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Welcome to the CarPro Show.
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If you just can't make up your mind
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01:41
a hybrid, a plug-in hybrid, or an electric vehicle,
01:45
you've found the right place.
01:46
Jerry Reynolds, a former dealership owner
01:48
and award-winning automotive writer, is the CarPro.
01:51
The guy with the big voice is his partner, Todd Chambliss.
01:55
Todd once scared away a tornado just by shouting at him.
01:58
So with straight talk and honest answers
02:00
about everything automotive, here they are
02:03
on the CarPro Show.
02:05
Thank you very much for joining us here
02:07
in the first show of September.
02:10
Hope you had a great Labor Day last weekend.
02:13
Got to spend a little bit of time off,
02:15
maybe, with family and friends.
02:17
But we're talking cars today
02:19
and we're talking about September
02:22
is being a really good time right now
02:25
to get yourself a new set of wheels
02:28
because the incentives are still good.
02:30
I saw some auto companies
02:33
that the September incentives
02:36
weren't quite as good as they were in August.
02:40
And then I saw other cases where they were actually better.
02:44
So much with incentives depends on
02:47
how many cars are in dealers' inventories.
02:51
The dealers are overstocked.
02:53
They put big incentives on to help them sell
02:57
so that they'll reorder.
02:59
It's really that simple.
03:01
So, you know, right now we're seeing
03:03
good inventory everywhere,
03:05
which tells me that we're gonna see
03:08
good incentives in September.
03:10
Plus, it's the end of a quarter.
03:14
And a lot of bonuses ride at automakers
03:20
with the executives on quarterly bonuses.
03:25
So, sometimes they'll save up
03:27
incentive money that they've got to spend
03:29
and they'll throw it on
03:31
as they get closer to the end of a quarter.
03:34
That's coming up, September 30th.
03:37
So, something to keep in mind,
03:39
used car values still high.
03:42
Watched the auction this week.
03:44
They just don't seem to be going down.
03:47
Every single week it does that?
03:50
They're just staying up there.
03:52
There are a few exceptions.
03:54
The electric car market used
03:56
is still very soft.
03:58
Prices are down on those,
04:00
but everything else,
04:01
especially trucks and SUVs,
04:06
If you got a trade, timing is excellent.
04:09
The other voice that you hear is Todd Chambliss.
04:13
And with the, we mentioned before,
04:16
with the government rebates
04:17
to the $7,500 going away, the EV,
04:20
and then of course the used car,
04:22
the used EV rebate money coming in,
04:25
that goes away in just a few weeks.
04:27
Obviously with tariff situations going on
04:30
and the 26s pretty much are gonna go up
04:33
generally all over the place.
04:35
There's just no better time to go by.
04:37
Right now is the time
04:39
when the weather is nice out,
04:40
it's getting a little more fall-like.
04:42
It seems like it's just a perfect day to go do it.
04:45
Yeah, a lot of people are.
04:46
I mean, you look at the sales numbers for August,
04:48
sales were up from a year ago.
04:51
And the tariff situation has changed everything.
04:58
it's hard to predict what's happened
05:00
in the rest of this year.
05:02
There's still a lot of people out there
05:04
driving older cars that are starting to give them trouble.
05:07
They need to do something.
05:08
I think there's a lot of people
05:10
who have waited for lower interest rates.
05:13
There's still a lot of 0% money out there
05:16
in certain vehicles.
05:18
And if you can get some of that right now,
05:20
boy, that's cheap driving.
05:23
So thanks to keep in mind.
05:25
Let's go to Houston and talk to Janice.
05:29
Janice, you're next on the Car Pro Show
05:31
and thank you for holding.
05:36
Yes, I talked to you.
05:38
Oh, by the way, that tribute was beautifully done.
05:41
Thank you for sharing.
05:44
Kevin just did a wonderful job on that.
05:48
We can't hear it too much.
05:51
Anyway, I called a couple of weeks ago
05:53
and talked to you probably remember
05:54
about my 2015 road,
05:57
but I really didn't get my questions answered.
06:00
What I had asked in the beginning,
06:04
I have bought new bushings,
06:06
new mass airflow sensor,
06:09
new struts and of course,
06:12
maintenance things like new brakes
06:13
and that sort of thing.
06:16
But I've spent about 6,000
06:18
in the last couple of years.
06:21
I have just 70,000 miles on it.
06:24
Not really, Janice, for the vehicles
06:28
that Nissan was putting out 10 years ago.
06:32
They weren't making the greatest cars ever.
06:35
And today it's much different.
06:37
In fact, the Nissan was just on top
06:40
of the JD Power reliability studies
06:45
of people who have three-year-old ones.
06:46
And that's a big one for me
06:48
because by three years,
06:50
you're gonna know if you're gonna have a lot of problems.
06:53
So they're building much better cars today,
06:55
but I would say that's fairly normal
07:01
And if you haven't had a transmission issue
07:05
with that continuously variable transmission,
07:08
that's likely the next thing.
07:11
And that's pretty expensive.
07:13
How much do those cost?
07:20
Well, my next, I'm not interested in another road.
07:22
I had three things in mind,
07:24
maybe if I looked for another one.
07:27
A GMC, an Explorer or the Subaru Outback.
07:32
What do you think of those?
07:34
I'd be buying one that's two or three years old.
07:37
I don't buy brand new.
07:38
And which GMC were you thinking of?
07:42
The terrain? Oh gee.
07:45
Oh, I don't know the difference.
07:47
I really haven't looked at it yet.
07:49
I just see them around
07:50
and I think they're nicely styled.
07:54
Is the rogue about the right size for you?
07:58
Yes, or maybe a little bit bigger, I can do.
08:04
I definitely, I love the Explorer,
08:07
but it is quite a bit bigger than the rogue
08:10
and it's got a third row seat.
08:13
So I would drop down to the mid-size
08:18
and look at the edge.
08:19
The edge from Ford has been
08:22
one of my really high recommended vehicles
08:25
for a lot of years.
08:26
Now, we know it's going away after this year,
08:30
but that doesn't mean anything
08:33
if you're gonna keep it for a long time,
08:35
but especially if you're buying used
08:38
because once the word gets out
08:40
that a vehicle's going away, the values drop.
08:44
That's exactly what you want when you're buying used.
08:47
So I put the Ford Edge at the top of the list.
08:51
The GMC Terrain, that's gonna be about the same size
08:56
as the rogue in the Subaru's.
08:59
The outback is gonna be larger.
09:02
So I would look at the Crosstrek,
09:06
which is another wonderful SUV.
09:09
There's a lot of good ones in that size.
09:13
You know, the Chevy Equinox
09:16
is the sister vehicle to the GMC Terrain.
09:20
It's a great vehicle as well.
09:23
So I put that one on the list.
09:25
Any of those would serve you well.
09:28
The biggest is gonna be the Edge.
09:32
So I think it's also gonna be the best buy
09:37
because we know it's going away.
09:39
So the only fear with a vehicle going away is resale value.
09:43
That's not gonna matter down the road.
09:46
So I've got great dealers for all those at my website.
09:49
Take a look and look at their inventories
09:51
and talk to my contacts.
09:54
If you don't know whether or not
09:55
you should buy an extended warranty,
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And yet another good reason to always get the newsletter
10:10
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Great information that things you probably never
10:16
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10:17
For example, there's a great article
10:19
that Jerry put into the newsletter
10:21
from Clark Howard, a leading consumer advocate money expert
10:24
who has been on the radio for years and years
10:28
He talks about, don't use your insurance company
10:31
for roadside purposes.
10:32
You can't use your insurance company
10:34
for roadside purposes.
10:35
You can't use your insurance company
10:37
for roadside purposes.
10:39
So the gist is if your insurance company
10:44
offers a roadside assistance plan and you use it
10:47
and then you do a claim on it,
10:49
they can actually do a basic claim,
10:51
a point against you and call that a,
10:53
what a surchargeable loss?
10:56
I didn't know that could happen.
10:58
And boy, I'll tell you what.
11:00
Now we know, because I did a little research,
11:03
we know that not every insurance company
11:09
But in this particular case,
11:11
turns out there's a lot of them that do.
11:13
I didn't know that, that's crazy.
11:15
Yeah, it is, it is kind of crazy.
11:18
Probably good to go ask your agent about that.
11:21
Would they tell you though?
11:23
Oh, I think they got to.
11:25
Well, yeah, I probably, yeah, I would imagine.
11:27
But if your car's five years old or less,
11:29
you've probably got coverage
11:31
for roadside assistance from the factory.
11:34
And occasionally I'll put up an article
11:38
in the free newsletter about
11:42
all the roadside assistance numbers.
11:44
And the point of doing that is to get you
11:48
to put that number in your phone.
11:52
You don't want to go have to look for it when you need it.
11:54
No, when you've got a, when you've got an emergency,
12:01
you don't want to go digging through your glove box
12:04
So, you know what, I'll do, I'll get that done.
12:08
I'll put that list out again.
12:10
We updated about once a year in case
12:12
some of the phone numbers have changed.
12:15
But, you know, think about it.
12:17
If you're using your own insurance company
12:19
as also your roadside assistance, it can cost you money.
12:24
Let's go to Bill, near Katie, Texas.
12:27
Bill, what can I do for you?
12:31
Well, hello, Jerry.
12:33
I love listening to you and Todd every weekend.
12:37
It's a very educational show, love it.
12:40
And hard to follow that tribute up.
12:44
All the players go out to all the families
12:46
and first responders of 9-11.
12:49
Yeah, and sadly, we're still hearing stories
12:53
of first responders that passed away
12:56
because of what they, what they breathed in that day.
13:00
And it's, it's, it's horrific.
13:03
It's just horrific.
13:04
But what can I help you with, Bill?
13:07
Kind of makes my question irrelevant after hearing that.
13:10
Yeah, I know, I get it.
13:13
But anyways, my question is,
13:18
my last two vehicles have been Honda Ridgelines
13:20
and both of them like over 250,000 miles with no problems.
13:26
I went to Katie to look at a new Honda Ridgeline.
13:31
They've doubled in price since my last one in 2014.
13:34
And you can't get a salesman.
13:36
I walked into the showroom, have to ask for one.
13:39
They used to be swarming me when I'd walk on the lot.
13:43
And anyways, the act like he didn't really care.
13:47
And so I left and I went to the Hyundai place.
13:51
Now I'm looking to downsize because I'm retired.
13:54
So it gets better gas mileage.
13:56
It's a much better price and I don't drive as much.
13:59
So I'm not real dependent on getting another 250,000.
14:06
And the same thing, I walked into,
14:08
if nobody came out, I went twice
14:10
and nobody comes out to talk to you.
14:12
I walked in the showroom the second time
14:15
and had to ask for somebody.
14:17
And he's basically telling me,
14:18
he's telling me the same thing.
14:20
He's like, yeah, I drive a Honda too.
14:21
They're the best cars I've got.
14:23
I'm supposed to be selling the Hyundai.
14:25
Boy, businesses, businesses changed since I was in it.
14:32
When I owned dealerships,
14:33
if somebody didn't get waited on in the first,
14:37
I mean, I didn't want my people running outside
14:41
and meeting them at their car.
14:43
I wanted them to give them a second
14:45
to look around for a minute and then go greet them
14:48
and ask them what they could do to help them.
14:51
But if I saw an unattended customer,
14:54
I was, and I owned the dealerships, and I was hot.
14:59
And if somebody got to the showroom that didn't have help,
15:07
Well, you drove up twice.
15:09
Well, I'll tell you what, I've got a good dealer.
15:14
They had a Battleship Gray Santa Cruz,
15:18
which is downsizing from the Honda Ridgeline.
15:22
And I figured it'd be a good vehicle to retire.
15:31
I've reviewed the Santa Cruz.
15:33
It's a nice upscale truck, great gas mileage,
15:37
10-year, 100,000 mile warranty.
15:39
It's got a lot going on for it
15:41
at a very good price, actually.
15:44
Up in spring, I want you to talk
15:47
to Zac Scatone at North Freeway Hyundai.
15:52
In spring, I know that's 20 miles or so, but worth it.
15:56
Before you buy a new car, truck, or SUV,
15:58
call Jerry Reynolds, the car pro,
16:06
["Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"]
16:16
David in Glendora, California.
16:19
How can I help you?
16:24
The last caller might have answered my question.
16:28
I'm looking to get a small pickup truck.
16:32
And I just saw that the Honda Ridgelines
16:34
had pretty good prices compared to the Toyota's.
16:38
I was going to also ask about the Santa Cruz.
16:41
And, you know, they're both good trucks.
16:46
They're very different.
16:48
What do you use this thing for, David?
16:50
You know, it's just I've had the Tacoma before.
16:54
I'm never going off-road.
16:55
I don't tow anything.
16:56
I'm just a bigger person.
16:58
So I have a sedan now, a Dodge Charger that sits too low,
17:03
bed on my knee, that kind of thing.
17:05
I'm just looking for a nice vehicle
17:08
to drive on the busy streets of California.
17:11
Well, I think given what you've told me,
17:14
I would go with the Ridgeline.
17:16
It's got a lot more room inside.
17:20
It's got a better ride.
17:22
It's got some neat features.
17:24
I'm a big fan of the Ridgeline.
17:27
And of course, it's a Honda.
17:28
So, you know, the odds are good.
17:30
You're going to get a quarter of a million miles out of it.
17:34
Right now, this thing, the 24 or the 21
17:37
are better than the 25s.
17:39
Is that here and there there?
17:41
I have not heard that.
17:43
I haven't heard of any problems with the 25.
17:46
And knowing Honda, you know, typically,
17:52
their vehicles get better and better through the years.
17:55
So I wouldn't be afraid of a 2025 at all.
17:59
I wouldn't hesitate to get one.
18:02
But I think you're going to be more comfortable
18:04
in the Ridgeline than you are the Santa Cruz.
18:07
If you're a bigger guy, the Santa Cruz
18:10
is going to be tight inside.
18:12
And the Ridgeline is going to give you
18:15
lots of space and it drives and rides more like a car
18:21
than the Santa Cruz does.
18:24
So that's what I read.
18:26
With that, I'd go with the Honda.
18:28
Now, you're in Glendora.
18:30
So I've got two dealers that are
18:32
about equal distance from you, both of them
18:34
about 20 miles away, Woodland Hills.
18:38
And that is Armand Javadi, great guy,
18:42
and then Diamond Honda in the city of industry.
18:45
John Ruiz has been with me on the show
18:47
for years and years and years.
18:49
Both of them are at my website.
18:51
Both of them will take great care of you on the Ridgeline.
18:53
Thanks for calling David.
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Every single Friday, the newsletter is released.
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It's full of great information.
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This week, no, certainly full of information
20:01
and great, I can't even talk today.
20:05
It was a great newsletter and they typically are
20:08
because you spend so much time on them.
20:09
So the question is, bail me out of here.
20:11
What is coming up next week in the newsletter?
20:14
I know you've already started working on it.
20:15
Oh, yeah, I've got a lot of the stories written already.
20:19
My favorite is the first one,
20:21
which is a legal suit that was just settled
20:29
against State Farm.
20:32
Yes, my carrier, by the way.
20:36
Well, State Farm had a policy
20:41
of paying people for their total,
20:45
let's take this case.
20:48
Your car gets totaled out, right?
20:50
They make you an offer of what they'll pay to do it,
20:55
what they'll pay to replace it,
20:57
which is supposed to be by law, replacement value.
21:02
Well, they would do the research
21:03
and find replacement value,
21:05
but then they would deduct some arbitrary amount
21:10
that they deemed was what a dealer would come down
21:18
So they go out and they look at,
21:20
let's say your Gia-Tay ride got totaled out.
21:25
You go to the insurance company,
21:27
hey, my car's totaled, they come back to you and say,
21:29
hey, Todd, we did the research,
21:32
we went out in the marketplace,
21:33
looked at replacement values,
21:35
we're gonna pay you $35,000.
21:41
They may have easily gone out and found out
21:44
that the actual prices online that dealers
21:48
are selling for or asking was $38,000,
21:53
but they picked $35,000 because they say,
21:57
quote unquote, the dealers would come down to $35,000,
22:02
without any knowledge of whether they would or not.
22:05
Well, that seems disabitive.
22:06
Well, yes, it does.
22:08
And that's what a lady in Louisiana found out.
22:13
She found out what they were doing,
22:16
she sued them and she won the case.
22:20
Now, if you're a regular listener to this show,
22:24
I've been telling you for decades
22:28
that don't accept the first offer
22:31
from an insurance company, they're gonna low ball you.
22:34
They wanna get out of that claim as cheap as they can,
22:37
but most people don't know
22:40
that you can argue with that amount.
22:43
I mean, I've gone through that a couple of times
22:45
and before or way before I met you,
22:47
I had no idea you really had
22:49
any negotiating power in that situation.
22:52
I figured that's what it was, that's what it is,
22:54
and you have to deal with it.
22:55
Well, and they present it to you as here it is.
22:59
They don't say, well, you know, we think,
23:02
we didn't know, we're gonna cut you a check
23:04
for this amount of money, and they say it in such a way
23:07
that you don't think you got any choice in the matter.
23:10
Now, this lady's case,
23:15
I'm predicting is going to spur
23:19
a lot of class action lawsuits.
23:22
Just generally or with State Farm?
23:24
With all insurance companies.
23:28
Now, I'm not saying, not alleging
23:31
that all of them had that same practice,
23:34
but in my experience, none of them pay what they should.
23:38
At least the first time.
23:40
That's why I have an article at my FAQ page
23:43
about how to deal with an insurance adjuster.
23:47
Man, that's valuable information.
23:49
Well, thank you for that.
23:51
I spent a lot of time writing it
23:53
and I had help from insurance agents themselves.
23:57
Write it because your insurance agent
23:59
has nothing to do with the claims department.
24:03
They're your advocate,
24:05
but they can't change anything.
24:10
It's totally for department, I guess.
24:11
Yeah, it's like diminished value.
24:13
I started talking about that 20 years ago on the air
24:16
when your car gets wrecked but not totaled.
24:20
It's not worth what it used to be.
24:22
So they owe you the difference
24:24
between what it's worth now
24:27
and what it would be worth if it wasn't wrecked.
24:30
Now, this is in cases of accidents not being your fault.
24:36
You can't make a bonehead move and get diminished value.
24:41
But I've got an article on my FAQ page about that.
24:44
I've got a whole insurance section
24:47
about things that have made or saved people
24:51
hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years.
24:55
If you're missing out on that, don't.
24:57
You never know when you're gonna need it.
25:00
Let's go to Vancouver, Washington.
25:05
Ruth, what can I help you with?
25:08
Good morning, Jerry and Todd.
25:09
Thanks for taking my call.
25:13
Hey, so I have a 2023 Nissan Rogue
25:19
and I just hate the transmission.
25:24
Is there any hacks, anything that you can do
25:26
to get that shift to, you know, it's like a delay.
25:32
It's, I just hate it.
25:35
Yeah, the CVT is different.
25:39
Some people get used to it.
25:40
Some people like it.
25:42
Some people never get used to it.
25:45
You sound like you're in that category.
25:48
Well, I just like, you know, we were thinking about,
25:50
we've only owned it for about a year and a half.
25:53
And it's like, you know, should we just
25:55
trade this in on something else?
25:58
Now, this last week, I just had a recall
26:02
on an engine issue.
26:05
And I'm like, oh, boy, great.
26:11
So I'm kind of like, you know, do you have an opinion?
26:16
Yeah, you know, don't let the recall get you down.
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I mean, every car is gonna get recalls.
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Some are gonna get four or five or six recalls.
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I've seen more than that with a particular car.
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You know, it's just a way of life nowadays.
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I've seen people who say, and I'm gonna wait
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until I get a few more recalls before I take it in.
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That's not a good idea.
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These are safety recalls and you need to pay attention to them.
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But if you don't like it, Ruth,
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you know, I'm a firm believer in life's too short.
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And if you hate your car, trade it off, get another one.
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Get something you're gonna like.
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Take a better test drive next time
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and make sure you think you're gonna like it.
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Spend an hour behind the wheel.
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And if a dealer won't let you do that,
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you're at the wrong dealership.
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So, you know, other vehicles
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that I would recommend that you might like
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in that same size range, RAV4, great reason.
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It's the number one selling SUV in America.
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Honda CR-V has been a good one.
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I like the Ford Escape a lot for the money.
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It's of great value and a great SUV.
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The Subaru Crosstrek in Washington
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with their all-wheel drive system is a fantastic choice
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and the reliability and the safety ratings
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of the Crosstrek are exceptional.
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So, you've got some choices.
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Do you owe money on the road?
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Okay, it's gonna come down to what you owe
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versus what it's worth.
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And if you're inequity or about breakeven,
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maybe even upside down just a little bit,
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then I would make a trade.
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If not, hang on to it for another year and try it again.
28:26
The car pro Jerry Reynolds hates road noise.
28:28
So, let him steer you away from a rattle track.
28:32
Call 1-800-926-7777.
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It's always fun to read the Quick Ships column
28:49
that Jerry puts in the newsletter every single week.
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The top stories in the auto industry.
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With Jerry's commentary,
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always some fun stuff to read there.
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There are a couple here that are pretty good.
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The NYPD official that said, you know,
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he had like a fender bender.
29:04
He did the scrape on a car
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and then he told a subordinate to file a false report.
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Claiming the damage occurred in a police lot.
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Well, just not a smart guy.
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The Dodge Charger that did like the world's longest
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left turn for 24 hours, I believe.
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It was in a roundabout for 1800 plus laps.
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You imagine how dizzy that person had to be.
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And then there is the story of the 10 foot spaces
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because Costco knows you can't park straight.
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Costco does, they do their parking lot right.
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And I so, I'm so irritated when I get to one
29:48
and any place in the world, especially in a mall,
29:50
you'll get there and the spaces, I mean,
29:52
barely even get out because everybody's scrunched together.
29:55
But that is so true.
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Costco, they do that thing right for sure.
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Wish everybody could.
30:02
We, we got a lot of good stuff
30:04
in my quick shifts column every week.
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We've had a lot of calls today for some reason.
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I guess maybe we talked about it in the first hour a lot,
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but want to know where, where are your videos of the week?
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They're only in the newsletter.
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That is a newsletter subscriber, Perk.
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Oh, were they looking on the website or something?
30:27
They were looking at the website.
30:28
You're not gonna find them there.
30:29
You gotta be a subscriber.
30:31
That's where you also get all your recalls
30:34
I give you the latest recalls.
30:36
You'll find them from us way before you find them
30:40
Oh, that's for sure.
30:41
So yeah, that's that subscribe.
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Bottom of the page, carpro.com.
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200,000 people get this every Friday.
30:54
We'd love to have you as well.
30:56
Let's go back to the phones and we'll talk to James
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and he's calling from the Houston area.
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James, what can I help you with?
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Hello, Jerry and Todd.
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I've got a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee.
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It's my fourth one over the years.
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83,400 miles on it, a drive about 7,500 a year.
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My question is, I'm looking for a car warranty.
31:28
I checked out a few, I tried car studio once before
31:34
and come to find out that my dealership wouldn't accept them
31:38
after I had the car in for repair.
31:40
I went to Mopar, Mopar.
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Mopar was fine for about three years
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and then I found out this year they don't extend warranties
31:49
for cars over 10 years old.
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So now I've gone online and looking at endurance
31:58
endurance will ensure it.
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We'll put a warranty on it, a little over $100 a month.
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And my question is, is it worth it?
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I'm planning to keep the car, I'm not ready to sell.
32:13
You know, there's a big difference between buying
32:16
a warranty and the warranty actually paying claims.
32:21
I've got an article on my FAQ page about extended warranties.
32:25
In fact, it's probably the most clicked on FAQ on that page.
32:32
And I warned you about car shield,
32:35
I warned you about endurance
32:38
and all the other bad companies that are out there
32:40
that will take your money and then in the fine print
32:44
they figure out how not to pay claims.
32:48
That's how they make their money.
32:50
And you know, I think car shield
32:53
is probably cleaned up their act some
32:57
because they got fined $10 million by the government.
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But I've got a company that I recommend,
33:05
it's called Chase, C-H-A-I-Z, chase.com.
33:12
They represent a lot of different companies
33:16
and they're very good at telling you
33:17
which is the best in your situation.
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C-H-A-I-Z.com and let them know that I sent you.
33:27
They'll be helpful.
33:28
If you're thinking about getting an electric vehicle,
33:31
call the CarPro Show for advice.
33:48
Well, the best kind of listener is a happy listener
33:50
and we have a happy listener portion of the show.
33:53
We do every single week here at the CarPro Show.
33:56
These are folks who have listened to Jerry,
33:59
taken his advice, gone to his dealers
34:01
and bought a car the way Jerry recommends.
34:04
They have great stories to share,
34:05
including Joe, who in the Dallas, Fort Worth area,
34:08
went to see Joshua Fichter over five-star Ford
34:12
in North Richland Hills, interested in a Bronco Sport.
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Says he's been a customer of this dealer since 2014,
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bought several vehicles from them.
34:20
That's a recurring theme, by the way.
34:23
Each time my experience has been exceptional
34:25
from the moment you walk in the door
34:26
till they hand you the keys,
34:28
never any pressure, service department also top notch.
34:32
They are, they got a great,
34:33
so they got a great body shop too.
34:35
Joshua was the general manager of a huge Ford dealership.
34:39
That's a, yeah, that is a massive one.
34:40
And he'll take you and set you down in his office
34:43
and talk to you and help you
34:45
and then check back up on you
34:47
as the deal goes along.
34:50
And Michael was interested in a 2025 Subaru Outback.
34:53
So in Houston, went to see Gilman Subaru Southwest
34:56
and a Naughty, we know a Naughty very well.
34:59
Extremely knowledgeable, attentive to my concerns,
35:02
worked with me for a number of hours on Friday,
35:05
looking at several used Subarus.
35:07
I'd taken at least three test drives,
35:09
answered all my questions,
35:11
and apparently went with the Outback
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and he helped to move his stuff to the new car,
35:16
been available for additional questions,
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a pleasure to work with best car experience ever.
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Yeah, Gilman Subaru Southwest has been with us
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for many, many years, 15 probably.
35:27
And we've got Gilman Subaru North as well.
35:31
Both at the website.
35:32
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35:35
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35:39
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35:41
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35:42
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35:45
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35:48
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35:52
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35:54
and I want to talk to every one of you.
35:57
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36:00
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36:02
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36:13
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36:15
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36:24
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36:30
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