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This episode of Drive Radio kicks off with a fun automotive trivia question that dives deep into ignition timing and engine history, followed by a discussion about wraps, maintenance tips, and common issues with specific vehicle models. The hosts also cover heavy-duty truck recalls, dealership services, and essential maintenance habits to extend the life of your vehicle. With expert advice on everything from engine performance to windshield tinting, this episode is a goldmine for car enthusiasts and everyday drivers alike.
Listeners can also tune in for a review of the 2024 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road Edition, with insights into its
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Being an expert on general automotive knowledge, what would the correct ignition timing be on a 1955 Bel Air Chevrolet with a 327 cubic inch engine and a four barrel carburetor?
SPEAKER 13 :
It is a trick question. Watch this. A Chevy didn’t make a 327 in 55. The 327 didn’t come out till 62. And it wasn’t offered in the Bel Air with a four-barrel carb till 64. However, in 1964, the correct ignition timing would be four degrees before top dead center.
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Get ready for another hour of Drive Radio, brought to you by Colorado’s select auto care centers. Got a question for the experts? Then give them a call, 303-477-5600. Now it’s time to pop the hood and get our hands dirty. Drive Radio on KLZ 560 The Source.
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All right, we are back. Drive Radio, KLZ 560. Calls, give us a call. I should say lines are open, 303-477-5600. If you’re just joining us here at 11 o’clock, Josh Goff with us from Legacy Automotive up in Boulder along with Ridgeline Auto Brokers. Actually, Boulder and Longmont. And Fort Collins. And Fort Collins. I forgot to say that. So we’ve actually got a Longmont location now in between. For those of you up north, we can service your vehicle. And then the sales part of it, it’s Boulder and Fort Collins. Saying that right? That’s correct. And then Roy and Dietze both from ProTech Auto Shield over in Wheat Ridge, which they do everything from… Paint correction, detailing, paint protection film, of course, like I just said, window tinting, wrapping, which we were talking about even kind of off air there for a moment. You guys were talking about that as we closed out the last hour. On average, and I know this is a loaded question because there’s different quality of all of the things even we just talked about, from window tint to PPF to wrapping, on average, how long should a good wrap last?
SPEAKER 23 :
Uh, there’s a lot that goes into it depending on the brand and everything, but you’re looking from like six months to three, four years.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay. So that’s about what Josh, you were saying. Yeah. Pretty close to that. It seems to be that. Okay. Okay. Any, um, So a question on the wraps, Josh, knowing what you just said, to me that would be more of a I just hate the color of the card, I’m going to wrap it to get the color I want, or I’m doing some advertising for my business or something along those lines. But otherwise, there’s no cost-benefit to wrapping.
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Not that I can see.
SPEAKER 04 :
Am I correct in saying that? Yeah. Because if you’re trading it off, they may take it right off.
SPEAKER 06 :
I think everybody takes it right off.
SPEAKER 04 :
Because they want to see what’s underneath.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, we want to know what’s underneath. Because that could be a liability for us, what they hide, you know?
SPEAKER 04 :
Gotcha. Okay. And I got an update, by the way, a moment ago. So Steve, hang tight really quick. This is on the transmission question we were talking to Donato about earlier. This is something that works at GMC. And I won’t give his name away or where he’s at. But thank you, by the way, for this text message. There isn’t a fix for the recall yet. It’s only a software update that puts the truck into limp mode. It’s supposed to put the truck into limp mode 10,000 miles before it thinks the truck would lock up. Once it goes into limp mode, they’ll do a physical repair. It’s a joke. Yeah, thank you. It is. We’re all quite disappointed in General Motors and their response. There are many loyal GM customers around here with 100,000-mile trucks that are out of service with no ETA on parts. Um, he knows that I hate Ford and Ram, but right now GM can’t get their crap together any better. You know, I can’t argue that. So thank you. And, and really quick, my biggest disappointment on the Ram side is similar situation here. Difference in the Ram side versus the GM side. At least GM is acknowledging this and they know they’ve got to get a fix done. And yes, I know it’s taking them a while, but at least give, uh, GM, some kudos for admitting it’s a problem and they’re going to take care of it. My issue with Ram is they know they have known problems with emission stuff, with injectors, with injector pumps, and they’ll blame it on everything under the sun except for the real problem. They’ll tell you the fuel’s contaminated. They’ll tell you this. They’ll tell you that. Oh, you put DPF. It accidentally got spilled into the tank. They’ll come up with every excuse under the sun to not warranty those trucks. And a lot of that’s not the dealer itself. It’s coming from Ram directly. And by the way, folks, it’s why you can go to most Ram lots around the country, I’m not exaggerating, and see a plethora. of trucks sitting on the lot, and I am not exaggerating, because everybody in the industry, myself included, fleet buyers and so on, knows exactly what I just said. And Ram, until you get your crap together on warranties, you’re not going to sell trucks. You might sell it to the guy that has no other choice, and you’ll sell it that way, or that loyalist that’s just going to work with you. They’ve also got on the 6.7 some roller lifter issues as well. So there’s some known problems on the Ram side that they will not stand behind, and because of that, their sales are being affected. Ram, you know, Stellantis sales in general are in the tank. That company’s liable to get bought by somebody else or they’re not going to make it, much like Nissan Infiniti, which maybe I can talk about a little bit through the show today. But reality is Ram is not stepping up. And because of that, Stellantis is not stepping up to the pump on these warranties. And in turn, it’s costing them a ton in sales. Now, I will say this. If you’re looking to go buy a new truck and you want to get one that’s 15 to 20K off sticker, Go buy one, because they’re out there. I’m not saying they’re giving these things away, but they are discounting them heavily because of what I just said a moment ago, because they’re not selling trucks because of that. So thank you, though, for the update on the GM side. Now, I also, and I’d like… If you want to text me back and let me know your thoughts on my thoughts on doing service intervals much sooner than what the OEM is requiring, I think that is a solid fix even for this software update to where I don’t think most people would have some of the issues that they’re having if they’d service these transmissions on a more routine basis, which, no, the OEM is not telling them to do because they’re looking at a total cost of ownership saying you can go 100K plus before you service a transmission. That’s also not true.
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Right.
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My two cents on that whole thing. Now, somebody also wanted me to comment on the 10-speed, quote-unquote, Allison side of it on the heavy-duty trucks because they’re having some of the same issues. Same thing applies. Now, one thing I need to make note of, though, is that’s not an Allison transmission. It’s an Allison-branded transmission, 22 and up, on the heavy duties that have a 10-speed. They’ll say it’s an Allison. They’ll even say that on the window sticker. It’s not. It is not an Allison manufactured transmission. That was a conglomeration between Ford and GM. It was a dual thing they did on that 10-speed. It’s got Allison’s quote-unquote stamp of approval, but it is not made by Allison, because no offense, if it was, you wouldn’t be having these issues. Because we didn’t on the old ones. So if you want to go buy an Allison transmission, you’ve got to buy a 21 or older truck to get that Allison on a Duramax. Otherwise, it is an Allison-branded 10-speed. It is not an Allison transmission. Steven Monument, you’re next.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, I got an 03 Toyota Tacoma, $337,000 on the clock. Nice. I had filled it up with a gas can, you know, the one that has the push button, the ignition protection, whatnot. Shortly after doing that, I would go to the regular gas pump, try to fill up. It would get about a quarter of a gallon in and shut the fuel pump off. It takes about 20 minutes to fill the tank up. Is that part of the fill, or is that part of the charcoal canister process? You know, it’s part of the fill tube, or I’ve heard of charcoal canister issues as well.
SPEAKER 06 :
It could be both. So where you fill out, there’s actually a vent that comes up there too. So there’s a main tube that you put the gas down, and then there’s a vent that comes up at the same spot to help vent the tank. Because, you know, you push the fuel in, we’ve got to let the air out. So sometimes it’s the outflow, what we call the outflow valve on the charcoal canister. So that needs to open to let the tank fill. Or, you know, since it happened when you filled this, did something get dropped in the tank or anything like that at that time?
SPEAKER 09 :
Not that I know of, but anything can happen.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right. I would still take it to somebody and make sure that, you know, the vent valve, as we call it, is opening on the charcoal canister to see if it’s flowing.
SPEAKER 09 :
Okay. Much appreciated because I was getting ready to just replace the fill valve or the fill pipe. and see if that changes it. It’s a $70 part. Right. I’ve got 21 years on the thing. Plastic doesn’t hold up.
SPEAKER 06 :
No, it doesn’t. But usually what I’ve found is since it is an 03, you still would have what we call an EVAP system code, so a tank leak on those. They usually rot apart before they clog up, especially the Toyotas, and they do rot apart quite often.
SPEAKER 09 :
Knock on wood, haven’t seen it yet. Right. There we go. Okay, much appreciated. Thank you.
SPEAKER 04 :
Thank you, Matt. No, thank you very much, Steve. I appreciate it. Okay, let’s do this. We’ll take a quick break. We’ll come back. I’ve got more things to talk about, more questions that have come in on the whole 10-speed end of things with the HDs and the light-duty trucks. So I’ll kind of recap some of that because there’s been more questions that have come in via the text line on that. We’ll do that as soon as we come back. Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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All right, we are back. Drive Radio, KLZ 560, thanks for joining us. Okay, just to recap, and a lot of you have texted in on the whole 10-speed thing, which it’s a light-duty truck issue on the GM side, and it’s a heavy-duty truck issue as well. Now, all of that being said, I hate to say this right now, there’s not a manufacturer out there with no problems. Toyota’s got issues with some engines they’re replacing on some of their makes and models. Of course, we can go down the list of what’s happened with the Kia end of things. I mean, I get a list of recalls that I get from the NHTSA, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, every Monday. And I will tell you that I can read through that, and there’s not a manufacturer out there that doesn’t end up on that list. And this is everything from people that make, you know, off-road type vehicles, RVs, trailers even, campers, regular automotive, you know, Mercedes, BMW, on down the line. And everybody will be on there at one point or another for whatever reason. So anybody out there saying, oh, go buy X, you know, go buy a Honda, they never have a recall. Yeah, they do. you’re full of crap because, yeah, they do. I mean, every manufacturer will have them. And part of that’s because men still make cars. People make cars, and people make mistakes, and engineers make mistakes, and the design of or whatever, and even the parts supplier that that manufacturer is getting their parts from can have issues like we had with Takata airbags. So in a lot of cases, it’s not even the manufacturer themselves. It’s who they bought that part from. As I’ve said many, many times, we call them manufacturers. They’re not. They’re an assembler. They have an assembly line, and they may make themselves a few parts for the car, maybe the body, so maybe some of the sheet metal stuff, maybe the engine. And I say maybe because sometimes that can even be a joint venture with somebody else. Rarely do they make their own transmission. This case of GM, they are, and actually it’s been a mistake. They should have just stayed with Allison and had them make a transmission for them, but that’s another story for another conversation another day. A lot of manufacturers are using somebody else’s transmission. What’s the big one that they use? It slipped my mind for a second.
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There’s Ison, and then there’s… What’s the other one?
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It’s like 75% of the market is the other transmission. Well, ZF, that’s a lot of them too. Yeah, there you go. Yeah, so that’s the other. So point being, they don’t even make that. None of the drivetrain do any of these manufacturers make. None of the brakes, rotors, hubs, wheels, suspension components, steering components, rack and pinions. I can go down the list. Electrical, wiring harnesses, Roy can attest to that because one time you used to put those together for one of the manufacturers. Chrysler. Yeah, so you did wiring harnesses for the company that did it for them. So you can attest to that. I mean, even those sorts of things. We talked about earlier the plug on the RAV4. Toyota’s not making that. Somebody is making that harness and those plugs for that RAV4, for that Toyota, and it could be one of maybe three or four suppliers that got the bid, the RFP. They won that RFP, and they’re now making those particular harnesses, headlights, taillights, interior parts, seats, seat belts. I can go down the list. So they’re an assembler. They’re not a manufacturer. So every manufacturer is going to have issues getting back to the whole heavy-duty truck site, Ford, GM, Ram. I’ve already talked a ton about Ram. Hate those guys right now, even though I own a bunch of their trucks and various reasons why. I’ve given you most of those reasons. Will I recommend you buy a Ram truck today? Heavy duty? No. No. Now, you’re going to see a lot on the Internet throughout the next couple of weeks of a new 6.7 they’re coming out with. It’s got exposed injector rails, exposed injectors, and things along those lines where you don’t have to remove the valve cover even to get into it and so on. How is that all going to work out? No idea. No idea. Most people don’t even have anything other than an outside view of that engine to even know what’s going on internally. Supposedly, it’ll be in 2025 Rams with an 8-speed, not an AISIN, but an 8-speed. What brand? I can’t remember, Josh.
SPEAKER 06 :
It’s not a ZF because the AISIN was in all the heavy duties. And then it was a Chrysler in all the lighter duties.
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I can’t remember. If somebody knows what that 8-speed in the 2025s will be, please let me know. But it’ll be an 8-speed, not a 10-speed in the Ram trucks.
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It’s not a Getrag.
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And there’s even some debate on what will the engine block itself be made out of when it comes to this new Cummins 6.7 that they’re going to put in the 2025. So, again, I don’t know anything about any of that for sure. By the way, nobody does. The things that you’re reading even on the Internet are things that have been, quote, unquote, leaked out. So there’s nothing official from Ram on that end of things. So in answering some of these people’s questions, what heavy-duty truck do you buy? I can’t answer that. I think for a lot of you, it depends on where are you at, how well does your dealer service you, and what do you feel the most comfortable buying when it’s all said and done. So in my opinion, it’s Ford and GM is really all you have left. Unfortunately for me personally as a fleet operator, I don’t have a good Ford dealer that services things well that we get good warranty from and so on. So we’re kind of down to where we’re only buying GM right now because of everything I just said. And, yes, now they’ve got their own set of issues with transmissions and so on. Knock on wood, we as a facility and as a fleet shop haven’t had any issues. Now, I say all that to say I’m also, as you guys know, we’re big on doing transmission services and things along those lines as well. And is that why we haven’t had any issues? I don’t know. And some of you guys are texting me where you’re having transmission issues on these 10-speed heavy duties at 20,000 miles. And, yeah, you wouldn’t have serviced it at 20K. So I get some of these are just problems that that particular transmission you have has. Is it widespread? Yes. But it’s sort of like the old six-liter Fords. Was every six-liter Ford bad? No. Did they get a bad rap because a lot of them were? Yes. Got sued. All sorts of things happened over that. Does it mean that every six leader was bad? No. In fact, the ones that are still rolling around today were probably some of the better six leaders out there because they’ve made it to today. And you know what I mean by that.
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That and we found all the problems and fixed them, too.
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Correct. Correct. So will these things get fixed and move on in the industry? Yes. Will GM get some of these things solved? They don’t have a choice. Yes, they’ll get them fixed. What will the fix be? Don’t know exactly. Right now, as we heard directly from the horse’s mouth, there isn’t any. They’re going to do some software updates right now to make sure it goes into limp mode when it’s supposed to so you avoid having any kind of a lockup. How all the rest of this plays out, I don’t know. But, again, have they all had issues? Ford’s had their share of issues. Remember, this 10-speed is a joint venture between Ford and GM. What I mean by that is don’t be surprised if Ford doesn’t have a similar recall on their 10-speeds because it’s essentially the same transmission. And the way that works is it depends upon how many failures have been reported to trigger the recall. So don’t be shocked, and I don’t have a crystal ball, but don’t be shocked if Ford doesn’t have the same recall when it’s all said and done. Because they’re the same. Right. It’s a joint venture. Exactly. So don’t, again, some of you that are like, well, yeah, that’s why I buy a Ford, because there’s no recall. Don’t get ahead of yourself here. You may very well be in the same boat when it’s all said and done. Point being, they all have issues. To me, this comes down to who do you work with locally? How does your dealer take care of you? Who do you feel confident in when it comes to that? And some of you that drive coast to coast, it becomes even a bigger deal because now you’re at the mercy of wherever you have a problem, where you stop, and who’s going to take care of you. And, yeah, I don’t take that lightly because I know that’s not a good position to be in. I mean, other than buying one of the older diesel trucks that’s out there, you know, go buy a Duramax that’s a 21 and older that has a good Allison. You know, you could… But what’s going to happen is, and Josh can attest to this, it’s going to make those vehicles worth more. Those people that have those older diesels that are pretty tried and true, it just makes them worth more money now.
SPEAKER 06 :
And they are because you don’t have to deal with DEF, and you don’t have to deal with particulate filters and all that good stuff, too.
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Correct.
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EGRs.
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Correct. So I hope that explains some on the heavy-duty side. I know I’m really hard on RAM, which I am because of my own experience with them. Before we go to break, one thing that somebody asked me this week to cover is I thought everybody knew this. I’m going to pull my key fob out of my pocket because I thought most everybody knew this. But maybe not because I had a question on this this past week. In every one of the remote fobs where there’s no key, which I have my Chevy one in my hand, in my case, and every one of these is a little bit different, but in my case, there’s a side button that if you push it, you can pull the actual physical key out, which could be used in the door locks or other things that they may put locks on, and that’s what that key is used for. And in a lot of cases, even some of the sports cars, There’s typically a hidden slot. You sometimes have to look it up in the owner’s manual or go to YouTube if you’re locked out of the car, for example. In other words, if the key fob doesn’t work, you can still pull your key out and utilize that to get into the vehicle, even on a lot of the cars where there’s no door handles and things like that. Somebody asked me if I would mention where that key is located in the fob. And for all of you that have a remote, look somewhere on the remote, side, top, bottom. You’ll normally see a little button. Sometimes it’ll be in the same matching surface as the rest of the key fob. Sometimes they’ll change it to like a chrome button. Sometimes it’ll be a chrome key fob and it’ll be a black button. Sometimes it’s still a chrome button. Point being, you’ll see a button somewhere on your fob that’ll allow you to push that and then pull the key out. And in most late model cars now, they’re a laser cut key.
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They are.
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So you’re gonna see it, meaning it’s just a little square rectangle type key with laser cut in it and that’s how most of them work. Somebody texted me and asked if I’d cover that today, so there you go. Yes, for all of you listening, that’s what you need to do. All right, we’ve got a review coming up of a Toyota Tacoma, by the way, which we drove recently. So enjoy that, and we’ll be back right after that. Drive Radio, KLZ 560. Richard, you just drove a 2024 Toyota Tacoma. Give me the trim options and so on. But for those of you listening, Tacoma, this is one of their largest markets in the nation for Tacoma in this Denver area.
SPEAKER 25 :
Yeah, it is. Well, and I’m sure so many folks are looking like, well, yeah, John, I see a gazillion of these things. You’re right. You do. You see a gazillion of these things running around here, Dad, because they do well, right? That midsize truck, obviously, it’s not a full size. It’s not meant to be a full size. But it just is phenomenal out here. The size lets you get into tighter parking spaces, that sort of thing. But the 2024 Tacoma Dad has been one that people, I think, have been waiting for for a while, right? It’s all new, all redesigned for 24. If you’ve been looking for that, Toyota’s generally a little bit slower to update things, but they do that for a reason, right? If something’s working… They find something reliable and they stick with it.
SPEAKER 04 :
So this model, what did you drive? What model was it?
SPEAKER 25 :
So we had a 2024 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road Edition, and they’ve got a gazillion different, you know, not a lot, but they’ve got an SR5, the TRD Sport, the Trail Hunter TRD, all sorts of different things, right? You can get this truck, Dad, as they say, Tacoma, anywhere from $35,000 all the way up to $65,000 if you opt for the TRD Pro, which includes a bunch of different, not aftermarket, but kind of A bunch of off-road accessories, right, where you can basically pick that thing up and go straight up the hill with it. With the one that we had, it had the off-road premium package on it, which I’m not going to list for everyone. Basically, it gives you heated and ventilated front seats, a nice big kind of display. I think it’s a 14-inch display. It’s got a fun little option that it actually comes with a wireless Bluetooth speaker kind of in the center area. You know, center of the dashboard that, you know, if you’re off-road or whatever it is, you can just pop that bad boy out and, you know, pop it up as you’re camping and listen to it. It does come with a new four-cylinder engine. The one we drove, Dad, does not have the I-Force Max option, which, for those of you listeners that don’t know, basically that’s the powertrain that they’re putting in a lot of their vehicles, Dad. It’s essentially a hybrid, right? It generates a lot more torque. lot more power, but you’re supposed to get the same fuel economy that you get out of the I-Force engine that we drove, which was really good, Dad, because it’s still a turbocharged engine, and it works really well at our altitude, right? It’s got good power throughout. I actually had to haul a few parts around and stuff for the office this past week, and it did that really well. Now, I will say this. And, folks, this is not a knock on this. This is just, I’m telling you, this is not a car meant to fit four full-size adults.
SPEAKER 04 :
No, they are not. Very few of those mid-sized trucks are, by the way.
SPEAKER 25 :
Correct. And so it’s not a knock on any of them. Just know what you’re buying because you recently reviewed it. It’s not meant to be bigger, right, Dad? It’s meant to serve a purpose. Two full-size adults. If you’ve got a family of four with some smaller kids, could you put them in the back seat and be able to do all the things that you’re looking for? Absolutely, you could. I really like what they’ve done with the redesigned ads. So for folks who haven’t seen it, I encourage them to head to Toyota’s website. and kind of check it out, head to some dealer lots. I know that some of them are on the lots that way, but it works really well. And I know, Ed, that you’ve obviously driven Tacomas before. Like you said, we see a gazillion of them around here in Colorado, and it’s for a reason.
SPEAKER 04 :
Right. And just for you, everybody listens to that. I just looked it up to that. The I-Force Max, the hybrid powertrain is not available in that trim level is why they don’t do it. I’m guessing because of some of the off-road capabilities and so on. The other one’s going to be heavier. So they’re probably I’m assuming they’re going to lighten things up for the off-road version.
SPEAKER 25 :
Yeah, and I will say that it’s actually a specific trim level. Like, if you’re going onto Toyota’s website or wherever it is, it will say, you know, I-Force Max. And so if you’re looking for that, it increases the price by about $5,000. So the one that we had wasn’t a guy, and I think it was even a later in this year, Dad. If you’re looking for that, I think they’re starting to be available, and they come in the Limited and a few of the other trim levels. But honestly, Dad, again, for what ours was, and fuel economy, by the way, about 21, 22 miles per gallon, which is right about where I was at. Yeah, not bad at all. The only thing that I wish they would do, and this is just a personal preference, just because here in Colorado we’re a little bit more spread out, I didn’t hate the fuel economy. It just got a small fuel tank. And so I actually did have to put a little bit of fuel into it. Benefit, though, is in some turbocharged engines, Dad, you’ve got to put premium fuel. Not the case in this with the Tacoma. You can just put standard, you know, whatever, I guess, unleaded gasoline into it, and you’re good to go. I enjoyed it. My kids did. One nice thing, Dad, is sometimes when you get these off-road trim levels, they ride a little bit rougher, right? And some people don’t like that. I will say with the TRD off-road, it rode rougher, but it did not ride so bad or was so loud or anything in that way, shape, or form that turned me off to it, right? And usually that’s kind of what you and I go off of is, okay, would this prevent me from buying the car? And the answer is no. They’ve actually done a good job at sort of blending. The street, you know, the drivability of it on your everyday drive with the capability of the off-road piece of it that I really, really like and kind of how they put that together. Gotcha. The price point on the one we drove, Dad, was the mid-50s. And again, that had a few different options and packages and stuff on it. We encourage folks to check that out themselves as they… as they see fit. But honestly, the best thing for people to do that is get out, test drive these vehicles if you can. Again, they’re all new for 2024. They’re selling really well. They always do. And when you do that, let them know that John and Richard Rush from Drive Radio and Rush to Reason sent you.
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SPEAKER 04 :
All right, we are back. Drive Radio, KLZ 560. Again, Josh Goff with us from Legacy Automotive up in Boulder. Ridgeline Auto Brokers as well. Boulder, Longmont, and Fort Collins. And then Roy and Dietze both with us from ProTech Auto Shield as well. Jerry and Aurora, you’re next. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yes, I’m looking at buying a used Chevy Silverado pickup. I’ve looked at three, like a 2010, a 2013, and a 2015. I only want a 5.3 engine in it. Is there any particular years, is the engine, the 5.3, all the same? Did any have electrical issues or computer or engine, drivetrain problems that you know of? Sure.
SPEAKER 04 :
Of those three, no. They’re all relatively the same.
SPEAKER 08 :
They’re all the same pretty much.
SPEAKER 04 :
And the 5.3s, I mean, Josh can attest to this, that’s a solid engine. They run and run and run and run and run. They do. And get great mileage.
SPEAKER 06 :
That’s a displacement on demand side, which some people like or don’t like. I think if they’re serviced well, I don’t see as many issues as the ones that aren’t. So just have it looked over before you purchase it.
SPEAKER 08 :
So as far as the… The year difference there, is there more of a maintenance issue when you get to the later year model, so with all the electronic computer stuff?
SPEAKER 06 :
Not that I’ve seen on the 5.3. The 6.2, I think there’s some issues that I’m starting to see, but not the 5.3. Correct.
SPEAKER 08 :
Correct. Okay, that’s about all I was needing to know. Thank you so much.
SPEAKER 04 :
You’re very welcome. No, and that’s a great, that was one of General Motors’ better engine designs, maybe is the right way for me to say that, Josh. I mean, those things will go, well, my dad had one that was in an 03 that we actually put into service in our fleet that had close to 340,000 on it or something. It’s never been a part.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, they run forever.
SPEAKER 04 :
I mean, how do you argue that?
SPEAKER 06 :
The main thing on that truck is just ball joints and steering suspension, but all the trucks have that same issue. So before I purchase it, I just have somebody look over what that truck before you buy it to make sure it doesn’t need ball joints or, you know, tie rod ends or any of that stuff. But usually it’s a pretty good truck.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay. Good to know. Yeah, so those of you that are listening, when it comes to that particular model of vehicle, yeah, Jerry, in your case, that’s more of who owned it, how did they do their maintenance, what condition is the vehicle in. I look at all of that. I don’t care whether it’s the 2010 or the 2015. I’ll buy whichever one has the best care.
SPEAKER 12 :
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 04 :
on it, out of that, even over mileage and how it looks. I’m more concerned about who owned it and what did they do to it. So if you’ve got good records and you can look at all of that, then that’s what I would do. Jeff in Denver. This is a call for Roy and Dietze. Go ahead, Jeff.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yes. I have a couple of deep scratches in my car. One is about an inch long. The other one is about three inches long. And they’re deep enough they go down to the bare metal. I was wondering if… If they couldn’t do repair like that.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, if it goes all to the metal, I mean, it’s going to need some… It needs to be repainted.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, your options are repaint, Jeff. Repaint now. You could, depending upon where the scratch is and how particular you are. Exactly. I was going to say that. You could touch it up and then polish all around it and so on and make it look halfway good, but it’s not going to be the same.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, you can bring it to us and we can look at it and then… Maybe if you don’t want to pay the money to repaint the vehicle or the panels, in this case, we can touch it up for you. Do a little bit of sanding polish, touch it up. Where is it at, Jeff?
SPEAKER 04 :
Where is the scratch at?
SPEAKER 10 :
One is on the door, the rear door, and the other one is on the front fender.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay. On the door, is it near the edge or is it in the middle? In the middle. That’s worse. Really quick for a lot of you listening, you get an edge ding, and I’ve had this happen, and Roy is really good about fixing these. You can, on an edge ding, touch it up and then put a little PPF on the edge that sort of blends all that together, and it really hides the touch-up with the PPF, and you really never know it was there. So that’s a little trick for some of you that have some dingies on the door edges. But when it’s in the middle, Jeff, that gets a little tougher.
SPEAKER 05 :
Mm-hmm. Yeah, I think at this point it’s up to him. I mean, if he wants to repaint it. What color is it, by the way? Yeah.
SPEAKER 10 :
It’s kind of a dark red.
SPEAKER 04 :
That makes it worse.
SPEAKER 23 :
Yeah, it’s not very noticeable.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, and I’m sure it’s metallic, right? Yeah, dark red metallic is probably, I’m not saying it’s the hardest to touch up, but one of the, silver is the worst of all colors. Silver is the hardest because of the modeling of the metallics and so on. So silver is the hardest, but that dark red metallic, Jeff, isn’t any better.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 04 :
It’s tough. And I say that because no matter who tells you how close they can make the color match, that may be true. They may get the color matched exactly. But what I said a moment ago about the metallic in the paint and the modeling, and I know that’s hard for me to explain on the radio, Roy, and Josh, you know what I mean by modeling. But to get the metallic to lay the exact same as the current paint that’s on the car to where everything blends is extremely, if not impossible, to duplicate what’s on the car now. Yeah.
SPEAKER 23 :
It’s like having a bunch of tiny mirrors reflecting the light.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, it’s literally an impossibility. No matter what YouTube or TikTok or what other video shows you using a touch-up paint and a deck of cards to smooth that out and make it look good, yeah, no, that’s on video, and it ain’t looking that good when it’s done. No. No.
SPEAKER 10 :
All right. Okay, and one other question. What is the best type of – windshield film to put on that uh rejects the heat the best for heat rejection ceramic tint yeah ceramic ceramic yeah ceramic window tint is going to be the one that’s going to give you the best heat rejection on it okay and uh and does that uh does that interfere with the ability uh or is it uh you can still sleep Clear out of the windshield. Still see clear.
SPEAKER 04 :
I’ve had it on numerous of my – in fact, I’ve given the testimonial, Jeff, on this show, Roy and Dietze. I’ve got cars that are done, and occasionally I’ll get a press car, for example, and I’ll drive a press car for a week. And when I get a press car that is not tinted, I notice a huge difference in the way things look, especially at night. with my astigmatism, especially at night driving, I will tell you that the one that is tinted slightly way better to see at night than the one not.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay, okay. Well, that’s good info. Well, I appreciate your info.
SPEAKER 04 :
You’re very welcome, Jeff. No, appreciate that. Yeah, for a lot of you listening that, like me, you’ve got a stigmatism in your eyesight, and you’ve always wondered, how do I make that a little better at night? You might even wear different types of glasses and so on that try to help with that. I’ll just tell you straight up, just tint the front windshield. Do what Roy and Dietze do with the coating. And, by the way, it’s such that I would highly doubt any – Police officer, because you’re technically not supposed to tint those, but I highly doubt, given how light the tint is, you’d ever have any issues because you literally can’t tell it’s there. It’s literally more of a rejection of light and the UV as it is anything.
SPEAKER 23 :
As of this year, you can have 70% on the windshield.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay. And that’s what we recommend for windshields, 70%, which is almost clear, but you get a lot of benefits, which the main benefit is the heat rejection.
SPEAKER 04 :
Right. And the night driving, as I mentioned a moment ago. And guys, I really can’t… As far as testimony goes, it’s hard to explain. You have to have the type of eyesight that I have to really understand the differences. But when you have astigmatism at night, the lights want to get blurry. I don’t know how else to say it. The headlights coming at you get more blurry, and they sort of sparkle out. I don’t know how else to say it. And with the tint on the windshield, it retracts a lot of that and brings that light back in to where you don’t notice it as much, and you don’t have as much of that fogginess or blindingness that might go on with the other cars. And even the streetlights and stuff that are up above you, you just don’t see it as much with those that are tinted versus those that are not. That’s probably the best way for me to say that. So it works solid. Oh, yeah. Okay. We’ll talk more about that when we come back. Don’t go anywhere. Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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SPEAKER 04 :
All right, we are back. Drive Radio, KLZ 560. Thanks for calling in today, by the way. We appreciate it. We have some lines open, 303-477-5600. Kelly and Parker, you are next. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 11 :
Hello?
SPEAKER 04 :
Hello, Kelly.
SPEAKER 11 :
Hi, John. How are you?
SPEAKER 04 :
Good. Good to talk to you.
SPEAKER 11 :
You too. This is kind of a dumb question, but I have an older car, 2012, and the rubber on my steering wheel is all pitted. It’s like it’s peeling off. Is there anything you can do with that to restore it? Nothing that lasts.
SPEAKER 06 :
You usually just put a cover over it.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, thank you, Josh. I was going to just say the same thing, Kelly. When it comes to the steering wheels themselves and what’s on it, the only two options that you have are replace it with another wheel, which sometimes you can find, sometimes you can’t find. It depends on the age of the vehicle. In some cases, you’ll have to buy a used one, which may not be any better than the one you actually have right now. The other option is get a really good, high-quality lace-on cover. And when I mean high-quality lace-on cover, there’s some leather-type covers you make that you literally stitch on yourself. It gives you everything to do it with, the needle, the thread, the whole nine yards, and you stitch that on. And if you do it correctly, it looks like a million bucks and almost looks factory. I would probably do that more than anything. Now, a good cover like that will be $50, $75 or so.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yep, and it’ll take you three times.
SPEAKER 04 :
If you get some practice, it becomes a little easier. The key there is put the main seam for the steering wheel cover at the bottom. So put that down at the bottom at the 6 o’clock mark. Start there with your lacing. And where it gets a little tricky is where you’ve got to go around the spokes. You know, every wheel has either two or three spokes you have to kind of work around, sometimes four. That’s where it gets a little bit tricky. But if you follow their instructions on how to do that, it’s not too bad. And you can lace that on and have it look really good at the end of the day.
SPEAKER 11 :
Huh, okay. Well, thank you for your help.
SPEAKER 04 :
That’s what I would do. And you can make, really, and frankly, that will protect it down the road from doing it more. And if you get a really good, solid leather that is vat-dyed, in other words, the color is the same all the way through, that thing will last the rest of the vehicle. Don’t buy a cheap, there’s a lot of cheapy ones out there that are more of a vinyl-y, plastic-y, you know, and those are crap. Spend the money and get a good solid leather one. And you’ve got to measure the wheel because they make these specific for the size of wheel that you have. You know, 13, 14, 13 1⁄2, whatever. You’ll have to measure exactly where you’re at and then order accordingly.
SPEAKER 1 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 11 :
What causes that to happen, John, to you?
SPEAKER 04 :
The sun and the heat and the UV and so on. Back to our conversation with Roy and Dietze on the window tint and so on, it’s that UV light coming in that’s causing that.
SPEAKER 11 :
I thought maybe it was the oil off of your hands even.
SPEAKER 04 :
That doesn’t help. Keeping them clean helps, but the main thing is the combination of, yes, the oil on your skins, lotions and so on, and the UV is what’s doing that.
SPEAKER 11 :
Okay, thank you so much for your help.
SPEAKER 04 :
You’re very welcome, Kelly. Appreciate it. Okay, with all that being said, for some of you that have maybe newer vehicles and you’re worried a little bit about what Kelly just said, here’s the key on a steering wheel especially because our hands are always dirty. That’s why we wash them after going to the restroom and it was a big deal during COVID and so on. Well, all of that just natural oil and things that are on your hands, and for some of you that use hand lotions and so on, it’s even worse. That’s all going on the wheel. So I would tell you that… As you’re getting gas, on a typical weekly basis, keep some of those Clorox wipes around the car, and when you’re getting gas, wipe the steering wheel down at the same time. You’re gonna keep all that oil and junk off. Now, they also make some nice interior products where you could even clean with those if you wanted to, interior wipes and so on. I’m not, and I hope I’m correct in this, Roy, I’m not an Armor All fan. They typically add oils and things into it that, frankly, don’t help you at the end of the day. Sorry, Armor All, but they’re really not helping when it’s all said and done. I’m one, especially on the steering wheel, just keep it clean. You don’t need to add any other product to it. Just keep it clean. Am I right?
SPEAKER 05 :
No, you’re right. Yeah, no armor roll. Yeah, no armor roll. And this is when I recommend the window film on your windshield because the UV rays, they’re going to cause a lot of problems on your dash, steering wheel, seats, and all that. So… That’s a good thing. I mean, and when you clean the steering wheel, like you were saying, I mean, with chloro swipes or whatever, just make sure. Everything gets dry before you start driving the vehicle.
SPEAKER 04 :
So, again, what we were talking about with Dietze and Roy on the window film, for those of you that are worried about, hey, I’ve got a newer vehicle. I want to keep the interior lasting as long. You know, the old days of really, you know, cracked dashes and things like that have gotten a lot better because the materials are better, although that can still happen. And the best way to do that, we used to do dash mats and things like that back in the day, but just tint the film, you know, put the right film on the the windows itself, and you’ll eliminate the majority of that just by doing that. You don’t need to do all the other things. Everything is going to last longer on your interior. And this is right up Dietze and Roy’s alley as well. The cleanliness… Make sure I say this correctly. How clean you’re keeping the dash, the steering wheel, the grab handles, the seats has a big effect upon how things are down the road when you go to trade it in for somebody like Josh. Because all of those things, you know, cars, we’re in them more so than we are our house in most cases. They’re going to get dirty. You’ve got natural oils coming off of your skin, your hair, things like that. And I don’t want to get too gross here, but that stuff transfers, okay? And you want to keep those things clean. So periodically, even those of us that are clean freaks, believe it or not, you can take some of these things I’m just talking about, and there’s interior cleaner that they make specific for this. You take a white towel. and take some interior cleaner and spray that on your seats you drive on every day and wipe them off and tell me what comes off on that white rag. Everything. A lot of stuff. And that comes from even the color in your clothing. There’s dyes that are in your clothing. That will rub off on those seats and so on. So all of that stuff is getting into the fabric, the leather, the vinyl, the whatever it is on your seats, and you want to keep that stuff clean because the cleaner it is, to Josh’s point earlier, the longer everything lasts. Mm-hmm. The better it looks when you go to trade it. And yes, I am living proof when it comes to doing those trades that typically I get the question, is this a John Rush car or somebody else’s? Because they know if it’s mine, they are going to vacuum it and put it on the lot. maybe wash it, depending upon how far it had to go to get there, but that’s literally all they’re going to do. They’re going to vacuum it, wash it, put it on the lot, because they don’t have to do anything else. It’s done. The car’s literally on the inside, outside, it’s ready to go. They don’t have to do another thing with it because of how I take care of my vehicles, meaning I’m getting a higher value, whether I’m selling it or trading. Typically, I trade because you save on the sales tax side, and I keep my cars good enough that on the trade aspect, it still works out at the end of the day, but that’s Josh, you know that’s how that works. The better the car is, and if they know you’re that person, you’re going to automatically get a higher price for the car.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right.
SPEAKER 04 :
There’s no negotiation really needed. They know what they can do with that car.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, they don’t have to do anything to it.
SPEAKER 04 :
And they know that that type of car, there’s not that many around, and they’re high demand when there’s a used one on the lot.
SPEAKER 12 :
Very true.
SPEAKER 04 :
It’s that simple. I had a friend of mine, a client of mine recently has just traded in a, I want to say a 2018 or 19 truck on a brand new Tahoe. That truck is already on the lot, ready to go the day after with the price they’re trying to sell it at. And that truck won’t sit on a lot very long because of what it compares. It’s $25,000 less than a new truck, meaning it’ll sell immediately.
SPEAKER 06 :
And for the dealership, they need to turn money out of that car right away. So if it takes them a lot of time to recon it, that’s the time it’s down. It’s just sitting there getting fixed instead of being ready to sell.
SPEAKER 04 :
Great point. All right, folks, we’ve got another full hour coming your way. Give us a call, 303-477-5600. I’ll check the text line as well. I apologize, I got a little behind there, but send me a text if you need to as well. I can talk about it on air. 307-200-8222. Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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