Todd Chambliss, the old roadmaster.
This is Memorial Day weekend.
And while it's not necessarily a happy Memorial Day weekend,
we certainly want to remember the real reason for this weekend,
those who lost their lives defending our country.
And you've got a pretty cool little tribute, a song that you've done.
Yeah.
And I wrote a written tribute that was in the newsletter Thursday.
Yeah, exactly.
So do me a favor.
I would like for you to read that and also listen to the song.
And let me tell you how to do it if you're not a newsletter subscriber.
Is our Facebook page, the car pro show Facebook page.
I've posted it and the song there.
So go to carpro.com first, go to the bottom of the page and click the Facebook logo.
And then you'll pull up the first thing up there is our Memorial Day tribute.
Take a minute and read that.
And let's all remember what Memorial Day is really, truly all about.
I send our dealers that are part of the show.
The ones that I know have American flags in front of the dealership.
Oh, yeah.
The next lot of car dealerships.
I love those, by the way.
I do too.
Especially the big ones.
Oh, yeah.
But I send them notices on when their flags go down half staff.
And when they come back up and Monday's one of those days, it's a little unusual though.
And I don't really know the reason for this.
But the flag goes down to half staff at sunset sunrise on Monday, right on Monday,
which is 621 in the morning in central time.
But it comes back up to full staff at noon.
Now that's interesting.
It is.
But that's that's the protocol on Memorial Day.
Okay, never heard of that.
So I would have soon just would be half staff all day long.
No, I would have to.
I would have thought sunrise to sunset, which is typical.
Right.
But nope, it's sunrise to noon.
I send out this massive email to all the dealers.
I sent it out yesterday and said, okay, flags down Monday morning, back up at noon.
And that's kind of interesting.
Yeah, that's a new one to me.
There's a there's a website.
I think that you probably are referring to that is from the government on flag etiquette.
No, no, it's not.
But I've read that.
Now I get a an email from a flag company.
Okay, very, very good about, you know, if the president makes a proclamation suddenly
because somebody died, right, or there's been a tragedy, then they're really fast.
This one company I use is really fast and now I pass that on to the dealers.
So according to this information here is half staff only till noon.
You're honoring those who died in service at noon raised full staff for the remainder of the day
to symbolize the nation's resilience and to salute living veterans.
Oh, but there you go.
That makes sense, right?
That makes perfect sense.
I like that a lot.
I'm so glad you did that.
Mm hmm.
That's why you're here.
It's not your not your car knowledge.
Not the car acumen.
None or none.
No, Michael Los Angeles.
Welcome and thank you for holding Michael.
What can I help you with?
Hey, Jerry and Todd.
Thanks for taking the call.
You bet.
Just a quick first car and favorite car.
And actually, I just want to start out by thanking you for doing the show.
And I think I may have called you once before and said this, but I think it bears repeating
for me.
Listening to this show on Saturday mornings is like when I was a kid getting up and knowing
that there were a bunch of cartoons waiting for me.
How exciting that was.
Well, thank you for that.
You made my day there and I appreciate you.
I do.
I do.
I thank you.
You know, we got the best listeners in the country.
You know, I listen to a very seldom listen to anything but talk radio and I listen to
a lot of different shows.
And I swear this audience is the sweetest, nicest people and loyal and loyal.
My gosh.
And thank you.
Thanks.
Thank you, Michael.
And thank you to our listeners.
We appreciate you.
Believe me.
I appreciate you.
I appreciate that.
Thank you.
So quickly, my first car was a 1974 Fiat 128.
Wow.
And I will, I'll just describe what this car was like by telling you that I eventually
got a letter from AAA warning me to stop calling the towing service so often.
Wow.
Absolutely true.
This car was so much fun to drive and it was possibly the worst car ever made.
A little bitty too.
The axle.
One thing that happened was the axle broke and I took it, you know, to the Fiat mechanic
that I went to who actually said, you know, yours is the worst one I've ever seen.
And he said it was just basically metal fatigue that the axle was starting to crack.
And he said, if you'd driven another five or 10 miles, the whole thing would have broken
it.
Oh my.
That's some that's some good.
That's some good engineering right there.
It was.
I should have known it was it was yellow.
And for some reason, when I got it, I put a black racing stripes decal along the side
of it.
And it was while it lasted, it was fun.
But man, it was.
I still can't look at Fiat.
I wouldn't tell the story a lot.
And since then, what's been the favorite?
Yeah, it was an early 2000s.
I don't remember the exact year, but it was an Audi A6 twin turbo.
Nice.
Oh, man.
I love Audi.
I love Audi.
Somebody in the Dallas show this morning earlier, we were talking about this subject, you know,
first car, favorite car.
And Todd asked me first car and favorite car.
And for favorite car, I said an Audi A8.
I had an A8L 2012 that had the V8.
And I just to this day, I love that car.
It was the most comfortable, best driving car I think I've ever owned personally.
Not, not reviewed, but just owned.
It was mine.
And it was my colors.
It was black with a tan interior.
And I was walking through Michael.
I was walking through the LA auto show in 2011.
We did the show from out there.
And I saw the new A8 and I melted.
And I told at that time, Kevin, I said, you see that one right there?
I will have one of those as soon as they start coming out used.
As soon as some use will start to hit the market and Park Place, Mercedes and Dallas traded for one.
And I bought it the day they got it in.
And I love that car.
I should have not sold it, but I did because I'm in, you know, I'm a car guy.
That's what we do.
Michael, you made my day again.
Thank you.
We've had so many great calls today.
Yours is right there at the top and I appreciate you so much.
Thank you very much.
And always let me know if I can help you.
Once again, go to our Facebook page.
Go to carpro.com.
Go to the bottom of the page and click on the Facebook logo.
I want you to read the tribute to our better or Memorial Day tribute.
And I want you to listen to the song I wrote and produced.
It's called stand with the brave.
It's perfect for this weekend.
Right.
You get the patience award today.
Oh, thank you.
That's all right, Jerry.
I've been listening to you for years.
I always learn something new when I hear your voice.
Well, thank you, sir.
Pleasure to get to talk to you.
First car favorite car.
Well, my first car, in my opinion, was the most beautiful car Ford Motor Company ever made.
It was a 63 and a half Ford Galaxy 500 XL fastback.
In peacock blue with the matching blue vinyl bucket seats.
It had the wire wheel covers, a 390.
It was a brass hat car that I was able to get.
My father knew somebody who worked for Ford.
And when this one came up, I said, I'll have it.
This was right as I was going into college.
I remember I paid 4259.75 for that thing.
I thought that was the best bargain ever.
Boy, that was a pretty car.
But I got to tell you, I thought the 64 was prettier when it came out.
Now, that's just...
I didn't.
I liked the plain oval tail lights.
And I liked the way the grille looked in the 63 and a half.
Well, there you go, man.
It just looked cleaner to me.
And for those people who don't know brass hat, that was a Ford executive car back then.
Yeah, very good.
And what's been your favorite since then?
A few miles on it.
Oh, my gosh.
My favorite since then, and I think it's even more beautiful than that Ford.
And this is my present car and it's my forever car because of my age.
It's a 2015 Jaguar XJL portfolio in dark sapphire with Bordeaux Super Sport semi-aniline leather trim.
And it is a...
You don't see many of them on the road.
I've never seen another one with a Super Sport interior.
And I think it's the prettiest thing on the road.
It's a beautiful car.
I love that car.
I hate what Jaguar's done.
I was a Jag guy from way back, back when Ford bought Jaguar.
I was driving them because, you know, it was a Ford product and I just loved the look.
But man, what they've done now, be careful with that one because of parts.
I hope you don't run into...
I hope you don't run into parts issues.
Right.
I appreciate the call.
More than you know.
And thank you for hanging in there with me today and always let me know if I can help you.
Let's go to Lubbock and talk to Jody.
Jody, first car, favorite car.
First car, 86 Camaro Rally Sport.
Nice.
Good choice.
Yeah, it was red with red interior, red wheels and dad and I towed it home and rebuilt the
motor and it was ready to go on my birthday.
Sweet.
And that was fun car.
You had a good dad.
Favorite car?
Yeah.
And then the favorite car in August of 72 at Stakely Chevrolet in Dallas, my dad bought
a 69 Camaro Rally Sport SSZ10 and that was the hard top version of the Z11 pace car.
Yeah.
And mom and dad used it on their first date and me and my brother, all my kids, my grandkids,
we've all come home from the hospital in it when we were born and my brother, my son
used it as his getaway car when he got married and so still got it 54 years running strong
with the frame off restoration and man, she's beautiful and those flow masters just per...
Hey, go to my website and send me pictures of it, will you?
I will.
I love to see it.
And there's a 08 Vet there that's parts next to it and it's got some grand sport stripes
to match and it makes a really cool pair.
Boy, I tell you what, I hadn't thought about Stakely Chevrolet in a long, long time.
The first dealership I ever worked at was down the road, although we're talking about
Northwest Highway, which at that time was the circle around Dallas.
I mean, that was the... that was the circle, I mean, that's how you... that was the loop.
It was part of Loop 12.
The Ford dealership that I worked on was on Buckner Boulevard, not too far from there,
probably five miles, maybe six, but I knew John Stakely and he was a legend in the car
business.
Jody, thank you for the call.
I look forward to the pictures.
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Joe in Faith, Texas.
Joe, we are... we're so short on time.
Let's get right into it.
I want to help you.
All right.
Thank you.
You bet.
Great to hear from you.
Yes.
I just wanted to...
I've got a 2023 Chevy Silverado 1500 E71.
I'm leasing.
I've got 39,000 now leased on it.
It's going to be coming up in October.
I'm over my mileage.
I'm at 70,500 miles on it.
It's a great truck.
I love it.
It's an LTZ.
I was trying to get out of the lease and if I get into another Silverado, I went to
a dealership just trying to look at what they gave me for it and everything else a few weeks
ago, well, three weeks ago, and they told me that I would basically upside down with
it with my miles and everything, and I would be a better off probably purchasing it and
keeping it for a while before I'd train it in.
I agree.
What are your thoughts on it?
I agree.
If you're that far over, the penalty is going to kill you.
So if you're going to buy it, I mean, you are going to buy it.
You're going to have to.
It's going to be cheaper to buy it than it is to go ahead and do it now and get started.
Get started on building your equity in the thing, plan on keeping it at least another
probably three years or so.
When you go to refinance the balance that's owed on it right now, finance in an extended
warranty that'll cover the engine and transmission for as long as you possibly can.
So you're not making a car payment and all of a sudden you run into a transmission or
an engine issue.
So refinance, get the best rate you can, get an extended warranty, figure on keeping it
in another three years and at that point you should be in great shape.
So let's do that.
And then when you need me, haul it back.
It's better to be good than look good when it comes to your next vehicle.
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About this episode
Favorite-car stories kick things off, from “First car 1970 Camaro.” to an “85 Cougar” with “5.0 under the hood,” plus a caller’s “1953 DeSoto Fire Dome” and a Fire Dome explanation about “one of Chrysler's first 10 engines.” The show then pivots to practical ownership: EV range drops in stop-and-go (“cut that range in half”), and lease mileage penalties can be brutal (“the penalty is going to kill you”). It closes with Memorial Day tribute directions and flag half-staff timing.
