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well, it's dry today, but there is the potential
03:48
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All right, so Onus is on the chat today, Dad.
04:39
Onus, I don't even have a question to kick it off with.
04:43
Well here, I started the first comment for you.
04:47
Collar and shirts, is everybody okay?
04:49
I'm having a pretty rough day, if I'm being honest.
04:51
How are you doing, Dad?
04:53
I'm having great, buddy.
04:56
I'm having a phenomenal day.
04:59
It is, I mean, literally,
05:02
I was sending pictures to my children last night,
05:06
like every 15 minutes or so,
05:08
showing how far the water was creeping
05:12
into the parking lot here at the condo.
05:16
Now I can honestly say, at a certain point,
05:19
the entire parking lot was filled with water.
05:22
I had never seen flooding this badly in the inventor.
05:28
I'm sure there's been times when it's worse,
05:30
but I had never seen it.
05:33
And as I was explaining to Zach this morning,
05:35
I was watching people kayaking down the street, okay?
05:39
Not in the bay, just down the street,
05:42
because, well, the bay was in the street,
05:45
and in our parking lot and other people's yards.
05:48
And yeah, it was, yeah, it was lovely last night.
05:53
So why are we wearing collar shirts?
05:58
It got chilly, okay?
06:00
It's 68 degrees in my apartment today.
06:03
Yeah, no, it's definitely the weather's changed.
06:06
Let's keep it moving here.
06:07
We've got from believe in yourself.
06:10
Will my manual transmission journey be shared
06:14
We actually got to execute on that.
06:15
I feel frustrated with myself
06:18
because we talked about doing it and then we didn't do it,
06:20
which is like a bit of a thing that I'm dealing with today,
06:22
like talking about doing something
06:23
that then not following through with it.
06:25
I'm feeling frustrated right now about that with myself.
06:27
So if we do it, sure.
06:30
Oh, let's rephrase it.
06:33
When we do it, it's not if, it's when.
06:36
We just don't know when the when will be,
06:40
we will definitely document it, ladies and gentlemen,
06:44
because I think that could probably make
06:48
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06:50
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06:53
especially me fearing for my life, as I'm saying.
06:57
No, the clutch, the brake, the gas, use them all,
07:01
buddy, use them all.
07:04
Sounds like we're doing it, folks,
07:05
but I got to figure out how to make that happen.
07:09
Scuba Bob wants to know,
07:10
when's the next Mazda hybrid coming?
07:13
Like the press vehicle, is that the question?
07:16
I would think that's what the question is.
07:19
I don't think we have anything lined up,
07:22
which is a bit of a bummer, but that's okay.
07:24
I'm sure we can reach out to them and ask,
07:26
hopefully, they'll give us more press vehicles in the future.
07:29
XRP wants to know, do you guys look for a 7% to 10% discount
07:33
Totally depends on the vehicle.
07:34
So it's totally vehicle dependent
07:37
and region dependent, right?
07:38
It's vehicle dependent.
07:40
It's regionally dependent.
07:42
It's brand dependent.
07:45
You can look for a 7% to 10% discount
07:48
from MSRP on a Toyota.
07:50
My guess is you ain't getting it on most of them,
07:53
whereas you can look for that 7 to 10
07:56
or greater discount on, say, a RAM pickup truck.
08:00
And I would guarantee you would get that more.
08:03
So it really is brand dependent and regional dependent.
08:08
Yeah, we have backoncarage.com on the car search,
08:11
target discount, which is the percent or the amount
08:13
that you should get as a dealer discount
08:15
from any vehicle you're searching for.
08:16
So check that out back on the website.
08:19
We've got this question, Dad, that just came in.
08:20
What is a non-tax fee?
08:23
A non-tax fee is typically a state fee.
08:27
And for instance, the state title fee,
08:29
the state registration fee, sales tax itself.
08:36
You don't pay tax on sales tax.
08:38
You don't pay tax on your title and registration fees.
08:42
Now, it's incumbent upon you as a customer
08:46
to go to your website, your motor vehicle website
08:51
for the state and find out exactly what the fees are
08:55
that the state charges.
08:57
Because I'm not going to sit here and suggest to you
09:00
that there are dealers out there
09:03
that don't inflate the state fees
09:07
in order to pick up extra money
09:09
because they figure you don't know
09:11
and you're never going to check.
09:13
And so if it's $132 to register the vehicle,
09:18
they might tell you it's $232.
09:21
And that extra $100 bucks is going to them.
09:24
So you need to check at your state motor vehicle website
09:29
find out what the title fee is
09:31
for titling a car or truck,
09:34
find out what the registration fees are.
09:37
And those are non-taxed fees.
09:44
As always, we've got here from Road King.
09:46
Pops, I felt leases.
09:47
How do we know what the residual value is
09:49
before negotiating?
09:52
Well, the residual percentage is set
09:55
by the leasing company.
09:57
Which we have on our lease calculator,
09:59
So you can use our lease calculator
10:01
and it shows you the residual value.
10:02
So just Google search lease calculator car edge
10:05
and it shows you the residual value there.
10:07
Also, the dealership will share
10:08
the residual value with you.
10:11
I mean, if you tell them that you're interested
10:14
in the lease and whatever model it is,
10:16
you can say, well, what's the residual percentage
10:22
It's published and set by the leasing company.
10:27
So it's not a negotiable item, okay?
10:33
So if, and I saw a comment earlier today
10:37
when I was reviewing some of the comments
10:39
from yesterday's show.
10:41
And somebody asked the question,
10:44
well, isn't the residual value
10:47
based against the manufacturer
10:50
suggested retail price of the vehicle?
10:54
That's where it comes from.
10:56
So if a car has has a $40,000 MSRP
11:01
and it has a 25% residual,
11:05
that means that $30,000 is the amount of depreciation.
11:11
And the customer's question was
11:13
or the commenter's question was,
11:15
well, but why would I want to negotiate
11:17
a lower price on the vehicle?
11:19
Well, the lower price you're negotiating
11:22
on the vehicle means the cost
11:24
to the leasing company is less.
11:27
And so if the car has an MSRP of $40,000
11:31
and a 25% residual, there's a $30,000 spread
11:38
However, if you're buying that $40,000 MSRP
11:48
well, suddenly there's only $25,000 in depreciation
11:53
from the selling price,
11:55
which would end up lowering your monthly payment.
11:59
So that's the residual set by the leasing company.
12:04
Leasing company, the reason you negotiate the prices
12:08
so that you can lower the cost to the leasing company,
12:12
which ultimately lowers the monthly payment to you.
12:16
Leasing is obviously more complex
12:18
than just financing a vehicle.
12:19
So again, Google search, leasing guide,
12:22
car edge, and we have all sorts of materials like that
12:25
that can assist you with that information.
12:27
That we've got here for For the Love of Rides
12:30
I'm on the car edge website right now.
12:32
I see the email template for requesting
12:33
the out-the-door price for a new vehicle,
12:35
but is there a template for used vehicles?
12:36
It's the same deal, same deal.
12:38
You're just asking for the out-the-door price,
12:40
all taxes, fees, things like that.
12:42
Butting the dealer, no, you're gonna contact
12:43
other dealerships too, you know, you're a savvy shopper.
12:46
So that information should be the same
12:48
between new and used vehicles.
12:50
We've got here, Dad, from Ray.
12:52
Following up on leasing,
12:53
EV always leased rather than by?
12:56
These days, the amount of depreciation
12:59
associated with EVs at the moment
13:04
is astronomical in comparison to most ICE vehicles.
13:08
Now, the caveat to that is if you are planning
13:14
on keeping that EV for seven, eight, 10 years,
13:21
If this is your first foray into an EV
13:26
and you wanna take a 24-month or 36-month travel time
13:33
to see if you like it, then that would be the way to do it.
13:38
So, and with the amount of depreciation there is
13:42
and the artificially high residual values
13:46
that the manufacturers are offering,
13:49
a lease is much, much cheaper.
13:51
And at least it gives you the opportunity
13:54
to experience an EV for 24 or 36 months.
13:58
And if you decide after that time
14:01
that that's what your future is, then buy the next one.
14:05
But the first one, I would lease it just to make sure,
14:09
A, you're comfortable with it
14:10
and you like it enough moving forward.
14:12
And B, you're not the one that's paying
14:15
for all that depreciation.
14:17
Pops from Joe here.
14:18
We're sticking on the lease theme,
14:20
lease versus certified pre-owned pros and cons.
14:23
I'm not sure how you can compare leasing.
14:25
You can't, they're two different things.
14:27
One is your CPO is a certified pre-owned vehicle.
14:34
Typically, you would purchase those, not lease them.
14:39
There are some lease deals that might be available
14:42
on some CPO vehicles.
14:45
But a CPO just stands for a certified pre-owned vehicle.
14:51
If you are looking at a certified pre-owned vehicle,
14:54
make sure it is a manufacturer certified pre-owned vehicle.
15:00
In other words, what I mean by that
15:03
is if you're at a used car lot and they have a used Toyota
15:08
and they tell you it's certified,
15:11
well that's a third party certification
15:14
which is completely different than say
15:17
what Toyota's certification program would be for a used car.
15:22
So you have to understand is it a third party program
15:28
or a manufacturer program and leasing
15:32
or it's not an apples to apples comparison.
15:39
From LT, what's the difference
15:40
between those non-tax fees you were talking about
15:42
before and a dock fee?
15:43
Those are totally different.
15:45
Oh, they are and a dock fee is taxable.
15:48
And so a dock fee is something you can try
15:52
and negotiate off of the purchase or lease.
15:57
Now, most dealers, if they will negotiate that with you,
16:03
will negotiate a reduction in the selling price
16:07
in an amount equal to or less than what the dock fee is.
16:13
But the dock fee will always appear on the buyer's order
16:17
and all the other documents associated with the deal
16:21
because they want to be able to claim
16:23
that everybody gets charged a dock fee.
16:27
So you can try and negotiate an equal amount
16:31
of the dock fee off of the selling price.
16:34
Absolutely, absolutely.
16:35
Let's keep it going here.
16:37
You think Chinese car brands will hit the US markets,
16:40
will they be a lot cheaper if and when they do?
16:45
We're getting geopolitical here.
16:47
Do I, do I, do I, you know,
16:51
I would think ultimately some year, some day,
16:54
maybe not my lifetime,
16:57
but eventually things make it here.
17:00
It is so hard to try and predict something like that
17:06
based on the current political situation
17:09
surrounding tariffs and worldwide trade.
17:13
So things are so, so much different today
17:18
than they were seven or eight or nine months ago.
17:21
So it is hard to imagine that we will see Chinese imports
17:28
in the United States anytime soon.
17:31
Would they be cheaper than comparable Asian brands,
17:36
Japanese brands, Korean brands or domestic brands?
17:41
You bet your sweet ass they will.
17:43
You know, even if the government of China
17:47
has to underwrite it, you know they will.
17:50
It's just, you know, that's the reality of the situation.
17:53
If they're going to enter a market,
17:55
they're going to enter it by having a huge price advantage
18:00
over everyone else.
18:03
Dad, you've got to hear from Eric.
18:05
Is the best time to buy a used car now
18:07
or wait for prices to go down?
18:09
Used car market doesn't seem like prices are going to go down
18:13
Macro sentence, you know, macro sentiment,
18:15
they're like, used car prices are just higher
18:16
than they've typically done,
18:17
but what do you make of this question?
18:20
Here's the best way I can answer that question.
18:24
If you can find a pre-owned car today
18:26
that you like at a price that works for you,
18:29
buy the damn thing, okay?
18:32
If you think you're going to time your purchase
18:35
perfectly as to when prices are either going up or down,
18:40
I guarantee you you will be wrong, okay?
18:43
You might be close, but you'll be wrong.
18:46
And so the concept of a pre-owned vehicle
18:50
is they are one of one.
18:53
Yes, it could be a Toyota Camry
18:55
and there are hundreds of thousands of Toyota Camrys,
18:58
but no other Toyota Camry was driven
19:02
and maintained the way that particular Toyota Camry was.
19:06
So if you find a used car that you like
19:10
at a price that you're good with,
19:14
just buy the damn thing, either that or I, you know,
19:18
just sometimes you just move forward and buy the damn thing
19:22
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19:24
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From Namrette, it seems to me
20:27
that the down payment of cash that's required for a lease
20:30
sort of nullifies the benefit of a lower price.
20:32
Is that true or not?
20:34
Well, the down payment that you see advertised on leases
20:39
is to lower the selling price of the vehicle
20:43
to the lease company, okay?
20:47
And they're counting on you to do that
20:50
rather than you negotiating
20:52
a lower price of the vehicle for the lease company.
20:56
And the reason they use cash down like that,
21:00
you know, where they say it's $39.99 down,
21:04
that's so it can fit into that cheap payment
21:07
they're trying to advertise.
21:09
Remember this, on a 36-month lease,
21:14
every $1,000 equates to about $30 a month
21:18
more in your payment.
21:20
So if they're advertising a lease of, say, $289
21:25
with $4,000 down, well, three times four is 100,
21:31
that would be 120, so $289 and 120,
21:35
you'd be at about a $409 a month payment
21:37
if you don't put the money there.
21:39
So think of it that way.
21:41
Do you, are you just buying the lower payment
21:46
or can you afford not to put that $4,000 down
21:51
as I like to suggest to people?
21:55
Take whatever large amount of cash you were planning
21:58
on putting down on a lease,
22:00
put that into a separate savings account, okay,
22:04
that pays next to nothing, but it pays something,
22:07
put it into that separate savings account
22:09
and every month as you write the check
22:13
for that lease payment, instead of the $289
22:18
and it's now gonna be $409, take $120
22:22
out of that special savings account
22:25
and add it to the $289.
22:27
So bingo, bingo, bongo,
22:31
it's like you're drawing down on that $4,000 every month
22:35
as opposed to just forking it over.
22:37
Another one from Rude King here.
22:39
How does Toyota get away with TSRP instead of MSRP?
22:44
Because it's the same thing.
22:46
Toyota suggested retail price is the same
22:49
as a manufacturer suggested retail price.
22:51
They're just calling it their individual manufacturer's name.
22:56
It's the same thing.
22:57
It complies with the federal laws
23:00
around a Monroney label or a Windows sticker
23:04
and they have to list either the manufacturer
23:07
suggested retail price or in this case,
23:10
Toyota's manufacturer suggested retail prices
23:15
in lieu of it just being MSRP.
23:18
It is very confusing.
23:19
I'm not a fan of this and I think they should just
23:21
to have it be MSRP and not allow the manufacturers
23:24
to brand it as something else.
23:25
It creates confusion.
23:27
I didn't say I was a fan of it either.
23:29
I'm just saying it's the same damn thing.
23:33
I'm losing my voice today.
23:36
From Tech in San Diego, I leased a new vehicle in 2024
23:39
but the manufacturer has made improvements to the vehicle
23:42
since then that I would prefer is it possible
23:44
to turn it in early and lease a newer model
23:46
How does this work, Ed?
23:49
The best way to describe this is leases
23:51
are designed to go full term.
23:54
So can you trade out of a lease early?
24:00
The way they figure out a payoff on a lease
24:03
is sitting down, folks.
24:04
They take your remaining monthly payments
24:07
and they add them all together
24:10
and then there's a little bit of interest savings
24:13
that they subtract.
24:15
But basically you're gonna make all those payments
24:18
whether you trade it in early or not.
24:20
So I would think you're gonna find that to be
24:25
somewhat of a penalty.
24:32
Leases are designed to go full term.
24:34
Take the damn thing to the full term.
24:35
Then you can get the latest and greatest
24:37
that comes out then.
24:38
And it seems to me that the latest and greatest
24:42
is really important to you.
24:43
Maybe you might wanna consider a one year lease next time
24:46
as opposed to a two or three year lease
24:48
because every year the latest and greatest
24:53
What about this dad from Josh?
24:54
How about lease takeovers?
24:56
They're gaining popularity and they're a neat idea.
24:58
Any thoughts on this?
25:00
Yeah, there are companies out there
25:02
that will help someone who wants to get out of a lease,
25:05
find someone who can take it over for them.
25:09
I am not entirely familiar with the process
25:13
as to how it works and how they get the bank approval.
25:16
Sometimes you can go to the lease company yourself.
25:22
Your lease company that you're using
25:24
without using a third party source
25:27
and say I have found someone who is willing
25:31
to take over my lease.
25:33
I would like to, if their credit qualifies,
25:37
would you allow us to do that?
25:39
And then you would just have to provide
25:43
a credit application to the leasing company
25:45
and they can handle the paperwork
25:49
that would accomplish that.
25:51
David wants to know our take on
25:53
when manufacturers will make vehicles small again
25:57
so they'll fit in normal garages.
25:59
I don't think that's happening anytime soon.
26:02
No, I think it will be make American garages big again.
26:11
Okay, I'm pretty sure when they were building
26:14
all those mansions,
26:16
they weren't building them with small garages.
26:21
Unfortunately, that seems to be what's going on
26:23
from test accounting here.
26:24
Now, I'm considering selling my 2023 Mercedes-Benz GLA.
26:29
I would break even at around $26,000.
26:32
What do you forecast regarding the GLA Mercedes SUV?
26:35
This thing is getting expensive to maintain.
26:36
It's always been expensive to maintain.
26:38
This is the first thought that comes to mind for me.
26:41
Dad, I think Mercedes is struggling
26:42
to sell a lot of their entry-level vehicles.
26:44
I mean, they're struggling on both ends of the spectrum.
26:46
So, I imagine you could get a quote-on-quote deal,
26:48
like a dealer discount,
26:49
but I'm not necessarily gonna get back into another GLA
26:52
after realizing that owning a GLA is quite expensive.
26:55
I think I would go to CarEdge and under Research
27:02
and put in a Mercedes-Benz GLA
27:05
and see what that suggests the future holds
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as far as future values for that fear.
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You gotta be so proud of me.
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Oh, that was great.
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Yeah, for me being the one to say that,
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you know, I actually pay attention on these shows.
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From the reminder, folks,
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All right, Dad, we're gonna switch gears.
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From David, what is the meaning of life?
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The meaning of life is simply that life
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is a roller coaster, okay?
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That some days you're gonna go up
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and some days you're gonna go down
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and then in a few more days you'll go up again
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and then you'll go down again
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and then you're gonna get sick of it
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and you're gonna go, why can't I just be happy?
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Well, the meaning of life is
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that you should spend your entire life
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asking that question
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and then the day you realize what the answer is
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is the day you're gonna drop dead.
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So stop worrying about the meaning of life.
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Damn it, just live it.
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All right, there you go, folks.
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Oh, oh, oh, I've got it now.
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I agree with this one right here
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from Mini Happiness Comes From Inside.
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I think that's the right answer.
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The meaning of life is being happy with yourself,
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being by yourself, being happy.
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So anyway, that's a...
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Whatever, yeah, you know, the meaning of life
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is a different meaning for everyone.
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That's a really good point, really, really good point.
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All right, we got any other questions coming in?
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Questions, folks, for today's Q&A
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with Pops and I from CarEdge,
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I'll fill a buster for just a second here
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while we're waiting to see if any additional questions come in.
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Dad, any questions for you,
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bubbling up right now that you wanna ask?
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What are you doing today?
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You know, I just, I keep thinking to myself
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that, you know, we do this every day.
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Yeah, we do this every day.
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And I keep hoping and waiting for the industry to go,
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it's time to modernize.
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It's time to become customer-centric.
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And not that I want the industry to put us out of business
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because they're doing the right things,
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but that would be nice.
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Because, you know, at a certain point,
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the people spending the money deserve
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to have a pleasant time doing it.
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And for most folks out there,
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they will not rank buying a car up there
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as one of their favorite things to do
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or pleasant things to do.
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Because for whatever reason,
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most folks have a pretty miserable experience doing it.
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And there are many in the industry that will suggest that,
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well, we're seeing to it that people have a miserable time doing it
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because we give them all kinds of bad advice,
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you know, about getting me out the door price and this and that.
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And, you know, I see all the...
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Well, the reason we ask all the questions
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is because, well, we don't want the customers to land on the wrong...
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No, the reason you ask the questions
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is so that you can maximize the profit
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because your pay plan is set up for you to get paid more
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for the more profit you make.
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So, the important thing for consumers,
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customers to remember
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is the tools that we share with you.
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We share with you based on the fact
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that you have done your research.
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What do I mean by that?
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You have established the maximum price of vehicles
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that can fit into what, for most people,
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is their monthly budget.
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So, we try to educate you well enough
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so that if you know the max you can spend
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to be at your monthly payment
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is $35,000 for a car plus fees
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that when the salesperson asks you all the questions
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that they're going to ask you
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and you're going to continue to say,
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I just want the out-the-door price.
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It has to be based on the fact that you know
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that you can't suddenly start looking at $40,000
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or $45,000 vehicles or even more expensive.
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So, the education we're trying to share with you
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is to set you up for success
32:29
because you understand your budget
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prior to ever walking into a dealership.
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And if you understand your budget prior to walking in
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and you only limit yourself to looking at the vehicles
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that would fit into that budget,
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then yes, the way we try and tell you
32:52
to answer the questions is the appropriate way
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to answer them because you are sticking
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within the guidelines of what will work for you.
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If you are not going to do that research,
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then answering the questions we tell you
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how to answer them is probably just going
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to prolong your misery
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because you haven't done the work beforehand.
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Okay, you have to do the work beforehand
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because the salespeople have done their work.
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They know what they need to do.
33:29
They know what questions they need to ask.
33:31
They know what answers they need to get
33:34
so they can tailor all this together
33:37
to find a car for you that works,
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that maximizes their profit
33:42
so that they can be happy and you might be happy.
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But so it's just imperative that you really do the work
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prior to ever going into a dealership
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and answering the questions the way we suggest you answer them.
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Not sure how we're going to top that, folks.
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Again, my role in today's show is just to remind you
34:03
to take advantage of all the resources
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we give you to do that work back at caredge.com.
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Dad, I'm enjoying doing these more Q&A-oriented videos
34:12
we did leasing versus buying the other day
34:14
which is open-ended Q&A.
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I think when you tune in on Monday, folks,
34:17
don't be surprised if we spend more time
34:19
just doing these more intimate question and answer shows.
34:22
I think it's quite fun.
34:22
I know there's some additional questions in the chat
34:24
that Appian said, Pops, let's call it a show for today.
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And let's plan to come back on Monday
34:28
and do it all over again.
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Well, that's my plan.
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Yeah, no, no, if there's one thing you can count on, folks,
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when the clock strikes noon on Monday,
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my ass will be in this chair
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and I will be going, it's noon in Ventura City.
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There's not much you can count on,
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but God willing, and the ocean don't rise anymore.
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You know, or actually, in my case, the bay,
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I'll be here Monday doing it.
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Okay, so yeah, you can count on that.
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Take that to the bank, dammit.
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All right, folks, we're back on Monday.
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Love you too, handsome.
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