Fun Friday:: Stop Turning Shrubs Into Trees | Routine Maintenance Wins
Car Connection Workshop · Jun 26, 2026
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Chevrolet Nova
The Chevrolet Nova is an older Chevrolet car model, usually known as a compact. In the podcast, the name “Nova” is being joked about as if it means “car no go.” That’s why it’s mentioned—more for the name and memory than for a specific modern feature.
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2007 FJ Cruiser
The Toyota FJ Cruiser is a rugged, off-road SUV. Here, the host talks about driving a long distance to buy a 2007 one because the other options they saw weren’t in good shape or weren’t worth the money.
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Ford F-150 Lightning
The Ford F-150 Lightning is an electric pickup truck. Instead of using gasoline, it runs on electricity stored in a battery. The podcast mentions “lightning” to connect with the name and talk about what it’s like to live with an electric truck.
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Ford Edge
The Ford Edge is a mid-size SUV meant for regular driving, not just off-road use. In the podcast, the name “Edge” is being used in a playful way, like “on the edge,” to match the tone of what’s being said. That’s why it comes up—because it’s a familiar kind of vehicle.
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if you're in the queue for the drive-thru.
It is weekend officially, so you know what happens, the switch starts to turn off.
And on some cases, it never went on, if you know what I'm saying.
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and she's asking questions and I think that's exactly what we all need to do is to get a
better understanding of those things. That one, we don't like to talk about because they're
uncomfortable. Two, the things that are going to cost you money and three, you don't have any.
So that's something to talk about as well. We don't like to talk about those things and you
want it so helpful when you get things out in the open, when you put light on the darkness,
when you apply love to the hatred, it all goes away. It's simple and cars are exactly the same
thing. It's a love-hate relationship for a lot of people because they think that cars are maintenance
free but they're a piece of machinery. I was out at the farm yesterday with my good friend Charlie
and we were working on a few things and having coffee and a natur which we don't get very often.
He has a ton of equipment and it all needs stuff. It all needs repair work. He's a
plant now. It's sunny out and it's dry and all the seed drill is busted. Oh yeah, we put it away
broken last time. Yeah, yeah, that's right. Now we got to fix it. So how much time are you going to
waste and not get on the field? That's money. Big time. So we need to view our vehicles in the
same light because it's not a maintenance free anything. The moment you have that set of keys,
you've taken on the basic fundamentals of vehicle ownership and that's what we're going to crank
into this morning. The emotional side. Yeah, emotional damage. We're going to talk about that this
morning, those kinds of things. So all our program partners are on our homepage. Click and open their
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but it seems like just yesterday. So again, top right hand corner of the homepage or website,
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them by because if you do you're missing out on a lot of nuggets that I probably haven't even talked
about here on the microphone or in our YouTube videos. So you're getting teaching in both areas
podcast and YouTube videos. You're learning five things all the time about your automobile,
what it is, where it is, how it works, how you broke it and what you could learn so you don't
break it again and end up paying for the same problem over and again because
that's just nuts. That is insanity. So let's say thank you to our good friends Tony Mele
and Larry Tietro, our certified financial planning professionals for bringing this podcast to you
this morning and our fun Friday morning swiggy. Are you ready? So if you have questions regarding
anything to do with finances, anything to do with estate planning, debt, a mortgage, life insurance,
critical illness insurance and if you're young or old, if you don't have that these areas taken
care of because they're uncomfortable to talk about, it's time to talk about those things
and get things in order. If you have investments at the bank, I'm just going to tell you this,
grab your cash and stink and run because they're not there to help you make money and you've worked
hard for that money. Listen to me carefully. I'm speaking from experience. I've known these guys
20 years. I've seen what they can do to situations where youth may think and your friends may think
and your circle of peeps, they all have solutions for everybody but are they working with a certified
financial planner? Probably not. You've earned your way and put a portfolio together and it's at the
bank. They're not going to help you with tax planning because it's not what you make. It's
what you get to keep. They don't do tax planning. You're just getting cookie cutter things that can
make you a little bit of money on your money. You worked hard for that money. Now get it working
hard for you so you can make money and purchase that next vehicle, have the funds to service the
vehicle that you presently have but get that investment money out of the bank and get it in
the hands of our certified financial planning professionals and you just watch what happens
in 12 months. You won't stink and believe it. So take an advantage of their knowledge. They don't
need you. They don't need any more clients. These guys, I've known them for 20 years and you know
they're going to be getting ready to back off in the next few years. So the reason they do what they
do is to help that next person get a good start. So an hour and a coffee, that's all you need.
Leave your money at home. They're not going to be asking you for anything. This is your discovery
meeting and here's the reason why they're a part of car connection and have been for many years
because I can tell you this. Having my own shop for over a decade, a lot of arguments broke out in
the waiting room between spouses over how the vehicle was going to get paid for. How are we paying
for this? We can't afford this. We don't have any money and the car's broken. That's why we develop
this segment. So I want to make that clear is, you know, money kind of ranks up there like oxygen.
You kind of got to have it. Amen? Yeah. Everything hinges on it, including the car and that's why we
decided in July of 2007, I spoke to Tony Miele and I said, Tony, is there something we could do?
What do you think? We do a segment and when we were still on radio, we'd have Tony or Larry on
alternately every month to talk about these things that we don't like to talk about,
but money surrounds the cars. That's right. Money surrounds the cars in the driveway. Period. If
you don't have it, car no go. That's what the name Nova means. Car no go. Isn't that interesting?
Check that out sometime. Google the names of vehicles and then see what it means.
It's interesting. Very, very. All right. On 321 I know that was a bit of an introduction,
but you know, money is always the issue, the biggest issue around the automobile.
And especially when that service light comes on, instant panic kicks in. Is this thing going
to blow up? What's this going to cost? What's going on? Do I got to get another car? The mine
just begins racing and we're going to talk about that this morning. So on 321 thank
you Tony and Larry for being there for us and answering our questions when it comes to finances.
Everything finances in just one little tidbit, folks. If you have a checkbook and a bank account,
you don't have an estate plan. You have kids at home. I honestly don't know how you sleep at night.
I really don't. If you have kids at home that are 18 years of age and you're not their health proxy,
heaven forbid, something happens to them to get in an accident or something. You are not able to
direct the physicians for treatment for that 18 year old. And it doesn't matter if you cry,
scream and say, I didn't know, it's the law. So if you're not their health proxy,
and that's an American term, I don't know what they call it in Canada anymore, but
you need to get that taken care of. So I just want to throw that out there because, you know,
nine out of 10 families that I'm talking to right now on this podcast do not have a plan of any
kind. Life insurance, estate plan whatsoever, nothing. You have 00 going. And I think
most of the time it's because if you ignore it, it'll go away and it doesn't. It's just like a
service light on a car. Ignore it. It goes away. No, it doesn't. Sorry. Piece of tape
and a business card and your favorite pooch or whatever over that service light. And that thing
that car is still telling you, I got a problem. So let's move on. 321 you ready? Three,
21 it's swiggy time. I don't know about you. I was so ready for that this morning. I think
I was dreaming about it all night. It was worth the silence. Perfect. There you go. That was a
yak-less segment right there. I can see it on my screen. Totally yak-less. Let's jump
into our Friday weather heading into the weekend. Got stuff planned for the weekend? What are you
going to do? What are you going to do if they come for you? I've heard that somewhere. Okay,
61 degrees right now, mostly sunny. Wind is making it feel a whole lot cooler, about 59. This is in
the Niagara region. I don't know where you're located, but hopefully you'll have a happy sunny
day today. We're on the south shores of Lake Erie here with the car connection studios
in the Niagara region, the Golden Horseshoe. Cloudy conditions from 6 a.m. till 7 a.m. with
partly cloudy conditions expected at 7 a.m. Today's temperature range from 59 to 72,
and it's going to feel more like 59 to 68. So a little on the chilly side. Well,
it looks like we're going to tap out today at 72 degrees. On the rainometer,
the RAIN is a little greater than .05 of an inch, is what they're saying. Greater than,
not less than. Yeah, remember those symbols from, what was that math? That was math class.
Greater than and less than. It's like, can't we just say that? Please? It's like acronyms. I got a
book that's like 250 pages. It's all automotive acronyms. It is enough to put your brain into
Chernobyl meltdown. It's like, how the stink am I supposed to remember 250 pages of automotive
related acronyms? Can't we just say it? Please? Cheapers. As people, all we ever do,
and this is truthful in every category, pick the category, we turn shrubs into trees,
and we're going to be talking about that this morning. It's a fun Friday and some things that
kind of dropped out of my melon into my heart to share. I thought, yeah, let's talk about that stuff.
The emotional side of owning and operating an automobile, because I think back, I can't think
about one single person that I fixed their car that they were so excited about spending money on
their car. But if you said, hey, I got two front row tickets VIP tickets to the upcoming concert,
boom, you're there. Like you'll you'll crawl over broken glass across hot coals to get those two
tickets and you'll be excited and not even ask how much the tickets are. You're going.
But I can tell you, not one person can I think of that lost it over bringing their vehicle in so
excited to get it serviced. Isn't that something? That's 44 plus years, not one time. And someone
said, oh, I'm so glad to be here with my car. I'm really looking forward to having you go over it
and give me a bill and invoice. Nope, never had that happen. Never, never not one time.
Not one time. I should say, though, but a totally different category of fellas and fellas that have
vintage muscle cars and historic vehicles. And they can't work on them anymore. And they bring
bring them to me at nighttime. And I had a special location inside the shop where I had a curtain.
And it was a single service bay. I had another toolbox there. And I would work on one of the
fellas from the cruise, the cruise club. I think they were called the cruisers.
Remember, right? Something cruisers. You know, as they get older, they still love their hot rod,
but they can't work on it. And they need to trust somebody. And my name got passed around. And
the team would know that I fixed their car as it was born. I had special materials and stuff.
It was a huge story. But we would sneak it in at night and get it in behind the curtain. And
that was an unavailable spot for customers to see because we didn't want what the eyes don't see,
the heart don't want. So we'd hide the cars behind the curtain. And I would work on them there.
And they'd be happy. This is where I'm going. They'd be so happy that the work is getting done
on their baby. And with someone they could trust to do the work the way it should be done,
the way the vehicle was born, and get it back to them without any scratches, dings,
dents or troubles. Those people were excited to spend money on their baby. But their everyday
driver, for most, not so much. Not so much. So thank you to Earl and Louise Grant for
bringing the daily weather to us on Fun Friday and for also providing us with low mileage,
quality vehicles and an amazing vehicle purchasing experience. Buying with confidence
and being treated with nothing less than honesty and integrity. And having an automobile that,
you know what, is not somebody else's discarded piece of junk. They don't push,
pull and drag stuff in and put lipstick on a pig and the skunk in a mint coat. Nope,
that's how they've earned greater Toronto area's premier pre owned auto store. So anyone you know
that's in the market for a vehicle that takes you 90 minutes to get there. Wouldn't it be worth it
knowing that you're you're buying from people that stand for nothing less than honesty and integrity
and are providing you with an amazing pre owned vehicle? Wouldn't it be worth it to not have that
wonderment? Where's this vehicle been? Has it ever been taken care of? Is it going to be a problem
child? Yeah, I, I have driven two and a half hours. Yeah, I drove actually longer than that,
almost four hours to get to the 2007 FJ Cruiser back in 2013. Because everything else I drove to
look at was junk, was not worth the price that they were asking. They had obviously not loved it,
they unloved it, and still was thinking it's worth a lot of money. No, it was not. So it was worth
the wait about a year. And it was my producer at ESPN at the time, we're on the sports network for
12 and a half years with car connection. And after the show, Matt says to me, I found your truck.
And I go where he goes, some place called Wolf Island. What? No way.
I said it was true. While I was on the air doing the show, he was working up a car deal.
He says, I've already, I've emailed the lady, she knows you're going to be in touch and that
you're serious about it. And it's one owner. He says, it was our Canadian Thanksgiving at the time.
She's expecting to hear from you. And lo and behold, that was the vehicle for us. And it all
worked out. So you know what? It is worth doing the miles to get to making that vehicle purchase
and know that you're in good shape, that you're not taking home somebody else's problem. So let's
jump in to Fun Friday's topic. And it is, it is officially Fun Friday, but it's an exceptional
Fun Friday for me. And maybe for you too. I would never have believed that we would have
201 episodes of the car connection workshop in the bank. And today is officially season three
episode 201. And all those podcasts are on our YouTube channel. So YouTube channel link again
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a life. Well, I have Fun Fridays five things to ponder for you. You got your crayons ready?
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since 1931 in Niagara Falls. So number one this morning is don't sweat the small stuff.
When it comes to owning an automobile, there's always going to be this little thing,
that little thing. And if there isn't, then you know, do a happy dance on the front lawn
of your house in your garments. You know what I'm talking about? Do a super duper happy dance because
you must be living right because I can speak for myself. There's always a something
with something that needs to be taken care of. Like right now, this afternoon I should have that
almost ready to put it back together. Now I got to go over to the U-Pullet yard to
find some pieces that whoever was in there, the car before me doing whatever broke a lot of stuff
in behind the dash and I can't fix it. It's plastic. So I got to go in the order for me to put the car
back together properly. I need to replace those pieces that are totally, they're useless. They're
broken to the point where they're useless. And if you want to hear squeaks and rattles for the rest
of your life when you're driving that car, then I can make that happen for you. But that was a,
that's a job that I didn't see coming. And that happens to me. It happens to you.
all of us. Vehicles are problematic. I don't care what brand, what flavor you're driving. They all
have problems. They all have their own problematic issues that manufacturers, some of them sometimes
make correction and others just wallow in their own muck. That's what they do. They expect us to
pay high price for junk. And that's when I say, you know what, vote with your wallet folks. If
you're sick and tired of the flavor you're driving, go try something else. Yeah, there's lots of problems
out there right now and we're not going to focus on that because they know, the manufacturers know
what they've been doing since like 1992. And now guess what? The cauldron has boiled over
and the curtain has dropped. And now you can see the strings on the puppets. And now you get to
really see what they've been doing to the consumer. And you know what? As a man thinketh in his heart,
so is he. That's it. Period. So let's move on. So don't sweat the small stuff and don't ignore it
either. Stay on top of your piece of machinery and you know what? It's going to perform very,
very well for you and it's going to release a lot of dolphins. Exactly, endorphins, good ones,
dolphins. And that's a good thing. That's a very good thing. We want to stay on the sunny side of
the street, not on the the dark and rainy and thundering lightning side is you're just get used
to it. That they're they're pieces of equipment that are always going to need a little something,
something all the time. It's that simple. But if you're the type of person that you know what you
just drive it in the ground, then this podcast is definitely not for you. If you're not wanting to
learn how to take better care of your automobile, save time, money and a few bloody knuckles, then
this podcast and our YouTube channel will not work for you. If you want it, don't want to hear me
yacking and talking on talk radio and talk YouTube, then they're probably not for you.
But for the individual that goes, you know what, I really need to learn some stuff.
It might help me. You're in the right place because I'm not here to sell you anything. So
you're not smelling what I'm selling. I'm helping you and sharing 44 years of experience on how you
can lessen the stress and own an automobile no matter what age it is and keep that sucker going
and put money back in your pocket at the same time. And that money is then now there to take care
of that small stuff. This little thing, that little thing, just keep the vehicle up. That's
the biggest thing. Once you let all those little things, well, you know, I'll just leave it go for
now. You know, that's going to be 25 bucks for that 30 bucks for this. That's when you know what
happens. You have just gotten on the slippery slope going backwards and that will take you
into a car payment. Exactly. Because here's what I know. 44 years in the service bay and now I have
my own personal service bays here for YouTube. I'm always seeing the same problems with vehicles
every single time. So where's the problem? It's you. The problem is you. You put off the inevitable
that you're simply either one of two things. Fix it or finish it. There's your answer. Fix it
or finish it. And what do I mean by that? Well, you're either going to need to suck it up, butter
cup and really look at your vehicle and go, could I afford to replace that tomorrow? That's the
question for all of you. Could we afford honey to replace our vehicles tomorrow? Yes or no? It is
only a yes or no answer. And if the answer is we're freaking broke. If you haven't looked lately,
sweetheart, like we are broke, like we're on the edge of the equator of nothingness,
then guess what? You better stop eating out and entertain more at home, cut some expenses,
really take a hard look at where money is being spent that could be drawn back into your home.
That's why I shut my TV off. It was February 2009. I'm looking at the stinking bill
and going 365 bucks for that crap. I'm done. I'm just going to, I'm giving myself a $365 raise
as of tomorrow morning. And I shut it all off. I even got rid of my TV set. I'm going, I am not
trading time for money and working my honey off to pay for this garbage for 365 bucks a month.
Want to scare yourself? Get a calculator and times that by 12. Take a look at all your expenses.
What's coming in? What's going out? And seriously look at where you can cut expenditures quickly.
Yeah, you can do slow and painful or fast and painful. I would suggest do it fast and painful.
So the question is again, could you afford and finance replacing your vehicle tomorrow?
Yes or no? So don't sweat the small stuff. If it needs something, then you better do it. Just get
it done. You know, I'm in the same boat. I don't like it. But you know what? My answer is no, I
can't afford to replace it. That's my answer right away. I don't even need to hesitate. No, I can't.
I look at the price tags out there. No way. I'm not doing it. I don't need to. I'll just keep
them going. And when they need something, they need something. Stay ahead of the maintenance.
Don't sweat the small stuff. It's a piece of equipment. So let's move on to number two.
Because yeah, this isn't Timo or the shopping channel. And it is all small stuff, folks.
You know, the driver's side window stops working. Dang, that's the freaking, that's the takeout
window. That's the drive through window. That's the in the queue to get my morning fix window.
Get it fixed. Circumvent some money from something else that you don't need.
Yeah, I'll tell you what, when you get thrown into a circumstance where you got to come up with coin,
and I've been living it since COVID. Yeah, everything was fine until that stupidity happened.
And I don't have anything nice to say about the whole darn thing because I have a book on my desk
there that talks about it being created since 1959 with facts, all kinds of facts. This thing was
this thing cost people my some of my friends 35 years in business gone. And we came out the other
side not looking good. But you know, things are tight, tighter than a duck's butt. So I know I'm
talking from experience, you got to find the money to keep that car going to earn a living
till things get better. It's that simple. You need to take a look at what's coming in and what you
really, really don't need and get tough with it. Write it down,
sit down, have a meeting with your spouse, and you go, what, there's wishes, there's wants,
and there's needs, and there's gots. You only need essentials right now. And I recommend that to
everyone. You only need essentials. The car is an essential. So you need to keep it going. If your
answer to no, we can't replace it honey tomorrow. Guess what? That's the best car in the driveway.
That's the only one you can afford right now. So keep it going as long as you can.
So it's all small stuff, folks, you got to laugh it off, you really do. Because I can get wound up
tighter in a coil spring, can you tell? That's without coffee. And you just got to laugh, you got
to laugh it off and just go, you know what, we need the car. And we got to keep it going. And you
got to go, you got to come to the reality check is no, we can't afford to replace it. So guess what?
That's your honey right there in the driveway. That's your honey that helps you make the money.
Number three, all things need maintenance. It doesn't matter. I'm sitting in my studio chair,
and if I rotate 360 degrees, I'm sure I can find things that need attention.
Because you know what? I used to clean homes. I really enjoyed it actually. I found it
therapeutic for me cleaning somebody else's home. And I had a bunch of customers and the
ladies were fabulous. They were older and they didn't want to do it. And I didn't mind. And I made
good money doing it. And I found it was therapeutic for me. But you know, everything about your home
needs cleaning all the time, right? Exactly. It needs maintenance all the time, right?
That's what I'm talking about. Everything needs maintenance. Whatever you put your hands to,
it needs some form of maintenance, fixing it, repairing it, maintaining it or cleaning it.
It's the circle of stuff. That's what I call it. And I'm waiting to meet that person that says they
do not have a honey do list. Because I want to shake their hand. I really do. Because that would be
like finding the five minute repair job in the service department. I haven't found a five minute
job yet when somebody comes in and goes, oh, can you come and take a look? I've got a five minute
job for you. And I'd get my hands all cleaned up and go, I'm excited. What for? Well, I've never
seen a five minute job yet. This could be it. the moment. And it wouldn't be
the five minute job. Yeah. Like the last time my pops for me said, I've got a job for you to do.
Can you change the battery in my car? Won't take you more than five minutes. I said, get over here
right now. 90 minutes later, because the battery wasn't correct, and I had to redirect wiring and
fix a bracket, it turned into 91 minutes to be exact to change that car battery. So all things
need maintenance, and especially yard equipment. That's a full time tinkering job. I'm telling you,
you got to have the patience and job to handle working on lawn and garden stuff. It's a lot
of tinkering. And it's no wonder someone, you know, I have one time I saw my neighbor,
I hear the weed wacker running. And he, I mean, he had a, he had a really bad temper. I mean,
zero to nuclear holocaust. It was bad, really bad husband and wife. All of a sudden, I see this weed
wacker go flying. And I mean, when I say flying, it was in flight. I think NASA probably saw it.
And that thing sat at the end of the yard. I don't know for how many weeks. And I don't know what
happened. I didn't ask. He blew a gasket. And that thing took flight. And it sat there for about
two or three weeks at the end of the yard. It was over. So things need maintenance. Number four,
yes, including ourselves. Amen to that one, right? We all need some maintenance of some kind,
mind, soul, body, etc. So we don't escape it either. And can we replace us? Yes or no?
Pretty much no. Some people might say you really should consider. Perhaps. Hey, thanks for being a
friend for that somewhere before. Number five, routines are good. And they're good things to
practice. And especially with the automobile. And the reason I say that is, when you start letting
stuff slide on that automobile, this thing, that thing, the other thing, the list gets longer.
And that's when the invoice gets bigger. So get into a good, solid routine of taking very good
care of that automobile. I don't care how old it is. As long as it's structurally sound, everything
can be fixed, replaced, maintained, and keep it going. Because that's a moneymaker for you.
Mileage means nothing. Maintenance does. And that goes for everything around us. Time
means nothing. Maintenance does. How long something lasts will always be decided by a human being.
Just take a look around you. When you don't want to take care of something, then that means you
need to begin to put the money aside to buy the next one. And then as soon as you get that one,
you should already be planning to buy the next one. Because you don't have a routine for maintenance.
It's called routine maintenance. And when you apply that to self, and everything that you've
worked hard for, and are working hard for today, heading out for the Friday shift, that's trading
time for money. How are you spending that money? This is a time where we need to take a really good
look at what's really important. What's really, really important. And apply routine maintenance
to those areas, whatever it is. Be it the car, be it the family, be it finances, friendships,
whatever it is. It's a time to reflect and really get tough on what is really required right now,
and what needs routine maintenance to get through to the other side.
So stop turning shrubs into trees, and lighten up, and laugh. Because oopsies happen. It's that
simple. I laugh at myself every single day. And I'll leave and say, you know what, fella,
that was a really dumb ass thing you just did there. And I'll go like, yep, absolutely. Mistakes
made while you wait. That's me. I'm not perfect. I don't walk on water. I'm not a big shot. I'm just
a little shot that just keeps shooting. And I'm here, and I'm available to you 24 seven through
our YouTube channel. Leave a comment, like, share, follow, do all those things for us to get us to
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here. And there's so much more we could do. We just need some of that folding stuff to help us get
there. You know what I'm saying? So thank you so much to all of you who have subscribed to our
YouTube channel and to our podcast, because those little things that you don't get an invoice for
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in the descriptions. So have yourself a wonderful weekend. Remember by noon today,
if you have a car question, you can contact me anytime my emails are in the description box.
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Saturday. That's tomorrow morning. We're into the weekend edition of the car connection workshop.
And that's our Q and a questions and answers for one hour. I pull out three questions from all of
you who send me an email me a question by noon on Fun Fridays. That's the rule by noon. Get your
question in and that will be putting together the Saturday program following this one and
getting the questions ready because I can only cover three breakout three questions in one hour
and make sure I do justice to fully answering and covering the questions that you ask. And I
don't give you a fluffy answer a 30 second answer. I break it out so that you fully understand it
because car connection is all about learning. That's what it is. It's all about learning and
some stupid things and laughing and having a good time at the same time. So that's what we're all
about. I've been carving this lane out for many years now and now we have more ways for you to
watch listen and engage. So come and join us for Q and a Saturday tomorrow morning for the motormouth
morning drive at 8am. Make it a great day. You've made it to the weekend drive safe keep an eye on
the roadway and drop back on that speed limit a little bit. Would you your speed limit. Yeah I
saw an accident on YouTube the other day. It was on CP 24 and I just couldn't I wasn't shocked and
odd. I'm just surprised that there aren't more accidents like that and there were serious there
were fatalities. I mean you take a look at what was left of the vehicles. Nobody's walking out of
there. Yeah slow down folks. It's time to slow down out there on the roadways because when when
poo poo happens you may not walk away from it and it's too late to change it. It's too late to fix it.
So it all starts with each and every one of us is don't push the limit because what happens when
you disrespect the machine it will bite you. So keep smiling happy healthy motoring peace
patience and kindness always and we'll see you in the next one.
About this episode
“Fun Friday” kicks off with a reminder that vehicles aren’t maintenance-free, and that the service light can trigger instant panic about cost and even whether the car will fail. The host connects routine upkeep to avoiding bigger problems and bigger invoices, arguing that ignoring small issues can slide you into a car payment. The conversation also detours into estate planning—highlighting legal consequences and how families often lack any plan—before ending with practical advice to slow down and keep up with care.
Original notes
Maintenance doesn't have to be a dirty word.
This Fun Friday, we're looking at five simple reminders that can save you money, reduce stress, and keep life rolling. We talk about why routine maintenance matters - not just for your vehicle, but for everything we own, including ourselves.
Stop turning small problems into big ones. Laugh at the little "oops" moments, build good routines, and remember this simple truth: if you're not willing to fix the little things, the big things eventually make the decision for you.
I'll leave you with one question.....
If you had to replace your vehicle today, could you?
If the answer is no, then routine maintenance jus became your best investment.
" Grab another coffee, enjoy the ride, and remember - routine maintenance is always cheaper than surprise repairs. We'll catch you next time in the Car Connection Workshop"
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