And welcome to the CNC Auto Show. And if you're looking for information on ways to make your car safer, more dependable, and to last longer, you cut to the right place because we are here for you. I've been looking forward to this show all week because I have a great friend of mine here, my friend Phillip Hawkins, who is without question, the most knowledgeable person that I know, that had that works with used cars, by far.
He has been in the used car. We kind of grew up together. Phillip, how you doing?
Doing good, Aaron. Thanks for having me this morning. I look forward to this as well. Well, it's been kind of exciting for me because we every time Philip and I get together. As far as for anything, we end up talking about cars for a long time. I hate tying Phillip up so long talking, but we just enjoy it. So this will give us an opportunity to talk and be absolutely fine with the length because he's always real busy.
I'm always real busy. But we can't help it. We just love cars and we love talking about cars. And I think talking is both of our talents, Aaron. Yeah. You got a point there.
Put a microphone in front of me, you may have trouble. Well, here's the good thing. Phillip also knows a lot about cars in general. Over the years that if he says that there's a chance that this might be what's wrong with the vehicle or something's there, he's normally right.
Practically every time. So with that, Phillip is here. We're going to talk about purchasing a used car.
That's important. And some of the things that's happening in the used car arena or the industry right now, because there's so many things going on, just like in a lot of other industries. Phillip is the person that knows that and he'll be able to give some insight on what you might be able to expect in the years to come, if it's going to get better, worse, same or whatever.
And so we'll be talking together. Now, as we talk, one of the things that we really love, Phillip's just like me, he loves to answer automotive questions. So now if you got a question about your car truck or SV, you can give us a call. And if you have a question about a used car issue, it might be anything to do with it. To do with a title, to insurance, to picking out the car, whatever you want to name, you give us a call because Phillip can answer those type questions. Yeah, I've got 47 years of practice.
You have been there. Phillip, we normally start off with a tech tip quiz. That sound okay?
Yeah, I'm ready. I enjoy that. All right. And what we normally do, the winner will receive this unbelievable coffee mug. Give that away.
What's that say right there, Phillip, on that coffee mug? Tech Tip Quiz winner. Wow. Yeah, that's huge. You go to your family reunion and everybody's kind of whispering and pointing at you. Yeah, absolutely. They know that you're a Tech Tip Quiz winner.
So you have the opportunity to win that. So here's the question. Jim and Rita had been married over 25 years, and they wanted to take a long road trip. They plan to drive part of Route 66. They plan the five days that they would be gone very carefully and had every stop planned out. And had everything packed and ready to go. They had planned to spend around $2,500. They've been saving for it, and they were ready to roll. Well, when they got back, they added it up and discovered that the trip actually cost them over $25,000.
Why did it cost so much? And if you know the answer to our Tech Tip Quiz, you give us a call. And as we go, I would like to ask Phillip a question. And that's something that we talked a little bit about as we were cranking up here. And that's what do you feel what's happening in the used car market right now?
Well, Aaron, like I say, I've been doing this all my life. And in the last couple of years, since everybody knows about the pandemic, and the chip shortage that's affecting new cars, and that as well, spills over into the used car market. And, frankly, I've never seen prices go up.
In the spring, you'll get a little bump in the summer. People traveling, buying cars, just like your business, typically goes normal seasonal spikes, I'll call them. But this new car shortage, nobody's ever experienced this. Nobody ever in the history of the automobile business that the new cars are so hard to get. And new cars drive used car prices. If there are no new cars to sell, there are no used cars to trade in. And add in the inflation rate, and you know, never seen anything like it, except I have to say this, I thought about this this weekend, this week, excuse me, right here in this very building in 1979, I sold Oldsmobiles brand new.
Oh, wow. And the price of an Oldsmobile Cutlass went up 30% in one year, in one year. But everybody survived. And, you know, things change. That's the one constant. But I'm gonna just take a guess at that year.
Let me is that is that good? All right, I'm gonna say 1980 or 81. You're close. It was 1979. Okay, right in there. Right.
You're right on it. Yep. 1979. The new Oldsmobile Cutlass was 4800 when we started the year. And it was about 63 or 6400 when we ended the year. Yeah. Well, yeah, zero to that.
And that means a 4800 $48,000 car went to 63,000. Wow. And I think at that time, there was a lot of turmoil, the overfueled Iran crisis was going on. You didn't think I'd remember all that.
No, you're smart. You know, it's funny, you live long enough, you go through these wars, you go through 9-11, you go through the banking crisis, the pandemic, and as you go through them, you get maybe not as panic because you know it's gonna pass. It will pass. The gasoline prices. I remember in 1980, 79, 80, right in that same area, there was a fuel thing that gas went to $4 a gallon. 81. The cars were backed up around blocks, trying to just get fuel at any price. Right.
I will be open with you. I've never seen fuel this high. This is a new ground for me. You index it for inflation. Yeah.
It's not as high as it was. Yeah. Wow.
Yeah, that's amazing. Okay. Okay.
And now as time goes on, do you feel like that? Well, I guess that's what you're saying. This will pass. The one key word is market. It is a used car market. And the market always suggests itself.
I worked for a man years ago that told the customer right in front of me, and it really stuck with me, that he didn't make the market, he just had to live by. That's true. There's not much we can do about it, but we can work with it. It will settle down. Yes.
Okay. I'm going to read a Tech Tip quiz again, and that is Jim and Rita had been married over 25 years. They wanted to take a long road trip. They planned to drive part of Route 66. They planned it very carefully, and they had planned to spend $2,500. When they returned, they found out that they had spent well over $25,000.
Why did they end up spending so much more than they expected? So if you need to answer or if you know the answer to that, you give us a call and we will be ready. And we will, um, one of the other things that a question that we have is what, um, what type repairs seem to be the most popular? I mean, what type, uh, what type cars seem to be the most popular cars right now? Well, believe it or not, the pickup truck is still my number one seller. Uh, you know, they're so practical.
They do everything. They haul people, the gas mileage. Yeah, it's a little, little off, but you know, you got to have a truck.
A lot of people do. And, uh, they're more, way more fuel efficient than they were 20 years ago. That's exactly what I was thinking. I remember when, uh, when, uh, when the trucks, it wasn't uncommon to see like eight, nine, 10 miles per gallon, right now, you know, 20. Well, well, Phillip, speaking of that, we, uh, we starting to run a little bit low, so we're going to pull over for just a second or two and, uh, fill up. But when, uh, when we return, Phillip will give his professional opinion on whether you should keep a car, sell it or trade it. That and more when we return with the CNC auto show. Rental stop by O'Reilly auto parts and ask about their free loaner tool program or visit O'Reilly auto.com. The CNC auto shows brought to you by new Hampshire oil undercoating and their salt brine eliminator.
It removes 99% of all salt residue without any toxic chemicals or petroleum solvents. Learn more at NH oil undercoating.com. We are back with you with the CNC auto show. I'm here with Phillip Hawkins. We both love to talk about cars. And what did we talk about during the break? Cars. A car that Phillip had at Barrett Jackson that actually went across the stage. He said he loved it. You were sitting there with the television and the laptop.
I had the television and the laptop, so I wouldn't miss any of it. And it actually was a, if you ever watched the Barrett Jackson auction, it was a featured car that they did a feature on it outside. And I just, my wife says, you're living your dream.
I said, you have no idea what that did for me. And what kind of car was that? It was a 1979 280z with only 60,000 miles.
Original paint, original everything. And as we were talking, I wish I had it back. But, uh, You know, that was, I've had many, many cars and that was one of my favorite. I had a 79 280z. It was a manual five-speed transmission. When I got married, I drove that down to Miami on a honeymoon. I did.
Yeah. It was light blue, dark blue. I love that car.
It was absolutely beautiful. Welcome everybody back to the CNC auto show. And I mentioned I'm here with used car expert, Phillip Hawkins, and we are going over things to do with used cars and we're answering questions on regular cars. We had, uh, one of the things that we, uh, wanted to mention was making the decision on when it's time to keep a car. And as a matter of fact, the producer, Mason Rogers just come in here and said, he had been thinking about selling one of his cars. Should you keep a car, trade a car or sell it? And of course, uh, sometimes people sell their own car, different places. Other times they trade it in.
Uh, what, um, what's your ideas on that fellow? Well, you usually, uh, people are, are asking me, you know, should I keep my car? Should I go ahead and trade it? Uh, when it starts eating more and I'm getting into your pocket here, then maybe a payment would be on a car. Then it's time to think about getting rid of it.
Yeah. Uh, some people have sentimental, uh, attachments to their cars. Uh, some people are just comfortable with the car. I have a lady neighbor who's got a Buick. She loves, she loves the seats.
She loves everything about it. She could go buy a new car, but she's bringing it to you to keep it going and that makes her happy. So, uh, a lot of decisions to be made.
Uh, there's no right or wrong decision. Uh, but typically I tell people when you're paying the mechanic or the, uh, O'Reilly's auto parts more than you would be paying the bank to get a new, and it might be time to think about that. And we tell customers that I had one just, uh, just the other day that needed an air compressor and it was a Jaguar and it was a very expensive job. And they were having some heartache over the, uh, what that would be. And, and I kind of suggested that, you know, you're investing this amount that would go a long way toward another vehicle.
Sometimes you do that. Uh, but it's some, but sometimes people want their existing cars and, and they, they love it. And I always ask that question a lot of times is, is does this car have any sentimental value? Now, if it has sentimental values, all bets are off.
It don't really matter what year model it is, what it does. You, you want to pay what you want to keep that particular car. So that's a different story, but there, there does come a time to where, uh, uh, it's time to move into another car. Now, sometimes it's not a bad thing to keep your existing car and keep it in reasonably well shape. You don't want, you don't have to keep it to where it could drive to California and back or from California to the East coast back. But it would be a, it would be a good thing to be able to keep that other car in reasonably good shape as a backup car and then purchase your other existing car.
I have a lot of customers that do that. They keep the old car in the driveway in case they have to put their current car in the shop for any reason, or maybe a friend or a neighbor needs to borrow a car or one of their grandchildren. It's also a safety thing. People don't think about that.
If you have an extra car, let's just say a single person living alone, uh, and you go on vacation, there's something sitting there. Yup. That is true.
I call them decoys. Wow. Oh, that might be a hint there. Okay. Um, Phillip, we do, we've been doing like we do it all the time. We talk and I've been letting this, uh, these, uh, these callers sit here. So we're going to go to some of the callers and we'll go over to Hugh. Hey, Hugh, welcome to the CNC auto show.
And how can we help you? Uh, yes, I've got a 2012, no, a 2010 Volvo S 80. The dash, uh, board light came on about having checked out. I did the anti-lock brake pump and the system needs replacing. Uh, I could have about 20, it's a 2010, but it has many miles on it, about 29,000. They want about $3,000 to fix this thing. I wonder, is it worth doing that?
And if I just drive it without fixing the anti-lock brake of this pump, how is the safety? Okay. Yeah. That's my question.
So it sounds like you, you, you did mention that the valve assembly, they recommended replacing that. Is that correct? Yeah. The anti-lock that's the main part in the anti-lock brake unit.
Um, yes. Now when the anti-lock brake system goes, uh, has a, uh, an issue, the computer, uh, has different tests and it runs on itself. He'll it'll check the solenoids. It'll check to make sure that the, uh, resistance values are what they should be in different places. And if it sits as a problem, it don't want to take any chance on applying brake pressure or releasing brake pressure when it shouldn't.
So it'll disable the system and then you'll get that little light. It'll say anti-lock brakes, but the good news is that will not affect your regular braking system. Now, do your brakes feel normal right now, as far as if you were driving the vehicle, you put on brakes, uh, you don't, you're not feeling anything out of place. Okay. All right. Now, uh, that, uh, you, you are safe to drive the vehicle.
I mean, without question and on the, uh, on, uh, driving that is the same braking system. Hey, I'm going to be right back. Uh, this is a great question. I'll answer more as soon as we return. We'll be right back with more of the CNC auto show. Oh, Riley auto parts is here to keep your car on the road with our free loaner tool program. Your local store has more than 80 specialty tools available to rent for your next repair.
Refundable deposit required. Ask our professional parts people about the loaner tool program today at your local O'Reilly auto parts store or visit OReilly auto.com. O O O O'Reilly auto parts. We are back with you with the CNC auto show. I'm here with Phillip Hawkins. We're answering automotive questions, having a great time, and we had Hugh on the line and we were going to bring you back.
Hugh. Welcome back to the show. All right. Want to make sure that I had you, I'm going to give the background on what you had just real quickly, a 2010 Volvo S 80 and you, uh, your brakes feel normal anti-lock brake light come on.
And you were told roughly $3,000 to repair it mainly because, and I'm assuming that's the valve assembly, which is a inexpensive part of the brake system. All that sound right? Yes, I think that's right. Okay. All right. What, uh, and your question was, will it be okay to drive? Well, cars went, uh, what year did they do another question? Oh, sure.
I'm ready. Uh, I like to know also for Mr. Hawkins, is it, does it make sense to spend this kind of money $3,000 on a car that's about eight or nine worth about eight or $9,000? Uh, I think so. Yes, sir. How many miles on your car?
Oh, it's hardly any miles, maybe 2,900 or 29,000. Oh yeah. Yeah, absolutely. You definitely, uh, nobody wants to spend $3,000, but, uh, absolutely. You could, you can't even get to replace that car.
You'd spend 30,000 or more for something equal to that. So I hope that makes you feel better. I've got one thing to ask you. This is my redneck, uh, way to check the ABS brakes and you got to have a good heart to do this. So, uh, get on a back road or in a parking lot and test them. A little sandy area works good too.
A little bit sandy. Yeah. You know, get up a little 25, 30 miles an hour, slam on the brakes. But if the light is on high probability, they're not going to activate. But one thing I will say, uh, is along the same lines of what you're saying. I wouldn't just automatically go spend a $3,000 on the vehicle, uh, because sometimes not every time, but sometimes you have some alternatives. For instance, we've had vehicles that come in and they would have an anti-lock brake issue, valve assembly bad, very expensive part. And there have been cases to where we've been able to find some of those parts at other sources, maybe like O'Reilly auto parts, uh, or you are, or there may be other companies that may make an aftermarket part that can be much, much cheaper. And I have had a few occasions, of course, there's always some risk in doing this because you may put it on and it may have a problem. Uh, right away or a problem later on down the road is a used part we have used to use, uh, some, uh, anti-lock brake valve assemblies. Now would never want to use a used anti, uh, brake master cylinder or any other hydraulic component.
But we have, uh, we have had some, we had a good success with the use ones that we got. It's not my favorite option though, uh, because there's risk involved. Uh, but I guess what I'm saying is you may think I want to do that. Okay. Well, the, the 3000 would be not a use when I wouldn't either, uh, on, on my car, but, uh, but again, there's some other, maybe some other options available, but if not, uh, the, if you plan to keep the vehicle just 29,000 miles, just like Phillip mentioned.
Yeah. I lean toward it being, uh, it being, uh, a reasonable price to pay for a vehicle cost of five. Were you talking, if you was to get another vehicle that wouldn't be a, uh, a large number of payments.
So, yeah, I'll tell you what my wife and I are probably not going to keep this. Well, we're probably not going to be driving too much in the net for maybe five or six years, five or six years. We're getting up in age. Hugh, I've heard people say that before.
That's a little older. 20 years later, they don't want out two more cars. So I wouldn't say that, but still, I think it's a good option for your repair. And that sounds like a good vehicle. Uh, 29,000 miles, if you do sell it, give me a call. It makes you feel better.
If you went to trade it in or if you sold, tried to sell it to somebody, they're going to knock off 1,500 to 2,000 in the value because they're going to assume the worst. Yeah. Because of the lights.
So you're not throwing your money away. Okay. Did that answer everything? But anyway, it is, it's safe to drive it. Yes, sir.
Absolutely. We drove them forever without the ABS brakes. I think ABS came along somewhere, what, 80s? In the 80s, yes.
Something like that. And, uh, and before that, they didn't have it. The first time I saw anti-lock brakes, I was working on F4 airplanes and I thought that was so neat. You flipped the switch and it said anti-lock and it would release brake pressure to keep it from skid. No, they called it anti-skid. Right.
But that's where it was. I was going to ask you if you knew where that came from, that technology, but you do. So I can't fool you. I did.
I can't fool Aaron. I changed some of the sisters on them. Yeah, I got it. Hugh, great question.
And that tied it in with both the used car department and the mechanical. That's right. You did us a favor, Hugh. Thank you.
Yes. Hey, we appreciate it. Thank you all. Bye.
Yes, sir. Good luck to you. Have a great day. Good luck. Okay.
The number to call is 800-224-9090. And this might be amazing, but we have a gentleman. His name is Jim and he will be coming on board.
And, Jim, what can we help you with? I'm enjoying riding in the passenger seat today. Oh, man.
Fantastic. Jim, I was hoping that was you. Your wife must not be driving. No, she's always driving. Oh, my goodness.
Always driving. Brave man. Oh, yeah. Yep. All right. Smart man. Yeah, absolutely. Other people drive, I get that.
I'm going to pay for this when I get home, Eric. When you're driving the car, you're riding along and you're kind of focused on the road. You don't get to look around. When somebody else is driving, which don't happen real often with me, it feels so good to be able to look around and say, oh, I didn't know that store was there. I didn't know that was there.
When did that happen? Look at those cows over there on the side of the road. You get to actually see the cows.
In a new perspective. Yeah, you do. Yeah.
That's the place to see the llama running around. Yeah, exactly. All right. Jim, what can we help you with?
Well, can I give you a wrong answer to the technical question? Oh, wait. You know what we need to do, though? I'm going to have to do this. And then I would love to read the question. Let me read the question real quick. Take the sunglasses off, please, because we want to be able to see your expressions as you go.
Okay. Jim and Rita had been married over 25 years and they wanted to take a long road trip. They planned to drive part of Route 66. They planned the five days very carefully, and they had every stop planned and everything packed and ready.
They had planned to spend around $2,500, but when they returned home and added it up, the trip actually cost them over $25,000. And let's see here. There was one more thing that I was going to do there before you jumped on stage. Let's see.
You're on stage. We read the Tech Tip quiz. Oh, let me see. I want to do this. Okay. Jim, we are ready for you.
What is the answer to today's Tech Tip quiz? Well, my wife and I do have a trip planned that's going to take us down Route 66 sometime later this year. And getting ready for that, planning the trip, we noticed there's a lot of really neat things along the way. Some of those things on Route 66 are classic car dealerships. I can see where them planning their trip, they might have thrown the anchor out as they're savoring that ride on Route 66, the parts of it that are not the interstate, which there's still plenty of it. They saw this dealership that some of them are in old hotels. Some of them are just classic car places.
I'm looking at them right now from on the internet. Hey, Jim. They just had to be car and they brought it home. Yeah. Oh, okay. All right.
So you think that they bought another vehicle then? I do. Okay. We're going to be right back and we will announce whether you get the good one or the all button. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. And we're back with you with the CNC auto show. I'm here with used car expert, Phillip Hawkins.
Well, plus expert in a lot of areas of cars, but, uh, uh, kind of the specialty side of it is to use cars and we're answering your automotive questions and all you have to do is dial 800-224-9090. That's on any Saturday morning, 805 to 10 Eastern time. You'd also watch the show live on Facebook. And we have, Jim is on the line and Jim had, uh, he would put them on stage, which I'm afraid I'm gonna need to do again because that one wore off. And the producers and they're laughing about that.
All right. And, uh, Jim, you're back on stage. And the question had to do with the couple that went to, uh, route 66 or five day plan and it had planned to cost them 2,500 ended up being $25,000, $25,000, a lot of money. Um, Jim, and tell us your answer one more time of what you had.
So we'll let the judges make a quick decision. As you mentioned, it was a route 66 tour and there's so many things that are on route 66 that are nostalgic buildings, motels, restaurants, and also there's card places along route 66 in the various States that it traverses. So we figure over here that they were riding down on that route 66 tour that they had planned. And that took them past these car dealerships and they saw something that they just had to have. So they spent over 22,000, maybe $22,000 for a car along with their other 2,500 expense. And that pushed them over 25,000. And they were just real happy about that.
So you're talking about something like maybe a 69 Camaro RS or 69 Chevelle or 66 Mustang convertible and all of those little classic type, beautiful vehicle. Absolutely. Yeah.
And something just caught his eye. Looking at them right now, guys are selling Packers and Ramblers and MGs and super deluxe Ford's, Lincoln's, Nova's. Yeah. All on route 66.
Maybe that's what I can do when I retire. Yeah. So Phillip, it sounds like they left their Honda Accord and just left it there and traded it and bought this other one.
And actually the other one might've been $50,000, but they got some trade in on the Honda and they drove. Yeah. It's all kind of variables here. I think this is a great answer.
I'm pulling for you, Jim. I like it. Now, of course, when they returned home, they found out driving the 69 Camaro every day wasn't quite as practical as the Honda. Yeah. But they enjoyed it. Right.
Practical doesn't count sometimes. Absolutely. Thank you. That'd be kind of like coming back from a trip with a tattoo. You just say, whoa. No, it's not like that at all. No, you can get rid of the car. That's right.
And hang out if you had to. Anyway. You said before they planned their trip, so we presumed wherever they left with, they went to their local place and the car was right. So it did not explode on them. They just saw something they had to have.
Yeah, got it. I like what you'd think. Jim, the judges had one question just before I pushed this button. Not me pushing the button.
I'm sorry. They push a button. Whichever button. I don't know which one it is. It could be the crowd.
It could be the all button. I don't know. But because that's all up to them. I don't do it. All right. Now the question though is I was torn with this a little bit. I said route 66 because I didn't know. I looked at it and you're saying route 66. It is route 66.
It is route 66. So I've been saying it wrong. Jim and I are right.
Okay. I think it depends on where you're from. Now, are they spelled a different way? No, it's all the same spelling.
They spell the same. So it's a tomato, tomato thing? Absolutely. Yes.
Okay. So route. I started to say route 66. I think the route maybe is if you're above the Mason-Dixon and maybe it's route if you're below it. I don't know. I was hoping for either one.
I didn't care. Route or route. Sounds like a good trip to me. Yeah. So Jim, that's route 66 is the correct way you think? I think it is. Yes. Jim's right.
So from now on with me, it's going to be route 66. Right. Because I had an official answer.
There was a TV show or something about that years ago. Oh, really? Yes. Okay. All right. Okay, Jim. Here we go. I may have called it the other one interchangeably, but I think it just sounds right.
Route 66. Well, that's what I'm going to do from now on because I trust your judgment. We're going to look it up when you're off the phone, Jim. Well, you can't look it up.
It's spelled the same way. Okay. Well, maybe they'll have an answer.
We'll Google that question. Okay, Jim. You've got to play some of the songs maybe. See how they say it, play it on the song.
It's the lyrics. Yeah, there you go. Well, yeah, yeah.
We will do that. Yeah. Okay, here we go.
Judges, is it correct? Oh, Jim. Man, I am so sorry.
He busted my bubble. Yeah, yeah. But I do want to tell you thank you very much for helping me. It was a vivid description that you made because I could see this man on the side of kind of like a dirt looking area beside the road with a little gas station looking thing. And he's got this beautiful white 69 Camaro with orange stripes running down the front. There you go. Yeah.
I could picture it, Jim. So thank you. Well, you're welcome. And I have one little note about selling a used car if you want. Sure.
I know, of course, this show plays in a lot of different places. And I'm from the area that you're in, of course, and I'm familiar with your guests today. And I know that people go to folks, including Philip Hawkins, when they have a car to sell, particularly now when the market is so tight and good ones are in demand, they'll go to used car and new car dealers and just eliminate that whole nefarious side of Craigslist and the unknowns and the individuals with crazy ideas and then get a good price for a car, get the check that day and no riffraff. So if you've made the decision to get another car, you plan on that as a possibility to dispose of your old one.
Yes, there's lots of ways to do that. And unfortunately, in the world we live in today, you don't want people coming to your home. You know, I hate to say that. And you don't want to have to sift through your time is valuable. And as you say, Jim, the cars are very hard to find. It's definitely a seller's market.
And I will say also, because I had a note on that, that was one of the things I was going to mention. Buying from a reputable place. Now, I'm not saying there's not a time to buy something on the Internet. I mean, there's times where it depending on what type vehicle. But I'm talking about if you buy in a nice later model vehicle, especially buying from a person or a company that wants to uphold their reputation is kind of huge because they go and spend the extra and spend the extra time locating good vehicles to be able to sell in order to protect their reputation.
Because that's not a reputation is not cheap and you have to do things the right way to make it happen. So I agree with that, Jim. And that's on a lot of vehicles now in different people have different expertise in some areas. Some people might be able to do great picking one out.
But as far as myself, I went through that same thing. Philip in Explorer, we got our car got hit and I didn't have time to look for another one. And the one I found it was close to the pricing that he had gave me was down in Florida. I didn't ever tell you that.
I don't think so. It was down in Florida. And I said by the time I drive to Florida and back, I could be done. I made the mistake of selling Aaron's wife, my wife's car. Yeah. So it cost me double. And we've loved it. Jim, that was a great point.
His wife's happy yours wasn't. I had to go buy another one. Yeah. Yeah. Philip told me then everything's for sale. Yeah.
So he sold it. Yeah. Almost.
Almost. But Jim, great questions. And I am so sorry about Detective Quid, but if you do, if you get an epiphany. Do you have an honorable mention on this show? We do. Jim needs an honorable mention. Jim, we've got a hat for you.
Well, the sun is shining. Always good to have it. It's a great show. It's a great show and it's a great selection of a co-pilot today over there. I enjoy the show very much. Thank you.
And a great color too. Thank you, Jim. Thanks to Mason to keep the wheels on.
Yeah, he does. Appreciate it. All right. Good.
Call two to 800, two to 49, zero nine zero. And we, Oh wow. We're out of time. The time clock is on E and we need to pull over for just a little bit and gas up. I may recluse here with co-host Phillip Hawkins and show producer, Mason Rogers. And then we would all like to say thank you for riding with the CNC auto show. We'll be back in the saddle very shortly.
