Car Pro Radio Show October 11 25 Hour 1

It's the CarPro Show with Jerry Reynolds, the CarPro.

Jerry ran multiple auto dealerships for years, and he won USA Today's Dealer of the Year

award twice.

Todd Chambliss is Jerry's co-host, and sadly he got this gig after washing out as an incredibly

low voice greeter at Walmart.

Seems that when Todd said, have a nice day, people thought it was a warning.

Anyway, time to stop on that accelerator and listen to the CarPro Show.

Welcome!

Thank you very much for joining us.

This is the CarPro Show, and we are here to help you make a very good and smart car buying

decision.

So, if you're thinking about making a move, I'm going to tell you that the timing is good,

the incentives are good, and I think the best thing that consumers have going for them

right now is the fact that the dealers are starting to get overloaded in their inventory,

which is kind of good for you because that means that the factories have to put incentives

out there so that the dealers can sell the 2025s, and they can get the 2026s on order.

Because if you're a car dealer and you're sitting there and you got a lot full of 2025s

and the factory comes to you and says, hey, we need you to take 150, 2026 trucks, you're

going to say, no thank you, I don't have room for them, I don't want to pay the interest

on them.

So, the manufacturers come out and they will put big, huge incentives on them, and that

is good for you because that saves you money.

And you know, luckily we didn't know what was going to happen with the tariffs.

So far, they've held the line on tariffs and I've got to tell you, I've been super

surprised, so it's good news.

The buying atmosphere out there right now is good, and if you want to take advantage

of it, tell me what you're thinking about doing and let me help you.

The Chase.com CarPro Hotline, if you want to pick my brain, here it is, 800-926-7777-800-926-7777.

And we thank Chase.com for supplying that phone number for us.

You're thinking about an extended warranty, you want to go to Chase.com.

And let them help you, C-H-A-I-Z.com, Ty Chambliss is here.

And it's important, and hello, and it's important to note that it's not Chase.com as you mentioned

last week.

Yes.

It's a little bit of a confusion, Chase.com.

Apparently, I have a little bit of a Texas accent.

No.

I've been told, yes.

Really?

Yes.

Never noticed it.

Our friends listening right this minute on KNX in Los Angeles tell me that on a regular

basis.

They might detect a slight accent.

I don't know.

I never thought I did.

Well, I may have one, too, actually, but being from the South, just as you said before, with

many of the dealers, if not all, having an overabundance of vehicles.

This certainly makes it a buyer's market and gives you the upper hand.

And these folks are ready to get these things moved.

I mean, you can get a smoking deal on a 25 right now.

Well, my Chevy dealer in Dallas, Fort Worth, classic Chevrolet, number one Chevy dealer

in America, two years in a row, going for year number three, going for the three Pete

right now.

Talk to the general manager, Mike Ward, dear friend of mine this morning.

He has more cars in inventory than he has ever had.

To the tune of how many dollars would you say?

Oh, I know exactly.

What would that be?

$140 million worth of Chevrolet's.

That's crazy.

It's a lot.

So when you were a dealer, you didn't have that many, did you?

The most I ever had was 50 million.

Now, I've been out of the actual business for 19 years.

Yeah.

So all relative cars were a lot cheaper.

50 million at that time was a lot of cars.

Yeah.

I mean, that was probably 2500 Ford's sitting there.

And I had those at all times.

And, you know, but right now, 140 million.

Oh, my goodness.

That's a lot.

So I got to looking at our dealers that are listed at carpro.com, our website and looking

at their inventory because I kind of keep it in my head how many they've got.

But the last five years, they've been so short in inventory.

That's really what I got in the habit of watching.

Yeah, of course.

Well, now the thing, everything's changed.

Factories are pumping cars out left and right.

They're pushing them down dealers' throats and they got to sell them.

Those cars that sit there on those lots cost money every single day.

So they've got to get those things moved out.

Yes, they do.

Or they're going to do those carrying charges in the car business.

We call that floor plan.

The floor plan charges are going to be astronomical.

And that is something that they just can't afford.

I mean, they can't do that.

So if you're thinking about it, again, the atmosphere is good.

The phone number is 80926777780926777.

I don't take mechanical questions, but if you're down to a couple of cars.

I review roughly a hundred cars a year sometimes more I drive more than I

actually have time to review so I may go drive one and it's a new car and I want

to get a feel for it and take a look at it and I don't have it for enough time

to do a full review because my reviews and Amy our executive producer which

reviews every week too we do very comprehensive reviews they're very

detailed so it takes a while you know you you can't just run a car around the

block and review it you got to spend hours behind the wheel this week I have

spent hours behind the wheel of two vehicles a 2025 Lincoln Navigator L

black label which is the top of the line and I've had boy talk about opposite

end of the spectrum yeah I've had the 2025 Ram 2500 common diesel limited

Longhorn which is the top of the line very very nice truck the Navigator carries

a winter sticker of 125 thousand dollars the Ram truck which will tow almost

twenty thousand pounds twenty thousand pounds holy calf ten tons that's a

beast oh it's huge yeah thousand seventy five foot pound of torque which is

crazy too wow but it's sticker and it just over a hundred grand just over a

hundred grand like 100 like like a comma in the middle so many fibers some kind

of crazy number eight hundred nine two six seventy seven seventy seven is the

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it eight hundred nine two six seventy seven seventy seven and as promised the

stories you loved in yesterday's free newsletter the most was the twenty twenty

five year today national auto sales numbers you really loved seeing who's

in first place and who's in second and who's at the bottom who's selling cars

who's up this year who's not my video the week came in number two an article

that I wrote about take tire safety seriously was number three Amy's review

of the Lexus NX 350 hybrid was very popular in number four and number five

was the worst states for vehicle and animal collisions should I keep going

out of mercy could you yes number seven on the list yes pads video there it is

yes looking for it I thought there was like a problem with the count or

something maybe can we do a recount of that I think I got to show up

participation trophy this time around apparently yes you did San Pedro

California we go Nancy welcome how can I help you Nancy yeah hi there I am moving

out of a Lincoln Corsair and looking at getting a hybrid and I apologize I'm not

down to two models that's okay like to have something that something that can

carry my golf clubs and then 78 pounds German Shepherd it doesn't have to be an

SUV I guess it's got good road feel and all the toys is the Corsair about the

right size for you I could go smaller I don't want to go bigger I don't think I

go smaller with a 78 pound dog I think I'd go I think I'd probably stick with

what you got far as length and width and and that sort of thing it works pretty

well what year is your Lincoln 2020 2020 how many miles run it that's 58

okay that is so just curious you want to go to a hybrid are you is it just about

gas mileage mostly about gas mileage okay I do a lot of density back and forth

and are you thinking just a regular hybrid or a plug-in hybrid where you

could go you know 30 to 35 miles on pure electric plug in okay my house is wired

forward so I can plug it in okay very good I would tell you that probably the

perfect vehicle is going to be the Lexus NX plug-in hybrid it's about the same

size is what you have quality wise gonna be real hard to beat that one price wise

yeah well I gotta tell you and if you listen to the show a lot you know I

always say Lexus and Toyota have the best hybrid systems out there that is true

of plug-ins as well so they'll go I believe the last plug-in Lexus NX we

had actually would go over 40 miles so if your daily commute is fairly short if

it's no more than 40 miles a day and you can plug in at home then I would tell

you that you'll probably never visit a gas station again until you decide to take

it on a trip or go longer distances now one thing I would have to be worried

about with the battery because I always read articles that say the batteries

are still the issue and they become very expensive when they start to run out and

that's why I recommend that's why I recommend Lexus and Toyota their

hybrid batteries typically are good to 200,000 miles which you you'll probably

never get to you'll probably you know want to do something else or trade

before that kind of mileage so I if I were you that's that's the first place

I'd look I think that's your best choice I think you'd really enjoy the vehicle

and I think you're I think Fido will have plenty of room in the back in the

backseat on the Lexus NX does fold down flat so if you want to make him a big

bed back there or something you'll be in great shape I got two great Lexus

dealers at car pro dot com one in Santa Monica and one in Newport Beach say some

dough call the car pro show one eight hundred nine two six seventy seven seventy

seven and we go to Tustin California and talk to Tina Tina welcome I'm gonna

get on hi Jerry and I just want to say thank you for your show I get such great

information I wanted to let you know that I bought a Nissan Murano and I love

my car but I'm just wondering why I don't see more of them I've only seen one

other car on the road since May and I just want to ask you and see if you know

anything well you know I reviewed it and I loved it I thought it was great they

made a lot of changes that they needed to have made probably five years ago you

know Nissan has been in flux as a car company they've they've struggled they

had a real idiot CEO and thankfully he's gone and the new guy seems to be much

much better and and they just let Murano go down the tubes I don't mind

telling you with the old one and not that there was anything wrong with it

just didn't do anything to it they didn't change it they didn't market it

they didn't advertise it and so the with with SUVs now there's so many good

choices that people looked elsewhere even loyal Murano owners looked

elsewhere well we got the new CEO we got a new Murano in fact Nissan their

product lineup is almost all new now thank goodness and I think I think you'll

start to see him it seemed to me like the Murano was slow to start to hit the

dealers they brought it out pretty quick but then for whatever reason they just

didn't send them to the dealers they didn't build them you know they've done

some cutbacks on production and I think they probably didn't gear up for the

Murano and I think they are now I think I think in the fourth quarter we'll

probably see more available than we've seen in a very long time so I think you

made a great choice I'm glad you got one I like it it's you know it's a vehicle

I recommend because of the value it's it's one of the one of the best priced

SUVs out there for the money for what you get and it drives like a dream so set

tight I want you to know you did not make a mistake and you're gonna see you're

gonna see more Murano's on the road as we go forward and thank you for the kind

words about the show I appreciate it thechase.com car pro hotline 800 926

7777 new truck are used let the car pro help 1 800 926 7777

welcome back to the car pro show Jerry Reynolds is the car pro and I'm Todd

Chambliss I guess it was last week show where you brought up the term one pedal

driving I did and I had said I had not heard about it because I've never I've

never owned an electric vehicle and you were explaining it and so you I guess

because of that you thought maybe other folks had not heard of it and you wrote

an article about it that's in the newsletter that's exactly right one

pedal driving from what I understand you have an electric vehicle you use the

accelerator and when you have it set a certain way as you de-accelerate whether

obviously by letting off of the gas the car knows at a certain point it starts

to break on its own and when you reach the lighter wherever you're gonna stop

it actually breaks all the way to stop completion correct that's exactly right

okay so one pedal driving you are a fan of it I'm a huge fan I love it I've

loved it on every electric car that I've ever reviewed and the the side benefit

of one pedal driving is when the car starts to slow down it sends because

brakes use friction it sends energy to the battery mm-hmm oh okay to recharge

the van I did not know you didn't read the article I didn't read that part of it

I just said that part I'm not gonna read why I don't know boycotted that one part

that's right holy cow yeah so yeah it's it's good and speaking of EVs also last

week I made the comment yes about and I was kind of praising Ford and General

Motors because they figured out a workaround for the $7,500 federal EV

rebate thought it was genius it was and I I went so far as to say I don't know

which one of them came up with at first but they waited till the last minute to

announce it so that none of the other car companies could do it because they

had them they had to have actually put money down on the electric cars in

stock by September 30th well on September 30th they both come out and

said oh guess what we put money down on our electric cars that are in our

dealers inventories so they'll get to $7,500 as long as you take delivery by

December 31st interesting well the government didn't take very kindly to

that oh no they wanted the $7,500 gone and a couple of senators chastised Ford

and General Motors for finding that little loophole workaround so they did

not force them to completely do away with it immediately but it's gone at the

end of October so you got to the 31st of this month if you want a Ford or a

General Motors electric to get the $7,500 rebate just taking the fun out of

everything come on guys so there you have it I've got a full write-up on that

story in next week's free newsletter and just a reminder case you're only

tell you this because it's Monday's a big day for the car dealers because it's

national holiday it's Columbus Day a lot of you are going to be off work but

dealers gear up for holidays like crazy because when a lot of people are off

they shop for cars so if you've been thinking about getting a new car and

you want to shop on Monday go to carpro.com and start shopping in your

area I've got great dealers that have been with me for years and years and

years and not just car dealers they're friends of mine that I converse with we

talk about things I give them tips on how to make it easier to buy a car and

what I expect for car pro show listeners to get when they go into a showroom

it's different experience than what you've probably ever had if you've

never used my process starts at carpro.com near the top you'll see a

choice you can either look for a car or you can look for a dealer if you look

for a dealer pick the brand you want put your zip code in the nearest one to you

will pull up and it's got the contact information you can email them from

there and they'll know I sent you and that starts the process if you do

email them through there you get that car pro VIP certificate which you can

print out and take with you and it is like a shield it's like me walking in

with you at a car dealership let's talk to John and he's in Cyprus Texas in the

Houston area hello John what could I do for you hello there thank you for my

time for me my daughter has just taken a job in Temple Texas where she's going

to be commuting probably an hour plus hour and a half on some country roads

yeah and I'm looking for probably a she's got a 2022 Volkswagen Tiles it's

just a small SUV I drove it the other day and I was scared to death what are

good mid-size SUV that you would recommend for safety dependability and

ruggedness okay well no not really it the problem is there's a lot of good

choices yeah I would I would tell her to look at the it's she trying to stay

within a dollar amount by chance okay I got it then have her look at the new

Honda Passport it checks off every box that you said just a second ago and it's

fun to drive and it is a good driving SUV the Subaru Forester or the Outback

both those top-notch quality safety galore and they come standard with all-wheel

drive which at some point she's probably gonna be glad that she had so I would

certainly put put those on the list as well the Mazda CX 50 another one not

gonna break the bank great drive and all these are safe John I gotta be honest

with you I think the Subaru I think Subaru takes safety up a notch but

they're all safe I mean it that's not that's not even an issue anymore so I

would probably tell you to start tell her to start with those three I've got

great dealers for all of them at carpro.com and you can you can go there

and talk to my contacts and get her a great deal sure what it's like to have

a good car buying experience so down the road when you're gone she'll know what

to expect and if she goes to a dealership that doesn't treat her right

she's gonna know it immediately because you taught her the right way to buy a

car and that's huge and that's that's one of the greatest gifts you could give

her tell her for me thank you I know nurses are I know they're short in

supply and God love them for what they do I put them right up there with police

officers and firefighters you got a good girl there thank you so much and

appreciate the insight you bet pal and always let me know if I can help you I

think those are good choices all all three of those you could throw the Honda

RAV4 in there but I think you're looking for something a little bit bigger

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 at 1-800-926-7777

well it's the end of an era it looks like if you were a fan of the Lexus

LS back in the day some bad news that was well actually revealed in the news

section of the car pro newsletter that came out yesterday one of Jerry's

favorite cars he ever reviewed he said quote one of the nicest cars he's ever

reviewed bar none it's true the Lexus LS is going away yes it is that's a shame

so the large sedans I guess they're being crowded out by the SUVs and

trucks and all that and those large sedans I guess just are losing market

value market favor because everybody's going to the other vehicles right yep

it's true but they will be back it stands will make a comeback at some

point I think they will too this stuff is cyclical yeah very much so and right

now it's the SUVs that have the hot hand and that'll change it's I mean think

back station wagons were hot property at one time El Camino's were at one point

yeah maybe they'll come back I don't know who knows you ever know start to Brian

and he's in the south of Houston Brian welcome how can they help you sir

hey Jerry hey Todd thank you for taking my call yeah thanks for calling

yep so I've got a 2024 Raptor it's in great shape it's white it's kind of got an aggressive

look with a aftermarket bumper and light bar on it and I don't I don't have any graphics on it

it's got 141,000 miles what what year did you say it was 2020 2020 okay so 140,000 miles

yep I bought it from Sames in Bastrop and I'm kind of you know I still owe just a little bit

of money on it not much and I'm just kind of thinking you know listening to your

advertisements the inventory interest rates are going down that sort of thing with 140,000 miles

is there a is there a time that you get more value out of the trade in versus you know getting a

good quality vehicle that's my first question okay and then my second question is do you

would I buy an XLT a Lariat another Ford Raptor a King Ranch I'm kind of partial to the half

time not pre-quartered um so I'm just trying to think about best value best ride okay first

question you're you're past that point of maximizing the value when you hit a hundred thousand and

that's okay you've got your money you've got your money out of this thing and and it's still got good

value so it's a raptor they're expensive and there's never enough of them used so it'll it'll

bring good money so you know I don't I don't think there's a time now that is going to make a huge

difference but what do you use this truck for primarily is it just a driver

just a driver I have a ranch and I drive it on the ranch but you know it's not like I'm

a hot racing right yeah oh no of course and that's driving back and driving back and forth to work

and five hours back and forth to central Texas and it's it's going to give you a very firm ride

it it was designed to do that if it were me I would go get a F-150 Platinum

and enjoy that smoothness of that it you're going to think you're in a Lincoln especially coming out

of a raptor that's what I had before this and it was a great vehicle yeah four and I'll tell you

what if I were doing it today I'd get the power boost which is the hybrid

oh really absolutely it it is a great setup you know it's just it's just amazing what that

thing will do and you know I've got people listeners telling me they're getting 28 29 miles to the

gallon on the road driving it properly it's the hybrid buddy we're gonna run out of time

but I've got a review up at carpro.com take a look hey don't believe all the ads you see call the

it's one of our favorite times of the show the happy listener time on the car pro show folks

who take Jerry's advice they go through the process they follow it to a tee and then what happens

they have this great story of how their car experience was fantastic Mary Lee took Jerry's

advice went to a community Toyota in Houston talked to David Smith for a Toyota Highlander

said she's listened to the show for years and finally had a chance to get a new car

upon your recommendation use community Toyota Baytown wonderful experience the manager David

Smith got right on the request found a beautiful 2025 Cypress Green Toyota Highlander Limited

a hybrid too by the way uh sales lady was a great show to all the things she needs to know the

decision was easy finance person made the whole process a breeze went home that night with a great

new car and was thankful for all the great information you share every week on your show

and thanks for introducing her to the great folks at community Toyota I'm so glad we got the

community dealerships David Smith is a general manager and he helped her himself I mean and

he had somebody show her cars and that's what he was involved in the whole thing he was

from the very beginning and great guy great guy and Gilman Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram was where Peggy

went for a Jeep Grand Cherokee Altitude X of course that's in Houston Patrick Wilson was the contact

there yep everybody there was listening to what she wanted she said stayed in constant communication

they excelled in every area no pressure no back and forth nonsense I love that line because

it is nine cents when you're having to go and fight them the whole way this is very happy

customer love our new car two ladies ladies there you go I designed this process for you

believe it or not and that's the truth I knew if we could make the ladies happy going by themselves

if they wanted to we'd be successful yes here we are we've got two hours to go so don't go

anywhere if you want to call the chase dot com hotline 800 926 7777 you know what you want

but not so sure about which brand so call the car pro show 1 800 926 7777

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