Car Pro Radio Show September 20 25 Hour 1

Welcome to the CarPro Show, where you get straight talk and honest answers about everything

automotive every week from Jerry Reynolds the CarPro.

Jerry ran his own dealerships for decades and was a two term chairman of the Ford National

Dealer Council.

Todd Chambliss is Jerry's partner.

He's a great guy, but strangely for a guy on a car show, he has no sense of direction

at all.

So if you see him right now, remind him that he's supposed to be on the air.

Now hopefully, here they both are on the CarPro Show.

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If you are thinking about making a move, I'm telling everybody right now that we are here.

It's the end of the month.

It's the end of the third quarter of 2025.

And that is a big trigger for automakers.

They always get judged.

Their bonuses get paid by the quarter and they put the push on.

Now when they put the push on, that means incentives.

And we have seen some real big incentive action just this week.

So we know the 2026s are going up in price, and I mean big time.

There's still a lot of 2025s out there.

If you want a bargain, this is the time.

I'll always tell you when it's not a good time.

I'll always tell you when it is a good time.

This kids is a good time.

So I don't take mechanical questions.

But if you want to pick my brain or watch the best car for you, how you should get it?

Should you lease?

Should you buy certified use?

Should you get new?

What's going on in the market?

I'll be happy to help you.

All you got to do is call thechase.com.

CarPro hotline in that number is 800-926-7777-800-926-7726.

The lines will fill up in a minute.

They fill up really fast.

So once you hear us go to a break or somebody hangs up, call thechase.com hotline 800-926-7777.

Fresh back from a week's vacation, Todd Jamblis.

Yes, I am here.

And just drove in last night and had a week in Florida and with a family and bunch of friends.

And was fantastic.

No rain whatsoever.

Typically in Florida you go and there's like a burst of rain for like 30, 40 minutes.

Then the sun comes back.

We had beautiful weather the whole week.

What a blessing that is.

Got a lot of rest, unplugged.

It was fantastic.

Thank you for the little break.

I appreciate that.

Well, I mean, you've been working for a year.

That's right.

Just about.

I think it's next weekend.

I believe it is next week.

I believe so.

As a matter of fact.

That's absolutely fun.

And next week we're going to be at the Endow's Fort Worth.

So if you're coming to DFW next week for any reason or you're in DFW now,

come by and see us.

We're going to be at the Sandpack Museum.

And I've got all the information that you could possibly need that came out in yesterday's

free car pro newsletter.

And I'll give you the address.

It's a once a year event where you can see Sandpack,

who's the biggest Ford dealer in the state of Texas.

He's got a private collection of hundreds of classic cars.

And you can see those for free one day a year.

That's next Saturday.

So if you're in town, come by and see us.

It'll be your second remote with me.

It will be, actually.

We did the auto show in the auto show.

Yeah, absolutely.

And I've been to the museum and took a lot of pictures.

The Austin Power, the Power's vehicle.

The Jaguar.

The Shiex, right.

So great.

It's a lot of fun.

And there's some vehicles that you'll be amazed.

This collection is like pretty, pretty unrivaled.

I mean, it's amazing and it's worth the time out there.

I'm guessing it's going to be nice weather.

Going to be lots of stuff going on.

You know who was the first owner of the Jaguar, right?

I don't know that.

Really?

No, I don't.

No, seriously.

What's it?

Me.

Was it you?

Yes.

So you bought it.

I bought it from New Line Cinema with 200 miles on it.

How did you get that going?

Online auction.

And you actually won the auction.

Yeah.

So did I?

I bid Sam Pak on it.

Oh my gosh, I didn't know that.

Yeah.

So did he come to you and say, hey look.

He told me at the time, he said,

if you ever get ready to sell it, let me know first.

And I, it paid.

I did.

I don't know that I remember that.

We were good friends.

Wow.

It's one of my true stories from a former car dealer

that are at carbro.com.

I should probably go check that story out.

It's called Jaguar.

Okay.

I'll do that.

Yeah.

It's cool.

That's nice.

That's a, I'll tell you the story about the condition

this 200 mile car was on when I got it.

Oh, was it rough?

Oh, it was.

They shot that one scene in the open where

they're being chased by a helicopter.

Right.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

And they slam on the brakes so the helicopter goes by.

Yep.

They did that about 50 times.

There wasn't a round tire on that car.

Oh, bad nod.

They, they slid them square.

So you probably had a little bit of investment

just to get it up to stuff.

And the paint job looked great on camera,

but it didn't, the Union Jack.

Yeah, right.

It didn't look so good in person.

Let's talk to Mark in Tyler, Texas.

Mark, welcome to the car pro show.

What can I do for you?

Well, thank you for taking my question.

Sure.

I've got a question about diminished value.

I purchased a brand new thing ranch over $70,000.

Yep.

Lady decided she's going to turn right from the left lane

and took out the bed panel on the driver's side of the vehicle

with about $8,000 worth of damage.

Oh my.

Okay.

Yeah, that's a lot of fun.

Did she have insurance?

Well, yes, but I went ahead and did uninsured motors

just because they couldn't get a hold of the driver

and they have so many weeks or whatever.

Yeah.

And so anyhow, I just let my insurance company

do a segregation on it whenever it's finished.

Right.

And they can handle it.

Sure.

But the diminished value is something that a buddy of mine

mentioned and I'd never heard of it.

And so I went ahead and pulled up Carfax hoping I would

beat Carfax to showing an accident.

Well, immediately after an insurance company does a claim,

I guess they turn it in.

So I've got a value on from Carfax with 10,400 miles on it.

Right.

And it got away from 60 something thousand,

62,000 or 64 to 69.

Yeah.

And this thing had all the bells and whistles,

as you might imagine.

Mark, before we run out of time here,

I want you to know that I've been talking about

diminished value for over 20 years on the air.

It's a big issue that a lot of people don't know about.

If you will go to my website, carpro.com.

There's a search box at the top, put in diminished value.

It'll pull up an article that'll tell you everything you need to know.

What you want in a car versus what you get might take some advice.

Call the car pro show at 1-800-926-7777.

What a pretty impressive muscle car is our classic car of the week

on our Facebook page.

Easy to find.

Go to carpro.com and go to the bottom.

There is a Facebook link.

It takes you right to our page.

And it's good to go and like and follow that too.

All kinds of good stuff during the week.

This week's classic car of the week.

Some folks looks like they're right on target with guessing it.

There's a little bit of conjecture about the year, however.

So make your guess right now.

If you're one of the ones who make a correct guess,

you're in the running for your very own auto heat shield.

And after just spending a week in Florida

and the sun is beating down on you,

I know that we're not long away from fall and cool brisk weather.

But right now that comes in handy.

I'll tell you that.

Let's hope.

I'm ready for it.

Me too.

The things, the stories that y'all loved the most in yesterday's newsletter.

The top 10 luxury cars so far this year.

That was number one on the click list, which surprised me a little bit.

Me too.

I wasn't expecting that.

I've learned something about our newsletter subscribers.

What's that?

They like to read about legal things.

Oh, okay.

Yeah.

Look at the look at number two and number three most click.

Number two was the story about some sales managers

that were charged at an Nissan dealership

by the Federal Trade Commission.

Going a little crazy with the add-ons there.

Yeah, deceptive trades.

And then I had another legal story about a dealership

that settled with a veteran.

The veteran worked there.

He had a emotional support dog.

Okay.

And they wouldn't let him bring the dog to work.

Are you kidding?

No.

And rightly so, he sued.

Well, of course.

He won.

Good.

And then the Hyundai immigration case where Hyundai had nothing to do with it

other than it was their building,

but they were building a site in Georgia and had hundreds of

Oh, I remember that story.

Immigrants working there illegally.

Right.

And somehow another ice found out about it and went in and

Did a little roundup.

The big roundup.

Holy cow.

That was a mess.

If you're not a newsletter subscriber, you ought to be.

And you can be by going to carpro.com at the bottom of the page.

All you got to do is put your email address in there.

You'll get a confirmation and you can have yesterday's in your inbox tomorrow.

Immediately.

I mean, it comes right back to you.

You'll get a new one next Friday.

I've already got a lot of great stuff lined up for next week.

I was surprised by that.

No.

You work all week long.

I really worked hard this week on it.

Let's talk to Michael in Houston.

Hello, Michael.

Welcome to the car pro show.

Well, thank you, Jerry.

At first, I wanted to say thank you very much.

I'm a long time listener and I appreciate the knowledge and information you provide to the

people like me who has not nothing about knowing nothing about the cars.

Well, thank you, sir.

I appreciate those kind words.

It's important to me.

You know, when I started this show, it'll be 24 years ago next week.

And when I started, that was the goal is I need people need a place to get honest answers

about the auto industry and what goes on in dealerships, et cetera, et cetera.

That's what I've tried to do now for two dozen decades.

So what can I help you with?

Well, I have a question for you.

I believe I've been listening to you.

I have 2014 Jeep Cherokee and I was in an accident.

It's not my fault.

The other guy hit.

So his insurance company declined because I didn't file the police report.

When I called the police, he didn't want to stay.

He took off.

Police said, if he gave you the insurance information, you don't have to file the report in Texas.

So to make it short, I think my insurance is going to total my Jeep.

I want to find out the best, highest money I can get for my Jeep because they will

low ball me, give me $2,000 to $3,000.

I guarantee you they're going to low ball you.

I see it every day.

They're going to hit you low and they don't keep up with current trends.

They don't know like I do from watching the auction every week that use car values or sky high

right now.

So yeah, they're going to, they're going to try to hit you low.

Here's what you need to do at my website, carpro.com.

Everybody that might have an insurance question, pay real close attention here.

I've got an insurance section on my FAQ page.

One of the articles is about diminished value, which is our first caller today.

There's an article there on how to deal with an insurance adjuster.

And I just redid that article for my newsletter.

It was in yesterday's free newsletter.

So if you don't want to go to the website, just subscribe to the newsletter.

You'll get it because I just updated that article for this week's newsletter.

So there's more information.

If you've looked at the article before, look again because I edited it this week.

And I walk you through, Michael, exactly what to do to make sure that you get

replacement value, not wholesale, not KBB, but replacement.

It's at carpro.com.

There's a lot to learn about buying or leasing your next truck or car.

Jerry Reynolds, the car pro will help you call the car pro show 1-800-926-7777.

Rebecca in North Hills, California.

Welcome to the car pro show.

Hi, Rebecca.

Hey, Rebecca, are you there?

Hello.

Yeah, Rebecca, you're on the air.

What can I do for you?

Hi, thanks for taking my call.

And I really appreciate all the wonderful information that you share with us every week.

I was calling in because I'm interested in getting a Priya.

So a couple questions.

Is a lease or is it feasible to lease the car versus buying it as far as making sure

I get the best deal on this car?

Sure.

Secondly, when it comes to all this hybrid technology,

what do you think the market might be like in the next five years?

I think it's going to continue to be good.

Everybody is transitioning right now to hybrids.

And some of them are going on to plug in hybrids because they're not quite ready to take the

plunge into electrics.

So they kind of pick a plug in hybrid to test the waters.

But a regular hybrid Priya, Priya was the first hybrid in America, started 27 years ago.

It is a phenomenal car.

That car will get you in excess of 50 miles to the gallon on the highway.

And it does even slightly better than that in town because the hybrid actually is more

efficient in town than it is on the highway.

So I think it's great.

How many miles a year do you drive?

I drive between 12 and 15,000.

Okay.

Then do a 15,000 mile lease, which is the standard term.

15,000 is what it comes with.

You can go less or you can go more, but sounds like 15 will work well for you.

I'd look at a lease for sure.

The payment's going to be much lower.

I've got a leasing section at my website on my FAQ page.

And I've also got some great Toyota dealers there in Southern California.

So look at the lease three years from now when the lease is up.

If you want to buy it, buy it.

If you want to do another lease, do another lease.

You know, you got a lot of options with a lease and you sound like a good candidate for it.

Priya is the way to go if you're going hybrid.

Be that guy, the one who got a great deal on his new car.

Talk to Jerry Reynolds, the car pro at 1-800-926-7777.

And welcome back to the car pro show with Jerry Reynolds, the car pro.

And I'm Todd Chambers, one of the most clicked items in this week's newsletter from Jerry

has happens to be his review, the 2026 Buick and Vista Sport Touring.

Apparently it's a nice luxury vehicle that you would expect to pay double

of what the actual price is.

So it's that nice inside.

It's a very nice SUV with a window sticker price of 30 grand.

That's crazy good.

And I don't mean 39 grand.

I mean 30,700 on this one that's super loaded.

You can get them cheaper.

And that's the 26, not the 25.

Right.

That's a heck of a deal right there.

I'm telling you, it was everybody loved that one.

You know, it's a small SUV, but it's roomy inside.

Oh my goodness.

And the gas mileage was great.

Coming up in next week's free weekly newsletter, two very different vehicles,

the 2025 Mustang GT convertible.

Oh man.

In race red.

Oh no.

It's a beauty.

And you've got it out there ready to go.

Yeah, I've got it ready.

I've brought it down for you to see.

I can't wait to see it.

On the other end of the spectrum, I had the 2025 Ram 2500 Limited Longhorn

Crew Cab 4x4 with a Cummins diesel.

It's a long name.

It's a big truck too.

Is it really?

Yes.

It's a big old truck.

Was that a little cumbersome to park?

Is that being?

I've remarked about that in the review.

I was surprised how good the turning radius was.

And this truck has got so dog on many cameras on it.

It's, it's a joy to drive.

Probably just about parks itself with all that.

Well, it will actually.

Will it really?

Yeah.

I mean, literally.

Three quarter ton diesel truck.

It's, it topped out just over 100 grand.

Well, probably worth it though.

I would imagine all this stuff.

You gotta pull something.

This thing will tow 20,000 pounds.

In Florida, we saw a lot of Ram trucks actually.

Oh, I'm sure.

Very popular.

I'm sure.

Well, speaking of newsletter and things that didn't get so many clicks.

I was waiting for this one.

What happened to your video this week?

I guess no one wants to see a video of a guy throwing a folding chair at a passing car.

I guess that's what's going on.

I thought it was interesting, but it ranked number eight.

So just a little farther down.

Yeah.

Yours may top five though.

Yeah.

Barely.

I mean, this is another week where we had a lot of good content.

And so the videos dropped some.

Yeah, that's all right.

Yeah.

Mine came in at number five.

Amy had her review this week of the Toyota Sienna minivan.

And I also reviewed the Mustang Mach E in yesterday's newsletter.

Now, a lot of good stuff there from yesterday.

If you want to jump on board and become part of the family, we'd love to have you.

All you got to do is go to carpro.com at the bottom of the page.

Subscribe today.

You'll get yesterday's ASAP.

It'll come right back to your inbox and stay with us every Friday.

There is so much more we cover in the newsletter than what we have time to cover on air.

And I've been putting out this newsletter since 2008.

I know what you like.

You know, if there's news, I tell you about it.

Tariff talk every single week.

We've got great stuff from Kim Commando on the tech side.

Incentives.

Yeah, incentives.

And that's a big issue, especially with the $7,500 federal tax credit going away

on electric cars, which is coming up a week from this coming Tuesday.

Can't believe it's going away.

I know.

Rob in Driftwood.

Welcome to the carpro show.

How can I help you, sir?

Oh, thank you, Jerry.

You've been helping me for 20 years.

I don't think we've been buying to be heck without running through your information.

Well, thank you, Rob.

I appreciate that.

You bet.

My wife's the one who turned me on to you, by the way.

Oh, wow.

I'm hearing you.

Tell her thank you.

So that was good.

You bet.

The situation right now, my wife has a 2019 Subaru Ascent.

And we need to start pulling something with it, which, you know, I could add a hitch to it,

but it seems a little small for about $2,500 per pound pull.

We've been looking at the terrain, which, according to your review,

sounds like a really nice vehicle.

It is.

But I don't know if there was something else along that line.

She has some mobility issues, so we need something that's easy to get in and out of as well.

Well, that one is.

That one sits low to the ground.

It's a great SUV.

I've liked it.

I've liked the Chevy Equinox.

I've liked both of those since they came out, and especially for the money.

When you start looking at what you can get for out there in the open market,

the terrain stacks up really nice, and it looks good.

It'll tow 3,500 pounds or so.

Will that will that do it for you?

Yeah, yeah, it's not not anything really, really heavy,

but we do need to pull a little trailer.

How many miles how many miles on the Subaru?

40,000.

You know, that's that'll that'll pull that'll pull what you want to pull to.

Yeah, so that's where I'm trying to decide in the, you know, and it's paid for.

So that makes a lot of sense to not have to.

Well, what I'm looking at, whether the lease or purchase.

Yeah, what I'm looking at for you is longevity on the Subaru is terrific.

They're comfortable.

Yeah, it'll do what you need it to do.

You got a clear title and you got a low mileage one.

I mean, if y'all are just ready to trade, that's one thing.

But if you're trading to, you know, get more towing power, you're not.

And okay, I don't know, man.

I would almost I would almost recommend just keeping the Subaru.

That's what we're that's what we're trying to decide.

That's kind of where you like I said, I've kind of been going back and forth.

I mean, it's always fun to get a new toy, but does it make sense?

Well, financially, I don't think it makes sense.

But again, you know, yours is six years old now.

And if y'all are just sick of it, if you're tired of it, that's one thing.

And that's a good reason to trade.

That's the reason I trade every time I personally trade.

Not because I don't.

I mean, I've traded cars literally with as few as 275 miles after two years.

But, you know, it was time for something new.

I get that mentality.

But if, you know, if you if you're if you're liking the Subaru,

how good you got a nice rig?

Okay, that's that helps a whole lot.

Well, good.

Tell your wife I said hi.

I appreciate you.

All right.

And thanks for listening, Rob.

Let me know anytime I can help you.

I wrote something that was in yesterday's newsletter that

I've really put a lot of thought into.

I know we're we're on the air right now all over the country.

And people have differing views and differing feelings.

And, you know, unfortunately, our country, I think, is probably more divided today

than it's been in a long, long time.

It's true.

And I wrote a article that was in my closing message of yesterday's newsletter.

And it was called what I call time to come together time to come together.

And it was based on the death of Charlie Kirk.

Yeah.

If you haven't read it, take a minute.

It's not about Charlie.

It's about what I think you'd want.

You know, life seems like there's always a trade off.

You have the promise of a lower running cost and freedom from gasoline with electric vehicles.

But one thing you've got to look at when you consider an EV is the declining range of your

battery power and how many miles you can drive as they age.

They lose their ability to hold a charge.

And some other factors can be involved in the life of a battery for an electric vehicle.

And that's why this week's newsletter, Jerry's got an article in the news section,

why EV batteries lose power and what to expect.

You were saying just a minute ago off air that we really don't know exactly the life of these

things and we don't have a long history being able to gauge how long these batteries are going

to last for you, really.

I know.

They're so new, you know, we don't know what to expect.

You know, with hybrids, I can tell you the Prius and any of the Toyotas I'm seeing go well over

225,000 miles.

Some as much as 300 before the hybrid battery fails, but the full battery, the full electric

battery, I don't know.

I mean, we're just going to have to wait and see.

They're expensive right now.

You're going to spend 20 grand if you have to replace one.

But I'm really pushing a lot of information on you on electrics because a ton of you are

getting under the wire to get that $7,500 from the government.

And I'm getting more electric car questions right now.

People are rushing out next week's newsletter.

My closing message is about the future of electric vehicles.

And I'm predicting what's going to happen with those.

I've got a chase.com hotline line open right now.

If you want to grab it at 809267777, then we got a Raj in Houston.

Raj, welcome.

How can I help you, sir?

Hi, Jerry.

Hi, buddy.

My son, my son wants to buy a Honda Sonata all wheel drive.

Yeah.

We live in Houston, but he's temporarily staying in Kansas City, Missouri for a couple of years.

So he wants to buy the Honda Sonata there, the one he likes and wants him to be shipped to Texas

to register and take it back.

It sounds like a run around for me.

I don't know.

Yeah, it does.

Yes, it does.

Yeah, I think he'd be better off just buying it in Texas and letting one of my dealers

in the Houston area do the registration for him and make sure he gets a good deal.

He contacted one of the dealers recommended by you in Houston, but none of them had the

Honda Sonata all wheel drive, and that's what he wants.

Because of the Houston area, they're probably not going to have all wheel drive too many.

That's not a big seller in the Sonata.

But the cost wise, the way the probably is going to be okay because they probably,

he says they're going to give a deal enough.

The cost of transportation is not going to be a big deal,

but it just like feels like too much of work.

Yeah, and if he buys it there and he wants to register in Texas,

the dealer he buys it from should be able to do that for him.

All the dealers today have software that will allow them to register vehicles in other states

from what they sell.

So the dealer he buys from should be able to do a Texas registration,

charge Texas sales tax.

He's going to have to use a Texas address, which could be yours.

Yeah, it is.

So do you have any recommendation for a Honda dealership in Kansas City?

Sorry, pal.

I don't know.

I don't know a soul there.

But you know, he's just the smart thing to do in cases like that when he's shopping

is to find two dealers.

I'd look for the biggest volume dealers and Google search will tell you that.

And email both and work them against each other online.

And that way he's not sitting at a dealership getting pressured.

He's he's got the anonymity of being online and whoever comes up with the best price

buy from them should be simple and they should be able to register it in Texas.

If you're not up to the latest incentives when you buy a car, you're just throwing money away.

Call the CarPro Show at 1-800-926-7777.

Love the happy listeners every single week.

One of our favorite parts of the show is the happy listener section.

Well, we talk about the folks who have followed Jerry's advice and gone through his website and

gone to his dealers and listened to what Jerry recommends.

Great stories afterwards.

Alfred went to Round Rock Honda and he says the team there are very professional,

but it's still welcome.

They had the car he wanted, the price he was quoted.

Very pleasant to do business with, experienced there, very enjoyable.

Internet with the 2026 Honda Civic Sport Hatchback.

Nice.

And loves it and talked to Jason Jackson there and Brenda and the other folks.

So had nothing but glowing reviews for Round Rock Honda.

And that's in the Austin, Texas area.

It is.

And in Houston, Lone Star Chevrolet and Mike Batches took care of Chip.

This is very attentive and professional shopping experience.

Had one issue at closing that was quickly and professionally corrected by the GM,

Mike Batches, of course.

And he says he would recommend Lone Star Chevrolet to anybody looking for a brand new

2025 GMCC or 2500, which is what he got.

And I got one.

Oh.

Yep.

Janet from Los Angeles wrote me about the closing message in yesterday's newsletter

about Charlie Kirk.

Oh.

And she said, kudos for such a well thought out and important message.

It's the best I've seen on this topic.

I did not know who Charlie Kirk was until he was killed.

The little bit I know of his point of view leads to me to believe that he and I were

probably not aligned.

And she goes on to say, but what's important is that your message resonated with me.

I thought, yes, make this young man senseless killing means something more than continued

conflict, listening more than lecturing and building bridges more than barring them.

It's up to us to believe in each other.

That was a line that I wrote.

Thank you, Janet.

That made my day.

We've got another two hours to go.

So stand by for more of the CarPro Show.

The best thing you can do before you get a car for your teenager is to talk to Jerry Reynolds,

the CarPro.

Call 1-800-926-7777.

Car Pro Radio Show September 20 25 Hour 1

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