Join us for an in-depth discussion on the electrification of vehicles and how conservatives can embrace this transformative technology without losing sight of core values. From government mandates to personal biases, host John Rush tackles the misconceptions surrounding electric vehicles. Highlighting personal experiences and factual insights, John addresses listeners’ concerns and enlightens them on the practicality and performance of EVs in everyday life.
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Get a job, sir. You haven’t made everybody equal. You’ve made them the same, and there’s a big difference.
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Are you crazy? Am I? Or am I so sane that you just blew your mind?
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And we are back. Hour number two, Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. I had a guest scheduled during this time slot, but, you know, sometimes they get busy, have other things going on. Frankly, sometimes they forget, but either way. The show goes on and I’m going to talk about this subject anyways, whether I’ve got the special guest here or not, because this particular person I had coming on was kind of an expert when it comes to, you know, micro grids and renewable energy and some of the operating systems that are around that wireless charging technology. not only for your devices, but for cars, which is starting to make some headway. So you know what? I can talk about these things with or without a guest. It’s kind of nice to always have somebody to bounce things off of, but I’ve got the ability to talk about things as well. By the way, lines are open if you want to call in and talk about energy. Be my guest, 303-477-5600. Now, for some of you that have just maybe started listening to me, haven’t listened for that long, I purposely… back in 2020, bought a EV, an electric vehicle. My first vehicle was a Chevy Bolt. Not V, as in Volt, but B, as in boy, Bolt, which is an all-electric version. The Chevy Volts were a plug-in hybrid. GM never wanted to admit that, but that’s basically what they were. They had an onboard engine that charged the battery, or you could plug it into the wall, and you got out of electricity alone, out of the battery pack alone, you get about 30 miles. And the colder it got, the worse that got. And I test drove several Volts back in the day. And they were great. The nice thing about a Chevy Volt is you could put gas in it, still drive it, even when the battery power was down because the engine charged the battery. It was really a great concept. Car worked great. Was a very expensive endeavor from General Motors, and they learned a lot from it. And then their second version of that electric end of things was the Bolt. As in boy, Bolt, B-O-L-T, all electric. That was the first EV that I had. Actually owned two of those. And had one, had a second one because it was a little bit more modern, had the Super Cruise associated with it and so on. And then went from a Bolt to a Chevy Equinox, all-wheel drive. And went to that because of the all-wheel drive versus just the front-wheel drive. and have learned a lot along the way when it comes to EVs, the charging of how they work, their capacity, the good, the bad, the ugly. And I bought one originally just because of that. I wanted to be a radio host, especially because of Drive Radio on Saturdays, but this show as well. I wanted to be somebody that was a host that could talk about these in a way that no one else could because very few owned one. And as a side note, The majority of people that I interview that are even either for or against them, they don’t own them either. They come on here and they talk about it and they talk about this and they talk about that. And I can tell from talking to them, they don’t own one either. They’re the quote unquote expert, but they don’t own one. I didn’t want to be that guy. And I didn’t want to be that guy that was anti-EV or for EV. I wanted to be that person in the middle that just knew about EVs from a car perspective because I’m a car guy. And I wanted to know, how do they work? You know, again, all the good, the bad, the ugly of them. And I think all of you listening that have listened any length of time, those of you that are new probably haven’t heard this, but those of you that have listened for any length of time, you’ve heard me even interview people that are quote-unquote experts where it’s, by the time I’m done with the interview, it’s like, you’re not an expert at this. I am. I know more about this than you do because I own one. There’s something about owning something. That makes you more of an expert in that area than somebody that doesn’t because you’re in it. You’ve bought in. You drive it. You sense it. You understand it and all of that. And I want to say all that because I think on the conservative side, and I’ve said this before, but I want to keep reminding people of this, that we as conservatives, just like AI, we tend to look at something that comes along, new technology, and we just poo-poo it automatically. That’s a bad idea. Who wants to own that? Why would anybody want to own something dumb like that? And that’s the attitude that we have. And by the way, I know that answer that I just said a moment ago because I’ve had listeners tell me that. Why would anybody want to own something that stupid? Who would want to own just an electric car? How dumb. Well, you know what? Don’t knock it until you drive one. And what I mean by that is the performance and how they work and run is far superior to a gasoline engine car, an ICE engine, internal combustion engine. That’s what ICE means. And you guys all know me. I’m a car guy. I have owned so many cars since I was a kid. I don’t think I can – I’d have to go back in time and even try to count and remember all the cars I’ve owned. I’m not that person that’s only owned one or two cars their lifetime. I’m not that person. I roll through cars depending upon what’s going on and what I’m needing and what I like and what I want to learn about and so on. I’m one of those people that I’ll roll through a car quickly. And fortunately, I’ve always had businesses and things along those lines that have been able to help me do that, whereby I can learn and grow and profit off of owning those cars, literally profit off of, which is unique because most people don’t profit off of a car. They lose money on a car because it’s their main mode of transportation, and they depreciate. I’ve been fortunate to be able to be in the industry and have had over the years the ability to buy cars, do things with them, learn, grow, sell, and then from that experience, profit off of. And I’m fortunate that way. And I realize that. And I know that I’m not everybody and that everybody doesn’t have that ability. But for you guys, I’ve been able to do all of that and then come to you and teach through this show and drive radio those experiences. And a lot of what I talk about on Saturday’s show and this show is because of those experiences, the things that I have learned in owning these vehicles, including electric vehicles. Keep in mind, folks, I’ve got experience from everything from sports cars to heavy-duty trucks. all the way up into the semi world. I’ve got experience all across the board, which most don’t have. And I can share those experiences with you and do it in an unbiased fashion. I’m looking at it from the car’s perspective, not from the political, the politics end of things and or anything else. I’m literally looking at it from literally the car’s point of view, not anything else. Bob, go ahead, sir.
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Hey, I got a short story about an EV. I got this next-door neighbor. He and his wife, late 30s, 40-ish, moved here from Chicago. They had a Volkswagen Beetle and a Toyota that immediately, since they lived in Colorado, they had to have two Jeeps. So they got two Jeeps. They never used them.
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Bad idea, by the way, but that’s okay.
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So about three weeks ago, he contacts me, and I got a three-car garage. and he’s got a two-car garage, and he said, would you rent out one of your spaces? I said, it’s full. I got three cars, three garages. That’s it. So this is what he does, John. This was a BMW EV. I don’t know anything about BMW EVs. Nevertheless, he doesn’t even have the high voltage to charge it in his garage.
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A level 2 charger.
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He said, well, it came with a lot of credits for I can charge it for quite a long time. He said, it’s just an extra car. So now, John, he’s got this tricked-out Jeep that’s about two years old. It wasn’t good enough when he bought it, so big tires and ladders. shovels and gas cans and lights and all that other stuff, guess where he parks it? In the street in front of his house. I told him this last weekend, I said, you’re better off parking that BMW in the street in front of your car because no one will steal it.
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No one’s stealing it. That’s right.
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No one will steal it. Great point. No one wants it.
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Great point. Well, and they’re very hard to steal, so that’s the other reason why I would flip-flop that because the Jeep is, if somebody can steal the Jeep, the EV’s tough to steal.
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Yeah, well, and nobody wants them. I mean, what’s the market for a stolen EV? None.
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There’s not much.
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I told him, I said, you’re better off parking that BMW in the street. And he looked at me like I had a third eye. I said, here’s the deal. Here’s the cars that are stolen. Number one, Camaro. Number two, Ford pickup. Number three, Chevy pickup. Number four, Jeep.
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Right.
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That car won’t be here for a month.
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Great point. And not only that, Bob, even some of the accessories he has will get lifted. I mean, not just the Jeep, but even the things he’s got bolted onto it.
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Oh, it’s parked right at the curb in front of his house. Yeah, dumb.
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That’s not very smart.
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I live up here at the far north Thornton. Nice neighborhood. But I’m close to, you know, the Broadlands and pretty close to, you know, the Broomfield area and stuff like that. Cars are getting swiped all the time because people don’t park in their garages.
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Absolutely.
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They’re full of junk.
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Right. Yeah, you hear me talk about that constantly.
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I said that Jeep won’t last.
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Yeah, you’re right. You’re right, Bob, 100%. Yep. Yeah. Yeah, spot on.
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Anyway, that’s all I got to say.
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No, good story. Appreciate that, Bob. Appreciate that. All right, we’ll come right back. Don’t go anywhere. I’ve got more to talk about when it comes to EVs, cars, even that whole dynamic because I think, again, like AI, our side. Charlie and I were talking about this at break. Top of the hour. And before we go to break, I want to say this. I want to throw this in. We as conservatives and the Christian, sometimes they’re not synonymous, but they kind of go together typically. I get it. You can be conservative and not be a Christian. You can be a Christian, kind of, and not be a conservative, although that one I have a hard time wrapping my head around. I can wrap my head around more of being a conservative, not being a Christian, versus a Christian not being conservative. That one, a liberal Christian, that doesn’t go in the same sentence. You’ve heard me and Bob Duco even talk about that on the roundtable several times. That one I can’t wrap my head around. But regardless, I think we— I’m in that group. Conservatives, Christians, combine the two together, whatever, wherever your walk is. We have this tendency when we don’t like something, we just poo-poo it and we’re not going to be involved in it. And I can go all the way back in time. Charlie and I were even talking about, you know, when the printing press came along, which, by the way, it was invented to reproduce the Bible. Even that got poo-pooed back in the day. Keep in mind, there were all sorts of deaths and wars and so on over things like that because of people’s feelings towards things that they didn’t think should change. We have a tendency to still ride that same train. Well, I don’t like it, so I’m just not going to be involved in it. That’s of the devil. You’ve got to leave that alone. Radio came along. Oh, can’t be involved in that. That’s of the devil. Listen to that music coming out of there. We can’t be involved in that. Well, then television came along. Same thing happened. We can’t be involved in that. And Hollywood takes over. And look at where it’s gone. And then I can go down the list of other technologies that have been invented that as we move along, and the church has basically said, I’m not going to be a part of that. And then before you know it, the other side is they control it, they rule it, and we’re left out in the cold. The same thing has happened on the EV front. The same thing is going to happen on the AI front because we get so stubborn and bullheaded that we won’t open our mind to look at other ways of doing things, and we get so hardheaded that who in their right mind would want to own an EV? Well, you know what? Tell me how often you leave your 50-mile radius. Anybody that’s ever against an EV, that’s one of the first things I ask them. How often do you leave your 50-mile radius? Well, that’s not the point. Well, that is the point. How often do you leave that 50-mile radius? Are you a traveling salesperson where you go coast to coast on a regular basis? Well, then, of course, an EV is not going to be right for you. But how often do you really leave your 50-mile radius? In some cases, for some folks, it’s 10 miles. It’s not even 50. Do you do that once a year? Do you go see family once or twice a year? Okay, well, then you could easily drive an EV. Because guess what? You can rent a car to go visit family and friends if need be, if that’s really what you need to do. I’m not saying that you have to go trade in your internal combustion engine vehicle, an ICE engine, and then go buy an EV. I’m simply stating that a lot of people that are against them, the arguments against them aren’t valid. They’re not valid. Now, I also understand that for most people, an EV, like Bob just said a moment ago, is that extra vehicle. It is not their daily driver. I get that. And for most people, and this is where government got things wrong, for most people, especially early on, the early adopters, that EV, in some cases they drive it daily, but in most cases it’s an optional vehicle. Or it’s a vehicle where they’ve got an EV and they have the diesel truck parked that they can go tow their RV with or their fifth wheel with or their whatever and their jet skis and everything else, and they’ve got it along with the EV. Or they’ve got an older vehicle that if it gets really bad out and they need to drive a long distance and they don’t trust the EV in the snow, which, by the way, they work really good in the snow. But let’s say they want to go someplace in the snow. They drive the other vehicle. And again, it’s an optional vehicle. They’ve got more than one vehicle. I get that. I’ll talk more about that. I’m not done with that subject. We’ve got to take a break, but I’ll come back and finish that up. Veteran Windows and Doors is up next. Great deals, by the way, always at Veteran Windows and Doors right now. There are multiple discounts depending upon how many windows you buy. Talk to Dave today. Find out how that works for you. 303-529-0720.
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All right, we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Okay, back to the whole AI, EVs, and all of that. And where EVs got really, and I say this all the time, but where they got in trouble, where the bad name came from, is because government tried, you know, the environmental groups in government, they teamed up and they tried to push them, force feed them onto people. That never works. I’ve said that so many times on this program. You cannot force feed things to people and make them buy it. When you do, you end up with Obamacare that everybody hates. So you can’t do that. And why in the world anybody thought that mandating and pushing EVs upon the public was going to turn out any differently? That just shows you the mental illness from some folks that are out there. They’re thinking that, oh, yeah, we can push this on people. We’ll mandate it, and they won’t have any choice. They’ll have to buy it. Okay, well, that doesn’t work out too well. And it’s shown that it doesn’t. If you would have just let, if they would have just let, I should say, EVs work their way into the marketplace, people buying them because of the convenience, because of the performance factor, the drivability, all of the other things that coincide with it, all of the pluses that are there, and yes, there are pluses. Some would say there aren’t any, but trust me, as an owner of one, of several, by the way, yes, there are. And again, don’t knock one until you drive one. There’s things about it that you get. In fact, I’ll give you this. You get so used to them that when you go hop in a regular ICE engine vehicle, you’re like, oh, crap, this doesn’t do this, does it? Everything from performance to the convenience factor. And everybody forgets that part of it. Or some don’t know it. Some don’t know it because, again, they threw the baby out with the bathwater. Shame on them because they shouldn’t have done that. So I get it. Government and environmental groups really screwed up the EV thing from the get-go because they’re not what they tell you are. And frankly, had they been promoted and sold right on the first sides of things, from the first steps of things, you wouldn’t have had to subsidize them. You wouldn’t have had to have all the tax credits to get people to buy them. So… That’s the reality of that. And at the end of the day, again, they got a bad rap from us, from the right, because of misunderstandings and being forced to buy something. Again, that never ends well. No different than any other vehicle. So all that being said, those are ending. A lot of the mandates are going to end. The credits, the subsidies are going to end. Where does the EV world go? I predict, and I’m going to stand by this prediction, they’re not going to go away. They’re not going to all die off. There may be some companies that no longer make them or don’t make as many. There’ll be others that continue to make them just like they are now and will continue to do so, and they will have to learn how to train their salespeople to sell the features and benefits of an EV. And they’ll have to retrain some of their folk along those lines if they’re going to get them to continue to sell. But they’ll sell. Believe me, they’ll figure it out. They’re not going to take all that technology and scrap it and throw it away. It won’t work that way. They will sell them. All companies may not. Some may get completely out of it, depending upon what their sales are like and how that works once some of these credits go away. But some will fold, I guess you could say, or they’ll stop making EVs. There’ll be some consolidation potentially in the marketplace. And those are never bad things. Those are typically good things when that happens. Good for the consumer. And then the competition will get better than what it is right now. That’s the other thing that will happen. When the subsidies and everything else go away, they’ll literally have to compete on their own. And they will. And again, there are huge advantages to owning one, and there’s some disadvantages as well. The traveling coast to coast, as you all know, that’s one of the biggest disadvantages an EV has. Can you do it? Yes. Is it a pain? Yes. Will it take you longer? Absolutely. Is it seamless like they make it want to sound? No, it is not. Now, some of the advantages that they have is, for example, you have an EV and you want to drive up over the Eisenhower Tunnel, which I did over the weekend. In a regular gas engine vehicle, ice engine or diesel, you notice a totally different power at 11,000 feet than you do down here, not with an EV. It’s the same power at sea level versus here versus anywhere. You could be on the moon and it would still operate because it doesn’t require fuel and oxygen to run. It will run right up the mountain just like it runs down here. That’s the one advantage that EV has that a gas engine, diesel engine does not have. There is no performance degradation at all depending upon what elevation you’re at. That is not true when it comes to regular gasoline or diesel-powered engines. Tires. Tires are a negative on EVs. And by the way, that’s not just because of how heavy they are, because they are heavier. It’s how they’re driven. Because they run really well. Run is not the right word. They have a lot of power, and it’s instant. So, yes, it’s going to be harder on tires because you can take corners faster. They’re heavier. They handle well. All sorts of factors are coming in as to why those tires wear out faster. Now, some vehicles are more prone to wear tires because of their suspension and the way they do their alignments and so on. That’s not what I’m talking about. Typically, an EV wears tires faster because they’re driven harder because they go. They run that well. It’s instant power. I’m driving a Polestar. That’s Volvo’s version of an EV. And I’ll tell you, this particular one I’m driving right now, man alive, it runs like a scalded dog. It’s like driving a race car. It’s like a sports car everywhere you go. You step on the accelerator pedal. It’s not a gasoline pedal, but an accelerator pedal. And man alive, you’re gone instantly. Nothing will pass you, hardly. I mean, some of the fastest sports cars won’t run as well as these do. That’s the advantage the EVs have. And again, as a car guy, for some of you, that doesn’t matter. Some of you don’t care anything about that at all. Others of you do, though. You love that exhilaration. That’s why you drive. You love the way a vehicle feels. You love the performance and all of that. That’s why you buy faster cars. And so until you drive one, don’t knock one. And the convenience factor, I’ll tell you right now, my wife, when it comes to her EV, I don’t know that I could get her in a regular gasoline-powered vehicle now. She likes the convenience factor so well, plugging in at night when you’re done. She charges every third, fourth day, something along those lines, depending on how much she’s driven, and off she goes. She loves it. She thinks it’s great. She drives that thing everywhere. She’s one of those that you would have a hard time pulling it away from her because she uses it exactly the way it’s intended to be used, and it works fabulous for her. All right, that’s enough of that. We’ll talk more about some of that in AI at a later date. Up next, Golden Eagle Financial. And at Golden Eagle, Al Smith wants to help you with all of your financial future, how things would work for you specifically. Do you have a plan? Is your plan working? Is it the right plan? Al can review all of that with you at any time. Just give him a call. Find him at klzradio.com.
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Putting reason into your afternoon drive, this is John Rush.
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All right, we are back, and I appreciate you joining us today. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Should have some sports coming up here in a moment when Richard calls in, and I had a couple of people commenting on what I was just talking about in regards to AI and EVs and so on. So far, nobody disagreeing. Most everybody is right on target, adding a few things that I’ll add to my notes here on a future show, but I appreciate all that feedback. Richard, what’s up today?
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Oh, not a lot. Talk to us about the Broncos. What’s that? What happened with them?
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I said talk to us about two things. Yeah, football. Talk to us about the Broncos and Sanders at the Browns.
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Yes, so I guess let’s start with Shador because we’ll go in chronological order here. Yeah, but Mr. Sanders had a nice debut there, right? So we’re talking about Shador with the Browns, Dad. He’s actually technically the fourth quarterback on the depth chart because the Browns didn’t want to play Joe Flacco, and then their other two guys, Kenny Pickett and Dylan Gabriel, were both hurt. It was a nice chance for Shador to show what he was able to do. He played well. He did. A lot of CU people were sort of, I guess, kind of on board with this for a lot of reasons. Well, not on board. They would like to see him receive a little bit better chances. He did have some of the same things that happened to him at CU happen in the game, which is he tries to escape, and he actually – displays really good escapability, right? He can get out of the pocket, he can avoid defenders, better athleticism than maybe what his actual, I guess his metrics would indicate. However, he still holds onto the ball. There was one time I saw he escaped, he made a great play, and he went out of balance behind the line of scrimmage for a two-yard loss. Now, it’s only a two-yard loss, but in that case, throw it away, right? We don’t care about your throwing percentage or completion percentage. Just throw the ball away. You get out of the pocket, throw it into the stand. As long as it’s beyond the line of scrimmage, it does not matter. And so I’m thinking they’re still working with him on that. He played really well. If I’m Cleveland, Dad, I would… You have a lost season this year, right? You brought in Joe Flacco, your quarterback that you guaranteed all the money in the world to, and Deshaun Watson is hurt again, and that’s arguably a worse contract than even the Russell Wilson contract was. to be honest with you. And so it really is a situation in my mind of they should be playing him. He should honestly start this year because if he doesn’t work out, then so be it. If he doesn’t end up being this quarterback, okay, great, he was a fifth-round pick. It does not matter at that point in time. And so to me, I’m all about it for them. I think that they should. I think hopefully he showed them that he could do it, and I hope that he does get another chance because to me, not so much Deion because Deion was just a great player all around. Everyone sort of saw it ever since he was a high school player and he went to Florida State and everywhere. But Shador is just a gamer, right? He’s kind of like Tim Tebow. He may not look the best in practice. He may mess up at times, that sort of thing. But when it comes down to it, he’s going to make the throws when he wanted to make the throws. He made tight window throws this past week. He kind of sort of directed the offense. There is some stuff coming out of Cleveland that maybe he’s kind of – he’s starting to – he’s got to figure out the offense a little bit more, and that’s why they have him so far down on the depth chart, but it remains to be seen. Either way, in saying all of that, I think that the Browns would be foolish to not kind of continue to play him and see what he can do.
SPEAKER 08 :
But it is the Browns. So question really quick on that because I saw all sorts of commentary over the weekend. I did follow a little bit of that just because of him, and I watched some of that game, the Browns game and so on. I believe it was Friday night. So question along those lines, or maybe it was Thursday night, I guess. Sorry, Thursday night. So questions along those lines. Did other teams make mistakes in letting him go all the way to the fifth round?
SPEAKER 05 :
I think, well, when you look at, for example, the New Orleans Saints, where they have a quarterback. Their Tyler Shuck, he was, I think, their second-round quarterback, and his first pass – I don’t know, but I think it was his first pass – went for a pick six in preseason. Granted, it’s preseason, and we’re not going to define someone by that. I think they did because I think a lot of other teams would benefit from having him. Because here’s the deal. To me, and especially now, he’s a no-risk proposition. And to me, he is the kind of guy that you can – You can win with in the NFL. I think you may have to tailor your offense a little bit to him. And at the very least, Dad, in my mind, he can be a long-term backup. The only downside to Shador is he’s a Sanders. And so a lot of stuff comes with it. And most NFL teams, it’s why Tebow didn’t stick as a backup. Most NFL teams want a backup quarterback that’s in the shadows. They don’t want that guy to stick out. They don’t understand nothing, which you understand why, right? Because you want the starting quarterback to be that guy, to be the alpha, to be the leader, to do those sorts of things. So I do think some teams made mistakes, but you know what? The proof is in the pudding, and we’ll see what ends up coming of it this season.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right, how do you think the – I mean, it’s hard to say as far as Broncos go. I heard all sorts of commentary on that, that, yeah, it’s preseason, but they’ve got a lot of people to play. There’s a lot of depth there that should help the team out. No, it’s not starters playing, and no, it wasn’t any indicator of how the season’s going to be overall with the exception of you’re watching a lot of depth on the field, and they all played well.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, so as Sean Payton said, the first team, I think they sort of saw some of the press clippings kind of go to their head because you’ve seen over the past few weeks lots of even national media come out and say that the Broncos are a sneaky playoff, really doing well, even a Super Bowl pick because their defense is really good. Bo Nix is going to take that next step. And it felt like the first series for both the offense and defense because they were playing the 49ers backups. And, granted, they really only let up one big pass play, and it was a perfect pass. And it was just not lucky, but it was just a really good play. And that’s kind of what happened. And so I guess I’ll see this next week. You did see depth because once our backups got in against their backups – We dominated, right? We didn’t have any issues. We moved the ball down the field. The defense stopped them. They didn’t have a ton of opportunity. And only so much can be gleaned from preseason, right, Dad? It’s about as vanilla plays as you’re going to get. It’s done for a variety of reasons. I would like to see more out of Bo. I thought he had a couple good passes. I thought he had some drops that weren’t unnecessarily in him, but I also thought he made a mistake. He had a safety that happened because he threw the ball away. and it wasn’t a great – basically it wasn’t really towards anyone, and he kind of – he could have checked the ball down to the running back. All that to say – and in addition, like I said, the defense had theirs. So no one was as sharp as they should be. All of that to say it’s the first preseason game. I think the starters got a total of like 15 plays. And so I’m more concerned about this next week with Arizona. They’re likely going to see about 20 to 25 plays, the starters will. Mind you, Dad, an average NFL game for each side of the ball is about 60 plays, right? So each offense gets roughly 60 to 70 plays per game. And so even if the starters against the Cardinals this weekend play 20, maybe 25 plays, they’re barely playing maybe a third, right, of what they normally will play. And then likely you won’t see many starters play in the last preseason game because that’s how the NFL does it. And so I liked when I saw that. Like you said, I guess I would agree with the media to say that I like the depth. I like where they’re at. They have a long ways to go. And ultimately, as a football team, we’ll talk about this. Hopefully we’ll talk about this a lot this year. the it’s not about where you start right and it’s obviously it’s about where you finish of course but in the nfl they talk about peaking at the right time right because you’re kind of building to that you almost that mountaintop and you want to be peaking in the playoffs right or right before the playoffs so that way you can continue to go up and you’re hitting on all cylinders if your team peaks in preseason you’re going to have a really bad year yeah and so that’s not hopefully that’s not going to happen this year because if it is it’s going to be a long season I don’t think it will be. I think Sean Payton will get him in line. I think Bo Nix will show a lot. But just kind of the first steps of any. So they’ve got another game this Saturday against the Cardinals, which should be good. It should be beautiful weather. Preseason football is kind of fun. You get to see guys try different things that maybe they wouldn’t. You get to get up and close and personal. Lots of things happening.
SPEAKER 08 :
And they’re hustling because their job’s on the line, right?
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, well, a lot of these guys do, and that’s sort of why a lot of these coaches won’t play their starters because you do in a lot of cases have some backups or some even third, fourth string guys that are trying to make a play, and sometimes they try so hard that they end up injuring a guy. So really in the preseason in the NFL, Dad, as a coach or as a team and even as fans, you just want to get out without a major injury. You’re going to have one. We had a defensive lineman, I should say backup defensive lineman, Matt Henningsen tore his Achilles. It’s just a law of averages, and this is going to sound so brutal what I’m going to say. As long as it doesn’t happen to a big-time player, a really key piece, you kind of consider it as a win in the preseason. There’s been several teams that have had starting offensive linemen go down, and even the Eagles just had one of their guards go down. Unfortunately, you haven’t had any quarterbacks or anything just yet, but you have some of that go on. So I think a lot of these, they want to get the guys some reps, and they do, and you need to, right? Because that’s why you’re starting to see that more and more in the NFL. Week one and even part of week two is almost an extension of the preseason. So you see really sloppy play. You see teams losing games that they probably shouldn’t be losing in a lot of cases. But it’s because that’s their first go-to. And eventually, Dad, the preseason is likely going to go to two games. And so you’ll probably get starters may play one or two. one or two series in both games just to kind of get them a little bit used to it. And then it’ll eventually be instead of 17 regular season games, it’ll be 18 regular season games. There’s just too much money out there that the TV partners and such – Yeah, just because it’s just too much more, right? Some people will say, well, they have that many games now. Well, preseason games don’t sell that, right? They don’t sell out. No, they’re not even selling out. It’s the TV money, right? That’s where it’s at. And so if you can sell a whole another week of additional TV, well, I guess basically packages, right, of a core group to the networks, well, they’re going to eat that up, especially with what’s happening with with Netflix and Amazon Prime and all that sort of stuff. So all that to be said, Dad, it’ll be exciting. This will be the kind of, I think, the last week that you’ll see the starters, because then next week, again, I think a lot of backups and stuff will play, and then we are almost into regular, meaningful, not only NFL games, Dad, but college as well, and I can’t wait.
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We don’t yell at you. We inform you. Now, back to Rush to Reason.
SPEAKER 08 :
And we are back, Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. That time of the week where we do our car reviews. And Richard, what have you driven lately? This particular car, by the way, I got a chance to get behind the wheel of as well, but let’s go ahead and talk about it.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yes, this will be a fun one, Dad. It’s the 2025 Lexus TX350. This is the F Sport handling trim, and the price for this vehicle came in just under $70,000 at about $69,430. This was also the all-wheel drive version, Dad. It’s got the 2.4-liter four-cylinder turbo engine, 275 horsepower. Like we mentioned, all-wheel drive. It’s got the F-Sport tuned suspension. It’s got F-Sport exterior styling, the 22-inch wheels, the panoramic glass roof. Let’s see here. Heated and ventilated second-row captain’s chairs, heated and ventilated seats. front power seats. You’ve got a third row in this vehicle, Dad. And for those that are familiar with not only Lexus, Dad, but also Toyota, this is the Lexus version of the Grand Highlander, right? And that’s just the best way I know how to describe it. So if you look at this vehicle, see it down… driving down the road. It’s really, in my opinion, a really good-looking vehicle. And in terms of functionality, which we’ll get to here in just a second, great. It was introduced in 2024, Dad. The F Sport handling is new for this year. Also, the 12.3-inch digital instrument panel is now standard. and there’s automatic curve speed reduction for the cruise control. All of that to say, folks, this is a three-row SUV that is really phenomenal for a family. And if you’re looking for… I’ll be honest, I’ve got a family of six. If you’re looking for a vehicle… that is a people mover, not necessarily going to take you a ton of places off-road, but you need to get to baseball practice or football or soccer or hockey or swim lessons or whatever it is, or school. And maybe you’ve only got three kiddos, but maybe you want to have room for that other friend that hops in. And you want to do so in style, that, right, of the luxury that Lexus provides with the soft-touch materials. And I know in a lot of cases, some dealer benefits that we’ll get to here in a second. This is the vehicle for you. It drove really well. I really like the turbocharged engine. And again, you don’t necessarily get in a lot of these vehicles, but I think you will enjoy this vehicle the same way that I did.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, car worked great. I had a chance to get behind the wheel for a couple of days, and it worked very well. One thing about this car that… Actually, I really enjoyed, and I didn’t get into the technology end of things and study how they’re doing this, but the deceleration end of things on the car, it feels very much like you’re driving an EV, I guess you could say. The compression braking that they’ve put into the powertrain is probably the best way for me to say that, Richard. Works great. You literally feel yourself slowing down without the need to really use the brakes. Brakes are still needed, of course, to come to a complete stop and so on. But as far as driving it, you almost feel like you have one pedal driving like an EV has.
SPEAKER 05 :
You did, and I’m with you. I didn’t quite expect that. And normally, folks, unless you get an EV vehicle, even some hybrids that don’t quite have the sort of deceleration that this vehicle did, which made it actually easier to drive, and you combine that with a lot of the other technology features, i.e. the 360-degree camera and kind of the cross-traffic alerts and some of that, it’s really not difficult to drive because this is a larger SUV.
SPEAKER 08 :
It’s a bigger car, yeah, absolutely, yeah.
SPEAKER 05 :
not the largest by any means, and not that that’s a bad thing, but it is a little bit bigger, like you said. So it felt, when they combine that technology, it doesn’t necessarily feel like you’re driving a larger SUV. It sort of almost feels like you’re driving, I guess, well, I’ll just say it’s a smaller SUV, right? Not quite a sedan, but definitely something that’s smaller in size. Because this, I believe, is equipped with the 5,000-pound towing capacity as well. So you could do kind of a small trailer, that sort of thing, depending on where you’re going. And as far as room, folks, the third row, again, I did put the kids in there, put them in with some booster seats. They were able to get back there. Even with that being said, there was still room for some backpacks and some cargo behind the third row. And that’s always the question, right, Dad? A lot of these vehicles, they say they have a third row, but that third row is really not a full third row. In this case, I can confidently, well, I can’t say a full-size adult is going to fit back there, Dad, but you’ll be able to get someone up until 12, 13, 14 pretty easily, depending on their size, without too many issues. And, again, I really enjoyed it. And one thing I’ll note, and I don’t know if this is for all Lexus dealers, but I can’t say, but if you’re looking at maybe comparing this to similar vehicles or maybe not the luxury, I do know that a lot of Lexus dealers, well, actually, if you take it into the dealer, you know, needs its normal service, whatever it is, will give you a courtesy car to drive, which you don’t necessarily see in a lot of cases. And if you go with maybe, again, a different manufacturer or whatever it might be, you may not get that. And so if you are limited in your car options or whatever it is, that may set it apart. However, we are going to put the caveat, Dad, which is that they don’t know if every dealer… Every Lexus dealer does that, but it’s definitely something that we noted on a personal experience with just some friends and family out there. But outside of that, really enjoyed the vehicle. Last thing we’ll say, Dad, is fuel economy, 20 and 26 for an average of 23, and I think you and I were right there, right about 24, 25 miles per gallon, which is really, I guess the only negative I would say, Dad, I would love it to have a little bit larger of a fuel tank. being as big of a car as it is, because after about a week’s worth of normal driving, we were kind of running on the low side on the fuel side of things. So that’s the only thing there. But outside of that, encourage folks to check this vehicle out. Again, 2025 Lexus TX350 F Sport handling. This was the all-wheel drive model. And when you do that, let them know that John and Richard Rush from Drive Radio and Rush for Reason sent you.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay, lastly, before we… Before we close things out, because this is a conversation I’ve been having with some texters, and that is – more than one, by the way. That is when it comes to EVs, knowing the mandates are going to go away, not just the mandates but even a lot of the quote-unquote tax credits and so on, which companies will – survive when it’s all said and done now two of the top ev producers right now are general motors and tesla i think both of those will be fine you know which one of the general motors brands you know comes out on top i think that’s yet to be seen i don’t think they’re going to abandon anything ev related especially with what they’ve done of late with the corvette and some other things that they’re working on i don’t see it going away tesla of course is not going away they’re all ev but outside of those two who do you see lasting who do you see combining and what are your thoughts
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, I think it’s hard, Dan. I think you’ll see a lot of maybe cross-platform, I guess, partnerships, right, or cross-brand partnerships. I think that will kind of be the new thing to helpfully help reduce costs or maybe share the costs. amongst different brands, right? And I’m not even going to begin to speculate who those brands are. But to me, these companies would be doing a lot better. And we actually reviewed a car earlier this year where they’ve done that, where they sort of kind of take the parts and pieces and they combine on a venture. And to me, that’s where it’s at, right? Especially with Tesla being what they are now. You and I have bought for many years that someone should have bought Tesla. And Maybe looking back, some of these car companies thought they probably should have. But to me, it’s going to be partnerships. And I think that they should come together. It would help them reduce costs on not only development, but also manufacturing. And it would just kind of bring some of that down more in line. Because you and I have talked about it. I think they’re going to have to start bringing the costs down of these EVs. or they’re going to have to start marketing them a little bit differently. And the way to do that to me is, well, cut back on some of your overhead that you’re going to have anyway.
SPEAKER 08 :
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Now back to Rush to Reason on KLZ 560.
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All right, that’s it for hour number two. Another full hour coming your way. We’ve got a guest joining us at the top of the hour. We’re going to talk about the big, beautiful bill and some of the myths versus facts in that bill, now law, when we come back. Don’t go anywhere. Hour three is next. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 04 :
I’m a rich guy.
