This is about doing small car checks and upkeep regularly, especially at the start of a new season. It helps you catch problems early so you’re less likely to get stuck later.
An RSS feed is like a “delivery system” that tells podcast apps when new episodes are available. If it’s not set up right, people might not see or get the newest episodes.
This is a named local business partner mentioned as helping make the podcast available. For listeners, it can be relevant if they’re looking for a dealership or leasing source in the same area.
In-house financing means the dealer arranges the loan directly (or through an affiliated finance source) rather than you going to a bank or credit union yourself. It can simplify the process, but it’s still important to compare the effective interest rate and total cost.
Low mileage usually means the car has been driven less, so it may have less wear. But you still want to check maintenance records and overall condition.
This is a Dodge minivan (a 2010 Grand Caravan). The speaker is talking about fixing the front suspension so the car handles safely and tracks straight.
The lower control arm is part of the suspension that helps hold the wheel in the right position. If it’s worn out, the car can feel loose and tires can wear unevenly.
An alignment is when a shop adjusts the suspension angles so your tires point the right way. It helps the car drive straight and keeps tires from wearing out too fast.
Hydroplaning happens when a layer of water builds up between the tire and the road, reducing friction and causing the vehicle to lose steering and braking effectiveness. It’s more likely at higher speeds, with worn tread, and when water depth is sufficient.
Weight and balance are about how the car’s mass is spread out. If the load isn’t where it needs to be, the tires can lose grip more easily on slippery roads.
A maintenance plan is just a schedule for routine upkeep—like oil changes and inspections—so your car doesn’t wait until something breaks. Doing it on time helps the car last longer and reduces surprise breakdowns.
Ball joints are hinge-like parts that let the suspension move while still keeping the wheel aligned. If they wear out, you may hear knocking or feel looseness when driving.
The lower ball joint is like a hinge in your suspension that helps the wheel move smoothly. If it wears out, the steering can feel loose and the tires can wear unevenly.
When you ask for a “once over,” you’re asking the shop to look for other problems while they’re already working on your car. It’s a way to catch issues early.
An oil change is regular maintenance where old engine oil is replaced with new oil. It helps keep the engine running smoothly, but it shouldn’t be the only thing a shop does.
Tire rotation is the practice of moving tires between positions (front-to-rear, side-to-side) to promote even tread wear. The speaker contrasts free tire rotations with the need for broader inspections to prevent bigger problems from being missed.
A courtesy call is a proactive communication from the shop to the customer when additional findings are discovered. In the transcript, it’s part of the process of getting approval before authorizing work beyond the original service list.
Holding the shop accountable means using written documentation (like work orders and signed authorizations) so expectations are clear. The speaker emphasizes that putting items “on paper” helps ensure the shop follows through on what was agreed.
This is a thorough inspection where the shop checks lots of different areas of your car. It helps you catch problems early and decide what to fix now versus later.
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prevention vs waiting for it to break
The idea here is: don’t wait until the car breaks. Fixing problems early is usually cheaper and keeps you from getting stranded.
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Okay ladies, you might not like this, but it's okay, I got your back. Spring cleaning
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okay so life change speaking of life change spring is here spring has sprung and I actually
heard a lawnmower yesterday and I had to go outside and check it out yeah I was deeply
into the front end of the 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan and I'm happy to say the passenger side
replacing all the steering suspension components the lower control arm all those nasty things in
the front that keep your vehicle stable on the road and safe are all installed so now it's ready
for an alignment it has to have an alignment yeah almost every vehicle out there right now
needs an alignment the condition the road conditions are horrific I just can't figure out
where all that money is going from the purchase of every leader or a court of gasoline where the
money's was supposed to go to fixed roads I'm still watching I'm still looking at the same
potholes big enough to swallow a Hyundai Accent yeah and that is front end destruction we talked
about that yesterday so if you miss that podcast you got to you got to collect that one because
we all need to know and understand what what our suspension and steering component components do
what they're really doing and let's jump into the weather right now because it's getting hairy out
here on the south shores of Lake Erie we had cried out quite a rumbler come through last night I'll
tell you and it shook the planet on our side of the world but right now it's 51 degrees with
thunderstorms and the rain is coming down sideways here and hitting the studio windows so if you
hear a little rattling it's not me it's the outside weather so 51 degrees right now with
thunderstorms wind is making it feel colder about 39 degrees rainy conditions from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.
with cloudy conditions expected at around 11 a.m. this morning our time today's temperature range
will be from 49 to 59 that's getting up there that's good we're getting closer to being able
to do the 30 day fuel savings challenge yeah that's good 49 to 59 it's going to feel more
like with the wind 37 to 51 and what do we got for precipitation today well you might want to build
that canoe you might want to get the kayak down 1.05 inches and I did see a yellow alert
yeah we got some yellow clouds in there that means severe thunderstorms so be careful out there drive
safe the heavy rain can also make you know the roadways slippery as well but also it can also
hinder your visual of the road it really really can't when the rain's coming down hard how many
I've experienced that before I've a few times down this way we've had some really really bad
storms come in off the lake and the water is just it's like a wall of water and as you see it coming
across the lake it's you just see this wall of white and that's the rain how thick it is
and very difficult to drive in and it's just smarter just to back off on that accelerator
if you're having a hard time seeing the road before you end up in the rhubarb just pull off
for a couple of minutes and let that that flash flood head out and they're calling them now micro
bursts that's what's going on so we it's so important to make sure that you have tires that
have a lot of tread because when a lot of water is coming down with these micro bursts it's very
easy to hydroplane and that just means that your vehicle's riding on top of the water instead of the
tire tread squirting it out the sides and getting the tread surface clean of that water and if you
hydroplane the vehicle's just going to go where it wants to go inertia takes over that's a big
word for Tuesday morning inertia yeah things in motion stay in motion and when you're hydroplaning
it's in motion and weight and balance all factors in and that vehicle's going to go
wherever it wants to go and that's why it brings me back i'm just taking a little step back this
morning and spending a little more time with you on spring maintenance it happens everywhere this
time of year does it not you know if i had a penny for every leaf bag that gets sold over the next
two months yeah that would be good wouldn't it just think about it if you've got a penny for every
leaf bag yard waste bag that gets sold in the next 60 days around the world you'd be doing all
right i think you could probably you know get that super extra large cup of coffee in the morning
through the drive through and not feel guilty so there are two ways if you haven't heard this
before and you're joining us for the first time um before we get into the nuts and bolts we should
have our morning swiggy together so thank you to my brothers tony mealy larry teacher 50 years
combined as fiduciaries two of the best of the best in all of canada these guys they know their
stuff you're not going to tell them things that they've never heard before like you're not going
to give them a oh really no no condemnation get that hour in a coffee booked leave your wallet
leave your person home and put all the cards on the table and watch what happens you're going to
get peace of mind so let's say thank you tony larry for all that you're doing out there helping
people get their finances back in order get some pressure off of them get the debt reducing
so that they can breathe and thank you for giving us our morning swiggy on three two one
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yeah i think the uh microburst is over here it's gone really quiet is that a good thing
sometimes sometimes it can be and sometimes it's the calm before the storm
living along the lake is very interesting weather we get a lot of wind we get a lot of microbursts
come in out of nowhere and the wind just picks right up and i'll tell you if you're out on lake
airy being most shallowest great lake of them all uh it churns up nasty in a matter of minutes it
really does you do not want to be out there on a questionable weather day how long would your car
last if you actually followed a proper maintenance plan and that's what we're turning back on a little
bit this morning it is spring we're going to be spring cleaning the homestead inside and out
we're going to be spring cleaning and tidying up our yards you know gathering up all the branches
dead branches and leaves and whatnot and raking the stones out of the grass from the snowblower
launching them almost into another planet yeah i got some of that going on because we have a
relatively large parking lot out front of the car connection shop studio and yeah i know the
snowblower was firing out gravel into the front yard and mind you it's it's put some out there
quite a ways i might add and i don't like hitting those with the with henry my very old john deere
riding lawn mower it's actually a miniature tractor not a riding lawn mower it's a tractor it has
attachments i don't want to be uh you don't want to be hitting stones with your lawn mower blade
it's not good we'll talk about that as we get closer a little bit of lawn and garden equipment
maintenance i can help you out with so you're not replacing that stuff all the time so this is the
moment it is the shining moment after we've come through some of the nastiest weather this winter
we actually had a great canadian winter and as if you haven't watched it already skipy and i
headed out onto the ice and showed you lake eerie frozen with ice castles and caverns and stuff
that the water along the water's edge before the lake frees it pounds it and turns it into
ice sculptures it's pretty cool very cool but this year the entire lake froze which is something i
haven't seen since i moved down here on the south shores lake eerie in 2005 so if you haven't watched
that video we put that up as a treat for all of you wherever you are and wherever you're tuning
in from take a moment go into our website carconnectionbusinessnetwork.com
and always put all that information all the all the need to know information and further details
about your automobile like plant those in the description of our youtube videos and also in
our podcast so take the time to go through all those details where you will pick up a lot
more information that will help you to be a better caregiver to that automobile that you own
and the best vehicle in the driveway especially right now is the vehicle that is bought and paid
for you want to take really really good care of that so we we skipped out of the the shop
shooting videos several weeks ago and went out to the lake and shot a really cool video showing you
frozen lake eerie as far as your eyes could see the whole lake is still relatively covered with
ice right now uh the ice boom that is in the nigh river the at the mouth of lake eerie and the
nigh river is that'll probably stay in until i would imagine uh late june early july so there's
two ways for you to own a car two ways there's only two ways one being living in the unknown
not knowing what's going to go next on the automobile and just kind of guessing and taking a deep breath
when you fire it up and head down the roadway assuming that everything's okay that is a very
high stress level right there living in the know is going to create a lot less stress giving you
peace of mind and freedom and someone once said to me you know motor mouth you cannot put a price
tag on peace of mind and that my friends is so true and when it comes to the automobile
it's better trust me after 44 years in the automotive repair and service industry and
i'm still licensed still hands on still in there doing the job and that's one thing that i have
seen over and over and over and over and over again as people getting so cranked when the car
breaks and the first question i ask is well when was the last time you really really spent some
money on your vehicle if they if you can't answer like this then that tells me they're thinking
about it they're going to try and develop some kind of answer that they think i want to hear
that makes them look not so bad but they've already given me the answer because usually if it's
husband and wife have dropped the car off and the and they're going to drive in to work together
or whatever share a car for the day um they'll generally look at one another and the espn is
not really working and then they'll say well it's been a while it's been a while then i will ask
well roughly speaking uh if you were to put a length of time on that while what would that
approximately be do you think a month three months six months a year year and a half two years
and if i haven't received an answer and i'm into two years the answer is they've done nothing
to the car but they expect it expect it to last a lifetime and not have to put a penny into it
but if tickets for the front row concert of their one of their favorite groups comes up
they'll splash the cash down for that and ignore the car or that emergency chicken wing pizza and
cold snack evening with friends and blow out two three hundred bucks uh it's better to do that than
spend money on the car yeah and i'm not here to sell you anything not nothing at all i'm here
to help educate you because you can save a lot of money and own and operate an older automobile
but you're going to have to do something in order to get to the desired results
which is a lot less stress you know for sure that the vehicles and tip top work in order
and the other thing you have to have is you have to have a great mechanic to work with
you've got to have what i call the solid gold mechanic that doesn't wait for your car to break
he helps you stop it from breaking in the first place that's the tech you want to work with
that would be me but i'm not i'm not taking clients the clients we have i have to fix it
do the videos explain it to you lucy and uh in simple terms so that you can learn and understand
a great deal about your automobile without being a rocket scientist and this video that's
going to come out in fact yesterday i think skippy might have had a revelation on what it means to
check and verify the condition of your front end suspension and steering components which i
talked about yesterday that's your lifeline folks that is your lifeline and in that video
i show you in detail so i stripped that car out right in front of you and we did it in six takes
so not six takes and one video we did six videos so that way you didn't get a two hour video
and you get bored and you shut it off that's not what i want you to do i'm giving you bite
size chunks 15 20 minutes tops so that you can see it in segments and you can mentally
absorb it a lot quicker that way and i'm not taking up too much of your time so you could watch
say part one and part two come back to the channel watch part three part four and then come back for
the final two segments and and the wrap up so you're getting a bird's eye view what does it mean
when the ball joints worn out what does it mean when the control arm bushings are starting to come
apart what does it mean when i've got a sway bar link that's got a problem it's not working right
or a tie rod end or a this or a that wheel bearing breaks it's all tied in together and because the
roadways today after you see that video that we've already scheduled the first two segments to go up
it'll be a week after Easter which is coming up very quickly so keep an eye on our channel
because we video ahead of time so that way takes a little bit of pressure off of my videographer
skippy and i that we've got videos in the bank so when we shoot new ones we're ahead of ourselves
that way we're not running behind and we've been there and it's it's too stressful we have to be
ahead of things so in spring maintenance those are the areas that need to be tended to
and don't think for a minute there's nothing well it feels okay yeah yeah it probably does because
steering suspension components don't instantly break unless they're already worn right out and
in this video you're gonna see that um you know the the vehicle was in a shop about a year ago
a little more over a little more over a year maybe closer to a year and a half and how fast
components can wear out now and this particular vehicle the one side i would say definitely was
not good a year and a half ago based on the mileage difference between when it was in the shop
and where it is now where the odometer reads right now so in all my years of experience
the driver's side lower ball joint and you can you get to see that as a matter of fact i have a
put up today that will show you i'm actually talking about the lower control arm and showing you
what a ball joint is on that control arm and why it's worn out so you get to see all that the
video's coming out as the focus is on suspension and steering because many of you have worn out
steering and suspension components but because it comes on so gradually you don't notice your steering
sucks there is stuff going on and the other part of that story is you have no idea what happens
when a steering component breaks because it's worn out what happens at that point well i explain
that and show you in the videos that we just shot yesterday and as i said those will be out
the week after easter so not next week the following week we'll begin to load those in we
have six parts and you're going to see a bird's eye view of everything in the suspension and
steering that will pertain to your vehicle and why spring maintenance is so critical to look the
entire vehicle over and make a plan and strategize on where the vehicles at health wise so there's no
surprises so when summer hits and you want to hit the road with the kids to the cottage or you know
family cottage camping tenting whatever it may be you'll be out there on the roadways enjoying
the summer and the last thing you want is to have a vehicle on the side of the road
you're waiting four hours for roadside assistance to come and haul you in you're out of town you're
away from your home mechanic i'm painting the picture and now you don't know if you're going
to get taken advantage of somewhere and it's on a weekend shops are closed so now you're really stuck
really really stuck and that can put a poo poo on your getaway very very quickly so how do we
avoid that that's why spring vehicle maintenance is the starting point it is the rubicon my friends
when spring gets here we cross that rubicon we get our vehicles checked we wanted we need
and want to know the good the bad and the ugly so that way you can strategize your finances
on getting the vehicle back into gear bringing that maintenance up to where it needs to be you
know a spring cleaning in your home what do you generally do well that's when you do the ugly
stuff right the stove gets pulled out the fridge gets pulled out you suck up all the pomegranate
pomeranians under there and whatever else and you go oh that's where the fly swatter went oh
yeah no wonder oh there's a whole collection of them here yeah and the you know that's where
you find stuff that just disappeared and then you pull out the couches you pull the chairs
all out from on the wall am i getting you giving you a picture i used to do house cleaning i did
i really enjoyed it actually and i had some great clients the ladies treated me extremely well
and i didn't miss a nook or cranny at all in any room and i i literally did that all the time was
if i saw us you know some pomegranians growing up around a chair i would just take a minute and
pull that out and get behind it and clean that up but this it's this time of year when you know my
calendar would explode with uh i need a deep spring clean cleaning when can you book me it
yeah and you're i'm there for the day like i'm i'm bunking in and uh my my customers were really
good i i really enjoyed it was actually therapeutic for me it really was i enjoyed the work i enjoyed
the cleaning and i enjoyed my clients it was really good so now i'm telling you how we need to do a
deep spring evaluation of your automobile so you reduce the opportunity for the vehicle to mess up
and poo poo that first long weekend quick getaway as a practice for the summer you want that pressure
off of you and this is the lane that i have been carving out and have been carving it out for
over 40 years and now with more ways for you for you to watch listen and engage is going to help you
get to living in the know with your automobile and having that mental peace of mind and freedom
and i'm going to share that phrase with you you cannot put a price tag on peace of mind
peace of mind and i think if you ask skippy today after watching me tear out the front end of this
2010 dodge caravan that she kind of got a really good bird's eye view there's a lot of stuff going
on in that suspension and steering and there was a narrow miss of there being a serious
safety related problem causing a wreck a vehicle wreck so that's why i'm telling you
99 of the time even though it starts and it rolls and it turns left and it turns right
does not mean that that car is 100 healthy not true 90 percent of the $200 repair that ends up
being a $5,000 repair could have been held at about $200 had you come in sooner i can't tell you
friends the number of times i've had to break that to the customer because they asked me well
how did this happen well this is how i would explain it exactly the same verbatim well if you
had to come in sooner then later we could have saved you a lot of money a lot of money in unnecessary
repairs but because it's gone from cause to effect now there's this this this this and this
that wouldn't have needed to be done if we would have just focused been able to focus in on this
repair all of this would not have occurred so that's why
okay having a solid gold mechanic that you can trust that's not taking care of your wallet
but is actually taking care and you've given the authority to check your vehicle over
thoroughly anytime it's in the shop so you go in there for a flat repair you say look would you
could you give it a once over while it's in and and let me know with if it needs anything
that's your peace of mind folks
what gives you mental stress is when i have to tell you when you ask me well how did this happen
well had you come in sooner we could have avoided all this
that doesn't taste good does it absolutely not that's why it is so so important that your vehicle
is looked after by the same group of fellas because they get to know your car for all you
flavor of the month customers i never wanted customers at my own shop customers look for
the coupon they look for the deal and they look for the flavor of the month those were some of
the worst vehicles to ever get my hands on then i learned if they weren't my client if they didn't
from being a customer that was referred to me into a client i wasn't interested in working on
their piece of junk yeah i know that's a little harsh but that's true because i look around i just go
who the stink has been in here and i ain't touching it because as soon as i you touch it you own it
i'd sooner kick it down the road because all the shoddy workmanship that i see
soon as i touch the car they're off the hook it's all on my shoulders no thank you i don't
have time for that i want to spend time with my clients my good people that are loyal to my business
so i'm saying that to say find a shop find a service tech you can trust and you feel comfortable
with and let them go don't hold his tie his hands in his feet let them go and let them inspect your
vehicle every time it's in you give them that rain as long as you have that relationship
where you know what if joe calls and says hey we got a problem here um and especially today
with cameras and videos you don't have to go driving down to the shop we can shoot a three
minute video like a youtube short fire it over to you and you can see what it is we're pointing out
saves you a thousand steps today which is amazing it's absolutely amazing in our industry of automotive
service and repair that we can do that shoot a video fire it over you can see exactly what
we're explaining and hear the audio at the same time and you didn't have to get out of your chair
and drive down to the shop to have a look you see yeah a peekaboo we used to call it come
into the shop let's have a look you see together and what's going on and now we can do that
with our phones it's pretty cool but again you've got to have that working relationship
with a steady shop so not going here for that over here oh he's ten dollars off an oil change
oh buddy's doing free tire rotations nah your cars are going to be a pile of scrap
because i've seen it over and over again over and over and over and over again
you need to find that that solid gold mechanic that you can say hey joe when i got it in today
can you give it a really good go over and let me know if there's anything
we should be made aware of and we can make plans to get that stuff done you're not
authorizing him to spend a million dollars you're just saying and giving him the freedom to look
it over for you to stay ahead of the curve because 90 of the time you have no idea that
something is really going on because you don't know what you don't know
and as my professor would say you don't know what you don't know that's why you don't have
because if you knew it you knew you'd have it and to know it not do it means you never knew it
in the first place so that's not where you want to be you want to be in the know and you want to
know that your your tech has the authorization to check your vehicle over make a list of what's
needed now the near future and the distant future now if you had a car connection fleet maintenance
service system in your hands you would be able to track all that ahead of time and say joe
i need you to do this this this this and this for me when the car's in and if you see anything
beyond the list for today of services i my vehicle needs would you please give me a call
and let me know so if you have the time and to get it done i can authorize that that's all you
got to say don't give them a blank check if you don't have that relationship with a solid gold
tech you don't want to give them a blank check and that's how you do it and you make sure that all
those things that you've written down off of your car connection fleet maintenance system
is on your list and numbered so they can put sequences on the work order and that's what
you're authorizing and you make sure they put on their customer requests a check over and a courtesy
call and then you sign it so then now the shop is held accountable because it's on paper we are
going to be talking about it's been requested to talk about repair and service orders and service
repair times we will do that in another show well that about wraps up today you want to get
your spring vehicle cleanup done and the maintenance tidied up and how are you going to do that you're
going to book your vehicle in for a spring maintenance evaluation i used to always call it
my multi-point vehicle inspection it works every day of the year doesn't matter what season it is
multi-point vehicle inspection and my customers would ask me for that now can you give it a
multi-point done i'll put it right on the work order multi-point vehicle inspection done and
we'll make a list we see anything super serious we'll give you a jingle and let you know what's
going on if not we'll talk about what we have found and make a game plan when you come pick it up
to set another day to bring it in and take care of the items that we do find but if i something major
your phone will ring if your phone doesn't ring and with today text email whatever works for you
method i'll send you a message i'll get it to you asap as soon as we know if we find something
that is a safety related item or something that could cause serious engine or transmission damage
so till tomorrow the question i leave with you how long would your car last your car last
if you actually followed a proper maintenance plan that's your question okay fridays fridays
coming fun friday and it's uh good friday as well uh so i will be putting out a podcast and it will
be a fun friday as well uh q and a for saturday if you don't know what that is joining us you're a
newbie that's great q and a is a one hour of questions and answers so i pluck three questions
that out of the email questions that i get and i figure that would be of good value to all ears
listening and i answer those in the podcast on saturday so friday is fun fridays every week
and we talk about stuff and on saturday it's q and a but you got to get your questions into me
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today make it a great day happy healthy motoring peace patience and kindness always thanks for
joining us this morning we'll see you again tomorrow morning for more of the motormouth
8am drive be safe out there adjust your driving speed and habits to the road conditions could
be a little hectic out there with heavy rains in the area in the niger region so till tomorrow
keep it under 100 put the coffee on we're gonna come to your house
About this episode
Spring maintenance gets the spotlight, with a strong message: “it still drives fine” isn’t proof your car is healthy. The host walks through why steering and suspension wear can be gradual until it suddenly isn’t, using a recent teardown of a 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan to explain ball joints, control arm bushings, tie rods, and what failure can lead to. Weather also sets the tone—microbursts, hydroplaning risk, and tire tread matter. The episode emphasizes booking a multi-point inspection, building a relationship with a trusted “solid gold” mechanic, and planning repairs before summer trips.
Spring is here, and for many, that means cleaning up the yard, the garage, and the home - but what about the vehicle that gets you everywhere.
In today's episode, we take a hard look at why automotive maintenance gets pushed aside, even when the warning signs are already there. Using a 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan as a real -world example, what looked like a vehicle that "still drives fine" quickly revealed severely worn and failing suspension components once torn down.
Here's the reality: just because your vehicle starts, drives, and turns doesn't mean it's safe. Worn parts don't always announce themselves - until they fail.
This episode breaks down:
1) why "it still drives fine" can be misleading
2) What worn suspension and steering components actually look like
3) How small issues turn into major repairs
4) why spring is the perfect time to inspect, service, and reset your vehicle
We also touch on what happens behind the scenes in the shop - the time, effort, and challenges that go into repairing vehicles that have been pushed just a little too far.
If you're already in spring cleaning mode, this is your reminder: your vehicle deserves the same attention as your home. Don't wait for a breakdown to tell you what you could have caught early.
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