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(00:00):
Welcome to another episode of this onefeaturing something that is near and dear to
my heart. Because the Americas arestarting to follow the Chris Car principles of
car ownership. What does that mean? It means you run them til the
freaking pistons change holes. You keepyour cars. Man. I keep my
(00:22):
cars as long as I possibly can, unless there's like a major issue.
And now people are doing it forthe same reason I do. But now
a lot of people are. They'rekind of catching up to my philosophy here.
Well, I always thought cars weresuper expensive. I've always thought that
it doesn't matter. If it couldbe fifteen years ago, it could be
now. I just cars are.They're not a waste of money because you
(00:47):
need them, but they're so freakingexpensive, and they're expensive to own because
when they go bad, when stuffgoes wrong, you know, it's expensive
to fix. Typically, I meanit doesn't matter. I mean anything could
be like like a little lever thatrolls your window down. It's like five
hundred and fifty bucks or something,you know, I mean, the tiniest
little things. Then God forbid,if you have a transmission issue and stuff.
(01:07):
The average age of a passenger carin the road today is fourteen years
giving up a marriage. Nice theaverage age, Yeah, for fourteen years,
and I mean it used to beless than that. People are holding
on to them long. Terrible newsfor car dealerships, and I feel bad
for you guys, don't get mewrong. But they also make cars now.
Of course, I just went onand on and on about how expensive
(01:30):
they are when they break down andstuff. But dude, cars are made
better now. Paint is better.Yeah, I mean I remember, you
know, like a long time ago, remember my dad painting cars, like
having them painted because the paint wouldbe Now it's like clearcoat finishes, whatever
it is. I don't know muchabout. All I know is it's it's
way better now. There's a lotthey're probably more expensive to fix because it's
(01:51):
more computers and all that kind ofcrap in them, that kind of stuff,
a lot of digital components to thecars, but they typically do last
a while. They're holding on toit. It's basically the high prices of
new vehicles, and a lot ofdrivers are reluctant to buy electric vehicles.
They don't really trust them. Andas we know people now, it depends
(02:13):
on who you are. But there'sa lot of people. And I'm not
going to sit and rip on EVvehicles because people love EV vehicles and I
think there's a place for them.But there's a lot of people, as
you guys know, I'm sure inour state here in Minnesota. If you're
listening in Arizona, you may begoing, what's the big deal? But
they're not always conducive to our weather. The batteries of the electric vehicles,
they some of them don't like thirtyfive below, thirty below a constant temperature,
(02:38):
fifteen below, that kind of thing. So the average price of a
new vehicle in March was more thanforty seven thousand dollars, and a lot
of people's didn't pay that much.And that's really for like any vehicle.
So people are keeping their cars alot longer. And I just think,
like, when you're younger, you'rekind of I remember thinking it was to
(03:00):
have a decent car. But I'lltell you, man, once you get
a few more years on you andI started to sound like an old man,
I know. But and you havea couple of kids and they start
spilling crap in your car and kickingseats and that kind of thing, you
really don't care about the gelopi thatyou're in so much. I mean,
some people still do, and theykeep them all polished up. But man,
(03:23):
I had this last the last truckI had before this. That's all
the boys knew. I might drovethat thing until the thing was leaking,
like it needed a diaper in mygarage. You know. I had to
put cat litter down underneath it andcardboard and stuff like, Okay, it's
time because it's that big fix wascoming. Yeah, that was going to
be a lot, way more thanthe truck was worth. Yeah. So
(03:46):
but what say you guys, Well, I'm driving right now. I've got
a ten year old Chevy Cruise,I think at ten or eleven years old,
and and we just spent a bunchof money fixing it because it and
it was just the kind of problemsthat a ten year old car has,
like bluehead casket, and it wasjust it was just worn down. But
you were probably teetering, weren't you. It's like, is it time to
(04:08):
go new? Yes? We were? Or do I put this in because
when you know, when you gonew, you're gonna have that car payment
again. Yeah, exactly. Andit's so nice because we don't have any
car payment right now, so it'slike to take that on is I don't
know, it's just an extra thing. And when you don't have a car
payment, you really don't want tostart having a car payment. And do
you remember that day when you hadyour last car payment. I remember it
(04:30):
on like one of my cars,like the first car, really real car
that I ever bought. Yeah,and I remember after years going, wow,
this feels really good. Yeah,the car started taking a dump like
it's like they have a button.It's like, oh, your payments are
done, mister car. Okay,well here, let's give you a month.
Can feel real good? Yes,all right, boom transmission. Remember
(04:53):
my Austin, my husband, hegot in an accident two days after he
finished paying off his car. Adear dunk writing front of the car and
totaled it and that was the end. But he was so excited for two
days that he didn't have payment.That sucks the worst. Well, and
when with all the replacement or therepairs that we had to do on the
crews that I've got, now,we did go back and forth on just
(05:15):
buying a new vehicle or new tous, like we generally will buy one
that has like was maybe a leaseor something, has like twenty thousand miles
on it owned before, right,and so we really really we're trying.
We're just going back and forth.But ultimately, right now, the prices
of cars really are. It's sohigh. I mean to get a decent
vehicle, because if I am goingto buy one, I don't need brand
new. But I'm like, ifI'm gonna get it, I am going
(05:38):
to have it probably for the nextten fifteen years. So I don't want
to buy a junker because I'm sickof fixing cars. But so I don't
know, we just we ended updeciding in the end to spend the few
thousand bucks that it was going totake to fix this one and we'll just
drive it till it dies. Anduh so that's what that's where we're at
right now. But just like iteventually, I mean, like the more
bells and whistles you put on yourcar, the more it's going to cost
(06:00):
you. And there's more that's goingto go wrong, Like if you buy
a really dumb down truck pickup truck, or even a really dumb down car
for that matter, it's gonna lastyou a lot longer if you don't have
all the gizmos to fix all thefancy stuff on it, to fix all
the electrical stuff, all the sensorsand everything. But of course most of
(06:20):
the cars come with all of that. Now they tell you when there's another
car to your left or a CARDIyou're right, and you know they beep
at you, and this, thatand the other thing is just more stuff
to go wrong. But if youget just get like, you know,
a pickup truck that's a few yearsold, that's used, that's been treated
well, had its oil changes,and doesn't have all the bells and whistles.
I mean, you're laughing. Itwasn't towing stuff, you know,
(06:43):
like dragging on that transmission. Butresearch shows, whether you want to hear
this or not, Honda, Toyotaand Sugar Room makeup. Then pretty much
the entire top ten list of carsthat people keep for fifteen years or longer
is that the Toyota Corolla is theone that people say runs forever and ever.
It's either that or the camera.And maybe it's camera that I'm thinking
(07:06):
of. I tell you, Idon't know if it matters. I think
they're both really like probably the samechassis, the same everything, right right,
I think that I don't know.I just to hear about people that'll
have those things for like twenty yearsand they're still running really well. And
we had a Pontiac. My dadhad it, and then when I got
my license, I got it,and then my sister got it, and
that thing ran forever. Yeah,but it had nothing, like Chris is
(07:29):
saying, it had nothing. Ithad the CD thing that you had to
pop out in case somebody was gonnasteal your you know what I mean,
you take the little dash off.But it had no cameras, it had
nothing to it. Very basic,but that baby just ran forever. Yeah,
that's awesome. Just dumb it down, people and it'll be good.
Thanks for listening to this episode ofI'd tell You what the Chris Carr huh,
(07:50):
I see what you did there?Version all right? Hey, thanks
for listener. We are gonna findyou or you're gonna find us on the
iHeartRadio app and it really inter whereyou get your podcast. Please rate,
review, subscribe, download, andshall thank you
Welcome to another episode of this onefeaturing something that is near and dear to
my heart. Because the Americas arestarting to follow the Chris Car principles of
car ownership. What does that mean? It means you run them til the
freaking pistons change holes. You keepyour cars. Man. I keep my
(00:22):
cars as long as I possibly can, unless there's like a major issue.
And now people are doing it forthe same reason I do. But now
a lot of people are. They'rekind of catching up to my philosophy here.
Well, I always thought cars weresuper expensive. I've always thought that
it doesn't matter. If it couldbe fifteen years ago, it could be
now. I just cars are.They're not a waste of money because you
(00:47):
need them, but they're so freakingexpensive, and they're expensive to own because
when they go bad, when stuffgoes wrong, you know, it's expensive
to fix. Typically, I meanit doesn't matter. I mean anything could
be like like a little lever thatrolls your window down. It's like five
hundred and fifty bucks or something,you know, I mean, the tiniest
little things. Then God forbid,if you have a transmission issue and stuff.
(01:07):
The average age of a passenger carin the road today is fourteen years
giving up a marriage. Nice theaverage age, Yeah, for fourteen years,
and I mean it used to beless than that. People are holding
on to them long. Terrible newsfor car dealerships, and I feel bad
for you guys, don't get mewrong. But they also make cars now.
Of course, I just went onand on and on about how expensive
(01:30):
they are when they break down andstuff. But dude, cars are made
better now. Paint is better.Yeah, I mean I remember, you
know, like a long time ago, remember my dad painting cars, like
having them painted because the paint wouldbe Now it's like clearcoat finishes, whatever
it is. I don't know muchabout. All I know is it's it's
way better now. There's a lotthey're probably more expensive to fix because it's
(01:51):
more computers and all that kind ofcrap in them, that kind of stuff,
a lot of digital components to thecars, but they typically do last
a while. They're holding on toit. It's basically the high prices of
new vehicles, and a lot ofdrivers are reluctant to buy electric vehicles.
They don't really trust them. Andas we know people now, it depends
(02:13):
on who you are. But there'sa lot of people. And I'm not
going to sit and rip on EVvehicles because people love EV vehicles and I
think there's a place for them.But there's a lot of people, as
you guys know, I'm sure inour state here in Minnesota. If you're
listening in Arizona, you may begoing, what's the big deal? But
they're not always conducive to our weather. The batteries of the electric vehicles,
they some of them don't like thirtyfive below, thirty below a constant temperature,
(02:38):
fifteen below, that kind of thing. So the average price of a
new vehicle in March was more thanforty seven thousand dollars, and a lot
of people's didn't pay that much.And that's really for like any vehicle.
So people are keeping their cars alot longer. And I just think,
like, when you're younger, you'rekind of I remember thinking it was to
(03:00):
have a decent car. But I'lltell you, man, once you get
a few more years on you andI started to sound like an old man,
I know. But and you havea couple of kids and they start
spilling crap in your car and kickingseats and that kind of thing, you
really don't care about the gelopi thatyou're in so much. I mean,
some people still do, and theykeep them all polished up. But man,
(03:23):
I had this last the last truckI had before this. That's all
the boys knew. I might drovethat thing until the thing was leaking,
like it needed a diaper in mygarage. You know. I had to
put cat litter down underneath it andcardboard and stuff like, Okay, it's
time because it's that big fix wascoming. Yeah, that was going to
be a lot, way more thanthe truck was worth. Yeah. So
(03:46):
but what say you guys, Well, I'm driving right now. I've got
a ten year old Chevy Cruise,I think at ten or eleven years old,
and and we just spent a bunchof money fixing it because it and
it was just the kind of problemsthat a ten year old car has,
like bluehead casket, and it wasjust it was just worn down. But
you were probably teetering, weren't you. It's like, is it time to
(04:08):
go new? Yes? We were? Or do I put this in because
when you know, when you gonew, you're gonna have that car payment
again. Yeah, exactly. Andit's so nice because we don't have any
car payment right now, so it'slike to take that on is I don't
know, it's just an extra thing. And when you don't have a car
payment, you really don't want tostart having a car payment. And do
you remember that day when you hadyour last car payment. I remember it
(04:30):
on like one of my cars,like the first car, really real car
that I ever bought. Yeah,and I remember after years going, wow,
this feels really good. Yeah,the car started taking a dump like
it's like they have a button.It's like, oh, your payments are
done, mister car. Okay,well here, let's give you a month.
Can feel real good? Yes,all right, boom transmission. Remember
(04:53):
my Austin, my husband, hegot in an accident two days after he
finished paying off his car. Adear dunk writing front of the car and
totaled it and that was the end. But he was so excited for two
days that he didn't have payment.That sucks the worst. Well, and
when with all the replacement or therepairs that we had to do on the
crews that I've got, now,we did go back and forth on just
(05:15):
buying a new vehicle or new tous, like we generally will buy one
that has like was maybe a leaseor something, has like twenty thousand miles
on it owned before, right,and so we really really we're trying.
We're just going back and forth.But ultimately, right now, the prices
of cars really are. It's sohigh. I mean to get a decent
vehicle, because if I am goingto buy one, I don't need brand
new. But I'm like, ifI'm gonna get it, I am going
(05:38):
to have it probably for the nextten fifteen years. So I don't want
to buy a junker because I'm sickof fixing cars. But so I don't
know, we just we ended updeciding in the end to spend the few
thousand bucks that it was going totake to fix this one and we'll just
drive it till it dies. Anduh so that's what that's where we're at
right now. But just like iteventually, I mean, like the more
bells and whistles you put on yourcar, the more it's going to cost
(06:00):
you. And there's more that's goingto go wrong, Like if you buy
a really dumb down truck pickup truck, or even a really dumb down car
for that matter, it's gonna lastyou a lot longer if you don't have
all the gizmos to fix all thefancy stuff on it, to fix all
the electrical stuff, all the sensorsand everything. But of course most of
(06:20):
the cars come with all of that. Now they tell you when there's another
car to your left or a CARDIyou're right, and you know they beep
at you, and this, thatand the other thing is just more stuff
to go wrong. But if youget just get like, you know,
a pickup truck that's a few yearsold, that's used, that's been treated
well, had its oil changes,and doesn't have all the bells and whistles.
I mean, you're laughing. Itwasn't towing stuff, you know,
(06:43):
like dragging on that transmission. Butresearch shows, whether you want to hear
this or not, Honda, Toyotaand Sugar Room makeup. Then pretty much
the entire top ten list of carsthat people keep for fifteen years or longer
is that the Toyota Corolla is theone that people say runs forever and ever.
It's either that or the camera.And maybe it's camera that I'm thinking
(07:06):
of. I tell you, Idon't know if it matters. I think
they're both really like probably the samechassis, the same everything, right right,
I think that I don't know.I just to hear about people that'll
have those things for like twenty yearsand they're still running really well. And
we had a Pontiac. My dadhad it, and then when I got
my license, I got it,and then my sister got it, and
that thing ran forever. Yeah,but it had nothing, like Chris is
(07:29):
saying, it had nothing. Ithad the CD thing that you had to
pop out in case somebody was gonnasteal your you know what I mean,
you take the little dash off.But it had no cameras, it had
nothing to it. Very basic,but that baby just ran forever. Yeah,
that's awesome. Just dumb it down, people and it'll be good.
Thanks for listening to this episode ofI'd tell You what the Chris Carr huh,
(07:50):
I see what you did there?Version all right? Hey, thanks
for listener. We are gonna findyou or you're gonna find us on the
iHeartRadio app and it really inter whereyou get your podcast. Please rate,
review, subscribe, download, andshall thank you
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