The Jeep TJ Wrangler is a type of Jeep that is good for driving off-road and rough places. It was made starting in 1997 and has a strong, tough design that helps it go over rocks and dirt easily.
A fleet maintenance system is a way to keep track of all the cars or trucks a company owns so they get fixed and checked regularly and don't break down.
The Porsche Cayman is a small, sporty car that is fun to drive because it handles really well. It’s like a sports car that’s easier to afford than some others but still very fast and exciting. The podcast might be making a joke about the car’s name sounding like the Cayman Islands.
The Chevrolet Nova is an older car that was popular many years ago because it was simple and sometimes very powerful. People still like it today for fixing up or collecting. The podcast talking about a warning light means the car might need some repairs or checking to keep it running well.
The oil light is a warning light in your car that tells you when the engine oil is too low or not working right. If you see it, you should check your oil soon.
The Nissan 200SX is a small sports car that is fun to drive because it has power and good handling. Many people like it because it’s not too expensive but still sporty. It’s popular with people who like to customize or race their cars.
The Nissan Rogue is a small SUV that’s good for families because it has enough space and uses fuel efficiently. The 2008 version has a special type of transmission called a CVT, which can sometimes cause problems and might cost more to fix. So, if you want to buy one, it’s good to check that part carefully.
A gasket is a soft seal that goes between parts to stop fluid from leaking out. When you take off the transmission pan, you usually put in a new gasket to keep it sealed tight.
Engine bay congestion means how crowded the space under the hood is. When it's very tight, it can be harder and more expensive to fix things because there's less room to work.
The Toyota FJ Cruiser is a tough SUV that looks a bit old-fashioned but is very good for driving off-road or in rough places. It’s known for being strong and reliable. Saying you can 'hold a square dance under the hood' means it has a big, roomy engine area.
Vehicle maintenance means taking care of your car by checking and fixing things regularly so it keeps working well and doesn't break down.
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Good morning Niagara! You're tuned in to car connection where the coffee is hot, the
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morning. Well, my friends, it's that time of year, cold time. Yeah, and I kind of feel
like something's trying to get a GI Joe Kung Fu grip on me and we're not going to let that
happen. We kind of battled one earlier in the season so I hope you're all feeling well,
doing well and that the cootie that seems to be floating around out there doesn't grab
holding you. So take good care of yourself as well as your automobile and let's get started
this morning if it's your first time with us, couple of housekeeping tips, turn your
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to find us. And that website was created by our very own videographer Skippy and we just shot
a video yesterday. And you won't want to miss it. It's right from the heart and she is actually
seriously, I mean, seriously camera shy. You can't even imagine what I had to do to get that to
get her in the video. Yeah, it was it was tougher than pulling teeth with a spoon. Not that I would
know. But anyways, yeah, we got the video shot yesterday. And she's telling you all about her
bringing up kids as a single mom and and Vanna white. So you're gonna learn about Vanna white
and that's a mini van. If you haven't watched the series, it was towed in last summer as a complete
non runner. It was like there were no life signs, no vitals whatsoever. And you'll have to watch the
video to see how I determined and diagnosed that van. And we brought it back to life last summer.
And Skippy and I headed into the you pull it yard in St. Catherine's and harvested what we needed to
get Vanna white back up and running. And then once that was all done, we confirmed that the van was
healthy and drivable and runnable. We found out that there were some noises and some serious noises
coming from the front end. So we're working on the front end now suspension and steering components.
And we've got a noise in the right rear to take care of. But anyways, getting back to the foundation
of the the YouTube video was we had to be sitting in this was her instructions. I'll do it if we
can sit in the van and record through the windshield. Yeah. So that's what we did. That's the way we
got the story, folks. So you'll be able to hear the story behind the 2010 Dodge Caravan and our
Skippy. So let's jump in this morning. Take your notes. Top right hand corner homepage. Again,
we got YouTube. Don't forget to like, subscribe, comment, ring the notification bell, do all the
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perfect for you because I always teach five things. What it is, where it is, how it works,
how it breaks, and what you could have learned in advance that would have prevented that breakage
from happening and having to spend money needlessly on that component. So money can be spent elsewhere
if you know what I'm saying. Because, you know, how long would your car last if you actually follow
the proper maintenance schedule? We're going to be talking about that a little bit more this morning
as well. So fasten your seatbelts. Don't forget to like, share, follow on Facebook,
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well. Click on there. It'll take you to our iHeart library where we officially have as of today will
be season two episode 107. So you have all kinds of information that you won't hear anywhere else
coming from anywhere else that they, the they will not tell you. Because the they,
they just want you to continually make car payments and change your car out like every
three to five years. That's what they want for you. So the plan, that's why I say the plan
for you should be to become a prosumer and get away from being a conned consumer. Because the
talking heads have been feeding you this maintenance free, long life crap for way too long. And even
talking you into when you like hit 60,000 kilometers, you should start thinking about
getting rid of the car because it's going to need some parts and some service and it's going to cost
you money and it's getting old. Is this story sound familiar? It's happening all the time. I'm for
the consumer, not for the manufacturer. And I always have been in some places I've worked,
that's caused a serious problem for me. Standing up for the customer and making sure that the
customer, the consumer gets what they deserve, service, proper service to help you keep your
vehicle longer. And so the question is again, how long would your car last if you actually
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Well, today, yesterday was such a capital day, wasn't it? Oh my goodness. Can't wait for spring
to actually get here. Let's get the snow tires off. Let's get the vehicles blown out with the
leaf blower and cleaned up and detailed and get all that winter schmutz off in there. Today,
it looks like we're going to have a high of 56, but I think there's going to be some wetness in
there. Let me just check here. Let's get to the radar. 43 degrees right now, partly cloudy in the
Niagara region. So if you're in this area, that's what you can expect. Wind is making it feel a
whole lot colder at 38 degrees. Cloudy conditions from 7 a.m. till 2 p.m. with drizzle. There we
go. They're telling us the truth. So yesterday, a nice day for a Monday and today it's two for
Tuesday. Do you know what that means? I'll tell you in just a moment. So today's temperature range
is 43 to 56 degrees. That's Fahrenheit and feels like 37 to 52. And let's see if they give us an
amount of rain with the drizzle 0.45 of an inch. That's what we're looking at. So you know what?
We don't have to get the snow blower out for that. We don't have to get the shovels out and pretty
soon we can raise our snow brushes together and then put them away. Isn't that going to be a great
feeling in all that clothing? Yesterday, Skippy and I were wandering around the workshop shooting
videos and segments and it was a huge day for us with the 1997 Jeep TJ Wrangler. You have to watch
that video. It's been a 24 month ride and sharing all the maintenance that had to be caught up on
that vehicle that was the TJ I found in a truck wrecking yard in Niagara on the lake. We got it
back here and I drove it yesterday. We drove it out of the shop, fired it up and drove it out of
the shop and it was outside all day. We were working on shooting some other spots for you where you
can learn suspension and steering components, what to look for, what is a bad ball joint?
Bad ball joint. Is that worse than a bad donkey? We're not sure. Words out. We're trying to find
out which one's worse, a bad bad donkey or a really bad ball joint. But we know a really
badly worn ball joint can make for a very interesting ride on the highway when it breaks.
Yeah, because the wheel goes a-flapping and I think that's a new country song now. I'll see if
it's on the charts for you. So I gave you a question right out of the gate this morning.
How long would your car last if you actually followed a proper maintenance plan?
Seriously, folks. Seriously. Well, we built a laminated reusable fleet maintenance system
that makes it simple. So if you're interested in that, we are putting together a page for our
website so you'll be able to order it right from there, pay for it and it'll get shipped right
to your door and it's completely reusable and I'll tell you this. If you can chew gum and walk at
the same time, you are way ahead of a lot of other people out there. You can follow the car
connection fleet maintenance system. That's how easy it is. You don't need to know more than you
have a car with a key means of getting it started and your car has all the same components as cars
had 10, 15 years ago. Everything works the same way but it's by the means that has changed.
That's it. You don't need to know all that stuff. You need to know the basics to keep that vehicle
going a long time and ladies, listen up. It will prevent you from getting ripped off at the service
department. If I had a nickel for every email I've received in 31 years on radio, hey, motormouth,
can you check this out? Do you think I got ripped off? Do you think they took advantage of me? I would
be broadcasting from the Cayman Island somewhere listening to the water lap onto my feet while
I'm sitting in my beach chair drinking a fruit drink with a little umbrella in it and then I
woke up so I'm still here. That's what I'm talking about. Excuses are useless. I've created this
fleet maintenance system so that it is so easy for anyone to follow it. It is, I couldn't make it
any easier other than me standing there with it and putting the check mark in the box for the service
that needs to be done each month. So we're going to put that profile page. I'll be talking to Mike,
our webmaster to see where we're at with the page and get that page completed for you. So
send me an email. Nile Motormouth, no, no, that's two emails together. It's motormouth.jankins at
gmail.com or nile at ccbusnet.com and if you missed that it's in all the descriptions of our
YouTube videos as well as our podcast. So I also want to make mention, read the descriptions. Don't
do what everybody else does and they skim through like it's a stupid email. I put a ton of information
in every description, whether it's the podcast or whether it's the YouTube channel, I'm giving you
nuggets in the description that will help you. So if you skim over it and think, well, that's just a
bunch of babble, it's not. I do everything with specific intent, not just off the cuff. Everything
I do is a plan for you to have success and keep your vehicles as long as you want to and longer
because that's money in your pocket. That's what that is. I don't know how many of you want to
continue and make the car payment thing based on the talking heads, the white noise, because the
signal is I've been keeping vehicles for 300,000, 400,000, a half a million kilometers since I was
16 years old. How did I do that? Following a maintenance schedule, not listening to the white
noise. I didn't even know what that was until, you know, as I got older and you're hearing this
stuff and going, why are you telling people that with their vehicles? Why are you telling them that?
It's not true. And today, guess what? Here we are still. It's not true. They're feeding you a Lota
Belona. So send me an email and you can do that by simply looking in the description box to get my
email address or going to our carconnectionbusinessnetwork.com website. There's a website form there.
You can email me and in your email, comment the word in capital's fleet, F-L-E-E-T, and we'll send
you all the details and we will have a page up very, very shortly. So we're working on that
as quickly as possible because with maintenance on websites, you're not the one client.
I have hundreds, hundreds of clients. So if you follow this schedule, here's what will happen.
You'll dramatically reduce your odds of ever seeing a $5,000 repair bill.
So most, and I'm going to keep reminding you of this, here's the thing. I have four decades
of experience. I have my licenses up to date. I'm still very much hands-on. I love what I do.
And the more I can help you, the better it is for your debt load and your workload and putting
money back in your pocket and getting time and money back for you. And here's the thing.
Is that for so many years, we have so been tricked into doing
things with our vehicles that we don't need to. So the more you hang on to me, the more you're
going to learn, the more you actually do, the better it's going to work out. The do does and the
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transmissions today because that's what puts a ton of vehicles in the U-Pullet wrecking yards,
where the bodies and interiors look amazing on the vehicles, on their stilts, but the
transmissions blow up. How did that happen? Yeah. How did that happen? It's called
maintenance neglect and listening to the white noise and not listening for the signal.
Transmissions are not maintenance free. I don't care what year, make, model, or design it is.
Guess what? It's not maintenance free. The fluid that goes in the transmission is not lifetime fluid
because here's what they know. They can get your transmission to blow up. You're going to buy
another car before you fix it. All right, so let's count this thing down. You got your beverage,
whatever that is, smoothie, decaf. It's kind of wrong. And we're hardcore here. I run on nothing
less than high octane. 99.5% octane boost, not a penny less. Three, two, one.
It's delicious this morning. Got a bit of a cold kind of challenging me, so I put a mask on the
microphone. So you guys are all okay, right? You're good. You're good with that?
We do a little segment, a video on, you know, those trunk shocks. Yeah, now they're on hoods,
they're on hatches, the back hatch. Yeah, the one, the hatch where you put it up and you're
like, oh, is it going to stay? And then it wax you in the back of the head, those shocks.
We're going to do a little segment on that because there's a trick to getting those shocks,
those little struts to last longer. Because yeah, I recently just changed my own on the FJ
and because one was weak and I didn't know which one, but anyways, always change them in a pair.
That's the way it works. Yeah, you only get whacked in the back of the head by your hood
once or twice and then you go, yeah, I don't like that. I think I'm going to change her up.
That's a good idea. It's a very, very good idea to do that. The broom handle prop rod thing,
there's a, I'll tell you right now, there's some, there's a company on the jungle website
that provides those shocks. Excellent. I got to, I got to give them a 10 out of 10.
Their instructions are not being, the instructions they give you are in pictures all in English,
proper English. Yeah, not, not translated instructions by some kind of sadist. I don't
know about you, but a lot of times you get the instructions going, what, what the stink are you
talking about? So I found a company on the, the jungle website that provides them and I'll tell
you what, the quality is, is out of this world, outstanding, outstanding quality and they were
fairly, they were fair priced. They give you a helpline, they give you everything you need to know,
even if you're buying the struts and you're creating some kind of box or something for your
home, they show you how to figure out which shock you would need to open and close closures and I'm
thinking, wow, that's a company that really puts it out there for you, but they give you some tidbits
on how to make them last longer and I'm going to share them with you and they are tidbit tips
and tidbits that I did not know, did not know, so you don't need to pay through the
nose for those and you don't need to get hit in the back of your head and almost knock you out
from the hatch or the hood. Transmissions are a big deal folks, they are a super big deal,
wouldn't you say? Because if the transmission is not working, you get a nova, car no go,
that's what that means, car no go. Who names a car nova when translated means car no go?
Isn't that weird? Yeah, it worked with a gal that had a nova, remember she, Christine,
and she said, not on a break time, we were all working at a chicken processing plant, she's
got this weird light on in my, in my nova, can you look at it? Here's the story.
And so I go, yeah, I'll take a look at it for you, Christine. So I go out there at break time
and it's the oil light, the oil lights on, this was like a 1969, 70 Chevy Nova.
So I pull the dipstick out and it's like all crusted over, there's nothing on the,
on the stick at all, like the, the oil dipstick is so dry, it's got barnacle builds growing all
over it. Like, Christine, when was the last time you put oil in it? Oil? Oh, I don't know anything
about that. I don't put anything in it. I just, you know, gas, I put gas in and started up and go.
So I said, there's nothing on this, this indicator, this dipstick that says you even have any
for a long time. So I looked after some of the trucks at the, the chicken plant. So I went and
got some oil. And back in those days were like 10 W 30, get your car happy again. Didn't have
multiple flavors like today in fluids Pacific. So I put five quarts of oil in that Nova.
But I had, I remember I had four quarts in there already, and it was just touching the dipstick
tip. So I put a fifth one in there and got it up the full mark. And here's the sad part. Here's
the sad part, folks. Here it comes. About two weeks later, the engine blew up. Can you believe that?
I mean, I'm thinking Christine goes, you'll never believe it now. My car blew up and made this big
noise and then smoke and everything in the car shot off. I said, I'm really sorry, Christine. I
guess we should have just left the thing well enough alone. It seemed to be doing what it was
doing without any motor oil, but don't get any ideas, folks. So transmissions, even I'm going to
bring my own transmission into it as well. A new to us vehicle in our car connection fleet. And
I'll tell you the thing, you got to tap the fuel gauge. Are you? Is this real? It gets fantastic
fuel economy. I can't believe it. And I just heard yesterday I was reading oils gone up to like $200
a barrel. So get ready to pucker, because fuel prices oil goes up, you know what happens at
the pumps, right? So keep your tank full on while it's still down, because we could, we could feel
the squeeze if you know what I mean at the pumps. So myself doing the research on this 2008 Nissan
Rogue, I knew already ahead of time the CV, CVT continuous velocity, something whatever,
transmission is not good. So when you in my world, when a text says CVT transmission,
they usually go, God's man, don't bring it here. Don't bring it here. We don't work on that. So
there is service intervals out there. But here's what I would tell you. 50,000 kilometers is
definitely a good benchmark for servicing the transmission. It really is 50,000 K. And you're
going, what? Well, some of these transmissions are so expensive that that's why the vehicles end up
in the wrecking yard, because well, how are you going to sell it? Vehicle doesn't move. Hey,
good to, you know, good to those who have a spare transmission in your closet or in the corner
of your garage somewhere, not going to happen. So you only get scrap value. And that's why the
scrap yards have a lot of vehicles where you know, the body metal and everything else, if you're
building something like a minivan, man, you could fix her up real nice, because there's a lot of
body panels available that are in mint condition. And we're going to show you that this summer.
We're going to do a little cosmetic surgery on on Skippy's minivan. Yeah, I told her, he said,
we're going to get those off of there, put a couple of fenders on and get rid of that rust that's at
the bottom of the ones that are existing. So falling in to the gap that's created on this long life
oil and coolants and everything and falling into the idea that, oh, you don't need to service that
or that's maintenance free or that's good for the lifetime of the vehicle is not going to help you.
That's going to hurt you. So that's why you've got to take charge of your vehicle maintenance,
then you know what's going on. And that's why we're making the car connection fleet maintenance
system available again to our car connection listeners, because that will really help you.
And it's so easy to follow along, don't be afraid of it. If you can, if you can send an email and
text from your phone like my 89 year old pops can do, and many others his age are doing it,
then you can certainly learn a maintenance guide that is designed to give your engines,
your transmissions and your vehicle longevity, which is money in your pocket every single time.
So if you use the 50,000 kilometer benchmark as when the transmission needs to be serviced,
you will prevent those expensive repair bills $5,000 and over. You can prevent that from happening.
And that's my game plan with the oh eight right now with the
the Jeep TJ is out of the service bay that we use on a regular basis, the what we call the in
and out lane has been tied up on that project. But now it's open. I'm going to whiz bang the 2008
Nissan Rogan and get the factory transmission fluid and do a drop and fill. The other thing
you need to know is this gush and flush system where it's like intravenous.
They hook up and they flush out the transmission and so out goes the bad blood in comes good
is basically how that works. But if the transmission is equipped with a pan that can be removed and
there's a screen in there that can be cleaned and serviced or a filter that needs to be serviced,
that's the proper way to do a transmission service right there.
It's not like cutting the grass in the third week of July and it's high high humidity and it's
almost 93 degrees out and you cut the grass, you come in the house, you take a shower and
you put your dirty clothes back on. Yeah, you wouldn't do that, right? Would you? Let me know
in the comments. Would you do that? Well anyways, no that's not how you do a transmission service.
If the pan can be removed and again if there's a screen, a serviceable screen, we have one vehicle
where when you take the pan down there is a mesh screen in there that needs to be cleaned
in mineral spirits and then I usually use brake parts cleaner to clean it a little bit more
thoroughly and blow it dry and then put it back in. That screen doesn't need to be replaced,
it just needs to be cleaned out and then get a new gasket and put the pan back up.
Now you're ready to refill. That's the best way to do it. Just in goes the good blood,
out comes the bad is it's just a lick and a promise if you know what I'm saying.
That's what that is. It's not a full service. On a major component like that you want to protect
that thing like it's the last transmission on the face of the planet because when that goes down
you will never forget how much that cost to take it out. In this day and age with today's
technology getting transmissions out is quite a treat. That's all I'm going to say. It is quite a
treat to get them out. In a lot of cases we got to drop the engine and transmission right out of
the car together to separate them and get the transmission off. There's no other way to do it.
So it's the technology, cars are tighter, smaller and compact where all the mechanicals are and
it's difficult to work on them. It really is. And here's what I tell folks when you buy something,
when you're looking to buy something open the hood and look. If it looks congested and tight
and miserable in there then that you know what that means? Here's what I'm going to tell you. Here's
the big clue. That means more labor to work on it all the time. Anything that needs to be under
the hood and worked on all that stuff's got to come off. It's your time, it's time, the text time
and money out of your pocket. So this is what I say. When you open that hood and you can see stuff
then you're going to save on labor time. You open that hood and you can't see anything. You don't
even know they say it has spark plugs and you go like where? Well somewhere under there I think.
They're under there somewhere. That's a car that's going to cost you more money in labor. So you
got to think about these little things so that you know what you can save money. That's another
reason why I bought the FJ Cruiser is I can hold a square dance under the hood of that vehicle. I
can get around the engine almost 360 degrees and get at everything. Some, there's a couple items
that are a little bit tight but I can still get at them and change them out. It's not like I take
half the car apart. I can still get to it by taking a few components off. So use that rule of thumb.
Protect that your vehicle's transmission and you're going to love your car even more because
when that transmission goes down the day completely changes for you because the price tag is going to
be very hard to swallow. So you can prevent that by not listening to the white noise
but doing service. Service the car. It is a mechanical device in order for us to get to and
from a point A to point B and get through our daily, weekly, monthly schedules. It is a tool
to help us to get all that done and we need to look at it and view it as a piece of equipment
that requires maintenance and that my friends has never changed. In the moment you think you just
get in, you gasser up and you go, you have listened to the white noise and you have fallen into the
conned consumer department. The cat has got to come to the end where the mice are smarter than
the cat. That's when you're winning. You got to be a smart mouse to avoid the cat and you can do it.
You can do this and I will help you and I will coach you. Yes, moving on so we can close out
today's program will be back Wednesday morning, tomorrow morning for another 8 a.m. motormouth
morning drive. We will be running the 30-day fuel savings challenge once we get over 50 degrees
and we're steady. We're steady on the temperatures. We need to be above 50 Fahrenheit in order to run
that and that's going to show you how you can make some subtle changes in your driving habits
and put a ton of money every single year back in your pocket. Minimum savings, $100 a month,
minimum on one vehicle. Does that excite you? Are you going to get a $1,200 raise from your boss
this year? Not likely. Not likely in this economy. Not going to happen. So let's say thank you to
Earl Louise Grand at City Auto Sales and Leasing providing low mileage, top quality vehicles at
fair prices. They are greater Toronto areas. Premier, pre-owned auto store. They've been
in the business husband and wife team for almost 25 years. It's worth the drive. Trust me to go
to City Auto Sales and Leasing. They sell no junk. Earl and Louise are car guys and let me tell you
they have the resources for some gorgeous pre-owned vehicles. They look like brand spanking new and
that's why they qualified to be part of a car connection. So connect with them today and know
that you can buy with confidence and be treated with nothing less than honesty and integrity.
And thank you to Crystal Ridge Dream Center, our faith-based non-profit organization we're tied
in with for most of 2025 and all in for 2026. They're serving men, women, children, single moms,
meals, love and hope every single week, every Tuesday, every Friday, meals out the side door
and programs for the kids after school. They feed them, they love on them to play games with them,
help them with their homework and they can also take free music lessons as well. They have so many
programs running and so many wonderful volunteers. They're out there changing lives one at a time
in the Niagara region in our very, very own backyard. They don't get any grant money from
anywhere. They have to raise their own funds to provide the meals, provide the services and
all the programs that they're running. They don't cost you a penny. So click on their logo folks,
do me a favor, check them out and see how you could come alongside and help them out as well.
So till tomorrow, happy healthy motoring, jump into our online merchandise store on the top
right hand corner of our homepage, grab some car connection motormouth merch and be a part of our
crew in helping those struggling with addictions to get to a total freedom addictions campus,
Canada and USA where a new life awaits them there. So thank you and drive safe, keep an eye on the
other guy, take an extra minute on your lunch today. Just tell your boss, motormouth said I
could have an extra minute today. Yeah, and that is just fine. You can always connect with me through
our website. That's the biggest drawer in our toolbox and we'll see you at 8am tomorrow morning.
Peace, patience and kindness always. Bye for now.
About this episode
Dyle Motormouth Jenkins dives into the myths around 'lifetime' transmission fluid and the importance of proper vehicle maintenance to extend car life. Mixing humor with practical advice, he shares stories from his workshop, including restoring a 2010 Dodge Caravan and a 1997 Jeep Wrangler. The episode also highlights the value of understanding automotive basics, debunks industry myths pushing frequent car replacements, and promotes becoming a knowledgeable 'prosumer' rather than a conned consumer. Plus, listeners get updates on weather, financial planning tips, and behind-the-scenes insights from the Car Connection team.
"If you've been told your transmission fluid lasts the lifetime of the vehicle...somebody forgot to tell the transmission."
Modern Vehicles are full of marketing promises like "lifetime transmission fluid" and "maintenance - free drivetrains" The truth? Those claims often lead drivers straight into expensive repairs.
In todays episode we break down one of the most neglected services on the road -transmission maintenance.
A simple fluid and filter service around every 50,000 km can dramatically extend the life of your transmission and prevent catastrophic failures that can cost $4,000-$6,000 or more.
We also talk about the bigger issue: how skipping maintenance pushes people into unnecessary car payments when a properly maintained vehicle could easily keep going.
Topics covered in the episode:
1) Why "lifetime transmission fluid" is a myth
2) The real cost of skipping transmission service
3) Why a $200 service can prevent a $6000 repair
4) How our Car Connection Fleet Maintenance System helps owners stay on schedule
5) Why keeping a paid - off vehicle running is often the smartest financial move
If you want your vehicle to last, regular maintenance isn't optional - its the difference between ownership and debt.
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