What kind of car screams “bad driver” to you? Tesla? Prius? A dented-out Land Rover with expired temp tags? John Rush and Steve Horvath dive into the stereotypes and realities of road behavior as they open the lines for one of Drive Radio’s liveliest “Question of the Day” sessions yet. Listeners call in to gripe about everything from cracked windshields and lane hogs to the decline of youth hot rodding. Along the way, you’ll get expert advice on portable air compressors, the shift from air to battery-powered tools in shops, and some strong opinions on which vehicles are more
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All right, we are back. We were here earlier for Fix-It Radio, of course, Drive Radio now. Thanks to all of you that listen to both programs. Those of you listening to just Drive Radio, we appreciate that as well. And I should give a little plug. Yes, Fix-It Radio is on right before Drive Radio. We talk about things around the house today. We talked about mowers and maintenance and blades and sharpening and all sorts of things along those lines. And some of that carries over into the… into the drive radio aspect of things as well. But if you just listen to drive radio, thank you. We appreciate that also. And if you’re listening to a replay of this program on Sunday afternoon, thank you for that as well. We appreciate that. Steve Horvath with me today, Geno’s Auto Service. So thank you, Steve. You’re welcome. Thank you. Appreciate you joining me. Thank you. And Larry Unger, of course, answering phones today. Charlie Grimes, our engineer. Questions, we’ve got lines open right now. Feel free to call in, 303-477-5600. 303-477-5600. Larry will get you all queued up. We’ll get you dialed in. Any questions you’ve got, let us know. Question of the day today. I was thinking of this as I was driving earlier this week because that’s typically what I do. I’ll be driving along and I’ll question of the day will pop into my mind, add it to my notes, and here we are. So today’s question of the day. What type of car? So give me make and model. What type of car you instantly look at it and think, yeah, there’ll be a bad driver. So in other words, what is the type of car in your mind, make and model, that have the worst drivers? And some of you will have more than one. I have several, by the way. And I don’t know why this is. I don’t know whether certain people just gravitate towards certain types of cars. And I’m just going to say it straight up. And I don’t think these are bad cars. But there’s a lot of bad drivers that buy these cars, and if I see a Tesla emblem, I am typically nervous about that person because they are, in my opinion, some of the worst drivers on the planet. I have a story about that.
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Okay. For years, I thought the Priuses didn’t have power. Oh, they do. But the first people that bought them… Never drove them. No, they didn’t. They didn’t drive them. And I thought they were just underpowered.
SPEAKER 11 :
No, no, no.
SPEAKER 17 :
They just didn’t drive them. And you’d be behind them, and they were going so slow. Right. I wouldn’t say they were the worst drivers, but they were definitely the slowest drivers. The first ones. Now the Priuses are… Everybody else is driving them pretty good, but…
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, there’s been enough adaptation, I guess you could say, Steve, to that particular car where there’s a lot of people that own that car that weren’t even some of the original adopters of that car that now own it. Yeah, I agree with you. It’s not what it used to be. Get out and drive it. That’s right. Barbara, you’re up next. What’s going on, Barbara?
SPEAKER 05 :
Hey, I was just wondering what you guys thought about those portable air compressors they advertise on TV, if they’re worth the money and if they actually work.
SPEAKER 16 :
Depends on, I don’t watch TV anymore, Barbara, so I can’t really say to that particular brand. Do they have a brand name on them by chance?
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, there’s different ones that they advertise. I mean, it’s not just one brand. It’s anything from like a, they’re all battery operated.
SPEAKER 11 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 05 :
One is, you read, it’s a chargeable, they’re all rechargeable batteries. One is a separate battery that you attach to it, like on a drill. And then the other one is you just charge this small device by itself.
SPEAKER 16 :
Got it.
SPEAKER 05 :
And they claim that they will inflate a boat that’s on a trailer.
SPEAKER 16 :
Oh, and so really quick, yes, I like the portable compressors with this caveat. I like the ones that go with some of the other tools you might already have around your house or your shop. In other words, if it’s Milwaukee or DeWalt or Ryobi or whatever, if you’ve got another lineup of tools you’re using that already have batteries, I would buy their compressor, use your other batteries to drive it. And, yes, Barbara, they are the best thing since sliced bread, not exaggerating.
SPEAKER 05 :
Oh, okay. I prefer cobalt tools because on the job site, they’re never stolen.
SPEAKER 16 :
Really? You know what? I never heard that. That’s a good one.
SPEAKER 05 :
All my stuff is cobalt. All the DeWalt and Milwaukee, they all walk.
SPEAKER 16 :
No, I could see that. Cobalt has one that’s about $75. Okay, so there’s your answer, Barbara. So Cobalt has one of those. I’ve got a Milwaukee brand, but I’ve used other brands of them. And, you know, Makita’s got a brand. Cobalt has one. I mean, because of competition, as you know, Barbara, they’ve all got something very similar. And the thing I also like about them that’s so neat, and I’m not sure the Cobalt one does this, but mine does – And I think typically they’re made this way. You can pre-set. So let’s say that your tires on your vehicle require 32 PSI. You can actually set the compressor to 32 pounds. Just go hook it up to each tire, hit go, and it does the rest.
SPEAKER 05 :
Oh, well, then I wonder if I should get rid of my pancake compressor that… I have it on a rolling cart, but I mean.
SPEAKER 16 :
If you’re using it to do tires and stuff, you don’t need it. I’m not joking, Barb. I’ve got a big compressor out in my house shop, and I have a little pancake compressor as well that he’s kind of used to fill up tires and do different things with and so on. Since I bought the portable Milwaukee, I haven’t broken out either one. I haven’t put an air chuck on my regular compressor hose to fill a tire up since then.
SPEAKER 05 :
Ah, okay. Well, that gives me another idea.
SPEAKER 17 :
So why is the cobalt snot stolen? Is it just nobody wants them, or is it?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, it’s the brand.
SPEAKER 17 :
It’s the brand. It’s not a well-thought-of brand, I guess.
SPEAKER 05 :
Right. It’s not a well-known brand. It’s like if you have hand tools, if you have Snap-on, you’ve got to guard those with your life.
SPEAKER 17 :
No, you’re right. You’re right. No, that’s a good tool, though. That’s why I’m surprised.
SPEAKER 05 :
I really like the Cobalt. I mean, I’ve got the string trimmer. I’ve got everything, so I might as well go get the compressor.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, then, yeah, if you’ve already got all that stuff, by all means, just buy their compressor. It fits with the batteries and things that you already have, and I’m guessing they’re all very similar in how they operate, Barbara. In other words, pre-setting the PSI, and literally you can put it on the valve stem, hit go, leave it. It’ll shut off automatically when it’s at the right PSI, and you just go to the next tire, and that’s all you have to do.
SPEAKER 05 :
Nice. Well, thank you. I appreciate that.
SPEAKER 16 :
They work fabulous, Barbara. Best thing ever.
SPEAKER 05 :
All right. Thanks.
SPEAKER 16 :
Thanks, Barbara. Appreciate it very much. Yeah, for those of you listening, we’ve talked about that particular topic in the past, and I’ve had so much positive feedback from all of you that have gone out and bought whatever brand. Again, here’s my suggestion. Whatever you’ve got the most batteries of, and some of you might have even more than, like all of us, you may have DeWalt, you may have Milwaukee, you may have Makita, you may have whatever, Sears, et cetera, Snap-on, on down the line you go. This is my opinion. Whatever you have the most batteries for, buy that compressor. Because you’ll be using that tool, and this is not an exaggeration, you’ll be using that compressor almost as much as you probably use your cordless drill or driver. And here’s the other thing that I like about it. You will find yourself… keeping your air pressures on your tires more consistent than you ever have before because it’s so much easier to do than you ever had before. Because, again, all you do is if your tires have 35 PSI, that’s what’s needed to make sure everything works properly on the car. You go set the compressor to 35 PSI. You put it on each valve stem. You hit go. It adjusts it. You go to the next one. And if you do that on a quarterly basis, for example, you’re changing oil in your own car. And you want to make sure all your tire pressure is correct. Just look to see what the door sticker says. Go set the compressor to that. Start running around each tire. Pretty soon they’re all aired up, and it didn’t take any longer to do that than it did changing the oil because it’s all autonomous for the most part other than you putting the hose on. It’s all autonomous, and off you go. And you buy the right – this is where I don’t know about the little handheld compressors. I have seen some of those advertised on – Social media and Amazon and so on, and it’s an internal battery. You charge the compressor itself, and maybe that would be worth throwing in the trunk of the car or something like that, although I’ve never used one of those, so I don’t know how well they work compared to a regular, some of these ones I’m talking about, Milwaukee Dewalt. And so on. And again, I use Milwaukee just because that’s what I kind of got started on with batteries and so on back in the day, and that’s just what I use.
SPEAKER 17 :
Once you’re on the river or whatever, whatever tool you are, whatever, Milwaukee, whatever, you’re stuck.
SPEAKER 16 :
You’re kind of stuck. I’ve even got some older Makita stuff, which I like their brand as well. Back in the day, that was a good brand. Yeah, it’s a solid. And I’ve got… three or four tools of Makita that as time goes by, I think when I finally have decided that, okay, I’m getting more and more Milwaukee stuff, I’m to the point where I’m going to start offloading some of the Makita stuff and going to one battery setup. And the one thing I do like about Milwaukee that I don’t know that the rest of them have is – and maybe they do, and I just haven’t looked closely enough – But with Milwaukee, you can buy one of their, and sometimes it’ll even come with a tool, they’ve got a dual charger where you can charge the 12-volt and the 18-volt, same charger, same time, where a lot of the others will have separate chargers for even each voltage of battery you’re using. I love the Milwaukee setup because I can literally charge both types of batteries at the same time, have them ready to go for whatever tool you’re using, and off you go.
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So you should see your NAPA. The whole month of May, they did a big blitz on the Milwaukee. Oh, nice. And there was one deal where you could buy two good batteries, and you got the six-way charger. Oh, that’s nice. Now you’re really sad. Yeah. Actually, they had a big deal for our technicians.
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Well, what’s happening in a lot of the auto shops, for those of you that are listening, we’re using less and less and less air in an auto shop. About the only thing you’re using air in an auto shop for is, of course, collision centers still use it to paint cars and do some of that stuff and then run some of the body tools and that with. In a mechanical shop, about the only thing you’re using air for is, if a technician doesn’t have the compressors we’re talking about, you’re filling tires with it, you’re running a tire machine with it. And air chisels. So when you’re trying to chisel something off and you need an air chisel, there’s not much. Milwaukee has one. Yeah, they’re getting better at the electric sides of things. And it’s getting smaller and smaller for the longest time. Some of the electric things, the biggest issue there was just the sheer size. It’s just so heavy with that battery. That’s right. It took two years to pick it up. That’s right. That’s getting much, much better. And I’ll tell you, the battery-powered stuff just continues to get better and better and better to the point where I’ll give you an example. I, for the longest time, and I’ve got a regular big backpack blower that I use at my property. But, you know, for like the garage and different things, we’re just trying to blow little things out. I, for years and years and years, had a little gas-powered two-stroke Red Max blower. Yeah. And last weekend, it kind of started to get where I need to go through the carburetor. And I’m like, I mean, I can, but it’s like I’ve had this thing for probably, I’m not joking, probably 20 years. I’ve had it about 20 years, and that’s not a joke. I’ve had it that long. And I’m like, you know, I’ve got all this Milwaukee stuff now. I’m going to go see what an actual handheld blower, you know, go to Home Depot, see what a handheld blower is, you know, that I could just replace this with and use the batteries instead. So I last Saturday, literally, I went and I think it was Sunday, went and bought the the dual battery handheld, not the backpack, but the handheld blower that Milwaukee makes. It’s the double battery, not a single battery. And I needed the tool only because I got plenty of batteries and chargers and I didn’t need any of that. So I just bought the tool alone. It’s like one hundred and fifty bucks or something. Oh, my word. Why I didn’t do that a long time ago is beyond me.
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So even they have the little M12 one. It’s a smaller one. And, you know, just for your little deck or something, you want to just dust it off.
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This dual battery one I bought, it’s a dual 18-volt. Oh, my word. It’s got way more power than I even had with the gas-powered one before. You don’t have the stink, the mess, the two-stroke oil, and, you know, mixing the gas and all that nonsense. It’s like, okay, why did I hesitate and wait so long to do that? And the other nice thing about it, for some of you listening, you’ll understand this. Depending upon your spousal situation, you know, some can start that two-stroke engine, no problem, run it. Others would struggle to get things running and knowing how to choke it and all of that stuff because there can be a little finesse involved in some of that. The electric one, guess what? They hit the trigger and go. Anybody can run it. A 10-year-old, a 5-year-old could run the electric one. I mean, that’s the other nice thing about it is anybody can run one. Just a little bit of advice for things around the shop and house and so on. But, again, going back to the question of the day, give me your thoughts on what type of cars, makes and model, have the worst drivers. That’s the question of the day. We’ll be right back. This is Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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SPEAKER 07 :
Hello, John. Hey, Mike. Yesterday, or was it Thursday, you were talking about why kids don’t do hot rodding anymore.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yes, we were.
SPEAKER 07 :
My thought is they’re more interesting in killing their ears with the sound systems. Hmm. I mean, if you look at it, the amount of money that we would put into our cars back in the day is equal to what they’re putting into stereos.
SPEAKER 17 :
Can’t argue that. I think the other thing, and this is more of the government has not allowed us to do the things we can do. We still have to pass emissions. We still have to do things. So the fun stuff we used to do, they won’t let us do, adding cams and stuff. So that’s another little thing.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, but you’ve just got to get in the right state to do that. Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, very true.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, yeah, but I agree with you, Mike, on I think some of it is that factor. I think just in general, I don’t think kids have the same, quote, unquote, pardon the pun, but the same drive to even do things with cars they once did. There’s a lot of kids today, Mike, that aren’t even getting their licenses. I mean, I guarantee you all of us, myself included, you know, Charlie’s in there, Larry’s. No shop classes, Charlie just said, is part of it as well, Mike. But even getting the driver’s license, all of us, and you included, I guarantee you, you had your license the day you turned 16 or pretty close to, unless your birthday was on a weekend. We all got our driver’s license. There are kids today, Mike, that aren’t getting their driver’s license until they’re in their 20s.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, and part of that is that Dad, since that’s who taught us, isn’t around to work on the cars.
SPEAKER 15 :
True, true.
SPEAKER 07 :
And so they’re not tagging along. I got in trouble with my ex-wife a long time ago. She comes out. Have you seen Mike? Yeah, he’s right here with me. and I was working on my brother’s van, and he was under the van with me. But that was just my two cents. I heard it yesterday, and I was driving, so I figured I’d call it in real quick.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, and again, I appreciate you doing that because it’s something that I do think that we as a community, the car community, and I know it’s happening. There’s a lot of folks out there listening to me right now that are, A, dragging kids to car shows, trying to get their kids interested in those things, and I admire… And appreciate everybody that’s trying to do that. I think it’s really important if you’ve got younger kids to get them involved in things. Because, Mike, if we don’t keep that going, our fun part of our industry, not the industry, it won’t die because we are going to need transportation for eons. That’s not going to change. But the fun side of the industry will die if we don’t keep it going.
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, no, they’re just going to focus in on the electric stuff that won’t last long.
SPEAKER 16 :
Right. So I do think it’s important for us to keep driving that love for cars, that love for speed, if you would, into our young people.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, and I got two boys. One is car, and the other one is not. And I’m still trying to wrap my head around it.
SPEAKER 16 :
Not to pry, but what’s your feelings on why one is and why one isn’t?
SPEAKER 07 :
The youngest, Mike, he was under the cars with me. And the other one just seemed to be the wimpy one of the family.
SPEAKER 16 :
Just didn’t have the natural interest in it.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, yeah. There again, he was more interested in playing the video games. I mean, he didn’t do the skateboards. My oldest did. Barely rode a pedal bike. My older one did. And now my older one’s running around with the crotch rocket. You know, 37 years old at 6’3″, he won’t listen to his old man to get a normal bike.
SPEAKER 16 :
Right. More power to him. I can’t ride one of those, so have at it. All righty. Mike, I appreciate it. No, thank you. And I don’t think, Mike, you’re that far off. And, again, I do have a concern here because if we don’t keep the enthusiast part of our industry going, it will die out because it will affect a lot of things value-wise and that even with a lot of the cars that some of us own if we don’t keep that going. Mike, you’re up next.
SPEAKER 08 :
Hey, good show this morning again. Thanks, Mike. Shout out to Steve Horvath. Steve, you helped me locate a NAPA certified technician down in Florida. Oh, yes, yes, yes. I remember that. Yeah, yeah. We spent some time going through that in the office. Got the car into them. They did a bang-up job. Oh, good. All the things you expect from Napa folks.
SPEAKER 16 :
Nice.
SPEAKER 08 :
They were straightforward. Here’s what you got. Here’s what you’re going to need. This is what happened here. This is what happened there. They were thorough. They were professional. They were friendly and fun to chat with. And great guys, as I’ve come to expect once again. And I wanted to… thank you very much for your help in that. Give me a shout out.
SPEAKER 17 :
Thank you. Thank you. No, I appreciate it. I like looking for places like that to see, you know, cause that’s good. You know, it’s good to know.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah. Yeah. No, they, gosh, they were, they were phenomenal. I just want, geez. Um, okay.
SPEAKER 16 :
So, so before I let you never know what you, before I let you go, Mike, uh, what type of car, when you see it, you know, it’s going to be a bad driver.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right, this is going to offend all of the certain group out there. Any Range Rover, Land Rover product, give me a break. You know what? I can’t argue that. Their reliability history is stunningly bad.
SPEAKER 16 :
It is. You’re right. Stunningly bad. I was having that conversation this last week with my son. He had a family member that was maybe thinking, on the other side of the family, somebody thinking about buying a Range Rover, and his comment was, well… you know what, if you want to lease one, get rid of it after a couple of years. I wouldn’t do it any longer than that as long as you own that thing when it’s under warranty and you know that you might have some issues under warranty. But as far as owning one outright, yeah, no, go find something else.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, and everybody assumes that because you spent a lot of money on it, it’s a great vehicle. It’s a classic example of… Of just, you know, money, not buying quality necessarily.
SPEAKER 16 :
So really not to, you know, not to belabor this, Mike, but you bring up a great point. And this is something I’ve yet to understand is what you just said. The perception is it’s a high dollar car. It’s cool. It’s luxurious. And they are and they are sleek looking and they’ve done a good job on all of that. But their reliability, to your point, and I know because I’ve coached some Land Rover guys in the past, and I know what the average ticket price is when you go in there to get something fixed, and the reality is they are not a cheap car to own. Why don’t people understand that, Mike?
SPEAKER 08 :
Status. For the life of me, we had one for about a year because The wife just loved the interior, and, you know, they’re attractive, and they’re pretty, and they’re gorgeous. And they’re actually pretty good four-wheel drives. They got a nice approach angle and stuff. But I spent, after I did the math, for every mile I drove, it cost me $1.78. Wow. Really? That’s high. Yeah. Oh, it was unbelievable.
SPEAKER 16 :
Wow.
SPEAKER 08 :
It was in the shop constantly.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 08 :
Constantly in the shop. Yeah. You know, it spent more time on the back of a trailer than it did on asphalt.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah. And getting people, you know, you tell people that, though, Mike, and I’ve had this happen. You tell people that they’re thinking about buying a new car and they just give you this deer in the headlight look like, yeah, you have no idea what you’re talking about. I’m going to go buy it anyways.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, you know, the other thing, another point to your point is that people don’t really do a lot of due diligence. Most of the folks don’t do the due diligence I think they need to when they’re looking at something, either by talking with you or guys like Steve and what do they see come through the shop and what don’t they like to work on and da-da-da-da-da. And there’s plenty of sources. And if you’re going to make the kind of investment that even a Hyundai costs today, you probably need to do some due diligence.
SPEAKER 16 :
You’re right. No, you bring up a great point. And it’s why, in my opinion, it’s why car dealers still have successful Friday nights and Saturdays because worst two times of the evenings are the worst time you could ever go buy a car, by the way. And to your point, Mike, those dealers are selling cars off of emotion, not what factually that person needs.
SPEAKER 08 :
Oh, yeah. No, that’s exactly correct. You were you were in the business. I spent a year selling cars when I was a kid, 19. And oh, my goodness gracious. You know, you just let them around. You know, well, I wanted something with a little bit more. So then you take them over to the high-end deal. You put it in, and all of a sudden, they’re hooked. They don’t want to go back to the Rambler.
SPEAKER 16 :
That’s right. The idea being, and for all of you listening, this is how it works, and this is just the nature of the industry, Mike. You want to get their butt in the seat of one of those other high-end cars because once you do, it’s not coming out.
SPEAKER 08 :
That’s right. We used to have what we call the starters on the showroom. Now, this is a while back. But we had Monte Carlos with three speed on the column and bench seats. And, you know, they go, oh, okay. And then you’d show them the one with the cassette player and the console and the whole shooting match. And pretty soon they’re selling themselves up. and we’ve managed to finance them way beyond what they should have been and stick them in the vehicle, and away they go. And if you’re losing them, the main situation is put them back in the car and send them back out.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yep. Somebody just texted and said, if you do too much due diligence, you might end up buying nothing when it’s all said and done. And my answer to that is, Mike, true and maybe not such a bad thing.
SPEAKER 08 :
I agree. I agree. Great point.
SPEAKER 16 :
Mike, appreciate you as always.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right. Take care.
SPEAKER 16 :
I’ll go through some of these text messages and come back in a moment. Lines are open, by the way, 303-477-5600. Myself and Steve Horvath will be right back. Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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All right, we are back. Myself, Steve Horvath from Geno’s Auto Service. George in Aurora, you’re next. Go ahead, George.
SPEAKER 10 :
How are you doing there, John? Good. Before I forget, you do have a face for television. Really? That’s a compliment. Well, thank you. Yes, thank you. I just got through looking at your face on the Internet. I appreciate that. Thank you. And everybody says, what does this guy look like? Well, this guy’s got a face for television. Well, thank you, George. I appreciate that. I’ve listened to you on and off for quite a while. But your comment and question about what kind of vehicles would people drive that make them look obviously bad, I hate to say this. Everybody. All vehicles. In Colorado, I can’t argue that one. I mean, but you know what? We traveled around a little bit. It’s not just, it’s a sign of the times. It’s not just Colorado. You go to any of the big cities, everybody drives like just freaking idiots. And I hate to say this. My wife’s standing right outside here. I seem to think that the women are driving worse than the men sometimes. I hate to say it. Because everybody is driving 20 miles an hour way too fast.
SPEAKER 16 :
Or slow. What I experienced, George, is it’s one extreme or the other. Even on my way down here today, I mean, I don’t drive slow. I drive the speed limit or even five above, depending upon where I’m going. And, you know, I’m not in the HOV lane today coming down I-70. I’m just doing my normal thing, not a ton of traffic. And, I mean, there are people zipping by that are having to – they’re doing at least 80 miles an hour plus. And then yet I’ll look over and there’s somebody doing – you know, I’m not joking. They’ll be doing 55 into 65. And these other guys are zooming around them and thinking, you guys are both sides of the aisle. You’re just an accident waiting to happen. Yeah.
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, it works both ways. You’re exactly right about the slow drivers. But the vast majority, it seems like if they don’t want to push 10, 15 miles an hour over, at least 15, then you’re unsafe also because if you don’t keep up with the traffic. That’s right. And then, of course, that all ties into safety. the stopping distance and the distance between each vehicle. And, of course, you know what those old rules are. How long is it for stopping distance? And the last thing people want to do is remember what they were taught supposedly decades ago, what the safety thing is. And speaking of safety, you had a topic, I think it was a couple weeks ago, that really reminded me of something that’s extremely important about what should be standard equipment in cars. Air conditioning for defrosting and defogging at any time of the year. I mean, people get in the car, especially in the fall and wintertime, they can’t see out the window. And the other thing that’s really bad, too, is the residual outgassing you get. from the vehicles to get us on the windshield. I mean, that stuff pops up against the weather. It’s not cooperative. And when it comes to the safety of on the window you’re right no you’re right george absolutely absolutely the new vw bus the new vw bus and when it comes to all electric yeah that new vw bus is so cute i agree now they show i agree when you go camping oh i love it no i you you it’s funny you say that i saw one last night my wife was commenting on it the other day as well and no they
SPEAKER 16 :
They have done a really good job on that. I have not investigated those much on pricing or haven’t driven one or anything along those lines. But so far, everything I’ve seen, it looks fabulous.
SPEAKER 10 :
You know, if I were to, and I’m from the older generation, I think that’s the cutest freaking thing that ever has come on the road. If they don’t sell 10 million, I might be surprised. But the thing is, they show it with camping versions with a pop-top. And now, if you want to go camping and you’ve got all-electric… Forget it. You’ve got to have a hybrid. And I would expect that maybe in a year or two. they should or could have a hybrid version because if you want to take it on a long drive, you’ve got to have a hybrid.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, good point. That’s a great point. George, I appreciate it. No, thank you so much for listening. I do appreciate it very much. And, yeah, the new – if I get an opportunity to drive one, I will definitely give you guys a report on it. We do a lot of new car reviews and such, as you guys all know, and I appreciate that, George, very much. And, yeah, that – and Steve’s a VW guy, so it’s – And by the way, very, very cool car. I will I will give it that. Somebody asked me a moment ago, too, that, you know, why isn’t John a tremendous influencer? He could be bigger than most of these big car influencers that are out there. And I said, I don’t know. It’s a great question. And I’ll just straight up tell you it time. To be an influencer takes a tremendous amount of time. I mean, I know a lot of those guys make it look really easy. They sit in front of the microphone. They put their camera up and they start recording and so on. What you don’t see, though, is the multiple takes and all the things that they did to get that ready to go and prep for it and so on. And I’ll just be straight up honest. I don’t like being in front of a camera. I’ll just be really honest. My wife will vouch for you there. I don’t even like my picture being taken, to be honest with you. So for me, being on video, TV, all of that, just not my thing. I don’t know how else to say it. It’s not me. It’s not my thing. Maybe I need to get over that and start doing more. But it’s just never been me from the time I was a little kid even. I was always the one behind the camera taking pictures, not the one in the pictures. And even going back through, you know, my mom passed away. uh last september so we’ve been going through a lot of family photos and things like that even my wife will comment on you know there’s pictures of all these people but you i’m like yeah because i always use the guy behind the camera taking them and i don’t like being in the picture so there’s lots of family photos with me missing because i just never did even from a small boy uh like having my picture taken it’s just i don’t know just me one of my phobias i guess you could say so Anyways, keep texting us. I appreciate it. We’ve got lines open as well, 303-477-5600. We’ll come right back. Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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SPEAKER 16 :
All right, we are back. Drive Radio, KLZ 560. Myself, Steve Horvath. Of course, Charlie Grimes, our engineer, Larry Unger, answering phones. Craig in Denver, you are next. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 09 :
Hi. I got a F-150 2021 V6. I get a smell when it starts getting warm in the engine compartment.
SPEAKER 16 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 09 :
Doesn’t smell like oil. Doesn’t smell like transmission. Okay. It doesn’t smell electrical. It’s just a different smell. I’ve changed out the cabin filter.
SPEAKER 17 :
Okay. Not a sweet smell, is it?
SPEAKER 09 :
A tick sweet, but not a lot.
SPEAKER 17 :
You know, sometimes sweet is antifreeze. Right. So I was thinking like that. Coolant, you know, getting it through the heater core or something like that.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, I’ve checked all those connections.
SPEAKER 16 :
So, and make sure that I’m following correctly, Craig, are you smelling this in the cab or in the engine compartment itself? In the cab. In the cab. Okay, so you are smelling it in the cab, but it’s not a normal, you know, burnt smell. And other question, how many miles run? I didn’t get that, I don’t think.
SPEAKER 1 :
75,000.
SPEAKER 16 :
Okay, so it’s not a huge amount of miles.
SPEAKER 17 :
So there’s a couple of things. Well, you know, we could get something on the resistor for the fan. Sometimes you get a leaf or something that kind of gets a burn smell. That’s something I’ve seen. And the other thing, too, is, you know, the BG does have a product where you can actually flush the EVAP system out really well. And sometimes that helps, too. We do that occasionally. You know, that helps with the smells, the funny smells that we get. That’s more of the musty, bad smells. That generally helps that, but. That’s what I was kind of thinking, just making sure that air box is cleaned out and everything.
SPEAKER 11 :
Okay. We’ll do that.
SPEAKER 17 :
Those are the things I’m thinking. If you can, if you’re pretty handy, you can maybe pull that fan motor down, see if there’s anything in it. Sometimes something gets stuck in there.
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, all great tips.
SPEAKER 16 :
The other thing, too, just as a try, we were talking earlier about Lysol on lawnmower tires and things like that. You might try with the fresh air intake, Craig, just spray a little bit of Lysol down in there. And here’s where I’m going with this. See if the smell changes. If it does, then we know we’re on the right track that Steve’s going down with. There’s something in the air box, the fans, something along those lines, and you know it’s not a smell that it’s pulling in from the engine compartment. It’s probably in that area itself.
SPEAKER 09 :
Excellent. You guys are the best.
SPEAKER 17 :
Give that a whirl. Yeah, and if you put it on recirculate, you see if that changes too. That’s a good idea too. You know how you can keep it so it recirculates here inside. Yeah.
SPEAKER 11 :
Okay. Thank you very much.
SPEAKER 16 :
Give us some feedback on that, Craig, and let us know. Smells, by the way, for those of you listening, can get really – smells are like water leaks. They can get really difficult to pinpoint what’s going on and why is that actually smelling. John and Cheyenne, you’re next.
SPEAKER 06 :
Hey, just a question of the day. My wife and I were laughing in the car. We were just coming back. It’s a at least 10-year-old Subaru Outback. With a cracked windshield, needing a bath, old green Colorado plates, and a coexist bumper sticker doing five under the limit in the left lane. Yeah.
SPEAKER 16 :
Can’t argue that one. Can’t argue that one.
SPEAKER 06 :
And when you pass them on the right, they give you a dirty look. Okay.
SPEAKER 16 :
I’ll give you – I’ll one-up you on that one, John. And this is – again, I know a lot of people are like, man, I hate to say this because I’m not trying to stereotype anybody, this, that, and the other. But it is what it is. It’s the reality. And I think part of our problem in the country today is nobody’s willing to admit some of these things. Nobody wants to talk about it. Everybody wants to cover it up. And by the way, I think that’s one of the worst things you can do. So my – automatic that I look at and say, okay, that’s a driver that I just need to stay as far away from as I can because I know they’re going to be a bad driver, is those cars that you know are at least 20 years of age… They most likely have multicolored panels on them because whoever bought it couldn’t really afford to buy anything more so, meaning they probably aren’t here legally. And, oh, by the way, they probably have a year-plus old temp tag on the back. I automatically know, John, that is a car I’m staying away from because on top of that, they’re doing what you just said, and they’re 10 under the speed limit.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, for sure. Those are the ones that are the scariest because… We had that happen here where an illegal with no license on unregistered hit one of our line trucks. And he had no documentation at all. And the cop wouldn’t even cite him.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yep. And the reason why they’re 10 under is they don’t know that. They think if they get pulled over, they’re going to be deported, even though that’s not what cops and state patrol and all that do. They’re not ICE. They could really care less at the end of the day. They’re not going to. But in their mind, they don’t want any interaction with the law, so they all drive under the speed limit. And by the way, I know this to be true because I’ve talked to plenty of police officers that will vouch for me on that.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, yeah. The other one. And you’ll know this is the sand and gravel trucks. You’ve got to stay away from that.
SPEAKER 16 :
You do. No, you do for obvious reasons. A, they’re usually throwing stuff off. B, people may not realize this, but a lot of those drivers are contracted out. They’ve got their own track. The trailer belongs to somebody else, and they’re hauling whatever it is that’s in it for whoever is in charge of that said project. And, John, in a lot of cases, they’re not legal either. A lot of those trucks won’t pass an inspection. In fact, they’ll get to a DOT inspection at times, and if that thing doesn’t pass, they literally walk away, leave it, and go find another truck because they’re not paying a lot of money for those trucks in the first place. Another thing to stay away from. Good point, John.
SPEAKER 06 :
The other thing with them is, you know, it’s illegal for them to drive on the interstate with their loads uncovered.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yes, but they do anyways.
SPEAKER 06 :
You can’t get a trooper or a county sheriff to them. You know, you always have talked about the Wheat Ridge police, how they hang out looking for speeders. Yep. Why don’t they pull those guys over for having an uncovered load?
SPEAKER 16 :
You know, it’s funny you say that because this last week, I think it was Tuesday, I was coming down and there was somebody running patrol. Wheat Ridge Police was running patrol on I-70. And I’m not joking, John. There were three gravel trucks in a row, probably all going to the same place. None of them with their loads covered. None of them getting pulled over.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, that’s because, again, they’re probably illegal vehicles. Or they may not have a good CDL, you know what I mean? And the cop doesn’t want to go through all the hassle. He’s just turning, you know, it’s the book the other way type stuff half the time. Yep. I don’t know where to go. You guys have a great day, John.
SPEAKER 16 :
Hey, you do the same, John. Appreciate you very much. Yeah, not trying to be derogatory or put anybody into a box, but in my opinion, there are certain vehicles, when you see them on the road, and that was part of the question of the day, you just automatically know, I should stay away from that particular vehicle because that is a… An accident or a money pit waiting to happen, because in a lot of cases, and we’ve proven this over and over again, you know, Paul Leumburger, who’s our great sponsor on here for insurance, they will tell you that three to four out of ten people around you have no insurance. It’s more like four today, about 40 percent have no insurance. Hmm. And so meaning that if you have any kind of a problem, if you don’t have uninsured motorists, you’re not going to get anything fixed because if they run into you, there’s no money for them to fix anything at all. And, again, try to be as kind as I can to all people that are here and so on, but the reality is – There are certain expectations of driving everywhere in this country included, and you need to make sure you’ve got all your ducks in a row to be able to do so. And it’s not fair to everybody else that’s paid their way, paid their fair share, registered their vehicles and so on. this out of you know this you know i i get it somebody can run a month or so out on their temp tag because of paperwork issues or whatever but typically whoever sold you that vehicle will get you to their temp tags that’s really not even an excuse but these ones that are three six nine twelve i saw on the other day that was two years old on a temp tag in my opinion they are just skating along all the rest of us are paying they are not and it’s a bunch of garbage
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, and two things. One, I did see that the Highway Patrol was starting to crack down a little more on it. I did see a news story the other day. And the other thing is we always have to remember driving is a privilege.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yes. Not a right. Yes. And I agree with you on that one. There’s a lot of people, even on the conservative side of things, that will tell you that driving is a right. And no, it is not. It is a privilege. And it always cracks me up when, and I should do a show on this sometime, the sovereign citizens that you’ll watch on all these different clips where the police will pull them over. I’m traveling. I’m not driving. I’m traveling. No, idiot. You’re driving. You’re a moron. Get out of the car. You make all the rest of our side look really bad because of your stance on things. And you’re an absolute utter moron. Sorry, you are. I like when they take him to jail. Yeah, I do, too. And then they get in front of the judge and they try to go through this big, long spiel.
SPEAKER 01 :
I love the judge part.
SPEAKER 16 :
You know, you’re not authorized to rule over me. And I’m a sovereign citizen and I’m this and I’m that. And, you know, the Constitution is a contract and, you know, it’s a corporation and blah, blah, blah. They go through this big, long spiel, which, by the way, I’ve researched all that for my daily show. It’s all a bunch of hooey. And these people are dumb as rocks. And anybody that goes down that path, and if you’re one of those people listening, I challenge you to go find yourself something else to do because you are dead wrong in what your thought process is on all of that. Because, no, that is not how things were originally, nor were they set up that way. And whoever’s fed you all that garbage, it is exactly that, garbage.
SPEAKER 17 :
And the frustrating thing to me is that police officer is spending that much time getting a supervisor where they could be out protecting and helping.
SPEAKER 16 :
Instead, they’re working on this knucklehead sovereign citizen moron that’s trying to prove a point that he can’t prove anyways. And it’s just like, you’ve got to be kidding me. Really? Really? You’re going to go down that path. And I can only imagine what some of these cops, when they pull up, start hearing that, they’re thinking, oh, jeez, I’ve got to do this now. I got the booby prize for today. Right. Literally. All right. Enough of that. If you guys have thoughts on that, text me or call in or whatever. We’ll be back here in a few minutes. A couple more hours coming your way. Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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