This episode of Drive Radio dives into one of the most fun automotive debates yet: if you could bring back any discontinued vehicle with modern upgrades, what would it be? John Rush and Steve Horvath talk K5 Blazers, Broncos, Scouts, Tucker cars, and other nostalgic rides that still capture drivers’ imaginations today.
The conversation also turns practical with fuel economy tips most drivers overlook. From roof racks and bike carriers to driving habits and adaptive cruise control, the crew explains how small changes can make a surprisingly big difference at the pump. Listeners call in with their own experiences, including
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Okay, it is Drive Radio, KLZ 560. Thanks for tuning in. We appreciate it greatly. Steve Horvath, Geno’s Auto Service with me today. Good morning, Steve. Good morning. He was with me during Fix-It Radio as well, so we’ve already been here for an hour. Those of you just joining us, though, Drive Radio, here till 1 o’clock. Don’t forget, the extra mile, that is on from 3 to 4 p.m., so be sure to tune in today on that. I talk about how to handle difficult repairs and just kind of the state of the industry right now is what I did for today’s program, so you want to tune in for that as well at 3 o’clock. Charlie Grimes, of course, our engineer, and Larry Unger, answering phones. So we appreciate you all. Question of the day? and this came from a great friend of mine if you could bring back one discontinued car model with a modern twist what would that car be so if you could bring back one discontinued car model With the modern twist, in other words, let’s make it better than it was then. We’re not talking about going out and buying a classic car. We’re saying, okay, like for example, the Ford Bronco, where the modern Bronco is definitely much better and more creature comforts and so on. No, it’s not as nostalgic as… the old Bronco was, but Ford did a pretty good job of, I think, modernizing and making that vehicle look very similar to what its early counterpart was. And it made it, of course, way more drivable than what the early Ford Bronco actually was. But, you know, if you… The three on the tree. The three on the tree, yeah, none of that. But if there’s a model, a vehicle, one that they no longer make that you could bring back… modernize it, put it in the driveway, what would that vehicle be? That is the question of the day. So a little bit of a trip down memory lane, and for some of you, start thinking about what would that car be. And again, use your imagination. For me personally, and I don’t know why General Motors hasn’t done this yet, but for me personally, because of how popular they have become and how much money they’re bringing, just like the early Broncos would be, I don’t know why General Motors has not brought back a full-size Blazer.
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The old, was it the old K5?
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The old K5 Blazers, Jimmys of old. You know, why they have, and by the way, call it, you know, the Blazer they have now, which whoever at General Motors was thinking of names was an idiot. The Blazer now never should have been called a Blazer. They should have called it something else.
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My wife has a Blazer and it’s not a Blazer.
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Yeah, it’s not a Blazer. They never should have called it that. And it’s a good vehicle, by the way. This is not a knock on the vehicle. It’s a knock on the name of the vehicle. They never should have named it that because it’s not anywhere as close to what the original Blazer was or the original Jimmy was.
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The littler Blazer was kind of a baby version of the big one. Correct.
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Correct. They should have renamed. They should have named that something different. So they kind of screwed up because if they brought back the full-size blazer of old, the K5 blazer, I guess they could call it a K5. Maybe that’s what they ought to do. I don’t know. Anyways, I’m not in the naming world, and why manufacturers do what they do sometimes with names is beyond me. Sometimes I don’t think they use much imagination, just my own opinion. They recycle them. And they do. They recycle names, and it’s dumb. I don’t know why they do that. It’s confusing at times when they do that. I wish they wouldn’t, because I think to the general populace, and especially as repair shops go, it can get really… This is a whole topic in and of itself, by the way. When manufacturers reuse a name of a model of car… from something especially that was old, it’s a screw-up big time on the repair shop side. Am I right, Steve?
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Oh, yeah. It’s hard to figure out.
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It really is. So those of you that are in that world, manufacturing-wise, quit doing that. It is one of the most cumbersome things you could ever do.
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Well, you know, kind of comparing it, you know, all the medications, they have a new name for every medication. If they can figure out a new name for a medication, they should be able to figure out a new name.
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They can do it for a car. They can do it for a car. Not that difficult. Put your head to it. Fully agree, Steve. So anyways, what’s that car? What is that vehicle? For me, again, it’s the early, you know, 69 to 72 Blazers, Jimmys. Let’s get it to look as close as you can. And here’s the thing. I don’t want a Silverado. With just an enclosed bed on the back, that’s not what I’m talking about. I want it to look similar to what we had back in the 70s. I get it. It can’t be exact because there’s different safety standards, and you’ve got to do different things governmentally speaking and so on, so it can’t be exactly the same, but— Would you add a four-door? No. You’d keep it a two-door? I would do the two-door because that’s what they were originally.
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I would not do a four-door. That would only knock to them. Well, it was a knock, but—
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Because the four-doors were Suburbans.
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Yeah, basically.
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Which we still have. In a way, you’ve got the Tahos, which are four-doors. So that’s where I don’t know that you need to build an actual four-door of that vehicle. I want the nostalgicness of that vehicle, again, like they did with the Bronco. Now, I get the Bronco. They’ve done it a little differently, and it’s not exactly the same as an early Bronco. But I want, in this case with Chevrolet, I would want them to make it as close as possible to that original model. That’s what I would want.
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Back to recycling names. What did they do? Like the Mustang. How many things did that go through? And, you know, remember the little Mustang IIs? And they ruined that name.
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Yes. Yes. And now, and again, the Ford Bronco, as you all know, they make it in a two-door and a four-door version, which they never did do a four-door version back in the day. So, yes, Ford’s put a little different spin on that. And, again, if I were General Motors, and believe me, you would sell these. I don’t know. I know they do all their studies and so on, but I can tell you what. I’ve seen enough feedback out there and so on that you could go build a modern Jimmy or Blazer. Jimmy on the GMC side, Blazer on the Chevy side. And I don’t know how you would name that because they’ve already got a Blazer. But anyways, long story short, could they sell that vehicle if they built that vehicle? Yes. As long as they made it look as much as possible to the original, yes, they would sell it.
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It’s back to that retro stuff again.
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It’s all right. So that is the question of the day. If you had a vehicle that you could bring back, what would that be? Somebody said that the… The original three-quarter ton 4Runner chassis but updated. I’m not following because they never – original three-quarter ton 4Runner. Did they make a – I’m not – I’m not familiar with that. I’m not following that one.
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Or make a 4Runner in a three-quarter ton maybe.
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Yeah, that’s coming off the text line. If you could explain that better, please do, because they never made a quote-unquote three-quarter ton 4Runner, so I’m not sure what you mean. If you would explain what you mean on the text line, I would appreciate that, because I’m not following that one, because they’ve never made… I mean, they made that old, old 4Runner, the first version of that had the removable top in the back, and it was very unique in and of itself. So, anyways…
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You know, they’ve all come out with some pretty unique designs, haven’t they?
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Yes, yes.
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I was thinking of that. Remember that Subaru that they had that was a truck, but they had back seats that faced backwards in there? What was it, the Baja or something like that?
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Well, the Brats were that way. The Subaru Brats were that way with the seats that went backwards, which were goofy. And they had, like, motorcycle handles on the side of the seats you hung on to.
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And you needed to hang on. You needed them, exactly. Hang on.
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All right, we are back. Drive Radio, KLZ 560. Appreciate you joining us. Myself, Steve Horvath. Charlie Grimes, of course, our engineer. And Larry Unger answering phones. And question of the day is if you could bring back a discontinued car model. With a modern twist, what would that be? Now, somebody texted in and said 1948 Tucker. Okay. Yeah, that was a car that, of course, there’s a movie about this. It was a car that was really advanced for its day. And the other manufacturers literally, there’s no denying this, literally hated the car so much because of those advancements and felt threatened, I believe. buy that car that they they literally put that car out of business and there’s a great movie about that and it i mean it was so far advanced you know the headlights turned with the steering wheel and there’s all sorts of things that it did that just made it way more advanced than what other manufacturers were doing at the time it was pushing the envelope and they didn’t know they didn’t want to be pushed did they In fact, I’m looking at it. No, they did not. I’m looking to see what some of those advancements were back in that day. So it was groundbreaking automotive safety and engineering for 1948, key innovations, padded dashboard, the center cyclop headlight, like I just said, turned with a steering wheel, pop-out windshield for safety, rear-mounted engine, reinforced safety cell for the passengers. Again, it was… It was way ahead of its time. There were 51 prototypes, so 50 cars plus one prototype were advanced. Several with even more innovative features were dropped due to time and budget constraints, including fuel injection, disc brakes. Keep in mind, this is 1948. Fuel injection, disc brakes, self-sealing tubeless tires, direct drive torque converter transmissions. and so on. So even though the company went bankrupt after only 51 vehicles, the Tucker 48 revolutionized safety with features like seatbelts, padded dashboards, directional headlights, and so on. So it was very advanced for its day. So by the way, thank you for noting that. We’ve seen one. There is one of them in the Denver market. I don’t know if that listener is still out there but for the longest time we had a listener that had a tucker and i if you’re still listening you know send a text message or call in and let us know that you uh still are but there’s not many of those cars really left that would be a rarity they’re very rare museums would probably have sucked them up by now yeah again that’s a that’s a very uh very rare car um with somebody personally owning it is is quite a feat in and of itself by the way Now, somebody else on the text line said International Scout. They’re allegedly bringing that back as an EV. Yes, they are. In fact, that’s owned by Volkswagen. Volkswagen.
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Volkswagen was doing something, but they wanted to be separate.
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They wanted to be separate and only sold directly to the customer, which Volkswagen dealers are throwing a fit about. Oh, they’re going to try that.
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Interesting. Interesting.
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So that’s what we’re talking about. There’s a great example. That’s a vehicle that, yes, looks very true to… But it’s all electric, though, correct? It’s all electric, and it looks very true to the original Scout, as far as that goes.
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The Scout was a popular car. What are they called? The old Karnbinder? What are they called?
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You know, binders. And they’re actually – and I never thought I would say this. They’re actually bringing a lot of money. If you get an original one and even get one really restored and so on, yeah, they’re actually bringing a lot of money. And I’ll just be straight up honest. I’m sorry. I’m trying to step on Eto’s. They were a pile of – they were a bucket of bolts. They were junk. They were not good cars.
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No.
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I’m sorry, they just weren’t. Now, drivetrain-wise, they were. They were pretty solid as far as that goes. They had good running gear, good differential, transmission, all of that. That part was really good. There was no issues there. But the body and the interior and all of that, they were just junk. The wiring and so on, they just were not good cars at all. But… They’re bringing a lot of money today. I never thought I’d say that, by the way. All right, any of you guys have any questions, problems, vehicle issues, whatever, we’re here to answer those. Of course, it’s a beautiful day. Some of you are probably out roaming around getting things done around the house and the vehicle and so on, which it’s a beautiful day to do so. Our lines are open, though, 303-477-5600, 303-477-5600. One of you sent me a great article this week, which… Thank you for doing so. And a lot of you are sending me things on a regular basis. And this one had to do with not just improving fuel economy, but what’s coming even on the vehicle from the factory that’s detracting from fuel economy. So I’m going to give you a few examples here during this next segment before we go to the bottom of the hour break. And believe it or not, the crossbar on the roof rack – can actually lower fuel economy. And depending upon how big the crossbar is, it may be worth you taking that crossbar off, storing it in the garage or something, and putting it on when you actually need to put a ski rack, a bike rack, or a luggage rack, or something along those lines up there. And I see people doing this all the time. If you’re running around with even a rear bike rack, and you’re running around with one of the car top carriers, anything along those lines. You’re running around all year long with ski racks. You are decreasing your fuel economy in a large way. And some of you don’t know this, but you could probably share this with friends, family, neighbors, and so on, because not everybody listens to drive radio. But believe it or not, some of the items I’m talking about can decrease fuel economy up to two miles to the gallon. And I’m not exaggerating when I say that.
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10%?
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Yeah. In some cases, that’s 10%. That is significant, especially when fuel prices are what they are today. So spread that word around. You see people driving around, and there’s nothing up there. They’ve been lazy. They just haven’t taken the things off. If you’re running around with things on the roof— Yes, you are detracting fuel economy-wise on the vehicle itself. And that includes some of you that have off-road vehicles where you’ve got all of the Outlander stuff that you’ve put on there, the ramps and so on. And I get it. It looks cool and all of that. But you are decreasing your fuel economy in a big way by having all of those apparatuses thrown all over the vehicle.
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That’s the one with the little camper thing. Yeah, that takes a lot.
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All of that is taking away from fuel economy, which in some cases is not a very high fuel economy vehicle in the first place. And for some of you, if you want to pay the money, buy the fuel, then do whatever you want to. That’s your call. But I do think there’s a certain amount of lack of education, is maybe what I should say, on some individuals when it comes to some of these things. And they have no idea that by leaving said item on the vehicle, The car top carrier, even the crossbars on the roof rack and so on, I don’t think most people fully understand what that is doing to their fuel economy, and it is detracting from it in a great way.
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Just put your hand out the window, and you feel it, how much you’re, you know.
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Well, and remember, too, folks, and I just mentioned that even some of the things that go on the back of the vehicle and all of these vehicles are designed. They put them in wind tunnels. They’ve got certain things they’ve done, even aerodynamically wise, to the back of the vehicle and so on. And even putting bike racks and things like that. And, yeah, if you’re using the bike rack, that’s great. But if you’re not and it’s just hanging out back there and you don’t have any bikes on it. It’s a simple hitch pin to take that off and put it in the garage or wherever and store it versus dragging that around everywhere. Furthermore, just as a side note for those of you that run around with bike racks and stuff on the trailer hitch all the time, all it takes is one knucklehead running into you and you’ve just ruined all of that. Yeah. I wouldn’t drive around with that back there unless I’m actually using it. Yet I see people constantly. I put a lot of miles on in a week’s time. I see a lot of different things as I’m out driving around. And I see a lot, especially this time of the year, I see a lot of those things that get bolted onto the back of a vehicle or put onto the back of a vehicle, and yet there’s nothing in them. And I just often wonder, you know, Why? Is it just because you’re going to put a bike on it at some point? Or did you maybe just unload bikes and so now you’re traveling from A to B? If that’s the case, fine, I get that. But why are you doing what you’re doing? And do you realize how much of a detractor that is on fuel economy? And again, for some, maybe you don’t care. And if you don’t care, then so be it. But, you know, the fuel economy thing right now with gas prices being where it’s at, yeah, that is something that you need to take note of and spread the wealth, you know, pass that around a little bit. Even our driving habits, I should say, especially our driving habits can have a lot to do with how much fuel you’re using. Are you doing a jackrabbit start? Are you coming down slow to the stoplight? Are you doing things in a more fluid motion versus being jerky about it and so on? Lots of things there that you can actually do when it comes to saving fuel. And we’ll talk about some of those things today. But again, one of the bigger ones is what’s attached to the vehicle. We talked about this, you know, previous weeks. Weight. You know, what’s in and on the vehicle, weight-wise even, that potentially is detracting from fuel economy. Because all of that extra weight takes away from fuel economy as well. So… Things to think about. Again, lines are open, 303-477-5600. And the question of the day, again, is if you could bring a discontinued model back and modernize it, still make it a great drivable vehicle, what would that vehicle be? We’ll be right back. Myself, Steve Horvath, Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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So I was just listening. I always take my ski rack off. But you’re saying the two cross members on my 4Runner should come off too during the summer?
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You know what? It would be worth a try just to see what does it do economy-wise by doing so. In a lot of cases, especially if they’re fairly wide, yeah, you will pick up mileage.
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Well, they’re pretty thin. When you say wide, the width of each one.
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Yeah, like up and down. Some crossbars are pretty tall.
SPEAKER 15 :
Oh, okay. No, these things are, if they’re a quarter.
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But if they’re easy to take off, give it a whirl.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, okay.
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I mean, in today’s world, even if you picked up half a mile to the gallon, is it worth it? Sure it is. Yeah.
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Sure it is. Because I had asked you a while back when you were, this isn’t the first time you’ve discussed this subject.
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Right.
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Well, I know.
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Well, and I think, John, most of our listeners, they pretty well understand what we’re talking about between things that drag in the wind and weight and so on. But the idea is share that with friends and family and others that may not have any idea of, because I can tell you from watching people drive around, they have no clue what we’re talking about.
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Oh, my gosh. Yeah. How many people still have their ski toolies on top of the… And we haven’t been able to ski for a month.
SPEAKER 05 :
As you know, I drive I-70, I-25, all of that on a daily basis. I still see them. You were right.
SPEAKER 15 :
I see it here, too. But, okay, I just wasn’t sure because… These cross members, they’re not hard to take off, but then again, they’re not easy. You know what I mean? Sure.
SPEAKER 05 :
But if it’s something that you’re, you know, in your case, if you’re not utilizing those till you ski again next fall, pull them off anyways. What were you hurting? Nothing.
SPEAKER 15 :
Oh, probably nothing. I just, I’ll have to go to YouTube and look up how to do it again. I spent a couple of years.
SPEAKER 05 :
Usually there’s a, usually there’s like a thumb wheel. To your point, they’re all different, but usually there’s a thumb wheel you can take them off with.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, these, you have to take the back piece of the trim off.
SPEAKER 05 :
And slide it out.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah. Yeah, and then it slides out, and then the thumb wheel just tightens them. Gotcha. I don’t want to break anything.
SPEAKER 05 :
No, I hear you. I hear you. And for a lot of you listening, yeah, double-checked. How hard is this? Some, this is something that some of you need to look at for your owner’s manual. In some cases, John, on some cars, they fold in. They’re made to actually only be out when you’ve got something on them. Otherwise, they fold back in. Every one of those is made a little differently, and you’d be surprised how many people don’t know what I just said.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah. Yeah, on the 4Runner, I had to buy them separate. They didn’t come, the cross members, just the two racks.
SPEAKER 05 :
Gotcha.
SPEAKER 15 :
And then you have, on the back, and the piece of plastic trim has to come off, and then you have to slide them out. Okay. So I don’t know if I want to do that for…
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, I don’t know that I would either on that situation. The ones that are easy to pull off, I would. Those of you that have some or know people that have some where they fold in, by all means, fold them in if you’re not utilizing them. On top of that, some of them, and yours probably don’t, John, but some of them whistle, too. I can’t stand the whistling that some of them do.
SPEAKER 15 :
No, I don’t get the whistle. I don’t get the whistle. But I do hear, you know when I get the whistle? When I’m passing a tractor trailer and it’s blowing, you know, the air’s all… distorted.
SPEAKER 05 :
Right, right, right, right.
SPEAKER 15 :
Not the normal, but on the normal road, I can’t even hear them. But the other thing is, I discovered a couple weeks ago when I drove to Flagstaff and back, if I’m not on, I can get 19 and a half miles to the gallon in the 4Runner, which you know is not a great mileage vehicle.
SPEAKER 05 :
No, that’s pretty high for that vehicle, actually.
SPEAKER 15 :
By, here’s what I do. I use the adaptive cruise control.
SPEAKER 05 :
Right.
SPEAKER 15 :
I have And on mountain roads and stuff, I was watching some guy, I mean, whoever, I think it’s Steve, is right at the bottom of I-70, 470 there. The way people drive down those mountain roads, I’m surprised you’re not selling more brakes than you are.
SPEAKER 04 :
I get it.
SPEAKER 15 :
I had my adaptive cruise control on. I’m going down a pretty steep hill, and it held the speed right where I wanted it. I didn’t have to touch my brake the whole way to the bottom. And the car in front of me, this guy must have been on his brake all the way to the bottom.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, that’s our biggest challenge, too, is finding the right brakes for people. Because they always go, oh, this wing came down from I-70 on the tunnel, and our brakes were shimmying all over. You know, to match, because some people don’t have a brake, honestly. They don’t have to drive.
SPEAKER 15 :
They don’t have to drive. Exactly. Because if I’m in the steep mountain roads that are like 30, 40 miles an hour, speed limits and they’re twisting i’m downshifting the third gear and letting the transmission do the work rather than let and the engine do the work rather than ride but you see it all the time and i don’t know maybe that’s from learning how to drive a stick yeah and knowing how to drive a stick when you upshift downshift that we do that but in in and in the new vehicles You could downshift, upshift pretty easy, you know, but maybe that’s something for a week to talk about, John. I could do that. Use your transmission, engine, and adaptive cruise control to hold your speed going downhills.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, you know what? I’m going to add that in. That’s a great idea on the extra mile. Let me add that in as a topic. Thank you, John. I appreciate that.
SPEAKER 15 :
Because, like, coming down from the tunnel all the way down to where it hits 76, which is where I would turn off to go to Cheyenne, I could set that cruise control on 70, and it’ll hold my speed all the way down. And if I get too, you know, the adaptive cruise control slows you down if you get too close to somebody. So, I mean, I don’t have to really think once in the last time I came down 70 from the But other than that, I let the vehicle do the work. Does that make us lazier drivers that we’re letting all this technology do the work?
SPEAKER 05 :
No, I think in a lot of ways it’s making the vehicle work better than what we can drive it. And as you’re attesting to, we get better fuel economy and so on. And frankly, the longevity of the vehicle is better as well by doing that.
SPEAKER 15 :
Sure. Well, I just wanted to check in, John. You have a great rest of the day.
SPEAKER 05 :
You too, man. I appreciate it, John, very much. Yeah, and for those of you listening, those features, let’s just say it that way, those creature comforts, I guess you could say, sometimes we like them, sometimes we don’t. Sometimes people, you know, knock them. But typically speaking, when used correctly at the correct time, John’s a living proof of that. Will it aid in not only fuel economy but wear and tear on the vehicle and so on? Yes, because it drives more consistently than we do. Now, I get it. Sometimes that depends on the driver themselves and so on. But typically speaking, the vehicle itself, the computer on the vehicle is what I should say, will do a better job of driving than what we will and if we will allow it to do so. Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 03 :
So there’s that adaptive cruise control. It is pretty awesome.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, that’s putting it mildly, Steve. It’s very awesome. They work very well. And if you’ve never driven a vehicle that doesn’t have adaptive cruise, and by the way, I’m going to put a little plug in here. I’ve got a great friend that does Turo and sets people up where you can actually use your car for Turo, rent it, make some money back, and so on. If any of you are interested in that, please reach out to me. I can get you set up with Turo. with somebody that will help you with that, and you can make money off of a vehicle that’s just sitting still, in a lot of cases, the majority of the time, so if that’s something you’re interested in, let me know. Now, on top of that, if you’re looking at buying a vehicle or you want to know about a particular vehicle, you can rent a gazillion different types of vehicles through Turo that you cannot rent through a regular rental car company, some of them being fairly new, if not new, vehicles, So if there’s a vehicle that you’ve ever thought about buying, something you want to learn more about, rather than going to a regular rental car company to determine what it is you’re wanting to buy and if you like that particular model, rent from Turo instead. Great idea. You’ve got a lot more options renting from Turo than you do renting from Avis or Hertz or anybody else along those lines. And a lot of times they don’t get that.
SPEAKER 03 :
the higher, you know, they won’t have sunroofs or things like that. Where Turo will. Yeah. Turo will have all of that. Is it noisier? That’s right. Is it something I would use? Maybe I wouldn’t use it.
SPEAKER 05 :
Absolutely. So, yeah, there’s a little tip. And, frankly, I kind of had forgotten about that as far as that application goes. If there’s a vehicle that you’re interested in buying, instead of going to some of the rental car companies and running out to the airport or whatever, Turo is all over the place. Yes, there’s cars at the airport, but they’re all over the place outside of that. Again, if you’re interested in renting one of your own vehicles out but don’t want the hassle of doing it yourself, I’ve got an option for some of you listening whereby you could do that, make money at the same time, and it actually works well. Mike, I’m going to give you some more time. So we’ve got plenty of time for your call. Hang tight. We’ll come back and do that in a moment. Don’t go anywhere. Got a couple of lines open. 303-477-5600. Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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SPEAKER 05 :
Okay, we are back. Drive Radio, KLZ 560. Thanks for joining us. Steve Horvath with me today. Mike in Highlands Ranch, you’re next. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 12 :
Thank you very much, John. Thank you. A comment on gas mileage. Friends of mine have said, Mike, you get way too much time on your hands. I did a little kind of a study where I looked at the gas mileage without my ski racks. And with my ski racks on, I lost 19%. Wow, that’s a lot. That’s a lot. And, you know, nobody quite understands that. And the other thing that was hilarious that I have to give a shout out or a heads up to is, After you’ve spent, you know, three years with them stuck on the top of your vehicle at the time, it was a Tahoe I had, and you try to take it off, good luck. The bolts, the nuts are probably solidly welded in place, and I had to use a penetrating oil. And, of course, you need to put something down so that doesn’t drip on your paint. Good point. And so it was like, nah, I’m not doing that. And then for years, every summer I’d take it on and off. I had a fly rod rack. I’m an avid fly fisherman. And, you know, that was the same thing. I didn’t check that one. I wasn’t as anal with that one. I know that the mileage wasn’t doing what it normally would if it wasn’t on there. Now, one other thing, I’ll let you go. You’re fine. Shout out to Neat Freak Solutions. Awesome. Thank you, Paula. I hired her. She’s been here. She’s coming back tomorrow. We’ve got a whole list of stuff. She is bright. She’s intelligent. She’s articulate. She’s a really nice human being. Oh, my gosh. Way to go. You got a good one there. And, Larry, your daughter’s wonderful.
SPEAKER 05 :
He’s in there smiling. I can see him, Mike.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah. All right.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, I appreciate that. Thank you very much, Mike. All right. Bye-bye. You bet. And Neat Freak Solutions, yeah, one of our great sponsors, mainly for Fix It Radio, but sponsoring here as well, and actually all the weekend programs that we have. And Paula will help you with any organizational need. that you have. And sometimes we need, all of us, that second set of eyes, I guess you could say, or in some cases a third set of eyes to say, what are we doing with this? What are we doing with that? Why are you keeping this? Maybe we should donate this or throw this out or do whatever. And sometimes the emotional sides of things gets in the way of us making proper decisions on what to do with some items. Paul is there to help you with all of that and eliminate some of that emotion whereby you’re letting her make some of these decisions versus you making those decisions. And I’ve said this before, even when it comes to, you know, old family photos that might be hanging on the wall and things like that, and you’re thinking, you know, probably don’t need that anymore. Okay, here’s, you know, we’ve got these really great devices that all of us carry now called phones with cameras. Take a picture. Really, you know, get it all framed right and so on, and you can even edit it if you want, but get it all set up and done right and take a picture of that particular picture. You now have a memory of that picture, an actual digital memory. And now whatever you decide to do with that particular photo is irrelevant. No offense. You can throw in the dumpster. And I know that sounds really bad for some people listening. But here’s the thing. No one but you wants it anyways. And if you don’t want it, well, then who wants it? No one. And we all have those types of old, you know, Owen Mills family photos that, you know, no one wants anymore. And nobody wants to even hang up anymore. But you want to have the memory of, okay, take a picture of it. You now have the memory and now toss the picture.
SPEAKER 03 :
And you don’t store it. The old thick wooden frame we had. Exactly. Remember that?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, no, you’re exactly right, Steve. And, you know, maybe you want to take the picture out and sell the frame to somebody. Maybe somebody else could utilize the frame. Maybe you want to get creative along. And these are the things, by the way, Paula can help you with making some of those decisions on. But at the end of the day, the photo itself, I’m not trying to be mean or rude, but no one wants it. No one, including your family, no one cares. I know because I’ve been through some of this with all of my folks’ stuff. So the best thing to do is digitize those items. And, again, Paula can help you with all of those things. Neat Freak Solutions, you can find her on our website, drive-radio.com. If you want her phone number, I’ve got it. I can give it to you directly. You can text us that, and I’ll get you the number directly. But very important. Very, very easy way to do things, I should say. Nice solution. That’s why it’s called Neat Freak Solutions. And Paula will help you make decisions on what to do with some of your stuff. And as some of us get older and age and you’re looking at what am I going to do with these items? Do I really want my next of kin, my kids, grandkids, whoever, having to go through all of this stuff? Or do you want to start taking care of some of that stuff now? Frankly, I think we as responsible adults should take care of it on the front side rather than having them do that on the back side. Because here’s the reality. they’re not going to keep the same stuff either. And I know because of going through all of my folks’ stuff after both of them passing away. And the reality is there’s just stuff that, I’m sorry to say, no one else wants. And that’s not to be mean or rude. It’s just the simple fact of the matter that some of that stuff is really important to you, but it’s not going to be important to the next of kin. So in that case, deal with it. And I know it’s hard, Steve.
SPEAKER 03 :
No, no. You’re doing your family a favor.
SPEAKER 05 :
And by the way, that includes – we can move that back into the automotive side. That includes even cars and boats and trucks and motorcycles and things along those lines. You really need to ask questions. I know there’s people out there listening right now where you think, oh, my kids are going to want this car. Well, are they? Have you asked? Has somebody said they want the car? Are you at a point now where, I mean, are you still driving the car as a reason that you’re hanging on to it, or do you want to transfer it now versus later? Again, there’s all sorts of things you can make decisions on. Paul is there to even help you with some of those things. We’ve also got BP Appraisals. Burke Payne, he’s there to help you with some valuations and what’s that car worth, and is it worth passing down? Is it worth selling right now? What’s the future look like, by the way, for that car? Is that a car that currently is going down in value? And if so, why are you hanging on to it, especially if nobody in the family wants the car? These are all things that some of you should be thinking about as we age because maybe now is the time to sell that car before it devalues anymore.
SPEAKER 03 :
Sure.
SPEAKER 05 :
And they – because some are.
SPEAKER 03 :
Well, and the other side of the coin, too, is you don’t want your family fighting over it either.
SPEAKER 05 :
That’s true, too. You know, I mean – Well, yeah, let’s say you ask the family and there’s five people that want the car. Well, now you’ve got a problem. Yeah. Because now who are you leaving it to? Somebody also said really quick, we love our digital picture frames that scroll through hundreds of pictures. Great idea, by the way. Mm-hmm. Great idea. There’s all sorts of those digital frames and things like that where you can load those family photos that I was just talking about, put them on a digital frame, and it’s going to cycle through those things. So great advice, by the way. We have great listeners, by the way. So, yeah, great, great advice, by the way. let’s see here I was I’m going to try to read this it’s hard for me to read and talk at the same time so Steve talk for a moment and I’ll read this really quick
SPEAKER 03 :
The first year Suburban came out with a four-wheel drive was 1960. I’ve been doing some research. They did an aftermarket one in 57. Somebody else could buy an aftermarket four-wheel drive system. I think it’s kind of an interesting thing. It is very interesting.
SPEAKER 05 :
Larry, you’ll appreciate this. Pass this along to Paula, by the way. My name is George. Live in South Dakota now, but was back in Casper the other day. Saw a vehicle advertising organizing services. I asked if they were Paula. And the lady got a little bit mad. Kurt, snappy, took a deep sigh and said I was at least the ninth person to ask her if she was Paula. Okay. That’s great. In other words, Paula, you’re doing a very good job, and people listen to the radio, and that’s why they’re asking some of these other services if they are Paula. And unless it’s Paula Neat Freak Solutions, no, it is not Paula. So really quick, back to the Suburban, which a little trivia there. Oldest nameplate, right? Since when?
SPEAKER 1 :
1935? 1935.
SPEAKER 03 :
They called it Suburban Carryall.
SPEAKER 05 :
Suburban Carryall. Okay, 1935. Now, and we’ve got time to go through the rest of these. The next nameplate, which is not surprising, believe it or not, Corvette, 53 to present. So Chevrolet taking the top two when it comes to names. Chevy Suburban being first, Chevy Corvette being second. The next one, believe it or not, Mercedes-Benz SL, 1954 until now. Toyota Land Cruiser is the next one, 1951 to present. which I don’t know. Okay. I’m confused here because maybe because they had different designations, but the Jeep CJ would be older than the land cruiser because the land cruiser was actually done off of the CJs that were left over in the military that the Japanese then sort of redid, but they got all of their idea from the Jeep in the first place. Um, I’m guessing that that’s not a nameplate because there was, you know, CJ2A, CJ3A, CJMB, CJ5, CJ7. But the CJ itself is older than even the Corvette. True. So that one didn’t make the nameplate running, you know, long-running nameplate probably because of the other designation that goes along with CJ. Here’s the next one that’s interesting. I never would have thought of this one. In number, let’s see, one, two, three, four, fifth place is the Toyota Corolla, 1966. Really? Toyota Corolla.
SPEAKER 03 :
I was thinking the Thunderbird, but I guess it’s not. They stopped running them, too. So it had to be running.
SPEAKER 05 :
Okay. Running. Yeah, running. Still going. Yeah. And then the last one, of course, Ford F-Series, which that one’s 1948 to present. longest-running truck nameplate, Ford F-Series. So, guys, that’s it. That’s it for hour number one. Two more hours coming your way. Again, the question of the day is, what’s a vehicle they discontinued you’d love to have back, modernized, of course, where it would be a nice daily driver, and have that in your garage or driveway? That’s the question of the day. We’ll be right back. Myself, Steve Horvath, Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 10 :
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