The Jeep Wrangler is a type of SUV built for off-road driving. People often fix up older Wranglers and get them back into good running condition. It’s also a popular vehicle to modify with extra parts for different kinds of driving.
The Nissan Rogue is a crossover SUV meant for regular everyday driving. If it’s having problems like brakes not working as they should, repairs can bring it back to safer operation. It’s a common vehicle to maintain because many are driven long distances.
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break job
They’re talking about a “brake job,” which means fixing the car’s brakes. The brakes were so bad the car couldn’t be driven safely.
They’re saying the car only drives about 5,000 kilometers per year. That’s pretty low, and they’re using it to show the problem wasn’t caused by heavy use.
They’re describing a serious brake issue that caused the car to shake badly. If brakes start acting like that, it’s a safety problem and you shouldn’t keep driving it.
“Drivability issues” are problems that affect how the car behaves during normal driving—like rough running, hesitation, stalling, or poor throttle response. They’re often caused by faults in fuel, ignition, sensors, or emissions-related systems.
It’s a checklist inspection where the shop looks at several important parts of your car. Instead of fixing only one thing, they try to find issues early.
It’s a step-by-step way to diagnose a problem: figure out what’s wrong, find why it’s happening, fix it, and then make sure it’s actually solved. It helps prevent repeat repairs.
This filter cleans the air that goes into the car’s cabin through the heating and A/C. If it gets clogged, the air can smell bad or feel weak coming out of the vents.
It means parts wearing out in a normal, expected way from regular driving. Warranties often don’t pay for these items, so you may still have to pay for them.
These are parts that naturally wear out as you drive—like filters, belts, hoses, and brakes. Even if something breaks, warranties often treat these as your responsibility.
A maintenance schedule is a checklist of when to inspect and service your car. Doing it on time helps prevent small problems from becoming big, costly repairs.
Rotors are the metal discs the brake pads press against to stop the car. If they’re worn or damaged, they may need to be replaced during brake service.
Hold down kits are the small clips and hardware that keep the brake pads in place. They help the pads slide and wear evenly instead of making noise or sticking.
A warranty is the coverage plan from the car maker for certain repairs. But it usually doesn’t cover normal wear items, so you may still pay for routine stuff.
Vehicle ownership means you’re responsible for the costs that aren’t covered by the warranty. Even with coverage, you still have to pay for normal wear items.
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Good morning folks! You're tuned to Car Connection, where the coffee's strong, stories are real, and the wrenches never stop turning.
I'm your host, Niall Motormouth Jenkins, coming to you from the Car Connection workshop, where the smell of fresh oil, a little elbow grease is all part of our balanced breakfast.
Around here we don't just talk cars, we live them, whether it's a 25 year old Jeep Wrangler getting a second chance at life, or a Nissan Rogue getting its brakes back in order, or even a mystery leak that's got everyone scratching their heads.
This is where we roll up our sleeves and get it done, with a little wit, a little wisdom, and a whole lot of fun.
Car Connection isn't just about nuts, bolts, and diagnostics, it's about connection. Connection to our vehicles, to the people who drive them, to the community that keeps our Niagra rolling.
Because when you fix a car, you're not just turning a wrench, you're restoring someone's confidence, freedom, and maybe, just maybe even their sanity.
We're here every week, helping you keep your ride safe, reliable, and ready for whatever road lies ahead.
So whether you're a weekend wrencher, daily commuter, or someone who just wants to understand what that strange rattle really means, welcome aboard, stick around for shop talk, expert advice, few good laughs, and maybe, maybe an automotive flashback story.
Well, a big good, good morning to you, it's Monday morning, I know, I'm kind of feeling the same way today too, so let's laugh along, it's Monday morning, say it again with me, it's Monday morning, it's gonna be okay, that's right.
Sure it is, alright, if you're in the queue this morning for the drive through, well you know the rule, it's Monday, you better check your order 34 times if necessary to make sure that everything is in order with the order before you head down the road.
We'll be having our morning swiggy together in just a few moments, so hang in there, if you're new to the channel, you can find us on any podcast platform out there, Spotify, Amazon, Apple, Podbean, just type in Car Connection Workshop, you'll find us.
All our podcasts end up in our YouTube channel, which you can find on the homepage of our website, that's the biggest drawer we have in our toolbox, and you'll find everything on our homepage if you'd like to follow the build and the repair work that we do, and connect with our program partners, because we need them, because without them we wouldn't be here.
Until we get monetized, we need sponsors, we need program partners, and we need you as well, because Skippy and I, we can't do this on our own, we need your support, and we thank you so, so much for that.
So on the homepage, you'll see all kinds of logos for companies, those are our program partners and recommended businesses, just put your cursor there, it will highlight and then click, and you'll open the profile page, and here's how we've made it super simple.
Every one of our recommended businesses and profiles pages are all set up exactly the same way, so ease of navigation, you can connect and gather all their information and meet them, and we thank those who have been giving them your business, we really, really appreciate that.
Again, we need our program partners to keep us here, so we can earn our own way, and we need you too.
So on the top right hand corner of our homepage at carconnectionbusinessnetwork.com, and if you're driving, I put all this information for you specifically, and then some, I put more tech tips in the description of our videos, our YouTube videos, and our podcasts.
Top right hand corner of the page quickly is a link for our YouTube channel, we have almost 500 items for you to enjoy there, all the podcasts are there.
We are on the cusp of turning a new corner this week, heading into season three on our podcast, so today we're at 197, this is episode 197, we'll be turning over a new page, a new corner, a new leaf.
Okay, that's enough, yeah, heading into season three, so all that information is readily available to you in our YouTube channel.
Next, Facebook, Instagram, Stevensvilleontheweb.ca are three areas that you can follow us, that's where Skippy puts reels, bloopers, and outtakes that you will not see anywhere else.
We also have a merch store, we've had a number of people saying, do you have any merch?
Yeah, we have our very own coffee cup too, or you can call it beverage cup, but for us around here, it's 99.9% octane boost, not a penny less for us, we run on octane.
So we have our coffee mugs, t-shirts, and long t-shirts, all kinds of stuff we're going to add.
This week I'll have time to sit and pick and select six more items to put in the store, put together by Freedom Expressions, which is a part of total freedom addiction campuses.
It's just one of the businesses they run on their campus at Darien Center, New York, and they are fully functional on their own.
They don't take any outside monies, grants whatsoever, so the businesses they run, they have Freedom Automotive as well, they have a boutique there.
They make all the merchandise items on site, and these are in the kitchen.
I haven't been there yet, but the kitchen is a takeout window where you can order food and a master chef prepares it for you and you pick it up.
So they're self-contained, and they grow a very big veggie garden this time of year, which is amazing.
And that's the whole idea of the campuses is that they don't have to look for outside monies.
They create it inside, and these businesses give those who are going through the addiction change an opportunity to get back in what it's like to have your own space to live in and get a job.
So they get a job right on the campus, and then they learn how to save money. They got it completely covered.
So I say all that to say this, all the merchandise that's sold in our Freedom Expressions car connection store, we turn back to total freedom addiction campuses, all of it.
Skippy and I want to help that next person get to an addiction campus, and that's what they do.
That's exactly what they do, change lives one at a time.
So stand with us and with a crew and to help them to get to a campus nearest them, and together we can make a difference in somebody else's life.
Well, let's get into this morning, get your crayons, get your leaf bag. I've got five things again for you to write down, and what a fantastic Saturday we had with the questions that were sent in.
I've got a plethora of questions. If you have an automotive question and you'd like to hear it aired on a podcast and unpacked for you, you can do that.
But I need your question no later than Friday, noon time, because that's when I'm putting together the Saturday mornings program.
And most of the time recording it on Friday so I can get a little bit of rest on Saturday morning, because I'm up at 44 a.m. and I don't hit the sheets until nine o'clock at night.
So yeah, it's good to get a few extra Z's wherever you can, right?
So by noon on Friday I need your questions so that I can pick and select three, what I feel are three of the best in the pile at the time.
And I'll unpack those on Saturday mornings as Q&A, questions and answers.
So we're going to have our swiggy together right now, so if you've got your morning beverage ready, doesn't matter what it is, it could be a smoothie, it could be, no, a double decaf, the half-caf, possibly.
But if that's you, that's your gig, it's okay with us. We agree to disagree, we need the octane.
So thank you to our friends at Niagara Block at 5,000 Montrose Road Niagara Falls for helping to bring this podcast to you, the Car Connection Workshop and MotorMouth's Morning Drive.
They've been building Canada since 1931 and providing bricks, blocks actually, Niagara Block.
Yes, they create the blocks, blocks right there, thousands of them, different styles, different dimensions.
They have interlocking brick, they have, you know, those deck post blocks, they have those and they also have all the hardscape, landscaping,
to make that happen. And if you check in with Kathy, Dave, David and Dan, the Grimo Family, Kathy has a list of contractors that you can be referred to to get that job on the go.
So get it put together, the Estimane and all the details regarding all the hardscape, landscaping products that you'll need.
If you want an English walkway, they can do it. If you want interlocking brick, they can do that, pavers, special stone, you name it.
They have it all to create that space for you so that you have a spot at home, you can call your Oasis.
With that, let's have our morning swiggy on 321 Are you ready? 321
A little different honey in there today. I'm not quite sure about that one. I'll have to ask the bee guy, the bee man.
It's kind of rich, sort of kind of maybe. Well, let's jump into our topic this morning.
And let's be also mindful, the older kids are out of school, the younger ones this week sit. So mama, you know what that means, right?
I don't need to tell you, they're out of school this week. Your quiet time is over for a little while.
Yep, your job is to keep an eye on them, keep them entertained and keep them out of trouble.
Our job as adults is to, if we see some shenanigans going on, not to be afraid to, if it's a safety issue to say, hey, and I've done it.
Being on the waterways and seeing the kids goofing off around the water and just, I just walk up to him to say, hey, you know what, this is what can happen very quickly.
And if someone's not here to help you, someone's not coming home.
And then I kind of look at you like the deer in the headlights and I go, I'm just, you know what, I'm just saying.
But what you're doing is very dangerous and it could cost one of you your lives.
And if they flip me the bird and give me an F bomb, I don't care. At least, you know what, my conscious is clear.
I see something going on. I say something in love, not in, you know, in hatred and what they do, what they do.
You know, if you save the life that day, at least I know if something happens, I spoke up. So speak up.
Yeah, feel free to speak up and protect them because, you know, they get act in the fool just like some adults and they forget things.
They forget safety. So let's make it a safe summer and all the kids head back in September to see their buddies.
They'll be ready for that. This morning's topic. Stuff happens. Be prepared.
Yeah, I had a busy weekend and I'm going to share that with you.
I think, in fact, I'm going to, I didn't have time to set up the 360 camera and kind of walk you through it, which was probably good that I didn't.
Because it would have been about six hours of footage and Skippy be going, what did you do?
What did you do? And I have to fess up.
So I headed into the job, took on the task, had all the right parts.
Unbelievable. That was that in itself was amazing.
And I've got a short coming out today that'll be self-explanatory, which one of these things just doesn't belong here.
Yeah, and that's the way it's been with parts lately is it's hit and miss, hit and miss.
And I ended in a very short period of time had to put together a break job from scratch.
The car was not drivable. It was unbelievable.
Actually, I drove it. It was, it was crazy bad.
You would have thought the whole side of the car was coming apart.
That's how bad it was. And it just came on without any warning, any notification, any clues whatsoever.
So I had to jump into action Saturday evening.
Actually took up most of my between one vehicle and the other, which you'll see both of them on.
I'm going to show you the aftermath of the break job.
You have to see this. You really do. You have to see the components and I'll just, I'll explain it out.
And it will, a lot of it will be pretty much self-explanatory with what the heck happened there.
Exactly. Exactly. And this is a low mileage vehicle.
It doesn't do any more than 5000 K a year.
And I'm telling you this story for a reason because it does segue into this morning's topic.
Be prepared.
Stuff is going to happen. And that's exactly what I'm talking about.
It just happened. It was happening and I had to scramble to find parts online that I could get within 24 hours.
And that was where an hour of challenge buying this here, that there, this here, free shipping and hoping that that whole thing turned around and happened.
And it did by end of that. That was Thursday morning after the morning show here, the morning drive, navigating my way through all my resources to find parts
and making sure that we could get all the components because the vehicle was needed.
There was event coming up. It was required to be mobile and this thing, you couldn't drive it. Honest to goodness.
I've never experienced a brake problem like that actually shaking the whole, the whole side of the car.
There felt like the whole wheel assembly was coming out. It was like, it was loud.
Like you can hear it with the windows up.
So I'm just sharing that story with you because that's how quickly things can change without notice.
So let's jump into our morning weather. See what Monday has to bring us and the, you know, it's not good.
I'm just buying some time because of the weather reports, not fabulous, but it's not snowing.
Okay, it's not snowing. Let's look at that.
So thank you to Earl Louise Grant, husband and wife team at City Auto Sales and Leasing for bringing this morning's podcast to you,
providing you with low mileage, top quality vehicles at fair prices.
They're greater Toronto areas, premier pre-owned auto store.
They have in-house financing as well as leasing available to you.
They do carry a large inventory of pre-owned and they don't sell any junk.
Earl's a car guy through and through. He's fussier than I am and people call me anal retentive and I say thank you.
I don't even know what that means to be honest with you. I don't know.
Just smile and nod like a foreigner. Yeah, smile and nod.
And I worked with a guy like that. We had a great time.
You can hardly speak five words of English, but we got to understanding each other.
We worked side by side and he'd look at me and he'd smile and nod.
And then I knew he's got this. He's got this.
So Earl is a car guy. They don't sell any junk whatsoever.
If you're looking for a specific make and model, here's what you need to know.
Get in touch with Louise and Earl Grant. Let them know what you're looking for.
If it's out there and it's any good, Earl will know where he can find it.
But if they're not good, he's not just going to bring it home for the sake of a sale.
So you're in good hands. You can buy with confidence and be treated with nothing less than honesty and integrity.
That's our Earl and Louise Grant husband and wife team at City Auto Sales and Leasing.
They've been with us heading into their eighth year.
And it's great to have that area, that part of car connection covered.
Because even if you have to drive 90 minutes to get there, you're not buying a car every day.
And to be able to get it, pick a vehicle up from someone who actually really cares that you're going to be an ongoing client.
That's amazing. And the quality of their product speaks for itself.
So today, here's what you get. 60 degrees now with drizzle.
Wind is making it feel cooler, about 59 here in the Niagara region on the south shores of Lake Erie.
Can't speak for where you are because I don't know where you are listening from.
Cloudy conditions expected around 4pm and today's temperature range is going to see 59 to 67 and is going to feel more like 57 to 65.
On the rainometer, we have RAIN at .35 of an inch in the Niagara region.
Today's top out temperature will be 67.
Yesterday, we hammered out a 72. It was actually pretty good.
And I had a lot of stuff to get done yesterday to make it to this seat this morning.
So let's move things on. That's what we got.
When we get our own planet, we can figure it out, right?
But till then, yeah.
Thank you to our certified financial planning professionals, Tony Miele and Larry Tietrel.
50 years experience through my brothers from other mothers making this podcast possible just for you.
They're with IG Wealth Management.
If you have questions and I'm going to say this over and again, sit down with them.
Either one doesn't matter.
And get that hour and a coffee discovery meeting.
Leave your wallet at home. Leave your purse at home.
There's going to be no sales, no condemnation.
Sit down and have that conversation.
What's on your heart?
You know, instead of asking friend, neighbor, coworker, you know what, if they're not feet aren't where you want to be.
You shouldn't even be talking to them.
Just be polite.
You've got to go to the people that have credentials, certified financial planners.
There's a difference between financial advisors and certified financial planning professionals.
Advisors are equivalent to apprentices in the automotive world.
I'm fully licensed.
I would be like the CFP.
So that's the best way I can explain it.
They understand tax planning, estate planning, mortgages, dealing with debt, dealing with investment portfolios to make sure that your money is working hard for you and nobody's making money off your back.
So if you've got investments with the bank, you really, really need to change that up because you're making pittance.
They're using your money to make them money.
And I can say this because I'm not Tony Miele and Larry Teichel because there are things that they cannot say on radio.
Yeah, it's called, what is the term for that?
I just lost it.
I had it there, but compliance, compliance.
They're not allowed to say those things, but I can.
And I've had friends that had investments with the banks and now they don't and they're making really good money and I'm their friend.
But I still have to buy them lunch and coffee all the time.
How does that work out?
So get in touch.
They're both on our website.
Pick up the phone.
You can have a Zoom meeting, buy phone in person in a coffee shop, in a box with a Fox, but get it done.
Portfolios, debt retirement, estate planning, mortgages, life insurance, critical illness insurance, all those things need to be taken care of.
And I know a lot of people are carrying debt.
Self-include.
I'm still digging out after the COVID display.
Yeah, I'm getting there, but man, it seems forever.
You know what I'm saying?
It seems to take forever.
So I'm with you on that one as well.
And I've known Tony and Larry for over 20 years.
So these guys don't need any more clients.
They just want to reach out and help you get on track.
Okay, number one this morning.
You ready?
You got your crayons ready?
Because as you know, I can't do this all day.
It's not, you know, on my name's not Vince and this is not the shopping channel and I don't have anything to sell you from Ron Popiel.
So we're in good shape.
You remember that product GLH that just popped into my head?
Because I laughed so hard and I thought, man, that'll make really good undercoating.
Yeah, GLH, great looking hair.
You sprayed it on your head and apparently made hair or made it look like you had hair.
GLH, great looking hair.
Anyways, little promo for our good friend, the shopping channel guru, Ron Popiel.
I used to watch the shopping channel and I worked for Mack Trucks of Canada.
I worked shift work and when I was on extended afternoons, I wouldn't finish till I was in downtown Toronto, Queensway and Kipling with 91 other mechanics.
Building trucks, fixing trucks, destroying trucks, the whole thing.
We did it all in one shift.
When I was on a month of extended afternoons, I lived on the Hamilton Mountain, East 38th Street as a matter of fact.
So if anybody's in that area, that's where I lived and I had my own personal workshop behind the house.
But I would get home and I would be all wound up from the extended afternoon shift and I'd be watching the shopping channel every night.
And I think that was the beginning of T-MU because I bought a lot of junk off the shopping channel.
I'd be sitting there eating my dinner at wee hours of the morning and watching the shopping channel because it was nothing else on the telly anyway.
But anyways, I digress. I thought I'd share that.
That's where the shopping channel comes from if you wondered why I talk about the shopping channel.
That's where it came from. I sure bought some junk.
But I do remember the G.L.A.H. The Great Looking Air Rattle Can.
Just wonder what happened if you got caught in the rain. What would that look like?
Alright, number one this morning. Stuff happens. Be prepared. Be prepared.
And that's why I was talking about that vehicle. All of a sudden the brakes decide to just literally explode or something.
But I'm going to show you that in a video. So stay tuned for that. Skippy and I'll...
Well, it's video Monday for us. So we shoot fresh videos today and then we put those in our library and schedule them to be loaded.
So I want you to see all the parts. I'm going to walk you through them because like I said I didn't have time to get all the gear hooked up so that I could film it.
It would have taken hours anyway. So we would have had to make it like a mini series.
Because it was hot in the shop and it just... Anyways, we got it done. That's what matters.
So number one, as your vehicle ages... Here it comes brothers and sisters. We're going to put some rubber on the road.
As your vehicle ages is number one. Number two, it will require maintenance.
That's just the end of the story. And as I say and will continue to say, mileage does not matter. Maintenance does.
That particular car I worked on was just in the shop. We just shot a series of videos. Fixed all the service light issues, the drivability issues.
The car was running top drawer. The light is out. Everything is working as it should be. We got fuel delivery. We got emissions taken care of.
And then the thing has a convulsion with the brakes. And the brakes look good. We did a spring... I did a spring evaluation on that car.
And the video is there. It's up on our YouTube channel. And then all of a sudden the driver's side just decides to say not today. Not today.
So as your vehicle ages, number two, it will require maintenance. And that car has 86,000 kilometers on for 2009.
Would you say that is really old at 86,000 kilometers? And it's almost 20 years old. Right? You see where I'm going with this?
Milage doesn't matter. It doesn't. Maintenance does. So number three, I'm going to back up the bus because all five pieces all run together.
So as your vehicle ages, it will require maintenance. Number three, regular scheduled maintenance. That's your oil changes. That's your multi-point vehicle inspections to every year.
Flat out if you want to try and stay ahead of stuff. And that doesn't mean 100% that that's going to happen. And this car approved it.
We just had that in for spring evaluation. We had service light on. We had a multiple series of fault codes to walk through and diagnose and determine the four things.
Right? Concern, cause, correction, and confirmation. And we did the ride and drive with that vehicle a couple of weeks ago and took you on the test drive with us.
So that video will be launching into our YouTube channel scheduled very shortly. In fact, I think it already is scheduled. And everything was fine.
Did the repair work? Service lights out. Code history out of the computer. Fault codes are all the service lights off.
The fault code stored in the memory on the computer in history cleaned out. So we got a clean slate road test. That's the confirmation part.
Okay, so four C's. In every single one of our YouTube videos, you're going to learn all the basic fundamentals of owning an automobile, learning the terminology, learning where stuff is, what it does, how it works, how you broke it, and how you could prevent having to spend that money again just by simply understanding some of the basics.
So no matter who you are, what you are, single, married, or other, a box in a box, a box in a box, it doesn't matter. You will learn a lot on the videos.
We're not building monster trucks and hot rods. We're just showing you basic fundamentals of vehicle ownership and how to do the job yourself for the do it yourselfers and how we do the job so you can see hands on how that works.
So as your vehicle ages, it will require maintenance. It will require regular and preventative maintenance. And that's the key right there. Number three is the key.
Mileage doesn't matter. Maintenance does. It doesn't matter if you buy a brand new car today and you start driving it. Tomorrow it's already older. Would you agree or disagree with me? Tomorrow in 48 hours, 24, 48 hours, that vehicle is older.
Yes or no? There's a question for you.
Maintenances because they just want you to buy another car. They want the repair bill to get so high that when they estimate the work that needs to be done, you go, I'm not putting money into an old car.
That's the sales pitch right there. That's exactly what they prime the pump for is for you to throw the keys into the sales guy. How much will you give me for it? I want to get out of here in a new car because I need to have reliability.
Well, I'll tell you what. The vehicles that we touch here in the shop and that are on the videos, they're older, they got mileage and they are very reliable.
Yes. In fact, I saw one go by yesterday honking a wave and that was a vehicle that had a nasty set of brakes on all the way around and that's my neighbor down the road. Her husband was a mechanic and he passed away a couple of years ago now and she's having to take care of that getting the vehicles fixed.
So number four, normal wear and tear. It happens. We can't help it. Even on my own vehicles, normal wear and tear. There's the things where you broke it and you don't know how or why, but you broke it because of lack of understanding.
And then you're probably going to do it again and it'll cost you money again. So the more you learn, the better it will be for you in the long run.
So number four, normal wear and tear. It's going to happen. Breaks, tires, suspension, steering, and stuff. Wiper blades. Something as simple as wiper blades.
Cabin air filter. Big one today. Shooting a big video on that today. This is turned into a major repair. Just from a cabin air filter going south and so you're going to get to see that.
It's a much bigger project that you would, I'll just save it for the video. You'll have to watch the video, but you'll get to see all the blood guts and go around this one because it has really turned into a major, major repair. Huge.
Time expensive. So if you were paying, it's time expensive. And I'll show you that in the video. So normal wear and tear is going to happen. Again, tires, brakes, lights, wipers, front end, suspension, steering, exhaust components.
And the list goes on and on and on. Fuel filters, all the fluids, belts, hoses, etc, etc, etc. You add it in. Those are wear and tear items. No matter whose car it is, how old it is, eventually that piece of machinery is going to need all that stuff.
Service replaced or other. Yes. And number five. It's better than making payments. Because here's the deal. Repairs and maintenance is an invoice for one day. That's it to get everything fixed up and you're back out on the road like a pit stop and down the road you go.
And you don't forget about it either. That's the whole idea of our car connection maintenance schedules.
It has all the stuff that you need to keep an eye on and have taken care of so that you can stay ahead of the curve. So normal wear and tear is happening the day after you purchase a brand spanking new vehicle.
Sorry to tell you, but 24, 48 hours, 72 hours of your vehicles now older with mileage on it and time. So once you get through the repair invoice, just like the ladies car, I had to panic drop everything and get it done on Saturday evening.
Something happens just like that. But now the cars back out on the road. And here's what it costs. Okay, the labor I kick in because we get to shoot the videos.
I got all the parts that I needed to do that whole job both sides. I did both sides of the vehicle at the front pads, rotors, calipers, hold down kits, the whole nine yards. Ready? 260 bucks.
Delivered to the door. No shipping charge. Done. So labor would have been probably about the same. You know about 300 bucks. So if they were paying call it a $600 bill $600 $700 bill one time out the door all done fixed finished.
Next move on. Payments are every week by weekly or by the month for five the next five to seven years depending on how much money you blew out. And it too is aging. So imagine that.
Imagine that it's aging too. So years plus mileage equals your vehicles getting older, just like us went to bed last night woke up this morning. I'm older than yesterday. True or false? Did you drive your car yesterday?
Put some mileage on it. Is it older? True or false? Doesn't matter whether it's brand new or not. It's getting older. Every day. True or false? Things are what are the beginning of stuff. I would get it out there in a minute.
Beginning of things wearing out and needing maintenance begins. The day you drive it off the lot. And get this. If you don't have an amazing warranty program on that vehicle which they cover everything from soup to nuts and it doesn't cost you for the first 60,000 kilometers, good luck.
Because they don't cover wear and tear items. You'll find that out. What do you mean that's not covered under warranty? That's a wear and tear item, sir. Ma'am. Yeah, I know. I stood behind that counter for four and a half years and had to look people in the eye and go, um, yeah, you're going to need a new battery.
What? That's under warranty. I don't know. It's only covered for the first 16,000 kilometers. That's a wear and tear item, sir. Ma'am. Let me tell you, colorful metaphors and how about having a set of keys thrown at you and cussing out the car. That seemed to be a normal everyday thing when people didn't get their own way.
Sorry, but there's something that the manufacturer doesn't tell you when you get that set of keys. It's called vehicle ownership. There's some items covered under warranty and there's going to be stuff that's not.
So before you put the money down, here's what I suggest to all of you. Take a look. Have them show you on paper what items are covered. Are covered. Don't worry about the not covered because it will reveal itself after you look at the list of what's covered.
Because if it's not, if it didn't make the what's covered list, guess what? It's your baby. You're going to be the one who's paying for that. Not the manufacturer. And you can scream and cry and throw stuff and, you know, verbally assault people, but that'll probably get you kicked out of the dealership for sure.
And you won't be allowed back because they don't tolerate that stuff anymore. They didn't back when I was behind the counter of the dealership. Yeah, that will get you a letter from the manufacturer actually letting you know you're you're fired.
You're fired as a customer. So that's what you have to know, folks. I'm not the message. I'm just the messenger. And this is the lane I've been carving out for over 44 years. I'm here to help you not to hurt you anytime you have a question.
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That wraps things up for Monday morning. Heading into the out of school week. Moms and dads, mostly moms. I can hear the panic. Yeah. And I'm speaking from just listening to moms.
Telling me their story. Yep. Gonna be no peace for a couple of months. Yeah. It's all good. It's all well and good. Make it a great day today. Take your Nellie with you. You're going to need it for sure.
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About this episode
Mileage isn’t the real story—maintenance is. The hosts argue that vehicles start aging the day you drive them off the lot, and that planned service plus proper diagnostics beats relying on monthly payments or unrealistic warranty expectations. They describe a shop workflow built around “Concern, cause, correction, and confirmation,” and share examples where service lights and drivability issues were fixed before a sudden brake malfunction. The episode also touches on how warranties often exclude wear-and-tear items.
Stuff happens. The Question isn't if your vehicle will need repairs - it's when.
In today's episode, we explore five realities every vehicle owner needs to understand as their car, truck, or SUV gains years and mileage. Just like people, vehicles age. Components wear out, maintenance becomes more important, and neglect often leads to bigger and more expensive problems down the road.
We discuss why preventative maintenance matters, how normal wear and tear affects every vehicle, and why a repair bill is often easier to handle than years of monthly payments on a replacement vehicle that's aging from day one as well.
Aging is unavoidable - for us and for our vehicles. Being prepared makes all the difference.
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