A “prosumer” is a person who doesn’t just buy things—they also learn about them and get involved. In this case, it means car shoppers should do their homework instead of relying on marketing.
It means the dealership keeps the cars inside. That can help reduce weather damage compared to leaving them outside.
Term
push, pull or drag
They’re basically saying they won’t bring in cars that need to be moved in a sketchy or difficult way. The idea is they only want vehicles that are in good enough shape to be brought in properly.
Concept
used car corral
A “used car corral” is just a dealer’s area where they keep their used cars. The idea here is that you might find a cheaper car that’s not perfect, but could work as a temporary option.
They’re talking about the two main moving parts of a car: the engine (which makes power) and the transmission (which sends that power to the wheels). If those are healthy, the car is more likely to be worth fixing.
Term
structure
“Structure” means the car’s main body and frame—whether it’s been bent, badly damaged, or rusted. If that part is solid, the car is less likely to be a money pit.
A “trade” is when you bring your current car to the dealer and use it toward the price of the next one. They may not show it right away, since it gets handled first.
Concept
hauls off
They’re saying some cars don’t stay on the lot—they get moved somewhere else. If you tell them what you want and your budget, they may be more likely to keep the right cars for you.
Concept
vehicle that you're specifically looking for
They’re saying you should tell the dealer exactly what you want. That way, they can look for it for you, instead of you just browsing whatever happens to be on the lot.
Concept
nightmare of owning and operating an automobile
This phrase points to the real-world hassle and cost of running a car—repairs, maintenance, downtime, and surprise expenses. While not a technical term, it frames the episode’s theme around reducing the pain of vehicle ownership.
They’re basically saying: don’t rush to replace your current car. If you already have an older one, it can make more sense to keep it running instead of buying something new right now.
Concept
vehicle ownership fundamentals when it comes to repairs
They’re emphasizing learning the basics of how to care for a car and what to expect when something needs fixing. That kind of knowledge can help you avoid getting surprised by repair bills.
“Maintenance-free” is a promise that you won’t need to do much servicing. But in real life, things still wear out or fluids still get worse, especially with heat.
NHTSA is a U.S. government agency that tracks vehicle safety problems. If a car has a recall or safety investigation, you can usually find it through NHTSA.
Those numbers describe the engine size. Bigger-liter engines usually have different parts and maintenance considerations than smaller ones.
Concept
do-it-yourselfer
A DIYer is a person who works on their own car instead of paying a mechanic. The hosts say automakers are trying to make that harder.
Concept
walk you over, come with me, you're going car shopping
They’re describing a sales tactic where instead of helping you fix your current car, the process pushes you toward buying a different one. The point is that it keeps you from repairing it yourself.
The “right to repair” is a rule that makes it easier to fix your car without being forced to use the dealership. It aims to let independent mechanics get the same repair info and parts they need.
Pre-owned means used cars—cars that someone owned before you. The speaker is saying the industry may be pushing used cars while also making it harder to repair cars outside the dealership.
Aftermarket parts are replacement parts made by other companies, not the car brand itself. People use them because they can be cheaper and easier to find than dealer parts.
Chevrolet is a car brand. In this segment, the host is about to talk about what Chevrolet is doing that’s affecting how people feel about buying new cars.
Term
5, 5.3 liter engine
“Liters” is a way of describing how big an engine is. Bigger numbers usually mean the engine can move more air/fuel, but it doesn’t automatically mean it’s trouble-free—some big engines have known problem areas.
Cars have computers that control how everything runs. If a part is replaced, those computers may need new software so the car can work correctly again.
The Nissan 200 SX is a sporty Nissan coupe, usually driven with a manual gearbox. If the shifter feels loose, it can make the car harder to shift smoothly. The podcast is describing a repair where parts were replaced to tighten up the shifter.
They bring up Toyota to say even big, well-known brands can have serious engine problems. The complaint is that the company may not have good replacement solutions when things go wrong.
A dealer is the car store where you buy the vehicle and usually get service. The speaker is saying the system can push people to buy a new car instead of getting the current one properly fixed.
Instead of one person fixing one car, a fleet maintenance service manages upkeep for many vehicles. Think “company cars” being serviced on a schedule so they don’t break down.
In a car shop, “mechanicals” usually means the important working parts of the car—what makes it drive and stop. It’s basically the repair/maintenance work on the car’s systems.
Topic
FJ series
The “FJ series” appears to be a recurring content series the hosts are producing, likely tied to a specific vehicle lineup or theme. Listeners should treat it as a show segment label rather than a technical automotive term.
Staging lanes are an organized area where vehicles are held and prepared before work begins or before they’re moved to the next step in a process. In a shop or production setting, it helps control workflow and timing.
They’re saying car companies use strategies to pressure people into replacing their cars sooner. The idea is that the tactics are designed to make you annoyed enough that you’ll want a new vehicle.
A thermostat housing is a cover that holds the thermostat, which helps control engine temperature. If it’s plastic, it can get damaged by heat over time and may start leaking.
Valve covers are covers on top of the engine that keep oil from leaking. If they or their seals fail, oil can spill onto hot parts and cause smoke or worse.
If insurance “writes off” a car, they decide it’s not worth repairing. The car is usually treated as a total loss and you typically don’t keep it.
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Good morning Niagara, you're tuned in to car connection where the coffee is hot, the
tools are ready and the talk is always tuned up.
I'm your host Niall MotorMouth Jenkins coming to you straight from the car connection workshop,
where we mix a little humor, a little know-how and a whole lot of horsepower.
Here it's not just about fixing cars, it's about keeping you rolling, saving you money,
giving you the confidence to understand what's under that hood.
From the classics to the commuters, the weird noises to the what the heck moments we've got you
covered. So grab your coffee, sit back, join the crew because this is car connection.
Your Monday through Saturday morning pit stop for story smarts a few good laughs and I'm Niall
MotorMouth Jenkins, we're here and shifting into drive this morning. It is Friday folks,
that was me. Listen to that, it's kind of creepy right? It's just a spring, that's all it is.
It's just a spring, it's all good, it's not broken or anything, we don't have to fix it.
Yeah we've made it to Friday, it's fun Friday, so if you're just splitting through the drive-through,
grabbing your gear to hit the highway and get to work on time, that's good, no speeding alright.
Keep an eye on the other guy and lock down that beverage because that first turn can be a doozy
getting out of the parking lot. My goodness sometimes it's so you ever notice it's sometimes you can
just kind of scoot through get your gear on your ways and you're gone and other times it's like
am I on a different planet? You're just waiting and waiting you just can't make that turn and get
back into traffic. Yeah because nobody will let you, they're all on some kind of race. And there's
only one checkered flag folks, there's only one, that's all you gotta know, there's one winner.
Oh I forgot, there's no losers here, we're all winners, that's right.
Well we say that in the shop, we're not saying it in a nice way. Well welcome to Friday, the weekend
is here, I hope that you're not working weekends but if you are like I am it's no big deal,
we just scavenge some white space later on during the week so you grab it when you can get it and
be happy with it, that's just the way it is. Well let's jump into our morning swiggy right away
while things are hot, fresh and ready to roll. We thank our program partner Niagara Block,
5,000 Montrose Road Niagara Falls, building Canada since 1931 creating building blocks of
all sorts. So every building you look at that has got block on it, they probably made it,
that's what I'm thinking, 1931 till now, they've made a lot of blocks I would imagine, wouldn't you?
They have all the metal building supplies that you need as well but if you're looking to create
that beautiful backyard space that you've always wanted, you know that outdoor oasis, that living
space outside, they can help you do all of that, they have just outstanding products to help you
create that beautiful space. So thank you to Dave and Kathy Grimo and his brother Dan
for making it happener, building Canada since 1931. If you're looking to have that outdoor space
created and you don't have a contractor, call Niagara Block and talk to Kathy Grimo because
she has a list of contractors that you know that she knows that you can count on to estimate,
create the job, start the job and finish the job so that you can enjoy that beautiful
outback space that you've always wanted. So thank you to the Grimo family for making that
possible and for building Canada since 1931, they've been busy, they've been busy over there.
All right, let's have our morning swiggy, if you're joining us for the very first time,
it's Fun Friday, a couple of things have to happen on Fun Friday, we have to get started with our
morning swiggy throughout the week as well so we count it down three, two, one and it's okay,
whatever morning beverage it is that you're happy with, we're happy for you, okay, that's just the
way it is. Ours has to be high octane, my first beverage in the morning is my herbals to get
my engine started and keep me running smoothly, it's kind of my additives, if you will, gotta have
my additives, then I can have my coffee. As everything to do with this stupid thing called
cortisol makes you fat, son of a gun, we gotta be able to flush that out of there, don't you think?
If we can fix cars, we should be able to deal with the cortisol, that's what I'm thinking,
we might have to put that in the crosshairs and figure it out, but anyways, no coffee one hour
after you wake up, according to the cortisol digest, otherwise you get fatter, I don't know,
but it's proven, I do my herbal elixir first and I don't touch coffee for an hour and I don't look
like the stay puffed marshmallow man, good, that's good because clothing's expensive, you know,
you gotta be on the skinny side of the rack all the time, that's where the cheap clothes are,
the skinny stuff, well here's how we do it, raise your favorite cup of morning beverage, whatever
it may be, in about an hour I will have a nice hot steamy cup of coffee times three, yeah,
and cortisol is taking a hike, ready, three, two, one,
what is that in there, what the heck is that, what the heck is that, oh, piece of ginger, well
there you go, better not say that out loud, everybody's gonna want a piece in their morning
herbals, ah man that's even hot, I'm gonna sneak another one, do you mind, okay let's do it,
that goes down good, a little extra dose of local honey is always a good thing too, right,
absolutely, well we better find out what's going on outside today because it has been
all over the roadmap, don't you think, if you're in the Niagara region where we're located on
south shores of Lake Erie, it has been the banana weather, it's all over the map, we haven't seen
any snows, but it's been windy galore and raining with more wind plus more rain times rain equals
rain divided by rain is rain, well let's take a look and see what's going on this morning,
we thank our certified financial planning professionals and our program partners long time,
Tony Miele and Larry Tietro, they are there for you, so if you have questions they have 50
years experience as fiduciaries, they are my personal financial planners, my brothers from
other mothers and let me tell you, there's absolutely nothing you're going to have done
or say that they haven't heard before and they know how to put a game plan together to help you,
but what you have to do is reach out to them first and say howdy hi and set yourself up
with the discovery meeting the hour and a coffee, so if you have questions regarding an investment
portfolio, if it's in the bank you need to get a bag go and get it and get it out of there because
it's not making you money, it's making them money, so you got to turn that around folks,
no disrespect to the banks but they're there to loan money and allow us to pay them interest,
that's it, that's where they are in the food chain, they don't help us with tax issues,
they don't help us deal with debt, they don't make a plan to help us get out of that,
they want us to be paying interest just like the credit card companies, we are their best clients
and you know what spurred me on a number of years ago was this, in the bank I heard the bank
manager say I love all these people because they're our best two-legged assets, they're paying us
interest all the time, that's what I heard and I saw red and that's when I started working
to get out of debt but covid's put me back in debt, I can't say that for everybody but
it took us off at the knees, what we worked 26 and a half years hard for, lost most of it and
now building back, better, faster, faster than lightning bolts, how fast is that, that's pretty
fast, so let's say thank you to Tony and Larry, they're willing to give up some of their time to
help you, they don't need any more clients, they've been around quite a while but they'll help you
because you know me, so leave your wallet at home, leave your purse at home, book that hour in a
coffee, get your questions answered, investment portfolio, debt, estate planning, we got 18-year-old
kids at home, you need to be their health proxy, if you don't have that worked out that needs to
get worked out, mortgages, great rates, fantastic people to work with, haven't been with a bank for
a mortgage for a long time, life insurance, critical illness insurance and I'll save this folks,
insurance may seem like an expense till you need it, it's a very wise investment, so get that hour
in a coffee book with either Tony Miele or Larry Tietro and sit down and get it ironed out and get
that stress off of you, a lot of people are under a ton of pressure, a ton of stress, hello
but you've got to stay focused and I'm here for you, I'm in your corner, I'm rooting you on because
there are ways you can use your automobile to sling shot you forward, regardless what all the
advertisements say and all the talking heads, you can use that paid-off automobile to slingshot you
forward, not backwards, forwards, they want you to believe and they're doing everything in their
powers, the car manufacturers, to get you out of your ride and get you into another one making
payments, that's the car game, in this just this past couple of weeks I've been watching the car
game ramp up and we're gonna talk about that today but we're gonna, I'm gonna make fun of it a little
bit because we do need to make light of it because when you know how to play the car game like I do
44 plus years, I see right through their smoke screen and I go oh you're trying that one again
out of the playbook, oh I see, I got it, I got it figured out but that's where you,
the consumer needs to become a prosumer, not a consumer, so let's jump into the daily weather,
remember don't shoot the piano player, I just play the tunes, I don't pick them, all right here's
what we got, let's read it and weep if we have to, I know April showers bring May flowers but I've
seen the flowers but my feet are getting webbed and my umbrella broke, my Nelly broke, it looks like
something out of a horror movie now it's kind of limping on one side, creepy, take an eye out,
36 degrees right now, mostly clear, feels like, feels warmer, about 37, I couldn't feel it,
that one degree I just, no, cloudy conditions expected around 9 a.m this morning so be careful,
tread lightly, there are babes in the woods, today's temperature range is from 36 to 46 degrees,
feels like 36 to 44, hey they took away two degrees, must be inflation, I don't know,
let's check into that, yesterday we had a balmy 48 yesterday, can you believe that,
today's balmy temperature, we're going to top out at 46 but remember it's going to feel more like
44 so you might want to take your snow pants today if you're in the Niagara region,
if you're in a warm climate, yeah like the British Virgin Islands, it's always like seems to be like
80 something there, good spot to hang out I think, good spot, let's see if we have any wet stuff
today, we have a zero, zero inches, yesterday 0.05 so nothing on the dial right now but there was a,
I did see a yellow alert today, here it is, yellow advisory frost at 4.10 this morning,
I didn't step outside, I just got up, I would have been just up and peeling my eyes open
with the best spoon in the drawer at 4.10, pretty much, all right let's bounce into this thing this
morning, remember by noon today you got to have your questions in for Q&A Saturday which is coming
up tomorrow so I've got to set everything in motion just after lunch today so if you could do that for
me, you got car questions, get them in and then once I've got the last one in so at 12.01 pm,
yeah it's starting to sound like a car manufacturer, customer service, your 0.001 kilometer over the
warranty line, I'm sorry, I'd really like to help you but I can't, thank you and have a nice day,
well it's Friday, noon hour, cut off time for questions so get your questions in, I only have
time to select three and get through those three and unpack them so that I give you a proper answer
not a half, half or half, half, never mind, a half but answer, is it half, half, haphard or half
hazard, I don't know, it's Friday, a half answer, I don't want to give you a half answer or a very
lazy answer, I break the questions out so that I can give you as much information as I can without
putting into the sleep, yeah, you can do that reading war and peace or better yet your owner's
manual, big bowl popcorn, make sure you got your blanket and your blibble and get ready,
get ready for the best snooze of your life, if you can make it through one chapter of your
owner's manual, you're doing better than the millions of others that don't even touch it,
absolutely, thank you to Earl and Louise Grant, another one of our program partners that stuck
with us through thick and thin, I was just checking the other day, I was going through files because
you know it's tax time and all that stuff and it's time to pull out all the stuff that's taking
up space that you don't need anymore and shred it, so I spent some time yesterday doing that,
it's looking a little emptier in here right now, I see space, the final frontier, so if you're you
or someone you know is looking to get a quality vehicle and purchase that from people that stand
for honesty and integrity, not a penny less, that would be husband and wife team, Earl and Louise
Grant at City Auto Sales and Leasing, Greater Toronto Area's premier pre-owned auto store,
low mileage quality vehicles at fair prices, they sell no junk my friends, that's how they made it
to car connection and Louise reached out to me a number of years ago, they've been with us
seven years now, it's crazy good, so you know they have a lot of inventory under roof, their cars
look like brand new, Earl's a car guy, they have all the resources to find that specific vehicle
you're looking for, so if they don't have it and it's out there and it's any good to bring back,
push, pull or drag, they don't do that, if they got to push, pull or drag something in, that goes into
the used car corral as is, whereas take your chances and you know what, sometimes if that's
where you got to go and shop for something, you got a budget like a couple of grand, sometimes you
might have to do that is go and see what's in the, what's buried in the back in the used car
corral that just kind of goes down the road and see if there's something there that you can use
to slingshot you into your next vehicle, but use it as a not a forever car, but to get you their car,
you probably have to sock some money into it, but as long as it's solid, everything else is
fixable, as long as the engine transmission are good, the structure is good, you may be able to
find something for a couple of grand that you can fix or fix or upper and you know if it got you a
year or two down the road to get you into a better position, yep that's a winner right there, that is
a winner, absolutely is, so check in with them if that's if that's kind of where your budget is,
let them know because they do take some trades in, we haven't really talked about that, but they do
take in some trades, but they get put in the back and then they get picked up and hauled off, so if
that's your case let them know, if you have a budget like five thousand or under, if something comes
in that's a trade that's got some life left in it, please let us know, maybe they can help you out,
so check in with them because you're in a good place there, let them know with a vehicle that
you're specifically looking for and let them resource it, if there's a good one out there
Earl will find it, if there's not nothing worthy of slapping some bucks down on, they won't do it,
they won't do it and I don't blame them, so a little more housekeeping, everything we talk
about lives on our website, if you're joining us for the first time, you'll find everything and
anything, all our platforms are there, our program partners are there, our online store is there,
everything on the homepage at carconnectionbusinessnetwork.com, so for you to, if you'd like to follow,
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you're good with us, so make sure you subscribe because you know 95% of you are enjoying the videos
and I thank you, Skippy and I thank you so much for that because we really put it out there
for you and try and cover all the things that will help you to get some of that nightmare of owning
and operating an automobile off your back and it's very, very true that you can, as I just mentioned
moments ago, own and operate an older automobile and right now that's the winner, if you have an
older automobile, do not let go of it, you keep that baby going, we'll talk about that a little bit
more as well because hearing it, it's becoming a serious buzzword out there is keep, keep holding
your older vehicle, you're in much better shape than the stuff that's out there right now from the
domestics, there's lots of problems going on and I gotta tell you a little bit more of how they try
and hide this stuff so it ends up costing you money, so hang in there, I'm going to give you
some more details on how to play the car game better and be a prosumer versus a consumer because
these car manufacturers, they think we're all dumber than a willow branch, do you know that?
They really do, they think they got us, they really do, but I'm going to tell you a little tip
and a trick today that will bring them to their knees, literally in 30 days and then you know what,
then the tail will be wagging the dog because if you're not the lead dog, the view is always the
same, but I'm going to give you a couple of tidbits on we as consumers can turn this whole mess
around very, very quickly, so hang in there, Motor Mouse got some nuggets for you and you know what,
if they want to call and complain, I'll just let them know that the complaint line starts at the
southwest corner and it goes all the way around the building, so you might want to pack a sack
lunch or something, yeah, so just a reminder to those negative Nellies and negative Normans,
carry on, yeah, you won't hit the target, gotta keep moving, they throw dirt on you,
nice, huh, very nice, where was I heading? Oh yeah, homepage of our website is everything's
there for you, 95% of you are enjoying the videos and again thank you from Skippy and I very much,
we work very hard to bring you more quality videos every single week that have everything in it to
teach you the five things, what it is, where it is, how it works, how it breaks, and how you
could have learned just some basic vehicle ownership fundamentals when it comes to repairs
and maintenance, you don't need to be a rocket scientist, but if you learn, just take the time
to learn some basic fundamentals, it'll prevent you from having stress, chaos, and anxiety, excuse
anxiety, yeah, emotional damage, we don't want that, owning an automobile, you don't have to have
that emotional damage, so subscribe, you're giving me emotional damage, yeah, we're trying to get to
our limit so that we can get some money from the algorithms and buy parts and help people, we want
to be able to provide the parts, we already provide the labor if we're allowed to shoot the video
series, that's a pretty good deal and we keep an ear to the ground and have some peeps out there that
keep their ears to the ground if we find or discover a family that's going through some hard times and
the car's giving them gears that we can step in and do something because we could all do something
for someone else, you know, if you want to feel good about yourself, you know what, when you suck,
you know, go and help somebody, watch what happens to your attitude, it totally changes,
it really does, don't look at it like well they're going to get further ahead than me, this is the
big problem in the world right now, yeah, you can't, you can't rejoice in watching somebody win,
what is up with that, you might want to hang around with them because they might buy you a
lunch, you know, become pals, don't be afraid, you know what fear is, false evidence appearing real,
that's what it is, that's fear, false evidence appearing real, fear has no place here,
so like, subscribe, ring the bell so you don't miss the next rescue project and maintenance tips
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everyone wins in the car connection workshop, everyone wins and it could be you, it absolutely
could be you, we have so much on the plate that we want to do in and around the Niagara region to
help those who are really, really struggling because there's a lot of people struggling out there,
the food banks are on super overload so if you can do anything there, a jar of peanut butter,
a box of crackers, whatever you can do makes a huge difference, it sure does, it reminds me of a
story, here you go, yeah how'd it go, take me there, a grandfather and his daughter walking the
beach on the shores of the ocean and there's all these starfish have, have washed up on the beach
and they're trying to get back into the ocean and the birds are picking them off one at a time,
the little girl looks at her grandfather and she's bending down and she's grabbing these
starfish and she's slinging them into the water and there's thousands and thousands of them
and she's, she's so upset as she's grabbing these starfish and slinging them into water,
the grandfather grabs her hand and says, honey what are you, what are you doing,
the starfish, grandpa, the birds are picking them off, they need to get back in the water,
that's where they need to go, grandpa says, well look at how many there are out there,
do you really think you're going to make a difference as she picks one up and she throws it
into the ocean, she says, well grandpa it just made a difference to that one, there you go,
reach out and help somebody, anything you can do, two bucks, grab a couple extra items at the
grocery store and get them to the food bank, do something because it's a mess out there right
now but we need to stay positive because it is fun Friday here in the car connection workshop
and we don't suck, on Fridays we don't, well we suck less, that's all I gotta say,
we're better by Friday, we're a little bit better by Friday, so get your questions in by noon,
be sure to like, subscribe, ring the bell so you don't miss a single rescue project,
maintenance tips and real world car ownership advice to help you win, I'm here to help you win
the car game, there's all kinds of things in my way here, what's going on, who's messing with my stuff,
don't touch my stuff, I had a board operator one time
and he was a retired GM radiator worker and he was so paranoid of computers, yeah you remember
the green screen computers and that great big monstrous behemoth of monitors, those behemoth
things on a stand and he was trying to learn the computer system at the network the best he
possibly could and I would just touch the monitor and go oh Nile don't, don't do that, don't do that
and I go what I just touched it, no don't do that, he was so fearful that you know the computer would
do something and he would have no idea how to fix it, hey I'm just like that still, I am no
brainiac on the computer but I do my very best to learn all this stuff, this new digital stuff
so we can be here for you, so on the homepage or a website, top right hand corner, everything you
need to connect with us, we thank you for doing that because that helps us to grow and move forward
and reach more and more people all around this rock that we're spinning on, so we have our YouTube
channel there, Facebook, Instagram, Stevensville on the web, we are in in that website as a professional,
we know, I'm laughing as I'm saying it but anyhow we put articles there and Skippy our videographer
created that website because she's from Stevensville, my pops lives there, her parents live there
and she knows, I think she pretty much knows everything, everything there and so she created
that website to bring the business owners, the local business owners and the community
together and I think that is so so cool, so she puts bloopers there and outtakes and reels and
stuff up on Facebook, Instagram and Stevensville on the web.ca and she does that without me knowing
and puts some funny stuff up there for so that she can entertain you and just show you what kind of
a goofy fella I am, I'm just a fella, that's it, I'm not the man, I'm just a man, that's it,
that's me, what you see is what you get, so check us out there, we also have our iHeart
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so I've been asking you guys, you fellas and fellas, if you had a car and you named it Podbean,
what kind of car would that be or somebody said you can only name your next car Podbean,
what kind of car would it be for you, I've got one in mind, I'm waiting to see if anybody,
I'm doing a survey, I'm waiting to see if anyone would pick the vehicle that I'd be that I have in
my mind's eye that I could call very confidently the Podbean, all right so send me your questions
today by noon for Q&A Saturday and what are your thoughts on that, what would that car be
that the only name you could pick is Podbean, let me know, I'm very curious about that,
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stand in one arena at one time, so learn to be a giver, watch what happens in your world, in your
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than I was yesterday, that's the best thing I can do, we're not here to change anybody,
we're here to help one another and we've had some setbacks in this country and we need to get back
up on our feet because we're great Canadians, that's right, we're great Canadians, exactly,
and this is our country, Canada is our country folks, I'm in it for you, I'm pulling for you today,
so thank you to Crystal Ridge Dream Center, serving men, women and children, meals, love and hope,
changing lives, one at a time in the entire Niagara region, they are feeding a lot of people on
Tuesdays and Fridays and today's a feed day, they'll probably feed about 300 and the cost for that is
800 bucks, 800 bucks a feed, so two, they feed on Tuesdays and on Fridays and they could get no
government funding whatsoever, they're having a massive roast beef dinner at the Lions Club in
Ridgeway is putting that on for fundraiser, gift baskets, all kinds of prizes that all the proceeds
go to Crystal Ridge Dream Center and help them to do what we can't do and that is all the programs
they have for the kids after school is just crazy good, they take them in, they love on them, they
feed them, they make sure they're not hungry, they put games together that are, you know,
mind expanding form to get them thinking and chocolate bingo, I'm not sure how that one works,
but I'd like that, they have music lessons, mentoring, help with their homework and then
they send them on their merry way and that I think that is so cool, but there's programs running there
for single moms, widows, orphans, young adults, seniors, everybody has a place there at Crystal
Ridge Dream Center, so they also have a vintage record sale coming up in June, so all that information
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and you'll see what's going on there and how you can help, so anything you can do is a bonus,
all right, anything you can do is an absolute bonus there, trust me, their volunteers work
really hard, they love what they do and helping to run the programs there that they got to provide
their own resources, there's nothing from outside, it comes from you and me and local businesses,
that's it, well what were we going to talk about today, well Fun Friday, you never know what you're
going to get, here it is exactly a box of chocolates on Friday because by Friday my brain has gone into
Chernobyl meltdown pretty much and I was up late last night working on the FJ, we are making headway now
and I smashed my finger on something and it was really hard and it was like a e-cadsman,
that's better than coffee but that stinking hurts, it's a little sore this morning,
yeah, if you saw what happened you'd go, you really have a finger left there, yeah thanks,
it was good, good times, just me and the FJ and then a great big creepy crawly big bum spider comes
down out of nowhere right in front of my face, I'm like oh did I invite you, hello, yeah you'd have
to go outside now, yeah you can't be here, if you can't hold a wrench you can't be here fella,
so we had to take care of that, that was interesting so if any of you have a
spider phobia that would have been a good one because I'm looking and I thought it was a stink bug
and I swiped at it and next minute I got this great big eight legged doodaw coming at me,
right at eyeball height and I'm on my creeper, it was like oh yeah okay you got my attention now,
that's a nice one, I'll bet you bite, yeah hard, so anyways we took care of that but we got a lot
of stuff done last night, we, when I say we it's me, myself and I, so we're getting there, the
radiators in, all the hoses I've been taken care of, there was some other stuff going on with the
power steering, took the reservoir out, it was so dark that I couldn't even read it anymore and
that's what happens and you know why the oil is dark, it's degradation, it's the heating and the
cooling and that's high performance power steering oil in there, just to let you know,
fully synthetic, how come, if it lasts a lifetime how come it turned black, just saying, you know if
you leave your raisin brand muffins on the top rack at 450, we're on broil, what do you get,
burnt offerings, yeah even if the synthetic, 100% synthetic raisin brand muffin mix they're
still gonna burn, I'm just saying, so what happened to my power steering fluid guy,
it's called thermal breakdown folks, that's why I keep saying, anyone who's squawking maintenance
free at you, they have a different agenda for you and let's get into that, so I came up with a
couple of ideas this morning being Fun Friday again, again and I want to say thank you to all
of you who are subscribed and are following us on our online community, but also that are supporting
our recommended businesses as we continue to build and rebuild our car connection business
network, so I'm going to be approaching all the businesses that we've lost in the past,
which is a lot and over the four and a half years or five years of stupidity, that really took us
off at the knees, we became ground beef and not funny because it's not, it's all lean ground beef
and I like the fatty stuff, can't get it anymore, but tallow really works, you bet your bippy it does,
so anyways, Fun Fridays, here's what I got for you, we're going to cover it all, the car game
continues, so let's start there, let's unpack that right then and there, I'll tell you it has been an
amazing busy week all over the interwebs, only where I go looking where I know I can get factual
information, again if you missed it yesterday you want to know what's going on with these EVs that
are turning into marshmallow roasting automobiles, yeah I'm poking fun at them because you know what,
why would we want more product from the same place that's causing fires and bring 84,000
more components here, why would we want to do that because we want a hot dog roast, a weenie
roast and make schmores, no, so that car game continues, go to the NHTSA to have a look at
anything that may be of interest to you, if you own one of the GM products right now with the 5.3
and 6.2 liter engines, stay away, the best, if you asked me at three o'clock in the morning I would
say just run, well I found a great deal, run, run and run because here's what I just uncovered
yesterday and it would not, it doesn't surprise me, I'm not in shock or awe, that two things,
the car manufacturers are making it more and more difficult for A for the do-it-yourselfer
work on the car and I'll back that up in just a moment, getting parts from the dealer, they don't
really want to sell you the parts to fix your car, they don't really want to provide the parts
to fix for you to fix your car, they much rather walk you over, come with me, you're going car
shopping, it's time to get rid of your older car now, look at it, it's old, it's really old, it's
getting old, you feel the brain sucking with the turkey baster, yeah, that's what's going on and there
is a term for it but I'm going to check it first, I'm going to fact check it first and then come
Monday morning, if it's everything I think it is that unpacks this whole thing that I'm telling
you right now about the car game, the car manufacturers do not want you to know this term,
they don't, why? Because it blows them all in, that's why, you know, you know how you get rid
of darkness, you put light on it, that's right, that's how you get rid of darkness, turn the light on,
get it under the light, exactly, somebody else won't send that, you know, if you want to get rid
of darkness, put sunshine on it, that's right, sunny ways, okay, let's not spin down in that orbit,
so anyways, I've been following this along and it brings me right back to deja vu 1992,
when this whole charade with cars began, where they were going to make it, car manufacturers
are going to make it next to impossible for us to get information so we could fix your car outside
the dealership, yeah, it's called the right to repair act, you can check that out, it's real
and it's going on in the US right now, we've been battling it for years in Canada, the right to repair
act, you can check that out, it's real as the nose on your face, the dealerships and the car
manufacturers were trying to squeeze us little guys out so that you had to go back to the dealer
for repair work, period, they didn't want some of the repair work, they wanted it all, well here's
what's changed, get ready for this one boys and girls, they don't want you fixing their cars,
they don't want to sell you the parts, they don't want to get you the parts, they want you to leave
the thing alone and wander over to the sales team and get another one and I find it interesting
that they're selling pre-owned models, yeah used, I find that interesting, I think they really want
to push new, new junk that's coming out because I'll tell you right now, the buzzword all over
the interwebs from auto mechanics that I know, keep your old vehicles folks, that's what I'm hearing
and I've been, I've been saying that in my head for probably two decades, take care of that older
vehicle because it's going to be golden when we get down the road, it's going to be a golden model,
let me tell you and it sure is and one fellow said it yesterday, you might want to, you might want
to put chains on your car overnight because people are going to be coming and looking for
your older car and wanting to buy it, they're going to want to get it out from out of your hands
into their hands because you know why, more reliable, parts are available aftermarket, you
don't got to go to the dealer, stuff that's how they make their, their living aftermarket parts
jobbers, they're providing the parts so you can keep your older vehicle going and engineers said
that yesterday in a program I watched and he went on for half an hour and the bottom line was he
said keep your older vehicle, if it's not rotted out, keep it, put parts on it, keep it going,
stay away from the newer stuff, it's got problems so now let's move into the learn how to play the
game because here's the thing, okay Chevrolet right now is really making, leaving a bad taste in the
mouths of those who have been loyal to their product forever with their, the blunder, the boondoggle
so to speak of the 5, 5.3 liter engine in the 6.2, they've known that engine's been a problem
since 2000, late 2020, 2021, hello we're in 2026, when are you going to fix the damn problem?
Here's the deal, you have one of these jobbies, the first engine blows if you make it between
you know 700 and 10,000 miles, you'll be lucky and they put you the next one in, they only put
the same product in that you had in the first place because they don't have any replacement engines
right now that are fixed, where the problem's fixed so what do they have, same junk they take out is
the same junk they're putting in, here's the game folks, the car manufacturer's hoping that the next
replacement hangs in there long enough to put you outside of warranty and then you get to pay for
it, the next one, those aren't my words, I heard those words right from the manufacturer, those words
are not coming, they were making it difficult for us to get information to be able to reprogram
computers if we had to change them on your automobile, they would sell us the computer but
it had no software in it, so we would have to fix the car then flat bed it to the dealer
and they charge us an astronomical amount of money to program the software into the computer
that we purchased, diagnosed the car because they couldn't and fixed it but they had us on the chain
that's when the right to repair act was just cooking, yeah like a nuclear reactor
and so now it's ramped up, they make it real hard at dealership level to get you parts, I've been
waiting almost eight weeks for a little kit, two components to fix the shifter on our 2008 Nissan
Road, the handle is as loose as it spins around so when you go to try and put it into gear you
got to kind of hang on to it because it spins around, I've been waiting eight weeks for the
components, two weeks ago I called them back and they said oh we'll put that on a rush order,
I still don't have it so there's proof in the pudding right there, we've had this conversation
thrice three times so now I'm going to have to go outside that dealer to someone else and see if
we can get something happening because that needs to be fixed, to me it's a bit of a safety issue
because you could lose grip on the shifter or the handle could come right off
and you know if you're an elderly person that would probably freak you out a little bit,
I broke it, it's stuck in gear, yeah because you got to now know how to put the handle back on so
you know what I'm saying, it's it may be something that seems simple but it really isn't, it could
really frustrate an elderly person to the point where they you know try to take their foot off
the brake and drive into something, it can happen, we're back into something depends what gear you're
in so this is proof in the pudding, they want to tick you off to the point where you just go
well that's it I'm just getting rid of it, that's what they want you to say, that's where they want
to push you to emotionally to get to that point, well I'm just not going to put any more money
into this, they want you to pay pay pay pay pay and this is their words, they want you to pay pay pay
pay pay it off and then go get another one and do the same thing and go get another one
and they hope like heck that their junk stays together long enough that once you're outside
a warranty that's when the major stuff goes then you'll dump it and go get another one,
you're following the game, yeah this all started back in 1992 folks and here we are,
we were talking about it back then around the workbench with a pot of coffee and a fresh box of
donuts, we were watching the sharp guys, we were watching how the game was coming on between the
manufacturer and the dealer, I mean Toyota's not out of this either they got an engine,
they've got engines that are full of machining debris that are blowing up but they don't have
engines to replace them that are okay so that's another problem, you know and I like them at
that manufacturer I'm very disappointed in that, I mean in the domestics we've been watching this
crap for so many years it's just the same old playbook, it's just the same old playbook, sorry
we'd really love to help you but we can't but we have a new model coming out, can we send you
some information on that, get your butt over to the dealership and get you one of these,
that's what they want, if you all really knew all the backside of manufacturing and how the price
of these vehicles have gone through the roof there would be a revolution in this country
that we would never be able to stop, you guys would lose it, you really would and I've got people in
those places that have shared stuff with me that just you know what my phone, my email and maybe
even my life would be put in jeopardy if I shared with you what I know from the behind the curtain
when it comes to the manufacturers, it's disgusting, that's what I got to say about it,
it's disgusting, they should be forced to drink nothing less than really bad deep calf
and disrespected coffee beans for the rest of their life, yeah and really old
maggot infested cheese, I don't know why I said that, I think it's just something left over from
the original fear factor, yeah, would you do half of that stuff for that kind of money,
100 grand, no, are you going to put an African cave dwelling spider in your mouth that's biting
you and pulling at your lip and everything, it's the size of your hand for 100 grand, no,
would you lay in a coffin filled with rats, no, for 100 grand, no, would you eat
a 100 year old egg for 100 grand, no, how do I remember all this stuff
because long before Joe Rogan became one of the best podcasters on the planet,
he was the host of fear factor and yes, I watched it and I'd go, I wouldn't do that for
like a hundred million dollars, anyhow, number two, you got to learn how to play this thing folks
and I'm your coach and our car connection fleet maintenance service is just about ready,
we are on the cusp, I did not get time to check it yesterday because I was up to my ears and
alligators all day, that's how I ended up working in the shop last night to catch up on the mechanicals
so we can shoot you more good stuff next week and we got some really good stuff coming up,
we got a new vid coming out today, there's some FJ series starting, I believe that started already,
yeah, there's just so much going on and we got a new series coming up once the FJ's gone outside,
coming out of the other side of the campus here, it's in the staging lanes, we got all the parts,
I've been collecting them for years, yeah, the car that's coming in was going to be a gift for
someone but that didn't happen, circumstances out of control, that's all I'm going to say,
so you got to learn how to play this car game folks, I know how to play it and I know where to
look to get the intel so we know what they're doing ahead of time and what to stay away from so folks,
if you're truck shopping, I would highly recommend just stay away from the GM thing right now until
they get it sorted out because they're going to throw it on, they want to throw it on your plate
and that's dishonest period, that's what makes me upset, that's dishonest, you know, as my professor
always taught me and say, you know, being in business for yourself, people look at you a
whole lot differently while you're making money off me, well so does the W store and the big C
store and the store with the little red triangle, you know, that's what makes the world go around
but it's how you come about that profitability, profitability in business is not a dirty word
if it's come by with honesty and integrity and that's what I've always aligned ourselves with,
with car connection, thus the reason we developed the car connection business network, it was from
our listenership on both networks that we were on, big AM sports network and another FM station
in the Buffalo area that reaches right down into two parts of the Mississippi, so we had big reach
and you got to learn how to play this game because when you do, you know what happens?
you win every time, you win every time because just like the banks, they're not there to help
you move forward and makes oodles and scads of cash and be protected from the tax man cometh
and take it away, they're not there for that, they're there to keep you paying interest,
they have their place in the food chain. Number two, the car manufacturers, they're not in it for
you, they're in it for the billions and billions of dollars they make for themselves, so they don't
want you keeping your car any longer than a couple of years and they're continuing to come up with
schemes and tactics to get you out of that automobile and get you frustrated, cheesed off,
peed the whole package so that you go nuts to this, I'm just going to go get a new one,
that's what they want to hear you say, that's what they want to hear you say ultimately
and these things are coming on glued, plastics galore, plastics and heat in the engine bay
do not work, if you go downstairs right now and you look at any automobile that I'm working on,
including the FJ, there's no plastic on the engine, just the engine cover that's pretty,
that just clips on the top, the valve covers are metal, the housings are metal, the only one thing
that I better fix right now before the armchair warriors get me and gag me with gorilla tape
is the thermostat housing is plastic, yeah but it's safe, it's not going into meltdown,
we've had plastic thermostat housings for quite a while and I haven't seen any melt
yet but it's all the engine parts, intake manifolds, plastic, lots of heat there, valve covers,
lots of heat there, that's where the oil leaks are going to happen and that's where the fire starts
and they know it, they stinking know it that valve covers leak even when they're metal
but now we make them out of plastic so they leak sooner because they want it to have a fire
and when there's a fire in the engine bay on today's cars because there's so much plastic in there
plastic is what, what is plastic, gasoline, it's petroleum, so once it catches
the vehicles in flames and gulfed in literally minutes, it no longer takes 20 minutes to burn
a car down, three minutes, it's done, the insurance is writing it off, you ain't getting it back
and thus you go and get another one, see the game, you gotta know the pages in the playbook
and this is the playbook folks, we are not to be consumers, we're to learn how to become a prosumer
and I'm here for you, Nile Motormouth Jenkins, I got enough experience to pull us through this folks
if you're willing to grab hold of my coattails, listen and learn, remember the do does and the did
is done, so that's step number three to today's, it's fun Friday day, again
is I can teach you to win the game every time, every time, so if you have an older automobile
stop listening to the Goon Squad that says it's old, you need to replace it blah blah blah,
it's getting older, tomorrow's gonna be older, next week it's gonna be older, you need to think
about getting rid of it, you're putting parts into it, you're spending money on it, well this new
stuff, it's gonna bury your savings account if you have one, because they want it just to hang in
there long enough for you to step outside a warranty and then it's your dime, their words not mine,
that's their words and I'm not gonna tell you who said that because that might be
just enough for me to have to start putting together a hacksaw pie, yeah or hide under a
rock somewhere, no fear, false evidence appearing real, we just need to know what the cat is doing
so the mice can get them tied up and put away in the closet faster, that's all, that's all we gotta
do, so that's enough for Fun Friday, come and join me tomorrow morning for one hour of Q&A,
again a reminder, get your questions in by high noon today and it might be just one,
it might be your question that's pulled for tomorrow morning, so stick around, we got a lot
more coming at you here in the car connection workshop and all the platforms we're on for you,
more ways, we have more ways now than ever for you to watch listen and engage and remember folks
cars don't break when it's convenient, they break when it hurts, have an amazing phenomenal Friday,
happy healthy motoring my friends, peace patience and kindness always come back and visit us
Monday through Saturdays for the morning motormouth drive at 8am, we'll see you tomorrow morning,
bye for now, have a great weekend
About this episode
The conversation centers on a blunt case for keeping older vehicles instead of chasing new-car payments. The host argues that manufacturers and dealers benefit when owners trade in paid-off rides, then describes repair delays, warranty pressure, and design choices like plastic-heavy engine bays as reasons to stay put. He also folds in right-to-repair concerns, advice to avoid GM trucks for now, and a charity-minded push to help others while learning how cars really work.
It's Fun Friday and we're talking strategy-because the car game has changed.
After digging deeper this week, one thing is becoming clear on both sides of the boarder : keeping your older vehicle is no longer a fallback plan...it's a winning move.
In today's world of rising vehicle costs, complex technology, and expensive repairs, understanding how manufacturers design, build, and warranty vehicles gives you an edge. It's not about fear-it's about playing the game smarter.
Today we break down:
1) Why older vehicles are back in demand
2) How modern design priorities impact long-term ownership
3) What "winning" looks like when it comes to reliability and cost
4) Why proper maintenance still beats monthly payments
Do your homework, stay informed, and make your vehicle work for you-not the other way around.
👍 Got a vehicle you're holding onto? Drop it in the comments-let's talk about it.
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