September 19, 2024 • 37 mins
The WBZ NightSide Car Guys, Larry Rubenstein and Scott Rubenstein joined us to talk all about cars. Do you have a question about your vehicle? Is your car is making a noise that just doesn’t seem right? Larry and Scott discussed the answers to all of your car questions!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
It's night time with Dan Ray. I'm telling you easy
Boston's video.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
All right, welcome back everybody. I'm delighted to be joined
once again as we have been now for many, many years,
two of my favorite guests, Larry and Scott Rubinstein. They
are car experts. There's no car that you can mention
that they do not have an opinion on. So Larry,
(00:27):
welcome back. How are you tonight?
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Thank you? Dan, I'm fine, getting better every day, loving
life man Frian, loving life.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Yeah. And Scott, I know that you're still involved in
car racing. Tell us about that.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
I well, you know, it's been a slow year for
me this year. I haven't unfortunately, haven't made it to
the track this year. I did run a race in
the fall last year, but hopefully plus season's over we'll
get one more in.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
So between the two of you, how many years, and
I'm sure you I'm sure it's significant. How many years
have each of you been involved with audibobiles?
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Wow? Myself from helping my father when he was working
on cars, I'd say I've been in about sixty five
years and Scott started when he was about five years old.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
So the first go ahead, Scott.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
Now I say, I think the very first thing I
did was help Dad to rebuild a carburetor of my
mom's sixty I don't think it was the sixty nine
Fury Dad, it was at the Cutlass.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
I think it was years the sixty nine Fury three with
the three eighteen with a two barrel carter carburetor.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
Oh yeah, yeah, and that was it.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Five. And then it's uh, other than well, even when
I was in the military, I did it was. I
was a lightwelled diesel mechanic in the in the military, Harry. So, yeah,
it's kind of been my whole life.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
So we're talking about probably combined over one hundred years
of experienced automobiles. Okay, and it's been a while since
you've been here. But let's before we get to phone
calls and all of that, let's just talk about a
little couple of tips as to what people should be
doing in advance of the driving season. One of the
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things that I did last year as a present to
all the members of my family, I got those I
don't know what you call them. You can blow up
your tires with these machines. They're not all that expensive,
but they're really great to have when you when you're
out on the road at night or even during the
day and you notice that one of your tires is
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low as opposed to running it on the rim, you
can kind of you know, obviously if you have a blowout,
it's not going to help you. But this, this, this,
this you want? But what are these? They're like you know,
they're like power guns that they're basically blow up you
tis what's the term of art for those?
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Well, actually Scott bought some for me and several of
his family members for Christmas of last year. And it's
just a small air compressor and some of them run
off a lithium battery and there's some you have to
plug into your power source at the car itself and
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the handy to have. Today's world, truth be told, flat
tires are not that much of a thing today as
they were twenty years ago, thirty years ago. The tires
are so good now. Don't get me wrong, it's still
great to have it. It's like having a spare tire
on your car. Now, I'll go twenty years having a
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car and never use my spare But it's like insurance
that has to be there, and you hope you never
need it.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Yeah, I did the same thing. I decided that you
run out of ideas at the holidays. And I just
thought that last year, and they were about sixty five
bucks or something. But it's just a peace of mind
that you get. What else would you be telling people
to do. Maybe maybe that's not the greatest idea, But
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what do you have to do to make sure that
as we move through the fall and into the winter
driving season? What are we looking at no matter what,
whether you got a new car or a car that's
ten or fifteen years old, what do.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
You got to do well before we get into the dietems?
And I started to make a little list because I
kind of knew you were going to ask me this.
You were talking about gifts you can give people for
their car. And recently I was at a store called
Harbor Freight. They're all over the state, Okay, and they
have this lantern like device that's about the size of
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a can of beer and you just pull it open
and it shines a bright light and it is a
landing off sorts, So when you have a breakdown, you
can put this on the road to alert other drivers.
It's so well seen versus a flashing red light in
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the back of your car. Sometimes people are just so
used to seeing it. But this bright white light and
we picked them up at that store. Then there are
five dollars each and you would not believe the amount
of light these things goes. So if you want to
get a stocking stuff or a gift, any form of a
battery operated light being flashing or a nice bright white light,
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that's a great gift idea. But you talked about you
asked me about what we do for winter ready, and
the five things that I was thinking about today is
you really check your tie tread and check your tire pressure.
Your tire tread is like your parachute. If you could
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have the best breaks in the world, but if you
don't have gripping tread on your tires, forget about it.
You're just gonna gonna slide. And if they're down that low,
you could consider using a snow tire the it front
or rear wheel drive. Some people put forced snow tires
on their car are a really good all season tire.
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Next thing I would do is change the oil and
anti freeze if it's even close to being do And
the reason why I say that if you're close to
being do you go into your regular service station hopefully
they are a Triple A approved or one of the
Naparado Kakia centers. Some station or service repair facility has
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credentials and while they're doing the oil change in the
anti freeze, check our replace. FYI, there's no such thing
as permanent anti freeze. I don't care what the book says.
You ask them to inspect your battery, your belts, and
your hoses, and you ask them further, could you check
all of my lenses my light and wipe of blades
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are imperative and inclement weather, poor wipe of blades can
get you injured or injure somebody else. They don't cost
a lot, and it's like when they're bad, it's like
running around with fogged up eyeglasses on. You're going to
hit something.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Sure, all great suggest bets, and.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
That is my feelings on it. Scott, did you want
to add to that?
Speaker 4 (07:41):
What more can I add to that? You've got such
a complete list. I'll tell you, still, Pops, after all
these years, you're still sober paid and always do exactly
the right things that we need to be carried with us.
The only thing I maybe want to add to it,
especially you know, with the cold season coming up.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
And I do it regularly.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
Always you keep a blanket in the car. You never
know when you know, possibly a bad storm and god
forbid you do end up with a flat tire equal
becomes undrivable and you're stuck on the side of the road.
You know, you never know when you're gonna need it
when again needs to stay warm. So that's always another
great stock and stuff. But you can throw in the
vehicle in something that'd be great to carry with you
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on a daily basis.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
All great, All great.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
You know, when I get to start a one ball
quick one, don't forget to take your snowbrushes and long
snow rakes out of your sheds in garages and put
them me and you put them back in your cars,
because the snow will be here before you know it.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
So yeah, and even if it never shows, uh, if
it never snows, I should say, which would be great
for all of us. It's good. It's good to be prepared. Nonetheless,
all right, gentlemen, gonna take a little break. My guest
Larry Scott Rubinstein, the WBZ car guys. Any question you
have perhaps about a car you're looking to buy, uh,
maybe a car that you're looking to sell.
Speaker 5 (08:59):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Feel free join the conversation. If you've had a problem
with your car. Larry Scott are always willing to talk
with you. I'd like to get as many of you
in as possible. Let's light them up six one, seven, two, five,
four ten thirty six one seven, nine, three, one ten thirty.
I look at tonight's program as one that really gives
you an opportunity to get some free automotive advice and
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from two experts who have been doing this for a
long time, long long time, but many years with WBZ
as well. That's why they're called the WBZ Car Guys.
Be right back on Nightside. Feel free, don't be shy.
Coming back right.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
After this now back to Dan Ray live from the
Window World nights Side Studios on WBZ News Radio.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
Gentlemen, Larryan, Scott Rubinstein, the WBZ car Guys. I like
to call them the Knightside Car Guys. But they've been
on WBZ now for between Jordan Rich and myself, how
many other programs have you done here in BZ? Have
you been a guest on Morgan Show? I assume as well,
I mean you've you've made the rounds here right.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
Yes, we've been Morgan too. You know interesting fact today's
smartphones they tell you everything that you did, even if
you don't know that you did it. We were on
the show exactly six years ago in studio exactly six
years ago today.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
That would have been twenty eighteen. That would have been, right,
that would have been Is that the last time you
were in studio?
Speaker 3 (10:29):
That's I would expect, uh, thinking when we got COVID,
I would expect we were probably in another time that.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
I because we generally get you in a couple of
times a year, at least maybe sometimes three times a year. Well,
let's get it started. We get these phone lines starting
and go. So we're going to go. First off to
Doris and Linfield. Doris, thanks for getting us going tonight.
You're first up. You're with Larry and Scott Rubinstein the
WBC car guys. What's your question abound your comments?
Speaker 6 (11:01):
My question is hi, can you hear me?
Speaker 3 (11:05):
Ken?
Speaker 7 (11:06):
Thank you? Thank you.
Speaker 6 (11:09):
I'm looking to buy a new car and I'm trying
to compare the Mercedes GLC to the Porsche Makon.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
You're going high end doors.
Speaker 6 (11:21):
Well, I have to be honest. I have the Mercedes GLC.
It's a twenty sixteen, and I wanted your opinion on,
you know, whether I should switch over to the Porsche.
What holds its value better?
Speaker 3 (11:37):
What what model? Porsta? The Macon, Oh, the Macon.
Speaker 4 (11:44):
Okay, I mean you've been in the Mercedes for eight
years now. I mean Mercedes is kind of you know,
they're in their own glass and you know, as Standard
pointed out that they're high in both high end vehicles.
Have what havn't you liked about the Mercedes?
Speaker 6 (12:04):
Well, I like the Mercedes. I just at this point,
you know, wanted to make a change. We always wanted, right,
I mean, my husband always wanted a Porsche. So I
just thought, you know, maybe I would switch at this time.
And right now I have a seven thousand dollars repair
bill that I'm looking at, you know, for the front struts,
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the wheelbearings, and I have to make a decision here.
Am I going to invest the money into the you know,
my Mercedes, or.
Speaker 4 (12:34):
Am I going to go with the Porsche?
Speaker 3 (12:36):
So right, I.
Speaker 4 (12:38):
Mean, take can is beautiful, it is a sharp looking car.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
I want to know how miles she has in the car.
How many miles do you have a car?
Speaker 6 (12:49):
I have one hundred and fifty two thousand.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Okay, that's going to be a factor in terms of
whether you're going to plow seven thousand dollars into it.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
Go ahead, gentlemen, exactly yep.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
I personally say, if you can afford to make the move,
you know, by all means, certainly do it. The difference
between Porsche and you know, Mercedes not a ton. I
think Mercedes Gota has a little bit more of the
luxury and creature comforts, uh, and Porsche's have more of
a style to them. I don't think you can go
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wrong with either one of you test driven both the
new models.
Speaker 6 (13:28):
I'm actually in a loner for the Mercedes right now,
and I'm going for the Porsche tomorrow.
Speaker 7 (13:32):
So, but you happen to be honest.
Speaker 6 (13:34):
What do you make of the Whitebot?
Speaker 4 (13:38):
What do you think of the GLCs off? The new
GLC so far?
Speaker 7 (13:42):
I like it? Yeah, I like it?
Speaker 6 (13:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (13:45):
Okay, So I think really, I don't think you can
go wrong with either one. Both high end cars, very
nice cars. Like I said, my opinion, I think you'll
get more style from the Porsche, but I don't think
you can beat the comfort level that you getting the Mercedes.
I don't think you're going to come down to reference.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
I got a question, kay, give me, just don't don't
embarrass my guest here. But these are not thirty thousand
dollars cars. What sort of a price range? Are these
two cars? Pretty close in terms of price? Don't anyone
speak first? Go ahead?
Speaker 3 (14:23):
Oh, you know you're waiting for the customer.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
No, what are we talking about?
Speaker 5 (14:30):
What?
Speaker 2 (14:31):
How much of price differential is that between these two cars?
Speaker 3 (14:37):
Okay?
Speaker 6 (14:38):
What I what I found is is not much of
a price difference. Okay, the portion might be, you know,
maybe five thousand more. But my question is which one
will hold its value you know when I go to
trade in or sell it.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
Great question, gentlemen.
Speaker 3 (14:57):
I think that the Port is going to hold its
value more because it is rarer than the Mercedes Benz.
But you also have to how many miles did you
want to keep this new car that you're going to get.
Speaker 6 (15:09):
Well, I'm not going to go to one fifty two.
You're doing a lot of driving right now, but probably
in a couple of years that driving is going to behalf.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
You need to realize risk dollars, and while you were talking,
I was just checking it so I can be accurate
in what I say. The cost of maintaining a Porsche
is significantly higher than a Mercedes, and you.
Speaker 7 (15:34):
Have to be prepared with that.
Speaker 6 (15:36):
I wanted to know anything.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
That moves, anything that has a computer that has moving
posts in it, it's going to wear out, it's going
to break. If you're upset about seven thousand dollars to
repair a beautiful Mercedes, you're going to be very upset
when you find out what the Porsche costs to repair.
It's really a quaranty vehicle.
Speaker 6 (15:57):
I'm looking at the warranties that might carry me through
the life of you know, the Porsche. But right now
I don't know if I want to put the seven
thousand dollars into a car that has one hundred and
fifty two thousand.
Speaker 3 (16:14):
Have you seen what? Have you asked what the Mercedes
dealer will give you in plade on it?
Speaker 7 (16:21):
We're going to get there tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (16:23):
Yeah, okay, okay, Doors, I want to do this to you, ye,
go ahead, go ahead ahead.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
I want to look at what the trade value is
over at the Porch dealership, which I think there's one
on one fourteen and at the Mercedes dealer, which is
one right out Linfield where you are, and you can
wave them out. But just understand what I'm saying. Listen,
clearly it's going to cost you a lot more to
maintain the porch. Read that warranty over very carefully. They're
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raidy by lawyers. I have been through it before. I
know what you're going through, and I hate to.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
Do this to you. Doris. You're a great call. You're
a great call. Best of luck. I don't think you
I don't think you'll make a mistake either way. But
you're you gotta lot. You're You're probably going to be
a highest end caller tonight. I don't think anyone's gonna
top you unless they're going to ask for the price
of an airplane.
Speaker 3 (17:19):
Thanks Doris.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
All right, good night. We'll take a quick break here.
Uh no, we started. Hi, guys, this is good.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
We have down from here.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
Yeah, we can look at it like that six months now.
The only one else who has is in more shape
in that regardless the Patriots at this point. By the way,
six seven five, four ten thirty, six seven, nine, ten
thirty I lean his next I got John and Bill.
I got a little bit of room for everybody. If
you want to dial either or both of those numbers
will get you in back on Night's Side after the
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News at the bottom of the hour, Here.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
On Night Side with Dan Ray on w Boston's news Radio.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
All right, bull lines, let's keep rolling here, gentlemen, as
we turn the corner here on the first hour, I
hope that Larry and Scott will be able to stay
with us for a couple of hours. Sole we go
to Eileen. Eileen is not going to be dealing with
a Porsche or Mercedes. I don't think Hi, Eileen, how
are you?
Speaker 3 (18:26):
Hi?
Speaker 8 (18:27):
Well, I'm fine. I have a Toyota Prius, but I
and I have a question about that. But the thing
that I'm calling about is I saw on TV the
other day something about electric cars because there's so much
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heavier than normal cars that when they crash into a
guard rail, the guardrail can't take the weight or the
impact and the the car turns over on its roof.
And I that's worrisome to me. So then I looked
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up the Toyota Prius and it's pretty heavy. Also, it's
heavier than most cars. So I'm I'm a little I'm
just a little worried about.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
Let's see what they have to say, Eileen. So you
have a Toyota Prius. Gentlemen, I would hope that Eileen
would never be in any sort of an accident. Accident obviously,
but she's concerned about if she did happen to hit
a guardrail, how much of a greater danger is that
compared to a regular car.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
So then I did tune in to today's pregame show
and I saw that Eileen actually, as mentioned in the comments,
that she was going to check on it. So it
gave me a good opportunity to do some research, and
I could paid three similar size cars. The Preus, depending
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upon the year of the A Prius weighs anywhere from
twenty five hundred to thirty six hundred pounds, depends on
the year. The Honda Civic is about six hundred pounds lighter,
and the Corolla is only a few hundred pounds lighter
what you saw on TV. I am not buying it.
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I think that I don't know what the reason they
would say something like that is. I mean, if you
hit the god reel with any car, SUV, motorcycle, if
you hit it at the correct angle, the vehicle's going
to flip and roll. What was the premise of the
whole commercial, if you don't mind me asking.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Was it a commercial or a news story?
Speaker 6 (20:53):
I leen, I think it was a news story.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
Okay, So what is the premise that that electric vehicle
cars were more susceptible to flipping over?
Speaker 8 (21:04):
Yeah, their weight, because they're heavier and the guardrails aren't
strong enough to bounce them back on the road.
Speaker 3 (21:18):
Za Koya weighs about a ton more than yours than
your car. And I have seen many pictures and I
have investigated a few accidents with the guardrails held up
just fine after being impacted by fifteen hundred pickup trucks,
twenty five hundred pickup trucks, smaller cars, bigger cars. It
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really depends upon the angle. Now, the center of gravity
is going to be different because of the battery on
the bottom. Now, if they want to talk about that,
that's something different, okay, whether it be a top heavy
car or a bottom heavy car. But as far as
the weight of the vehicle goes, it's not really that
much of a bloated car that it is significant in
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the turning.
Speaker 2 (22:05):
Over, Eileen, I think you're over worried. You know, drive
obviously don't speed. I'm sure Scott wants to say something
here as well.
Speaker 3 (22:15):
Scott, No, I mean I wouldn't necessarily.
Speaker 4 (22:18):
I feel like the phrase is kind of be an
unfairly targeted here. I think because all evs are a
heavier vehicle in general, the god rails are not made
to handle the weight of those vehicles and what weighs
so much on those of the batteries. Uh, they they
are super heavy, and between that and all the drive
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train components of the regenda breaking system, they are heavy vehicles.
So I think it's more of maybe we need to
rethink the guardrail system that we have versus you know
that the vehicle is an unsafe vehicle.
Speaker 5 (22:58):
I don't.
Speaker 4 (22:59):
I don't want you to get the misconception that the
Prius is a more dangerous vehicle because of its weight.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
All right, I personally I'm not a big EV.
Speaker 4 (23:10):
Guy myself, but I don't I wouldn't want you in
nessitely think it's just the priest problem. All ev b's
weigh a lot, all right.
Speaker 7 (23:21):
I hope that.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
I know you love the ps the Prius, and hopefully
that settles your mind a little bit.
Speaker 8 (23:27):
Okay, Okay, thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
All right, Thanks, you're very welcome.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
Next up to New Hampshire. John in New Hampshire, John,
You're next on night Side with the WBZ car guys
Larry Scott Rubinstein right ahead.
Speaker 7 (23:39):
John, Hello, Hello, Dan and Larry. It's Scart. Hey. I
got a No. Seven Honda Cord I've got for years. Okay,
I thought it's only a couple of years old. But
it's good one hundred and thirty five thousand or beautiful car.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
Quiet.
Speaker 7 (23:54):
It's always been quiet. It's the last six months or
so I hear a rhythmic come when I'm doing about
five or forty miles an hour. That's when you really
hear it. You can tell, you can, you know you
can hear. It's always been a very quiet clutter. But
I just want to get your idea, which is thanks
wrong with it?
Speaker 2 (24:12):
What type of noise I miss? John? What type of
noise is a hum? A hum? Okay, you know.
Speaker 7 (24:21):
You can, you can tell exactly. I've never heard it
for years when I was driving, it's always been a
very quiet, sar. But the first thing I think about
is a wheel bearing is something you're tires, but I
just want to get their reading.
Speaker 4 (24:31):
Well, I actually was leaning towards the same thing. So
I'm going to guess you say it starts at thirty five,
it continues as you can increase in speed. I'm assuming.
Speaker 7 (24:43):
Yeah, basically goes up. But I mean at thirty five
it's a very quite okay, you know you find get
that because you're going first.
Speaker 4 (24:52):
Do you find that if you turn the wheels slightly
to the left or the right, that it changes the
hum changes at all?
Speaker 6 (24:59):
No?
Speaker 7 (25:00):
I could, I think I recall that that I forgot
about that. I could give that a shot. And what
if it does, what does that mean that wheel bearing?
Speaker 4 (25:10):
Well, no, even if it doesn't change, it could still
be a bad bearing, but it could most likely to
be a rare wheel bearing that could be noisy. But
if you notice that if you turn the wheel slightly
to the left, you're now putting more of a load
on the right side. If the noise increases, those things
the same, and turning to the left it would be
the right side and vice versa.
Speaker 3 (25:32):
Okay, but coming from the back from the from the
back towards you.
Speaker 4 (25:41):
Have wheel bearings out back to so there's a very
good chance that it could be coming.
Speaker 3 (25:45):
From a real whale bearing.
Speaker 4 (25:47):
It should be able to be somewhat easily diagnosed. Put
it up on a lift, have the technician spin off.
Unless it than something you got to tackle yourself. You
want to spin in each individual wheel and you should
be able to feel difference if you grab one of
the suspension components while the wheel is spinning, you'll feel
like a slight vibration. You'll feel rougher on one side
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versus the other.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
All right, I hope that helps John get checked out
for sure.
Speaker 7 (26:15):
Oh yeah, I'll tell you what. By the way, why
don't you guys call that lady back with the porst
problem told her by a Toyota canbry.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
I think that might be an exercise of futility and
we don't have a number anyway. Thanks John, Yeah, I know,
I'm just kidding. I know, I know, I know, I'm
getting you back. Problem. All right, let's get one more
in here before the break. Going to go to Bill
in Easton, the town of Easton, Massachusetts. Built next on
nice side with Larry and Scott Rubenstein. Grutead Bill.
Speaker 5 (26:43):
Okay, I feel I have a duty as a consumer
to alert all of your calls how to stretch that dollars,
because let's face it, the car is not an investment.
It's a negative cash flow, and.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
I think it's a necessity. It might not be an investment,
but for most people it's a necessity, particularly if they
can't take MBTA to work. Go ahead, go.
Speaker 5 (27:04):
Ahead, Okay, so wipe the blades are five dollars their
ocean state job lot, I don't work twenty of these companies.
Tires are cheapest at PEP Voice you get a demand
of Chinese ones, and the insurance is cheapest through Geico
by far.
Speaker 3 (27:20):
Really, Oh yes, oh.
Speaker 2 (27:23):
Yes, this is good gentlemen.
Speaker 4 (27:25):
With with that being said, With that being said, and
I know I told Dad I really want him to
take this call, but I just want to remind you
get what you pay for if you buy Chinese time
let me finish, please, If you buy cheap Chinese tires,
they're going to last like cheap Chinese tires. If you
buy five dollars wiper blades, they're going to last and
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give you the protection of five dollars wiper blades. As
far as the insurance goes, I have heard very good
things about Geico that the pricing is good. That's just
my opinion. As far as that, Larry, you can't out
of comment on that.
Speaker 3 (28:03):
You echoed what I was going to say. When I
hear cheap tires, I get the chills because your tires
are your lifeline between stopping and going. As I previously
stated at the beginning of tonight's show, you can have
the best breaks in the world, but if your tires
don't griper, if your tires have weak side walls, you're
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gonna hurt yourself or somebody else. When I buy tires.
That's one thing I will not cheap out on is tires.
When we had our business for close to forty years,
I would not sell cheap tires. If you want cheap tires,
I would tell the person you can go pep boys,
you can go here or there. I'm not going to
be responsible or be a party to somebody getting injured
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because they cheaped out on what is one of the
most important features tires, spearing breaks on your vehicle. I
don't care how dust that ja cargo's you need to,
I'll be able to stop and control your car, and
I feel very strongly about that.
Speaker 5 (29:05):
That's fine. You have an opinion. But thank God for
this caller myself, because I have no axe to grind.
I got over three hundred thousand miles out of my
last car, putting eighty seven octane and never synthetic oil.
So we'll kind of car John, Oh, Bill, Bill was
(29:25):
a hard o for Civic SI, great cord.
Speaker 4 (29:29):
They don't need synthetic model. Yeah, as long as your
regular maintenance, they certainly don't require synthetic oil, and and
and good viewer.
Speaker 3 (29:37):
That's that.
Speaker 4 (29:38):
That's awesome to hear that. We love vehicles that last
long time.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
All right, Bill, Api.
Speaker 5 (29:43):
Yeah, I switched to Toyota this time from Honda because
they've got a Knickel run. Yeah, there's one brand new
car on the twenty grand now Mitsubishi Mirage made in Thailand.
Three so on this four log nuts. Okay, Bill, appreciate you.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
I got a break because I got some commercial spots
coming in. Thank you very much. Appreciate you taking the time.
All Right, you have a great one. We'll take a break.
We got we're coming back. We got Jay and uh,
Alicia and Wayne and Sheldon and I only got room
at six one, seven, ten thirty. That's the one line
that's open. I don't want you to waste time dialing
(30:20):
or wrong up six thirty back with the w busy
car boys, the car dies, I should say, Larry and
Scott Rubinstein, they're the best. Coming back on night Side.
Speaker 1 (30:31):
Now back to Dan Ray Mine from the Window World
night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio.
Speaker 2 (30:38):
All right, let's keep rolling here. We were going to
go next to Oh my goodness, the call we were
going to take has just dropped off a second ago.
That's too bad, so we will go directly.
Speaker 3 (30:49):
Yeah, before you bring that next call up. Yeah, So
the reasons are pretty correct. Information out there there there
is not one car that's under twenty thousand dollars brand new.
There's actually five cars, okay. The first one is a
nis Don Versa, which is sixteen thousand, three hundred and ninety.
The mister Bishi Mirage is sixteen thousand, the twenty twenty
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four hund Venue is nineteen nine, the brand new Kia
Forte is nineteen nine, and the Kia Soul is twenty thousand,
one hundred and ninety. So we do have a choice.
The least expensive car you can buy brand new out
of the dealership is a Nissan Versa for sixteen thousand,
three hundred and ninety dollars.
Speaker 2 (31:34):
How about that, boy, that's good information. You guys are
the best. We lost Jay and Plymouth, Jay and Plymouth.
If you call back, I'll get you to the head
of the line. In the meantime, I'm going to go
to Alisha in Westwood. Hi, Alisha, how are you tonight?
Speaker 1 (31:47):
I'm good?
Speaker 7 (31:48):
How are you?
Speaker 2 (31:49):
We're doing great. You're on with Larry and Scott Rubinstein,
the WBC car guys. Go right ahead. What's your question
of comment?
Speaker 3 (31:56):
Okay?
Speaker 5 (31:56):
My question is I drive a Mercedes the three hundred
and I need to replace one tire. But is it
better retire?
Speaker 4 (32:05):
Is it better to replace both tires or just.
Speaker 2 (32:07):
The one tires in the rear?
Speaker 3 (32:10):
Replace them in pairs. You'll get better traction and better
handling Alicia, Okay, and less unless.
Speaker 4 (32:20):
Yeah, unless it's an all wheel drive. And then if
it's an all wheel drive, is all.
Speaker 3 (32:25):
Wheel to keep them with? Then with that being said,
you need.
Speaker 4 (32:29):
To keep them with intent to twenty You need to
keep them with inten to twenty percent of them. Every
manufacturer is a little different, but you need to keep
them relatively close to the front ties as well. How
many miles do you have on the other three tires.
Speaker 3 (32:42):
That are on the vehicle?
Speaker 4 (32:46):
Thirty two thousands? You have thirty two thousand miles. I'm
actually going to recommend, and I would almost bank that
any dealership in most tire places will back.
Speaker 3 (32:58):
Up what I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (33:00):
I'll be gonna recommend you to replace all four as
a match set, because when you don't have matching tires
on an all wheel drive vehicle, you can actually do
serious damage to the drive train components. Okay, Okay, So.
Speaker 3 (33:16):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (33:16):
I don't know if you're planning on going to a
dealers yet or repair facility, a tire shop, but don't
be surprised if they end up suggesting that you end
up replacing all four and most likely I would probably
back them up simply because it's an all wheel drive vehicle.
Speaker 5 (33:32):
Okay, all right, thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (33:36):
Here, You're welcome.
Speaker 2 (33:37):
Good good, good question and great answers. Next up. Okay,
we're going to get to Wayne and Brought and Wayne
next on Nightsiger.
Speaker 9 (33:44):
Right ahead, Good evening, gentlemen. Thank you for your time.
I'm sure we're all.
Speaker 7 (33:49):
Grateful for it.
Speaker 9 (33:51):
So oh and by the way, Geico used to be
good and now I'm with Progressive. You have to call
them all, make sure they're Apple for Apple policies, but
call everyone because you never know who's going to be cheaper.
And then here's my question.
Speaker 3 (34:06):
So I've got to deposit on a.
Speaker 9 (34:09):
Ten year old FOURD Escape with a one point five
Eco boost and it's one of these Oh my god,
no one's ever sat in the back seat like your
grandmother had it, and it just looks mint mint. There's
probably like ninety five thousand miles on it. And so
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they replaced the tires. Okay, great, and then we heard
the noise from the back. So now we have to
replace the red differential.
Speaker 3 (34:36):
Should that be a red.
Speaker 9 (34:37):
Flag for me? Isn't there like if they get it
back from the garage, it's got a new rear differential
from the junkyard? Is it likely?
Speaker 5 (34:48):
Do?
Speaker 9 (34:48):
I just want to stare.
Speaker 7 (34:50):
Clear from this?
Speaker 2 (34:53):
I would.
Speaker 3 (34:55):
Yeah. I mean if this guy has a has a
red dip going, how many thousand miles on it?
Speaker 9 (35:01):
Ninety five ish?
Speaker 3 (35:04):
Okay, and it's one of twenty fourteen Yeah, yeah, how
much money are they asking you?
Speaker 9 (35:11):
At nine nine grand?
Speaker 3 (35:14):
It's cheap. That's that's what. No, that's what the going
price price is what escape?
Speaker 9 (35:24):
And again it's got the one point five.
Speaker 3 (35:28):
But here's my segue.
Speaker 9 (35:30):
I'm looking at the two point zero, which has like
fifty more horsepower, and I guess is a more reliable engine?
Speaker 3 (35:36):
Should I just go in that direction instead? Did you
do a cor fax on it?
Speaker 2 (35:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (35:46):
And the cop ask about clean?
Speaker 9 (35:49):
Yeah, but you never see major components.
Speaker 3 (35:52):
You only see, you know, just the dealer make a dip.
Speaker 9 (35:55):
Dealer recommended things like that.
Speaker 3 (35:58):
So just so you know, I'm looking at a fourteen
Ford Escape se right now with one hundred and five
thousand miles for eighty nine hundred and ninety five dollars.
Speaker 2 (36:10):
It's pretty close.
Speaker 3 (36:12):
Yeah, So you aren't getting you wan't getting a deal.
If the weird dift is gone at one hundred and fifty,
I would say that's a weak point in the car
or the car has been abused because what what what?
What Ford?
Speaker 4 (36:28):
Isn't that a week point in?
Speaker 3 (36:31):
Well, this play nine fift is really probably one of
the best difts out there, unless you.
Speaker 4 (36:37):
Right, but that's a nine that that's a nine instead
of fort nine inches of zone animal, how many there
have been multiple SUVs and the Ford lineups that I
can big up that have had d differential noise, bad
bearings in them. I mean, it can't happen in any
any making model here, but I do.
Speaker 3 (36:54):
It really wouldn't be.
Speaker 2 (36:58):
Gentlemen. I got thirty seconds before we got to break
go ahead. It wouldn't for me.
Speaker 4 (37:02):
It wouldn't scam me. You know, Larry's opinion is what
but my I would not scam me. Larry want to
menshre it off.
Speaker 3 (37:10):
If they're going to put in a Junkyard unit, I'd
be a little bit nervous about it because, as you know,
a Junkyard unit they only have a thirty day warranty
unless the installer extends the warranty. But I do want
to emphasize nine thousand dollars is not a bargain. That's
the average asking price.
Speaker 2 (37:30):
All right, Wayne, you got it, and we'll run out
of time. But thank you for your call. I hope
that helps you kind of got to split decision from
the BSY car guys in this. Okay, Okay, thank you,
thanks Wayne. All Right, here comes the news. The only
lines that are open right now. We have two lines
at six, one, seven, nine three one, ten thirty. The
others are tied up six one seven, nine three one
(37:50):
ten thirty. We'll get you in and Jay and Plymouth.
You were waiting a long time. You call back, I'll
give you a priority
It's night time with Dan Ray. I'm telling you easy
Boston's video.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
All right, welcome back everybody. I'm delighted to be joined
once again as we have been now for many, many years,
two of my favorite guests, Larry and Scott Rubinstein. They
are car experts. There's no car that you can mention
that they do not have an opinion on. So Larry,
(00:27):
welcome back. How are you tonight?
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Thank you? Dan, I'm fine, getting better every day, loving
life man Frian, loving life.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Yeah. And Scott, I know that you're still involved in
car racing. Tell us about that.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
I well, you know, it's been a slow year for
me this year. I haven't unfortunately, haven't made it to
the track this year. I did run a race in
the fall last year, but hopefully plus season's over we'll
get one more in.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
So between the two of you, how many years, and
I'm sure you I'm sure it's significant. How many years
have each of you been involved with audibobiles?
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Wow? Myself from helping my father when he was working
on cars, I'd say I've been in about sixty five
years and Scott started when he was about five years old.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
So the first go ahead, Scott.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
Now I say, I think the very first thing I
did was help Dad to rebuild a carburetor of my
mom's sixty I don't think it was the sixty nine
Fury Dad, it was at the Cutlass.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
I think it was years the sixty nine Fury three with
the three eighteen with a two barrel carter carburetor.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
Oh yeah, yeah, and that was it.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
Five. And then it's uh, other than well, even when
I was in the military, I did it was. I
was a lightwelled diesel mechanic in the in the military, Harry. So, yeah,
it's kind of been my whole life.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
So we're talking about probably combined over one hundred years
of experienced automobiles. Okay, and it's been a while since
you've been here. But let's before we get to phone
calls and all of that, let's just talk about a
little couple of tips as to what people should be
doing in advance of the driving season. One of the
(02:27):
things that I did last year as a present to
all the members of my family, I got those I
don't know what you call them. You can blow up
your tires with these machines. They're not all that expensive,
but they're really great to have when you when you're
out on the road at night or even during the
day and you notice that one of your tires is
(02:48):
low as opposed to running it on the rim, you
can kind of you know, obviously if you have a blowout,
it's not going to help you. But this, this, this,
this you want? But what are these? They're like you know,
they're like power guns that they're basically blow up you
tis what's the term of art for those?
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Well, actually Scott bought some for me and several of
his family members for Christmas of last year. And it's
just a small air compressor and some of them run
off a lithium battery and there's some you have to
plug into your power source at the car itself and
(03:33):
the handy to have. Today's world, truth be told, flat
tires are not that much of a thing today as
they were twenty years ago, thirty years ago. The tires
are so good now. Don't get me wrong, it's still
great to have it. It's like having a spare tire
on your car. Now, I'll go twenty years having a
(03:56):
car and never use my spare But it's like insurance
that has to be there, and you hope you never
need it.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Yeah, I did the same thing. I decided that you
run out of ideas at the holidays. And I just
thought that last year, and they were about sixty five
bucks or something. But it's just a peace of mind
that you get. What else would you be telling people
to do. Maybe maybe that's not the greatest idea, But
(04:25):
what do you have to do to make sure that
as we move through the fall and into the winter
driving season? What are we looking at no matter what,
whether you got a new car or a car that's
ten or fifteen years old, what do.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
You got to do well before we get into the dietems?
And I started to make a little list because I
kind of knew you were going to ask me this.
You were talking about gifts you can give people for
their car. And recently I was at a store called
Harbor Freight. They're all over the state, Okay, and they
have this lantern like device that's about the size of
(05:02):
a can of beer and you just pull it open
and it shines a bright light and it is a
landing off sorts, So when you have a breakdown, you
can put this on the road to alert other drivers.
It's so well seen versus a flashing red light in
(05:24):
the back of your car. Sometimes people are just so
used to seeing it. But this bright white light and
we picked them up at that store. Then there are
five dollars each and you would not believe the amount
of light these things goes. So if you want to
get a stocking stuff or a gift, any form of a
battery operated light being flashing or a nice bright white light,
(05:48):
that's a great gift idea. But you talked about you
asked me about what we do for winter ready, and
the five things that I was thinking about today is
you really check your tie tread and check your tire pressure.
Your tire tread is like your parachute. If you could
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have the best breaks in the world, but if you
don't have gripping tread on your tires, forget about it.
You're just gonna gonna slide. And if they're down that low,
you could consider using a snow tire the it front
or rear wheel drive. Some people put forced snow tires
on their car are a really good all season tire.
(06:30):
Next thing I would do is change the oil and
anti freeze if it's even close to being do And
the reason why I say that if you're close to
being do you go into your regular service station hopefully
they are a Triple A approved or one of the
Naparado Kakia centers. Some station or service repair facility has
(06:53):
credentials and while they're doing the oil change in the
anti freeze, check our replace. FYI, there's no such thing
as permanent anti freeze. I don't care what the book says.
You ask them to inspect your battery, your belts, and
your hoses, and you ask them further, could you check
all of my lenses my light and wipe of blades
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are imperative and inclement weather, poor wipe of blades can
get you injured or injure somebody else. They don't cost
a lot, and it's like when they're bad, it's like
running around with fogged up eyeglasses on. You're going to
hit something.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Sure, all great suggest bets, and.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
That is my feelings on it. Scott, did you want
to add to that?
Speaker 4 (07:41):
What more can I add to that? You've got such
a complete list. I'll tell you, still, Pops, after all
these years, you're still sober paid and always do exactly
the right things that we need to be carried with us.
The only thing I maybe want to add to it,
especially you know, with the cold season coming up.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
And I do it regularly.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
Always you keep a blanket in the car. You never
know when you know, possibly a bad storm and god
forbid you do end up with a flat tire equal
becomes undrivable and you're stuck on the side of the road.
You know, you never know when you're gonna need it
when again needs to stay warm. So that's always another
great stock and stuff. But you can throw in the
vehicle in something that'd be great to carry with you
(08:19):
on a daily basis.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
All great, All great.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
You know, when I get to start a one ball
quick one, don't forget to take your snowbrushes and long
snow rakes out of your sheds in garages and put
them me and you put them back in your cars,
because the snow will be here before you know it.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
So yeah, and even if it never shows, uh, if
it never snows, I should say, which would be great
for all of us. It's good. It's good to be prepared. Nonetheless,
all right, gentlemen, gonna take a little break. My guest
Larry Scott Rubinstein, the WBZ car guys. Any question you
have perhaps about a car you're looking to buy, uh,
maybe a car that you're looking to sell.
Speaker 5 (08:59):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Feel free join the conversation. If you've had a problem
with your car. Larry Scott are always willing to talk
with you. I'd like to get as many of you
in as possible. Let's light them up six one, seven, two, five,
four ten thirty six one seven, nine, three, one ten thirty.
I look at tonight's program as one that really gives
you an opportunity to get some free automotive advice and
(09:21):
from two experts who have been doing this for a
long time, long long time, but many years with WBZ
as well. That's why they're called the WBZ Car Guys.
Be right back on Nightside. Feel free, don't be shy.
Coming back right.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
After this now back to Dan Ray live from the
Window World nights Side Studios on WBZ News Radio.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
Gentlemen, Larryan, Scott Rubinstein, the WBZ car Guys. I like
to call them the Knightside Car Guys. But they've been
on WBZ now for between Jordan Rich and myself, how
many other programs have you done here in BZ? Have
you been a guest on Morgan Show? I assume as well,
I mean you've you've made the rounds here right.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
Yes, we've been Morgan too. You know interesting fact today's
smartphones they tell you everything that you did, even if
you don't know that you did it. We were on
the show exactly six years ago in studio exactly six
years ago today.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
That would have been twenty eighteen. That would have been, right,
that would have been Is that the last time you
were in studio?
Speaker 3 (10:29):
That's I would expect, uh, thinking when we got COVID,
I would expect we were probably in another time that.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
I because we generally get you in a couple of
times a year, at least maybe sometimes three times a year. Well,
let's get it started. We get these phone lines starting
and go. So we're going to go. First off to
Doris and Linfield. Doris, thanks for getting us going tonight.
You're first up. You're with Larry and Scott Rubinstein the
WBC car guys. What's your question abound your comments?
Speaker 6 (11:01):
My question is hi, can you hear me?
Speaker 3 (11:05):
Ken?
Speaker 7 (11:06):
Thank you? Thank you.
Speaker 6 (11:09):
I'm looking to buy a new car and I'm trying
to compare the Mercedes GLC to the Porsche Makon.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
You're going high end doors.
Speaker 6 (11:21):
Well, I have to be honest. I have the Mercedes GLC.
It's a twenty sixteen, and I wanted your opinion on,
you know, whether I should switch over to the Porsche.
What holds its value better?
Speaker 3 (11:37):
What what model? Porsta? The Macon, Oh, the Macon.
Speaker 4 (11:44):
Okay, I mean you've been in the Mercedes for eight
years now. I mean Mercedes is kind of you know,
they're in their own glass and you know, as Standard
pointed out that they're high in both high end vehicles.
Have what havn't you liked about the Mercedes?
Speaker 6 (12:04):
Well, I like the Mercedes. I just at this point,
you know, wanted to make a change. We always wanted, right,
I mean, my husband always wanted a Porsche. So I
just thought, you know, maybe I would switch at this time.
And right now I have a seven thousand dollars repair
bill that I'm looking at, you know, for the front struts,
(12:26):
the wheelbearings, and I have to make a decision here.
Am I going to invest the money into the you know,
my Mercedes, or.
Speaker 4 (12:34):
Am I going to go with the Porsche?
Speaker 3 (12:36):
So right, I.
Speaker 4 (12:38):
Mean, take can is beautiful, it is a sharp looking car.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
I want to know how miles she has in the car.
How many miles do you have a car?
Speaker 6 (12:49):
I have one hundred and fifty two thousand.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Okay, that's going to be a factor in terms of
whether you're going to plow seven thousand dollars into it.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
Go ahead, gentlemen, exactly yep.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
I personally say, if you can afford to make the move,
you know, by all means, certainly do it. The difference
between Porsche and you know, Mercedes not a ton. I
think Mercedes Gota has a little bit more of the
luxury and creature comforts, uh, and Porsche's have more of
a style to them. I don't think you can go
(13:22):
wrong with either one of you test driven both the
new models.
Speaker 6 (13:28):
I'm actually in a loner for the Mercedes right now,
and I'm going for the Porsche tomorrow.
Speaker 7 (13:32):
So, but you happen to be honest.
Speaker 6 (13:34):
What do you make of the Whitebot?
Speaker 4 (13:38):
What do you think of the GLCs off? The new
GLC so far?
Speaker 7 (13:42):
I like it? Yeah, I like it?
Speaker 6 (13:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (13:45):
Okay, So I think really, I don't think you can
go wrong with either one. Both high end cars, very
nice cars. Like I said, my opinion, I think you'll
get more style from the Porsche, but I don't think
you can beat the comfort level that you getting the Mercedes.
I don't think you're going to come down to reference.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
I got a question, kay, give me, just don't don't
embarrass my guest here. But these are not thirty thousand
dollars cars. What sort of a price range? Are these
two cars? Pretty close in terms of price? Don't anyone
speak first? Go ahead?
Speaker 3 (14:23):
Oh, you know you're waiting for the customer.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
No, what are we talking about?
Speaker 5 (14:30):
What?
Speaker 2 (14:31):
How much of price differential is that between these two cars?
Speaker 3 (14:37):
Okay?
Speaker 6 (14:38):
What I what I found is is not much of
a price difference. Okay, the portion might be, you know,
maybe five thousand more. But my question is which one
will hold its value you know when I go to
trade in or sell it.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
Great question, gentlemen.
Speaker 3 (14:57):
I think that the Port is going to hold its
value more because it is rarer than the Mercedes Benz.
But you also have to how many miles did you
want to keep this new car that you're going to get.
Speaker 6 (15:09):
Well, I'm not going to go to one fifty two.
You're doing a lot of driving right now, but probably
in a couple of years that driving is going to behalf.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
You need to realize risk dollars, and while you were talking,
I was just checking it so I can be accurate
in what I say. The cost of maintaining a Porsche
is significantly higher than a Mercedes, and you.
Speaker 7 (15:34):
Have to be prepared with that.
Speaker 6 (15:36):
I wanted to know anything.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
That moves, anything that has a computer that has moving
posts in it, it's going to wear out, it's going
to break. If you're upset about seven thousand dollars to
repair a beautiful Mercedes, you're going to be very upset
when you find out what the Porsche costs to repair.
It's really a quaranty vehicle.
Speaker 6 (15:57):
I'm looking at the warranties that might carry me through
the life of you know, the Porsche. But right now
I don't know if I want to put the seven
thousand dollars into a car that has one hundred and
fifty two thousand.
Speaker 3 (16:14):
Have you seen what? Have you asked what the Mercedes
dealer will give you in plade on it?
Speaker 7 (16:21):
We're going to get there tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (16:23):
Yeah, okay, okay, Doors, I want to do this to you, ye,
go ahead, go ahead ahead.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
I want to look at what the trade value is
over at the Porch dealership, which I think there's one
on one fourteen and at the Mercedes dealer, which is
one right out Linfield where you are, and you can
wave them out. But just understand what I'm saying. Listen,
clearly it's going to cost you a lot more to
maintain the porch. Read that warranty over very carefully. They're
(16:53):
raidy by lawyers. I have been through it before. I
know what you're going through, and I hate to.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
Do this to you. Doris. You're a great call. You're
a great call. Best of luck. I don't think you
I don't think you'll make a mistake either way. But
you're you gotta lot. You're You're probably going to be
a highest end caller tonight. I don't think anyone's gonna
top you unless they're going to ask for the price
of an airplane.
Speaker 3 (17:19):
Thanks Doris.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
All right, good night. We'll take a quick break here.
Uh no, we started. Hi, guys, this is good.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
We have down from here.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
Yeah, we can look at it like that six months now.
The only one else who has is in more shape
in that regardless the Patriots at this point. By the way,
six seven five, four ten thirty, six seven, nine, ten
thirty I lean his next I got John and Bill.
I got a little bit of room for everybody. If
you want to dial either or both of those numbers
will get you in back on Night's Side after the
(17:55):
News at the bottom of the hour, Here.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
On Night Side with Dan Ray on w Boston's news Radio.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
All right, bull lines, let's keep rolling here, gentlemen, as
we turn the corner here on the first hour, I
hope that Larry and Scott will be able to stay
with us for a couple of hours. Sole we go
to Eileen. Eileen is not going to be dealing with
a Porsche or Mercedes. I don't think Hi, Eileen, how
are you?
Speaker 3 (18:26):
Hi?
Speaker 8 (18:27):
Well, I'm fine. I have a Toyota Prius, but I
and I have a question about that. But the thing
that I'm calling about is I saw on TV the
other day something about electric cars because there's so much
(18:48):
heavier than normal cars that when they crash into a
guard rail, the guardrail can't take the weight or the
impact and the the car turns over on its roof.
And I that's worrisome to me. So then I looked
(19:12):
up the Toyota Prius and it's pretty heavy. Also, it's
heavier than most cars. So I'm I'm a little I'm
just a little worried about.
Speaker 2 (19:26):
Let's see what they have to say, Eileen. So you
have a Toyota Prius. Gentlemen, I would hope that Eileen
would never be in any sort of an accident. Accident obviously,
but she's concerned about if she did happen to hit
a guardrail, how much of a greater danger is that
compared to a regular car.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
So then I did tune in to today's pregame show
and I saw that Eileen actually, as mentioned in the comments,
that she was going to check on it. So it
gave me a good opportunity to do some research, and
I could paid three similar size cars. The Preus, depending
(20:06):
upon the year of the A Prius weighs anywhere from
twenty five hundred to thirty six hundred pounds, depends on
the year. The Honda Civic is about six hundred pounds lighter,
and the Corolla is only a few hundred pounds lighter
what you saw on TV. I am not buying it.
(20:30):
I think that I don't know what the reason they
would say something like that is. I mean, if you
hit the god reel with any car, SUV, motorcycle, if
you hit it at the correct angle, the vehicle's going
to flip and roll. What was the premise of the
whole commercial, if you don't mind me asking.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Was it a commercial or a news story?
Speaker 6 (20:53):
I leen, I think it was a news story.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
Okay, So what is the premise that that electric vehicle
cars were more susceptible to flipping over?
Speaker 8 (21:04):
Yeah, their weight, because they're heavier and the guardrails aren't
strong enough to bounce them back on the road.
Speaker 3 (21:18):
Za Koya weighs about a ton more than yours than
your car. And I have seen many pictures and I
have investigated a few accidents with the guardrails held up
just fine after being impacted by fifteen hundred pickup trucks,
twenty five hundred pickup trucks, smaller cars, bigger cars. It
(21:42):
really depends upon the angle. Now, the center of gravity
is going to be different because of the battery on
the bottom. Now, if they want to talk about that,
that's something different, okay, whether it be a top heavy
car or a bottom heavy car. But as far as
the weight of the vehicle goes, it's not really that
much of a bloated car that it is significant in
(22:05):
the turning.
Speaker 2 (22:05):
Over, Eileen, I think you're over worried. You know, drive
obviously don't speed. I'm sure Scott wants to say something
here as well.
Speaker 3 (22:15):
Scott, No, I mean I wouldn't necessarily.
Speaker 4 (22:18):
I feel like the phrase is kind of be an
unfairly targeted here. I think because all evs are a
heavier vehicle in general, the god rails are not made
to handle the weight of those vehicles and what weighs
so much on those of the batteries. Uh, they they
are super heavy, and between that and all the drive
(22:39):
train components of the regenda breaking system, they are heavy vehicles.
So I think it's more of maybe we need to
rethink the guardrail system that we have versus you know
that the vehicle is an unsafe vehicle.
Speaker 5 (22:58):
I don't.
Speaker 4 (22:59):
I don't want you to get the misconception that the
Prius is a more dangerous vehicle because of its weight.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
All right, I personally I'm not a big EV.
Speaker 4 (23:10):
Guy myself, but I don't I wouldn't want you in
nessitely think it's just the priest problem. All ev b's
weigh a lot, all right.
Speaker 7 (23:21):
I hope that.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
I know you love the ps the Prius, and hopefully
that settles your mind a little bit.
Speaker 8 (23:27):
Okay, Okay, thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (23:29):
All right, Thanks, you're very welcome.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
Next up to New Hampshire. John in New Hampshire, John,
You're next on night Side with the WBZ car guys
Larry Scott Rubinstein right ahead.
Speaker 7 (23:39):
John, Hello, Hello, Dan and Larry. It's Scart. Hey. I
got a No. Seven Honda Cord I've got for years. Okay,
I thought it's only a couple of years old. But
it's good one hundred and thirty five thousand or beautiful car.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
Quiet.
Speaker 7 (23:54):
It's always been quiet. It's the last six months or
so I hear a rhythmic come when I'm doing about
five or forty miles an hour. That's when you really
hear it. You can tell, you can, you know you
can hear. It's always been a very quiet clutter. But
I just want to get your idea, which is thanks
wrong with it?
Speaker 2 (24:12):
What type of noise I miss? John? What type of
noise is a hum? A hum? Okay, you know.
Speaker 7 (24:21):
You can, you can tell exactly. I've never heard it
for years when I was driving, it's always been a
very quiet, sar. But the first thing I think about
is a wheel bearing is something you're tires, but I
just want to get their reading.
Speaker 4 (24:31):
Well, I actually was leaning towards the same thing. So
I'm going to guess you say it starts at thirty five,
it continues as you can increase in speed. I'm assuming.
Speaker 7 (24:43):
Yeah, basically goes up. But I mean at thirty five
it's a very quite okay, you know you find get
that because you're going first.
Speaker 4 (24:52):
Do you find that if you turn the wheels slightly
to the left or the right, that it changes the
hum changes at all?
Speaker 6 (24:59):
No?
Speaker 7 (25:00):
I could, I think I recall that that I forgot
about that. I could give that a shot. And what
if it does, what does that mean that wheel bearing?
Speaker 4 (25:10):
Well, no, even if it doesn't change, it could still
be a bad bearing, but it could most likely to
be a rare wheel bearing that could be noisy. But
if you notice that if you turn the wheel slightly
to the left, you're now putting more of a load
on the right side. If the noise increases, those things
the same, and turning to the left it would be
the right side and vice versa.
Speaker 3 (25:32):
Okay, but coming from the back from the from the
back towards you.
Speaker 4 (25:41):
Have wheel bearings out back to so there's a very
good chance that it could be coming.
Speaker 3 (25:45):
From a real whale bearing.
Speaker 4 (25:47):
It should be able to be somewhat easily diagnosed. Put
it up on a lift, have the technician spin off.
Unless it than something you got to tackle yourself. You
want to spin in each individual wheel and you should
be able to feel difference if you grab one of
the suspension components while the wheel is spinning, you'll feel
like a slight vibration. You'll feel rougher on one side
(26:09):
versus the other.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
All right, I hope that helps John get checked out
for sure.
Speaker 7 (26:15):
Oh yeah, I'll tell you what. By the way, why
don't you guys call that lady back with the porst
problem told her by a Toyota canbry.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
I think that might be an exercise of futility and
we don't have a number anyway. Thanks John, Yeah, I know,
I'm just kidding. I know, I know, I know, I'm
getting you back. Problem. All right, let's get one more
in here before the break. Going to go to Bill
in Easton, the town of Easton, Massachusetts. Built next on
nice side with Larry and Scott Rubenstein. Grutead Bill.
Speaker 5 (26:43):
Okay, I feel I have a duty as a consumer
to alert all of your calls how to stretch that dollars,
because let's face it, the car is not an investment.
It's a negative cash flow, and.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
I think it's a necessity. It might not be an investment,
but for most people it's a necessity, particularly if they
can't take MBTA to work. Go ahead, go.
Speaker 5 (27:04):
Ahead, Okay, so wipe the blades are five dollars their
ocean state job lot, I don't work twenty of these companies.
Tires are cheapest at PEP Voice you get a demand
of Chinese ones, and the insurance is cheapest through Geico
by far.
Speaker 3 (27:20):
Really, Oh yes, oh.
Speaker 2 (27:23):
Yes, this is good gentlemen.
Speaker 4 (27:25):
With with that being said, With that being said, and
I know I told Dad I really want him to
take this call, but I just want to remind you
get what you pay for if you buy Chinese time
let me finish, please, If you buy cheap Chinese tires,
they're going to last like cheap Chinese tires. If you
buy five dollars wiper blades, they're going to last and
(27:48):
give you the protection of five dollars wiper blades. As
far as the insurance goes, I have heard very good
things about Geico that the pricing is good. That's just
my opinion. As far as that, Larry, you can't out
of comment on that.
Speaker 3 (28:03):
You echoed what I was going to say. When I
hear cheap tires, I get the chills because your tires
are your lifeline between stopping and going. As I previously
stated at the beginning of tonight's show, you can have
the best breaks in the world, but if your tires
don't griper, if your tires have weak side walls, you're
(28:26):
gonna hurt yourself or somebody else. When I buy tires.
That's one thing I will not cheap out on is tires.
When we had our business for close to forty years,
I would not sell cheap tires. If you want cheap tires,
I would tell the person you can go pep boys,
you can go here or there. I'm not going to
be responsible or be a party to somebody getting injured
(28:50):
because they cheaped out on what is one of the
most important features tires, spearing breaks on your vehicle. I
don't care how dust that ja cargo's you need to,
I'll be able to stop and control your car, and
I feel very strongly about that.
Speaker 5 (29:05):
That's fine. You have an opinion. But thank God for
this caller myself, because I have no axe to grind.
I got over three hundred thousand miles out of my
last car, putting eighty seven octane and never synthetic oil.
So we'll kind of car John, Oh, Bill, Bill was
(29:25):
a hard o for Civic SI, great cord.
Speaker 4 (29:29):
They don't need synthetic model. Yeah, as long as your
regular maintenance, they certainly don't require synthetic oil, and and
and good viewer.
Speaker 3 (29:37):
That's that.
Speaker 4 (29:38):
That's awesome to hear that. We love vehicles that last
long time.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
All right, Bill, Api.
Speaker 5 (29:43):
Yeah, I switched to Toyota this time from Honda because
they've got a Knickel run. Yeah, there's one brand new
car on the twenty grand now Mitsubishi Mirage made in Thailand.
Three so on this four log nuts. Okay, Bill, appreciate you.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
I got a break because I got some commercial spots
coming in. Thank you very much. Appreciate you taking the time.
All Right, you have a great one. We'll take a break.
We got we're coming back. We got Jay and uh,
Alicia and Wayne and Sheldon and I only got room
at six one, seven, ten thirty. That's the one line
that's open. I don't want you to waste time dialing
(30:20):
or wrong up six thirty back with the w busy
car boys, the car dies, I should say, Larry and
Scott Rubinstein, they're the best. Coming back on night Side.
Speaker 1 (30:31):
Now back to Dan Ray Mine from the Window World
night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio.
Speaker 2 (30:38):
All right, let's keep rolling here. We were going to
go next to Oh my goodness, the call we were
going to take has just dropped off a second ago.
That's too bad, so we will go directly.
Speaker 3 (30:49):
Yeah, before you bring that next call up. Yeah, So
the reasons are pretty correct. Information out there there there
is not one car that's under twenty thousand dollars brand new.
There's actually five cars, okay. The first one is a
nis Don Versa, which is sixteen thousand, three hundred and ninety.
The mister Bishi Mirage is sixteen thousand, the twenty twenty
(31:14):
four hund Venue is nineteen nine, the brand new Kia
Forte is nineteen nine, and the Kia Soul is twenty thousand,
one hundred and ninety. So we do have a choice.
The least expensive car you can buy brand new out
of the dealership is a Nissan Versa for sixteen thousand,
three hundred and ninety dollars.
Speaker 2 (31:34):
How about that, boy, that's good information. You guys are
the best. We lost Jay and Plymouth, Jay and Plymouth.
If you call back, I'll get you to the head
of the line. In the meantime, I'm going to go
to Alisha in Westwood. Hi, Alisha, how are you tonight?
Speaker 1 (31:47):
I'm good?
Speaker 7 (31:48):
How are you?
Speaker 2 (31:49):
We're doing great. You're on with Larry and Scott Rubinstein,
the WBC car guys. Go right ahead. What's your question
of comment?
Speaker 3 (31:56):
Okay?
Speaker 5 (31:56):
My question is I drive a Mercedes the three hundred
and I need to replace one tire. But is it
better retire?
Speaker 4 (32:05):
Is it better to replace both tires or just.
Speaker 2 (32:07):
The one tires in the rear?
Speaker 3 (32:10):
Replace them in pairs. You'll get better traction and better
handling Alicia, Okay, and less unless.
Speaker 4 (32:20):
Yeah, unless it's an all wheel drive. And then if
it's an all wheel drive, is all.
Speaker 3 (32:25):
Wheel to keep them with? Then with that being said,
you need.
Speaker 4 (32:29):
To keep them with intent to twenty You need to
keep them with inten to twenty percent of them. Every
manufacturer is a little different, but you need to keep
them relatively close to the front ties as well. How
many miles do you have on the other three tires.
Speaker 3 (32:42):
That are on the vehicle?
Speaker 4 (32:46):
Thirty two thousands? You have thirty two thousand miles. I'm
actually going to recommend, and I would almost bank that
any dealership in most tire places will back.
Speaker 3 (32:58):
Up what I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (33:00):
I'll be gonna recommend you to replace all four as
a match set, because when you don't have matching tires
on an all wheel drive vehicle, you can actually do
serious damage to the drive train components. Okay, Okay, So.
Speaker 3 (33:16):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (33:16):
I don't know if you're planning on going to a
dealers yet or repair facility, a tire shop, but don't
be surprised if they end up suggesting that you end
up replacing all four and most likely I would probably
back them up simply because it's an all wheel drive vehicle.
Speaker 5 (33:32):
Okay, all right, thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (33:36):
Here, You're welcome.
Speaker 2 (33:37):
Good good, good question and great answers. Next up. Okay,
we're going to get to Wayne and Brought and Wayne
next on Nightsiger.
Speaker 9 (33:44):
Right ahead, Good evening, gentlemen. Thank you for your time.
I'm sure we're all.
Speaker 7 (33:49):
Grateful for it.
Speaker 9 (33:51):
So oh and by the way, Geico used to be
good and now I'm with Progressive. You have to call
them all, make sure they're Apple for Apple policies, but
call everyone because you never know who's going to be cheaper.
And then here's my question.
Speaker 3 (34:06):
So I've got to deposit on a.
Speaker 9 (34:09):
Ten year old FOURD Escape with a one point five
Eco boost and it's one of these Oh my god,
no one's ever sat in the back seat like your
grandmother had it, and it just looks mint mint. There's
probably like ninety five thousand miles on it. And so
(34:29):
they replaced the tires. Okay, great, and then we heard
the noise from the back. So now we have to
replace the red differential.
Speaker 3 (34:36):
Should that be a red.
Speaker 9 (34:37):
Flag for me? Isn't there like if they get it
back from the garage, it's got a new rear differential
from the junkyard? Is it likely?
Speaker 5 (34:48):
Do?
Speaker 9 (34:48):
I just want to stare.
Speaker 7 (34:50):
Clear from this?
Speaker 2 (34:53):
I would.
Speaker 3 (34:55):
Yeah. I mean if this guy has a has a
red dip going, how many thousand miles on it?
Speaker 9 (35:01):
Ninety five ish?
Speaker 3 (35:04):
Okay, and it's one of twenty fourteen Yeah, yeah, how
much money are they asking you?
Speaker 9 (35:11):
At nine nine grand?
Speaker 3 (35:14):
It's cheap. That's that's what. No, that's what the going
price price is what escape?
Speaker 9 (35:24):
And again it's got the one point five.
Speaker 3 (35:28):
But here's my segue.
Speaker 9 (35:30):
I'm looking at the two point zero, which has like
fifty more horsepower, and I guess is a more reliable engine?
Speaker 3 (35:36):
Should I just go in that direction instead? Did you
do a cor fax on it?
Speaker 2 (35:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (35:46):
And the cop ask about clean?
Speaker 9 (35:49):
Yeah, but you never see major components.
Speaker 3 (35:52):
You only see, you know, just the dealer make a dip.
Speaker 9 (35:55):
Dealer recommended things like that.
Speaker 3 (35:58):
So just so you know, I'm looking at a fourteen
Ford Escape se right now with one hundred and five
thousand miles for eighty nine hundred and ninety five dollars.
Speaker 2 (36:10):
It's pretty close.
Speaker 3 (36:12):
Yeah, So you aren't getting you wan't getting a deal.
If the weird dift is gone at one hundred and fifty,
I would say that's a weak point in the car
or the car has been abused because what what what?
What Ford?
Speaker 4 (36:28):
Isn't that a week point in?
Speaker 3 (36:31):
Well, this play nine fift is really probably one of
the best difts out there, unless you.
Speaker 4 (36:37):
Right, but that's a nine that that's a nine instead
of fort nine inches of zone animal, how many there
have been multiple SUVs and the Ford lineups that I
can big up that have had d differential noise, bad
bearings in them. I mean, it can't happen in any
any making model here, but I do.
Speaker 3 (36:54):
It really wouldn't be.
Speaker 2 (36:58):
Gentlemen. I got thirty seconds before we got to break
go ahead. It wouldn't for me.
Speaker 4 (37:02):
It wouldn't scam me. You know, Larry's opinion is what
but my I would not scam me. Larry want to
menshre it off.
Speaker 3 (37:10):
If they're going to put in a Junkyard unit, I'd
be a little bit nervous about it because, as you know,
a Junkyard unit they only have a thirty day warranty
unless the installer extends the warranty. But I do want
to emphasize nine thousand dollars is not a bargain. That's
the average asking price.
Speaker 2 (37:30):
All right, Wayne, you got it, and we'll run out
of time. But thank you for your call. I hope
that helps you kind of got to split decision from
the BSY car guys in this. Okay, Okay, thank you,
thanks Wayne. All Right, here comes the news. The only
lines that are open right now. We have two lines
at six, one, seven, nine three one, ten thirty. The
others are tied up six one seven, nine three one
(37:50):
ten thirty. We'll get you in and Jay and Plymouth.
You were waiting a long time. You call back, I'll
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