Vehicle Shopping? Ask Yourself These 5 Questions Before You Buy!
Car Connection Workshop · Jun 15, 2026
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machined
“Machined” means a part is cut or shaped with machines to get it to the exact size needed. Mechanics use this when a part must be corrected so it fits and works right.
Term
thousandths of an inch
That phrase means measuring extremely precisely—like 1/1000 of an inch. In engine work, tiny measurement differences can decide whether parts fit and run properly.
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vehicle ownership is all about details
They’re saying car ownership isn’t just about big things—it’s about the small details. Getting the right parts and planning repairs ahead of time can make or break the timeline.
Concept
pre-vacation travel time
They’re talking about planning your car service before you leave for vacation. The idea is to get it checked early so you don’t run into delays when parts or repairs take time.
Car
2009 Hyundai Accent
This is a 2009 Hyundai Accent, a small everyday car. The point here is that even for a common car, repairs can get delayed if the right parts aren’t available yet.
Person
Paul the parts guy
Paul is the parts person the host talked to at a Toyota dealer. He helped correct the host’s price estimate for a Toyota Tundra based on the specific trim you want.
Car
Toyota Tundra
The Toyota Tundra is a large pickup truck from Toyota. The host is using it to talk about how much truck you can realistically afford and how trim levels change the price.
Concept
trim package
A trim package is the “version” of a car or truck you’re buying, based on what features it includes. Different trims can cost a lot more or less even if it’s the same model name.
Concept
you pull it yard
A “you pull it” yard is a junkyard where you go pick parts off cars yourself. The host is saying you can buy something cheaply, then have a shop help finish the work.
Car
Jeep Wrangler
The Jeep Wrangler TJ is an older Wrangler generation that’s popular with off-road fans. The host is using it as an example of buying something rough and then fixing it up into a working vehicle.
Term
run and drive
“Run and drive” means the car starts and you can drive it under its own power. It’s the difference between a broken project and something you can actually use right away.
Term
custom exhausts
A custom exhaust is an aftermarket exhaust setup that’s made to change how the vehicle sounds (and sometimes how it breathes). The host is saying they wanted to upgrade it but needed help they couldn’t do themselves.
Part
bracket on the front axle housing
The front axle housing is part of the front suspension/axle structure. If a bracket on it is bent or wrong, it can throw off alignment, so the car won’t track straight until it’s replaced.
Person
Tony Miele
Tony Miele is the person the host says told them a budgeting tip while shopping for a Toyota FJ Cruiser. The takeaway is to set a firm budget and not negotiate for tiny extra amounts.
Car
Toyota FJ cruiser
The Toyota FJ Cruiser is a Toyota SUV with a classic, off-road inspired design. The point here is budgeting—figure out what you can spend and stick to it when you’re shopping.
Car
Lucid Air
The Lucid Air is an all-electric car, meaning it runs on electricity instead of gasoline. It’s designed to be comfortable and feature-rich, and it’s built for longer drives on a single charge. The podcast mention suggests it was identified or referenced as a specific car connected to the story being told.
Car
98 Honda CRV
The Honda CR-V is a common SUV model. The host is saying their 1998 CR-V had 229,000 miles and they sold it for about $5,000 to help buy something else.
Concept
pre-owned
“Pre-owned” means buying a used vehicle rather than a new one. The host frames it as a budget strategy: with a limited amount like $14,500, most buyers will likely need to go pre-owned to find something that fits.
Concept
multiple pattern failures
This means the car tends to have the same problems again and again. The host is warning that if you buy one of those, you may end up paying for repairs repeatedly.
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well I'm gonna cover that off with five things so if you or someone you know is
gonna be out there you're considering getting out of your automobile and saying
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lipstick on it yeah exactly we don't want lipstick on a pig that's for sure
and having that peace of mind first and foremost if you're considering going out
vehicle shopping that's where you can relax they have in-house leasing and
financing and Mama Louise if she thinks you're getting in way over your head on
me on being able to make the vehicle payment and also still having to
maintain it because it is pre-owned right it's pre-owned that means it's not
brand new she's gonna have a little talk with you but ultimately if you choose to
do that you can do that it's that simple but it's great to know that we have a
resource for you that you can go to and if they don't have the vehicle you're
looking for they do carry a pretty decent inventory under roof and on the lot
let them know what it is you're looking for and Earl will let you know if it is
out there if there's anything out there that you're looking for specific if it's
any good Earl will know where it is through the re the resources that they've
created over the years to buy those low mileage quality vehicles so I've got to
checklist for you this morning five things to consider if you're kind of
making that decision that it's time for the vehicle to leave now you don't want
to just jump into it you need to slow the decision process down in order to make
this very important decision with knowledge not emotion because oh my
muffin's done because that is where the problems begin when
you get caught up in the emotional portion of the sale getting another car
and then the sales people feed on that they feed your emotion and here's what
can tend to happen is you end up purchasing with emotion it will net you
out a very poor decision for the right year making model and once that honeymoon
is over of having that fresh vehicle in your hands regret sets in and 44 years
as an automotive service tech I've seen that happen I can't even begin to count
on one hand because then it's the regret sets in you've discovered that it's not
really what you it's not really the vehicle you expected it to be now
you're locked in alone with it for five years or whatever it's come out to be now
they're turning out turning them out at seven years now what that's the question
that comes up so hopefully the five things that I give you will really help
you to understand that this is a biggie next to buying property this is huge and
it can mean five years of punishment of trading time for money paying for a
vehicle that you've discovered after the six-month honeymoon is over and so for
some it's less and you figure out it's not comfortable it has a blind spot it
doesn't handle the way it should it really is not very helpful in my day to
day schedule of things that need to get done with the kids and go in here and go
in there it's a very it turns into a very big disappointment and a really heavy
regret sets in and so every day you look at the thing you're going I shouldn't
have done that shouldn't I shouldn't have done that you get buyers
regret and I don't want that to happen to you so here's the five things I've
plugged together for you and write them down if you can't then listen and
re-listen you'll find this podcast on our YouTube channel at Nile Motormouth
Jenkins you'll find us we're on all platforms with our podcasts Spotify
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head into season three that puts 200 podcasts in the library for you to
search through and yeah there's lots of material on our YouTube channel now for
you to really educate yourself on owning and operating an automobile and yes I
yak okay I've been in talk radio for 32 years people want you to break things
down into layman's terms so that they can fully understand it so if you want the
30 second Cole's notes version you're gonna have to go to another YouTube
channel because teaching means making sure that your students are fully
understanding the why's and the how's and the what's in regards to what you're
working on so number one brings us to the you've you're making that decision
that you're going to get into another vehicle my first question to you it would
be face-to-face the why why are we jumping into another vehicle excuse me
I have to have that I didn't think you'd mind but I needed that
there we go the why I would look at you and say okay why so you you really have to take a look at
answering that question openly and honestly and I can't answer that for you but I could help you
with regards to your Sam maybe your why is my vehicle my vehicle is getting older I need
something more reliable but then if you're not buying a brand new vehicle which they're proving
to not be reliable so that's not working out for a lot of people out there right now it's a disaster
with a number of the car manufacturers and they just simply need to stop putting profitability
ahead of quality of of goods provided to the consumer it's that simple when it's all about
money and not putting out a quality product then the consumer suffers that's when you become
a conned consumer why would you buy their product if it has a lot of problems that's not reliability
and I'm going to say this straight up you are never going to find a vehicle on the face of this
planet I don't care where it is what year maker model that's not going to need vehicle
maintenance period there I've said it so you've got to get past that part when I hear someone say
there why they're replacing their vehicle is because I need something more reliable
well what's your spending limit that's number two what's the budget because the budget is going to
what well you can't go shopping for a Ferrari on a beer budget you know there's no Cadillac at the
bottom of a cracker jack box and I'd leave it there anyway just saying I used to drive that crap
and unbelievable worst cars worst cars on the freaking planet a kid you not don't get my blood
going I'll need therapy but horrible absolutely horrendously junk Oldsmobiles I liked Oldsmobiles
and I'll tell you a story about that at some other point but the Oldsmobile was a much better vehicle
period than the Cadillac could ever be and there's a reason behind that so
number one you need to come up with your why if it's the only why you can come up with is that
you need a reliable more reliable vehicle number two the budget is what's going to
depict what you can and cannot drive period so you may have this glam vehicle in your mind
and just like I had a conversation with Paul the parts guy at the local one of the oldest Toyota
dealers in Canada and I said to Paul is it true I said I just doing some research $64,000 for a
Toyota tundra he goes no that's no that's too low I go okay enlighten me how far off 78 74 to 78
based on what trim package you want and I said wow that's all I could say I'm thinking wow
78 74 to 78,000 how many homes to work and time for money is that going to take to pay that off
a lot and I said but my words out of my mouth to him next where I'm buying terra firma before I'm
paying for that I said I'll go to the you pull it yard and scan the rows and say can
I buy that as is whereas and take it back to the shop like we did with the 97 Jeep TJ Wrangler
and I had somebody here yesterday said is that the Jeep I saw months ago all torn apart in a
million pieces I go yeah he goes that looks pretty cool now is it run and drive I go oh yeah I said
we're just waiting for some cash to come in to do two things that I can't do myself and that is
I want to custom exhausts kept nice and simple and we need to replace a bracket on the front
axle housing I cannot get it straight enough to get it aligned so I found the bracket so anyways
that's another story you can watch that whole series of taking something that was going to
go to the crusher and turning it into a vehicle and wait till you hear the final numbers on what
it costs to put that together you're it's going to blow your stinking mind right off the planet
so the one the why to the budget and I'm going to tell you what Tony Miele told me when I was
hunting for a Toyota FJ cruiser he said here's your budget don't call me and ask me for $1 more
not $1 he says if this is going to happen you need to get x amount of money out of your vehicle
that you currently have and he said I'll get the rest taken care of for you but you don't
get a penny more than this so that means this number means you've bought it and it's going down
the road it's on certified it's ready to go exactly so I'll tell you what that
number was I don't usually discuss numbers but I think it's important in this case so I was given
$14,500 to find an FJ cruiser and a year later I'm looking at the numbers they're going they're
like 26 28 23 17 9 95 and it's a piece of junk and beat up and I like gave up and then it was my
producer on ESPN that found it while I was on the air he goes I found your truck it's out in
Kingston and I talked to the lady and months went by and I got good money for my 98 Honda CRV
I got just shy of $5,000 for it and it had 229,000 miles on it and it's still going
so when all was said and done the lady was asking 17 995 and I told her what my budget was and she
said we'll help you get there this is your truck and that's how it all came together
down the road for 14 5 yeah that was December 27th 2013 so number three new or pre-owned so your
budget is going to again and I hope that whoever's your budget miser says just like Tony said your
budget's 14,500 don't call me for $1 and 50 cents more or even 99 cents this is your budget you
got to make it happen for that or else it's just not going to happen you stay with your your older
vehicle and I was happy with that it was in mint condition I looked after it and so your budget's
going to depict whether you can go new or pre-owned and for most it's probably going to be pre-owned
so now uh you have to decide what year may come model and I would recommend in in knowing what's
going on in the markets right now with vehicles that have multiple pattern failures you don't want
to get one of those because that's going to stress you right out and it's going to end up costing you
money out of your own pockets so don't go there so stay under 2020 would be my highest recommendation
to you is stay 2020 the limit stay out of the top six years because the manufacturers are dealing
with their stuff and they deserve it they know what they've done we just have to be smart consumers
and I'm not going to get into the political background on that because it's been coming on
for a long time and now you know what as you sow so shall you reap that's where they're at
so suck it up buttercup we're not going to buy your junk so you're making model number five
road tests so whatever models you choose and I've said this before go to the dollar store get yourself
a little handheld spiral bound notebook on each page it will represent a vehicle that you're
interested curious at and go and road test you're not purchasing let's get that understood
you're road testing and when you walk through the door and you talk to the salesperson they're
going to begin to sing a song and tap a dance to try and get you out the door with the vehicle
that day when you walk in you say I'm here to road test only this vehicle I'm not here to buy
I need to road test this vehicle only today to see if it will work for me so if you have five
or six vehicles you're interested in you have five to six pages in your little spiral bound notebook
with the year making model on the page put a line down the center of the page
keep it simple left side things I like so likes dislikes go road test it have your pen
and mark down what you liked about it and what you don't like about it
and then go on test drive the next one and you do
them all before you even get a set of keys because otherwise purchasing with emotion will net you
out a poor decision and you will not get the right year making model you'll end up once the
honeymoon is over with purchase regret once that sets in now what that's where you're going to be
now what do I do I'm into this thing up to your forehead and getting out is going to you can get
out but it's going to cost you thousands to get out you don't want to be in that corner so like I
said if you have six vehicles you're thinking about then you have six pages that means six road tests
and first and foremost coming back to number one the why have you had the specific vehicle that
you're saying it's time for it to go have you had it evaluated to see what it would need
to bring up to true standards it's only a few thousand bucks and you just need to wash it wax
it and love on it if you're not doing that to the present vehicle guess what you'll do to the next
one and the next because until you break that pattern of not wanting to look
after it then you're just going to net out the same results every single time it's not that we
plan to fail it's that we fail to plan so having a maintenance schedule that you can follow along
with and and really take a hard look at your vehicle and say how important to me is it to have a
clean vehicle inside outside and well maintained how important is that to you and this is your
question for the day how important is that to you on the scale of one to ten and be honest
and write it down so your subconscious mind can see that on a scale of one to ten conscious mind
do i appreciate a clean vehicle well maintained inside outside and mechanically on a scale of
one to ten and then answer it put the number down and stare at it for about 20 minutes and let it
sink in because if the only reason why you're willing to go into hack into debt is because your
vehicle is a slob fest inside it's got more dents and dings than the titanic has holes
and it's running like a piece of dog poo on the sidewalk not very well yeah it's running like a
piece of hoopty what are you going to change when you get the next one that's the other answer the
other question for today so what are you going to change that's going to make the next vehicle
better than the one you're just getting rid of because you know what those are the ones i buy
when i used to always grab i called the $500 beauties i would take that as long as it's solid
and you can't climb into it from the outside with the doors and and hatches all closed
it just needs some loving and some mechanicals and all of a sudden poof
Cinderella just like that the ugly duckling turns into a beautiful swine and people wouldn't
line up for them at the shop and say you're getting any more of those those $500 beauties
motor mouth i go while i'm looking i'm i'm i spying and you folks that would bring me the
vehicle go i'm not spending any more money on it i'm done and you know what would happen is
do you want it and i go what do you mean well we'll just leave it here and i'd say well i won't
take it for free no no we don't want any money i'd give them some money anyway because that's
just the way i am i didn't you know what i don't want it for nothing so then i'd i'd get the thing
in the shop at night time off the off the business record and take the thing apart clean it love on
do all the mechanicals and then i just have to call some people on the list say i got one ready
they're looking for something that's reliable and in good top condition for a son or daughter
that's going to school or to their first job and that's a perfect choice right there because you're
not giving them a brand new car or a vehicle that's a couple years old because you know what
they're not angels when you're not around they're going to drive it like they stole it when they're
with their their buddies so you don't want to put a ton of money out but you want them to be in a safe
vehicle and you want them also to have some skin in the game so they need to put some money on the
table as well that's a conversation for another day so that's your five step pattern for today
vehicle shopping the why the budget and stick to the budget that's what i'm going to say i'm going
to tell you just like tony mealy said to me do not call me for a single penny more the budget's
the budget so now that's going to determine whether you're purchasing new or pre-owned
74 thousand dollars i can't even i can't imagine that and then the year making model you know there's
that's going to make a difference too the year making model maybe what you what you want in your
heart is not what you can afford period that's where mama louise comes in and then the road test
that's preparing for the purchase very important last stage so again as i close
slow the decision process friends slow it right down don't drink too much coffee that day
decaf no drink real coffee that's right slow the decision process way down take a breath
in order for you to make a very important decision with knowledge not emotion because the salespeople
will pump you up so that you purchase by emotion not by knowledge your little notebook that you got
from the dollar store is going to be your best calculator and your best knowledge builder in
helping you to determine which vehicle will really work for you and again it all comes back to
if it doesn't work with the budget that car is off the table not now doesn't mean forever just means
no for now that's all i wanted an fj many years ago but it was a no for now
and then when it as my good friend mike basil would say when the plant it doesn't matter what
happens if that vehicle is meant for you the barometric pressure will be perfect the sun will
align with all the planets everything will line up and the keys will come to your hand
and if you have to force it then it's not really for you
good advice from someone who's been in the car business for decades great advice very important
even when i bought the 98 Honda CRV i bought it from my good friend mike basil down in lockport
from his it was a trade-in at his Toyota dealership and he called me and he said he knew my budget
at that time it's funny that my budget at that time was 14 000 and mike left me a message he said
Jenkins get down here i've got your car for you this is the one pay close attention
and that's how that came to be somebody watching out for you and that's what you'll get at city
auto sales and leasing in toronto that's why they are with us that's why they are a part of
who car connection is because i know if you go there it's the sale and everything is going
to be handled without emotion it's going to be making that purchase with a sound mind and body so
till tomorrow morning we do have our maintenance schedule available now fully revamped it has
its own profile page on our website limited quantity folks so when they're gone they're gone
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morning drive at 8 a.m so happy healthy motoring peace patience and kindness always
and we'll see you in the next one bye for now
About this episode
Vehicle shopping gets boiled down to a practical five-question approach: set a real budget, decide what you’re actually looking for, and road test before you commit. The hosts stress avoiding emotional buying and sticking to a maintenance plan—especially with pre-owned cars, where mileage matters less than upkeep. Along the way, they share budgeting stories (including an FJ Cruiser search) and advice on avoiding recurring “pattern failures,” plus reminders to plan for parts delays and schedule inspections early.
Original notes
Shopping for a vehicle can be exciting, but excitement can also lead to expensive mistakes.
In today's podcast, we walk through a simple 5 - step process to help you buy with confidence instead of emotion. we discuss your "why", setting a realistic budget, deciding between new and pre-owned, choosing the right year, make and model, and most importantly-taking the time to road test several options before making a decision.
The wrong vehicle can lead to regret long after the honeymoon period is over. Slow the process down, ask the right questions, and make a decision based on facts, comfort, practicality and budget.
A vehicle should fit your lifestyle -not just your emotions.
" The right vehicle isn't always the one that makes your heart beat faster in the showroom-it's the one that still makes sense six months after you bring it home."
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