Drive Radio on KLZ 560 dives deep into everything automotive, from race car wheel studs to the myths and realities of electric vehicles. Callers share their frustrations with finding specialized parts, debate the safety and design of EVs, and highlight issues like range anxiety, insurance costs, and battery replacement fears. Host John Rush balances the discussion with first-hand insights from years of EV ownership, dispelling misconceptions while pointing out the challenges. The show also touches on repairs for wheel sensors, tackling stubborn bolts on older Toyotas, restoring classic radios, and comparing vehicles like the Lincoln Aviator versus its Ford
SPEAKER 04 :
It’s a mighty fancy automobile. Oh, she’s a real road king, all right. Zero to 60 in 7.5. She’ll do a quarter mile, 13.40. 390 horsepower, 500 foot-pounds of torque. Whatever that is. Performance and image, that’s what it’s all about.
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There’s no such thing as a stupid question. This is Drive Radio. All of your automotive questions are just one phone call away. 303-477-5600. Drive Radio is made possible by the member shops of Colorado Select Auto Care Centers. To find one near you, go to drive-radio.com. Now, Drive Radio on KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 05 :
All right, last hour of Drive Radio, KLZ 560. Thanks for calling in. We appreciate it. Jeff in Golden, you’re next. Go ahead, Jeff.
SPEAKER 08 :
Hello, how’s it going? Good, Jeff. All right, well, we’re on the radio. I’m here in Golden at the Big O Tire. I was just at the O’Reilly. We’re trying to find wheel stud.
SPEAKER 14 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 08 :
It’s for the little race car. I’m trying to go 2 1⁄2 inch long. Or three, I may have just found what I’m looking for on Speedway Motors. I may have found them, but where would you find extra long wheel studs? I mean, there’s just all these auto parts stores. That’s like the worst rack in the world. You get to these wheel suds, and they bring you to the back, and they’re like, oh, look at this.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, good luck.
SPEAKER 08 :
We haven’t organized this for 10 years.
SPEAKER 05 :
I mean, that’s, and as you know, that gets pretty specific on size, length, and so on. You know, you’ve got to go aftermarket. Somebody that’s in the racing end of things, like where you’re at, you’re going to have to do something along those lines to get longer ones. But sell the rims and stuff altogether. Correct. Correct.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, me and Trevor at the counter, very helpful guy here at the Big O. We were just saying the same thing. That was basically what he said, and we were like, we need to start. He was saying his father-in-law is a part of a speed shop. What was the speed shop? Hamilton Motorsports, something like that. And I think Speedway Motors might have them right now when I’m looking. I’m just now looking.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yep, I think that’s what you’re going to end up having to do because otherwise you’re not going to find long enough ones.
SPEAKER 08 :
No, it’s just for the race car. The reason I’m doing it is because we went to Bristol to run, and the tech right away, they called me on that. They were like, your wheel studs are way too short, and the way these lug nuts on them kind of looks like the thing’s not all the way on. They’re sunken way down in there, and they wanted to see some threads out there. But that’s a lot easier said than done.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yep, yep. Especially with all the torque you’re putting on that, you want to have some thread straight through. You want it safe. Exactly.
SPEAKER 08 :
So any other guys other than where we’re going? I think, yeah, I think we’re kind of solving our own problem. But it was kind of fun. I told him, I was like, well, I can call the guy on the radio right now.
SPEAKER 05 :
No, no, you’ve got to go to a performance shop. I mean, there’s only, and in town now, that’s the other issue you’ve got here in town, is how many speed shops are in Denver now? Not that many.
SPEAKER 08 :
Not that many, exactly. I’m thinking not too many, yeah.
SPEAKER 05 :
I’m looking. There’s not, I mean, even if you Google it, there’s just not that many around.
SPEAKER 08 :
Larry Motorsports, and then he just moved. I’m not sure where he is now, but Larry is one of our guys.
SPEAKER 05 :
On track. I know the guys at On Track, only they’re not open today, so that would be another one you could try would be On Track.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, that would be the only two that I can think of.
SPEAKER 05 :
That’s the only ones I know of.
SPEAKER 08 :
Larry and On Track, yeah. Yeah. Well, cool. Beautiful day out here, guys.
SPEAKER 05 :
All right. Well, enjoy, Jeff. Have fun, man. Appreciate you. Thank you very much. Dennis, you’re next. Go ahead, Dennis.
SPEAKER 10 :
Hi, John. I got some comments on EVs. Sure. It’s not just that the government mandated them. There are several other factors in place. And to prove that, Tesla sales were down for the last eight months in a row. They lost 3% of their value the other day. And part of that is their product. Part of that is their founder. You know, people are tired.
SPEAKER 05 :
People don’t like him. Yep, you’re right.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yep, absolutely. But not to mention that EVs are small and ugly. People have range anxiety.
SPEAKER 05 :
Range anxiety is a big factor. Now, the small and ugly, not so much anymore. There’s so many makes and models now that some of what – People may not even know they’re an EV. Typically, you can tell by not having a regular grille is usually the way. But even that’s not a telltale sign anymore, Dennis. Some of the EVs they put with a regular-type grille in it where it really looks very similar to all of their other counterparts. So they’re not as small and, quote-unquote, as ugly as they used to be because you can buy full-size vehicles now that are a complete EV that, by the way, have very long range, 350-mile-plus EVs. The other problem with Tesla, really quick going back to them, is that I feel is an issue for them is they all look the same. Yeah, they’ve done some new refreshing of a couple of models here of late, but even they don’t have much of a refresh. I mean, bottom line, you can take a Tesla that’s 10 years old and a brand new one, and they look exactly the same. There’s no difference. Right, and battery anxiety, battery replacement anxiety… Yeah, and by the way, that’s a big factor that I think people have, that no offense is no different than… They don’t have engine replacement anxiety. Why do they have battery replacement anxiety? There’s really no difference from one to the other as far as longevity goes.
SPEAKER 10 :
Although I think it would be much easier to get rid of a…
SPEAKER 05 :
ice replacement engine rather than that battery well but like an engine the counterpart is just like an engine most of those ev batteries are fixable and you can put them right back in so there’s even a guy down in arizona that specifically does tesla rebuilds and there’s a lot of the other battery packs that you’re going to find exactly the same way so you’re going to end up in the not too distant future exactly the same as an engine versus a battery pack you can still fix them both
SPEAKER 10 :
Right. And another factor I think comes into play is the fire situation. You know, whether you’re out on the road or… your garage catches on fire and gets into the house while you’re asleep, you know, there’s a lot of EV fires.
SPEAKER 05 :
There is, although I think the biggest, me personally, Dennis, yes, you’re right, and I talk about this a lot, the pushing of them on society is one of the downfalls of them. But I’ll just say it straight up. Here’s the other problem. Because of the pushing… they didn’t do proper training and education of what the advantages and disadvantages of an EV are. They just assumed everybody needs to own one, here you go, here’s a credit, go buy one. Well, there was no education in it, Dennis, like I’ve done for myself over the past five years. And because of that lack of education, you get what you’re talking about. Ignorance. Yep, you get ignorance. And I hate to say this, there’s a lot of ignorance around EVs. For and against.
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, in just a public service announcement, don’t leave your e-bikes plugged in.
SPEAKER 05 :
No, that’s another one. Yeah, do not. Absolutely, Dennis. E-bikes or even some little e-scooters and stuff, don’t leave any of those plugged in. Really?
SPEAKER 10 :
All right, that’s all I got.
SPEAKER 05 :
No, good one, Dennis. I appreciate it. And Dennis brings up some great points. And some of what Dennis is talking about, I go back to the lack of education, both sides. Ignorance, by the way, on both sides, because… Neither knows full well what EVs do until you really own one like I have. And I mean that in the most sincere ways. And by the way, I think even some folks that own them don’t fully understand them even like I do because they’re not car people, so they don’t want to. They just figure I plug it in and go. That’s all they really care about at the end of the day. But owning them… changes your complete perspective on them because they’re they’re not what most people think and i’m a testament to that and i’ve owned one since 2020 now so so five years and i can pretty much tell you the ins and outs of them and a lot of and i can dispel by the way a lot of the misconceptions that there are around them and there is a lot of misconceptions around them because there’s a lot of ignorance because until you own one you don’t know
SPEAKER 06 :
I read an article this week in one of the trade magazines that the insurance payments for Lexus in some states are double what a normal.
SPEAKER 05 :
They can be. That’s one of the first things I tell people, too, when you’re looking to get an EV, double-check your insurance rates because in some cases, yes. Your insurance could be more than what your counter. Now, typically, your insurance is going to be higher anyways because you’re buying a new car versus an old car. But you need to do a comparison one for the other. So I’m going to I’m thinking about buying this EV versus this new car and look and see what the rates are. And that’ll tell you how much more the EV actually is.
SPEAKER 06 :
And the more expensive the EV, the wider the gap.
SPEAKER 05 :
Absolutely.
SPEAKER 06 :
As it got down to a lower and more expensive, they were closer in terms of insurance. That’s absolutely right. So I thought that was kind of interesting.
SPEAKER 05 :
That’s absolutely right. You are correct in that. No, you’re exactly right. Bob, go ahead.
SPEAKER 11 :
Hey, you know. You know about Baidu, right?
SPEAKER 05 :
About what?
SPEAKER 11 :
Baidu.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, Chinese.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, Chinese. Oh, they’re crushing Teslas, well, in China and also in Europe. And here’s why.
SPEAKER 05 :
Actually, Tesla’s still outselling them in China.
SPEAKER 11 :
Tesla is?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yes, I just read that Friday.
SPEAKER 11 :
Really?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yep.
SPEAKER 11 :
That’s odd.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, not really. But, you know, I mean – I mean, and the reason I say not really is – and I’m not trying to ditz anybody, but I can just tell you right now that I would be surprised if the quality of one versus the other is exactly the same. I don’t know. I’ve never been in a BYD because they’re not imported into America, so I’ve never sat inside of one. I saw some reviews and different things on them, but I don’t know. I don’t know what their quality is like.
SPEAKER 11 :
Are they trying to move into the Mexican market?
SPEAKER 05 :
Oh, absolutely. And Mexico is trying to tariff them. Not trying. Mexico is tariffing them much like we are because Mexico doesn’t want them. And Mexico doesn’t want them because they feel like there’s enough already vehicles produced in Mexico. They want to keep that homegrown there. They don’t want them coming into Mexico. So Mexico is doing the same thing we are.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, so I listened to you earlier this week, and it was actually a very brilliant holdup on EVs, and you explained that so clearly. I almost thought maybe I’d get one. You know, I mean, for the purpose, you know,
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, and number one, Bob, thank you for saying that. We’re going to replay, for all of you listening that didn’t hear that because that was on my daily show, we’re going to be replaying that one here at some point in the future. Charlie’s working on, we’re going to get a full hour of that put together because it ended up being about 45 minutes, Bob. Oh, yeah. I’ll tag a few things front and rear to get an hour out of that, and we’ll make that an hour at some point where everybody can hear that. And for everybody listening, what spawned that is I just had a random caller that called in and started asking questions about – And I felt like, OK, well, now’s as good a time to answer those as any. And literally, I just took each question as it came. And none of that was staged. All of that was really just off the cuff, Bob. And I thought the conversation went really well. And I was trying to be as well. You know me. I’m going to be honest one way or the other anyways. And for like you just said, for most people. And I said this on Tuesday. For the majority of people, they worry about going on a road trip, going coast to coast in their EV, yet they don’t anyways. So why is that a worry?
SPEAKER 11 :
Right. You explained that so clearly. And then you explained, you know, I mean, if you live in an apartment or a complex, you know, like… You have to have, you know, a home where you can put in a charging system and stuff like that. Because nobody’s going to go out every morning and stand in front of a charger.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, and as I said, even on Tuesday, and there’s a Tesla charge station just down here below us here at the station, Bob, and I will tell you that I’m convinced that the majority of people that actually use that charge station, A, are Teslas because you can’t use it unless you’re, Tesla owner or have the adapter because Tesla uses a different plug than what all of the other cars use but typically you’re going to see Tesla’s there and I think Bob those are people like you’re talking about whereby they don’t live anywhere where they can charge so they go find a charge station and they wait and plug in and they are not I repeat this they are not your typical car driver and owner oh no I mean for instance like I have three cars and they’re all different classes of cars
SPEAKER 11 :
and I have garage space for all three. I could probably, and I’ll tell you what I own. I own a 2020 Cadillac XT. I own a 24 Kia Carnival. And then my everyday driver is a 22 Chevy Trax. And I could probably replace the track with an EV. You could.
SPEAKER 05 :
You could, easily.
SPEAKER 11 :
I’m never going to take that on a road trip, never.
SPEAKER 05 :
Now, and for those listening, I always say this, don’t knock it until you try it. Have you ever driven one, Bob? No, I have not. You need to go drive an EV, because you especially, knowing you like I do, and we talk a lot even off-air in that, and for the performance sides of things, go drive one of the, you know, more quote-unquote hot EVs, and that’s all you’ve got to go do. Go drive one.
SPEAKER 11 :
You know, I mean, you know that I was an electrical engineer for AT&T all these years, and I know about motors. Motors have maximum… torque at zero RPM.
SPEAKER 05 :
That’s right.
SPEAKER 11 :
I mean, I understand all that.
SPEAKER 05 :
So, you know, in your case, because you know some of the same people I do, go drive an Equinox EV. Go get an all-wheel drive Equinox EV and drive it, test drive one.
SPEAKER 11 :
She has an Equinox gas, and she loves it. And your wife has an Equinox EV, and she loves it.
SPEAKER 05 :
She does.
SPEAKER 11 :
And I’m going to tell you, my ex-wife doesn’t drive long trips.
SPEAKER 05 :
She can drive an EV all day long and be fine.
SPEAKER 11 :
But she doesn’t want to wear out her Equinox. That’s why we’ve been bouncing this thing. I want this old Vibe GT because she had one when it was new, and she loves them. It’s just an extra car to go get groceries. But anyway, nevertheless, let’s talk about one of the efficiencies of the EVs was Remember when gas hit, even in Colorado, almost $5 a gallon, right?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, now, here’s what’s going on. Gasoline, I could pay like $2.50 a gallon at Costco when I fill up. So gas prices are going down, but the problem is electricity prices are going up. So a lot of that advantage… But I understand, you know, like you never have to get an oil change. You know, your brakes are going to last forever because of the, you know, the regeneration and stuff like that. And I listened to your, was it Tuesday?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yes, Tuesday.
SPEAKER 11 :
Oh, yeah. You were brilliant. Well, thank you. I mean, you took both sides, you know, and I appreciate that.
SPEAKER 14 :
Well, thank you.
SPEAKER 11 :
And I thought about that, and I thought, well, you know, I have an extra car. I would never have an EV as a primary car and no others, but for an extra car, good deal. And those old Nissan Leafs were junk.
SPEAKER 05 :
New ones are much better, but the old ones were not very good.
SPEAKER 11 :
What do with those? They bought them, and then they give them off to their teenage kids, go back and forth to school, and they’re fine. I mean, the range is down to 70 miles on a used one. Going back and forth to school. And, you know, so I guess there’s, I don’t know what’s going to happen. When is it, September 30th?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, Tuesday.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, I don’t know that people really bought them for the tax advantage. I mean, come on. Cars are expensive.
SPEAKER 05 :
They are. They are. You’re right about that. I think some did, though. I think, Bob, there were some people that literally looked at that tax credit and said, wow, that’s a good deal. I’ll buy it.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, I don’t know. I’ve always been a cash buyer, so I don’t give a damn about that.
SPEAKER 05 :
Right, right. Bob, I’ve got to run to break. Appreciate you very much, though. Thank you very much. I appreciate the kind words as well. Wayne, Bill, you guys hang tight. We’ll be right back. Drive Radio, KLZ 560. Oh, wait a minute. We don’t have Charlie. Charlie went away. Well, I have to take a break, but let me go ahead and take a call instead. Let’s do this. Wayne and Yurei, you’re next.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, John, I’ve got a 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe with approximately 48,000 miles on it. And last year in November, I had my right rear wheel sensor go. Had to have that replaced. And now, just within the last two weeks… I’ve had the left rear wheel sensor go. Is that an issue? There’s no recall from Honda.
SPEAKER 06 :
Is that an issue that I should… Yeah, you should do them all at the same time. They’re just a little battery that’s inside those little sensors, and they wear out over time. Being a 2018, that’s about due. Well, this is a $500 bill.
SPEAKER 12 :
The wheel sensor itself that goes inside the tire? Or is there another sensor I’m… They have to do the whole wheel hub.
SPEAKER 06 :
The wheel hub. Are you talking maybe an ABS sensor?
SPEAKER 11 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, okay. ABS. That makes more sense. I’m sorry. I was thinking like the tire monitor. No, yeah, okay, ABS, yes, yes, yes. Okay. No, but we do tend to do a lot more of these wheel bearings, basically, wheel sensors. It does seem to be a thing.
SPEAKER 12 :
So it’s not uncommon for two of them to go out within 48,000 miles?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yep, not uncommon. I did my truck, I have a GM Chevy, and I did it at like 40,000, 45,000 right in there.
SPEAKER 01 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
And it all depends on what you hit, too. I mean, if you hit a good pothole just the right angle, maybe you might score one of the bearings in there or something like that. Or you get a little water in there. They’re supposed to be sealed, but I’m not sure that that’s always perfect ceiling in there.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay, well, the car is housed in Florida, except I take it out to Colorado twice a year. And for some reason, it does not like coming to Colorado. Gotcha.
SPEAKER 05 :
But anyway. He likes Florida. He likes that warm weather. Well, yeah. I think we all do. I can’t blame him. I think we all like that. Can’t blame him, Wayne.
SPEAKER 12 :
Okay. Thanks a lot.
SPEAKER 05 :
You betcha, Wayne. No, appreciate you very much. Okay. Let’s take a break. Bill, we’ll come right back to you. A couple lines open. 303-477-5600. Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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Bill and Longmont, you are next. Go ahead. Hello. Good morning. Good morning, Bill. Or good afternoon now, I guess.
SPEAKER 07 :
I guess it is afternoon. Uh, I have a 96 Ford F two 50, uh, real low mileage. It’s got a, uh, four 60 engine. And I’m not positive if that has flat tap at lifters or roller lifters.
SPEAKER 05 :
That should be flat tap it in a 96. I believe don’t quote me, but I believe it does.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, I don’t think they went rolling until later. I can double check, keep talking and I’ll do some looking.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah. Well, that was kind of the end of the line for the four 60 around them. But, uh, I was going to change the oil on it, and I wanted to put in a zinc, if it’s flat tappet, a zinc additive, but I don’t want to mess up the catalytic converter, so I didn’t know if that was going to… On that one, you could just run the 1540 diesel oil and be just fine in it, and they are flat tappet. It is a flat tappet.
SPEAKER 05 :
I’d just run the 1540 diesel oil in that if it were me.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, okay. Well, that sounds like a good deal.
SPEAKER 05 :
And it’s a good weight for that engine? You’d have no issues doing that at all? It’d be fine?
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, okay. I had another quick question. I was going to change the timing belt on my wife’s 98 Camry, and I even bought a new air impact, no electric impact. We’re supposed to have 1,000 foot-pounds of torque.
SPEAKER 14 :
Right.
SPEAKER 07 :
I put that on there, and it didn’t touch the bolt. It wouldn’t budge it.
SPEAKER 06 :
Mm-hmm. Yeah, that’s a pretty tight one. They put a little bit of Loctite on that guy.
SPEAKER 07 :
I wonder if they did when we had the Toyota dealer put a new belt on it years ago. Probably. I wonder if they put some Loctite.
SPEAKER 06 :
It’s probably. I would do it if it was me. Sometimes they can also leak oil. Sometimes crankshafts can leak oil, so you want to put a little something on there. Some don’t. Some do.
SPEAKER 07 :
But I can’t get the bolt out.
SPEAKER 06 :
Sometimes we actually use a three-quarter impact to do it.
SPEAKER 07 :
I’m afraid of rounding the socket.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, use a good socket. We don’t talk about this much, but this is, for everybody listening, this is where that high-end snap-on tool truck socket versus what you buy at Harbor Freight or wherever, yeah, there’s a big difference between one and the other, and that’s why you use the high-quality stuff on those.
SPEAKER 06 :
I think it’s a 19 or a 17 millimeter?
SPEAKER 1 :
19.
SPEAKER 05 :
So three-quarter, but you want to use 19, not three-quarter. Yeah.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, actually, the three-quarter fits tighter than the 19.
SPEAKER 05 :
Sometimes in that little area. Then you’d want to use that, so whatever’s tightest. But, yeah, that’s why you want a good socket.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, yeah, I don’t know, though. I mean, it doesn’t seem to touch it. It’s supposed to be 1,040 foot-pounds of torque on this brand-new electric Impact.
SPEAKER 06 :
Can I tell them the way to cheat? Go ahead. All right. You can put your socket on with a… Breaker bar. Rest the breaker bar up against, make sure which way the engine’s turning. Rest the breaker bar up against the frame or on the ground, and then just hit your starter once. And just a touch.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, I’ve heard of that. I’ve heard of that.
SPEAKER 06 :
It works very well. We don’t really do that anymore. The older cars, we did that quite a bit. But now, with the better tooling. You don’t have to, but in your case, you may have to, Bill.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah. I’m not sure. Does it turn clockwise then?
SPEAKER 05 :
Just crank it and look. Yeah, have somebody crank it and look. No, you’ve got to go the other direction or position the breaker bar accordingly is what I should say.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, okay. Yeah, I’ve seen that done. I forgot about that.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, there you go.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, okay.
SPEAKER 05 :
All right, Bill.
SPEAKER 07 :
I’ll give it a try.
SPEAKER 05 :
All right. Appreciate your call. No, very much. Thank you very much. I appreciate that. Stuart and Loveland, you’re next. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 09 :
Hey, afternoon, guys. How you doing? Good. How are you? Oh, I’m fighting some stuff, but it’s getting better. The Lord’s good. That’s good. Yeah. A couple things. Early on the show, I think first hour, you guys were talking about radios.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 09 :
And rebuilds, old-type radios. If you use Bing or Google search, you can find, and I’ve done this in the past for my 69 Lincoln Mark III radio. There’s people in the United States, most of them are on the East Coast. One of them’s a little cantankerous, but he’s not too bad a guy. He only communicates through texting, but if you send him your radio, he will rebuild that radio and bring it up to current specs, and he can add UBS and Bluetooth and all that kind of stuff if you so desire. it takes about four to six weeks. But the oddity is he doesn’t want you to send any knobs. Okay, I can understand that. Yeah, he doesn’t want them lost.
SPEAKER 05 :
Doesn’t want to lose them, that’s right.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah. And then the other thing, and he does a really good job, it’s just he’s a little quirky. So if you’re willing to wait a little bit, you’ll get a quality job.
SPEAKER 05 :
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 09 :
And I can’t remember his name, but he does have a web page up on the Internet. I just saw it.
SPEAKER 05 :
Gotcha.
SPEAKER 09 :
About a half hour before calling you guys.
SPEAKER 05 :
Basically, same thing I did with my old Dodge. That’s exactly what he’s doing.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 05 :
I mean, why not? That’s the only way to go, Stuart, if you ask me. I’m fully in on that.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah. Then what do you think of, John, since you drive and Steve, too, with your shop, what do you think of Lincoln Aviators as a car?
SPEAKER 05 :
uh overpriced regular ford okay really sorry that’s my opinion i mean they have more creature comforts don’t get me wrong i mean they they have got more things going on inside of them than what you’re going to find in its regular ford uh counterpart which is what an explorer i believe so an aviator is an explorer just a fancy explorer right but when i pay the extra money knowing how heavily equipped you can get an explorer i would still buy an explorer
SPEAKER 09 :
Or would you?
SPEAKER 05 :
That’s me talking, because to me there’s not that much. You’re buying fluff. I’m sorry. Maybe I don’t know what else to say, Stuart. But on the Lincoln, I’m sorry to say this, and I’m not trying to be rude, but you’re just buying a lot of fluff. That’s all you’re getting. Sorry.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, I’ve ridden in them, though, because we used to go to Landmark Lincoln when we had our shows there with the Lincoln Club. And Tom, great guy. I mean, he donated a lot of money to St. Jude’s. I have a lot of respect for that man. But with that being said, those vehicles are very quiet.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, they are. And again, you’re buying a little more luxury. Yes, you’re going to get a little bit more sound deadening. They’re going to be a little heavier as far as that goes. I think they’ve got a little bit different as far as the screens are concerned. You’re getting more screen, more room, I guess you could say, on screens and so on with the Aviator versus the Explorer. But again… Personally, would I do that? No, but that’s me. I mean, I’m not everybody, so that’s just me.
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, you’re not that fluffy a guy, John.
SPEAKER 05 :
No. Yeah, I mean, it’s kind of why I don’t know that I would buy a Cadillac Escalade full-bore Suburban versus just buying, for example, a Denali or even a High Country in the Chevrolet version. At the end of the day, it’s all the same, does the same thing, same amount of room. Everything else is equal. You’re just buying a lot more fluff with the Escalade.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah. Well, I’m not looking at brand new. I’m looking at used. So maybe that changes it.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, and here’s the plus side. If you’re buying a used one, because the aviators will depreciate way faster than the explorers will because of everything I just said. So, yeah, buying a used one, that’s a different story.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, because I could get a one-owner used one through ClearShift. I don’t know if you’re familiar with that group.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, I’m familiar with them.
SPEAKER 09 :
I think that’s Jeff VanderWaal’s company.
SPEAKER 05 :
um yeah i don’t know the owner i just know of them yeah and they’re pretty good group but but you know as far as that goes yeah i mean now you’re buying what somebody else bought and all that depreciation comes right off the top and those expensive cars as you know depreciate faster than its counterpart will oh yeah and like you said uh cars are expensive and i think that i heard once that uh
SPEAKER 09 :
Most individuals will spend more on vehicles in their lifetime than they will on housing.
SPEAKER 05 :
Probably. That’s probably true. And that car, I just did the weight comparison. It is 400 pounds more, so given everything we just talked about.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, so it rides a little better than two.
SPEAKER 05 :
Correct.
SPEAKER 09 :
Because it’s got more weight.
SPEAKER 05 :
Correct.
SPEAKER 09 :
Hey, thanks again for your show.
SPEAKER 05 :
No, you’re welcome, Stuart.
SPEAKER 09 :
Have a good weekend.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, thank you very much. Great call, by the way. I appreciate that. Albert in Denver, go ahead.
SPEAKER 17 :
John, how are you doing? I always look forward to hearing your program. Thank you, sir. I got a question for you. I got a 2011 Ford Ranger. It was the last of the little Ford Rangers that they built. Right. And I need some tires for it. And on the door, it’s 225-70R15. And I’ve gone to some of these tire stores, and they said there’s no problem going up to a 225 or 235-75R15. Is there a… Would that be a big difference on my tire?
SPEAKER 05 :
No, you can do that. Changing the width and going. It’s basically changing the percentages, basically same size tire when it’s all said and done. A little bit narrower, but not by much.
SPEAKER 17 :
Okay. Yeah, because I went to one of these, you know, on the site, the internet, you know, you can get pretty frustrated in the internet. But they said the 3% rule. I said, well, what’s the 3% rule? I don’t know what they were talking about. But anyway, no, I… You answered a question that I had.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay. You’re in good shape, Albert. I appreciate it. You’re very welcome. No, thank you very much. And, yeah, the tire thing, you know what we probably should do here is we get closer to that October-ish time frame. Maybe next time we have Steve on, we’ll get more into the tire end of things because it’ll be about that time for people to start looking at winter tires and what to do and so on. And to Albert’s point, and he’s right, man, it can change. it can get really confusing and you can get bogged down in all sorts of different things when it comes to tires because and tires are a lot like the conversation we just had a moment ago you know navigator versus explorer i mean are they both good vehicles are they gonna get you from a to b yes is there a difference between the two slightly which one do you buy that comes down to your pocketbook and what do you want to spend money on and by the way tires could go along with the same conversation we just had, and I’m not exaggerating. Now, there are some tires I wouldn’t buy, brand-wise, I mean, but when you get into kind of that middle to the upper end of the tire world, a lot of it comes down to personal choice, what’s it going on, what are you doing with the vehicle, all sorts of things along those lines, and there’s still a lot of bias Not bias ply, but bias from individuals when it comes to tires, much like there is Ford, Chevy, Ram. Brand loyalty. Yeah, it comes down to a lot of that. And for me personally, I don’t have any of that anymore. I guess I’ve been in this industry for so long now that I’ve learned that sort of the underpinnings of the industry – in some cases there’s not much difference from one to the other the majority of the parts even are coming from a lot of the same suppliers that manufacture for the oems and when it’s all said and done they all have their problems and i’ve learned that the tire end of it isn’t a whole lot different am i wrong steve no No, they’re all kind of coming from the same place. All very close when it’s all said and done. So, all right, lines are open. We’ve got one segment left, 303-477-5600. Give us a call or a text message. We’ll get right back to you. Drive Radio, KLZ 560. You listen to Drive Radio because you have a lot of questions about your car.
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SPEAKER 06 :
Three or four inches.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, not very big. We’re not talking about a gallon jug or anything. It’s just a very small pint, basically, is about what it is. And it’s called K-Seal, so K-Seal. Think of it that way, S-E-A-L. And I don’t know what the K stands for. I guess I should have always looked that up, but I never have, so I don’t know what K stands for. But any of you that are having an issue with a cooling system leak, you think you might have a bad head gasket or something along those lines, add a can of that in, drive it for a few hundred miles, and see what happens. If it doesn’t work, all you’re out was the cost of the case seal. Which isn’t that much money, by the way. We’re not talking about a boatload of money. It’s $20 or so. It’s not a lot of money to buy a can of K-Seal. Not even a can, because it doesn’t come in a can.
SPEAKER 1 :
$16.99.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, $16.99.
SPEAKER 05 :
So it’s under $20. I mean, folks, for some of you where you’re struggling, especially on an older vehicle where you’re trying to figure out exactly what’s going on, and rather than go in and tear things down and so on, yes, you could put this particular coolant additive in, and… I don’t know why it works as well as it does. And I’ve been in this industry since I can remember. And I remember back in the day, the old bars leak. And then there was a little silver stuff that came in the little silver tube. And all of those had issues where they would plug up heater cores and do things like that. You discouraged people back then from putting anything into the coolant as far as additives go because of that fear. k-seal doesn’t do that what k-seal does is they’ve designed it in such a way where it knows where the hole is or where that that leak is at and that’s where it starts to form its quote-unquote deposit to seal up that particular area meaning that if the heater core isn’t leaking and it’s flowing through it’s not going to stop there and do anything it just stays in the coolant and keeps doing what it needs to do wherever that spot is at that it goes to find think of it that way so one of the best additives for for sealing up Issues engine-wise and a coolant system that, frankly, I’ve ever run into. BG makes a product as well. I’ll be frank. I’ve never used that product, so I don’t know how well it works in comparison to K-Seal. I know this. K-Seal works because I’ve used it at different times for various things that, you know, again, as I said earlier, middle of a snowstorm. and all of a sudden you’ve got a coolant leak and you don’t have time to do anything internally because it might be even a week or two before you can get to it. I did one of those six-liter EGR coolers where we knew the cooler was leaking, put KCL in it, ran it the rest of the season before taking it apart that summer. That’s how well that product works. So for some of you that might be struggling with something, give it a whirl. And no, it is not a mechanic in a can. That’s another question I get every now and again. Hey, can I do an oil additive and can I fix such and such? Yeah. No. The only exception to potential engine problems, and I say this a lot on this program, we haven’t had it come up once today, I’m surprised, but direct injection vehicles build carbon. When they build so much carbon, yes, they can even start consuming more oil and do some things that they weren’t doing when the engine was more fresh. And one of the ways you can attack that is with the BG EPR service, right? Now, you can also do the induction service, which I highly recommend at the same time. The EPR is going into the oil at the time of an oil change. So you pour it in, cold or lukewarm engine. Steve knows this more than I do.
SPEAKER 06 :
I think it’s less than 10 minutes.
SPEAKER 05 :
1,100 RPM or so, 10 minutes, a little bit of RPM, and basically it’s going in and cleaning out anywhere that that oil would be circulating and touching, including ring lands and things like that, because, yes, there is oil that gets there. That’s why it’s an oil ring, okay, because there’s oil there. So it’s doing its best to get rid of all of those contaminants, carbon, and so on. No, it doesn’t damage any of the bearings inside of the vehicle. You’re not running it long enough to do anything along those lines. And then you do an induction service on top of that. And in some cases, in fact, I will say this, in a majority of cases where you may have some issues with a direct injection engine, this will fix some of those issues by doing these services. Now, on top of that… If you’ve got a direct injection engine, you should be doing this every oil change to avoid some of those issues that can happen down the road long term. And follow up with an MOA. And it works so wonderful. And Steve, I cannot, and you know, because you do this every day, I can’t stress this enough. Because the carbon buildup, you’ve seen it, I’ve seen it, the carbon buildup in these direct injection engines gets severe depending upon the engine it’s designed. It can ruin the engine. In some cases, folks, not exaggerating, 60,000, 70,000 miles, you can have problems with this.
SPEAKER 06 :
I’ve had to rebuild motors because of the valves locked up and timing belt, timing chain broke because of all this. Yeah, it’s very possible.
SPEAKER 05 :
So, and somebody wanted to know if I’m going to the CU game this afternoon. Nope, I am not. I’ve got some stuff to do around the house, and I am not going to the CU game, although I think it’s going to be a good game to go to. So those of you that are, have fun. But no, I am not going to that game. I wish I were, but I am not. But back to the direct injection engines. That’s something that if you have a provider, by the way. that’s not explaining some of these things to you like we all do here on Drive Radio and we’ve talked about now for several years, if your provider has never mentioned anything along the lines of what I’m talking about, you need a new provider. I’m going to be very bold. And the reason I say that is because if you don’t do these things to your engine, you will, guaranteed, you will have problems down the road if you keep the car long enough. That carbon is building up, whether you realize it or not. I don’t care what fuel you’re using. I don’t care what else you’re doing. Typically, most people aren’t putting any additives into the gas and doing anything else to try to prevent some of this anyway. So if you’re not being preventative with the maintenance on a direct injection engine, it’s going to come back to bite you down the road. And as Steve said, in some cases, we’re not talking hundreds of thousands of miles, and it’s catastrophic and can be well under 100,000 miles when it happens. For those of you that maybe don’t know, It’s really hard to explain, but that carbon gets so hard, Steve… It’s literally like coal. It looks like coal. That’s exactly how it looks. And it really, in a way, is like coal, other than I think you could find coal to be softer than actually the carbon coming out of your engine. I mean, I can remember as a kid digging carbon out of engines. You know, you’d get those old Chevys where the crossover passage would get all blocked up on the choke for a Chevy small block. And you couldn’t drill that stuff out. Yeah. You literally have to be one of the first jobs I remember having as a kid is, hey, go clean up this intake manifold. And you literally would be chipping away with a hammer and a chisel like you’re in a mine digging that carbon out. That’s how hard it gets. And until you’ve done that, you really don’t understand what that carbon is doing to the inside of the engine.
SPEAKER 06 :
and how it’s just coating everything.
SPEAKER 05 :
And keep in mind, we had carbon back in those days. Yeah, but not like this. Yeah, not like this, to the point where this now, because of direct injection and the way the internals of the engine works, we’re no longer getting the quote-unquote wash. that we once did on the inside of the engine and i don’t want to get into all the technic technicalities of that but we’re not getting the same effect from the fuel that we once were because it’s being directly injected into the combustion chamber of the engine so steve give everybody your phone number if they want to get hold of you 303-794-6700 and that is Geno’s Auto Service, corner of Bowles and Platt Canyon. You can always go to genosautoservice.com. Geno starts with a J. I say that all the time. Charlie Grimes, our engineer, thank you so much for doing everything you did today for us. Larry Unger as well, thank you all. So you guys have a great, fabulous weekend. Enjoy the great weather we’re having here in Colorado, and thank you so much. We’ll be back next week with another episode of Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 16 :
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