In this lively episode of Drive Radio, join us as we dive into all things automotive with a special focus on listener experiences and questions. We explore cherished memories and adventures listeners have had with their favorite vehicles, revealing the joy and nostalgia cars bring into our lives. It’s a trip down memory lane for some and an exploration of automotive love for others, all while starting our engines and getting ready to hit the roads. Special guest Burke Payne joins us to discuss the ins and outs of diminished value and what it means for you if you’ve
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All right, we are here. Drive Radio. I was going to say we’re back because we do Fix It Radio right before this. But Drive Radio, KLZ 560. Myself, Steve Horvath from Geno’s Auto Service with us today. Larry Unger, of course, with us today also answering phones. And Charlie Grimes. And yes, we are a live program today. I was on vacation the last couple of weeks. We were trying to get a fill-in crew last week that just didn’t quite… pan out so we appreciate all of you listening to the couple of replays we had but we’re live today may the 3rd so if you’re listening to a replay you know what today is if you’re listening on sunday as well thank you very much for that also we appreciate you guys listening to the replay shows but how steve this morning
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Good. Very good.
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Beautiful day today.
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Isn’t it great? This is the best time of year. One of the best times of year.
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No, it really is. Between now and fall, I mean, between this time of the year and the fall season, great times. The thing I like about this time even a little better than fall is winter’s not coming. Yeah. Summer is, but winter’s not. In fact, we’re getting a little longer daylight each day. Yes, that’ll start to go away in, I don’t know, what, June? The latter part of June. Yeah, June 20th. So we’ve got still another good month and a half plus left of really – well, even longer than that because it just goes the other direction. But I do look forward to this time of year and those days getting longer. Right now, you get up in the mornings, it’s light at 545 to – six now and the birds are chirping yeah they’re already up and chirping away and my problem this time of the year not to get off on some non-car related things but my problem this time of the year is because of the longer days in the early mornings i don’t sleep as much yeah i’m i’m doing other things because i like being outside and the sunshine and
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I’m missing something. Yeah, exactly.
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So I don’t sleep as much this time of year as I would other times. It just is what it is. But I do love this time of the year. And those of you that are listening, you may be out doing some things today, running errands. Maybe you got some car things you’re doing and so on. So question of the day that I have for today. And we’ve got a guest joining us at 11. Burke Payne will be joining us again. He was with us in Fix It Radio. We’re going to talk about diminished value. So those of you that may have any kind of an accident, and you want to know exactly how to handle that, be listening at 11 o’clock. Burke will be calling us, and we’ll chat. By the way, lines are open. If you want to call in with a question, please do so. 303-477-5600. 303-477-5600. Question of the day. And this kind of goes with some of the questions we’ve had of late, but I kind of dovetailed in a little different direction here. Because this could be a car that you maybe never owned, may have just had access to, driven, maybe you rented it, even as far as that goes. But what’s a car you drove that provided you the most enjoyment? Now, it could be something from way in the past, kind of going down memory lane. It could be something you own now. Again, it could be something that you rented. It could be any number of things, and it could even just be an experience you had. Maybe it was a vacation and a rental, and it was the things you did, and it made it extremely enjoyable. So it doesn’t have to be a car you owned, just a car that you drove. that provided you the most enjoyment. And I’ve got an example of this. Now, this is a car that I didn’t actually drive. And I would love to own one of these cars, but they’re getting so expensive, I’m not sure that I’ll ever own one. And part of that is because finding one even that’s all done correctly, they’re super expensive. But I had the opportunity when I was 16, and I was driving, but I had a friend that had a friend. It’s a friend of a friend. And it was one Sunday evening after church. This was back when you went to church on Sunday morning and Sunday night. And it was this time of the year where it was light, late, and so on. And this friend of the friend had a red Chevelle 70 LS6. four-speed chevelle which at that time was one of the fastest cars probably on the road that you could drive on a regular basis that wasn’t an exotic or anything along those lines and i had the opportunity along with this friend of mine and we went out and And did a little bit of driving around and nothing crazy. We didn’t get in trouble or have any tickets or anything like that. But we were able to go out on a road that was basically not open yet was closed. We went around the barriers, which, no, we weren’t supposed to do. But this was back when the Boulder area was a lot smaller than it is now. And we were able to do some things that you by no means could get by with today. But I was able to ride in. and really see the power of a 70 chevelle ls6 four-speed and back then that was literally probably one of the fastest cars i was outside of a race car that was one of the fastest street cars i was ever able to ride and the fun we had that night doing that and just even the short time we were only riding around for maybe hour hour and a half something like that but the enjoyment of that and that experience with those friends at that time and doing what we did is one of those memories that you’ll never forget. So that’s kind of my question of the day is, you know, give me an example of something along those lines, something that you either were a part of, drove, whatever, that just gave you some enjoyment. And that’s our question of the day. Jerry and Greeley, you’re first today. Go ahead, sir.
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I guess my memory lane story would just be four-wheeling with the Red Rock four-wheelers out in southeast Utah on the Jeep Safari and the Labor Day weekend trips. Some of the stuff those guys drive over, it’s just unbelievable until you see it. I remember the first time I went out with the club, some of the obstacles I thought, I can’t possibly get over that, but they’d spot me and help me and And anyway, it was a lot of fun.
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That’s a good story. Those are the things I’m asking. So that’s perfect, Jerry. Very, very perfect.
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I got a recall notice for my 2017 F-150 with the 3.5 EcoBoost saying that there’s fluid leakage between the master cylinder and the brake booster. And they say they don’t have the parts to fix it yet, so they’ll let me know when it’s time to actually do the repairs. And I have noticed slightly more fluid loss in the reservoir than I would have expected. So I’m assuming some of the brake fluid is migrating into the booster. And as I try to follow the vacuum line from the manifold to the booster, there’s a bunch of other stuff in the way that I don’t even know what it all does. I think it’s somehow related to the turbocharging system. There’s this cluster of devices and hoses that I haven’t deciphered yet. But I’m wondering if then the fluid could go beyond the booster into some of that stuff, you know, go further, I guess, upstream towards the vacuum source, if there’s something else I might ought to be worried about.
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Yeah, well… It could. It could get in there. It could start smoking. It could start burning. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen that kind of a problem, to be honest with you. We’d have cars actually starting to smoke out of the tailpipe because the brake fluid would run like the oil. But it’s been a long time since I’ve seen something like that. When you’re saying that, I find it amazing that they’re having this problem. I mean, it’s a safety issue for one. And the other is, I mean, it’s been designed so nicely for so long. How could they have this problem? To me, that’s the part that bothers me the most. I think that just beyond the smoking, I don’t think there would be much that you could cause it well. I suppose it’s even possible you could start damaging cattle converters and things like that if you’re getting a lot of oil in there. So there’s some things in there that could happen. Well, they’re a little far-fetched, but it’s possible.
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I mean, anything’s possible. It’s a matter of, you know, what if and will it happen and so on. I mean, Jerry, would I lose any sleep over any of this? No. The bigger question is going to be how long it’s going to take them to get the recall done. That’s probably the bigger question I would have. Did they give you any kind of timeline at all?
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No.
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Interesting. Because, unfortunately, it could be a year. Yeah. I’m not exaggerating. It could be a year. I mean, some of these, I mean, you look back to the Takata airbags and even some of the other things that they’ve gone through, some of these manufacturers, and even GM now is going to talk about this, so it’s a good segue, the 600,000 6.2 liter engines that are being recalled on the GM side. That is going to take a long time to get through that many vehicles, Jerry.
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Yeah. Well, I guess I’ll just keep an eye on that fluid level in the master cylinder reservoir.
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I agree. That’s what I would do.
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Okay. Yep.
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All righty. Well, I appreciate the advice. Jerry, as always, appreciate you very much. Thanks for the phone call. Eva, how are you today? Hey, how are you? I’m great. Good to hear from you.
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Oh, thank you so much. Hey, it still is my vehicle to drive, and I don’t drive it that often because I have another one that gets better gas mileage. But my 97 Toyota RAV4… It has a standard shift.
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Oh, yeah.
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Oh, God. I wish I had waited to see if I could order the newer car with a standard shift. I love driving a standard shift.
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You and I both, Eva. I do as well. And as you know, there are now very few cars made with a manual transmission. Very few.
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Oh, that bothers me, yes.
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And to your point, Eva, you being of your age and me and Steve in our age, us being able to drive manual transmissions and so on, and yet these next generations, there’s few of them now, not just one, but these next generations that, frankly, if it’s got a stick shift transmission, a manual transmission, they don’t know how to drive it. They don’t know what to do. They don’t know the first thing to do.
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I know, and I don’t know where she found it, but I have a friend of my grandson. Actually, I think it’s a half-sister. But anyway, she needed a vehicle, and she was able to buy, oh, a Subaru, I think it was, with a stick shift for $3,000. And I said, oh, I want, please let me teach you how to drive it. And she hasn’t taken me up on it. She has a boyfriend that’s been driving it for her. And I would, oh, God. I tried to teach my grandson to drive one of those. And I had to put in a new clutch.
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Oh, no. Again, not trying to belittle the next generation. That’s not what I’m doing at all, Eve. It’s just because they haven’t been exposed to them, they don’t know how. Where all of us back in the day, it was very, I mean, a lot of cars in my world growing up, and that was just in the 70s, a lot of cars had a manual transmission. Most trucks had manual transmission. So if you didn’t know how to drive one, you weren’t going anywhere.
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Oh, it’s so gas efficient. I mean, the vehicle itself isn’t, but having, being able to just, keeps shifting up and down. Oh, I love it.
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It was much easier in the snow.
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You could control things so much better. Again, this is just the nature of the world, in our country especially, Eva, and again, this is not to bash anybody, but the softer we become as a country and the more conveniences we want, That’s why we don’t have as many manual transmissions, because the reality is it’s still cheaper for the manufacturer to build a manual transmission as opposed to an automatic transmission. But the reality is the market doesn’t want that. They want the convenience of an automatic.
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You know, one thing, John, I would not be able to drive any of these new things that are self-driving anymore. What the heck? What’s the point?
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Well, I feel the same way as you do. It’s like I want to drive. I don’t need you to drive for me. I want to drive. I think we don’t drive anymore. We just steer. We steer. That’s true, too. Good point.
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I see the day where we won’t have keys.
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Oh, you’re right on that, Steve. A kid won’t know what a key is. Yeah, that’s true. You won’t know what a key is. Well, it’s getting to that point now where you have a fob and a button.
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They’re missing out. I agree. It’s so much fun. I love it.
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Well, Eva, we appreciate you very much.
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I always listen to you. Well, thank you. I always learn stuff. Thank you.
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Thank you, Eva. We appreciate you greatly as well. Joe, hang tight. We’ll take a break. Come back. Two lines open, 303-477-5600.
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John, I know you’re kind of new to this whole automotive thing, and you don’t know a whole bunch about engines, but my Bible, Consumer Reports, tells me I’m wasting my money buying premium gas for my car. So you know anybody who could opine on what Consumer Reports is saying about you’re wasting your money buying premium gas?
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And what Joe is referring to, and I appreciate you sending me the article, Joe, because Joe sent me an article where Consumer Reports recently did a test between the two different grades of fuel. In this particular case, in our world, we have three different grades, and their claim is there’s no difference at all between one grade and the other. But, Joe, the test they did was so – under i don’t know i don’t know what if i’m using the right words underrated or underdone in other words wasn’t conclusive at all they they did basically a couple of tanks of fuel around a track if you would no real world driving conditions no scoping of the engine prior to see what kind of carbon buildup was there versus what was after i mean in my opinion a very lame test at best to then come out and tell everybody there’s no difference because there is
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Well, I think they said like a 1% to 2%, and they said for the amount you’re paying. You know, the premium you’re paying for the premium fuel to save, you know, 1% or 2% better gas mileage. By the way, in my car, I finally get almost 10% better gas mileage on my car.
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Well, and, Joe, it’s interesting you say that because years ago, I mean, this is a couple of decades ago, we had some Dorsey from Arvada West, who you don’t hear much from anymore. But, you know, Arvada West is still a great sponsor of ours and still a great shop. And Dorsey himself, Joe, did a test at that time. He had a minivan. and nothing fancy, just a regular Chrysler minivan back in the day. And they had a station, so he was selling fuel at the time, and it was easy for him to take the different grades of fuel. They were an Amoco station back in the day. And he literally did an over-a-course-of-a-year test on mileage, like what you’re talking about, Joe, and proved that on that particular car, because it does vary from car to car, his best mileage came from mid-grade.
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Mm-hmm.
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So it really does vary from car to car, but for consumer reports to come out and say there’s no difference is a blatant lie.
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Well, again, so, too, I think they grossly underestimated the improvement in fuel efficiency. And, too, as you said, they didn’t do a long enough test to look at the carbon buildup. I know, for instance, you talk about the BNG, and I’m a firm believer I do the BNG every oil change. But, you know, if you’re going to foul up your rings, unfortunately, you know, I talked to my mechanic. He says only about 10% of the cars, although he promotes it, only about 10% of the people come in and actually opt for the B&G oil treatment. So, you know, if you’re going to be buying low-grade fuel… And you’re not going to be doing the BNG. What’s going to happen to the carbon fouling on your rings after 50, 60,000 miles? And what’s that going to do to your fuel efficiency?
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Great point. And, Joe, that is something that most people, most technicians even, aren’t informing their customers of and doing a good enough job of informing their customers of because everything you just said – is spot on. Yeah, you might be able to save a little bit of money on fuel, and Consumer Reports is telling me that I’m not really doing that much difference when it comes to my engine and the performance of and so on by using the higher-grade fuel, so why bother? It’s that old, I hate to use the old commercial, you can pay me now or pay me later, but that really is what it comes down to, Joe. I’m going to make more money with them telling them that, honestly.
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Yeah, Steve’s happy about that, Joe. Actually, no, it’s more of a pain in the neck.
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And on my fuel test, John, the reason I was able to do it, you know, I normally put premium in the car. But one time I was taking a trip to visit my mother up in Rhode Island. I’m on the Connecticut Turnpike, which is flat, no hills. And I pulled into one of these, you know, highway rest stop service stations. And the gas pumps were a mob scene. And the first pump open was the only pump I could get was regular. So I filled up with regular. And I normally average on my Telluride, you know, on highway driving, I normally average around 25.5, 26%. And I put this regular gas in my car and got back on the highway and drove another 150 miles to my mother’s house. And, John, instead of 25.5, 26, I was getting 23, 23.1. And then on the way home, I went back to premium, and I was right back up to 25.5. There you go.
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Great example. Well, the only thing, too, that they didn’t explain in this report for all of you listening, they didn’t get into is your car a high-compression engine car, which a lot of vehicles are, yours included, Joe. Do you have a turbocharger or a supercharger on your car? They didn’t get into any of that at all, Joe. Again, very, very weak, if not lame. I’m going to call it a lame report from Consumer Reports. It was absolutely ridiculous. I wouldn’t have publicized that. I mean, my feeling on that is whoever the editor was is a moron.
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Well, actually, they called it not a report. They called it a study, John. It was not a study.
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Not in my terms at all, Joe.
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No. But for other listeners who may get that magazine and may have read that, I just thought you might want to throw that out there.
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Not to belabor this, Joe, but that is my biggest problem with the whole Consumer Reports end of things. And, Joe, it’s like anything else. When you’re off that much in this study, well, then how can I believe when you tell me that this is the best car you recommend to buy? I can’t, Joe. Or stove or whatever, yeah.
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The one thing that got right, because I think car and driver, is when they rated the Telluride as the best mid-range SUV of the year. I thought, or maybe even three years in a row, I think they got the Telluride right.
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Yeah, and a great car. I mean, I’ve had family members that have owned that car. Joe, you own that car. I’ve got several listeners that own that car. So, yeah, spot on. Absolutely.
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Yeah. 75,000 miles on a dime. It’s the best SUV I’ve ever owned. Yeah. And, you know, I drove… I drove nothing but Durangos for 20-plus years. I had like five of them. I get a new one every four years. Yeah, that’s right. I knew that. Yeah, that’s right. Now, don’t make me – Durango is a great car, but I was pulling horse trailers in Colorado. I don’t need to pull a horse trailer in New Jersey, so I didn’t need that big V8, that big Hemi. So in terms of fuel efficiency and reliability, John, that tells you I’m the best car I’ve ever driven. Yeah. So, anyway, speak – anyway.
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Joe, I appreciate – no, that was a great point, and I appreciate that very much. And this will be a little bit longer question and answer. So, Mark, hang tight. I want to give you plenty of time here. We’re up against the bottom of the hour here, so let’s take a quick break. We’ll come back. Mark’s got a question on how to sell a car. Good question, by the way, and a lot of people out there listening – this will benefit. So hang tight. We’ll come back and do that. We have lines open 303-477-5600. Myself, Steve Horvath from Geno’s Auto Service. We’ll be right back. Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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All right, we are back. Drive Radio KLZ 560. And we got two lines open, 303-477-5600. Myself, Steve Horvath from Geno’s with us. Mark, you’re up next. Go ahead, sir.
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How are you gentlemen doing today?
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We are great. Good, good.
SPEAKER 1 :
Thank you.
SPEAKER 08 :
Sad day today. My wife’s making me sell the 03 Tahoe. Oh, you’re selling that? Pretty soon I’m going to be in a homeless shelter. That’s the next step for me.
SPEAKER 09 :
Okay, why are you selling the 03?
SPEAKER 08 :
Because we’ve got five cars with two people.
SPEAKER 09 :
And your Volvo show up yet?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yep, and it got a clean bill of health. It really had 63,000 miles on it. And it went through it. I spent six grand on that car going through every single detail, everything. Got a clean bill of health, and then next week was the new top. She said, we don’t need five cars.
SPEAKER 09 :
And your Tahoe has barn doors, right?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yep, and here’s the other issue, too. I had a guy look at it last night. I want $12,000, and I’m not budging an inch. And he offered me $9,000, and I said, have a nice day. Apparently, that book you show people with all service records from day one being original order doesn’t count.
SPEAKER 09 :
That’s somebody like me.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, I know, but you’re a different kind of character than some people, a lot different. So I ask you a question. How do you phrase a sign? when you put it in a window? I mean, do you put all your personal information? How do you do that?
SPEAKER 09 :
No, in fact, I mean, for me, it’s a little different because of what I do and so on. For all of you listening, I would not give anybody on any sign my regular cell number. I would get some sort of a, you know, all of these cell phones today, Mark, iPhone, Google, whatever. You can get what they call a burner number through an app. You In most cases, you don’t even have to pay for it. You can literally get a burner number that will still ring your phone. At the end of the day, I would use a burner number and never give my cell phone out.
SPEAKER 08 :
A burner number. Well, that’s good. You said that’s just an app I look up on.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, you can go. I think it’s an app called Burner.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay, I’m going to check that out.
SPEAKER 09 :
And I would not give anybody my real cell phone number. I would use a burner number only for lots of reasons. Now, real quick, before we go any further, and my wife’s going to shoot me, text me afterwards, and maybe I’ll just buy it, Mark.
SPEAKER 08 :
Oh, there you go. No, no, no. Well, actually, that would be good because if we go to a good home, But I know I’ve talked to your wife several times. You know what she wants from me? My 911. I know.
SPEAKER 09 :
I know. That’s exactly what she wants. I know that.
SPEAKER 08 :
That woman is 100% 911.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, she wants that. No, you are 100% correct, Mark. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 08 :
You have deprived her for many years. I think you need to step up to the plate.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, one of these days. I got to quit buying other stuff, I guess, before I do, you know. And I need to quit buying other stuff and then do that is what I really need to do. You’re correct.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, I’m not talking to the right person. Quit buying stuff.
SPEAKER 09 :
No, I’m serious. Because I may do a little bit of changing around with some of the vehicles that I’ve got, and I have wanted one of those just to honestly have, keep, hang out with, you know, that kind of a thing. Mark, it’s not something I’d buy and flip or anything. It’d just be something I’d keep and own for a while.
SPEAKER 08 :
This car, you know, besides the pain. Oh, I know the history.
SPEAKER 09 :
You don’t have to tell me anything about that car. I know all about it.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 09 :
How many miles are on the new motor?
SPEAKER 1 :
29.
SPEAKER 08 :
29. 29, which is good. It’s broken.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 08 :
And I just put $1,400 in it last month for a new air conditioner and $1,400 this month for a new alternator.
SPEAKER 09 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 08 :
The heavy-duty GM one. I only put GM parts on this car. That’s it.
SPEAKER 09 :
That’s why, I mean, not too many of those I would personally buy except that one. Only because I know all the history of it, because we’ve talked about it ever since you’ve owned it.
SPEAKER 08 :
My wife’s come home from walking the dogs, so let’s have a moment of silence.
SPEAKER 09 :
Good one, Mark. I’m serious. Reach out to me.
SPEAKER 08 :
Oh, you know what? Hang on. Excuse me, Jane. There you go. Okay, she’s gone. Thank God.
SPEAKER 09 :
That’s too good. Well, really quick, Mark. I’m glad the Volvo turned out well.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, it’s fine. I’m just using a product right now. I highly recommend it. Actually, two products. A product called Dr. Color Chip. It’s a three-stage process to fill scratches, and it’s a VIN number verification on the paint. And it’s out of floor. The second product is Malco Leather Conditioner and Cleaner. These seats are sucking up about the fourth quote of the conditioner.
SPEAKER 09 :
The Malco is good stuff. That I know of very well.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, and so these seats are just sucking it up left and right. And then the new top will be on next week, and then we’re done.
SPEAKER 09 :
Is it black? I don’t remember the Tahoe.
SPEAKER 08 :
No, it’s maybe blue. No, my Tahoe is red fire metallic with tan leather and serious and LT, Bilstein shocks, the whole deal.
SPEAKER 09 :
Okay, yeah. You know how to get a hold of me.
SPEAKER 08 :
I do. So let me ask a question since maybe the public’s listening to this too. So the burner phone is good. What else would you list on that sign?
SPEAKER 09 :
That’s it. I would not put it. I mean, they’re going to see the vehicle anyways. There’s not much else you need to put down. I mean, they can’t see mileage, so you’re going to have to put mileage on there. But I would put mileage, price. They can tell by looking at the vehicle how clean it is. I don’t think there’s much else you need to list on there. There’s no sense in giving a full printout of anything. That’s one of those to where I want them to call and less info is better.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay. Well, I got nothing to hide. I mean, it’s, it is what it is.
SPEAKER 09 :
And well, and again, they’re going to see it. So there, I know, I know you, I know the vehicle. You don’t really have to do much in telling them what it is. Cause it’s there. I mean, whoever came to buy it last night at nine K is just trying to steal it. Well, I told him have a nice day. And I would have said the same. Yeah. And by the way, your, your, your value is your 12 K is not high price. You’re fine there. That that’s a good price.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, yeah, it’s got some roof that works and barn doors. And, uh, Got the Bluetooth radio like you had me or Dodge?
SPEAKER 09 :
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 08 :
So I know you don’t like Craigslist, but what other lists do you like?
SPEAKER 09 :
I wouldn’t use Craigslist. Facebook Marketplace is what I would do.
SPEAKER 08 :
I guess that would be John Rush, Facebook Marketbook.
SPEAKER 09 :
Facebook Marketplace.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay. Well, I’m kind of in shock, John. I’m pleased somebody like you is interested in it. I guess I’ll find you one way or the other. Okay.
SPEAKER 09 :
Let me know. You know how to find me.
SPEAKER 08 :
I’ll find you.
SPEAKER 09 :
All right, Mark. Sounds like a plan.
SPEAKER 08 :
Be grudgingly.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, I know, because that’s not something that you typically want to get rid of.
SPEAKER 08 :
That’s history in your life. I know.
SPEAKER 09 :
I hear it.
SPEAKER 08 :
But you always said one thing a long time ago. I said, you’ve got to know when it’s time to cut loose.
SPEAKER 09 :
It is. No, and I’ve got a few of my own I’m doing the same thing with, so I hear you.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right, I’ll get a hold of you next week.
SPEAKER 09 :
Sounds great, Mark. Appreciate you very much. Yep, no, thank you very much. And, yeah, I mean, there’s not too many vehicles that I would care to own other than I know the history of that vehicle. And that’s one of those vehicles that, you know, for the money and for what you could do with that vehicle and the longevity that’s still there in it and so on and how long you could keep and drive that vehicle, that’s pretty tough to beat. And the transmission is probably done. He’s already done it.
SPEAKER 03 :
I was going to ask about that.
SPEAKER 09 :
It’s an 03 Tahoe that’s really had most everything redone on it. And I know Mark, and he’s a very particular individual like myself. So that’s, again, one of the few vehicles. And for those of you listening, when you’ve got a special vehicle like that and you’re trying to do something as a sale, yeah, don’t cave in on price. You don’t have to. You can get top dollar for those vehicles. There’s no reason not to do that. And in Mark’s case, I know him, and I know the vehicle that – the vehicles, plural, that he owns. And he’s got another – for those of you listening, he’s got another newer Tahoe is probably why he’s looking at doing something with the older one because he’s got a new one that he’s already bought several years ago to replace that one with. So he’s in fine shape, Mark. Mark, you’ll be in good shape when it’s all said and done. And, yes, those are kind of pieces of history, if you would, when we turn those things over. All right, question of the day. What’s a car you drove that provided you the most enjoyment? Give us an answer. We’ve got plenty of lines open now, 303-477-5600. You can also text us a question, 307-282-22. Okay, before we go to break, I wanted to give you guys a little bit of insurance update because it kind of coincides a little bit with Mark on the buying and selling of cars and so on. So something you need to think about on the insurance side of things. Number one. If you let someone borrow your car, your insurance company, you, are still covering that car no matter what happens. I had a situation here of late with a client of mine whereby somebody drove the car non-family member. So somebody outside the family and the car in front stopped too fast. This car was, of course, behind and there was a front end collision and it totaled the car. Now the car is getting repaired, but it totaled the car. My point is, in this particular case, they were thinking, well, his insurance will cover him driving my car. No, it doesn’t. Your insurance and what you have on the vehicle is all that’s covering the car. The driver of the car, even though they may have their own insurance, is not going to cover that accident in your car. So anytime you have those conversations where you’re thinking about, you know, somebody’s going to, you know, borrow that car and they’re claiming, well, my insurance will cover it. No, it won’t. Whatever you have as insurance is what’s going to cover the car, meaning don’t let people borrow your car. I mean, that’s the bottom line. I’m being very serious about that. Don’t let people borrow your car. And I know that’s hard sometimes because family members can come to town and things along those lines, and you want to be nice and loan them a car and so on. You’re better off in the end, and I mean this in all sincerity, you’re better off renting them a car and putting them in that than you are loaning them your car. And I mean that with all sincerity. Do not loan your car to anyone outside of your own immediate family that you have listed as insured drivers on your policy. Outside of that, do not let anybody borrow your car because at the end of the day, if there is some sort of an accident, you’re going to be responsible when it’s all said and done. It’s going to go against you as a claim even. In whatever it happened to be, in this case, it was the fault of that driver, meaning that’s going on your policy for those future records on down the road, period. There’s nothing you can do about it. Next thing I need to cover really quick is when you buy a car. And everybody thinks, when I buy a car, I’m insured automatically for the first 30 days. Well, you are. But remember, you’re only insured off of whatever you have on your other car. So let’s say, for example, you own a car now and you have liability only on it. and you go buy another car that is a lot more expensive and you want full coverage on it, you won’t have full coverage until you call the insurance company and tell them you want full coverage because otherwise it’s going off of whatever your other policy says on the other car you own. And if that’s liability only and you go out and buy another car, pay cash for it, it’s liability only as well. You don’t have full coverage. There’s a lot of misconceptions on that where people think, well, I’m just covered. Or if I’m driving Steve’s car, me, John, if I go borrow Steve’s car, my insurance is covering it. No, it’s not. Steve’s insurance is covering it. I might have full coverage. Steve might have liability only. At the end of the day, I go wreck Steve’s car. Guess what? Steve’s out of car. Sure. Because he has liability only. I’m now at fault. I was driving it, meaning Steve was driving it. It’s no different. And if the car’s wrecked with liability only, you’re done. You don’t have a car. So you can ruin friendships, by the way, with some of these things, whereby you’d have been better off to begin with in just renting a car at the end of the day versus loaning that car out. I can talk more about that if you’ve got questions, but it gets really dicey, and insurance companies continually tighten the belt in some of these areas. So really be aware of those things by all means, and don’t just assume things before you ask and know exactly what’s going on. We’ll be right back. Drive Radio. Again, call us. We’ve got lines open, 303-477-5600. Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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SPEAKER 09 :
All right, we are Back Drive Radio, KLZ 560. Myself, Steve Horvath, Geno’s Auto Service with us. We’re going to have Burke Payne join us from BP Appraisals at 11 o’clock. By the way, we’re going to talk about some of the things along the insurance lines of what I was mentioning with not just coverages and things like that, but the diminished value end of things where if you have an accident, not even a total. But just an accident, what’s that doing to the value of the car? How do you prove that to the insurance company and get your fair value? How do you get made whole again after all of that? We’ll talk to Burke here at the top of the hour and go through some of those things with him. Robin Centennial, though, you’re next.
SPEAKER 06 :
Hi, John.
SPEAKER 09 :
How are you, sir?
SPEAKER 06 :
It’s going to be a while before I call you soon. I’ve got my summer job coming up, and I’ll be busy on the weekends.
SPEAKER 09 :
Okay, well, thank you for listening, sir.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, you know me. You can’t get rid of me that easily.
SPEAKER 09 :
We would never.
SPEAKER 06 :
Anyway, the most fun car I’ve ever driven is the one I’ve had a chance to drive a lot. That’s my mother’s 5.7 Hemi Charger with the all-wheel drive.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah. Good car, by the way.
SPEAKER 06 :
I mean, I was taking that thing from the springs back to Littleton, and I kept running the pumps on the traffic, so I passed them on the sea pills.
SPEAKER 09 :
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 06 :
Just gun that thing and, wow. Yep.
SPEAKER 09 :
When I say good car, really I mean that. They get a bad rap from a lot of different folk and such out there, Rob, and the reality is they’re not a bad car at all.
SPEAKER 06 :
It charges a brute. It handles really well. It’s got a lovely interior. I love the lines of it. The engine just roars. I have a little bit of guilt when I talk about it, though, because you think you’re going to drive it one more time as the winter comes in. So I didn’t put any stabilizer in the tank. I think I might put a bottle of Vitekron in it when I start running.
SPEAKER 09 :
Or just put some BG Supercharge in it. One of the two will be fine.
SPEAKER 06 :
Hard to find that stuff.
SPEAKER 09 :
The Supercharge, they don’t have it at BG where you’re at?
SPEAKER 06 :
The Napa, I don’t think they have the supercharge. They carry the other stuff like the 44K and such.
SPEAKER 09 :
They should have supercharge on the shelf. It’s a great stabilizer.
SPEAKER 06 :
So you can add that to old gas?
SPEAKER 09 :
You can. It’s not necessarily a rejuvenator, but it will stop any type of degrade that’s already been going on. But I’ll tell you this, Rob, on a new car, and I hate to say this, but I will. On a new car, the way they are not vented any longer, that Charger, for example, you could put fuel in that at the beginning of winter, not drive it all winter long, pull it out now, and never know anything is any different.
SPEAKER 06 :
That’s good to hear.
SPEAKER 09 :
Trust me, I do it. Most of my newer modern vehicles, I… Because of memory, whatever, I rarely treat those cars through the winter months. I can fire them up in the spring and go drive them with no problem because when they’re not vented, that fuel doesn’t hit the air, and it’s just not degrading like it would in an older vehicle.
SPEAKER 06 :
This is valuable information. Thank you, John.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, so I wouldn’t worry about it.
SPEAKER 06 :
And ask for your aid. I was cutting up dead branches from the big storm we had last March, the second wet one. And I have a little McCulloch Eager Beaver, the saw that will not die. It’s a real fossil. It’s an original McCulloch. It’s not the Chinese ripoff when they stole the brand name. And it’s running weird. It’s running kind of powerfully more, and it’s killing on the throttle. So I’m going, what’s going on with this? And I look down, and it’s really howling, and I turn it off because I can’t figure out why it would suddenly speed up like that. And I look down, and there’s a little black thing lying on the ground. So I pick it up, scream in agony, and put it back down again. The exhaust had fallen off.
SPEAKER 05 :
Oh.
SPEAKER 06 :
It’s fallen right off.
SPEAKER 05 :
Wow.
SPEAKER 06 :
It’s that old. I mean, how many times do you think I should take off the chain brake, remove the cover, and tighten down the muffler? It’s not something you think about. No, it isn’t. I never had it off for any other purpose.
SPEAKER 09 :
It isn’t. You’re right.
SPEAKER 06 :
So I take the muffler, you have to take off the outer reed with its Allen wrench, and then you can screw the lower reed back on the body. I can’t get the thing to thread. I think it might thread now because it’s still in cold cool. It was still pretty hot when I was trying to put it back together the first time. Do you think I should try to tap it out?
SPEAKER 09 :
I would probably run a thread chaser down it. You’re not going to hurt anything doing that.
SPEAKER 06 :
Where do you get a thread chaser?
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, you know, a tap. If you’ve got a tap that’s that same size, just run a tap down it. That’s what I meant to say.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, thank you. Anyway, it was a horrible experience, but it’s just the thing you don’t anticipate that causes the most trouble.
SPEAKER 09 :
Now, let me give you a little cheat on that, too, though, really quick, Rob, before I forget. The other thing you could do is squirt a little WD-40 down the hole. Before you run the bolt in, take a hacksaw and just cut a couple of grooves at the very tip of the bolt in four places, and then run the bolt in.
SPEAKER 06 :
Interesting. I’ve never heard of that.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, it’s kind of your poor man’s thread chaser.
SPEAKER 06 :
Thank you very much. So it’s in the end of the bolt. So I cut across. I cut a little bit across.
SPEAKER 09 :
Cut with the bolt at the very tip. Go down about, I don’t know, an eighth of an inch because that bolt’s not very big. If it’s a bigger bolt, you can go further. But on that one, you just need to take just to put a little groove at the very end where the threads are and put just four, you know, going with the bolt itself. So just put four little grooves around the tip of the bolt, and it kind of acts as a thread chaser that way.
SPEAKER 06 :
Interesting. Thank you.
SPEAKER 09 :
Okay, and that way you’re not having to run around finding a tap and die and all that.
SPEAKER 06 :
Am I going side by side across the bolt, or am I doing an X?
SPEAKER 09 :
No, you’re doing a straight with the bolt up and down. So if you put the bolt head in the vice, you’re going to go right across the threads up and down, about an eighth of an inch down.
SPEAKER 06 :
I’m glad I kept asking questions. Sometimes I go off on the wrong track. No, you’re fine.
SPEAKER 09 :
You’re fine. Not a problem.
SPEAKER 06 :
And the… The thing is, you have to be able to roll with whatever you’ve got to. If the motor doesn’t sound right, be alert, because something freaky is going on. They do not just go bad on their own. And if there’s one piece of equipment you should take good care of and have a lot of respect for, it’s the chainsaw. You got it.
SPEAKER 09 :
Those things, you know, Rob, I don’t know, maybe just from being young and hearing horror stories and so on, I have the utmost respect for chainsaws.
SPEAKER 06 :
That’s why you have all your limbs. Good point.
SPEAKER 09 :
Good point, Rob.
SPEAKER 06 :
You have a lovely day, and if I don’t talk to you for three months, it’s not because I’m angry.
SPEAKER 09 :
I appreciate you, Rob. Thank you very much, man. I mean that sincerely, and I will. I’m not being exaggerationist at all when I talk about chainsaws. I have the utmost respect for those. I hear so many different stories of people that they’re using it, and something happens, and it kicks back, and now there’s – you know a gash in their knee or their leg or they lose a limb or they die i mean i’ve heard all sorts of stories over the years and man i have literally the utmost respect for chainsaws and one of those things where i’ll use it when i have to but is it my favorite thing to go out and use and i used one even as a kid we used to split wood and go up in the mountains and cut wood beetle kill etc my dad had a wood stove i mean i cut enough wood when i was a kid to last me a lifetime And even then, and there’s a lot less safety devices then than there is now, and I used that chainsaw back then with the utmost of respect. Only have long pants on, boots, gloves, eye shield, the whole nine yards. The last thing I ever wanted, to Rob’s point, was to lose a limb or anything over having a chainsaw. And a dull blade, by the way. Dull blades are the worst thing you could ever have because they make it even worse. I think more things happen on a lot of saws in general, hacksaws and so on, from having a dull blade versus a sharp blade. You’d think, well, it’s dull. How can it be any worse? Because that’s when the accidents happen because the thing isn’t operating like it should be. Funny how that works. Keeping that maintenance up, even in that area, makes things work where not doing it, the alternative is not so good because you end up with things happening that you really don’t want. And again, folks, last thing we want is to see anybody injured or have any problems at all. And I literally have heard stories of people literally dying. from a chainsaw injury because they’re off so far away that you you just can’t get to where you need to get quickly enough to get whatever’s you know damaged handled and that is not a good situation so all right burke payne joining us here in just a few minutes as soon as we come back here at the 11 o’clock hour we’re going to talk about diminished value the appraisal process how that works and so on and what he can do to help you if you’ve had any kind of an accident or anything along those lines where you’re trying to be made whole from the insurance company. We’ll do that here as soon as we come back. Don’t go anywhere. Myself, Steve Horvath, Geno’s Auto Service. This is Drive Radio KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 13 :
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