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life a little easier. I encourage people to call when problems start. All
right, in the beginning today's Car Day, I got Uncle Kevin in the
home studio. We didn't go to the mothership today. Marcus Usann are off
and then the other car guys are off. So it's Kevin and me.
So this is where we will be enjoying the pizza. And by the way,
Car Day is not just about cars, but we do talk about cars,
and we kind of concentrate them today and Kevin, anything new in the
car biz. No, right, moving along now. I hate bringing this
up because it's just gonna piss me off, and like, like it reminds
me of the movies where they say, oh honey, now your blood pressure,
you know, like you better watch out. Years this happened to come
up yesterday and I started reading about it and looking on YouTube and finding these
fake testimonials. And it's the guy that used to be in Denver. I
drove him out of Colorado. I literally drove him out of Colorado with all
my negative, negative stories. By the way, they didn't start out to
be negative. They started out to be stories. They're negative because this Rocky
Mountain Radar as it was called when he was here. I don't know where
he moved, but Rocky Mountain Radar he markets now that it's called the Odin
od I, and he claims now he used to make his own, but
now he claims the Odin. Maybe he makes that, I don't know.
He claims that it has long range detection and scrambling technology. He claims it
cannot only detect radar and laser. Both these are right off the website Rockymountain
Radar dot com. He claims that it will scramble lasers and it will scramble
radar. Now, technology to scramble radar and laser based on the military specs
I know and the aviation specs I know, is an astronomically expensive technology and
cannot be contained in that little thing on the dash. We tested this years
and years ago and found not only did it did not scramble, it did
nothing. It was like putting a dog turn on your dash. It did
nothing. Okay, now this one might detect you know, detectors are not
new radar detectors. Blah blah blah. However, it does not scramble it
and he claims it scrambles it to an unreadable thing so you can't get a
ticket. And they say they're going to never get a speeding ticket. Anyway,
here's the bottom line. I didn't test this one, but I'm going
to. I'm going to literally get one and test it. But I am
almost positive at this point. I swear to God, I am positive it's
BS. And in fact, I'll even put a challenge out to the owner.
I ran him out of town. He knows who I am. He's
on YouTube, the lies that he spreads about Rocky Mountain radar and Odin O
d N. If you guys get a chance, my YouTube morons, my
Facebook flunkies, my uh I heart downloaders, my people who just listen live.
I don't know why I'm giving it publicity, because I'll tell you why.
Because there are people buying it. Now, let me tell you why
he found the perfect crime in my opinion, because he's a fraudster, he's
a liar, he's a cheater. Do you know why. I talked to
the Attorney General when he was in Colorado. I talked to the district attorneys.
I talked to the Federal Trade Commission. Kevin, why do you feel
he's getting away with him? Would your what would your guest be, Kevin?
Well, it's kind of hard to prove, isn't it, whether it
scrambles or not. Well, okay, bottom line is I proved to them
and they admitted not Rocky Mound radar. But the authorities admitted it did not
work and that he was committing fraud. They admitted that. They said they'd
have a case. Why didn't they go out Not sir ah, I'm going
to tell you why they didn't go after him because the victims are not sympathetic
to them. Because they said, these people are trying to get around the
law anyway, so they did not feel sorry for the victims. They said,
these victims are trying to break the law. They want to speed.
So the authorities were not anxious to not anxious to do this to take this
guy on because they did not sympathize with the victims. It was almost the
attitude it serves them right, It serves them right. So I want to
test this again, and I am thinking, I don't know how many he's
selling. I don't know what he's doing, but I'd like to get him
off the market because no matter who buys this for three ninety nine, they're
throwing money away, and I think is wrong. Now, I can't say
so much for the detection. I don't know how much radar detectors costs.
I mean, that's not a hard thing to do to get a radar detector.
But I want to know what people think about this. Does it bother
you that this guy? I mean, I'm sure there are so many products
like this on the market that just don't work. He out and out lies,
i mean, lies on YouTube about this product. So I'm going to
order one. I'm going to go out and test it. Then I'm going
to try maybe even though I don't want to spend a lot of money because
there's not a lot of victims. I don't know if I'll get an attorney,
but I want to do a class action. What I'd like to do
is sue on behalf of anyone who ever bought one. But I think it'll
just put him out of business. But that'll be good enough. If I
can engineer this. I would like to do this. And I'm telling you
straight up front. If I test it and by some miracle he has found
how to take a multimillion dollar technology and put it down into a little box
you can put on your dash, then he should, by the way,
sell it to the military, and he should, you know, and I'll
tell you if it works. But I'm gonna do it. Now. Let
me go to the phones. Randy called toward the end of the show,
I believe or on the show yesterday about Aquaspase. Now, Aquaspase is a
SPA dealer. I want full disclosure here. I used to endorse Aquaspas.
Geez, maybe thirty years ago, twenty five, maybe twenty, I don't
know. No, it was more than twenty years ago. I believe it
was more than twenty years ago. Aqua Spase. I used to endorse them
on the show, Randy, and really yep. Then I stopped because they
were doing some things that I felt was shady. Okay, two things.
One was they were offering a one hundred percent rebate one hundred percent on your
purchase price. You would buy the tub, you'd get a voucher and in
so many years you would redeem that voucher for one hundred percent of the purchase
price. Now, they made it so you had to do it in a
certain timeframe, and you had you know, proof of purchase, this and
that, and and it sounded like, well, not eight out of ten
people will never do it, But what about the people that do. They
claim they had a company it was out of England that backed them up and
was doing this all over the world, all over the country on jewelry,
on appliances, on hot tubs. And I talked to the guy and he
swore to God, yep, it's going to happen. So Aquaspase signed up
for this program, and then I just started doing the math because Aqua Spase
would pay him a portion of every sale, and then he was supposedly going
to put that money away and somehow have money to rebate. It did not
work. The company caved. It was a disaster that was Aquaspase. Aquaspase
also wanted me to do a commercial about the stock show. They rented a
place, and I think it was up there they were doing. They wanted
me to advertise that they were going to be at a big or no,
that there was going to be a big spa show, okay, with all
these different spas and everything with great prices, come and see spas one stop
shopping. Except it was only Aqua spas in the show. There was no
one else. So it was their show, but they made it sound like
it was going to be. It was one of these shows where trade shows,
where a lot of people are gonna be there, You're gonna get variety,
you're gonna see all kinds, and it was just them selling them.
So I thought that was disingenuous. Let's put it this way. I got
a bad taste in my mouth about Aquaspase, but I'll be honest here,
never ever heard a problem about Aquaspase probably twenty years or more. I mean,
in fact, I never heard a complain about Aquaspause. When I was
endorsing them, I decided not to do it anymore based on those factors.
But I actually never got complaints about them. Okay, I'll have to be
totally straight here, never got really complaints about them. And then this complaint
came yesterday, and the complaint is you simply bought a hot tub in advance
for a home, and you put a back door in there in case you
couldn't finish the home or something, right, Randy, go ahead, yes,
sir, oh yeah. So you know, me and my wife,
we were in the middle of buying a house. We're real close to it.
Wasn't sure if we're going to be approved or not. So I said,
you know, this is fully refundable. He was yeah, yeah.
I said, well, come we put it in there. If I don't
close in my house by such and such an eight. You picked the date.
I said, it should be within a couple of weeks, you know,
He said, yeah, sure. We were there November sixth, he
wrote, November. If it doesn't close by November twenty sixth or twenty eighth,
twenty sixthy thing was twenty eighth, November twenty eighth, full refund.
We had not closed on the house until January. I had to I had
to put so you didn't. So how much did you put down on this?
Two thousand dollars? And okay, so you put down two grand with
a back door on that and he and it was signed by that guy who
sold it to you. Yeah, And I've talked to him and he said
it's completely out of line that Matt won't give us the money bag. But
he I'm just an employee. Brother. I can't believe it. And did
he? But but here this is really important, not important to you,
but important to Aquaspase. I'm sure did Matt have not? Matt? Who
was the guy you worked with? Aaron? He's the one that put that
on there, not the manager, not the ownership. Right, he was
the manager. He was the only one at the store. Oh oh,
are you sure he was the store manager? He said he was in charge
of charge. Okay, he wrote in a special clause, right, yes,
okay, Thus I think you guys have no I do. I saw
it. But here's the point. I want people listening to know this.
The point is he wrote in a special clause, and it said that if
you didn't build by a certain time or finish, you get your money back.
And the bottom line is Aquaspase is not honoring it. I don't see
there's a way you can. Mark must have told you this when you called
Jesiny. Did he suggest you go to small claims court like this? Said?
No, we are. We're gonna talk about it, but Katchina got
an interesting reaction when she called over there. We'll talk about that and more
coming up three oh three seven one three talk. I'm gonna get all of
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twenty two. Hi Tom Martino, you're troubleshooter three oh three seven one three
talk seven one three two five five. So this guy goes to Aquasphaspus two
th thousand dollars down. Aquaspa's manager, Aaron rights in there. He can
get his money back if his house isn't done by a certain time, because
he didn't want to wait. You know, Uncle Kevin over here had a
good well, Randy, why did you even do that like that? Why
didn't you just wait till your house was done? We're curious. We're just
you know, walking walking to the mall and seen it. We had one
of our house that we were selling and just impulse. Kay and Kelly,
you called out there? Did you talk to Aaron? Who'd you talk to?
So I left a message for Aaron. I talked to a gentleman who
would not identify himself. He did not give me his name or anything like
that. But basically, did he called back or did you talk to him
when you called? I talked to him when he called or when I called,
And he was from the get go very irate and wasn't the most forthcoming
with information, but he did indicate that this had already been settled quote unquote,
and I use how did he say it was settled? He said that
Randy has already been in touch with our attorney. And so then I asked,
who is your attorney? And he why would they have to go to
court over this if he wrote in there, I'll give you a refund.
Well, because I guess the owner did not give Randy the money back.
They did not honor the contract. And so the gentleman I chat to said
that they always honor their contracts. And you don't know what you're talking about,
girl. That was one of the things that were that way. I
mean, we'd be happy to hear what they mean by that. Maybe maybe
they'll claim that Randy wrote it in himself, or maybe he'll well. The
funny part is that he hung up on me. So I called him back
and on the second time, because at the end of the conversation he said,
never call this number. Of the first conversation, he said, never
call this number again. So I called him back and I recommend I also
recommend that no one ever calls that number, and no one uses these people
if they're going to be this way, right, okay, right, And
then it got a little bit more contentious in that he said I didn't know
what I was talking about. He told me to stfu if that is any
indication he didn't spell it out. And uh so I was a little taken
aback by that. What a professional manner this guy day. And so then
he dropped the bomb that he sued you. Oh really, yes, sued
me? Yes? Well, first of all, let me just say this.
Let me just say this. I don't recall ever being sued by anybody
up at Aquaspas or did he mean he personally sued me? I believe he
mentioned the company sued you. Well, that's not right because we just parted
company. But uh here's here's what I do want to say, had they
sued me. Now, I'm telling you, I'm seventy, I kind of
remember a lot, but I don't ever recall. No, I'm just going
to say I wasn't sued by them, because here's but here's what I do
want to say. If they did sue me, they lost because I've never
lost a case, right, So right, Well, okay, so that
means I beat them. What he is saying is I beat them in a
lawsuit, is what he's saying. Well, but I don't remember beating them
in a lawsuit. Well, the second phone call. The second phone call
ended with him saying, if you do not stop calling this number, I'm
going to get the sharemer sheriff from Larimer County on to literally come and you
know, serve you for harassment. And by the way, I don't mind
not calling them. In fact, I think consumers should never call them.
And it's okay. What he is saying is he does not want to honor
the contract, nor does he want to talk on the air about anything.
Bottom line, that's what you said. Yes, and he told me that
I didn't know anything about it and that I should stop calling him immediately or
he was going to bring harassment claim. Now, I don't see any recent
documents filed. Well, let's see, okay, I do see this Articles
of Organization back that was in twenty twenty three. Was the the latest document
I see here on the Secretary of State. I just want to see who
the registered agent is. I see Vint Davis. Well, I see a
Kevin Quintero Aqua Space. Oh no, I'm sorry, that's Aqua Spa CE
pools. I don't know if that's them. Honest to god, I can't
tell what I'm looking at here Aqua Spase. Is it Aqua Spa aqua pools
and spas? Or or is it Aquaspas inc? Is it? I think
it's Aquaspase Incs. But I'm not sure actually, to be honest with you,
here, yeah, there's a Matthew Davis. This is in Fort Collins.
Is that who it is? You think? I think yes, yes,
yes, is Matthew the one that said he sued me to think.
Is that who you talk to? Or? You know? He would not
indicate what his name was. He would not tell me what his name was.
He would not tell me who is What number did you call? I
want to make sure that I got the right one here? What number did
you call? I called the Fort Collins number, which is nine seven zero
two two six three three five three. Okay, I don't think anyone should
call that number Aquaspase basically sucks. They're going on the Sleeves Brigade because we
have a breach of contract, just blatant and okay, let me just mark
this for Sleaves Brigade people. You know what, we have plenty of good
SPA companies around. In fact, I don't know why he just wouldn't go
to Costco and get one. Nay, Randy, I don't understand you know
spas or not magic. No. And just so you know what he called
me yesterday after the show. Oh what did he say? Well? I
think he called me like four times and I finally called back and said,
Hey, who is this? She said, I'm just my lawyer. Just
wanted me to know. Let you know that we're following bringing paperwork up against
you and gonna for what for? What? I mean, if you're lying.
Listen, if you're lying, you should be sued. But you showed
us a document signed, You showed us that you put money down. I
mean, what part of this is not true? And then my opinion is
they suck? Well, okay, let me just address it their attorney.
Mister attorney. Now listen. I'm sure you're proud that you're an attorney.
You went to school and all that, and you want to show you got
balls and you want to or whatever you got nerve. If you're a female
attorney, you want to show that you can do something for your client.
But I also think you're going to tell your clients some realistic crap here,
First and foremost, what is he going to sue for an opinion that Tom
Martino has that this sucks? Or what about this a customer who's telling the
truth about the transaction? Or what about this the fact that we called your
client and begged them to give their side of the story, even off the
air. They can do it. So which part of this do you feel
as actionable, mister attorney. I don't think you do. And I think
that you have, of course a responsibility to tell your client that. And
mister whoever you are at spabrokers who think you sued me, But I don't
recall beating you. And of course I beat everyone, never lost look me
up on Lexus and Nexus or anywhere else, never lost a lawsuit. So,
in fact, got attorneys fees a good part of the time for what
we call anti slap laws. Anti slap means when you go after someone for
their opinion or for expressing something, and all of that, then there are
attorneys fees usually granted. So I don't want to get into all this.
Your attorney can explain that to you when you calm down. But if you
look at this for what It is pure and simple. It's a contract.
The guy paid money with a written clause that he can get it back.
Now, maybe you want to tell me this guy Aaron who did that was
fired and wasn't wasn't I authorized to do it? And if you do tell
me that, then you'd have to have a problem when he sues you in
small claim court to show why you have negligently, negligently and trusted that manager
with certain authority or at least you know, an impression of authority for customers.
I don't know any of this because I'm not going to have to fight
this. I'll just give it to my attorney. But here's what I'd like
to tell you, mister spabrokers and mister attorney or missus attorney, bring it
pre oh three seven one three talks seven one three eight two five five people.
Randy, you got to start this small claim. I don't see how
you lose, do you. I don't see how you lose unless you're lying,
And if you're lying, I'll help them sue you. But I don't
think you're lying. Yeah, I should lose, Randy. I don't know
many why this is happening, but one thing for sure, you shouldn't have
done the deal at all. I mean you should have just waited for goodness.
Sure is a good lesson learned, that's for sure. Okay, So
Spas and I want to tell people spob I would not use Aqua Spas at
all. I would not use them, but not a good deal. That's
my opinion. That's my opinion. So Aquaspas and and we called nine seven
zero two two six thirty three fifty three. And I don't want anyone calling
there because the guy doesn't want phone calls. And besides, I wouldn't call
there anyway, because you don't want that company. If you're looking for a
hot tub, you at Costco. Hey, you know, we have a
local company here. I think they're still around. Spa Brokers, good company.
They've been around for years in Denver, for years. In fact,
I used to endorse them too, years and years and years and years and
years. Uh, Spa Brokers, that's probably where I would go. Three
oh three seven to one three talk seven one three eight two five five.
Okay, So you hurt my opinion. And of course that is my opinion,
which of course is free to express in this country. Because you know,
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sixteen twenty two. Hey Tom Martino your shovel shooter three all three seven one
three talk three all three seven one three eight two five five Welcome. Let's
continue here and again, I'm really sorry that happened with Aquaspas, but people
learn your lesson. They will not honor all contracts apparently, and that's Aquaspas
up north there. I don't know if they have any in the Denver Metrrie,
but I recommend SPA brokers. I recommend Costco for goodness sakes, or
just about anywhere. I'd rather just go to a place that I know the
contract actually be honored. That's my opinion. Com what's going on? Man?
You got a twenty eighteen Ford and is it a Ford Escort sport?
That's correct? Yes, so huh okay, we got Uncle Kevin with us
to listen to you. So what's going on? Yes, this only happens
when I gas up and try to start the car and ind case, the
battery light like a dead battery. And only when you start up in the
like the first start of the day. No, no, only from the
gas station, sitting at the gas pumps. It's really weird and I can
barely get it started. Only wait, this is after you fill up.
Yeah. Yeah, and once once I get I can barely get a crank,
you know. And then then after that it's okay. I can turn
it on and off everywhere. Wait a minute, what is it about pumping
gas that would cause that to happen? Kevin? That just doesn't even now
when you say you okay, you turn it off, you pump the gas.
As soon as your gas is pumped, you go to start it,
and it doesn't crank, or it cranks but won't start. It has a
show the red light or dead battery comes on, and I could just turn
it over enough to get going, you know, and then after that,
and it never happens anywhere else. That's correct. If you went to the
gas station and turned it off and pretended to pump gas, not just no,
I would be so curious as to why the hell and does it happen
at every gas station? I always go to Costco the same exact place,
Yeah, over on Westminster here, and I just can't kid to me,
that is like a there's no rhyme or reason for that one. I mean,
I'd like someone listening to tell me why the hell that's it. It's
got to be some sort of a vapor, some sort of a mission.
Yeah, but okay, can you do us a favor? I mean,
ron it never you never get that red light, and it never happens except
at that Costco. Yeah. Now the red battery light comes on, you
know, well, what do you mean it comes on every time you started?
No, the warning light for the dead battery. It shows the red
battery light only when you're at that Costco. That's correct. Does it run
rough once you get it started or does it run normal? It runs normal,
celerates good. And when you go to start, I'm going to ask
this again, and you're at the Costco. You just pumped gas and you
go to start it and that red light's on. Does it crank reluctantly?
Light or does it crank but not start just like you said reluctantly? Okay,
okay, Kevin, that mate? I mean, what would zapp is
power only at that Costco? I got nothing. I'm totally stunning. Okay,
hold on a second. What about this if you went to that Costco
and turned it off but not pumped gas and then tried to start it.
I really mean that. I like to know. Or if you go to
another gas station, are you you got it? You gotta call us back?
Do you need gas today? No? I got a full tank yesterday,
damn it. And it happened yesterday. That's correct. Yeah? How
far from that Costco? Oh? I'm real close? Like Ken blocks five?
Or could you, honest to god, could you go there, pull
up to turn it off, do everything you would except don't buy gas?
I just is it because buying that gas can't possibly be the factor. There's
something there interfering. Could there be an EMF? I don't know? I
mean, am I sounding stupid? I mean? Is there an EMF?
Signal there interfering with his truck or his computer? Could it be I don't
know, you know, that's the thought. I should go to a different
gays. I gotta take it. Listen, whatever you do, please let
us know. Please, because we have nothing, and I'm going to ask
my listeners to chime in. Three all three seven one three A two five
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two zero sixteen twenty two. Hi Tom Martino here with Uncle Kevin from Sheridan
Autotech dot com. By the way, I want to go right to UH.
I want to start with UH, Katie with this overheating on a two
thousand and five Dodge Magnum Katie, how many miles on that it has over
one hundred and twenty thousand miles. How long have you owned it? Well,
I owned it for over ten years. Okay, did it suddenly start
tell your story? What's going on with it? Well, okay, this
is just a spare car that I use and I'm not driving my kids around,
and I've had an overheating issue for quite some time, and I just
got a new radiator for it, and so everything works fine, except that
it seems like every time that I use the air conditioner, the hose pops
off and then my car overheats. So I just wanted to see ask you
and uncle Kevin before my husband starts tearing the car apart, if you have
any suggestions on what what where? The pressure issue is that the hose,
the hose is popping off the radiator or popping off the engine the upper radiator
hole, right, Why is that? Ken? Well, I mean it
should have a little coupler so that it can hold the clamp, but the
radiator may have not. Maybe it does, and it's tight. It's tight,
but I'm saying, is is it popping off on the radiator side or
the engine side? It's popping off from the like, not the engine side
the radiator side. So where it's connected to the radiator, even though there's
a clamp on there, it pops off. There should be a little collar
around that so when you put the hose on, the clamp has something to
grab. It's a little bit larger on the outside, like a lip yep,
like a belt, But yeah it is, and it's on there.
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sixteen twenty two. I want to give a couple updates. This is very
important. The other day I had on Retirement Planning Center of the Rockies.
We were talking about changes in the state law. This brook from a Red
Rocks RS that I heard I had to provide four one k's for my people
and he said he didn't hear, but he said he didn't think. So
it does turn out that Colorado does have a special provision where you have to
provide a four oh one k to your people if you have more than Kevin.
Do you know about it because you're you're an employer. Yeah, but
it's not a four one K. But it's some sort of have you have
to do it retirement. You don't have to contribute to it, though,
no, you could, but you have to provide it for them to contribute,
or you have to opt into this new state program that they're putting together
where they're gonna Okay, what is the number of employees that are five or
more five or more six or something? Okay? So yes, so we
aired in that you must have a retirement plan if you have more than five
employees. You don't have to contribute to it, but you must have it
set up. Okay. On that one And on the other one, I
talked about aquaspase, you know, and threatening or they said they sued me,
and they never sued me, by the way, and if they did,
they lost. I've never lost a lawsuit ever. Just I'm proud of
that because people usually sue out of anger, not out of intelligence. In
any case, I said that I've won many times on what's called anti slap
legislation. And by the way, give credit where credits due. It came
from Democrats. Anti slap legislation years ago. States adopted Many states adopted this
legislation, and even in the States that haven't adopted it. People have used
the court precedence to say you can't just sue someone because you're angry, and
that's really here's what it says, strategic lawsuits against public participation. That's what
slap stands for. What it means is this, you can't use lawsuits as
an intimidation like that guy called that guy and said, I'm gonna sue the
pants off of you, blah blah blah. You can't do that because that's
well, you can do it, but you're going to be slapped for it.
It's it's a it's an intimidation lawsuit. It's strategic litigation designed to censor,
intimidate, or silence critics by the by burdening them with the cost of
legal defense until they abandon their cause. Now, that truly is what's called
a slap lawsuit. And then there are anti slap measures that allow people to
defy themselves and get money back for it from the offending party. So I
just want you to know that, and perhaps Aquaspas should run that by their
attorney as well. Aquaspas we were talking about, because they wouldn't honor a
contract for a consumer and they won't come on, they won't talk about it.
Basically, they suck. Let's talk now about Katie and the overheating issue.
Katie, you say your two thousand and five Dodge Magnum over one hundred
thousand miles, you overheat, and when you overheat, you don't overheat necessarily.
When it warms up, it pops the radiator host pops off. Now,
Kevin mentioned a few things. Let me go ahead. No, go
ahead, Katie, I'm sure I was just gonna say that when I got
to I take good care of this car. I know it's old, but
when I did get the radiator replaced, I also got a new fan and
a new thermostat, and the car runs great except when the homes doesn't pop
off all the time. It only actually pops off when I'm using the air
conditioner. And it's double clamped too, so it's not like the issue that
it's popping off all the time. No, what he said is, especially
when you said you replace the radiator. He said, sometimes radiators come for
some reason with that hose receiver where you put the hose over it. That
receiver doesn't have the berbal on the end of it to grab that clamp he
said, sometimes they just don't have it on there and they slip and slide
off. That's one thing. He also said, if you have a head
gasket problem, go ahead, wet. It could materialize as you put it
under strain and heat. So in other words, when the head gasket separates
the cooling from the oil system and the compression I mean, and Kevin explained
that the compression pressure will leak into the cooling, leak into the cooling system
and that could be over p shuring your system. So you need to get
what they call a block test to make sure you don't have any there's there's
what they call a block test. It's a very simple test the shop can
perform to see if there's any hydrocarbons in your coolant. Those would be coming
from the head gasket. Okay, okay, well I will I will tell
Teck the radiator first. If that if that lip is on there, then
you're fine. And the next one you have to do it. It's simple
test, like I said, a block test. Okay, Well, one
is that the first problem when it happened all the time, if it was
not necessarily no, no, because a lot of times you have a small
leak will exacerbate with heat and then the pressure and the extra load from the
air conditioning could be pushing it over. Try that, see test and you
can always drop by shirt and allixa on Colfax west of wads Worth, Katie
three three four two is his number. Let's uh, let's continue now.
Kenny has a comment on the Ford thing. Which one was was that the
one where oh yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. Now on one person on
YouTube said one of my YouTube morons said, maybe he leaves the door open
when he's pumping gas, and that would I don't know anyway, what's your
comment, Kenny? He says, when he pumps gas and he only goes
to this one place, but whenever, whenever he pumps gas, his battery
light comes on. When he gets back in the cab, he can't start
it or excuse me, it's difficult starting. Then everything's normal until he goes
back to get gased. Kenny, Yeah, I got you. It's the
fuelly vapp valve on those they get stuck open, so when you feel it
it hard starts. It just cranks over and over and Thei'll finally go know
but he said it what okay? Yeah, he's saying it's a slow crank
and his battery light comes up. It's like his battery is dying. I
didn't know if that's exactly what he meant, because he's like, the battery
light will come on when you crank your motor. Sure, oh okay,
maybe maybe you're right. So but tell me about that evapp thing. What
happens? Okay, So it gets it gets stuck open, and whenever you
fuel your vehicle, paper gets into the motor and then it doesn't want to
start, and it happens every time you fuel. It was like a flooding
started. Yeah, it's almost like a flooding. Cool. I got you,
bro, I got you. That makes sense. Thank you, Kenny,
appreciate it. Okay, Kenny, I would give you a piece of
pizza if you were here. Okay, now let's go to Ron's. Got
a question on tax refunds from the state. Go ahead, rond Tom I
fouled taxes and I believe that there was a segment on the news the other
day saying that there's a lot of checks misplaced, and I was wondering,
is there a number to call to a department of revenue? Is this the
state or the federal the state. Okay, did you get your federal check?
Yeah? I did get the federal check. When did you file your
taxes? Ron, it's gonna be the beginning of February. Oh that's way
too soon. That bro that I wouldn't start worrying about it now. Oh
though. The only reason I was inquiring because I seen on Fox thirty one
and they were saying that people hadn't received their checks and they had been misplaced.
And I've been trying to call Department of Revenue, but there's no number
that connects you to anyone. No, you know what, I have not
heard What do you mean by displace? I have not heard about that.
Yeah, it was on a couple of days ago with Box thirty one.
It was a segment on the news. Okay, I'm gonna look that up,
but I've not heard about that. Did they say that happened at the
state level? Yes, the state level. Yeah, you should just the
ft and I don't know why you messed with a check. Yeah, they
would and accept the wired. They've they've been converting your direct deposit to paper
check for some reason, and they say that on their boys. Well,
what do they say to do when you saw that story, what did they
say to do? Well, the reporters said that they're gonna that they have
an investigation going on, but there was no remedy for the taxpayers to do
because there's no way to connect with the Department of Revenues. Did you go
on to the state. Did you go on to the website and hit the
click the where's my refund? Yes? I did? And what did you
find? Uh? It shows that they sent it out. They showed they
sent my checkout on the eleventh of April. Oh okay, well, if
that's what they show, you should have gotten so wait, it actually said
that they sent it out. Yes, because it shows this little crack.
Okay, I'm reading here. I'm reading here not from Fox but somewhere else.
Fifty six thousand checks went to wrong addresses. Wow, how the hell
did that happen? Now they have a special number to call if you think
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seven one three talk seven one three eight two five five. So I'm gonna
go back to the phones. Now here's the thing. Now, I think
we took Jay right on that Ford issue. Was that that we took and
he had a comment on that yet? Okay, So now let me move
on here and oh Heather, Heather's turn. Okay, Heather, is this
the no? This is that was Kim yesterday with Perfect Teeth. This is
a new one, Heather. What's going on with you? Right? So
I went to the cup last year nice and again. I want to tell
people, just just to be clear, they're independent dentists that sign onto this
marketing program. So it's it is okay. I just want to make that
clear. Like Perfect Teeth, it's not a dentist. Perfect Teeth is a
marketing tool. Go ahead. So you went to a Perfect Teeth dentist,
Yes, and I needed a root now, And I also I was considering
getting an implant instead of the roots now, and I was booked for after
the dentists got back from vacation and being time, I went ahead and I
gave them a sixteen hundred dollars deposit. Now, and what were you going
to have done for the sick? Did you decide if it's going to be
either or so it was. I had not fully decided, but I was
told that whatever insurance didn't cover, or if I didn't use it, then
it would be refundable. Well, of course it would be if you don't
have anything done. I mean, I mean, obviously you have to pay
for the exam and everything. But but you were going to either get either
get an implant or a root canal. Yes. And so in the meantime
the dentist was gone for a month, my tooth was hurting, and I
went to Comfort Dental and got it squared away. So I went, well,
okay, so you went not with Perfect Teeth, but you went to
Comfort, which is another by the way marketing things. So what happened then
well, Comfort Dental got it taken care of, just because the dentists at
Perfect Teeth wouldn't have been that for another month. So I got it all
handled and then I went back to Perfect Teak. Was this an emergency when
you went to Comfort? It was? Okay, it was, And so
I went ahead and got it all squared away, and I went back to
Perfectly. Why didn't you go to the other guy and maybe get a referral
or something? Were they open or not? Or were they closed for a
month or what they were closed? The dentis was gone for a month,
okay, the py Pavilion, smokeyal locations okay? Yes. So then so
I went back to Perfect Teeth and I said, hey, I got this
squared away. Can I please got my money back? And I was told
yes, but it would be up to a month because I had to go
through several different departments, And so I waited a month and then I back
and I told them that I never received a check. My address on file
is the address that I live at, and nothing's right. So you know,
the bottom line is you never got the sixteen hundred back. Yes,
And I was told three different times that the check was how long ago?
Was this a year? He waited? Oh God, why did you wait
so long? Because every single time they say so, they have told me
Okay, yeah, I know, but still I'm hoping. I'm hoping you
didn't go past the statut of limitations. I don't think you did. To
file a lawsuit, you can go to small claims court. You'd get a
judgment in no time. I'd love to call them here. Here's the problem
when we call them, Okay, when it comes to medical and dental,
they're going to want to hip a form signed, which I don't care.
We can do that with you. But truly, you would have quicker results
literally filing a small claim suit against that entists. There's no way they should
keep a deposit for nothing. They did nothing. Well, so the problem
is is that somewhere Brighton dent All bought out for pies and you're done.
You're done. It's over. It's done. It's over that they don't exist
anymore. Okay, I swear to God. This is so. If people
listening, please please please please please don't wait. Call me. Do not
wait with a problem. Now this dentist. When you say they were bought
out, is the dentist still there, I believe, so I'm not positive
because I haven't been back in. But did this dentist work there or did
he own the place? I'm not sure? Did you? I would put
in a matter complaint to the dental board and you'll get immediate results. The
words right out of my mouth. That was my second thing. I was
going to recommend. Thank you talk about that. Where does she go?
Well, just go to uh Dora DRA which is the vision of regulatory agencies.
They'll get the number for five excuse me? Well on you did that?
And what happened? No response? Oh that's wait a minute. Did
you actually fill out a complaint? I sure did? Where on the Dora
website? And then I called the Attorney General as well, and let me
see if I have like a confirmation or something from that. I can't believe.
I cannot believe you got You were totally ignored. Okay, oh for
Dora. They did so they did. They said thank you for reaching out
to our office. The laws, rules and policies regarding to practice string Colorado
can be found here. After reviewing, and if you believe that something has
happened, that the board would take a look into you could suppent a complaint
at your discretion. Then it's got a link. Okay, so they did,
then you need to fight. Did you go to that link and file
it? No? I just now searched in the email, and okay,
excellent, Please do that because you know deputy doc, he's a doc,
right, and and he's been a doc and he said Dora will look into
medical professionals. He says, they do. I have a phone. I
had some I've had some crazy complaints and I know as a physician I'm short
dentist too. You get what's called the thirty day notice, So if someone
files a complaint you have you have to respond within thirty days or else the
consequence is a pretty severe I also have a phone number if you need I
have a phone number if you need more information to three oh three eight nine
force eight nine four seventy eight hundred. Okay, And I mean, am
I filing against the dentisten since perfecty you file against a dentist? Yes?
Ok got it. Now I'm not sure what the what the galleys are going
to be there, so anyway, but just at least do that, because
I think small claims court you're going to have a problem with Now, is
Jay new because I thought we took him? Is he knew? He says,
you never went to him. I'm sorry, j I'm sorry, I
misunderstood. I thought we had gone. You have a comment also on that
forward that goes to Costco, fills up with gas and cannot start his car.
Afterwards, the battery light comes on and he says, it's slow cranks.
What do you think it is? Going back to the first part,
toscar has nothing to do with it. So wait, so did you okay?
Go ahead? Go ahead? I'm sorry, go ahead. So when
he gets gas, it wouldn't matter where he can get it any place.
The other color was correct. The evaporative valve is open. When the gas
tank kills up with gas. Because that valve's open, it fills the entirre
intake manifold completely with gas, fumes and gas floods it. He goes to
crank it, his weak battery is having trouble doing that, staring the flood,
and he's going to need a battery pretty soon, and he needs to
need that top. So what you're saying is it's a coincident. I mean,
not a coincidence, but there's two things happening. There's two things happening.
Yeah, that's prettyful. That is what's happening. Well, thank you,
Jay. I love Jay's confidence when he calls. This is not the
first time he called. He says, oh, that's it. So,
but that's possible. Isn't it that he has a weak battery to begin with?
But the reason he doesn't notice the weak battery in the is because it
doesn't flood yep, it doesn't take that extra crank. I hope he's listening
because all of this is pretty cool. John, what's going on with your
Subaru cross track? Hey, good morning, Tom, thanks for taking my
call. I love your show. Thank you. So I'm thinking about buying
a twenty twenty four Subaru crosscheck. I hear there are good vehicles, but
I've also heard that Subs have issues with like heads or headgaskt or something.
Do you know, let's talk hold on, I have to take this quick
break. Let's find out what kind of problem Subaru has with and wet engine,
because I do know they're pretty bulletproof, but they do have some problems.
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Hey, do you think the Denver mayor went to the draft, the NFL
draft in Detroit on the city's dime? Kevin, Yeah, absolutely, that
would take some nerve. I mean, with us running out of money.
Yeah, but he could call it business. You know what would he be
doing there supporting Denver. No, come on, man, no, no,
we're there are other mayors there. I don't even know. I don't
recognize other may I recognized him in the crowd. Can somebody call the Mayor's
office? Did you talk about this at all? Dragging on? Uh?
Now? What did you all know about that? Yeah? He was there
in the crowd. A number of people saw him. Hey, Kachina,
I'd like to ask the mayor's office if he flew on the city's dime.
Now, John's got a question on a cross track Subaru. What's the problem
with the engines in them? John? What did you hear about them?
Well? Over the years, I've just it seems like I've heard that suber
Brews have some kind of problem with a head or a head gasket or something.
But I've also heard how good they are. The subrew's about going anywhere,
And I just thought maybe you could clarify for me. Yeah, the
head gaskets did have a problem in the mid two thousands, but they've pretty
well worked that through. They just had compatibility issues with the gasket in that
motor. But yeah, all in all, it's pretty solid. They've got
the transmission issues, So there is no special problem with Subaru in the newer
ones and the older engines, say, you know two thousand and two thousand
and eight something in there, they they had issues with. They wouldn't wouldn't
last more than one hundred thousand monks. Do you know I had a Super
years ago? Really an out back. Okay, that's a little station wire
right, yeah? Yeah, it was turbo. Oh nice, I went
through car of course. What's that, sir? So there's problems with the
transmissions. Kevin was san they know, they've worked those out as well.
When they first came out with a CBT, everybody had trouble. So like
twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen, they had a lot of issues with the CVTs,
but they've worked through a lot of their problem. How many miles do
you think you're going to consider on them or get it a new one?
What are you going to get? Well, I want to get a brand
new one. So I'm going to retire next year and I'm hoping to get
a car that will last as long as I do. Bro, that's a
great car, especially if you're going to transition boom. That's a joke.
Come on, yeah, yeah, Okay, we thank you very very much.
Okay, John three old three seven one three A two five five.
Come on, I'm just having some fun. Okay. Anyway, so let's
talk to okay Ken. He wants to talk about a Chevy Impala. But
a ten year old or eleven year old or right now twelve year old one?
I guess what's going on? Ken? Well, I'm just checking and
just turn. Just put in sixty three thousand. Just turn sixty three thousand.
That's all. That's all you have on that car that is correct.
Whoa just doesn't doesn't get driven that much. So it's doing perfect shape.
So but one thing I needed to know. Should I change the transmission?
Uh, fluid and stuff in there like I did at thirty thousand? Yeah,
maintenance is everything in cars. Yeah, I was win in doubt.
Just do it. Okay, that's when I need to know. Now I
appreciate it. Was it how many miles did you say? Sixty? Thing?
I've got sixty three thousand on it? Is it like new? Uh?
Yeah, it's the only thing it's bad on it is the four seats,
I mean the fourth pads. That's it isn't that it's perfect when you
say the floor. You mean your mats. Yep, yep, that's the
only thing that's Wow cool three all three seven to one three talk, thanks
for going three all three s everyone three eight two five five Oliver, What
is this possible scam? I'm a contractor and I do concrete driveways, retaining
walls, stamp concrete exam. That's a and uh. This guy keeps calling
me on the phone and he wants to deposit money in my account, say
twenty thousand the job cod thirteen thousand, and he wants me to take seven
thousand. Ding ding ding ding, ding ding ding ding ding. Hold On.
I want to warn people about this, but I gotta take a break.
It is absolutely a scam, but I want to get some information from
you. I want to try to nag nag this guy. Hold on,
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zero sixteen twenty two. Hello, I'm Tom Martine three or three seven one
three talks seven or three eight two five to five. Now I want to
talk about taxes Brian as a question. Go ahead, Brian, what's going
on with you? Yeah? How are you? Tom? Good? Hey?
Tell Oliver. I didn't want to rush him, so I wanted him
to. I want to give him more time if he can hold on for
a second. Brian, what's going on with taxes? What's your question?
So I listened to your last caller about the checks that are getting mailed to
the wrong addresses, about fifty six thousand of them. Yeah, right,
So I went and checked on mine, and mine was mailed on March twenty
eighth. So I checked my actual return paperwork. And what happened is I
believe that my W twos have their correct mailing address, but the actual State
Income Test refund form has my old treet address, which was never my mailing
address. So what are you doing about it? I don't know. I
tried to call that number that you gave him. But they're too busy,
I said, you know, too many callers. We can't take a call
right now. So I thought I would just ask you, maybe what else
I could try to do. Well, supposedly, supposedly the state is trying
to work on it. I want to ask you something. Do you have
did access to the old address? I do? Correct? Yeah, Well
did you check with anyone there? No, I haven't. I just did
that today. So yeah, why don't you check? I mean, who
lives there at the old address? Well it was an apartment Oh damn it.
Yeah, well my sister actually owns the building. But who would have
gotten the mail? Well? My million. I've never had a maillion address
there, so somehow between me and H and R Block, we've got the
number or the addresses mixed up. I guess. Well that's what I mean.
So where was it sent? Do you have access to where it was
sent? Yeah? I do. But there's no mailbox there. There never
was. Oh what would what? I wonder? What would happen then if
that was put down? There's no mailbox at all. But there's an actual
location right, correct? And it's an apartment house, yes it is,
But they so what happens to the other people that get mailed there. I'm
sure they have feel boxes. I mean, that's what that's what I have.
Okay, Okay, I see what you're saying. You got man,
Gosh, what I would do is keep You just got to keep trying that
number. I just looked that up and they said that right now they're inundated,
but you got to keep trying to the good news is this. They
say that if you have money coming, you're going to get the money.
It's not going to be withheld, and you're not going to lose it,
which is good news. Now, Oliver, Well, I'm sorry what Well?
Well, I was wondering because I think last year I never got that
table either, so I'm wondering if it's still sitting there too. You never
got it last year, No, so I'm sure it probably went to that
same address. Man. You did you correct? Lead listen, did you
correct your address? No? I didn't cast it. So today, Well,
okay, go correct it. Do that first, okay, and then
we'll take it one step at a time. But you should be able if
it wasn't cashed, to get it. If it was cash, you're in
a world of hurt because if somebody got it and cashed it, it's gonna
take It's almost impossible to prove it was fraud, and that's gonna be a
problem. Three oh three seven one three talk seven one three eight two five
five Oliver, I didn't mean to hold you, except I didn't want to
rush you, and I knew we were at the top of the hour.
So what I would love to do is to please have you hold or we'll
call you back. I need to warn other people in business about this scam
because it sounds like they're trying to get people in business to pay or to
fall for this payment. So hang on, I'm Tom Martino. We got
more coming up on the Troubleshooter Show. Three zho three seven one three eight
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scam. So he's in the concrete business. And he got a phone call
and what was like, what was the come on, tell me what they
first said to you. Oliver. He was claiming he was buying a house
here in Denver and he wanted to send me a deposit. I told him
what my terms were. I wanted I wanted to get So was he asking
for concrete work? Yes, okay, for a driveway for him at this
house that he was procuring. Uh, and he want him he was going
to send me twenty thousand and he wanted me to take I think my job
cost was thirteen and he wanted me to take the balance to pay the realtor
what do you mean paym for what? Guy? Well, he was going
to pay me to do the job, but he was going to send me
at twenty thousand to my bank account. No, I get what were you
paying supposedly? What were you paying the real estate guy for? I wasn't
paying He wanted me to pay him, I know it. That's what I'm
getting at, is Oliver. I'm asking you what he wanted you to pay
him for. What was he saying it was for? Oliver? He said
he just needed to pay his realtor. He didn't say what it was for.
He didn't say I need to pay him the commissioner, I need to
pay him this. He just said I need you to pay him. How
did he say you were supposed to pay the real estate guy? Take the
money out of the check he was going to send me? And yeah,
and then did he want you to write another check or do what? Oh?
Just to do that? Did he say? How did he say that
the real did he say the real estate guy would come by to get it
or what? No, he wanted me to pay the real estate guy.
But he hasn't given me an address. The guy keeps calling me, oh,
oh, hold on, hold on, you got this guy's number.
I do, okay, And he says that he wants you and and did
he send you the money yet? No, he wants my mobile banking information.
He he didn't send me. Uh, he did send me a check
for one thousand dollars. I guess he was as a good faith estimates,
I guess, I don't know what kind of what kind of Does he want
your account number and your routing number? Yes, you know, once they
have that, they can withdraw money, right, I understand that, But
no, I have not acquienced that. Yeah. And also that check you
sent you, does it have a name and account and all of that on
it. Yeah, it's got a name and it's got a bank on it,
of course, And I called the bank, and the bank the people
that are on the check are different from this guy who's trying to get me
to do the job. Of course, but he stole a check. He
stole a check, so I you know, I this is not the first
guy that's done this. I get. I get these calls, this attempts
all the time. Can you put him off a little, Just put him
off and tell him that you can take care of this on Monday. What
I'd like to do is, I'd like to look into this guy, and
I'd like to give me if you give me his information. He obviously left
you a phone number in a name, right, Yes, he left me
an email, but he not a phone number and a phone number. Good.
I'd like you to give us that off the air. I'd also like
you to give us I'd also like to give us a copy of that check.
Okay, hold on phone, sOliver. We want to hold on kitchena
talk to Oliver off the air. I want to I want to this guy,
So get that stuff on there please, And then Bob says he has
a comment on this concrete scam. Go ahead, Bob. Did anyone try
to hire you under similar circumstances? Bob, No, here's the other scam
that's going on. Tom. What they do is they text you and they
take it. Buy a house and they want the driveway replaced, and they'll
send you a teck for it. So what I did. It happened to
me about a mile from my house. I went to that house. They
had a brand new driveway in it. And so what I do is I
say, hey, I can't do any work without meeting there, and of
course they give me this oh please, I'm in the house or whatever.
And so another contractor actually did the tor off this guy's driveway called me and
said, hey, Bob, did you get a car tone? Yes,
And I said it's a scam. He goes, well, how would you
know that? I said, because it had a brand new driveway in it,
and why would you go do work for somebody or having none? So
that's the other scam that they're pulling. They're trying to do my text also,
Oh my god, tell me. Yeah. I think what they're doing
is they've caught on it. Some people are catching I'm not going to this
phone call thing. If all I could tell contractors, any contractor that can't
need a home, I mean the customer at their house, walk away from
it. You don't even need to have a conversation with him, walk away
otherwise you know you didn't stay up. God, this is a big deal.
I'm I'm glad you told me about it. So how and you had
a friend that got called to Bob. Yeah, so he went out.
He went out, actually did tore on a brand new driveway and put it
back in. And I asked him, I said, why would you tell
out a brand new driveway? He said, because the guy said he didn't
like it and he wanted us to do something different. I said, did
you ever meet with him? He goes, well, no, he's sitting
there. Check. I said, you got taken And that was all the
fourteen thousand dollars he got taken for Oh my gosh, all down now.
So not only hold on, not only did he do the work when he
got overpaid, did he send money back to the guy. No, because
he didn't realize at the point when he got that check and took him to
the bank and they tell him that fraud, that's when he realized he got
ripped off. And that's how I'm saying. Contractors don't their work if you
can't meet the actual homer on the property. And even if you can meet
the homeowner, don't take a cashier's check or a check unless you can clear
it at their bank. Absolutely, I never had that prom in forty years.
But I'm telling you I don't know why the contractor would do work without
getting the actual homer at the place to make sure the work that you want
done you know you're in agreement with it. I want to try to sting
this guy if Oliver gets me all that information. Thank you Bob from lam
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sixteen twenty two. Hi Tom Martino, your troubleshooter three zero three seven one
three talk three oh three seven one three eight two five five. I don't
understand why people they're ripping off contractors like this. So they say I want
to drive away, or I want this, or I want that. Then
they send the contractor an overpayment and tell them to pay the real estate person
or someone else. I don't understand why people would ever fall for that.
Have you ever, Kevin, have you ever encountered ever auto service where they
tried to overpay you and say, well, we're gonna we get emails that
they want us to order a dozen sets of a specific tire. Oh really,
send them somewhere and they'll pay us, you know, on delivery or
something, you know, but they're on Michelin, you know, three a
towel of that. Walter, you have an issue with emissions? What's going
on? By the way, we're taking any and all calls, not just
not just cars. But I'm glad you're there, Walter. What's going on?
Yeah? I'm going to nineteen ninety three Ford Taurus SHO three point two
and the Mission ninety three. Yeah. Wow, it's a cool old car.
It's a cool car. Wise, what is it a performance car?
Yes, it's an H SHO s h O. Okay, So what about
it? Well, it says the catalytic curve verb urb failed and uh,
I don't even know who's I can give me a bid or qualified to fix
it, or yeah we can you know it's Sara we can get you know,
Kackabaille building it. Now, are those old ones the California standard?
Everything is California, even that old one. Yes, you can't. But
back when it was built it wasn't. Uh no, no it wasn't.
But you can't replace it with an old one like a cat. No,
you can't. You can't get a factory wing for it. So it's only
going to be after mark. You know how much that's going to cost you?
Right? Bro? Well I called up Riley and Auto Zone and whatnot
and they quoted me five hundred and sixty dollars. Yep, that's probably about
right for the cat. Oh I thought that was not terrible for those Oh
you know where what why are we hearing from two to four grand? Well?
Those cars have three and four cats? Oh and some are So how
much would it cost to have what done on that at a shop? You
know it's probably twenty th and twelve hundred bucks? That's how much Walter.
You realize the installation is going to double that? Right? Yeah, you
got it. There's some cutting and welding to do for it. What does
does does your man do it or oh yeah, yeah, we do that
all the time. Why did they say it failed? Did it have a
tech engine light or a code for a catalytic converter? Well, I don't
know. I gave him the paperwork or whatnot. It says seal to only
it failed last year and I went down there and there was Rocky Mountain out
of move. You got a book that tells you the places where you can
take take it? Yeah, they have subscribed place as yell, Well,
this is in North Glenn, or're off of Washington in eighty eight.
So how many horse powers that show? That's over three hundred? Is it
pretty fast? Walter? It starts really easy, got good power, and
it gets about twenty three miles to go. And how many miles on it?
I got one hundred and sixty seven. I've had it for twenty five
years. Wow. That things sold for twenty three thousand brand new in ninety
three. In ninety three. Yeah, it's a high high dollar Taurus.
If you want to send me a copy of the emissions, I'll be happy
to look at it again for you, because that's unusual diagnosis for a cat.
What do you mean, Well, yeah, unless he's got a cat
code. You know a PO four twenty cord, Like, how would they
know it's? Uh? Why are they suspecting a cat? Is my question?
Yeah, if you want to get that information to Kevin, A Kachina
will give you Kevin's information. Three three could just give me the phone number,
okay, four or five? Three oh three, four or five.
He's not he's here right now, but you can call him at the shop
later three oh three, four five five seventy two forty two. So call
Kevin and he'll be happy to talk to you about that. Three oh three,
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Is it today only, Dennis? Yes, it's sure for the first fifty
callers. Okay, first fifty callers. Apple Air on the referral list for
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it's twenty nine ninety nine. Those are definitely great deals. Are things a
little slow in this in this in between season right now? You know what
we are actually picking up here, but you know, we wanted to make
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looked at, and then we got those ducks cleaned for folks out there right
now, right before you know, we start heading into the ac season,
before we really start getting super busy. Tom Okay, And who am I
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I'm the marketing director over here, so I get to do the song and
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twenty eight thirteen three O three seven three three twenty eight thirteen. All right,
so Kevin, and that's Apple Air with an E dot com Appleair and
Air has an E Apple Air dot com. Hey Kevin on the catalytic conversion
then, so the catalytic converters they're not about Are they about two grand for
a normal car? Yeah? It just depends on a lot of variables.
The size of the card matters, the size of the engine matter. Why
do they have so many cats? I didn't understand that. Well, they
every time they would pass different regulations the easiest way for many sometimes hang another
cat. But wait a minute. So when people say they get their catalytic
converters stolen, they're talking about the one closest to the end of the car
right there. They're talking about the inline cat. Yes, typically okay,
and that one. When people say and I can't believe it's this much money,
they're talking about just one cat because you don't have to replace all of
them, no, if they're stolen. No, but some of them you
can only buy through the manufacturer. Some of them not aftermarket available, different
things, that's why. And and they're that expensive, yes, you know
they can be high dollar stuff. Is it? The newer the car,
The newer the car, the more money it is. Yes. And the
reason they're stealing them is for those precious metals, Yes, exactly. They
just recycle them. What is the metal? Platinum or what palladium? A
few other things in there. They change the cocktails. I haven't heard much
about them lately. No, it's it's kind of quieted down. I think,
you know, it's it's still going on. I mean it's still you
know, you still get calls on it. Yeah, yeah, from stole
one, some stolen one. Now, how often they don't fail? Very
often? Do they? No? In theory they should never fail. It
should be a lifetime part really from contamination from misfires, too much gas oil
burning anti freeze you know as oh that goes into the saut exhaust. That's
what takes them out. But normally, and don't they even have a long
warranty from the manufacturer five years to eight years, depending on the manufacturer.
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three nine two zero sixteen twenty two. Hi Tom Martino, you're troubleshooting today's
Star Dable taking calls on anything. Uncle Kevin's with me. We're talking about
problems, questions and complaints and uh right now, John's got a question about
his engine on a nineteen ninety three Dodge two fifty diesel. John, Welcome
to the show. So what's going on? John? Are you good?
Hey? So I'm looking at take it on a project call. It is
a ninety three. It's the five point nine intercooled diesel. I know for
a fact it's going to need the whole NFI fuel pump. But it's got
two hundred and fifty nine thousand miles on it. And before I take on
that much of a project, I just want to know there's anything else I
should look at. How much. How much does it costing you to get
this ninety three Dodge two fifty. It's gonna be about the truck itself.
I'm getting for free. It's it's project car that I'm picking up for truck
service. Well that's great. I mean you can almost not go wrong there,
even if you had to Kevin do the math. That's a solid motor.
They're half a million mile motor. Easy. Yeah. But before I
start taking on the project, is there any other than replacing that pump that
I should start looking at seals or replace the injectors or anything like that.
Not necessarily. Those Those were one of the original diesels they come to put
in. You know, the Cummings that they put in for did how many
miles? Did he say it's half broke in? You wouldn't rebuild that edge?
Yeah, that's a five hundred thousand mile that's a legitimate diesel engine.
Holy they put in a pickup truck. It's not something they And what do
you need to do? You need to do the whole fuel rail. The
fuel pump needs to be replaced. There isn't one on the truck that was
taken off. YEP, So I just got to get another one of those.
And so how much is all? How much are you going to have
in it? If you did whatever you wanted? There probably about two thousand
dollars? Are you kidding me? How's the tranny on it? Is that?
What kind of DOPPL? Yeah, that's the weak part. But even
if you had to do the transmission, you're still ahead of it. Yes,
I mean, Mike, how's the body? Bro how is it?
It's a farm truck, so you know, the painful, a little dinged
up, but it has a flatbed sist wheeler on the back, so that's
kind of why I want it. That's a good setup. But yeah,
you can't go wrong with that Cummings engine. They're they're bulletproof as they come.
That's pretty I appreciate that, you know. Okay, thanks John.
Hey have they ever put a Cummings in a car? Are they too big?
They're heavy? But they used to sob as these trucks and send the
engines overseas for generator engines. Is there any way too? Do they make
any decent diesel cars anymore? They don't do that. The emissions is killing
them. Okay, that's that's the biggest problem. And then I was at
a fuel stop one time and I saw a guy with a diesel big two
fifty or something. I don't know what kind it was. I I say
two fifty, like that big size, and he was putting He took out
of the back of his pickup a regular another gas can. He was filling
something. What was it? Yeah, there's there's a separate added if you
got to add to the diesels every time, every time, because it has
to, does it have its own tank? It has a separate tank.
When you take open the gas door. There's two filler there now. And
gas stations don't sell that stuff. Everybody sells it, but no, I
mean nobody. You can't pump it. No, you buy like a two
gallon box if you will. And so when did that start? What year?
It's been out for about eight years? Oh? Come on, so
for eight years. If you have a diesel, you have to fill up
that other tank. What does that other tank do? It's regeneration fluid.
So when your computer decides like you're in the highway of this, they're going
to regenerate the catalytic converter and the exhaust on it. They use this fuel
to burn that off. Wow, it actually injects it into this. Does
it deteriorate your performance or no, No, it's just to it's only during
regeneration. The rest of the time it just sits there. What is it?
Is it a patrol so uretha fluid the actually use like cow urine and
other things originally. Yeah, yeah, it's it's a like a urhea.
Yeah, it's piss. Okay, that's a word. Wow. Three O
three seven one three talking. He learned something every day here. I bet
you Dragon didn't know that. Nope, he isn't and he knows almost anything.
Man, everything all right, Thanks John for the call. Three O
three seven one three talk seven one three A two five five. Now for
the first time today we have a little lull and call so you can get
right through. If you have a problem, question, complaint, let us
know. And I have some stuff to talk about as well now. And
I think it's important brand names do not hold the allure that they once did,
especially in vehicles. People are looking for value, they say longevity.
I don't know. Do you find there's a shift to people trying to keep
cars longer? Kiv Oh, absolutely, yeah. Our average ticket prices doubled
from what it was five years ago, so people are trying to keep longer,
so that would go. Now as far as brands, there is a
switch away from brands, not just cars by the way, everything. People
are not having the loyalty they once had because they feel like, hey,
I'm not just gonna spend because of a brand. Now with fashion brands,
women, some women are still tied to that fashion. They want that fashion
and they want to sport that brand. Men are less inclined to do that
with fashion at all. Now some men are but most of the time not
tied to fashion. But they have found fifty eight percent of the people say
that they purchased from a brand new brand. Fifty eight percent they tried new
brands, not the same old brand. That is incredible. And then also
when it comes to personal care products, now I tend to get something I
like and stick with it. I do. When it comes to personal care,
A lot of people, though do they don't care. They don't give
a rip about their shampoo, they don't give a rip about their to the
odor, and they don't give a rip about anything as long as they get
a good value. So as far as brand names, they're not tied to
anything. I I agree with all of this, except when it comes to
personal care products. When I get something I like, I don't like changing
it because I'm afraid of what it does to me. I don't want to
be allergic to something. I want to get something that's comfortable. Katschina.
I want to ask you something. Do you do you stick to the same
personal care products all the time, or do you go and find if you
found a good deal. Would you switch your shampoo or would you switch something
anything makeup or anything like that, shower gels. Would you switch just because
you get better prices? Yes, you would. So when you're shopping,
you don't think I want to find this, whatever it is, lotion or
whatever. You will go for a deal. I will. Is there anything
you are tied to When it comes to brands, I do like the Whole
Blends coconut shampoo and conditioner. Uh, that's one of my So you will
stick to that. I sometimes do, But if there is something on sale
or something like that, I'll mix it up during the week and maybe,
you know, go every other day using the coconut brand or whatever. Lotion.
I don't care because they're all half water anyway. That's a good point,
and so are you one that falls for these high priced cosmetics things I
creams and stuff. No, I do use I cream, but I happen
to use hemorrhoid cream for I cream. Okay, she's letting a secret out
that a lot of people what a lot of people do? Hey, Tom,
don't you think it's also that when men go shopping, we go for
direct things. You don't walk around and see what we want to buy.
Shopping is not a sport to me, You're absolutely right. It's not recreation
and it's not a sport. So you know, if I want to buy
three things to my house, I go to the exact same three things I
need and I'm mad at there. I don't walk around and I have one
And Kevin and I were talking about this off the air. I got one
step better. I never go shopping anymore, never, I have never ever.
I can't tell you when I went into a store. I can't tell
you. I just truly everything, including my coffee, everything is delivered,
and I love it. Well. I just still go to stores. I
just put a TV from Costco because it had a wat price and I had
it delivered. But I did have to go to Costco. No, I
understand that. No, I'm not talking about a durable, big item.
I'm talking about like your consumables. Do you go shopping for those? Still?
I do? Yeah? Really like food and stuff like that? Yeah?
Everything? Oh absolutely, I have ordered only I think three things in
my life from Amazon. Wall You're you're an odd one. Now as far
as brand names, do you care? No? Not really? Okay,
So what about what about my YouTube morons? Now, I would say they're
probably not going to be so much into branding people with cars. Still,
there's a lot of brand loyalty, Like a Ford pickup guy is not going
to drive a Chevy and Vice versa when it comes to cars. Yes,
okay, let me see what it says about car brands. I know that
it's said subarus are almost cult like SAR owners will never let me see.
Let me see about car brands. Let's see. No, I mean,
I imagine there's some, but I still see a lot of brand loyalty.
Yeah, okay, you would know, you would know more than I'm not
looking. I'm not seeing it on this survey. But I will say that
you have changed my mind a lot now on cars, because I really did
think that Mercedes and Beamers, but especially Mercedes were the shisn't it's I truly
believe, I truly believed that had I want to hold onto a car,
I can have good, dependable service for many, many years. And you're
saying that's not necessarily so now you might get that engine to last year,
but you're going to put a lot of money into it. That bothers me
a lot. It does Kevin, because it it really shattered my impression.
Now it's still better than the range Rover, right and that kind of stuff.
Okay, but you're saying you could get a Japanese car way better as
far as longevity and dependability and like Alexus, Yeah, you know total you
know, Lexus is the higher end of course, So what about and not
that I'm going to get this, but what about Ferrari and Lamborghini? Do
you even know? I don't know. I mean I had it for our
years ago when I was stupid and it was a new one, and I
never had a problem with well, well never had a problem because you don't
put miles on them, you're afraid to drive. But on those really weird
kind of cars, I wonder how they are because no one ever knows no,
because no one puts mileage on them. Who buys them? Then?
Because you know, on this Ferrari thing, they said, when you get
two thousand miles, it depreciates the hell I said, what two not twenty
thousand? Two thousand? Okay, so they're collectors must people must buy that
page. That's stupid. It's just stupid. Okay, we got to take
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sixteen twenty two. Hi, Tom marks you know here? Three oh three
seven one three talks seven one three eight two five five. Franklin's got a
question on a twenty twelve Subaru impressa. Okay, what's going on, Franklin?
Oh, this as a CVT transmission. About a year ago it started
acting up. What races up to about thirty five hundred before it shifts into
the first gear. Gosh, I took it to I took it to a
transmission shop and they looked at and said, essentially, do nothing, wait
for fall apart. So I'm questioning whether there's anything that makes sense to do.
It's a three thousand dollars car an eight thousand dollars transmission replacement. So
are there any suggestions from your guest today? God, short of obchaging out
fluids or anything, there's really not much you can do. You know,
you may gain some life in it, but you know they may be run.
Now, the cars were the what years did you say? It was
a twelve? So what is the the car? Really? Two or three
thousand? That's it? What was it in? Impressive? Yeah? Yeah,
wow, worth a little more than that. But yeah, but I
know what you're saying. You're get to double the value of the car if
you put a transmission in. No, double the car. The cost of
that, not the value. So yeah, you should just run it into
the ground. How many miles A run it Well, it's about ten thousand
over where I took it in. It's a one thirty two thousand now,
it was like one twenty something that I first at show. You may be
able to sell that. You'd be surprised, you know, tell people has
transmission issues because you know the mid mid range price on those is probably eight
to twelve thousand. Wow, for a decent one eight to twelve grand those
those advertised. Honestly, you may get somebody want to try to fix it
themselves. Franklin, that's an idea. Yeah, I mean it's probably worth
more than you think. Three oh three seven one three talk seven one three
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Listen. We're talking about some important stuff here today. But there's one thing
I have to bring out, one thing I must make clear. We talked
a couple of weeks ago about One Solar, a company that was supposed to
do a solar system for a couple. They did it, but they did
it in an area that can't feedback to the grid due to Excel Energies insufficient
grid system there. And this is what they tried to blame Excel Energy for
this. It's not excels problem. They were warned about this and ignored the
warning and took sixty grand from these people to get this system in a system
they can't use properly. And Valor Solar. Valor Roofing is the one that
sold this system va l R. Now I talked about this. Originally,
no one would come on and talk about it. Everyone ignored us from One
Solar and from Valor. But then I started getting texts from Valor, a
ton of them. And I was getting texts saying, you, you know,
defamed us. We're a great company, we stand behind our people and
not getting a whole story. And I said to Mark over at Valor,
I said, come on the show. You have every opportunity. He said
he would never called me back. He said he was going to be going
last week. And I said, I will shut up. I won't say
a word till you get back. Okay, Well, crickets. That's what
we're getting from these people. Crickets. And I'm going to tell you why,
because when he looked into it, he no doubt he no doubt found
out what I found out, and that is he's in bed with crooks.
In my opinion, he's in bed with One Solar. And I looked into
our records and we have several complaints about One Solar, all sold by Valor
and Valor Roofing sucks. Okay, they might be a long established company with
a great family name, and I don't think they intend to rip anyone off.
But I will tell you this, people are getting ripped off in my
opinion, with these terrible cites stems from One Solar and they don't have an
explanation for it. So what we get? What do we get? Yeah,
that's what we get. That's what we get. And we're getting that
from Valor Roofing and One Solar. They were all bravado, we want to
come on, we want to do this, we want to do that.
Yet nothing, So watch out for Valor Roofing. They have sold systems and
people have been very disappointed. And I gotta tell you, if you're in
bed with someone who's doing a bad job and you're selling their systems and you
keep selling them, I got to ask why. So, Mark Brown,
you know you were all adamant about coming on the air. Come on the
air, Come on the air. I want to hear why you think paying
sixty thousand dollars for a solar system you can't use is a great idea.
Not to mention the other complaints we've gotten about you. Now, let me
go to the phones. Terry wants to talk about a ninety nineteen ninety Dodge
Dakota. Hey, what's going on? Hey? Tom? What's going on
today? Yeah? What about you? Man? What about your ninety?
That's an old Dodge. Well I inherited it. Oh good, it's only
it only has twenty two thousand miles on it. No it doesn't, No,
it doesn't. Yes, a nineteen ninety. Yes, and it's a
ragtop. Wait wait a minute, Wait a minute, wait a minute.
Nineteen ninety Dodge Dakota, ragtop Dakoda or daytop? Yes, a Daytona no
pick up way way? Wait wait wait, wait, come on, come
on, hold on, I'm looking this up. A nineteen ninety Dodge d'akona
pick up DoD doud Dodge Dakota. Yep, I see it. A Dodge
to. I'll be damned. I never a convertible. What are you kidding
me? I say, I'm looking at it. I never knew they made
such a mark. I mean, what a cool looking truck? Anyway,
what about it? I have how many miles on this thing? I gotta
believe that's how many miles? Twenty two thousand? Wow? No no,
no, no no no? Then then isn't there such a thing as too
few miles. I'm serious, Kevin said, no, no, what I
mean that the engine is not really it's it's going to be trouble leaks and
seals from things. But yeah, no no issues. What is that worth?
Okay? Yeah? Fifteen? What exactly they paid for it? Yeah?
Uh a uh collector price about thirty five grand? So what's your question
about it? Well, I've got a question. I should I brain the
transmission fluid? Sure? Why not? You don't flush it? No,
you wouldn't, fly said what saying's out the filter and gasket and new fluid?
Sure? What about the rest of the This thing must run like brand
new? Right? It is brand new? Yeah? The only thing I
changed was was the tires and lit it this this last summer. When did
you get this truck? U? Well, my dad bought it brand new?
Oh my god? So you know for damn sure that this only has
twenty thousand miles? Wow? Yes? Wow? And where did you buy
it? I've never seen I Why why did he let me ask you this?
Did he put it away on purpose? Like not put miles on it
on purpose? Exactly? Because if you look up, they only made twelve
thousand of them. Yeah, I'd never seen one. Did you look it
up? I'm looking at it. I didn't know they existed. Where do
you get parts for that? Like the rag top? What would you do?
I don't know. The ragtops is band new, it's been it's been
covered. I say, you know, I've got to cover for it.
It's been covered. If I don't drive, it's covered anyway. So what's
your question about? Mainly? Transmission? Flu has been mainly okay? Yeah,
Kevin says, get it done? What twenty two thousand do you do?
I spend the money to get the transmission? I would you? No?
No, listen, man, it doesn't just go by miles, It
goes by time. It's you should get condensation and and you know all kinds
of different moisture in there. And it's just one of my just simple and
went in doubt. Just do it. Yeah, if you got any thought
at all about doing the maintenance, oil changes, tune ups, filters,
just do them. You'll never go wrongdoing maintenance. So you got too,
you know, you got a lot of How about twenty something years thirty thirty
oh thirty? Oh my goodness, you're right? Are you right here?
Old car? Holy crap, that's right. Yeah, thirty four years old.
Well bad bought it new one in October of eighty nine. Do you
know, worry about it? He bought it at Schmidt Motors and obol All
in Nebraska. Well, well, of course that would be more of California.
That dealership is not Schmid Motors anymore, but that's where he he ordered
it through Schmidt Motors and obo All in Nebraska. That's cool. I would
do all fluids, and I would do everything on that thing. Since it's
new, I would has it been sitting around a long time, I would
do hoses, belts, I would do it all. Well, I mean
every summer he would get it out and drive it. You know, but
when was the last time it was driven? Right now, when was the
last time last summer? I drove it last summer? Okay, So just
be really careful because things that old, the rubbers and all of that.
Man, you really have to watch that. That's what I meant by you
know, you know, having mileage. I mean you don't want too much
mileage, but too little use can hurt that too. I would definitely,
and even if you used it, so the rubber is going to wear out.
I mean there's a life limit to rubber and to belts into hoses and
all of that. Anyway, Yeah, all right, cool, this is
uh, this was cool now, Pete, what about you? Pete?
What's going on? Hey, Tom Kevin, I just wanted to I bought
a twenty twenty one ram Pro Master work Fan about six months ago in November
and December, and bought if from Enterprise Rental. I had truck of thunder
and the guy hit me in total it and they gave me some money.
So I just bought a rental truck to them and it had seventy thousand no
o, my got it. It's got seventy eight five on it. Now.
They gave me a twelve thousand miles or twelve years or twelve months bumping
a bump for warranty, and I just hear so much about the transmissions.
Oh, your transmission is going to go to heck at you know, seventy
thousand miles and you to spend eight I've been here in the last couple of
Yeah, so it's not. This is a van, right, yes,
yes, So what would would the issue be? There's is there any particular
issues? Every car is going to have a transmission issue before. That's the
first major issue in most cars, but not at seventy eight thousand. No,
no, no, I would just you know, if you don't have
any record of maintenance, I would perform maintenance cool. I have full record
of maintenance from Enterprise Rental. They kept very good record. They change the
fluids, you know, it's got that ten thousand mile oral change on which
to me is crazy. I would never go that long, but you know,
but no, they give me all the records. But there's nothing that
I see stiff online and everything, you know, and people posting all that
thing is going to crap out on you, and you know, and it's
perfect, it runs perfect, it's in perfect conditions. And so is there
any just just do what did you pay? What did you pay for that
twenty eight thousand? That's not bad at all? Nope, I could your
predictable. The transmission is going to go out on it at some point,
at some point, yeah, yeah. Here should I be changing the flood?
How often should I be changing the foods and stuff? Depending on the
driving, you know, every other you know, every two years or so,
you know, or if you're doing a lot more miles than that,
you can shorten it, but very few people would do more mileage than every
two years. Yeah, you know, forty forty fifty thousand miles about as
far as you want to go. I got mile a mob now just full
tools. I'm a plumber and a plumbing contractor and I drive a lot of
thousand to twelve hundred all them off. But it's it's emactly. I mean,
I love it. You know that is very cool, man. I'm
so happy when people can find stuff that's just serviceable and still work. You're
beating the system, thank you. Three all three seven, one three eight
two five five. Let's talk to Bridget. Bridget, what's what's going on
with your time share? Hello? Tom, So, just recently, very
recently, my husband passed away, and prior to that we were trying to
get rid of a time share, and so we never went fell through went
through with it, and so we're I'm at the point now where I've just
paid the maintenance fee and I'm I don't want to keep this. The maintenance
CITEA actually isn't too bad at all. It's eight sixty three sixty and we've
had it for twenty two years and so and it's in the Westgate in Vegas.
So what is it good for a week? Is it good for a
week? It's good for one week. But because of the location, we've
been to different states in different places. No, I understand. But as
far as this goes, though, it's good for a week, and you
have maintenance? Did you have you ever had any other expenses with it?
No? What would you say? Your total maintenance has been over twenty two
years? Oh my, okay, so let's say it's just roughly yeah,
would it be about thirty thousand? Maybe? And so what are you looking
to get out of it? Because you're they don't have any value? Yeah,
I don't want anything out of it. I just want to be released
from the deed. I want to get out of the deed. Okay,
listen to it. Well, you're not in a terrible situation because you don't
owe money. What I mean is this, You really own it free and
clear, although you're you know you have to pay maintenance. So it's not
going to be as difficult for you to get out of it as people who
owe money on it. Okay, so it's going to be easier. Now
here's the thing, though, what you want to make sure you do when
you do get out of it is get out of it without recourse. You
do not want to have to take it back if someone you sell it to
or give it to, Like if you sell it for a dollar or give
it to somebody, that sounds like you're out of it, but not,
No, you're not. They Usually That's why I call it financial herpies.
You never really get away from it. Even though you don't have an outbreak.
Somebody might take it over. If they ever go belly up, they
come back to you. You need to get out of it without that,
Without that stipulation. You need to get the developer to release you from liability.
Now there's a good chance they'll take this back off. All you want
to do is sign it over to them. There's a very good chance.
Have you asked them outright if they would take it back, Tom, I
haven't been in touch with or anyone at all. Okay, the first thing
I want you to do before anything. Okay, we do have a great
attorney on the referral list that does an honest job of getting people out of
time shares. But it costs four to five thousand regular minimum and it could
be but but you don't need to pay that. Probably if you can call
them and say, look, I have a paid off condo or whatever it
is, I have been there and I'm not going to use it. I'd
like to sign it back to you and not have any recourse in the future.
I do not want anyone coming back to me. And obviously you'd want
an attorney to look over any release they send you. But I have a
feeling if you call them, you're in a position where they might take it.
Great to try that first, but don't sign anything until we have an
attorney look at it. So try that first. If they won't voluntarily take
it back, and you shouldn't have to pay them to do that. If
they won't do it, then we're going to have to go to our timeshare
attorney on the web on the referral list. Okay, and who is she?
Tom? You mean as far as that attorney, Yeah, what's his
name? It's the Finn Law Group, Finn f I n N. It's
the Finn Law Group. And you'll find him on the referral list. He's
out of Florida. And let me see if I have his number handy,
I may or may not. Let me see Finn Law group. I just
searched that. Here's the shoot. Where is it? I thought I looked
at it and I don't see Finn. Let me find it Finn Law Group.
Okay, boom, hold on, Oh there it is. Okay,
here's that. Where the hell's that number? I have their listing up.
Oh here's the number? Ready? Yeah? Five five, yeah, three
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zero sixteen twenty two. Hi Tom Martine here three oh three seven one three
talk three oh three seven one three eight two five five. So we have
Valor Roofing and one Solar that you should avoid, in my opinion, at
all costs when it comes to solar. I'm not speaking to Valor as a
roofer because we've not gotten complaints about them as a roofer. I want to
be fair here, but they seem to be in bed with bad people when
it comes to solar systems. The guy said he was going to call,
He wanted to come on the show. He was adamant about it. I
even said, I'll stop talking about it till you come on. I gave
him a week. Valor Roofing is the one selling the system. So in
my opinion, they're as bad as one solar because one solar is the screwjob.
Valor is the one selling the screwjob. So therefore, what do you
get? One two punch. I wish it wasn't this way, but when
I look up on my records one Solar, I find nothing but trouble.
Okay, I'm gonna search here, just a blind search. I'm gonna go
to Valor. Listen to this one. This is Beth. Listen to this
one. Beth and her husband signed up with Valor Roofing in July for a
fifty four thousand dollars system. They don't have the income to qualify for the
tax credit. The system was installed by One Solar and it's being financed through
good Leap. This is all the same characters, okay, but she says
they never signed a purchaser financing agreement. She's pissed at the entire process,
and the system is inoperative. Now, obviously, if they can't use the
tax credit, that's a problem. But they can sell those tax credits or
carry them forward. But you know, I'm not saying that that's a problem
with Valor, except don't you think Valor and One Solar have a responsibility to
explain all this to an older couple? And then what about the system being
an operative? What did we get when we contacted someone about this problem over
there? And what did we get? Crickets? Now, let's have another
problem here. I'm going to look at another one. Oh, here's one
Valor roofing and Solar sold them a system that does not work. This is
Jack back in July of twenty twenty two. Back then, and then we
have Lloy and Alexis who bought the one that can't be activated because it's got
to be off grid. In October twenty twenty two, paid fifty five four
thousand. Again, during the application process, they did not file the proper
paperwork, even though they say they did. One Solar refused to get the
auxiliary the supplemental report that that was required by Excel. They would have found
out that they can't go forward, but instead rushed forward. Yeah, so
basically, you know what, you make your own conclusion. Okay, make
your own conclusion. Valor roofing and solar and one solar stay away. In
my opinion, Greg, what's going on with you? Greg? Hi?
Tom Hey, My sister, her husband's recently they owned a timeshare in South
Carolina and they paid the maintenance through the rest of the year. I have
seen different companies that will advertise to sell your time share, but they're anywhere
between six hundred to two thousand dollars. All they're all liars and cheeters.
Not one of them will do it, not one of them. If you
pay them four to six hundred dollars. They may give you the illusion they're
selling it. They're not selling anything, and you're still on the hook.
And if anything goes wrong with anyone they sign it over to they come back
to you. It is not a true sale, and in some cases you
get nothing. Do not do. No one wants to buy your time share
at all. They're useless, valueless pieces of crap. They're financial herpies.
No one wants them, no one, No one wants The actual resort said
that they would buy it back for two hundred and fifty dollars. They're no
longer selling time shares. They've got a hotel and a time share combination.
But they say they would take it back from my sister, releaser of everything,
for a fee of two hundred and fifty dollars. Wait, they want
to charge her. Yes, that's cheap. No, that's cheap because if
you hire a really good company like the fin Law Group, it's going to
cost money. So if you can truly get the developer truly to release you
for the two fifty, you got to look at the agreement first and make
sure, because let me tell you about releases, most of the time with
a timeshare, you are not being released. They are taking it off your
hands. But they were, but they have recourse against you. Let's say
they place it with someone else who stops paying. They can go back to
you, so make sure there is no recourse against her. Yeah, I'll
have an attorney look at it. I'll ask them to send through. I'll
also see if they can't reduce that fee because they're going to turn it into
a hotel room. And hey, listen, even if they don't reduce the
fee, that is truly not a bad thing. If they do it.
Got it, got it, Thank you so much, Thank you. Three
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nine two zero sixteen twenty two. Hi Tom Martine here, three oh three
seven one three talks seven one three eight two five five. Dave wants to
talk about selling a car. Hey Dave, what's going on? Hey Tom?
I'm embarrassed to say this. I'm forty seven years old and I've never
done a private party car sale before. I have all car I want to
sell. I don't know how to do it. How many miles on this
nineteen ninety eight Mercury sabled one hundred and thirty thousand miles and it drives?
Is it in good shape? Bad shape? In between shape? Let's be
straight here. I think it's in fair to good shape. It was a
particular driver before I got a company car. How much do you want for
it? I don't even know how much to ask? How many miles did
he say it had? One hundred and some Yeah, one hundred and thirty
thousand nineteen ninety eight. Well, let me ask you something. Why do
you want to sell it? Because I have a company car now that I
drive for everything, and it's just sitting on my property. I don't need
it anymore. Okay, Now we don't know your name, so don't feel
pressured. Have you ever thought about donating it. I've heard you the other
day talk about donating it to that family that you're sponsoring. Well, I'm
sponsoring more than one. But I'm just listen, man, I don't want
to And I'm serious when I tell you this. I'm not getting any thing
personal of this, and I'm not trying to hit anybody up. I'm just
curious if you ever thought about it, and I promise you I don't think
any less of you. If you need to get money out of it,
how much all of that? Truly, I was just curious. I would
consider it. I just need to know, Like, I don't even know
how to do that. Okay, do you own it free and clear?
Let me tell you how to do a sale. If you did this free
and clear, you get the title. It's this easy. You do a
bill of sale for the honest price and you sign it over to the person
with the VEN number on it. You can get the form from the state
and then you take your title and sign it over and that's it. It's
that easy. But you have to make sure you get real money and not
funny money, because there's so many scams out there, so many people trying
to scam you. So that's how you do it? Where do I advertise?
Well, that's the problem, that's where the scams come. You go
to you know, just recently got so fed up he sold it to a
dealer. He was going to sell his son's car, and he went.
I think you go to like Craigslist and Facebook, marketplace, all the normal
stuff. It's all free normally, right, But here's the problem. Almost
every call you gets going to be a scam, a text or a call.
They're gonna want to I don't know if they're all scams. Now,
every once in a while you will get someone legit, but you have to
take the time to ferret through them and figure out which one is which.
The only time I would even consider it, it is nothing off of if
you do Facebook and if you do Craigslist, don't do anything off of there
with direct emails to each other. What you do is you meet them at
a bank. Period. They can see the car, and you can go
to their bank and get cash for whatever check they write. The only way
period, no other way, no other way. If they want to pay
cash and forego the bank, eat in a public place or at a public
place and bring someone with you. Tom, I would just meet it my
bank. If they're paying cash, well, if they're paying cash, yes,
that's a good idea because it's a public place and you can put the
right in right right away, right. But if they're paying by checks,
you go to their bank. It's that easy. Never ever, ever,
any other way, no matter what they say. But but listen, how
much are they worth? I don't know. Come on, Kevin, it's
a fifteen, all right, So what if they want to test drive it?
Well, it's all a challenge because there's trust involved. You know what,
everyone's going to want to test drive it. That's why you should donate.
I'm just kidding. I'm just I'm just kidding. Insurance on it right
now? Can someone test drive it? If I have no insurance? Nope,
you'd be liable. Shoot, let me take that off here, let
me take that off your hands. Listen, listen, I'll tell you what.
If you want to sell it, you can't let him test drive it
with assurance. You can, but you're going to your ass is on the
line for anything that happens to it. So you need someone who has the
wherewithal to get that car, get a tempt tag? Get it sure.
In fact, here's what's something you need to know. Do you have plates
on it? Yeah, it's got plates. Okay, how good are the
plates to when? Uh? With Actually I have it parked with the state.
It's good till may. Okay, when you say good till may,
that's your plate right now, right, Never ever sell that with the plate
on it, ever, no matter who you sell it to. And if
somebody says, well I need the plate in order to go, you don't.
In Colorado, you do not need a temp tag. As long as
you have a bill of sale with you in the car along with something else.
There's a way to sell it, and there's a way to they can
transport it. Yeah, but listen, man, leave your name in number
and uh and see and and we'll see if we can help you. And
maybe I can get you some cash and let you know what I can find
out. Let me try to figure this out. Uh, And then I
can do everything here. Yeah, I can do everything for you, and
I won't pressure you. Listen. I'm serious though, If anyone listening,
and and I don't I have more than one family. But you know,
and I went to court. By the way, this one family I went
with court yesterday. They got their asylum temporary asylum. Now what happens is
you go and you get temporary asylum and then you have to come back for
a permanent hearing and they want to make sure you're working and not doing anything
wrong. But but any anyway, Hey Tom, just good. Where are
they from Venezuela. Yeah, see a lot of people from Venezuela came and
they were put on a bus to hear. And then I'm just gonna be
straight with you here, the city just drop. They don't do anything for
it. Well, they've been doing temporary housing and other stub So when the
mayor comes out and says they need all this money and they're cutting back services,
I think he's using them as an excuse because they're not doing anything.
I mean, I mean, but I mean, they're not doing anything I
know of. I mean, you know, I know families and not one
of them is getting any help. So I don't know what where who's getting
help. I'd like to know it's not the people that want to work,
not people who want to do something with their lives, because they're not getting
help. So who's being helped with all this money they're cutting back? I
want to know. I'd love to get the mayor on this show, but
he would never come on this show because I'd ask real questions. I wouldn't
stroke him like Channel nine or all these other people, they all have a
little love fest with him. I mean, this guy is a clown.
Actually I shouldn't say that. I wouldn't assume he was a clown. If
he wants to come on the show and talk about this, I honest a
guy would love to talk to him, and you know this is probably the
one audience where he'd really get some headway. I want to know, what
are you doing to help? Can I help you help? You know?
Let's get word out about these programs. I think people who want to help
themselves should be helped a little, but not a lot if you help them
too much. This is what I found out over these last several months here.
If you help someone too much, they don't help themselves. It doesn't
matter how good they are, it's a natural tendency. They start depending on
it. I got to take a break. More coming up