Mileage Doesn't Matter - Maintenance Does | 5 Ways to Keep Your older Vehicle Longer

Mileage Doesn't Matter - Maintenance Does | 5 Ways to Keep Your older Vehicle Longer Car Connection Workshop · Jun 9, 2026

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1983 Toyota short box Mojave four by four

They’re talking about a 1983 Toyota pickup truck with a shorter cargo bed (“short box”) and four-wheel drive (“four by four”). Four-wheel drive usually means the truck is used more aggressively, so it can need more careful upkeep.

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17.93% interest

They’re talking about the loan’s interest rate—basically the extra cost you pay for borrowing the money. A very high interest rate means you end up paying a lot more overall.

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car payment

A “car payment” is the monthly money you pay to keep a car loan going. The point here is that if you take care of your current vehicle, you may not need to keep buying new cars on loans.

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pre-owned car lot owners

The host is talking about people who sell used cars. Their main point is that even if you buy a used vehicle, you can’t ignore maintenance—problems can build up and cost you money later.

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regular maintenance

Regular maintenance means doing the routine stuff your car needs on schedule. The host’s message is that if you keep putting it off, small issues can turn into bigger, more expensive problems.

Car

Toyota FJ Cruiser

A 2007 FJ Cruiser is a Toyota SUV. The host is using it to show that even if a vehicle is paid off and you drive it a lot, it still needs regular checkups and upkeep to keep running well as it gets older.

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full evaluation

A full evaluation is a thorough inspection process meant to catch issues early—before they become failures. In the segment, the host describes doing this kind of check on his truck after a period of not driving it much, so anything questionable gets updated.

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maintenance does

The host’s main message is that regular car upkeep matters more than just how many miles you have. Keeping up with maintenance helps prevent breakdowns and keeps the car going longer.

Car

1999 Honda Civic DX

This is a Honda Civic from the late 1990s (the DX trim). The point here is that with regular upkeep, even a very high-mileage Civic can keep running well.

Term

tow bill

A tow bill is what you pay when your car breaks down and needs to be pulled to a shop. The point is that maintenance can help you avoid that extra expense.

Brand

CAA

CAA is a membership program that helps if your car breaks down. In this story, the host says having it can make towing easier and cheaper.

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Good morning Niagara, you're tuned to Car Connection where the coffee's hot,

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I'm here to help you. That's right, I'm here to help you. Fully licensed, qualified,

automotive service technician on light truck and passenger vehicles, heavy

equipment, and the big as they call them, lorries, trucks, the big trucks. Worked for

Mack Trucks of Canada and Peterbill of Ontario. I really enjoyed the big trucks

and I'll tell you why because it's not tinker, tinker, tinker, everything's big.

The only thing about that is it doesn't take many minutes to get hurt. That's

for sure. But the cars are like tinkering. They're like little tinker toys, but the

big rigs, yeah that's that's something else. So anyways, jump in this morning if

you're in the queue to get through the drive through and grab your morning

beverage, whatever that may be. I've got my herbals here to get me started and

deal with the cortisol issue. Yeah, I wonder if a fuel injection flush can get

rid of body fat. I don't know. I don't think I'd try it if I were you. I wouldn't

do it. Well, this morning we're gonna be talking about older is better right now.

We're gonna crack open a few reminders to kind of try and adjust your mindset

because there comes a point even when you're out there trading time for money,

the home to work thing, and making car payments and paying principal and

interest. There comes that time when warranty falls off, the payments are done,

and now, now what? Now what? I know what the talking heads want you to do is just

to hand the keys in and get right back into the trading time for money thing

and making principal and interest payments on a car that depreciates faster

than light speed, and that is the truth. But on a pre-owned automobile, somebody

else has already taken the depreciation hit. Hint, hint, we're gonna talk about

these things. So stick around, get your morning coffee, whatever that is put

together, and about a minute we'll have our morning swiggy together and we'll

have our daily weather. I think we have some wet stuff coming in. Stay with me.

Let's bear with it. You know, if you've been doing some flower

planting and whatnot, they do require Mother Nature's nectar. Yeah, so, and the

farmers are busy catching up and planting, and I haven't checked in with my friend

Charlie, who owns a number of farms. I know he was scrambling to get the seeds

in the ground, and after the seeds are in the ground, they need a little lick from

Mother Nature to get them to germinate and get the process going. So everything

in life has a process, including your automobile, and that's what we're gonna

talk about today. So I haven't seen any emails from those who have the guts to do

the 30-day fuel savings challenge that will net you out $100 in fuel savings.

This I know because I've been doing it for a long time myself, and it does

work, but you have to work. It's not that you plan to work. You've got to work the

plan. Exactly. So send me an email. Let me know you're ready and willing and

able to take on the 30-day fuel savings challenge. And I guess, you know, if I

don't get any emails, I guess you're all okay with not saving any money, putting

money back in your pocket. Is that true? Well, that's not what I'm hearing out

there, but it's motormouth.jankins at gmail.com or NIL, N-I-L-E, no S. Okay, let's

ditch the S thing. I'm not NIL's crane. It's N-I-L-E, like the river, spelt the

same. It's funny, you know, when I was on the weekend in the dunk tank and people

want to meet me after they put me in the water and, you know, kind of

apologize. It's freezing cold and I go, yeah, it's okay. It's all for charity. And

oh, what's your name? Nile. Oh, you know, are you having fun, NIL? Are you getting

it? Anyways, I thought I'd just share that with you. I'm not sure how that

works. So anyways, we've got a lot to get through in a short time to get there

and we need to say thank you to our program partners because simply without

them, you wouldn't be getting this program. We'd have to send you an invoice

and everyone would have to divvy it up to pay for it, okay? So that's what I'm

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know where a person like that lives, or if they just crawled out from under a

rock somewhere, but the world works on program partners and sponsors, sponsors.

Exactly. So we want to say thank you to Earl Louise Grand at City Auto Sales

and Leasing. That is a place where you can purchase with confidence and be

treated with nothing less than honesty and integrity, low mileage quality

vehicles at fair prices. They're the GTA's Greater Toronto Areas Premier

pre-owned auto stores. So let them know that we sent you it's worth your drive

to go there. If they don't have the vehicle you're looking for, get in

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going to drag a piece of junk home and put some lipstick on a pig and sell it

to you. That is not City Auto Sales and Leasing. That's not who they are. So

thank you to our good friends Earl Louise Grand for being there for us

because that's the second largest investment you're going to make next

to a home or some property. Or some solid gold bars or silver. Yeah, you

know, whatever floats your boat. And thank you to our CFPs. Again, I like to

emphasize if you've got questions regarding finances in whatever extreme

Don't hesitate to sit down with Tony Miele or Larry Tietro. Lay the cards on

the table. Let them know where you're at. Get your questions answered by a

certified financial planner. Not an advisor like at the bank or anywhere

else. If they don't have the letters in front of their name, CFP, don't sit

there. They don't know tax laws. They don't know estate planning. They have

no idea other than selling cook and cutter investments that they're told

to sell and no disrespect to them. That's their position in the bank. You

need to sit with a certified financial planning professional that can look at

all aspects of your financial life. So please don't give up on yourself if

you're under a lot of pressure right now with debt. And you've got an investment

portfolio in the bank. You've really got to move it out of there, folks. That's

all I can say. If you're not making any money, that's the bottom line. You're

not. The bank is you're getting a Ziploc bag of change. So an hour and a

coffee discovery meeting is where you can get all your questions answered. And

I've been working with Tony and Larry for over 20 years. They are my

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look, take a look at all of it in a discovery meeting. Leave your wallet

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in this morning on 321. We're going to have our morning beverage and we're

going to get the weather forecast and we're going to get down to business

because you know, half an hour scoots along very, very quickly. Are you ready?

Got your beverage 321.

I could have a few 321s if you know what I'm saying. I hope your beverage is as

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I got one of those metabolisms. I can look at a box of donuts and gain 25 pounds and I

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bigger audiences which means we reach more people, help more people. So it's all a science. It really

is. It's a science. Blinded by science. I've heard that somewhere before. All right weather forecast,

here it is. Remember, I'm not the message, just the messenger. We've got R-A-I-N precipitation

coming in. In the Niagara region anyway, in the south shores of Lake Erie, 0.15 of an inch

is a possibility. Today, 60 degrees right now, partly cloudy. Wind is making it feel cooler,

about 58 degrees. Sunny conditions from 7 to 9, so catch it a couple hours and then the drizzle

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Today's temperature range from 60 degrees to 83 degrees, but gonna feel more like 58 to 83. So

there you go, that's today. Today's high is going to be 83 overnight, low 60. Yesterday, I thought

it got a little warmer than 83 degrees, but I think what it is is we're not acclimized yet.

We really aren't, which is not good. I kind of figure we were going to go from, you know,

60s and then boom, right into the 80s and yeah, I was sweating pancakes yesterday.

Pancakes. Yes, absolutely. Copious quantities of dark maple syrup, pure maple syrup. All right,

let's jump in. You got your crayons ready? You got your car connection, leaf bag laptop? Perfect.

Let's move on. You ready? I didn't hear anybody say they're ready. Oh, okay, I got it now. I'm

ready. Older is better is the title of this morning's Five Things. I'm giving you more

Five Things. I'm staying on that formula to not overwhelm you with way too much information

because sometimes it can feel like you're sucking on a fire hose or you're just taking

in way too much information, way too fast. It's like a lot of these online influencers teaching

stuff online should not be teaching. They really shouldn't because I don't want to watch somebody

going click, click, click. You go here, click,

click, click and your eyes are going all over and you're like, first of all, I don't understand the

language you're speaking. Second of all, I don't even know what you're clicking on and at the end

of the video, I guess they expect you to watch and click on the video 100 bajillion times until

you figure out what they're doing. That's exhausting. That's not teaching. I teach.

So let's slow it down and how do you eat an elephant? My professor would say one bite at a time.

So older is better right now and it looks like it's going to be that way for quite some time. So

settle in with an older vehicle. If the old vehicle that's older is in your driveway or

and it's in good shape, keep it in good shape. You know, remember, you don't have to go out

trading time for money and buy a vehicle to impress people you don't even know and you may

not even necessarily like them. So why do it? I don't do it. You know, even when I was younger,

I paid my price. You know, that's why I have more. It's almost like a trophy for me.

My 1983 Toyota short box Mojave four by four, I was 22 when I bought it at 17.93% interest.

You heard that right. 17.93% interest over five years.

So the day that I bought it was $11,200 all in. By the time I paid the loan off, I had paid

22.5 in principal and interest. Was that smart SMRT? No. So that's why we're going to carve. I've

been carving this lead out for a long time and now I'm sharing it with you here on different

platforms. So with car connection, we're not on radio anymore. It's even better being on podcast

because you can find us anywhere. Amazon, Spotify, Apple, Podbean, wherever you pull your podcast

from, just type in car connection workshop. And I'm, I'm now on motormouth Jenkins and we call

the program motor mouse morning drive and it scheduled for 8am every morning Monday through

Saturday Fridays are fun Fridays. That's when you need to get your questions in for Saturday's

one hour program Q and a questions and answers and I'll tell you, many of you have been sending in

some really good questions really, really good. So don't be shy to do so. It's motormouth Jenkins

at gmail.com Nile at CC busnet.com and I put all that information in the description boxes

of our YouTube videos and podcasts. So all our podcasts populate to our YouTube channel

and we put up three new videos every single week to teach you and the videos coming out

that are we're ahead of schedule. They're amazing. Even I'm, I'm even amazed myself. I'm

the best vehicle in the driveway. If it's paid off and it's running well and it's solid and it's

got a solid foundation, then it's go time. What does that mean? It means you need to learn to

take really, really good care of it and then you don't have to spend your time for money out there

trading time for money to make a, I call it a stupid car payment because I did stupid car payments

for a while and then I got smart and I got sharpened by listening to my bank manager at the time

say, you know, I love all these people here and I go, yeah, why, why is that Frank? And he says,

they're all paying interest. That ticked me off that day. Let me tell you, when I went outside,

I had a meeting with my steering wheel and I said, I'm done. I'm freaking paying this truck off

in one year and I did and I, you know, I may have almost shaved off 20 years of my life,

but it was worth it because that cheesed me off. I don't know how you'd feel about that. But when

I heard that and how they, I felt like, why don't you just stand up and have them have them all bow

to you and lick your bootstraps. I was disgusted by that, but it was a motivator for me to say,

you know what, I'm not doing this trading time for money thing and making a car payment. I'll save,

save, save, save, save and buy an older vehicle that's been loved and taken care of and somebody

else has taken the hit on the depreciation. That's how you win. If you're sitting and learning

finances from a certified financial planning professional, these are the things you're going

to learn to win. And what it does is it puts money back in your pocket. So let's start with

number one. FYI, if you haven't figured it out yet, vehicles cost money all the way around.

So I remember one guy I worked with. He had a trouble. We all had trouble lights on the side

of our box provided by the company we were working for at the time, which was Mack Trucks,

Canada. And his trouble light fell and it blew the bulb out like the third time. The bulb didn't

break. It just broke the filament and he had a tantrum for about 20 minutes. That's it. I'm done.

I'm never buying another light bulb. They can't make a light bulb. They're all crap. I'm tired of

working and having to buy light bulbs to keep my and he went on with this for 20 minutes.

And then afterwards I said, so, so can I have your trouble light then? No. Well,

you're not buying a light bulb for it. So I'll, I'll, you know, I'll get a light bulb and I'll

keep using it. I'll have a spare. No, it's my light. So then he goes on 20 minutes talking

about the light. It's his light. I can't have it, but he's not going to buy light bulbs anymore. So

I said, I guess you're going to be living in the dark at home when your bulbs go out. Oh, I never

thought of that. So FYI, vehicles cost money. Period. Amen. Done. It's in black and white and

it's carved out in stone. Vehicles simply cost you money to own it. And if you're not willing to put

money into it and you're not happy with doing that, then you probably should not have an automobile.

You should get a bus pass or a donkey, camel, something nice that you can,

going to be a little uncomfortable in the winter and the hot season, but just the same.

Animals need care as well. And so does your automobile. It needs car care. That's what it

needs. And you've got to surrender to the fact of one of two things. I ain't going to put any money

into this older car. And I don't like trading time for money and losing my life making car

payments. You, you've all got to stand on one line or the other, not both. So I can't do that for

you. That's something you have to do yourself. But I'll tell you what, I own older automobiles. And

yes, before you even say it, it's quite a lame excuse for you to say, well, you're, you're a

mechanic. That's a lame excuse that you're giving me. I still have to put in time and money, parts

and labor. So if I lose a day out of the studio, I've got to make up all that time because everything

flies on a schedule. You can't just say, I'm tired and hungry. I'll take care of it tomorrow. Doesn't

work that way. Sorry to tell you, but it does not work that way. When you're in media and you're

producing and you're writing and you're editing, all those things have to be done on time. The

microphone never waits. That's something I learned in 31 years being on the radio at 659 and 30

seconds for 31 years. I had to be in front of that microphone. Yep, no matter what 659 and 30,

659 30 every day. So that decision is what you have to make and come to terms with

is if you prefer to trade time for money and make, I don't know how people are doing it.

Honest to goodness, I barf in a dish somewhere. If I was paying off $64,000 of sheet metal and

rubber that after five years, I'll be lucky if I can recoup one third of what I paid for it.

That is a bad decision. Hello? It is. It really, really is not a good decision. You lose your job.

There's two of you in the household. Someone goes down for whatever reason. Can you make that

payment? How long can you sustain that? That's a question that you have to answer. You're really

doing. I'll tell you, Earl and Louise Grant, Mama Louise won't let you walk out of their

pre-owned dealership broke. Car broke. She'll have a little Mama chat with you and it's your ultimate

decision, but she'll sit down and say, Hey, we really need to take a look at the numbers here

and what can possibly happen and go wrong that could really put your household upside down

in sideways. We don't want to see that happen. So how many pre-owned car lot owners would do

something like that for you? Just say, Hey, sit there. Listen, you're getting in way too deep.

You still got to maintain it. You still got to pay insurance. You still got to pay, you know, gas

and oil and maintenance all has to be done. You can't just drive the just because you bought it

doesn't mean it's maintenance free for the next five years. You're going to need the money

to pay for the expenses to keep a vehicle and not just not just fixing it when the thing says,

I'm done for today. I'm not taking it to work and it goes in the shop and you have a whole list

of things that need to be fixed that have been going wrong, but you've not paid attention to it.

So number two, once you get past the mindset that owning and operating an automobile vehicles

cost money, we're well on our way to success. Number two, they require and demand regular

maintenance. So you can put it off only so long. And then as I just already mentioned,

now you've got a plethora of problems and my own 2007 FJ Cruiser just went through its spring

evaluation and even my one of my neighbors, I just had it out on the weekend for the first

time in five weeks because I thought, you know what, I'm just going to, I'm going to give this

vehicle a super duper evaluation. Anything that looks questionable is going to get updated. Why?

Because in July, it's going to be 20 years old. That's right, 20, two decades and it's still

healthy. And you'll say, well, you're a licensed mechanic. No, that's your excuse for not doing it.

That's not my excuse because I know I put a lot of hours on that truck after, after all broadcasting

and stuff is done. And you can see that in the YouTube videos, we've shared all of it with you,

what it takes, what it means to do a full evaluation and keep that sucker going. Why?

It's paid off. That's the truck I paid off because the bank manager cheesed me off by

saying, those are all my best customers. Why, Frank? Well, because they're all paying interest.

Nice. You're not even a human. You're just an asset. And then he went, he did, he went on to

say that they're the bank's best asset. Those are our real customers. They're paying interest.

So that's the truck I paid off in one year. I worked almost 100 hours a week and I said,

I'm going to make him eat those words. Have you ever had that feeling? I'm going to make you

eat crow, baby. And that spurred me on and I did it. And it was hard. But at the end of the day,

it was, that's it. I'm done. I'm not doing any more principal and interest stuff. I will take

care of my vehicles like it's the last one I can ever buy because even when you finish making the

payments, what's next? Are you going to go get another one to avoid repairing it and maintaining

it? I don't know. That's the question you have to answer. Are you willing to continue to trade

time for money or would you much rather buy something that's in really good shape if you don't

already have it and keep that thing in top drawer condition? That's money in the bank.

And you're getting what else you're getting time back. You're getting time back and money.

So vehicles require regular maintenance all the time, not waiting until something goes wrong.

Doing that is where you get the humongous repair bills. Staying on top of it

and maintaining it. That's the reason we have the car connection fleet maintenance system.

You don't have to think about anything. Just post it up. I've done it all. I've done all the homework

for you. Post it up. Can you read it? I would say you probably can. Read it. Can you put a check

mark in the box beside the maintenance that needs to be done? I would say you could probably do that.

That's as tough as it gets, folks. I'd love to come to your house and post it up and make the

check marks and say, hey, you need to get the car booked in tomorrow. I'll take care of that for you.

But that's the part you have to do. And when you do it and you get in a routine, you know what?

You're not taking a hit on vehicle depreciation. You're not paying all that interest. You own it.

You own it. It's as simple as that. Number three, I hope I'm not being too hard on you.

Did I hurt your feeling? I hope not. But anyways, it's reality. It is. It's reality. And sometimes

we just need a reality check up. Number three, mileage. You've heard me say this and I'm going

to harp on it. In fact, I'm going to get them to make a shirt available to you for our store that

says, mileage doesn't matter. Maintenance does. And that could apply to anything in life. Imagine

that. You know, it doesn't matter. I had an older guy who was 93. He could walk on his hands.

Handstand. Fred was his name. Fred Marshall. And say, Fred, show my friends here that you

can walk on your hands. Boop. And away he goes. 93 years old. Fit is a fiddle. So age doesn't matter

if you're maintaining your health and wellness. Owning a home. Are you not going to take care

of it and the roofs caving in and the roofs leaking and the plumbing's leaking? No, that's your

investment. You're going to take care of it. It needs maintenance all the time. Houses are like,

you know, someone once said, does it ever stop? I go, no, it's like owning a boat. Best day of

owning a boat is the day you sell it and talk to a boater. They'll tell you, they'll go, yeah,

that's right. Snowmobiles, ATVs, motorcycles, all of it, folks, all cottages, trailers, campers,

glampers, all needs maintenance. Otherwise, you need just, you need stinking piles of cash so that

when the thing can't handle life anymore and it caves in on you, you go and get a new one.

Instead of taking care of it and fixing it, you're just going to have to settle in. Here's the

alternative. If your mindset is, I don't want to put any money into the car, then just settle in

to the never, never plan. And that is getting up early, going to bed late,

getting up early and trading time for money, home to work,

make a car payment, home to work, make a car payment.

And then all of a sudden the boss says, oh, I'm cutting you back from 44 hours to 26. Now what?

You know, it's not that we plan to fail. It's mostly that we always, as human beings, fail to

plan. I've been there and I'll tell you, at the age I am now, if I knew then what I know now,

I'd be talking to you from a microphone in the Cayman Islands, sipping a fruit drink while letting

the ocean water lap on my feet and feeling the ocean breeze fluffing my hair. Yeah, and snapping

my fingers, beverage. Yeah, exactly. And then I woke up and realized that's not going to happen.

Chances are not. So mileage does not matter. Maintenance does on everything we touch. Period.

It's maintenance. Number four, because I got to get out of here.

So let's just talk more about how important the maintenance does. That's the part that you

got to nod your head up and down. Okay, motor mouth, I'm getting it. Yeah, that's how you own a vehicle

that's 2007, just shy of 400,000 kilometers. And can I do it again? Oh, absolutely. I got one behind

it 99 99 Honda Civic DX. That thing is a sweetheart to drive with air conditioning that is cold enough

to hang beef in there. And that's a 99 319,000 kilometers. No big deal, folks. It is no big

deal when you become the caregiver. That's how you're able to keep a dog or a cat longer. You

got to maintain it, right? If you don't, the thing expires. A car is exactly the same way. It needs

to be watered needs to be taken out for a run. And it needs to have checkups. And you got to feed it

all the time. I just fed one yesterday and said, eat gads, man. Can we not burn water? We got lots

of it. And last but not least, plan to keep it, folks. This is coming from my heart. If it's in

great shape, forget about going and making payments, driving something to impress people you don't

even know, you don't even like trading time for money, giving up family time. And I know everyone,

the whole planet is exhausted, is tired, lack of sleep, L of s. And that's just we have to settle

into that until we get our own planet and get rid of the people that are really chasing us off and

flick them off the planet. Can we make a big fly swat? Do you think? Yeah. So plan to keep it

is going to save you a lot of money. You say, well, you know, motor mouth, you had your truck in the

shop for five weeks. Yeah, doing upgrades, things that they're not broken yet, but they're on their

way, fix it, replace it before that happens. And then you got a $250 tow bill if you don't have

CAA. And if you do, they'll say, well, we don't pick up yellow trucks today. We're only doing blue

ones. Yeah, I paid into that for a long time. And every time I needed a tow, there was always a

reason why they could not. And that's when I shredded their card and got smart. Yeah. But that's

what it costs about 200, 250 bucks. Get your vehicle off the roadway to a workshop where they can fix

it. It all counts circles back. So why do I do those upgrades? I don't want to be on the side of

the road. I don't want to pay for a stupid tow bill just to get me back home to the shop when I knew

things needed to be upgraded. So belts, hoses, bearings, pulleys, brakes, it's all wear and tear

items. And it's going to be 20 years old next month. So yeah, the trans the rubber transmission

lines are 20 years old yet they got to come off. Yeah, so I did a whole belt, you have to watch

the videos. It's all there for you to show you why you do it, how and getting it done

buys you another 10 years or so on the same vehicle. That's it. No car payments, no principal,

no interest. So plan to keep it and take really good care of it. And that doesn't mean

taking it in when something's busted. You want to get it into the shop for a checkup on a regular

basis. That's what is what will give you peace of mind driving. You say, well, you know, I'm on a

newer vehicle for peace of mind driving, really? So that's not going to break down. Is that what

you're telling me? Geez, why? I didn't know that. Of course it is. Even when they're brand new,

they're breaking like hotcakes. Yeah, because that's a whole new kettle of fish there. So

if you want to avoid forever car payments, implementing a long term game plan is what

will give you the results you're really looking for is to save money, save time, big time. And you

know what? I know you can because I can. And I'm teaching you if you're willing to listen and do.

That's the difference. The do does and the did is done. That's how you have to live life. No one

else is going to come into your home and get you asked for your car keys and take your car down to

the shop and fix it for free and deliver it back to the driveway and say, there you go. Hey, thanks

for letting me do that for you. That's not reality. Reality is many of us love the desired results,

but not many of us love the effort it's going to take to get there. You've got to be willing to fall

in love with the effort to get to the desired results. And that goes for one of the things that

many people think about every day. I could stand to lose 15 or 25 pounds while having a brisk sit

is not going to do it. Not changing your lifestyle and eating healthier starving yourself. That's

in the gym is not going to do it either. Because on your way home, you stop at Timmy's and get

yourself a ice cap. There's 900 and bazillion calories. You've got it. If you want to change

some things in your life, you've got to change some things in your life. You know, I lost 90

pounds, 91 to be exact. How did I do it? I ran the Wentworth Street stairs. If you want to google

that and nobody was running the Wentworth Street stairs in downtown Hamilton. Yeah, nobody. I got

that started because I got sick and tired of being out of breath. And then one time I saw a picture

of myself catching frogs and my belly was hanging over and I go, who is that? Oh my gosh, that's me.

And that did it. Like Frank, the bank manager saying, you know, look at all these people coming

in. It's busy today. I go, Yeah, he goes, Yeah, they're they're walking assets.

Because they're great customers because they're all paying interest.

And that same switch went off in my head and I lost 91 pounds.

And you want to know how much time way too short and gave myself a heart murmur.

I did. I did. And I threw up a couple of times on those stairs the first time through.

I didn't run them in the beginning, but I could run all the way up and all the way down.

And I tailored my eating and I lost 91 pounds.

And I have kept it off. You know, I sponge Bob once in a while, you know, I blimp out just a

little bit, but I keep it up. I keep a track on it. And then I get on it and I'm on the downward

scale. You know, most of us put some weight on in the winter. There's no service light going to

come on other than your what you're monitoring your health and wellness. And that's what you

need to do with your vehicle as well. Monitor the health and wellness. Something's broke.

Get it fixed. Even if it's something minor, get it fixed. Get in the habit of fixing.

If you don't, here's the thing. When I when I used to go and buy vehicles from people privately,

what I looked for was not the major things. I'd look at a vehicle to see how many little things

are broken that they never bothered fixing. Because you know what that told me? If I asked

them, oh, you had any problems with this car? Oh, no, it's been a charm. Well, why are you getting

rid of it? That's the next question. And they usually they lie. They do. But I'm walking around

the car counting the number of little things that have never been fixed. If you can't fix the little

things, would you fix the big things? Answer? No, I leave you with that. There you go. That's how I

buy cars from private people. I don't do as much anymore. If somebody's looking for something,

and I come across a goodie, and I know it's in their budget, if I can, I'll grab it and get

it back to the shop and fix it up and just pass it on. Pass it on to them. So, you know, it's all

about either doing life on your own or doing life with your friends, right? Those are the ones that

stick by you through thick and thin. And I'm here for you. Where else do you have

full access to a fully licensed, up to date, qualified, automotive service technician

for free? I don't know. You know, I went to McDonald's yesterday and bought a $2 ice cream

cone on the way home. And yeah, nobody was there to help me out. If you know what I'm saying,

till tomorrow. Keep it under $100. And I have a great day at work today. Make it a great day.

Happy, healthy, more learning to each and every one of you. I'm in your corner. I'm pulling for you.

I really, really am. You have questions. You can email me a question anytime. My email addresses

are in the description of the videos and also the podcast. I write those myself and I put extra

tidbits in there, tips and techniques that will help you even more than what's in the podcast and

what's on the YouTube video. So, check that out. Peace, patience and kindness always. And we'll see

tomorrow morning at 8am for another MotorBouth Morning Drive. Be safe. Bye for now.

About this episode

“mileage doesn't matter. Maintenance does.” The Car Connection Workshop host frames the “now what?” moment after warranty and payments end, arguing that depreciation hurts less on pre-owned cars—if you stay proactive. They share personal loan and truck stories, then lay out a maintenance-first philosophy: regular checkups, fixing small issues early, and staying ahead of wear items like belts and brakes. The episode also promotes their fleet maintenance system and basic-ownership learning resources.

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Original notes

Everyone worries about mileage, but mileage isn't what determines how long a vehicle lasts - maintenance does.

In today's episode of Motormouth Morning Drive, we're discussing five simple truths about keeping an older vehicle reliable, avoiding unnecessary car payments, and saving money over the long haul.

We'll cover why vehicles cost money, why regular maintenance matters, how preventative saves thousands in repairs, and why a long - term ownership strategy can be one of the smartest financial decisions you make.

If I can keep my vehicles running for the long haul while paying for parts and repairs just like everyone else, so can you.

Mileage doesn't matter nearly as much as maintenance does.

#CarMaintenance #OlderCars #SaveMoneyDriving

" Reliable transportation isn't about buying the newest vehicle. It's about consistently maintaining the one you already own."

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