In this episode of Drive Radio, we dive deep into the world of car maintenance and repair, discussing the challenges and solutions for modern automotive issues. Our hosts bring in experts from Alltech Automotive and Geno’s to explore everything from ignition timing questions to key fob functionalities. Through listener calls and expert insights, they shed light on why the cheapest solution isn’t always the most effective, and how proper diagnostics can save money in the long run.
SPEAKER 20 :
Being an expert on general automotive knowledge, what would the correct ignition timing be on a 1955 Bel Air Chevrolet with a 327 cubic inch engine and a four-barrel carburetor?
SPEAKER 14 :
It is a trick question.
SPEAKER 20 :
Watch this.
SPEAKER 14 :
A Chevy didn’t make a 327 in 55. The 327 didn’t come out till 62. And it wasn’t offered in the Bel Air with a four-barrel carb till 64. However, in 1964, the correct ignition timing would be four degrees before top dead center.
SPEAKER 11 :
Get ready for another hour of Drive Radio, brought to you by Colorado’s select auto care centers. Got a question for the experts? Then give them a call, 303-477-5600. Now it’s time to pop the hood and get our hands dirty. Drive Radio on KLZ 560 The Source.
SPEAKER 17 :
All right, we are back. Drive Radio, KLZ 560. Again, Patch Knight from Alltech Automotive up in Fort Collins with us today. Steve Horvath from Geno’s with us as well. And several text messages. Let me see if I can go through a few of these. So somebody was asking where you’re buying a car. Only got the plain valet keys, needs to get two additional keys made, programs and so on. This is somebody that I know is up on the north end of town. Legacy, by the way. Josh has all of the equipment to actually do that in a lot of the newer modern cars with the fobs and such. Right, Steve. Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 19 :
You used to be able to go to Ace. Sometimes you go to Ace, and I haven’t had one work yet from there. I don’t want to talk bad about them.
SPEAKER 17 :
No, but they just don’t. Yeah, they don’t.
SPEAKER 19 :
It’s a challenge. Sometimes we’ll call out.
SPEAKER 17 :
There’ll be a key guy. I want to jump in, too, because this is important. We were just talking a minute ago about some of the imitation batteries and so on. You can also buy key fobs. from places like amazon and so on and i’ll also tell you that those don’t always work either steve knows exactly and so does pat what i’m talking about so be careful where you even buy the fob because no they don’t all work i’ll just say it straight up it just they don’t all work and Again, is it because their programming might be slightly off or the signal they’re sending out is slightly off or whatever? I don’t know what it is about some of the imitation fobs because they’re not the factory fobs. Now, I’m not saying you have to always go to the factory and buy a fob, but go to somebody like Steve or Pat or Josh and have them actually get the fob, program it, get it all done. That way you know it works with the car, the functionality is there, and so on.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, and it’s almost what we were talking about with the battery-powered tools. You’re going to spend a little more, but it’s going to work, and you’re not going to fight it for the next two years.
SPEAKER 17 :
Correct. Several of you also talking about some of the penetrating oil. Thank you. Somebody else sent this in, said, To your point, my grandfather at his car dealerships used to save everything. At the original location, we went through three shipping containers full of old parts. My favorite was an old radio, or all the old radios. They all had masking tape of what they came out of, and yet still written on there was, doesn’t work. What is that about? And again, I’m not trying to pick on my dad. God bless his soul. But literally, I would go through some of the same things where there would be some sort of marking on the part, you know, no good, doesn’t work. And I’m like, then why are we saving this? It’s a paperweight now. Why do we have this then? I mean, is it because we’re going to take something off? Again, for those of you that do those things, stop.
SPEAKER 19 :
toss them they’re they’re from a different generation i know they were you know some of those like and some of my in-laws were i know depression babies i know and they saved everything the the the did your parents save the the foil the tinfoil you know when they took something off they didn’t oh yeah sure you know they had those giant balls of tinfoil things like that yeah absolutely yeah and again for for the sake of your own family yes don’t do that we live in a day and age where that doesn’t have to be that way anymore so david and monument go ahead
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, so on my Garamac here a couple days ago, the engine light came on, so I went and had it read, and I think it was code 0671 or whatever. He read it on one of the better readers, and it showed that all glow plugs did an error, which me seems a little funny that they would all go bad. I’m just wondering if It could be, I mean, what would cause that?
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, what I’m reading, the P0671 is not necessarily that all of the glow plugs are bad, but there’s something wrong in the circuitry to the glow plugs. That’s what, according to my data, that’s what the code means.
SPEAKER 05 :
Right. It could be the wiring or the control module.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, it could be the PCM even. I highly doubt all injectors, or all glow plugs, I mean, are bad. Most likely there’s a circuit problem.
SPEAKER 19 :
Is it ever like where one goes bad and causes that same code?
SPEAKER 17 :
Not usually. So it’s not like the Christmas tree light thing?
SPEAKER 19 :
No.
SPEAKER 17 :
Does it still start and work okay, David?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, yeah. And he reset it and I went for four or five days and then it came back on. And so I had a cheap reader and you know, it showed the same code, so I cleared it, and that was two days ago, and it’s still off, but it’ll probably come back on. So is that something I should just take in and have somebody look at it?
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, somebody’s going to need to get into more of the details of that, not just, you know, scanning it with a good scan tool, but really getting into the whole wiring end of things and the circuitry and is it, you know, Are they actually coming on? Is it working like it’s supposed to? I mean, I’m guessing that they are coming on or you’d have a difficult time, especially as we get these colder nights, it’d be a little bit more difficult to start. Although, that one probably will start this time of the year without a whole lot of issues. As it gets colder, it’ll become a bigger deal.
SPEAKER 19 :
And don’t take it in until the light comes back on. If you take it in without the code in there, you might have cleared some stuff that they won’t be able to diagnose. It’ll be a little easier for them to diagnose with it on.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay. Yeah, and I park in a heated garage, so… Oh, that’s why you’re not having any issues. Yeah, it usually starts pretty good anyway.
SPEAKER 17 :
Right. And that’s, again, as it gets colder and you’re parked outside and you come to a cold engine and try to start it and so on, that’s probably when you’ll notice your issues. And, again, somebody needs to test to see, is it one plug? Is it all of them? Is it the signal going out? I mean, what’s really going on here and why is the check engine light coming on?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah. Do you have any good shops in the Springs area? Yeah.
SPEAKER 17 :
We don’t have any spring shops whatsoever. No, we don’t. I’m sorry.
SPEAKER 08 :
So I’d have to go up to Denver or whatever.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, or, you know, again, I’m not saying there’s not good shops in Colorado Springs. We just are not associated with any.
SPEAKER 08 :
That’s a good way to say it.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah. I’m sure there are. I just don’t know them.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, and I don’t either. I hate to just take it someplace that’s not trusted.
SPEAKER 17 :
And in that one, you need somebody that really understands the diesel aspect of things as well. And, again, these guys, Pat and Steve can chime in. Not every technician, not every auto technician, it’s sort of like guys are really good with Asian or a lot of guys are good with Euro or a lot of guys are good on American vehicles or a lot of guys can do those three but not do a diesel. So they’re really – how should I say this, David, that the diesel thing is, and even there’s a lot of guys that can do Duramax stuff, but don’t know the Ford six sevens real well, or they know the six seven real well, but they don’t know the Cummins. I mean, every one of those, even, you know, some, some diesel guys will know all three, but depends on their background or where they’ve came from. You take a dealership guy, for example, David, he’s only going to know GM. He’s only going to know Ram or he’s only going to know Ford. He’s not going to know the other two because they don’t, they’re not all one in the same at all. I mean, there’s, similar when they’re called a diesel, but that’s when they end. Yeah, that’s about how the engine functions is about where it ends.
SPEAKER 19 :
Pat was looking at mentioning something like a business development group. You can go to the Napa Auto Care website. Type in your zip code. It’ll shoot up all the shops that are Napa Auto Cares.
SPEAKER 17 :
Then what you’ve got to do is start siphoning down who’s got a good diesel tech because they won’t all have one.
SPEAKER 05 :
That might even be a conversation you could have with the parts counter guy at Napa. Right. Ask them.
SPEAKER 17 :
Who’s your best diesel guy for this brand? Who’s the best Duramax diesel guy you’ve got that’s your customer? Yep.
SPEAKER 08 :
Ah, okay.
SPEAKER 17 :
They’ll tell you.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay. All right, well, that sounds good. Thank you very much.
SPEAKER 17 :
All right, David. No, great questions, by the way. Appreciate it very much. Mike in Highlands Ranch, you’re back. Go ahead, sir.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, I’m sorry I’m back, but I’m noticing an overall theme that we all deal with all the time, and that is we all want to save money. Everything’s expensive these days, but what’s intriguing to me is is how many listening to today and past shows, people will step over a dime to save a dollar and then end up spending twice that when it goes bad, whether it’s batteries for their Milwaukee, whether it’s a key fob, whether it’s buying a cheap aftermarket product alternator or whatever. I understand the drive to do that, but you’re just costing yourself more money, and you guys have talked about this forever. You’re right. You’re better in the long run to buy quality.
SPEAKER 17 :
You are. Absolutely. I have my own personal story, and I should know better, but I was talking to Fix-It Radio about my system at home, and I’ve got a hybrid system, but I have hot water, heat, and And it’s a very complex system. And I’ve had to learn the system because having people come out that aren’t familiar with the system and the guys that originally put it in, they’re good and they’re around. But, you know, they’re not always able to come out and do the things necessary on the time that I need it done. And so I’ve just learned the system myself, Mike. So I had a circulation pump the other day that I knew was starting to go bad. And when I went online to look them up, man, bloody things are 500 bucks. And I’m like, crazy. crap, that’s a ton of money. I know I can save money doing this. So I go buy some, you know, cheap knockoff, you know, whatever pump that’s, you know, 200 bucks instead of 500 bucks. And I just ordered the $500 one and I had my good friends at, you know, Cub Creek Heating and Air Conditioning get me all set up. So I bought the pump and I’ll be putting the right pump in it when it’s all said and done because the one I put in is crap.
SPEAKER 09 :
We’ve all been there.
SPEAKER 17 :
So, yeah, I’m as guilty of this as anybody, Mike. I mean, I can’t point the finger at anybody because I’ve done the same thing. And it’s like, why don’t I just buy the good one to begin with? I think that’s signs of the times.
SPEAKER 16 :
I agree.
SPEAKER 17 :
Just give me a… But I’m looking at it like, well, $300 is $300. And I’m like, yeah, well, I’m still spending it. Guess what? Now I spent an extra $200. Now I will probably… keep this pump around because it would work in a pinch as a spare if i had to so i’ll leave it for that but yeah at the end of the day i should have just paid the money about the one in the first place well and we live in it well the other side by the way you you you know you get to store that pump yes i know i know but we live in such a shop every day how many customers come in and they’ve gone to the place and they put a
SPEAKER 19 :
they put something on the car and they could have just spent the original Diag with us. Yeah, I know. And they’ve spent more than that. And then they find out what’s really wrong. Yep. And we see this all the time.
SPEAKER 09 :
It’s everywhere. And this show has been, you guys have been exemplary in trying to point that out. But part of the reason people call in, and I appreciate it because that’s what I do, is to try to find ways to do it yourself and the best way to do it yourself and how to do it right, et cetera, et cetera. And that means you’re looking to try to save money, and I get that. I certainly appreciate that. But sometimes it makes a huge amount of sense to go to Geno’s or to, you know. Right. Actually, most of the time it makes a huge amount of sense.
SPEAKER 17 :
By the time you’re all said and done, and really in a lot of cases, Mike, as you know, it becomes we’re going to throw parts at it until we hopefully get the right one. And at the end of the day, that never gets things done. In fact, in some cases, you’ve created more problems when it’s all said and done by doing so.
SPEAKER 09 :
No, I get it. Well, listen, enjoy your weekend.
SPEAKER 17 :
We will, man. Appreciate you, Mike. Thanks for the vote of confidence. Justin, by the way, from Ridgeline emailed me a minute ago. They’ll be there until 2 o’clock today. So if any of you are looking for a car, an upgrade, you want to trade one off, you want to sell your car, whatever the case, yeah, give those guys a call. 303-442-4141. They’re there to help you. We’ll be right back. Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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SPEAKER 17 :
All right, before I go to Ken and Bertha, a couple of text messages that came in. One is, how do we as a radio station, how do other radio stations handle time change like tonight? Because clocks go backwards, 2 a.m., they roll back. And in today’s world, with everything being computerized, programmed, and so on, that’s all preset on the front side. Some radio stations might do it differently than others. But in the case of tonight, you’re going to probably hear one-hour repeat because you’re gaining time. And a lot of radio stations will just do that. In the springtime when you jump ahead, you lose an hour somewhere in that nighttime programming is typically what happens. But that’s all preset unless you go through and do some sort of fancy things with your clocks and so on. Clocks as in the radio show clocks, not your clock. But unless something’s done on that end, that’s typically Charlie’s explanation to me a moment ago as to how that works. Somebody also said on the Duramax, wouldn’t it be more advantageous to bring it to the dealership? Back when MedVend owned it in Castle Rock, they used to do all the diesel repairs at the Ford dealer. You know, I’m going to say this straight up, and this is nothing against you guys at the dealership. It depends. There are some really good diesel techs at some dealers. And there are others that are absolutely awful. And I mean that. And that’s me on the fleet side, even handling warranty things and so on. And I’ll just tell you straight up that no, not every dealership has really good solid diesel techs. They struggle in that world just like we struggle in the aftermarket. And the reality is just because it’s a dealer doesn’t mean they’re going to have a really good diesel tech on staff. And if they have one, it’s one. And I’m not exaggerating. They’re not going to have a plethora of. They might have one that actually knows what they’re doing. You know, you may not get that guy when you drop your car. That’s exactly right.
SPEAKER 19 :
You might get the other guy. So the chances, you don’t get that choice.
SPEAKER 17 :
It’s not a guarantee that you’re going to the dealer to get your diesel fixed, that you’re actually getting the diesel tech that knows everything about it to actually work on your particular vehicle. So, no, that is not a guarantee you’re going to have things done correctly. I’m sorry to say that because normally that would be the case on some things. It is not the case when it comes to your diesel vehicle. So, Ken and Bertha, you’re next.
SPEAKER 20 :
Howdy there, guys. Hey, Ken. You know, you were talking about batteries, whether it be, I guess it included batteries for like homeowner tools and shop tools.
SPEAKER 17 :
Correct.
SPEAKER 20 :
Okay, so I have a comment that, you know, I could go eight different ways, but the main one I think you haven’t covered is the thing like when you get older. So like if I take my 20-volt battery 10 amp hour professional grill and try to put sheetrock into the ceiling. Every five screws, I’m getting a lounge chair because it weighs so much. So I have a second set of tools, which is by works. And every time you buy a tool, you get one or two batteries. And those batteries weigh like four ounces. So where the guy said, well, they won’t last long. Well, I just go out there with my cart with about seven of them. And I can work all day with seven of these batteries that weigh ounces. So, you know, there is that issue. We do get older.
SPEAKER 18 :
Right, right.
SPEAKER 20 :
But the other one now, so when you were talking about an off-brand battery, I bought a rather nice, super nice hand battery-operated rototiller. So it does like a two-foot wide path, and it really works great. But I bought batteries much cheaper that weigh a lot less. So, you know, that’s one of the things. Some of these knockoff batteries don’t weigh anything. So if you’re getting an 80-volt battery, and they’re normally, I don’t know how many pounds one weighs, but you can get a knockoff that weighs less than half. Yeah, it only operates half. But when you’re older, you don’t have to.
SPEAKER 17 :
My biggest concern with the – So your battery’s outlasting you. Well, yeah. My biggest concern, and again, just I guess because of having a home lost to fire and so on, Ken, I think for me the biggest issue is some of the quote-unquote aftermarket batteries especially, not necessarily tools but the batteries. is, you know, are they as robust? And again, you know, I guess as long as you’re watching it, you don’t leave one on the charger when you’re not around or whatever. I mean, if that were the case, I think you’d probably be safe. My issue with some of those is just, you know, if you forget, you leave that thing on the charger. We’ve all heard stories of, you know, the charger and the battery, something catches fire, and pretty soon the house is, you know, burned up, and nobody wants that. So, you know, I do not want to have the risk of a house or shop fire over a, you know, $30 or $40 difference in the price of a battery.
SPEAKER 20 :
Well, you know, let me put up another thing so like I bought one of those really really long pole saw chainsaw Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure like a six inch limb in two seconds, okay Well, it’s an 80 volt battery And I have one of those two 80 volt batteries that weighs like a third of me so I So, you know, when you get older, it’s like, you know, you have to carry your lounge chair with you if you start walking around with 280-volt batteries. So I’m just saying, you know, for the people that, you know… Oh, did we lose you?
SPEAKER 17 :
No, we lost you, Ken. You know what? We’re up against the… Sorry about that. No, you’re back. Go ahead. Sorry, we lost you for a minute. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 20 :
Okay. I’m sorry. I was just thinking, for people that… stop doing it because of their age but they need the exercise and want to do things you know sometimes you got it you have to look for well how can i make it doable for me and so i have like i don’t know 15 batteries for work now no those those drills aren’t strong no the sawzall isn’t strong they don’t do great on removing bolts off cars but i do have the others for those emergencies yeah good point no that’s great point no yeah what no no well said ken Yeah, you know, I had one of my professional ones. I was building a fence recently, you know, a six-foot privacy fence. And I stood my professional drill on top. Sucker fell off and hit me on the head. I wasn’t sure I was going to talk to him. You know, those are heavy.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 20 :
It’s a lot of weight.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yes, they are.
SPEAKER 20 :
And so when you get into your 60s, it’s like, wow.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yep.
SPEAKER 20 :
How did this thing get heavy?
SPEAKER 17 :
I hear you.
SPEAKER 20 :
Did I get weak or did it get a lot heavier?
SPEAKER 17 :
No. Anyway. It’s a combo.
SPEAKER 20 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 17 :
Good one. No, Ken, I appreciate it. Very well said. And again, for a lot of you listening, and this is where I’m just like I’m not car brand specific. I’m not necessarily tool brand. Although, and I’ve said this before, I’m now starting to consolidate… brands so that I don’t have 15 gazillion chargers. I’m getting to the point where, you know, because I’ve got multiple brands and any of you that have been around kind of know, you know, especially, you know, in our world where, you know, you might have some Snap-on stuff and you’ve got some Milwaukee stuff and maybe you have some DeWalt stuff and maybe you’ve got some Makita stuff and on and on we go. And I’m really doing my best to try to get things consolidated. And before somebody, you know, texts me and says, well, you know, you can use an adapter and use whatever battery on whatever, those things suck. I was curious how that worked. I’ve tried that. They suck. Yeah, they’re there. They make everything bigger and longer and fatter. And yeah, you can do that. But is that really what I want to do? No, I’m to the point where I just want to start phasing out of certain brands. And, you know, even if it means peddling those off to, you know, somebody else, family member, whatever, using them as a secondary device, whatever. But I’m getting to the point where I’m tired of having multiple chargers and all that, and I just want one set. And what’s hard is even in some of the lines of tools, which this is where Milwaukee has gotten pretty smart, you know, they’ve got their 12-volt line and their 18-volt line. Correct. Correct. But they’ve been smart enough to have one charger that will charge both. So you can still have one charger to do both sets of batteries. And why the rest of the companies out there don’t do something similar is beyond me. That seems like the ultimate answer. Let’s just do one charger that will handle both sets of batteries and do them at the same time, by the way, and off we go.
SPEAKER 05 :
I mean, less workbench space, less floor space, whatever. Thank you.
SPEAKER 17 :
Thank you, Pat. I mean, yeah, I’m to the point where I’m just tired of all of these, you know, chargers. Because at one time, I’ll bet you I had five different chargers on the bench to try to charge everything.
SPEAKER 19 :
And Milwaukee actually has one that you, the multiple pin one.
SPEAKER 17 :
Oh, that’s really nice. And I had that for some of my techs. I don’t own one of those, but I’d like to have one of those. Those are really nice. I got that for our techs. The multiple bays. Yeah. Yeah. It’s like a six bay or something, I want to say? Yeah. Or is it ten? Or eight?
SPEAKER 19 :
Four of the bigger ones and two of the bigger ones. Okay, gotcha. Something like that.
SPEAKER 17 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 19 :
Yeah, so it would be a good thing. Yeah, probably six or eight, yeah.
SPEAKER 17 :
Okay, yeah, very nice. All right, we’re going to come right back. Lines are open 303-477-5600. Somebody also texted in on that P0671 control module, or sorry, the powertrain control module for the glow plugs and all of that, that just go put a glow plug in cylinder number one because that’s what it’s calling for and be done with it. You can, and that person that called in, yeah, you can try that. Although for me personally, like we said earlier, I don’t want to throw parts at things unless I know for sure that’s exactly what’s going on. I’d want to test that out to make sure, in fact, that is the problem. If you want to spend the money, go put a glow plug in it and see how it works. You know what? More power to you. I wouldn’t do that unless I have a surety that that’s actually the answer. But you know what? Do what you want to when it’s all said and done. We’ll be right back. Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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SPEAKER 17 :
All right, we are back, Drive Radio KLZ 560. Again, Steve Horvath with us from Geno’s Auto Service down south here, and Pat Schneidt from Alltech Automotive. He is up north, so we’ve got north and south with us today. And again, as I always say, if you want to shop or you’ve got another sponsor that you need, we’ve got lots of different folk that are a part of what we do on Drive Radio, not all car-related. We’ve got everything from insurance to attorneys to now a water… a person, you know, Paul, our water experts, a part of what we do on the weekends now, Water Pro. So literally, you name it. If you need something, we’ve got a full plethora of sponsors, folks that can help you with all sorts of different things that you need, not necessarily car-related, but all have to do with your life, I guess you could say. So whatever you need, we’ve got them on our website, drive-radio.com. Again, drive-radio.com is the place to find all of them. And as I always say, if you use any of them, please, even the guys in the room today, Pat and Steve, if you use them, let them know right off the bat that you listen to the show. And I say this, you know, really mean this. It’s heartfelt. You’re a part of the family, quote unquote, when you call in and say that. And these guys know that. And it doesn’t mean that you’re going to get any kind of, you know, special treatment. But in a way, you do, because there’s some familiarity that’s going on when you call in and already have that relationship built that, no offense, the regular customers don’t have.
SPEAKER 19 :
Well, I think they’re also a little more educated. Very much so. I’ve heard that. So it’s easier to explain, I guess, or their understanding of why are we doing this.
SPEAKER 17 :
Correct. No, Steve, you’re not the only person that’s ever told me that. I’ve had literally all the sponsors that we have, all of our partners. Yeah, that’s one of the first things they will tell me, whether it’s Ridgeline selling a car, whether it’s our insurance guys. No matter who it is, that’s one of the first things they’ll say is, wow, your listeners actually are really sharp. They understand what’s going on, and they’ve got a really good handle on things. Dave, my roofer, same thing with Roof Savers of Colorado, all these guys. They’re Johnny on the spot, great partners of ours, and they will be the first to say that, yep, you guys as listeners are top notch. So, again, let them know that you’re a part of the family.
SPEAKER 19 :
And a lot of, you know, you and I have used a lot of them, you know, like Cub Creek. Yeah. You know, like some really, you know, some of the people. So even personally, we know we can vouch for them personally even. Right.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yep. That’s what we say with this trusted kind of circle of friends. Either we are the guy, we got a guy, or we can find a guy.
SPEAKER 17 :
No, that’s exactly right. No, absolutely. One story I wanted to share today, and again, lines are open. Call us with any questions or problems. You’ve got 303-477-5600. Something that you’ve probably seen in the news, and I’ve talked about this one plenty on our program, so I’m glad this is finally… starting to happen. That is, federally, they’re really starting to clamp down on states that are pretty much handing out commercial driver’s licenses, CDL licenses, to about anybody. There’s many a state that will even let illegal aliens have a commercial driver’s license. The guys may not even speak English, may not even be able to read road signs, but they end up with a license. And there’s We’ve seen terrible, terrible accidents, some in Colorado, some in other parts of the country, where these particular individuals have no knowledge of the laws, what’s going on. They can’t read the signs. They do something they shouldn’t. It causes a major accident. People die. And finally, the feds. are really starting to crack down now on states that are allowing this and they’re going after these particular drivers that do not technically, you know, legal. I mean, they legally have a commercial driver’s license, but they never should have had one in the first place. And this is where it gets a little dicey because, yes, I believe in states’ rights. But keep in mind, when you start talking about truck drivers that are going coast to coast, they’re in many states. Now it becomes more of a federal thing because they’re literally going from one end of the country to the other. So, yeah, this is an example where I think, federally speaking, there needs to be some intervention because some of these states, California, for example, are issuing commercial driver’s licenses to these guys when they shouldn’t be in the first place. And there is no federally mandated… hour requirement that you have to meet for training, meaning some of these guys can literally get a driver’s license, you know, commercial driver’s license handed to them and be in a truck, an 18-wheeler that’s 80,000 pounds rolling down the mountain. We just had one up I-70, not far from Steve there at 470 and I-70 where one guy was coming down the mountain too fast and there was another truck probably doing what they should have been doing and the truck behind runs into the trailer. And luckily these two guys were okay. Nobody was, no other injuries, nobody was killed or anything, but there was a fire that resulted from all of that and so on. And here’s the thing, even if there’s no deaths from that, there’s still a cost to you guys as taxpayers. There’s cleanup, there’s all sorts of things that go on that’s never reimbursed. At the end of the day, everybody’s snarled up in traffic now. I mean, at the end of the day, it’s not a good thing. And point being, yes, and this is a transportation thing, so it fits here on Drive Radio. they are now starting to crack down on some of these individuals. And, by the way, they should have been doing this before now because I’ve said for the longest time now that there’s a lot of these guys on the road that shouldn’t be in the first place. And I’m sorry to say that, but that is the case, and it needs to end, and, frankly, it’s starting to. So Gary in Denver, you’re next.
SPEAKER 09 :
Oh, hi, John. How are you? Hey, Gary. How are you? Good. I’ve got maybe this is a public service announcement for all of your – Listeners, you know, I’ve been watching, you know, the price of gas, you know, as I drive around every day and I’ve been watching it. And, you know, it’s hovering at these days. What I’ve noticed is just below three dollars, like ninety nine, that kind of thing. Yep. And and yesterday, to my surprise, there’s one gas station. It’s down by like Evans and Monaco. It’s called QT Quick Trip. And it almost always has the lowest prices. And I almost couldn’t believe it yesterday. I went there and I got a gallon of regular gas for $2.24. Nice. It’s so much lower than the others. I had to go to, you know, where I go to whenever I have a question. I go to my AI app and I asked it the question, how does Quick Trip work? charge so little for gas compared to competitors and what it told me is they’re a high volume purchaser and they’re vertically integrated yeah
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, that would make sense. In other words, they’re cutting out as much of the middleman as they can trying to get you fuel for the cheapest price. And there’s a lot of them that are that way. Now, the other thing, too, Gary, that can happen is all of these stations currently, most don’t know this, but currently inside of the industry, and it didn’t used to be this way. Used to be there was about $0.02 to $0.03 a gallon made as profit on gasoline. That has increased. Most people don’t know this, but the stations now are making anywhere from $0.20 to $0.30 a gallon, so it’s gotten much higher, which it is what it is. Call that right, wrong, or otherwise, but they’re now making about $0.30 a gallon uh and they can still stay competitive so the other thing gary that can happen is if they decide they want to get back down to that two or three cents a gallon price they can slash the prices and get it back down to that and be 20 or 30 cents cheaper than the guy next door and that also could be the reason that that particular you know set of stations is is is that price also yeah i wanted to let you know because i know you have a fleet and you use a lot of gas and you know everyone can go to gas buddy but you might if anyone wants to save on gas they might
SPEAKER 09 :
you know, look for a quick trip because, I mean, 75 cents less per gallon, that’s significant. That’s a lot.
SPEAKER 17 :
No, it adds up. No, absolutely. That’s absolutely right, Gary. No, appreciate that very much. Thank you for the tip.
SPEAKER 09 :
All right.
SPEAKER 17 :
All right, Gary, have a good one. I appreciate that very much. Gordon in Strasburg, you’re next.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, I was just wondering how versed you are in 2025 vehicles.
SPEAKER 17 :
As far as what, Gordon?
SPEAKER 06 :
Mainly as far as, like, electronics.
SPEAKER 17 :
Okay. I mean, pretty well versed. I mean, what do you need and what do you want to know?
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, I’ve got a 2025 Buick Envision.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
And the first thing that doesn’t work and hasn’t worked since we bought the car is the cordless car charger.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
It works on iPhones, but it doesn’t work on an Android.
SPEAKER 18 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
That’s number one. And number two, it’s like it’s got a mind of its own. We go out and get in the car like a couple days ago, and the heads-up display on the windshield and half of the dash, the right side of the dash, was all pixels.
SPEAKER 17 :
Oh, wow. Yeah, not good.
SPEAKER 06 :
And… And then we shut the car off, let it set for a little bit, turn it back on, same thing. So we went to our destination, and we were out for about an hour, got back in the car, and the pixels cleared up, but the heads-up projector never came back on. Now, we’ve already taken an interview for this projector problem about a month and a half, two months ago. Okay. And the tech, you know, I mean, it wasn’t on. They looked at it and everything. They said, yeah, it’s not on. You know, they figured that it was some module. They got it in the shop. The tech got all its tools out, ready to pull the dash completely apart. The heads-up was on.
SPEAKER 17 :
Okay, so a few tips here. This is for everybody else listening. In fact, let me do this, Gordon. I’ve got a few things that I want to add to this because I’m going to go over what is required with the lemon law and some other things along these lines. Not saying yours is, but I want to give you some tips and everybody else listening when it comes to new cars. Before that, though, really quick, the charge pad thing. That could be the pad itself. It could be the phone itself. It could be the calculator. case that’s on the phone, my advice on that would be, number one, make sure you don’t have any case on the phone when you try to use the charge pad and then see what happens on both an iPhone and or the Android. In other words, if you’ve got iPhones working but the Android’s not, if the Android’s in a case, take the case off and see what happens.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, we’ve already done that.
SPEAKER 17 :
Okay, change it at all?
SPEAKER 1 :
Nope.
SPEAKER 17 :
Okay, then that’s most likely the, I hate to say this, that’s probably not the charge pad, that’s the phone. Yeah, and the phone’s only a year and a half old. Yeah, and again, I drive enough of these new cars, my son and I both do, to tell you that they can be really finicky on the charge pad end of things. That’s not unique to Buick. In fact, Buick’s not making the pad. Somebody else is, and the charge pad underneath itself, the MyQ technology, is very much the same across all cars, and so that’s not even a Buick thing. That’s more of the pad manufacturer themselves.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. Then, you know, one other thing that it’s doing.
SPEAKER 17 :
Oh, you know what? Really quick. Hang tight, Gordon. I’ll take that in a minute. I’m going to put you back on hold. We’re going to take a quick break. I’ll come back and take the rest of that. And I’ve got some advice for you on some of this as well, just in case your car does end up needing to be this. So I’ll give everybody some advice on that as well when we come back. Drive Radio KLZ 560.
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SPEAKER 17 :
All right, we are back. Drive Radio KLZ 560. Okay, let’s go to Gordon. Gordon, really quick, before we keep going, one thing that I want you to do, and this is for everybody else listening that has a new car, because this is how the Lemon Law in Colorado, those of you that are out of Colorado, I don’t know the other states, but in Colorado, the way the Lemon Law works, Gordon, is you have to have the exact… Same problem, and it means you have to have it written on the invoice, on the repair order, exactly the same. And if you have four times of them not being able to fix the vehicle and you’re within, I believe it’s one year of ownership of the car, it qualifies for the Lemon Law under Colorado state law. So this is advice to all of you that have new cars that have any kind of a problem. When you bring the vehicle into the dealer, you have to have them specifically state the exact same problem every single time because what they’ll do, Gordon, if they’re smart, which a lot of them are, they’ll rearrange the wording or the phrases that your problem is so that it sounds like it’s a different problem, but when in fact it’s the exact same problem, unless you specifically make them use the same wording, it does not qualify for the lemon law. So in your case, you’ve got a heads-up display is not working. It needs to say that every single time you take the vehicle in. And if you get four times in a row, it qualifies for the lemon lawn. They have to buy it back. Okay. Okay. So that’s number one for you and anybody else listening that has a new car that has any kind of a problem. So number one, it shouldn’t have that. I get they’re having issues because it works when it’s there, but then it’s not working when you have it. And I believe you because these are the ways some of these problems can actually happen. And what I would do is just have the tenacity to keep bringing that thing in. Don’t let time go by. Make sure you’re getting that documented because that’s what qualifies you for a Lemon Law buyback.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 17 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
And like I say before the commercial there, one other thing that it’s doing, going down the road, radio on, radio shuts off. It’s still on. You can change channels, but nothing comes on. And again, we got to our destination, went what we needed to do, came back out, turned it on, radio came on.
SPEAKER 17 :
And again, however you’re describing that, make a note in your own phone or have a notepad or whatever, but make sure that you give them that exact same wording every single time you take the car in until it’s either fixed or they’ve got to buy the car back, one of the two. Okay. Okay. And, again, this is nothing against Buick or any other manufacturer. Every line of cars, I don’t care who it is, has issues. There’s going to be some problems, you know, at some point with a particular vehicle. In my entire lifetime of buying cars, I’ve only ever had one car, you know, bought back. So I’ve got a pretty good track record. But, Gordon, it can happen, and it can happen to anybody.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. Yeah. Oh, I know. Yeah, my wife and I, we’ve owned Buicks ever since 86′. Never had a problem with them until this one.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, and again, this is nothing against Buick or GM or anything along those lines. They’re built by men. Stuff can go bad. It can be a combination of parts. It could be a wiring harness issue that would take a monster repair to actually handle and fix and so on. And again, there’s no gremlins. There’s something there that’s wrong making that vehicle do what it’s doing, and you need to document it because you may very well end up just having it bought back when it’s all said and done. Okay. If they can’t fix it.
SPEAKER 06 :
All right, guys, I appreciate it.
SPEAKER 17 :
No, and that’s the way to do it, Gordon. So, no, thank you for calling. And for those of you that are, you know, buying a new car and then you have any kind of a problem thereafter, that’s what you have to do to get things handled. And the buyback process, by the way, is not… for the faint of heart, but what I will tell you, having an attorney, which Kevin Flesch is one of our sponsors, Kevin Flesch is our attorney, he’s a guy that can do those sorts of things and negotiate a buyback, and when it’s all said and done, yes, you’re gonna get charged for some mileage of you driving the car, but typically speaking, the buyback process works pretty well, and you end up being made whole when it’s all said and done. So if you guys ever buy a new, anybody listening buys a new car and start having the same problem that is not fixed over and over again, again, as I said to our last caller, to Gordon, the key there is making sure that on the invoice, so in other words, when a court If it gets to that point, can look at the invoices and say, well, it looks like you had a heads-up display problem here. You had another problem with the heads-up display here. In other words, you get my drift. It can’t be heads-up display not working, heads-up display dim. See where I’m going with this? They can reword some things to where it’s not the same problem. I mean, it is, but they can word it in such a way that it isn’t. That’s what you’ve got to be careful of.
SPEAKER 19 :
You know, you look at the odds. I mean, how many cars have you bought in your lifetime? You’ve only had the one. I mean, you may have had some others that might have been close.
SPEAKER 17 :
But it isn’t.
SPEAKER 19 :
It’s pretty rare.
SPEAKER 17 :
Honestly, for me, through all the years of all the new cars I’ve bought over all the years, several decades, to have one buyback, yeah, pretty good track record. That’s pretty good. And that one happened to be a Jeep Liberty back in the day. Bought a little diesel Liberty that I thought at the time was going to be a really great vehicle. It was a piece of junk. The thing was awful. And they ended up having major issues with it. This thing had a transmission shutter that they just could not get. And that’s a great example, by the way, on the wording. So a transmission shutter. Let’s use that for an example.
SPEAKER 10 :
That’s pretty vague. Yeah, it can be very vague. So when is the shutter?
SPEAKER 17 :
So, man, I had to be very specific. The thing only shutters at light throttle at 45. 40 miles an hour, and I made sure every single repair order said that, because that was the problem, and that was what it was. But man alive, they tried to rearrange some of them. Like, no, this is the problem, and I want this on the repair order, and I’m not picking the vehicle up until it says exactly this. Make the repair order say this. And that’s how I ended up getting that vehicle bought back when it was all said and done.
SPEAKER 19 :
Liberty’s known for just liberating your mind. Yeah, that’s a fact.
SPEAKER 17 :
Absolutely. Ben and Evergreen, go ahead. How you doing, bud? Good, Ben.
SPEAKER 07 :
So, yeah, I heard your thing about a lot of these foreign drivers not having appropriate CDLs.
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, and make sure I say that correctly. They have a CDL from, you know, a commercial driver’s license from a particular state, in this case California, but they wouldn’t get passed in a lot of other states, Ben. That’s what I’m trying to say.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, my thinking is… between liability, responsibility, and I guess you could say big government. Isn’t there somebody, and I like the Fed stepping in, and what’s interesting is you see this trend of Trump and the administration where all these liberal states and governors, it’s like, no, you cannot make, if you’re gonna be in an adult world, you gotta make adult rules that help society that have a higher level of accountability and responsibility. And I would think, you know, like an insurance company would say, wait a minute, we’re not going to insure trucks from your company unless we know the guy speaks English, knows how to drive, passes a test, the whole bit. And I would think, because we’re a society winning company, you realize, I heard a statistic once, that if you get hit by a large truck, you know, a semi, that your chances of dying are about 99%. Wow. So even if it’s 90%, you know, if you’re in a high-speed wreck with another car, you’ve probably got, like, close to even money with an injury or something.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, no, Ben, you’re spot on. Can’t argue with that one at all. You’re spot on.
SPEAKER 07 :
And in a way, I mean, you know, to reiterate, it’s like a recipe for like a death cult. What responsible governor, legislature, company, society, would allow that to happen. And I’m not a real big government fan.
SPEAKER 17 :
Well, and really quick, before I get to the top of the hour, Ben, on the insurance side, keep in mind that most of these insurance companies, all they’re requiring is for the guy to have an actual commercial driver’s license. They’re not the ones regulating whether, you know, Colorado does it in one way and Wyoming does it another way and California does it another way. They’re assuming if the guy’s got a commercial driver’s license and he doesn’t have a bad driving record that he’s good to go. They’ll insure it. And the other way around, as I talked about this during the week, Ben, is a lot of these companies are run under an LLC that when there’s a big accident that happens, they close up shop, start a new LLC, go lease their trucks under the new name, and off they go all over again. And it’s a travesty to the motoring public because, Ben, they’re not safe. Ben, I’ve got to run. I appreciate you, though, very much as always. And you’re a good caller, whether it’s during the week or on the weekend. Another hour coming your way, by the way. Drive Radio, KLZ 560.
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