Live from the Car Care Studios, it's the CNC Auto Show with your personal on-air and online automotive service advisors, Aaron Clements and John Ryan Mooney. So climb in, buckle up, and enjoy the ride on the CNC Auto Show.
And we do welcome you to the CNC Auto Show, and if you are looking for information on ways to make your car safe, dependable, and long-lasting, and you want to have some fun while you're doing it, then don't even move a lip muscle. I don't know where that comes from, but because you are in the right place, I'm your host Aaron Clements, Phillip Hawkins of Phillip Hawkins Motor Company is riding with us today. Phillip, welcome to the show. Thank you, Aaron. A pleasure to be here. We're going to have some fun. Yeah, man. Yeah, Phillip and I go way back.
Way, way back. We're going to have some fun, I can tell. Okay, Phillip's here not only to answer questions about pre-owned car questions, because he's Phillip Hawkins of Phillip Hawkins Motor Company, he's also very, very knowledgeable in pretty much all aspects of the car. He, of course, in doing what he's doing and doing it the years that he's been doing it, he's gained a huge amount of knowledge. As a matter of fact, though, as far back as I remember, you've had a lot of that knowledge. But the not only used car, but mechanical items having to do with paint and body insurance financing, all of this stuff, Phillip is very good at.
So pretty much if you've got a car question today, regardless of what it is, you can call us and Phillip or me will help answer that question. And that, and not to mention, we will definitely have a little bit of a good time as we go. And Phillip and I believe the reason that we've been friends so many years is we both share a big passion. And that passion is cars. Yes, and people. Yeah. And people. That is a good addition because that is true. I believe it goes a little further with cars, though.
Anything that's a machine. Yeah, we like it. I started at about 12 years old realizing that was my calling. Yeah. Working on dirt bikes, minibikes, whatever. Same here. I was helping my father when I was about 12 years old. We were working on cars and we doing, I was helping with brake work shocks and all kind of things, even as I was 12 years old. At our house, if it was broke, you fixed it.
Yeah. Well, that's what I did, too. That's one of the reasons that I learned as I got a little bit older and I wanted a car. For instance, my first car was like $200 or $300.
I didn't get one of these big, big trucks like the kids get now. But I had to put something together and make it go and keep it running. Right. So actually, we eat, sleep, and drink cars. Yes. And if you don't love it, you can't do it. It's the bottom line. But now, because of all that, we're able to answer automotive questions.
Yes. And also have fun doing it. And the way that you can join us and ask questions is dial 800-224-9090 or 706-8635-800.
And that's on any Saturday morning, 805 to 10 Eastern Time. I want to remind you that you can also watch this show on Facebook or you can go to ccautoshow.com. So hop in, buckle up, it's time to ride, and we'll move on to our Tech Tip quiz. Now, Phillip, we didn't get an answer to the Tech Tip quiz last week. Okay. Yeah.
So that means that we have a leftover Tech Tip quiz. Okay. So we have to take the little plastic lid off. Must be too hard.
Yeah, it had to have been. We're going to take the little plastic lid off. Okay.
And then we're going to take it out of the refrigerator and we're going to open that Tech Tip quiz back up. Okay. All right.
And this is somebody… They had all week to study, right? Yeah. Yeah. Think about it.
And that's what I mentioned to people. This is somebody's chance to change their family tree. Yeah. All the way. Man, this is big. Right.
This is really a big deal, winning the Tech Tip quiz. Yeah, sure. Because they win a prize package, and in that prize package, they also win a coffee cup. Well, we got the coffee cup. What's that say on the side of that cup over there, Phillip?
The part facing you right there. Tech Tip quiz winner. Yeah. And it's got a picture of a trophy. I think that's right up there with a green jacket. Yeah.
And people can sit there and hold that mug while they're talking to a lot of people with a smirk on their face. Absolutely. And it'll be real. Match of honor. Yeah.
There'll be an official Tech Tip winner. Okay. Here's the question.
Bill failed to cut a bush down in his backyard and it cost him over $5,000. Why? So if you know the answer, all you have to do is give us a call. And that number, again, 706-863-5800 or 800-224-9090. So don't hesitate to give us a call. And we, Phillip, some of the things that we were talking about that we'll talk about during the day.
Here's an example. What's some of the things that a person should consider before trading or purchasing a car? Well, I like to tell people to be prepared.
And part of that preparation is to set a budget. You know, a lot of people sit out, they see something they like, it catches their eye. But lots of times they can't afford that car. Or it's not a good car.
Everything that glitters is not gold. You know, I have people call me occasionally and say, hey, I saw this car, blah, blah, blah. I really like it, blah, blah.
You know, I may say, stay away from it. They don't want to hear that because they've seen it with their eye, they love the way it looks. I'll start telling them why that's not a good car for you.
Maybe it's a little off the path, you know, something more exotic. You know what that leads to, higher prices for maintenance. Which is great for some people.
And I've made a few ladies over the years, it seems the ladies don't take it as well as the men. When you tell them that Jaguar, they're looking at probably isn't the best car for them, you know, for their use. And so what it's good to do as you're doing that is not only think about the car, but think about the long term of what the costs are and what the cost will be on that car. Because a lot of times people will buy a vehicle and things are going to break. I mean, you're going to have alternators, starters, window motors and different things. And some vehicles are more than other vehicles when that happens. And some vehicles it happens more frequently than other vehicles. So if you're a person that says, well, I really want to get a car that I don't have to spend a lot of money on, then you want to find that car. Now there are beautiful cars that fit into that area. Absolutely, yes.
But you definitely wouldn't want to buy something that is prone to cause you some heartache. You want to let's go to the phones? Go ahead. All right, let's do it, Philip. Here we go.
Hold on. Why don't we go over here and talk to Ken. Hey, Ken, welcome to the CNC Auto Show and what can we help you with?
I'd like to try your tech tip quiz from last week. Oh, Ken, you're going to have to be still because we're going to need to put you on stage. So don't move. Okay. All right, Ken, you're now on stage. All eyes are on you.
What is the answer to today's tech tip quiz? Okay, when he failed to cut down that bush, it was actually a dead bush. And it was a very woody bush. And because of that, a lot of ants made nests in that bush. And that bush happened to be close to his AC compressor unit that was outside for his home. And those ants got into that AC condenser unit and shorted out some relays and electronics and actually damaged his compressor.
That's why it cost so much money to fix. Well, Ken, I'm going to mention to you, you are definitely getting close. But the only bad part is there's no cigar on this end now. We don't do this many times. And this is between me and you.
Don't mention it to anyone else. But you will be able to call back in because you're getting close, Ken. Okay. Yeah, you get a little closer. But no, actually there were no ants around there. Now, there was some ants a little further down the road. But there wasn't any in there on this particular case. Right, it was something else.
Okay. Ken, that is... I'm going home and check around my AC compressor because I didn't know ants would mess it up. Yeah, well, you know... And I'm sure they probably will because they'll eat into a car or, you know... You know, we had an electronic part one time on a car that was bad.
We took it open and there was a dog on a ant in there. Hey, Ken, we appreciate that very much. Okay, thanks a lot.
Okay, thank you. And let's pull over right here. I need to run inside for a moment. And when I return, Phillip Hawkins will be ready to answer your automotive questions.
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Charles, welcome to the CNC Auto Show. What can we help you with? Hey, good morning, Mr. Airman, and welcome to the show, Mr. Phillip. Thank you. How y'all doing today?
All right. And I'm doing good also. I said, how y'all doing? Y'all? Y'all?
That includes two? Yeah, we're both doing good. Yep.
We're ready. Great. Great. Yeah.
I was going to try the tech tip quiz, Mr. Airman. All right. Well, be still. We're going to put you on stage. I'm shaking.
I'm shaking already. All right. Charles, we are ready for you to answer today's tech tip quiz.
What is it? Oh, okay. I believe the gentleman that you were talking about, his name was Bill, right? He failed to get rid of one of those pesky red tip bushes that had been in his yard probably a real long time, thus meaning he didn't get the roots out.
They got down in the septic tank and caused an expensive plumbing job to be done on the septic tank and possibly some of the lines coming from the house. Now, Charles, the only thing is it don't seem like a bush. Now, this was a bush.
This wasn't a tree. And roots normally don't go that far from a bush. A red tip is a bush. Oh, a red tree and they have long roots? Red tip is a shrub bush.
Oh, okay. And it goes down. They have big roots. It's typically a hedge. They go down to where the water is at to get, you know, the roots.
And if one has been there a long time, they can have roots almost as big as some tree. Wow. And it went in the septic tank. Well, I tell you, so that is plausible. Okay. So Phillip has confirmed that that could happen, Charles. Yep. So you did good.
You'd have to have a shallow septic tank. Yeah. But, Charles, that's not the answer. Oh, okay. But, I mean, if you… I like your theory, Charles.
Great minds think alike. I mean, you know. Yep. Charles, I'm going to mention to you during a break, Phillip had mentioned that same thing.
He said, I think this is what it's going to be. That's exactly. I don't know the answer here.
See, they won't let me know the answer. Yeah. So I'm right there with you, Charles. I think that's plausible that a root could get down into the septic tank. Or maybe it could get around the sprinkler line or something and cause a lot of damage. I like the way you think, buddy.
I like the way you think. I don't think the sprinkler line would cause that much, Charles. I'm thinking the septic tank… Well, you've never been to my house. You've never been to my house.
Well, one action causes another one. No, sir, but you know what? I have told several people, and I gave them your number to look you up about used cars. How about that? Well, I appreciate that. If a bush ever gets in your septic tank, you give me a call.
I've been in an apartment complex, so it won't only mess me up. I hear you. But we ain't got no red tip down here. I hear you.
We've got plenty of pine trees up, but we ain't got no red tip. Yes, sir. Thank you, Charles. We really appreciate you calling.
I always enjoy talking to you. All right. Bye-bye. Nice meeting you, Mr. Phillip. Thank you, sir. Take care. Appreciate you calling in.
You're welcome. Number to call, 706-863-5800 if you have a question about your car, truck, or SUV. Almost any question, even pre-owned car questions today. Or Phillip knows a lot about paint and body, insurance, financing. Any of those type questions, or pretty much anything to do with a car.
Or a vehicle would be a better term. You give us a call, and we will jump right on that. And let's go to the next caller. Go to Charles again. This is different, Charles. Charles, welcome to the show.
Thank you. Were you saying could it be damage to the car? Is that what you're saying? No, actually, it just cost him $5,000. Let me read that again.
I should have went ahead and read it several times. Phil failed to cut a bush down in his backyard, and it cost him over $5,000. Why did it cost him over $5,000? And Charles, we're going to need to put you on stage. And Charles, what is the answer to today's Tech Tip quiz? I think there was some rodents such as squirrels that were in the bush and under the car and chewed a lot of the wire and the computer components, and that's what cost him all the money.
So the bush was harboring a squirrel. Yeah. Right. Oh, no. Oh, Charles. Man, Charles, don't don't take it, Charles, don't don't, Charles, I'm sorry, Charles, I'll tell you what, Charles, you can you can you can call back if you if the right answer comes up.
Okay. I've had that happen. The squirrel gets in the wire.
Yeah, we have seen that Charles. That part is true. And we have definitely seen times where a varmint chews wiring on a vehicle, and it can get very expensive. And I wouldn't doubt that it wouldn't cost $5,000 in some cases. It could.
Yeah, I had a motorhome that rats got in the wiring of it, and it was very expensive. Can be catastrophic. So Charles, that wasn't a bad answer. So don't feel so bad about it.
No, you're in the you're in the realm of possibility. You are. Absolutely. And we appreciate you calling too. Okay.
Thank you. Hey, Charles, we appreciate it. Okay, you wait right here.
And Philip Hawkins is here with us. And we are ready to answer your pre on car questions or any other automotive question you have. It's Saturday mornings between 805 and 10 Eastern. And you can be dialing while we're inside for a few minutes. You can be dialing 800-224-9090 or 706-863-5800 or watch us live on Facebook. We'll be right back.
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K seal it. And Philip Hawkins is here with me and watch us live or watch past shows on Facebook. But don't hold that car question inside. Give us a call the number 706-863-5800 Saturday mornings, 805 to 10 Eastern. And we are ready to go to well, well, we were, I wanted to ask Philip a question because this is something I've thought about a lot.
And so, and somebody in Philip's position would be able to answer this well. What seems to what pre on cars seem to be the most popular right now? Well, that would be probably a crew cab pickup truck is not actually a car. Crew cab pickup has become the family car. And I think men have a lot to do with that because they've convinced their wife if they bought a pickup truck with a four doors, it will serve the family and it actually does this I use it myself.
That's my car. The next one is the SUV and the SUV comes from the big suburban Yukon Tahoe type thing all the way down to a, you know, a very small Ford Escape or Equinox Chevy Equinox SUV. People are looking more for utility than they are for, I hate to say style, but a car and a C-A-R something with a trunk is what I identify as a car, but also is popular. It seems like RVs are very popular right now. A lot of people buy the pickup truck to pull a camper, pull a boat, pull a jet ski, haul their kayaks in the back.
You know, I think the pandemic probably has even made people even more wanting to get outside, wanting to do things, and that's just accelerating people that may have been on the fence. You know, are we going to get a camper, are we going to get a boat, we're going to whatever. I've got friends that are in the RV business and the boat business and they're completely out of inventory, sold out for this year and sold out last year. Yeah, and so with something like that with, let's say a four-door, I'm going to just say a F-150 truck with a towing package, in many cases you can... Most popular vehicle in America. Yeah, you're able to drive it back and forth to work during the week and then when you go camping that weekend you're able to do that. You can go to church on Sunday and go to the fishing hole on Saturday and go to work on Monday. Yeah, and they're so roomy you can get a whole family in them now.
So I was thinking that that would be the answer, but I wanted to check to be sure. As a matter of fact, some car manufacturers have cut their line up on... Ford Motor Company no longer makes a car except for a Ford Mustang. Everything else is a pickup or SUV. So I won't have to worry about getting pulled over by a Crown Vic anymore. No sir.
All right, sounds good. You ready to go to the cause? No tickets given out of Crown Vics. No Crown Vic ticket, okay. Are we ready? Yes. All right, let me see here.
I want to do this the right way. So if I'm not mistaken, yes, we will go to Billy. Billy, welcome to the C&C Auto Show and what can we help you with? Good morning, Phillip.
Good morning. I'm going to answer the tech tip quiz so you can put me on the stage. Oh, Billy, you know what sounded good? We're ready for somebody to answer this.
Did you hear that, Phillip? He didn't say he might answer. He's going to answer. He didn't say there was a chance. He didn't say he was going to give the right answer though, did he? No, he did not. Okay. But let me read the question real quick. Bill failed to cut a bush down in his backyard and it cost him over $5,000.
Why? And we're going to put you on stage and Billy, now is your time. Well, being Bill was the lazy man and wanted to do it the easy way, he tied a rope to the bumper on his vehicle instead of to the axle and he tied it to the bush and when he pulled it, pulled it, it not only pulled the bumper off the vehicle, it also messed up the rear door and the quarter panels and it cost him $5,000 to get it fixed. Billy, that must have been one heck of a bush.
It must have been. Phillip started laughing, Billy. I didn't do it. No, no, he's lying to you, buddy. Phillip was the one laughing. It wasn't me.
It's all right. I think he put off putting that, getting that bush out of the yard. No, that did.
I have done what you said though, Billy. I have pulled up a bush slash small tree with my pickup truck. Yeah.
But when you get a little older, that's the way you think, you know. It didn't pop out of the ground and do $5,000 worth of stuff. Now tree could do that and Billy, I will tell you when you was talking, I remember a YouTube video where a guy was doing that with a stump and that stump popped out and it did hit his truck and it did look like it could have been $5,000. Well, apparently there's some bigger bushes around here than I have in my yard.
Yeah, they grow deep and they grow strong. That's right. But Billy, that was a great try and we want to say thank you very much for calling in. You're welcome. I like the way you think, Billy.
Yep. The number to call is 7 0 6 8 6 3 5 800. If you have a question about your car, truck, SUV, pre-owned cars, financing, insurance, anything to do with a car or a vehicle, you give us a call because we are ready for you and we will move over to Jim. Jim, welcome to the CNC auto show. Good morning to you both. Good morning. Car related in the tech tip quiz. So question me on up there.
All right. This is, this is a friend of the show, Jim Pate, and he is, uh, he is wonderful and he's going to be helping us in a lot of ways on the show. Eventually we're going to put you on stage, Jim.
Now, Jim, I'm going to read this question one more time because you always do very well. Bill failed to cut a Bush down in his backyard and it cost him over $5,000. Well, this is going to follow the theory that pressure equals heat and heat equals damage. I think in this case it had nothing to do with an automobile, but the Bush was sitting next to his outdoor air conditioning unit. And when you surround an air conditioning unit, whether it's on a car or on a house and it doesn't get enough air, it'll develop pressure. And if it develops too much pressure, things inside are not happy and you can easily spend $5,000 on air conditioning components, vehicular or home air conditioning.
If you don't let that heat escape from either the, in this case, the condenser to allow the unit to operate properly, and that will cause that pressure to go way up and you'll damage the compressor or you'll have a rupture elsewhere in the system. Jim, let me run that. Oh, the judges said yes. The crowd's going wild, Jim. Oh, this is crazy. Oh, wow.
Thank you very much. Bill, actually, Bill had heard on this show that you should cut Bush's back. And Jim, I truly feel like if people listen to this, there's some people out there that this will save them a lot of money because it kills me when I see trees all around an AC condenser and no one that can't breathe, so I know that the AC pressure is going to be going up and I know that it's going to burn out a compressor. So he had heard it on the show that he should cut back the bushes and because that would interfere with the airflow on your home heating and AC condenser, which sets outside that's normally in the backyard. Bill didn't do it and it turned his AC unit into some nice scrap metal. And your home AC unit must have airflow.
Keep those bushes cut back from your AC condenser and it will make the whole system last that much longer. And Jim, you are a multi big time Tech Tip Quiz winner and I want to say congratulations. Well, good. And that's great. It's always a lot of fun. And then I have a question both of you can help me answer.
Absolutely. We are ready for you. Hey, one of the things that we may run into, Jim, is we are going to need to pull over to the side of the road just for a moment. And would you would you can we park right here and let me run inside real quick and then ask me the question as soon as I come back out? That'll be fine. So long as we don't have to use the bumper jack.
I'm going to have to run in there right quick, though, because I'm in a hurry to try to get inside. So we we will be right back with more of the CNC Auto Show. As we navigate the COVID-19 crisis, O'Reilly Auto Parts is dedicated to serving you. We've been deemed an essential business, so our doors will stay open. We encourage you to buy online, then pick up curbside.
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Or you can watch the show live at ccautoshow.com or on Facebook. And we were talking to Jim. Let me bring Jim back. Jim, welcome back to the show. Good to be here. All right. Now you had, you had won the tech tip quiz. The crowd went wild and what you had, you had a question after that.
Two for you. The first one is, Philip, when you're looking for a car on your own and you want to do the analysis of its history, I know there's a product out there called Carfax. Is there something that's better than that or is that really a sort of the standard for getting the most information, even though you won't get it all, but getting the most information you can about car history? Yes, Carfax is the go-to. It's the brand, they've actually been around a long time now.
Time flies when you're having fun, but I would say 20 years or more. And they keep fine tuning the Carfax report. Aaron here, I think when he does a service, it goes on the Carfax report. So it builds a history on the car. Used to be, Jim, the accident report would maybe just say accident report. Now they actually put where the damage was on the car. And they rate it minor, moderate, major, so forth. So that's really good. I would say it's a 90% eliminator of a bad problem or a history.
It's another thing, sometimes you have to eat the chicken and throw away the bones. In other words, if you're looking at an older car, most of them are going to have a minor accident over time, and you have to kind of discern, okay, I like the car, I see the service history is good, the accident happened back five years ago. That means the person, obviously it didn't hinder them from owning the car. But that's a very good tool.
And Jim, I'll add just a tad bit to that. It's been a useful tool for us also, even for regular customers that come in. Let's say a customer comes in and we see where that vehicle has, they had bought it a pre-owned car and let's say they've had it a year. And we look at the mileage and it's got 150,000 miles on it. We asked them, have they had a timing belt installed on the car?
And they say, no. We say, well, 150,000 miles, we would recommend it. But instead, that's the way it used to be. Instead now, as we're looking at their history of what we've done to the vehicle over the last year, we can actually look at car facts and see what's been done to a car, those that report it, the mechanical places that report it, which is most dealers and a lot of independents. But we're able to look back and say, no, ma'am, you had your timing belt replaced at 90,000 miles in Florida. And so it saves them $1,000 or so because we knew that that part had already been replaced.
So it can be a very useful tool for a lot of people. Good. Okay.
Thank you. Question number two, can't remember when ethanol began to be part of automobile gasoline, but if you got a car that was produced before ethanol came out, are you better off or is it advisable to use ethanol-free fuel in a car, and in this case, a mid-80s General Motors car, or is this 10% or so amount that's listed on the pumps that I use, insignificant to the performance and the components of the car? My opinion on that is it depends on how much you drive it. If you drive in that car like three, four, five times a week or every day going to work and that fuel is just flowing through there, the ethanol stays mixed. Now there are treatments, for instance, BG Products produces an ethanol treatment to where you can pour it in the gas and then to keep the ethanol from separating and you're able to use that and drive it. Now if you've got a vehicle that you're going to fill up full of gas that's going to sit in your yard for a period of time, that ethanol is going to separate and when that ethanol goes through that system and it would end up being much more than 10% if it's separated, then on that model car, you're going to have some problems, either the liner of the fuel tank, you're going to have some fuel line problems, some fuel pump problems, just a whole lot of different issues because the car wasn't designed to handle the ethanol and the engine probably won't run as good because the computer system is not sophisticated enough to offset the timing or adjust the fuel mixture in a way to where you'd get good efficiency with E10.
I totally agree with Aaron. If you're using this car often, I don't think it would ever be an issue to use the ethanol, but if you're putting it up for the winter or a seasonal car, definitely put the non-alcohol treatment. Either a treatment in there or put ethanol-free fuel in there, one of the two. That's what I do with my boat.
You use it all summer, I don't worry about the fact that it has alcohol in the fuel, but when it comes to wintertime, I never put it up without putting a treatment in the fuel. Good. All right. That's helpful. The degree of usage is key, and I'll bear that in mind. Absolutely. Okay.
That's what I had for today. Thanks for letting me play along. Very interesting show. Good to listen to that. Congratulations on getting that text. Yeah. Of course, you have one before now. Yeah, okay. Jim, thank you very much. I always enjoy you calling. Yep.
Good time here, too. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. The number to call is 706-863-5800. Let's jump right on over here and go to Joe.
Welcome to the C&C Auto Show, and what can we help you with? I have a 2019 Mazda CX-5 at 41,000 miles on it, and I'd like your opinion on when is the best time to change out the brakes. Well, now, if you agree with me, Phillip, I would say when they're worn out.
No, the reason I say that, Joe, is there was a time to where you could pretty much predict when brakes were worn out. Absolutely. Yeah.
And it'd be a long time before this. Yeah. About 30,000 miles a car is going to need it. I remember when 20 would get it.
Yeah. Now, the way the brakes are designed, they have semi-metallic and ceramic and just a whole lot of other materials in the compound of the brakes, and of course, the cooling of the brakes is so much better than it used to be. They do a better size of matching up the rotors.
Now, this is most cars, it's not all. But because of that, I've seen brakes last anywhere from 30,000 on up to 100,000. Now, once you pass a certain mileage, let's say you start getting into 100, 120, 140, in my opinion, about that time is when they start getting crystallized.
And once they get crystallized, even though the brake pads may be thick, they didn't got so hard that they're never going to wear, and you don't have the same stopping power. So there are exceptions to when, whether you replace them because they're worn out or whether you replace them because it's just been a long time. But as a general rule, that's not a predictive maintenance item. That's a item that you would change when it's inspected. Now, I would recommend have them inspected. At least, we like to do it every oil change because they're very easy to check.
But if not, at least check them once every six months or so or every year to make sure that the pads are good. All right. Thanks for your opinion. Appreciate it. Hey, great question. Wow. We are out of time. We'll be right back with more of the CNC Auto Show.
