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Hey everybody, yes, I'm Matt major from growth

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mode content. Welcome to good news York It is

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a very special episode. You know, it's a very

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special episode because Danny counted us in I

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don't know if he's ever actually on that Danny's

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fire We're suddenly like legit. Yeah, this was

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the episode. Yeah, it's a big episode as you

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can see behind us Matt is turning 100 years old

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It's true. I'm so you look great. I do oil of

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Olay bags and everything all the bags what's

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going on man the trolls I don't Well, we're old

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and we look like shit Mike. I know happening

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No, I know that but what I'm saying is the trolls

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are seeing in on our eyebags on yours and mine

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and I don't know if that's good because it's

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so here's the thing You had a couple people point

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it out to you and I sort of broke your chops

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about it Yeah, as you should and as karma happens

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to You got it. Last night at an event, somebody

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made a joke about it to my face about mine. Oh,

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shit. And then... Did they really? Yeah, yeah.

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I was like, oh, that's funny. Ha ha. Who does

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that? Yeah. One of my friends. It was funny.

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Oh, boy. Real funny. Larry. And then we actually

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had a troll comment on one of our videos that

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has gone crazy. And I'll be honest, I was expecting

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a lot more, because I have that video that opens

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up right in my face and you can see how horrible

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they are. And so far, I only have one. But like

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I said, it's karma, because I was harassing you.

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But here's the thing. First of all, you look

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beautiful, so don't listen to the trolls. But

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second of all, I want to make it clear. Look,

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first of all, we work very hard. That's why we

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have eye bags, and we're old. You do too, okay,

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but also the lighting we're working on the lighting

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the lighting doesn't do us any favors I'm not

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making excuses, but it does like I know I have

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eye bags, but man there's some days I watch clips

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And I'm like Jesus Christ. I look like a zombie

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bro. No amount of light is gonna fix these Samsonites

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We're carrying around all right Samsonite you

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are way off listen. I love you who cares about

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the trolls It's our 100th episode is literally

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100 episodes, and we have a guest we do but not

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just any guest We got a returning champion He

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is, you know what? That's a great way to put

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it. He is our returning champion. You need a

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belt. I didn't get a belt. Damn. Ladies and gentlemen,

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it is fitting that for our 100th episode, we

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have the man that gave us our most... Our first

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100 ,000 view video. Yeah. And it is the man,

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Dan Garcia, from The Garage. Welcome back. At

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3100. At 3100. But no, thank you. Thank you for

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being here, but thank you for giving us our most

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viral clip. We were talking about this off the

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air. It was one of those things where, you know,

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we're constantly putting clips out, and we don't

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monitor the views every second, but that was

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the first time where we're like, hey, this is...

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What we're talking about is the... I simply asked

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him, and this was a throwaway question. It was

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the end of the interview. I just went, hey, is

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it a myth? Do you need to get an oil change every

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3 ,000 miles? Holy shit, man. What a topic, because...

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that people were fighting in the comments. I

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think someone left their wife. What's wild to

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me is the number of people that didn't fight,

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but had to chime in. Yeah. And it's like every

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dad on the internet just had to share with you,

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I do it at 3 ,000. I do it at 8 ,000. I do it

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at 5 ,000. It's... Nobody even argues about that.

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There was a lot of positive. But it was very

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interesting to me that everybody just happened

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to have to share their particular routine. You

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guys are stupid. I do it every 10 ,000. Read

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your owner's manual. All right. Okay. But it

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was not only highly debated, but it just seemed

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like it was something that people were chomping

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at the bit. It was awesome. So we're going to

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definitely have some more questions. And so we're

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going to whore you out. I don't want to throw

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any shade. To our man, okay He is absolutely

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in the all -time Hall of Fame because he was

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the first to hit a viral video But it is no longer

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our most viral video. Oh, sorry, buddy. You've

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been dethroned break it then so here's the thing

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that's also There it is come see me there it

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is do engine swaps every 5 ,000 You just get

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about every five five days and just go engine

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5 ,000 change your oil gonna have a pile of Motors

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packed up behind the shop. It's gonna be awesome

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great Fitting, today we hit, for the first time

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ever on Facebook, one million views in the past

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28 days. Are you? Whoa, whoa, whoa. We need more

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zeros here. I'm not acting. I'm just finding

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this out. When you sent that last night, I thought

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you meant one million views since we started.

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No, in the last 28 days. Bro! That's... That's

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ins... Just on all our videos? Facebook. Just

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on Facebook? Just Facebook. Wow, dude. Yeah.

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Yeah, so I mean that's led primarily by My video

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from the wild that's got it's close to half a

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million people. Here's the thing doesn't me Here's

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the thing. I want to I'm gonna be completely

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transparent That video we posted a little over

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three weeks ago. It's got It may have hit a half

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a million. It was at like 497 earlier this morning,

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but Two days ago, Danny posted his video from

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the wild. It has only been there for two days.

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It's already got over 65 ,000 views. So I think

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there's a real good chance, as much as I wanna

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brag, I think Danny's video's probably gonna

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eclipse mine. And if we're being completely honest,

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his video's better than mine. It's a nicer video.

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It was a great video. It was a great video. That's

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why you can see the difference between me and

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the guy that I hired to be the actual professional.

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Video guy. Meanwhile, mine has, oh wow, a whopping

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242. Now listen, here's what's wild. Wild. The

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puns just make themselves. That video that's

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gotten a half a million views on Facebook got

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156, not thousand, 156 views on TikTok. Okay,

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okay, I see what you're saying. Danny's... One

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that's doing well on Facebook as well is doing

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phenomenal on tick -tock It's got tens of thousands

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of views already again in just a couple of days

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So it's very it's just that whole world is still

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very interesting to me and wish there was a guy

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we could call like Joe algorithm We're just like

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hey Joe. Can you just tell us like what how do

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we figure you out? I will say that as we're you

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know Deepening into this world. We are figuring

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out more and more and I will say that tick -tock

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Might be the closest to transparent about some

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of those things So they've got some new tools

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that Danny started playing with where you can

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upload a video and it'll immediately Tell you

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if it's got some sort of issue to give you a

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little bit of a little bit of information And

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and they do try to be a little I feel like more

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forthcoming with the things you should and shouldn't

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do. That being said, there's still so much of

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it that's an absolute mystery. And they're about

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to get bought by Oracle, so it's all gonna be

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fucked. Let me ask you this, actually. I'm starting

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to see more and more videos of, I don't know,

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just random content creators. in my feed that'll

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say here's the reason why you're not getting

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views and this is what you have to do with the

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algorithm and I'll admit I reason you're seeing

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that is because and I have that too unfortunately

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it's pissing me off because that's now exclusively

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my feed oh yikes because you know we're in that

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business and I'm looking at those sorts of things

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but that's not all I want I still want to see

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the funny videos yeah and my algorithms every

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video here's how you do this here's how you do

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body cam footage and puppies you gotta buy the

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course yeah yeah but here's my question I scroll

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past them because it annoys. I feel like it's

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a sleazy ad or do you think there's some value

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in what some of them are saying? No, I mean they're

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genuine creators and here's the whole thing just

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like anybody else. That's the niche that they've

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created. They get views on videos telling people

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how to get views. You know what I mean? And that's

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cool. Like I said, there's a niche for everybody.

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Is there a machine somewhere? In like some underground

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bunker that is the algorithm? That's how I picture

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it. It's just software. Lines of code. Lines

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of coke? Oh, lines of code. I was like damn.

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Probably some of them involved in the creation

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of some of these systems. That's good. Now there's

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going to be cocaine everywhere. Cocana. We've

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got these stats that I've sort of talked about

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a number of times since we've began, in terms

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of how many podcasts, just as podcasts, make

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it. And the reality is the vast majority don't

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make it anywhere, right? Sure. And this is the

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thing that we have told our content. Clients

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from the beginning Podcasting and in this level

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of organic content creation. It's a slow burn.

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It is a slow burn It's not like an advertisement

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that the second you put it up somebody's gonna

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go and buy that thing You know, it's it's kind

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of building a reputation. It's building an audience.

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It's cultivating a community and We live in a

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very instant gratification world. Yes, so I can't

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tell you how many guys and it's not just guys

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But I'm gonna say though how many guys start

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a podcast put it out there and go I'm not Joe

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Rogan in a week. What the hell? So they just

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don't do it anymore. I think that's honestly

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part of the reason why a lot of people don't

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succeed is because they create, they curate their

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content and they post their content in a way

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that makes, in a way that they think that that's

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what's gonna happen. They're gonna post it and

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it's gonna go viral. Instead of just creating

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quality content consistently. Right. And I'm

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noticing it. You told me that. I'm the most impatient

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person in the world. I'll just start getting

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random messages from Metta or TikTok like, hey,

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we've upped your distribution because you've

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been posting good content consistently. So it's

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like going to the gym. It's like anything. You

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just chip away at it. It takes time. It takes

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time. So to that effect, I just want to share

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some stats. And I have the official stats. I've

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spoken off the cuff a few times. Luckily, what

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I've said seems to be accurate. I'm going to

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crunch the numbers here. So podcast episode milestones.

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And what this is giving us is how many episodes

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in and the chance of people reaching that many

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episodes. Where are you seeing this? What is

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this? Podmatch .com. Oh, I thought you meant

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it was tailored to us specifically. No, no, no.

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Just podcasts in general. So 36 % of podcasters

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make it to episode eight. 36%. To episode eight?

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So like just over a third. They're the only ones

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that make it to episode eight. To make it to

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50 episodes, it is just a hair over 10%. 100

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episodes, 5 .65%. So we're in the 5 .65%. We

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are in the 5 .65%. So I'm going to give you,

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because this is pretty cool, usually that's where

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it stops. We've got some more. So this will give

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us something to look forward to. 200 episodes,

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it goes down to 3%, and 300 episodes is under

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2%. And I was doing math on the way here, ironically,

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or coincidentally, I get those mixed up, that

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our 200th episode should land, if we stay consistent

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with how we've been doing, around April, end

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of April, May, I think. Which is not that far,

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when you think about it. They give us a couple

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more stats that I just think are kind of interesting.

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They say approximately 655 podcasters quit every

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single day. Which is just a wild stat. But you

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gotta start to quit. And the last thing they

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give you is just the likelihood of success. 5

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.65 % hitting 100 episodes. We are the likelihood

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of success. The chances of failure in podcasting

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are 94 .35%. That's unbelievable. Two things.

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One, one of my favorite quotes, which ironically,

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now I'm using it right, I don't remember exactly

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the quote, but I'm paraphrasing, but Jerry Seinfeld

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basically said once, he goes, I was never the

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funniest comedian. Who are these people? I was

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never the funniest comedian. That's the truest

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thing. But he's like, I was never the funniest,

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but all the people that I was coming up with

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gave up and I just stuck around. I mean, that's...

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persistence right and number two here's my question

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though those numbers are amazing but in this

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world that we live in in podcasting it's a do

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-it -yourself thing right so I don't understand

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when it says people don't make it past the fifth

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or eighth episode right that blows my mind because

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they're not getting fired that means they're

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themselves just giving up that's what I'm saying

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it's so easy to make it past the eighth episode

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if you just keep doing it right it's Are you

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just you're doing it to yourself? It's an instant

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gratification thing and don't get me wrong. I've

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been there I've been a part of podcasts that

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didn't make it more than eight episodes you were

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on the fucking forefront my friend I've been

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in other ones that have lasted this many so It's

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in any case That's our celebration. Happy hundredth

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Wow Episode congratulations to you. This is your

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brainchild. I will We were thinking about a balloon

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drop, but then Danny was gonna have to clean

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it all up It was gonna be a whole thing Quickly,

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I want to just give a couple of shout outs. So,

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you know, obviously, Mike and I on the show,

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you've seen probably Danny behind the scenes.

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We've also got Amanda, who is our kickass. The

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Janine to our Ghostbusters. She does the incredible

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still photography you see all over the place.

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She does our guest booking. Just an all around

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spectacular person. I wish I could clone her.

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My son, Malachi, who is here. He is our editor

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on the show. He is the one that He makes this

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available for you to see every day. He's one

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of the most important people in this operation,

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and he's the one that's the farthest away. Yeah.

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And he's here today, which was so great to see

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him and give him a big hug. And I forgot how

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large he was. My god. Tall, tall man. Tall man.

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But thank you to the whole team for making this

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happen. Well, how about thank you, man? This

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is all, when I saw it, when we talked in December.

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of 24, and you had this whole idea. I didn't

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quite grasp it. I got the concept. You have come

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up with this idea. You've stuck to the plan.

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But more importantly, you've made adjustments

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on the fly to make us better. And none of us

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would be here without you, man. So you're so

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you're smart. You're talented. You're a great

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businessman, and you treat your employees like

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gold, man, and you wanna talk about karma. You

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know, I think the 100th episode is just scratching

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the surface for you. Not for me, for you, man.

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You deserve it. I appreciate that, buddy. I mean

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it. But now, as you said, let's get to our guest.

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Sorry, buddy. Now I feel like I'm neglecting

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the poor guy. I know. Dan is the car man. Car

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man with good karma. So we talk about the garage.

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We also don't talk about quite as much He's got

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a car lot so you can go purchase a vehicle This

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is the guy and I would love if you don't mind

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buddy to sort of start there for a minute and

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and honestly I'm gonna be a little selfish I

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need some car advice. Yes. So I've got a month

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left on my lease Ready to give the car back have

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no idea what I want to drive going forward I

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like the idea of a lease Because a there's some

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business benefits for me, right? But also as

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I'm kind of shopping around and I'm looking I'm

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seeing some of these places have the purchase

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price is the same if not less than the lease

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price Which is a little mind -blowing to me.

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Obviously you still get some of the business

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benefits, but also it was nice that you got,

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you know Considerably cheaper price than the

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to buy a vehicle I'm sure tariffs are gonna play

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a part. Yeah So Dan, I just love your advice

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on where the car market's at Should I consider

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buying pre -owned? It would have to be newer

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pre -owned. You know what I mean? And what's

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your thoughts on that? Well, my professional

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opinion is never buy out your lease. Yeah. I

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don't want to do that. It's ready to go back.

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I hear a lot of people, they'll ask me the same

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question, and they're questioning. Well, I think

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I should just buy it out, because I'm just going

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to buy another used car, and I'm like, don't

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buy out your lease. You already paid the depreciation.

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They're going to sell it to you with more depreciation

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still. Oh, good. You usually buy the same car.

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It happens. The market right now, we're not seeing

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really inflation on the new stuff. Used, it's

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come down some. It's not like it was. But honestly,

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most value right now, just buy new. If you can

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afford it, buy new. If you can't afford new,

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then obviously the used would be the option.

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But my best advice is, if you like the lease

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prices and the benefits for you at least, keep

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leasing. A lot of good lease deals, especially

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towards the end of the year, right? Sure. Everybody

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has a lot of stuff that they need to move, because

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all the 26s have been rolling in. I got you.

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They have 25s they want to move. So for you,

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I'd look there. On the used market side, things

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have been about the same the past probably five

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months. You're not seeing much drastic drop like

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you were for a little while, but you're also

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not seeing a consistent rise. Yeah. It could

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change. towards the end of the year where the

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tariffs hit. You know, we had that tariff scare,

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I think, around the last time I was here. And

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it was like, whoa. And now it's more like, yeah,

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you don't really have to do much. You just watch

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the prices. Find the best deal. Sure. A lot of

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the times, you might have to shop around to the

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different dealers to find the better lease deals.

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But they're out there. Another thing I wanted

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to ask you is, so a couple of things that I...

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have really gotten spoiled with in these brand

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new cars. There are a couple of these, what I

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think are real modern features, right? Like the

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automatic cruise, the radar cruise, there's the

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specific name, I'm blanking on it for it. Lane

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Assist. Lane Assist, yeah. And then my car currently

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has the 360 camera. Yes. I don't want anything

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without these features anymore. Yeah. If I were

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to consider used. How far back could I go and

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still get those? Are they only the last few years?

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No, it depends on the trim, usually. Yeah. And

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depends on the make and the model. A lot of the

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Toyotas and the Hondas and the Lexuses, I mean,

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they've been doing the 360 stuff probably since

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2016. OK. But you got to go high trim. Sure.

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They're great features. Yeah. The lane keep assist,

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that's more like 23 and up. Gotcha. Another great

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feature. I love it. This is safety that's involved.

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It keeps you in the lane. You get distracted

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for 10 seconds, but it's still kind of keeping

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you there. But yeah, the 360 is definitely a

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big one. I'll tell you what. I've got the Audi,

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and my wife's got Toyota. And she just got the

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newest Toyota. That one, I feel like the lane

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assist and everything is just so much better,

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which sort of blows my mind. Yeah, Toyota did

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a really good job on that. Less expensive vehicle.

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But that one has even the brake assist when you

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don't have cruise on. You can be just traveling

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in traffic, and if it thinks you're getting too

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close, it'll automatically slow you down, which

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seems a little weird. It sounds like something

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that would probably annoy me in all honesty.

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It was it's not bad I turned lane assist off

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because I'm such a bad driver. It was telling

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me you need to pull over immediately and rest

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Well, I mean that's fair. Yeah But but also what

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I think was neat about the Toyota's I feel like

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her lane assist when you turn that on It almost

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keeps you centered in the lane like you'd want

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to be. My Audi is just like an emergency thing.

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It'll wait for you to veer, and then it'll freak

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out and jerk you back. I hate that. Like, what

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the fuck? I feel like Patrick Swayze from Ghost

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is in my car, and he just takes my wheel. The

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Toyota, so from experience, my one Nissan Rogue

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that is a rental, it has the 360 lane assist,

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and I delivered it to a customer yesterday. And

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I don't drive it much because it's usually out.

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And it was on, and I'm like, Same thing. It was

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like throwing me. It was shaking my butt, telling

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me, pay attention, essentially. And I'm like,

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oh, I forgot this thing has all these features.

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And it's a 23, you know what I mean? And it's

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not a high trim package either, but it's the

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safety that's involved in them. The Toyota one

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is great. We had a Sienna, the newer one, and

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it centers you versus, like you said, ping pongs.

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The ping ponging is not fun. Have you heard anything

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about these new Fords that have this? It almost

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sounds like a. on the highway, it'll drive for

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you feature. The self -drive. Man. Yeah. I haven't

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heard much about it. Yeah. I think it's newer

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that they're putting out. Yeah. But a lot of

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the cars are going with a self -drive option

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or a super cruise option, where it's essentially

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you just have to have your finger on the wheel.

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We're real close to it driving for them. Yeah.

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I feel like with all the tech in them, a lot

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of them have the capability. They don't have

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the legal behind it yet. Sure. The, you know,

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I mean, to my knowledge, the only full self -drive

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that you don't have to have your hand on the

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wheel and you can kind of do whatever you want

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is the Teslas. Yeah. And then my Cadillac, but

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you have to essentially pay it. You have to look

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forward. It has like an eye monitor. Oh, wow.

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So it monitors your eyes. So you can't be looking

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down at your phone. Oh, wow. Somebody over here.

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Shit. It'll like beep, beep, beep, like gives

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you a couple of warnings. And if you pass the

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warnings, then it essentially tells you no more.

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I don't love the idea of these self -driving

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cars. There are self -driving cabs in a couple

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of Vegas and things where they're testing them.

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But here's the thing, it's very scary to me right

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now, but I think in a future world, and this

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is something they've talked about, eventually

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:02.599
vehicles will be able to communicate with each

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other. So as they're doing that, you can be on

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:07.420
a highway and they can know that there's an accident

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:09.539
half a mile ahead and it'll communicate to the

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cars back so that you have less accidents and

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less proper flow of traffic. That day I think

00:22:15.690 --> 00:22:17.650
will be pretty cool. But I think there's gonna

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be a Waves between here and there that is not

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super cool. I mean the GPS has already know that

00:22:23.009 --> 00:22:25.430
like if you're Google Maps It'll tell you like

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yeah, like I travel a lot So I'll be in you know,

00:22:28.869 --> 00:22:30.329
like Maryland or something It has me getting

00:22:30.329 --> 00:22:32.450
off an exit going to the light and then getting

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back on the exit just to cut Yeah, 50 people

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off and I'm like, oh my god Google your eye.

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Yeah, I I love to be driven I don't like to drive

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I like to sure, you know who doesn't like to

00:22:43.289 --> 00:22:46.470
be driven, right? Yeah, but I this is way too

00:22:46.470 --> 00:22:49.309
soon for me just just just like When you get

00:22:49.309 --> 00:22:51.569
a new idea with a new iPhone comes out, right?

00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:54.480
I wait until all the bugs are worked out and

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all the kinks. Because guess what? Bugs and kinks

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:58.900
with a self -driving car means accidents and

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death. And I don't want to be that guinea pig.

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People have said that. In the IT world, we've

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:05.160
always said that about different technologies

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:06.759
and things. People have always said that, I feel,

00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:09.500
about new vehicles, especially a brand new on

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:13.900
the market by the second model year. That's not

00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:16.720
a myth. You can X that one. That's not a myth.

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:19.819
You definitely want to wait. Yeah. She like dropping

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:21.960
it back off at the dealer after like 500 miles.

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I love the idea, but I'm just like, no. See,

00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:26.740
that's the thing. That's the reason that I really

00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:28.779
look for these brand new cars, first and foremost,

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:30.339
is because I don't want to have to do anything

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:32.619
other than very basic maintenance. Sure. And

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:34.779
the idea, that's the worst part is having to

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:37.920
fix cars. I know. On the positive side, when

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you do have to fix cars, having somebody like

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:43.519
Dan is the best thing you could ever have in

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:44.920
the whole world, because that is an inevitability

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:46.930
no matter what you drive. There's something for

00:23:46.930 --> 00:23:48.569
your pros. At least once a year for an inspection,

00:23:48.650 --> 00:23:50.910
you gotta come see me. Yeah. Yeah. But for your

00:23:50.910 --> 00:23:53.430
pros and cons list of leasing or buying, there

00:23:53.430 --> 00:23:56.009
is another check mark for leasing, less maintenance,

00:23:56.289 --> 00:23:57.809
right? Because you're getting something newer.

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Well, yeah, that's absolutely the case. So that's

00:24:01.650 --> 00:24:03.529
another. Or anything with a warranty, that sort

00:24:03.529 --> 00:24:06.950
of thing. But Dan, when folks come into the shop,

00:24:07.289 --> 00:24:10.549
What is I guess your most common sort of repair

00:24:10.549 --> 00:24:12.789
you're doing or is it inspections and yeah? I

00:24:12.789 --> 00:24:15.049
do a lot of inspections a lot of just general

00:24:15.049 --> 00:24:18.309
maintenance. Yeah But what you're seeing a lot

00:24:18.309 --> 00:24:21.430
of on these newer cars That they are pushing

00:24:21.430 --> 00:24:23.930
the oil change regimen so far out is a lot of

00:24:23.930 --> 00:24:27.670
like engine sludge Oh, yeah, and it's big and

00:24:27.670 --> 00:24:29.730
like I said, I have the Nissan rental So we do

00:24:29.730 --> 00:24:33.369
engine flushes on that because it's a very common

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thing on that model year where they because there

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:38.279
are 10 ,000 mile oil changes and the engines

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are getting sludged up. We see them go through

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:43.279
the auction announcement, engine sludge, void

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:45.859
factory warranty. Lack of proper maintenance.

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:48.119
So it's because the manufacturer said, well,

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:49.700
you're going to wait till 10, you wait till 10

00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:52.720
,000. You shouldn't wait till 10 ,000. Then you

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:55.960
get an engine sludge. So it's funny you say that

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:58.079
because I keep, this has not been on my radar

00:24:58.079 --> 00:25:00.339
till recently. I keep hearing about engine flushes

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:03.390
now. I thought that was something that was a

00:25:03.390 --> 00:25:05.710
very rare thing that mechanics did when it was

00:25:05.710 --> 00:25:08.230
absolutely neat. Is this a thing that needs to

00:25:08.230 --> 00:25:11.750
be done? Yeah, it should be added in as maintenance,

00:25:11.750 --> 00:25:13.910
essentially. They're not super expensive. We

00:25:13.910 --> 00:25:16.289
do them for like $189 with a full synthetic oil

00:25:16.289 --> 00:25:21.670
change. And it helps cut down. It cleans all

00:25:21.670 --> 00:25:23.809
the ports out. It takes a little bit longer.

00:25:24.170 --> 00:25:25.809
You can't do it at Valvoline. It doesn't take

00:25:25.809 --> 00:25:27.589
five minutes. You have to let the car idle for

00:25:27.589 --> 00:25:30.009
about 15 to 20 minutes, get it nice and warm,

00:25:30.029 --> 00:25:33.279
get all that. Chemical deposits it breaks down

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:35.240
everything inside the engine and then we drain

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:37.519
it out and put fresh oil in how long does that

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:40.579
take? That oil change usually takes we like to

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:43.400
a lot an hour Just because we want to make sure

00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:45.680
that you know, then we get all of it drained

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:47.460
So you're essentially gonna change the oil as

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:49.980
well. Yep. I mean, right we change it We actually

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:52.579
drain it where a lot of the quick lube places

00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:55.279
now are sucking it out Okay, so it's not coming

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:57.920
out of the bottom of the pan Yeah, they're actually

00:25:57.920 --> 00:26:00.720
just sucking it out of the engine And how often

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.740
should you do it? So they're not even pulling

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:03.339
the drain plug? Nope. They're doing everything

00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:05.880
from the top? Yep. That's wild. That is wild,

00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:07.799
man. Yeah. And I didn't know that. One of my

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:11.539
customers told me. And I was like, yeah, we won't

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:13.279
go to Valvoline anymore. They're sucking the

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:15.400
oil out now. And I said, and they know a little

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:17.420
bit about cars. And you want it drained because

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:20.539
the sediment sits at the bottom. Right. How are

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.759
you getting it out of the bottom? I mean, you've

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:23.480
drank out of a straw, out of a cup. Sure. You're

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.960
not getting everything out, but you poke a hole

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:26.599
in the bottom of it, it's going to all come out

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:28.220
at the bottom, right? Well, that's so ridiculous.

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:30.579
A lot of vehicles still have the filters still

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:31.740
right there. You've got to get underneath. Well,

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:33.859
they'll do that underneath, yeah. But I'm just

00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:35.960
saying, I was thinking if you could avoid going

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:37.400
underneath maybe, but you can't. It's because

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:39.640
they hire, you know, they don't know what they're

00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:41.579
doing. They strip the drain plugs. They crack

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:44.240
the oil. Oh, I'm sure. And so there's risk involved

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:47.960
with these franchise places to not. So for them,

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:50.079
it's like, if we can avoid having to put a coil

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:52.559
pan job and we can suck it out, they don't. You

00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:54.859
don't really care about your maintenance. How

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:57.759
often should you do an engine flush? Here we

00:26:57.759 --> 00:27:01.740
go. Those, yeah. Those, it depends on the mileage

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:04.480
of your vehicle, right? So like, if you buy a

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:06.839
brand new car, you don't have to do it for, I

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:10.019
would recommend maybe 30 ,000 miles. But like,

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:12.819
if you have a car with 100 ,000 miles, I recommend

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:16.680
them every like 20 ,000 miles. Some people want

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:19.220
to get them done every oil change. We use a product,

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:23.619
it's a liquid mile. And it's a great product.

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:27.460
They've been around for a long time. And it just,

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.579
I saw the difference. So you basically do it,

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:30.400
is it almost like an oil change for you? So you

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:32.039
just fill up the engine with this product? Or

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:34.559
where the oil goes. Gotcha. Put it in there.

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:37.420
Let the engine run 15, 20 minutes. I see. It

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:39.140
breaks down everything. And then you drain it

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:42.599
out. So I did it on my Escalade. It hit 60 ,000.

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:47.460
I saw two miles a gallon extra. Really? Yep.

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:51.599
In the mornings, it was starting to get a little

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:54.740
lifter tick. Gone. Wow. Because it cleaned out

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:57.599
all that. Yeah. Right. And it's common. It's

00:27:57.599 --> 00:28:00.500
a GM. So they have a little engine noise. It's

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:05.819
a big V8. But after that, I was like, wow. And

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:07.920
it's a great product. I mean, the rep comes around,

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:10.640
and he trained us on using all their products.

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:13.819
I mean, they have gasoline flushes that go through

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:16.940
the tank. They have. radiator flushed off. I

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:19.720
mean, the company is just, it's well known. That's

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:21.779
great. And now we offer that as an additional

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:23.539
service, you know, because we want to keep our

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:25.059
customers on the road as long as possible. Oh,

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:27.759
yeah. You're a friend, so I'll guide you. You

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:30.059
know, I know you can be in the market for a new

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:32.759
one, but sure. I like to fix cars your kids drive.

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:34.980
No, that's that's fair. But that's these are

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:37.380
ways. And he does. On the road longer. You know,

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:40.099
we want to see you keep the car as long as possible.

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:42.579
If you can trade it out before you have to do

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:45.400
these maintenances. Yeah. you know, what's the

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:47.920
lease now? 30 ,000, 40 ,000 miles. You got to

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:50.680
turn them back in. Yeah. You know, where you

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:52.980
can get so much more out of these cars if you

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:55.839
don't listen to the manufacturer and you go above,

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:58.400
you know, you do less on the oil changes than

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:59.799
they're saying. Because they're telling you 10

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:01.960
,000 because on paper, that looks great for cost

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:06.000
of ownership. So if I, you know, that's all they

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:07.640
care about is what the numbers break down when

00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:09.539
they say, oh, this is an affordable car to own

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.920
because you only have to get the oil change every

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:13.619
10 ,000 miles. The same thing friends with electric

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:14.779
cars will fight with me about. Well, I don't

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:17.319
have to get oil changes or gas. OK, but your

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:19.980
battery's going to go bad in 10 years. Yeah.

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:23.599
Or a fully gas car is going to run as long as

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:28.220
you maintain it. That's the thing. I just can't

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:30.579
bring myself to a fully electric vehicle just

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:32.259
yet. And I wish I could, but I just feel like

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:34.339
it's not there. And it's a shame because they're

00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:37.240
giving them away. I mean, we talk about lease

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:41.920
prices. Ford's got a beautiful Fully electric

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:44.880
truck and you can lease it for like 200 bucks

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:47.380
or something like it's stupid cheap But it's

00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:50.460
still it's like I still just I can't bring myself

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:52.680
to do it Do you find that you're seeing people

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:54.140
come in with a lot of problems with electric

00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:57.259
vehicles? So we don't we're not certified to

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:59.160
repair them. We can do maintenance on them. We

00:29:59.160 --> 00:30:01.640
can do like tires and yeah, that's about it I

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:03.380
mean everything else they and that's the other

00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:04.880
thing like the electric car companies have made

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:08.039
it so that You don't You can't repair it yourself.

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:10.259
Independent shop can't repair it. It's got to

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:12.500
go to them. So in reality, what they're doing

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:14.299
is they're building, they're giving these cars

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:16.099
away now, knowing that they're going to go back

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:18.440
out after somebody leases them. And they're going

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:20.240
to have to come in for repairs at some point.

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:22.380
They've cornered them. Like I said, I have friends

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:23.880
with the electric cars. And they tell me what

00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:26.259
their dealership bills are. And I'm like, huh?

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:28.619
Like a friend just had to get a seal on his window

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:32.900
replace. It was like $280 for a rubber seal.

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:38.359
Crazy man. Well, what was real wild is if you

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:40.980
remember when that Tesla specifically started

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:44.099
They didn't think about repair parts That was

00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:46.200
a there was an afterthought until they had sold

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:48.000
all these cars and people go I gotta do this

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:50.720
and that and there was no they built no market

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:54.220
no ecosystem to For the repairs and maintenance

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:58.920
was like guys. Come on, you know but I Met a

00:30:58.920 --> 00:31:01.740
guy a while ago drive one loves it but talked

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:03.720
about doing every bit of maintenance himself

00:31:04.609 --> 00:31:07.490
And you know having to get the things and and

00:31:07.490 --> 00:31:09.250
in that so I guess if you're real handy, that's

00:31:09.250 --> 00:31:12.049
cool But it's just it's not for me yet. Yeah,

00:31:12.049 --> 00:31:15.329
I don't know. They'll get there maybe or hybrid

00:31:15.329 --> 00:31:16.930
I don't know why we skipped over hybrids. Nobody

00:31:16.930 --> 00:31:18.809
can explain this to me. I love the hybrids I

00:31:18.809 --> 00:31:21.609
mean, there's a great idea there half gas half

00:31:21.609 --> 00:31:25.549
electric non plug -in. Yeah is is golden, you

00:31:25.549 --> 00:31:28.329
know, they have great range and they're you know

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:31.559
They're actually repairable. Yeah was where guys

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:33.779
had to just get trained on the electrical system

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:37.339
Sure, not a whole car, you know And if the battery

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:39.339
started to go poorly on those you could still

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:41.180
drive it right where if this full electric car

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:43.039
the battery starts to go bad It's done. It's

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:44.539
on the side of the road. You're not going anywhere.

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:48.779
Yeah, you know What happens a while back now?

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:51.019
I would say a decade ago probably at this point

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:54.460
my wife and I bought a VW TDI or we leased it

00:31:55.280 --> 00:31:57.019
TDI, I don't know what that stands for, you probably

00:31:57.019 --> 00:32:00.599
do, but basically, it was, yeah, I think that's

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:04.640
it. So it was diesel gas, and I was like, this

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:06.160
is a... How many times have you fucked that up?

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:10.440
Believe it or not, none. It was very, very close.

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:12.019
There was a lot of like, ooh, I'm gonna take

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:15.759
this nozzle up. But the thing was, I remember

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:17.420
thinking, well, we're gonna pay so much more

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:20.740
for diesel. Man, dude, we drove like six hours

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:24.779
to Delaware. And it took a half a take. Why?

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:28.140
Where are TDIs? What happened? Why are there

00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:30.460
no more TDIs? I don't see TDIs anymore. It feels

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:32.519
like that should have been the next phase of

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:34.920
the future. You don't remember the whole scandal?

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:38.019
No, I don't. It was a whole thing where Volkswagen's

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:40.039
essentially they... Oh, they lied about the mileage,

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:43.119
right? They tuned the computers to make them

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:46.660
pass admissions. Oh. So they had them all set

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:49.200
up so that they would pass admissions, but really

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:51.380
the numbers... They weren't the real numbers.

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:55.019
They had the car telling the computer, you are

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:58.079
passing admissions. But they were not as eco

00:32:58.079 --> 00:33:01.500
-friendly as they said. So there it is. But it's

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:03.859
also, we're in America where every one of those

00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:06.299
TDIs that had to get bought back by a Volkswagen,

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:08.160
I think they put them on containers and ship

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:11.039
them everywhere that uses diesel over gas. Because

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:13.099
they do get better mileage. It's just not something

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:15.279
that. Because we're an eco -friendly country.

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:17.720
Okay, you know as much as we can be right I would

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:20.880
say so you can still get some some classic diesel

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:23.619
Volkswagen. Oh, yeah, some bosses knocking when

00:33:23.619 --> 00:33:26.880
you start it Yeah, yeah, I just felt like that

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:29.420
that concept, you know, even after the scandal

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:32.680
that concept what it was Kind of caught on but

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:35.269
what do I know? Well, that was also the way,

00:33:35.930 --> 00:33:38.450
you know, everybody started making the biofuel

00:33:38.450 --> 00:33:40.769
and the french fry gas and all that stuff. Those

00:33:40.769 --> 00:33:43.730
were exclusively diesel engines. I got to wonder

00:33:43.730 --> 00:33:47.170
if part of, you know, giving people less options.

00:33:47.490 --> 00:33:48.950
I used to work at a restaurant. This dude would

00:33:48.950 --> 00:33:52.529
come in like once every couple of weeks and genuinely

00:33:52.529 --> 00:33:55.450
we would allow him to take the grease from the

00:33:55.450 --> 00:33:58.069
trap. for his car, or his truck. And he'd pull

00:33:58.069 --> 00:34:00.349
away and it reeked like, he just smelled like

00:34:00.349 --> 00:34:03.710
a burger joint. I don't know what the status

00:34:03.710 --> 00:34:05.730
is, but there were legitimate businesses that

00:34:05.730 --> 00:34:07.289
were collection companies. And they had what

00:34:07.289 --> 00:34:09.170
looked like a fuel oil truck that would go to

00:34:09.170 --> 00:34:12.369
all the restaurants to recycle the oil. And the

00:34:12.369 --> 00:34:13.829
restaurants, it's waste. They're more than happy

00:34:13.829 --> 00:34:19.010
to give it to you. But there was a lot of refining

00:34:19.010 --> 00:34:22.420
and all that. And then at one point, See today

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:23.920
where gas is kind of high it might make sense

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:26.500
I think one of the areas it lost out is when

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:28.739
it started getting traction the price of gas

00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:31.039
dipped, right? Yeah, it started stopped really

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:34.320
making sense. Yeah We really are back up. We

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:37.019
are so I feel like slow I feel like it was around

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:39.739
like two dollars and change what they could make

00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:45.900
it for What they could make the bio deep? But

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:48.159
it I don't know it's it's always kind of blown

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:50.670
my mind that that's not more of a thing but I

00:34:50.670 --> 00:34:54.889
think the easy answer to all of it is capitalism.

00:34:55.849 --> 00:34:58.130
This stuff is better for the consumer, but it's

00:34:58.130 --> 00:35:00.269
not going to make the companies enough money.

00:35:00.389 --> 00:35:03.250
That's it, really. A couple of the manufacturers

00:35:03.250 --> 00:35:06.130
essentially have stopped their EV lines. They're

00:35:06.130 --> 00:35:08.530
like, we're not doing it profitable. I want to

00:35:08.530 --> 00:35:10.530
say Honda was one of them that said, we're not

00:35:10.530 --> 00:35:13.349
doing full EVs anymore. That's great. They're

00:35:13.349 --> 00:35:15.650
doing half gas, half electric, or some plug -in.

00:35:16.250 --> 00:35:20.199
But that model. is the way to go is half gas,

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:22.860
half electric. 100%. It's self -charging the

00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:25.059
car. It's essentially running a generator. I

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:26.739
don't think we have the infrastructure to run

00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:29.000
full electric. If everybody in the country had

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:30.340
a full electric car, we'd have no power. We'd

00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:32.639
be sitting here in the dark. I wouldn't even

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:34.300
want to roll the dice with a full electric. The

00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:37.300
reality is having a backup. We'll build up to

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:39.650
that. You know what I mean? But at the same time,

00:35:40.130 --> 00:35:42.329
we've got to progress a little bit more in this

00:35:42.329 --> 00:35:44.730
battery technology. Right. Like, we've got to

00:35:44.730 --> 00:35:48.050
get more bank for our buck. I just bought stock

00:35:48.050 --> 00:35:51.050
in lithium battery mining companies, because

00:35:51.050 --> 00:35:52.670
that is... Well, that's... I mean, you're not

00:35:52.670 --> 00:35:55.190
going to lose out with that, but, you know, we've

00:35:55.190 --> 00:35:57.949
had promises of different things, but we need,

00:35:58.090 --> 00:36:00.829
you know... Some people predict the idea of a

00:36:00.829 --> 00:36:02.590
battery basically the size of your cell phone.

00:36:03.389 --> 00:36:05.769
That your whole car can run on and you pull up

00:36:05.769 --> 00:36:08.090
to a gas station and you basically swap it out

00:36:08.090 --> 00:36:10.110
plug it in and it's just like a Refill and you're

00:36:10.110 --> 00:36:12.789
in you're good to go. That's wild You know if

00:36:12.789 --> 00:36:16.809
we get to some kind of world like that Then hell

00:36:16.809 --> 00:36:18.889
yeah, you know bring on the all -electric right

00:36:18.889 --> 00:36:23.710
sure sure I agree. I agree. That's a hybrid bridge

00:36:23.710 --> 00:36:26.650
seems like the logical. Yeah, you know, it's

00:36:26.650 --> 00:36:28.650
like a hard switch Let's say cut some emissions

00:36:28.650 --> 00:36:31.719
cut some gas but also know that we can make it

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:32.880
where we're going. It's like posting content.

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:35.559
A slow burn. There you go. You gotta build it

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:38.780
up. He brings it full circle. Dan, the Garage

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:42.539
at 3100 in downtown Syracuse, if you need any

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:44.920
sort of vehicle, anything, he is the guy to talk

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:46.639
to. One of the only honest guys, I don't wanna

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:48.800
say the only honest guys, but you - They're rare

00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:50.960
in that business. You get not a lot of honest

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:54.239
guys. Not a bad stigma. or guys that you just,

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:56.820
because of the stigma, you gotta spend some time

00:36:56.820 --> 00:36:58.699
to figure it out. I'm giving you a shortcut,

00:36:58.840 --> 00:37:03.599
this guy's good. Dan, I wanna ask you a couple,

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:06.619
Mike's got some couple rapid fire questions,

00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:08.760
but before we do that, let's just grab your plugs

00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:11.800
and websites, stuff like that. Yeah, absolutely,

00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:16.099
it's thegarageat3100 .com. That's our website,

00:37:16.179 --> 00:37:18.980
you can do booking requests, you can see our

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:21.900
services, specials, all that stuff on that. And

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:25.480
then the dealership side of things is cashcarscny

00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:28.059
.com. You see all our inventory on there. We

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:29.900
can do vehicle finder. If we don't have it, we

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:32.860
can find it for you. And we are also purchasing

00:37:32.860 --> 00:37:34.900
those relics that are sitting in people's driveways

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:37.599
to get them out before winter. Nice. That's great.

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:40.079
Those two things. Like I said, anything automotive.

00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:43.519
And then as well as the rental vehicles, no website

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:45.940
for that. We use Turo for the bookings on that.

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:49.119
But check me out on Turo as well. Cool. That's

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:52.320
great. Cool. Mike, what do you got for our buddy

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:53.780
here? Now listen, we talked about this at the

00:37:53.780 --> 00:37:55.480
beginning of the show that he gave us our most

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:57.380
viral clip. I don't want you to think we're whoring

00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:59.519
you out. I mean, these are actual questions that

00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:03.519
I have. Yeah. And if they do well, they do well.

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:05.920
I just recently, and by recently I mean like

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:09.280
a week ago, I was changing my wiper blades, which

00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:12.340
if you ever want to feel like less of a man,

00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:16.019
change wiper blades. and struggle with them and

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:18.159
have to watch a goddamn YouTube video. I'm laughing

00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:19.280
because I know how this story went. I was like,

00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:20.800
I got this. It's a wiper blade. I can handle

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:23.820
this, dear. I cracked my windshield like an idiot.

00:38:23.820 --> 00:38:27.300
Oh, jeez. Yeah, I... which ironically in the

00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:28.880
YouTube video was like, make sure you put a piece

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:30.059
of cloth so you don't crack your windshield.

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:31.880
I'm like, what idiot's gonna do that? Who would

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:35.219
do that? This guy. You really should disconnect

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:36.940
the negative battery cable before anything you

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:39.280
do. Well, I melted a friend's battery. That's

00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:42.239
a whole other story. Oh, jeez. But I will say,

00:38:42.360 --> 00:38:44.900
shout out to SafeLight, who, that was the most

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:47.579
unbelievable process. So the windshield cracks,

00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:49.840
I call. Not only do they handle the insurance

00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:51.760
claim, but they're like, hey, listen, we can't

00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:53.960
come and do it in your driveway because you have

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:55.619
a sensor on your windshield. We got to replace

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:57.139
the whole thing. And I'm thinking, this is going

00:38:57.139 --> 00:39:00.179
to be a fucking... I took it the next day. It

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:02.940
was done in an hour. So shout out to them. I

00:39:02.940 --> 00:39:05.960
was very surprised. But with that being said,

00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:08.000
the reason I'm doing that is because I'm driving

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:10.460
more. I live in Ithaca, so I drive to Syracuse.

00:39:10.750 --> 00:39:12.969
And so I looked up. It was actually after you

00:39:12.969 --> 00:39:14.670
were on the show. I looked up, when should I

00:39:14.670 --> 00:39:17.110
change oil? Spark plugs. And I noticed it said

00:39:17.110 --> 00:39:20.570
wipers. And I don't remember how often, but I'm

00:39:20.570 --> 00:39:22.809
at about every three months, I'm noticing that

00:39:22.809 --> 00:39:25.289
they're not doing their job. So here's the question,

00:39:25.389 --> 00:39:27.730
Dan, the man. How often should you change windshield

00:39:27.730 --> 00:39:30.710
wipers? Well, it's not how often. It's buy a

00:39:30.710 --> 00:39:32.670
better quality wiper. So spend the extra money,

00:39:32.730 --> 00:39:35.690
get a good quality wiper. A lot of the time,

00:39:35.829 --> 00:39:40.400
they should last at least the summer. There's

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:42.460
ways to clean them with an alcohol pad as well,

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:45.699
if you get a good wiper. If you're buying $5

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:47.719
wipers, you're going to go through them every

00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:49.460
three months, just like if you bought cheap shoes.

00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:54.000
You're just going to wear them down. But a nice

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:57.340
wiper with a good flex in it, with a good quality

00:39:57.340 --> 00:40:00.340
blade. I don't have any brand preference. You

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:03.099
could usually tell by the quality. What do you

00:40:03.099 --> 00:40:07.889
think about the winter blades? Yeah. They have

00:40:07.889 --> 00:40:09.949
a little bit more protection so the ice doesn't

00:40:09.949 --> 00:40:12.289
get in the channels. And you've got these chunk

00:40:12.289 --> 00:40:16.969
wiper blades with ice on them. But a lot of the

00:40:16.969 --> 00:40:19.230
newer stuff has the heating element at where

00:40:19.230 --> 00:40:21.909
the wiper will sit on the cowl near the windshield.

00:40:22.449 --> 00:40:26.030
So you don't really need them. And those flex

00:40:26.030 --> 00:40:28.449
wipers have similar to what a winter wiper would.

00:40:28.909 --> 00:40:30.590
You ever notice the winter wipers are usually

00:40:30.590 --> 00:40:32.929
really puffy? Yeah. And that's just to keep the

00:40:32.929 --> 00:40:35.159
ice from getting in? Gotcha. the blade itself.

00:40:35.300 --> 00:40:37.440
That makes sense. So what is, I probably missed

00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:39.239
it. What's the verdict? How often should you

00:40:39.239 --> 00:40:42.599
change the wipers? You know, winter's coming,

00:40:42.800 --> 00:40:45.480
so change it, you know, next month. Yeah. And

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:47.739
then probably again in the spring. So by season?

00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:50.139
Yeah, usually. OK. Yeah. OK. I mean, if you have

00:40:50.139 --> 00:40:52.199
a really hot summer and the car's baking all

00:40:52.199 --> 00:40:54.039
the time, they're going to melt on the windshield

00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:58.349
at some point. But also, do change them. There's

00:40:58.349 --> 00:41:00.369
nothing that drives me more crazy than being

00:41:00.369 --> 00:41:02.650
in a car. You don't change them. You do not change

00:41:02.650 --> 00:41:05.250
them. I'm done. You come see me, I'm a good wiper.

00:41:05.289 --> 00:41:07.130
Go to a professional. Again, that's very nice

00:41:07.130 --> 00:41:09.769
of you, but I am not gonna roll into your fucking

00:41:09.769 --> 00:41:12.190
garage and be like, I'm here for him to change

00:41:12.190 --> 00:41:14.630
my wipers. Like, I've gotta be able to be...

00:41:14.630 --> 00:41:16.250
Make it a part of another service, you know?

00:41:16.690 --> 00:41:19.710
Just, uh... You know what? Oh, hey, uh... I'm

00:41:19.710 --> 00:41:22.269
not doing that. wiper blade service at the same

00:41:22.269 --> 00:41:25.050
time. It's like, also, Dan, can you come wipe

00:41:25.050 --> 00:41:27.150
me? I have to go to the bathroom. Like, it's

00:41:27.150 --> 00:41:29.730
very, I'm not a manly man, Matt. That's true.

00:41:29.750 --> 00:41:32.449
You know, I try. We know. I know. I mean, listen,

00:41:32.550 --> 00:41:34.369
I wouldn't try to do, I wouldn't go on the stage

00:41:34.369 --> 00:41:36.969
and try to do stand -up, so let me come do your

00:41:36.969 --> 00:41:38.869
wipers. Yeah, I guess. Fair. I should have brought

00:41:38.869 --> 00:41:41.590
a set. You gotta change your stand -up every

00:41:41.590 --> 00:41:43.789
time. How to do it would probably work. I've

00:41:43.789 --> 00:41:46.710
got a great question. Go for it. This is, and

00:41:46.710 --> 00:41:49.940
now this is so subjective, so, but I... When

00:41:49.940 --> 00:41:53.300
I was growing up in the 90s, right, and in high

00:41:53.300 --> 00:41:56.340
school, I was in a rural town, Herkimer, New

00:41:56.340 --> 00:41:59.179
York. I swear to God, there was a turf war going

00:41:59.179 --> 00:42:02.199
on between Chevy kids and Ford kids. And I don't

00:42:02.199 --> 00:42:05.239
know if this still goes on, but I mean, and there

00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:06.880
was always like that one of them ran, what about

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:10.280
Dodge? And they'd be like, shut up. But I don't

00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:12.400
know if it still goes on, but you know, I looked

00:42:12.400 --> 00:42:15.659
it up and of course my computer rebooted on what

00:42:15.659 --> 00:42:18.280
Ford and Chevy are known for. But people get

00:42:18.280 --> 00:42:21.920
really mad Guess the question is Chevy versus

00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:24.880
Ford. What what is Ford great at? What is Chevy

00:42:24.880 --> 00:42:28.039
great at and if you have a winner, who is it?

00:42:28.820 --> 00:42:31.739
That's tough. It's a tough one. I know well because

00:42:31.739 --> 00:42:34.800
I am a GM guy personally I like my Ford. I mean,

00:42:34.820 --> 00:42:37.099
I like my Ford's for like the heavy products,

00:42:37.260 --> 00:42:39.940
right? Okay, like I will show up with my Ford

00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:42.639
f550 Rollback tow truck to pick you up on the

00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:45.199
side of the road, but I'm not driving at home

00:42:45.199 --> 00:42:47.360
Gotcha because somebody might have to come pick

00:42:47.360 --> 00:42:51.420
me up at some But I love my GM products, my Chevys

00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:58.980
and my GMCs. So GMC, Chevy, Cadillac. So you're

00:42:58.980 --> 00:43:01.460
team Chevy. Yeah. But if you're running like

00:43:01.460 --> 00:43:04.380
a tow truck or something, absolutely get a Ford.

00:43:04.699 --> 00:43:06.260
But I've seen too many Fords on the back of a

00:43:06.260 --> 00:43:09.239
Ford tow truck. Yeah. And not so many Chevys.

00:43:09.300 --> 00:43:13.079
What about in the car realm? Like Chevy or mini

00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:16.460
SUV, Chevy, Ford, same thing? Absolutely. Chicken

00:43:16.460 --> 00:43:20.900
Tahoe before I take an expedition any day. That's

00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:22.619
going to cause, right now, the comments are blowing

00:43:22.619 --> 00:43:25.500
up. I missed the 95 Ford Taurus. Dude, I had

00:43:25.500 --> 00:43:28.300
a Ford. Well, that's the other thing. Now, I

00:43:28.300 --> 00:43:32.340
will take a Ford economy sedan before I'll take

00:43:32.340 --> 00:43:34.760
a Chevy economy sedan. Oh, boy. Interesting.

00:43:35.480 --> 00:43:37.260
Because Ford kept making them, and Chevy was

00:43:37.260 --> 00:43:41.320
like, we're only doing trucks and SUVs and stuff

00:43:41.320 --> 00:43:45.369
that is real expensive. Ford, I think this year

00:43:45.369 --> 00:43:50.070
they're ending the Focus. Oh, wow. I have two

00:43:50.070 --> 00:43:52.909
Fiestas in my rental fleet. They're reliable

00:43:52.909 --> 00:43:56.070
cars, but they're cheap. And they show how cheap

00:43:56.070 --> 00:43:58.989
they are. Everything gets a scratch. You can

00:43:58.989 --> 00:44:02.329
breathe on it. And it's a cheap quality car.

00:44:02.510 --> 00:44:05.889
But there's still quality there. Now, the Chevy.

00:44:06.650 --> 00:44:08.550
I think the cruises, all of them were blown up.

00:44:08.670 --> 00:44:10.530
They put turbos in there and they're all just...

00:44:10.530 --> 00:44:13.010
You know, at the repair shop, we see more Chevy

00:44:13.010 --> 00:44:15.570
Cruises than anything. We have a guy that comes

00:44:15.570 --> 00:44:18.750
in after hours and he does, you know, he can

00:44:18.750 --> 00:44:22.150
rebuild the whole Chevy engine with a turbo in

00:44:22.150 --> 00:44:27.170
like, you know, six hours. Calls for a 20. He's

00:44:27.170 --> 00:44:29.429
good at it. You said Chevy over Ford and then

00:44:29.429 --> 00:44:31.369
you just said you saw more Chevys in your shop.

00:44:31.590 --> 00:44:33.670
Different models, see? Different models. Sedans.

00:44:33.809 --> 00:44:37.099
Sedans. Okay. Big Chevy truck guy. All right.

00:44:37.320 --> 00:44:40.599
You know what's funny is, uh, Mike is not exaggerating.

00:44:40.800 --> 00:44:42.340
I didn't go to Herkimer. Yeah, you went to Illion.

00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:44.679
That was, like, two miles away. People in...

00:44:44.679 --> 00:44:47.039
We didn't have this quite this dramatically,

00:44:47.659 --> 00:44:51.210
but Herkimer... Was known for kids having fistfights

00:44:51.210 --> 00:44:53.289
over Ford Chevy in the park really like that

00:44:53.289 --> 00:44:55.409
was a known good. Thank you You're making me

00:44:55.409 --> 00:44:57.650
look like guys were you guys were slightly more

00:44:57.650 --> 00:44:59.889
country than we were a little know what you got

00:44:59.889 --> 00:45:01.449
East Herkimer So that was dude. That's where

00:45:01.449 --> 00:45:03.949
we partied Garth Brooks Alan Jackson in a case

00:45:03.949 --> 00:45:06.150
of old mill bar bottles Oh, and then a Chevy

00:45:06.150 --> 00:45:08.530
or Ford, but yeah, no there were real fight taste

00:45:08.530 --> 00:45:10.730
the warm beer This one's this one's a good one.

00:45:10.730 --> 00:45:15.530
This one's a good one. Okay What country makes

00:45:15.530 --> 00:45:20.469
the overall best cars? I'm gonna get this guy

00:45:20.469 --> 00:45:24.010
killed, I think. Nah. I think I know what he's

00:45:24.010 --> 00:45:25.630
gonna say, and I think it's gonna be the popular

00:45:25.630 --> 00:45:27.530
answer. I think I know what I'm, I think, I'll

00:45:27.530 --> 00:45:33.969
guess. I think you wanna say Japan. I love the

00:45:33.969 --> 00:45:37.650
Japanese cars for the affordability and the reliability.

00:45:38.730 --> 00:45:42.969
I love my GM products because I'm just, I'm a

00:45:42.969 --> 00:45:45.369
fan boy. Yeah. You know, we would've been fighting,

00:45:45.429 --> 00:45:49.909
I was just saying. Yeah. But. Yeah, as far as,

00:45:49.909 --> 00:45:53.130
like, cost, reliability, and it's proven reliability.

00:45:53.269 --> 00:45:55.369
I think Toyota or Honda, they all advertise on

00:45:55.369 --> 00:45:57.590
a regular basis, like, we have more cars still

00:45:57.590 --> 00:45:59.969
on the road from 25 years ago. I mean, right

00:45:59.969 --> 00:46:02.829
now, on the dealership lot, I have an 02 Honda

00:46:02.829 --> 00:46:06.510
Civic. Dude. No rust on it. With 130 ,000 miles

00:46:06.510 --> 00:46:09.199
on it. Think purrs like a kitten. I don't tell

00:46:09.199 --> 00:46:12.780
my son in the other room. I'm tell for me When

00:46:12.780 --> 00:46:16.360
people ask me like we're talking about cars that

00:46:16.360 --> 00:46:18.139
last forever the two that always come up our

00:46:18.139 --> 00:46:21.960
Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla and I have a buddy

00:46:21.960 --> 00:46:26.280
that drove a Honda Civic till it was like 200

00:46:26.280 --> 00:46:30.219
no no no it was like 310 ,000 believe it and

00:46:30.219 --> 00:46:34.329
it was good. You know it was It was fine. But

00:46:34.329 --> 00:46:35.570
we're programming to think we have to get rid

00:46:35.570 --> 00:46:37.849
of them at 100k. Yeah. That's the number, right?

00:46:37.849 --> 00:46:39.510
In your head, you're like, oh, god, I'm getting

00:46:39.510 --> 00:46:41.630
towards 100. What are we going to do? Right.

00:46:41.730 --> 00:46:43.710
You strive a lot more now. But it's maintenance,

00:46:43.789 --> 00:46:46.409
right? That same Honda, if you don't change the

00:46:46.409 --> 00:46:48.570
oil, it's going to struggle. But it'll still

00:46:48.570 --> 00:46:50.349
keep running. It'll run like crap. It'll lose

00:46:50.349 --> 00:46:52.489
its mileage. But it'll still keep running. Yep.

00:46:52.769 --> 00:46:54.929
So you're saying 100k. Because you're so right,

00:46:54.949 --> 00:46:56.849
actually. On the way here, I was looking down.

00:46:56.869 --> 00:46:58.750
And I'm going, oh, man, I'm up to 56 already?

00:46:59.929 --> 00:47:01.869
And I'm thinking, I'm almost at 100. And for

00:47:01.869 --> 00:47:03.789
some reason, that, in my mind, that stick of

00:47:03.789 --> 00:47:05.869
like, once you get to 100, it just turns off

00:47:05.869 --> 00:47:08.329
and never turns on again. You think it could

00:47:08.329 --> 00:47:13.610
go to 200, 300? That Volkswagen of yours, it's

00:47:13.610 --> 00:47:19.710
not any Honda, but it'll do well too. There's

00:47:19.710 --> 00:47:21.630
a courier company in Utica that I don't know

00:47:21.630 --> 00:47:23.550
if they still do, but at the time, they ran nothing

00:47:23.550 --> 00:47:26.119
but a fleet of Volkswagen Golfs. And they had

00:47:26.119 --> 00:47:29.340
on -staff mechanics. So they got very regular

00:47:29.340 --> 00:47:32.340
maintenance. They were all five -speed sticks.

00:47:34.019 --> 00:47:35.860
And with the exception of the occasional person

00:47:35.860 --> 00:47:37.500
who lied about being able to drive stick, it

00:47:37.500 --> 00:47:41.280
would burn up clutches. There was cars that they

00:47:41.280 --> 00:47:44.880
would retire at half a million miles. And it's

00:47:44.880 --> 00:47:46.480
still running, just like, all right, it's probably

00:47:46.480 --> 00:47:49.420
time to let it go. Yeah, yeah. That's wild. It

00:47:49.420 --> 00:47:52.769
was incredible, man. And those little hatchback

00:47:52.769 --> 00:47:54.889
cars, they take back seats out of them. And you

00:47:54.889 --> 00:47:59.469
had nothing but a big cargo area. And ran them

00:47:59.469 --> 00:48:01.789
till they didn't run no more. They put four studded

00:48:01.789 --> 00:48:03.550
snow tires on them in the wintertime that go

00:48:03.550 --> 00:48:08.170
like snowmobiles. And it works. But it all goes

00:48:08.170 --> 00:48:09.989
back to maintenance. Again, the biggest key there

00:48:09.989 --> 00:48:12.670
was that they had an on -site garage, on -site

00:48:12.670 --> 00:48:16.239
mechanics that honestly kept an eye on the vehicles

00:48:16.239 --> 00:48:18.179
on a daily basis, but really did maintenance

00:48:18.179 --> 00:48:19.820
on a very regular basis, so. You know what I

00:48:19.820 --> 00:48:22.599
hate? I hate those fucking people that drive

00:48:22.599 --> 00:48:24.780
those cars that are the size of this table. They

00:48:24.780 --> 00:48:26.519
look like they're driving a little roller skate.

00:48:26.659 --> 00:48:28.260
Yeah. And they're just like a grown man with

00:48:28.260 --> 00:48:32.179
a beard who's like, what are those? Do you work

00:48:32.179 --> 00:48:33.519
on those cars? Have you worked on those? The

00:48:33.519 --> 00:48:35.599
smart cars? I don't even, are they smart cars?

00:48:35.599 --> 00:48:36.199
Yeah, that's what they're called. They don't

00:48:36.199 --> 00:48:38.119
look smart. I mean, it looks very uncomfortable.

00:48:38.380 --> 00:48:41.099
Yeah. It looks uncomfortable, and I would never

00:48:41.099 --> 00:48:41.739
would, but it makes me want to ram them. The

00:48:41.739 --> 00:48:45.050
Steve Urkels car, remember? Yeah. Ion made one

00:48:45.050 --> 00:48:47.409
at 1 .2. It just blows my mind that you would

00:48:47.409 --> 00:48:49.230
drive that around in upstate New York in the

00:48:49.230 --> 00:48:51.389
winter. I couldn't think of a more, like imagine

00:48:51.389 --> 00:48:53.829
driving in a roller ski on a 1. Dan, correct

00:48:53.829 --> 00:48:55.170
me if I'm wrong, but that's the type of thing

00:48:55.170 --> 00:48:57.190
that is very popular in other parts of the world,

00:48:57.409 --> 00:48:59.869
right? Absolutely. Like these Ford and Chevy

00:48:59.869 --> 00:49:00.710
make tiny things. Like a lot of the European

00:49:00.710 --> 00:49:03.849
countries, small. Like the Chevy Spark is huge

00:49:03.849 --> 00:49:06.590
in Europe. Nobody wants the Spark here. My son

00:49:06.590 --> 00:49:08.869
was watching a YouTube video the other week where

00:49:08.869 --> 00:49:11.610
this guy takes... I want to say the country is

00:49:11.610 --> 00:49:14.710
India. You know those very small trucks? The

00:49:14.710 --> 00:49:18.429
very small, like flatbed trucks. Yeah. I have

00:49:18.429 --> 00:49:21.690
one. You do. And they get them so cheap, and

00:49:21.690 --> 00:49:24.630
they have them shipped over to the US, and they

00:49:24.630 --> 00:49:27.530
run like tops. And he gets it for like $2 ,000.

00:49:27.670 --> 00:49:30.389
Dude. It's wild. I'm telling you, Dan, I think

00:49:30.389 --> 00:49:32.329
there's a whole business in those. I have one.

00:49:32.329 --> 00:49:34.389
The coolest. I love it. It gets attention. I

00:49:34.389 --> 00:49:36.719
pull up to a car meet, and people are like, Love

00:49:36.719 --> 00:49:38.280
this thing. I mean, mine's already done. I have

00:49:38.280 --> 00:49:39.840
way too much money into it. I'll never get my

00:49:39.840 --> 00:49:41.920
money back out of it. Typical car guy thing,

00:49:41.980 --> 00:49:45.159
but don't ask my girl how much I have into it.

00:49:45.320 --> 00:49:47.380
There's one on the internet that a guy turned

00:49:47.380 --> 00:49:50.579
into a, yeah. Exactly. It's just the cheapest

00:49:50.579 --> 00:49:52.860
car we got, honey. Cheapest thing. There's a

00:49:52.860 --> 00:49:54.420
guy on the internet that has it all decked out

00:49:54.420 --> 00:49:56.760
as a Milwaukee tool truck, one of those little

00:49:56.760 --> 00:49:59.280
things. And it just is the coolest looking thing

00:49:59.280 --> 00:50:01.280
ever. It's awesome. I don't know. I want them.

00:50:01.280 --> 00:50:03.239
Somebody put a jet engine in the back of the

00:50:03.239 --> 00:50:05.980
bed of one. Oh, shoot. That was pretty interesting.

00:50:06.190 --> 00:50:08.769
So I saw, and one day we'll need to genuinely

00:50:08.769 --> 00:50:10.329
do this. I really would love to get our hands

00:50:10.329 --> 00:50:13.070
on one of those. So there's one guy that I discovered,

00:50:13.469 --> 00:50:15.989
a YouTuber who found one of these. It was like

00:50:15.989 --> 00:50:19.690
$2 ,500 in change, shipped, gets it, pops it

00:50:19.690 --> 00:50:22.710
open. You got a bolt on the mirror. You know,

00:50:22.949 --> 00:50:25.769
it's completely, right? But the dude did a follow

00:50:25.769 --> 00:50:27.630
-up video a year later and he goes, let's see

00:50:27.630 --> 00:50:30.789
how it is. Still running, driving, handy as hell.

00:50:30.849 --> 00:50:33.269
You know, it's as basic as you could possibly

00:50:33.269 --> 00:50:36.559
get. But he's like, man, I... Pretty impressed,

00:50:36.940 --> 00:50:39.980
honestly. Yeah. I would love to do that. Dude,

00:50:41.420 --> 00:50:44.239
if I could get one of those. If I could get a

00:50:44.239 --> 00:50:45.860
stock of those, I'd buy them for everybody. We'd

00:50:45.860 --> 00:50:48.539
all have just a company fleet of $2 ,500 cars.

00:50:48.739 --> 00:50:49.239
I don't know if he's making it in the winter

00:50:49.239 --> 00:50:51.880
in one. No. There. I ain't driving here in that

00:50:51.880 --> 00:50:55.159
fucking thing. If you could pick one, like money's

00:50:55.159 --> 00:50:57.699
no option. Put skis on it. Money is no option.

00:50:58.380 --> 00:51:01.179
What is the most superior car as far as like...

00:51:01.179 --> 00:51:04.670
Great question. Forget money because that's that

00:51:04.670 --> 00:51:06.690
that's always the driving force. I'm just saying

00:51:06.690 --> 00:51:10.590
money's not an option It's safety will last forever.

00:51:11.050 --> 00:51:12.889
You know a parts are for what it what is so not

00:51:12.889 --> 00:51:15.289
necessarily a show car But your best just daily

00:51:15.289 --> 00:51:17.710
driver It's gonna give you the best bang like

00:51:17.710 --> 00:51:20.389
something if you had just the best made or 30

00:51:20.389 --> 00:51:23.929
years there you go. Yeah Toyota Santa minivan

00:51:23.929 --> 00:51:29.070
Really what he busted out mini what because?

00:51:29.710 --> 00:51:31.650
I love it. Versatile, right? If you're telling

00:51:31.650 --> 00:51:33.309
me I can only have one vehicle for 30 years,

00:51:33.530 --> 00:51:36.210
right? Yes. And I need it for everything. I don't

00:51:36.210 --> 00:51:38.670
know if I'm going to have kids in 30 years. This

00:51:38.670 --> 00:51:41.570
is brilliant. So it's like the most perfect vehicle.

00:51:42.610 --> 00:51:45.949
If you were starting a life right now at whatever,

00:51:46.550 --> 00:51:48.489
and you wanted to keep something for 30 years,

00:51:48.510 --> 00:51:51.050
you're going to pay it off in six, and then you

00:51:51.050 --> 00:51:52.949
own it outright for the next 30 years, it can

00:51:52.949 --> 00:51:54.969
be a cargo van. It can be a friend hauler. It

00:51:54.969 --> 00:51:57.050
can be a family hauler. It can be a kid hauler.

00:51:57.190 --> 00:52:00.010
It can be. A Home Depot runner. He's so right.

00:52:00.929 --> 00:52:02.489
My wife made us get a mini - Go ahead. It'll

00:52:02.489 --> 00:52:04.670
run forever. It'll run forever? My wife made

00:52:04.670 --> 00:52:06.869
us get a minivan and I was mortified when we

00:52:06.869 --> 00:52:09.230
first had our first kid. And then I realized

00:52:09.230 --> 00:52:12.610
at the time I had a band. And it doubled as our

00:52:12.610 --> 00:52:16.650
family car and then our band van. And we traveled

00:52:16.650 --> 00:52:19.789
the country in this little minivan. And at that

00:52:19.789 --> 00:52:22.909
point I said I'm done making fun of minivans

00:52:22.909 --> 00:52:25.349
and now you've just solidified it. It's not sexy,

00:52:25.429 --> 00:52:26.739
it's not fun. I can't argue with it. You know

00:52:26.739 --> 00:52:28.840
what I mean? Some of the newer minivans, I mean,

00:52:28.880 --> 00:52:31.780
the newer minivans are not like when we were

00:52:31.780 --> 00:52:34.840
teenagers. I mean, Toyota Sienna, that's probably

00:52:34.840 --> 00:52:37.059
going to run you like 70 grand because it's decked

00:52:37.059 --> 00:52:38.920
out. Yeah. It's your one car for 30 years. Yeah,

00:52:39.019 --> 00:52:40.199
you're keeping it forever. You might as well

00:52:40.199 --> 00:52:43.239
get the most loaded package. Yep. Self -driving,

00:52:43.519 --> 00:52:47.480
you know. If you gave me 30 options on what you

00:52:47.480 --> 00:52:49.679
were going to say, the Toyota Sienna minivan.

00:52:49.699 --> 00:52:51.719
You would have never gotten there. Never. But

00:52:51.719 --> 00:52:54.949
that's awesome. And you and you're saying that

00:52:54.949 --> 00:52:57.530
I'm not practical personally so This is this

00:52:57.530 --> 00:52:59.949
is for opinion. Yeah, I'm not practical. I'm

00:52:59.949 --> 00:53:02.769
still buying $100 ,000 escalate be none of us

00:53:02.769 --> 00:53:07.349
are gonna buy it, but Wow That's great. It's

00:53:07.349 --> 00:53:09.170
awesome. That's why we love you. I think we should

00:53:09.170 --> 00:53:12.030
have make him make him officially our our GNY

00:53:12.030 --> 00:53:14.909
Automobile like I think we've already specialist

00:53:14.909 --> 00:53:16.809
think we've sort of already done that well But

00:53:16.809 --> 00:53:18.469
like he could come on more through we'll bring

00:53:18.469 --> 00:53:20.190
people on they can argue and we'll just sit here

00:53:20.190 --> 00:53:24.329
and watch With like an electric car person. Yeah,

00:53:24.409 --> 00:53:26.150
there you go or a Chevy verse Ford, you know

00:53:26.150 --> 00:53:30.510
Well, actually we get 48 ,000 pounds of torque

00:53:30.510 --> 00:53:33.190
the only thing that bothers me about people that

00:53:33.190 --> 00:53:37.010
People that know cars not you but they're so

00:53:37.010 --> 00:53:39.449
caught they expect that you're supposed to know

00:53:39.449 --> 00:53:41.630
like they they're condescending where I'm like

00:53:41.630 --> 00:53:44.050
Hey, how often should I get my all changed? I

00:53:44.050 --> 00:53:46.710
do it every three thousand like three thousand

00:53:47.389 --> 00:53:49.510
Sorry, that's why I'm asking you. I'm sorry.

00:53:49.510 --> 00:53:51.670
I don't know all these things like they act like

00:53:51.670 --> 00:53:53.650
we're all you know You're born with a penis.

00:53:53.650 --> 00:53:55.690
You're supposed to know everything about cars

00:53:55.690 --> 00:53:57.769
Or trucks or you don't know how to do a brake

00:53:57.769 --> 00:54:02.230
job. I actually You can try it when you mess

00:54:02.230 --> 00:54:05.329
it up I had a buddy teach me the Ford tow truck

00:54:05.329 --> 00:54:07.690
and then we'll fix it for you will always be

00:54:07.690 --> 00:54:10.429
on speed down I I did learn I had a friend that

00:54:10.429 --> 00:54:12.190
taught me how to do an oil change and a brake

00:54:12.190 --> 00:54:15.900
I can change a tire He taught me how to change

00:54:15.900 --> 00:54:18.460
brakes. I will admit, it is a lot simpler than

00:54:18.460 --> 00:54:20.880
I thought when you watch. Yeah. But then to actually

00:54:20.880 --> 00:54:22.719
do it. Oh, 100%. I don't know if I trust this.

00:54:22.739 --> 00:54:24.519
Yeah, they always make it look so easy. All the

00:54:24.519 --> 00:54:26.340
videos are always of a rust -free car, though.

00:54:26.380 --> 00:54:29.420
Yeah, oh, it's... Exactly, when the calipers

00:54:29.420 --> 00:54:32.639
and everything's rusted out. Like it was just

00:54:32.639 --> 00:54:35.340
built yesterday. That's the other thing. I used

00:54:35.340 --> 00:54:36.619
to hear back in the day that when you would get

00:54:36.619 --> 00:54:38.219
your brakes changed, sometimes you would just

00:54:38.219 --> 00:54:40.880
change the pads or the shoes, whatever. And now

00:54:40.880 --> 00:54:44.320
I'm noticing, is it true that... Pretty much

00:54:44.320 --> 00:54:45.539
when you're going to do brakes now, you're going

00:54:45.539 --> 00:54:47.960
to change the rotors and everything now. Unless

00:54:47.960 --> 00:54:50.159
you have a high -performance brake system, usually

00:54:50.159 --> 00:54:53.059
at this point. You used to get the rotors resurfaced.

00:54:53.219 --> 00:54:56.320
Right. It's not cost -effective time -wise. It's

00:54:56.320 --> 00:54:57.960
going to cost the same to just replace the rotors

00:54:57.960 --> 00:55:00.619
now. That's why it's changed? Yeah. That's a

00:55:00.619 --> 00:55:02.920
mix and we're in the Northeast so your breaks

00:55:02.920 --> 00:55:05.659
in you know two years from the rust and this

00:55:05.659 --> 00:55:08.019
you know They're already pitted so you can't

00:55:08.019 --> 00:55:09.980
grind it out That's the other thing you want

00:55:09.980 --> 00:55:12.639
me to change the most important feature in a

00:55:12.639 --> 00:55:14.860
fucking car like cuz if that goes wrong guess

00:55:14.860 --> 00:55:16.960
what that means It's fair all of us are getting

00:55:16.960 --> 00:55:19.920
hurt fair or killed so I yeah No, I don't want

00:55:19.920 --> 00:55:21.780
that responsibility, so I had a wheel fly off

00:55:21.780 --> 00:55:24.780
while driving after doing a brake job one Are

00:55:24.780 --> 00:55:27.059
you serious? Yeah, I didn't didn't torque them

00:55:27.059 --> 00:55:29.340
enough When you're driving down the road and

00:55:29.340 --> 00:55:33.739
your back tire passes you, you know there's a

00:55:33.739 --> 00:55:37.119
problem. Listen, many years ago, a friend of

00:55:37.119 --> 00:55:39.780
mine did brakes on my car before I learned any

00:55:39.780 --> 00:55:42.599
of this stuff. And I remember we got like two

00:55:42.599 --> 00:55:45.119
miles down the road. I pulled over. I go, my

00:55:45.119 --> 00:55:50.340
front end's shaking real bad. He goes, oh. Stay

00:55:50.340 --> 00:55:52.239
right here. I'll be back. He didn't tighten the

00:55:52.239 --> 00:55:54.039
lug nuts all the way. Oh, man. He's trying to

00:55:54.039 --> 00:55:56.690
kill me. That's wild. Could have been rich. Could

00:55:56.690 --> 00:55:58.190
have been very rich. Anyway, we could do this

00:55:58.190 --> 00:56:01.550
all day, which is why we will have Dan back many

00:56:01.550 --> 00:56:03.929
times. Dan, you are our resident automobile specialist.

00:56:04.030 --> 00:56:06.090
Thank you, buddy, for joining us. You are. Love

00:56:06.090 --> 00:56:08.210
it. The Doctor of Auto. Celebrating our hundreds.

00:56:08.449 --> 00:56:10.349
Yes. Sponsored by Ads on the Go. Get Ads on the

00:56:10.349 --> 00:56:12.130
Go. We love you, Zach. You were not our sponsor

00:56:12.130 --> 00:56:13.630
in the beginning, but you are sponsored now.

00:56:13.630 --> 00:56:15.849
Yeah, he's been here. We don't have a full count.

00:56:15.849 --> 00:56:17.250
He's been here for at least half this journey,

00:56:17.449 --> 00:56:20.769
so. I would say so. Big shout out to Zach. Congratulations,

00:56:21.170 --> 00:56:22.809
buddy. Yeah. I wouldn't want to be doing it with

00:56:22.809 --> 00:56:25.750
anyone else, man. Oh, thanks, buddy. I was talking

00:56:25.750 --> 00:56:30.090
to Dan. I know. And with that, it's time to go.

00:56:30.090 --> 00:56:32.889
We'll be back tomorrow. Will we? No, we won't.

00:56:33.090 --> 00:56:34.989
We'll be back next week. Yep. We'll be back next

00:56:34.989 --> 00:56:38.309
week. GNY Sports, my first episode's coming out

00:56:38.309 --> 00:56:41.869
today. I'm very excited. I was very not excited.

00:56:42.010 --> 00:56:44.389
I didn't think I could do it. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:56:44.750 --> 00:56:47.230
No, we already shot it. We already shot it. But

00:56:47.230 --> 00:56:49.230
it's coming out today, and it's something Matt

00:56:49.230 --> 00:56:51.429
wanted me to do. I wasn't sure if I could do

00:56:51.429 --> 00:56:54.300
it. He's been working on it. Let's just say when

00:56:54.300 --> 00:56:56.440
we started this project, Joe Namath was still

00:56:56.440 --> 00:56:59.480
throwing balls. Yeah, I dragged my feet a little

00:56:59.480 --> 00:57:01.039
bit. That was the oldest sports name I could

00:57:01.039 --> 00:57:01.800
think of off the top of my head. That was perfect.

00:57:02.139 --> 00:57:03.559
No, that was a great reference. I'm assuming

00:57:03.559 --> 00:57:06.360
that person is still old. Do you ever see the

00:57:06.360 --> 00:57:08.619
video where he was hammered and hit on the reporter

00:57:08.619 --> 00:57:10.599
on the sideline? I don't even know who he is.

00:57:10.960 --> 00:57:12.780
I genuinely couldn't pick him out of a lineup.

00:57:13.139 --> 00:57:14.980
I just grabbed the name. It's incredible. It's

00:57:14.980 --> 00:57:17.639
absolutely incredible. Oh, dude, you're the guy.

00:57:18.139 --> 00:57:20.900
Regular sports don't... Dan Garcia, I'm a NASCAR

00:57:20.900 --> 00:57:25.099
fan go fast turn left and with that peace out