The Hope Hotline - Special Guest! Nick Hanson

Episode Date: July 9, 2025

The Hope Hotline | S03-E46 | 07-02-2025

Welcome to the whole pot lane. It is fourth of July week. I'm very excited about this. It's one of the best holidays there is. Actually, Nick, you look so excited to be here. Actually, I'm gonna ignore him. Actually, it's not really July 4th, it's July 2nd, that the official, official independence day.

Yes, that's not what they teach in the history books people, but that's what's real. And if you're a TikToker, then you're gonna get a little preview of what I'm posting on 4th of July, but 4%, 4% of the colonists actually fought for our freedom. Can you imagine? Four percent. Isn't that crazy? And the rest of them? Nah. And you know what the crazy thing is? The four percent were the elite. It's the ones that had everything to lose. They were gonna, you know, a lot of these colonists, if you if you fought for freedom or if you stood against, you know, parliament, then your life was taken. And like people said, take my life, I'd rather be free.

And that's really as Christians, that's how we have to be. Like when we saw the C word, which I won't say, but cause I don't want to get, I want you to hear him today. Let's not count them off, but like in 2020, that's, you know, you guys, we all know we had to make a stand and it's very similar. I'm looking at Heather right now. You can put your, no, don't put yourselves on because then you'll take me and him off for right now.

Cause when you guys start asking questions, it won't matter. But, um, and let's ask you a question and Heather, I can see over there laughing at me. Um, even though I'm not looking at her. What's so funny is like in 2020, we had to make the same stand, but far less because our lives weren't in danger or anything like that. But it's really no different. The percentage of people who said, I'm not masking,

I'm not distancing, I'm not going to take the jab. Like all of those people were met with disdain, but we were such a small percentage of the population that said no, you know? And if you're not used to being in the 4%, I strongly encourage you to become strong. Like I know you are, but you come to this church. In Florida we didn't really experience it.

Getting that baby right there. Come on. I got to be kissing it. You got to kiss it and you got to look at the camera. But what were you saying? I said in Florida, we really didn't experience the whole COVID like everybody else. No, we didn't.

I mean. We were locked down. We didn't. I mean like there are like New York and California, they were, that's a true four percenter. Like somebody who like, like Tara, who literally was spat on when she went to stores and kicked out.

Like you really had to like fight for your right to party back then, you know, to have a like a legitimate holiday with your family. It was rough, but 4th of July is kind of like a celebration of people that really gave us the freedoms that we have. So like we do with Veterans Day and other holidays, Memorial Day, things like that, it's a great time to reflect.

You can never forget history because it will repeat it when we do. And the freedoms that we experienced, like no other country gets repeat it when we do. And the freedoms that we experience, like no other country gets to have what we have. That's why so many people want to come to this country because it's such a beautiful thing. You're a business owner, you know, and you do live the American dream and you literally went from nothing because you're a Native American. Yeah. Which a lot of people don't know,

but you, I mean, where did you grow up? Tell people where you grew up. I grew up in Red Cliff, Wisconsin, on the Indian reservation. Yeah, can you hear him? Do we need to turn him up? He's turned up all the way. Just get a little bit closer.

Pretend like you're making out with the mic. You gotta be loud like me. That's good, yeah. You're not a soft talker. What's up? Yes, he is. Yeah, I am. He's're not a soft talker. What's up? Yes he is. Yeah I am. He's a hundred percent a soft talker.

Not soft, I mean he talks normal. He's not a yellow like me, but. No. Okay, so yeah, you grew up in Wisconsin, fricking freezing. I now know, I mean, seriously, you love Florida and you don't even, like you never complained about the heat. Now we know. Yeah. Yeah. Heat's way better than the cold. Oh my gosh I agree with you 100%. I

would never want the cold. I mean I'm a native Floridian and I did live in DC for about 14 years and that ain't real winter. So not like Wisconsin. Not like Wisconsin. But seriously you went from native reservation to moving down here. How old were you when you moved down here? 24. 24. Oh my gosh, you were at Norma's age, a baby.

Yeah. Holy moly. I didn't know you were that young. We've been down here almost 22 years. So almost a native. Oh my gosh. You will have lived, just shy, you'll have lived here as long as you've lived there.

Just very shortly. That's wild. Okay, so just before we go into sharing everything, we're gonna let Heather do her talking. And then the girls, Vanessa and Taya are over there. You can share the screen really quick. She hates sharing the screen. You guys gotta like lean in now.

That's all right. We're not gonna lean in. Shut up, Heather. We have the normal, we don't have Tracy, which we told you, because she's in mass and she's like with her family gonna celebrate 4th of July there. And then she's gonna be back on Tuesday.

But, and Talia's birthday was on Monday and we'll celebrate Talia's birthday because there's only one day this week and I wanted to dedicate it really to Nicholas but Nick. But we'll celebrate her birthday when Tracy gets back next week. But if you guys have questions, if you want to add it to since Heather will split the screen but please do. If you want to add it to cents, Heather will split the screen, but please do. If you guys, because we all know him, we all go to church with him. Okay. So you moved here when you were 22. Did you have, did you ever work in a mechanic shop up in Wisconsin or?

No, I just did my own work my whole life. So you worked on your cars your whole entire life. Yeah. Like before they had computers, those cars, kind of cars. And then you went from cars without computers to cars because there are like a whole different, like beasts. Well, a lot of people don't want to get the newer cars because of all the problems that come with them

with the electronics. Yeah, they're pretty complicated. Yeah, it's terrible. People who think that they should, they can fix their cars that have computers. Do you laugh at that? Do it yourselfers? Yeah. Yeah. Oh my gosh, Junus. My dad knew how to fix everything, right? Everything. From planes, because that's what he did in the Air Force, to boats, to like you. He was, he's like you. Look at it and fix it. But my dad, as soon as they started putting chips in cars,

he was like, nah, not doing it. I'll change my brakes, I'll change my oil. I will not do anything else. Cause you can really screw up your car. Oh yeah. And I'm sure you see that a lot. I do. Well, like why would somebody do it themselves?

Is it a lot of times cause it's so expensive to fix it when you're used to fixing something without a computer? Is it so lot of times because it's so expensive to fix it when you're used to fixing something without a Computer is it so much more expensive. It is a lot more expensive since the whole Cove it. Oh yeah, because of Materials when we had a shortage and everything it's went up significantly. What do you think the percentages is it like? the what do you think the percentages for the increase? Because like, if you look at jewelry, when you go to a jeweler, the markup on jewelry is like,

the percentage is over, somebody told me, and I don't know if this is true, but I know it's over a hundred percent, but somebody told me it was like a 300% markup on jewelry, which I was, that should be against the law. What do you think of the markup is on like, like parts and things like that? I know everything's very different,

but you were telling me even changing your oil, like this is super interesting. Cause a lot of times people think mechanics are not honest people. And that's true, they aren't. That's true, for the most part yeah. Yeah but there are honest mechanics and like what is, when you told me this I about died.

Like how much more the increase was just for oil for changing people's cars and cars. Just everything, everything tires, tires have doubled. I know I had to buy I don't know how many last year cause we kept slicing them, dicing them. tires have doubled. I know I had to buy I don't know how many last year because we kept slicing them, dicing them. Like it's crazy how much they've gone up. So tires have doubled. What do you think the percentage on oil if you buy a gallon of oil, not the cost of it because every oil is different, but what do you think the

markup is on that? Is it 15, 20, 30 percent higher than what it was before? I'd say probably 40%. 40%. And that goes to us. Like somebody's gotta pay it and it ain't gonna be you. Yeah. It makes it hard for somebody who has a garage, like a mom and pop, to stay open. But really, like you don't wanna go to a dealership

because you're a number. Whereas with a mom and pop, you're a person, like you're a relationship. Yeah, yeah. And relationships are way better than a number. Yeah. And I think, I mean, I say this with restaurants, I mean, my husband loves to go to like chains. I prefer the mom and pops because usually they really do care about like what they give you and the quality they give you and the

quality they give you and I think that that's true for most mom and pops like with people I see you all the time always trying to work with people you go to a dealership they're not trying to work with you they're trying to find the newest they're just trying to get you for everything and they can yeah I remember when I first got my car remember when I first got my car, remember this, I first got my car brand new, not brand new, but basically a brand new car. Had very little mileage on it and you had just looked at it for me and they, I got an oil change because it was free and then they tried to tell me I needed brakes, front and rear and something else and And I said, no, tires.

And I was like, you always remember everything. And I was like, I'll have my mechanic look at it. And then I called you up and you had just, and you're like, no. Yeah. They're just, they're not honest. They're not honest. No, they get paid.

And this is one of the things that you explained to me. And then we'll continue on with your story, but They can you explain why like car dealerships mark up the price? When you take your car in for an oil change, they start listing things Like can you explain how that is because I didn't understand like how all that system work. You think they're looking out for you They're not looking out for you. Everybody's commission based, so they get paid on what they sell. So the commission base is the mechanic gets... He gets a flat rate pay of say $15 an hour.

And then if you sell a thousand dollars worth of work, you get 15% of it. Then the person at the desk gets paid commission. Yep, yep. So like you're paying a commission to these people for work that's not even being done and then work on top of that didn't need to be done. Yeah. Everybody's adding to it. Which is insanity. I had no idea. Did you know that Heather?

The front desk people get commission? Front desk people get commission. Yes. The service writers do. Yeah. Oh, service writers. Had no idea. I did not know that. It just gives everybody more of an incentive

to try to sell. And when you get the love of money, everybody. They lie. It's crazy. But did you, Vanessa, did you know that? I had no idea. No idea. It's just, it's not good.

It is not good what goes on. And that's why women specifically are nervous to go to a mechanic shop. Cause we don't know what we're talking about it. Like neither does Tom though. Like he knows tires cause he worked in a, she changed tires, but, and he's done oil, but that's more than me, right?

He knows more than I do. But even a lot of guys don't even know like what's wrong with cars nowadays. So like... It's different. I mean, it's just a different era. Like back when I was in school, you had shops, so you changed your own oil, changed tires. I mean, you did that during school hours. Yeah. Well, my dad made me learn because I... He made all of us learn,

with three girls and a boy. But my dad made, when we started, when we learned to drive, we had to learn how to change our oil, even though we never did, he did it all for us. He made us learn how to change the oil and we had to learn how to change a tire, or tires. Because in case we got stranded, we needed to know how to be able to do it ourselves,

which I didn't have to do until I was like in my 50s. But thank God I learned. I literally remembered like everything that he had taught me to do. Plus you watch people do it, but I was like, thank God he taught me because I've been in big trouble, you know, changing a tire, but let's go back. So you were 24, you moved down here,

you knew how to fix cars all your life, pretty much. And then did you just decide I'm gonna go and work for a garage and then be under mentored by somebody? Or what was the deal with that? I was actually just working at a garage to hold me over to for another job. And then I went there and after like two weeks of work in there, I got bumped up like ahead of three guys

that were there for years. So I was like, maybe I might want to stay in this. I might be good. Holy moly. And then you worked, now your story of how you went out on your own, I love this story. It is, it's a, first of all, it's a faith-based story. Yeah. Which brings people a lot of hope.

It also is a story of being courageous and standing for honesty. Like you literally had no choice. I walked away from a million dollar business to do this by myself because he was a crook. Yeah. And you're like, I can't work for somebody who's gonna be, I've had to do this by myself because he was a crook. Yeah and you're like I can't work for somebody who's gonna be I've had to do this I've had to walk away from just shy of six figures twice jobs because they decided to do things

that were wrong and when you're making more money than your spouse's it's it's like a big decision you're like literally, Lord, I'm going to do what is right in your eyes. And I'm believing that you're gonna like take care of every step after this. And he always does, but it's a bold move. Lots of people will never take the step because they're too afraid of not having the next paycheck. But you have to, if you're right. It's scary but when you know it's when everything lines up for

you like it did for me, I mean. Okay, so tell the story because this is a great story. So I worked for a guy up in Venice and it was a we were doing about $1 million a year. I was working for him for about four years and I was gonna take it over. And I just, I seen him do some really shady stuff. So I just, I was praying about going on my own, going out on my own. And even my wife wasn't behind me when I was gonna do it.

Because- Way to go Trish. But it was a big step. It is a big step. And I just said, look, if this is what you want, Lord, lay everything out. And within a week, we found a building, got the money. I mean, we opened up my business with $2,000 to our name,

and that's all I had. And we went nine weeks of me not working. I mean, God opened up and then Hurricane Irma hit and got my license pulled away from me. I mean, just everything, everything was thrown at us. And then you have to sit there and go, was I wrong? Cause I mean, a lot of times people will automatically go, did I miss it?

Did I miss it? Because everything is coming against me. That's when you really have to stand strong and say- It makes you a lot stronger. Yeah, cause you have to say, I know that I know, that I know, even when it doesn't look like it. Yeah. And fight through all of those scary feelings.

Yeah. So because you couldn't start, you couldn't start your business in your garage at your house. No. Yeah, that's not gonna work. I had to do it right. I couldn't. Yeah. Well, plus your neighborhood would have never allowed it. Right. I did do some work in neighborhood would have never allowed it. Right. I did do some work in my driveway though.

Not much. I remember. But still, so you, for, so you had $2,000 to your name. You start, you open up your business. You, like, it was tough because I remember talking to you. You're like, we're gonna, we're really,

we're digging deep. We gotta pray. Yeah. And then all of a sudden. Yeah. I mean all of a sudden. Yeah, I mean, it was probably about six months, you know, me just hanging in there and I'm like, man, I don't know if I should be doing this. Am I doing this right?

And then after like six months, then here we are eight years later. Yeah, and what people don't realize is for a business to be successful, it usually takes a year at least to take off. And yours did six months where you weren't like robbing Peter to pay Paul. Right, within two years I grew the building, I started and went to a bigger building.

Which is crazy. And that it was so funny about the building you're in right now is that's what you wanted. Yeah, it is the one we originally wanted. Yeah, which God set you up. It's just such a beautiful thing. Let's what you wanted. Yeah, it is the one we originally wanted. Yeah. Yeah. Which God set you up. It's just such a beautiful thing. Let me ask you this. I have questions and girls, if you have any questions, let me know.

Because every single one of us in this room, except for Kelly, I don't even know. But every one of us in this room, actually, you're our mechanic. So I worked on her husband's car. Oh, so you have worked on. Oh, your brother's mechanic, that's unacceptable. Kelly get out Just for this podcast Okay How's your faith shaped you and the way that you run your mechanics business? So how does that work?

As long as you're honest and you have good integrity, it just all comes. It all come. I'm trying to think of the best way I can put it. Just with honesty and integrity, that's the best thing you can do for any business. You have to have character. I will say with a faith-based business, what will happen a lot of times is with stuff like

that, which is very true of a church, because it's really, it's all Holy Spirit driven, even with a business. But I have seen times where people have needed a car and you knew the Lord told you, give them a car and you knew the Lord told you, give them a car, and you gave them a car. That's the difference between a faith-based business and just somebody that has a business. Because actually, the Lord kind of guides your hand through the whole entire thing. And you have reaped mightily because of so many blessings. I've known people that aren't Christians,

that you've told me stories I just so happen to know, not because you're bragging, it just so happens that somehow I find out about it. But people who aren't even saved, there's been like that, wasn't it an older woman that just started crying because she couldn't pay, pay for her work to be done and you're like, that was the reason I left that shop, yes.

Cause we did $2,500 worth of work on it, and the car is worth like $1,000. So and she was. Can you believe that? She had cancer, and she needed the car to go to her appointments. And for a $1,000 car, somebody charged $2,500 worth of work. The car wasn't even worth it.

And it blew up a week later. And she was talking about committing suicide in his office And he didn't care nope, I mean people are horrible, but there have been people literally that you've done work for that They might have been able to pay for it but you felt like the Lord told you to do it and you just did it for him and then they end up crying because Don't bring your car to him thinking you're going to get free work because that's not going to happen.

It is a, you know, a thing where the Lord has to direct you. But at the same time, lots of people will never do those things because it's all about the money. It's not about anything else other than that. And faith-based businesses are driven by what the Lord tells you to do. And with the character and integrity of, you know, you are Jesus in that business. You are Christ-like. What challenges have you faced in keeping integrity in an industry where trust can be a big issue? I take a lot of pictures.

And once you, I don't want to say gain the trust of a customer once they see the the honesty in you that all goes away but taking pictures and showing them and walking walking them through the process of what I have to do to fix it and why it's bad. Yeah and also saying to people which you have saying to people, listen, I might not be the guy for the job because you're not willing to tell people just anything. Right. Right. Like this is a real problem. I can't make it go away. It is what it is. You know? But and also, you know what I love too is it's not like you're a wheeler dealer either.

I don't like wheeler dealers because Because if you're wheeling and dealing to get somebody to do work with you, then that means that they have overhead that they could have actually dropped the price and did the work for that amount, but they were trying to get more out of you. And so what I mean by that is, so you go into your shop and you say a break job is $50.

It doesn't cost $50, but for the sake of whatever, you say the break jobs $50. They, I can't afford that. Well, we'll all give you a discount. I'll do it for this price. I'll do it for $30. Well, that means that that means you had $20 sitting on the table the whole entire time

that you could have done it for less, you're wheeling and dealing with you that you don't wheel and deal. It's like, this is what it costs. I'm not trying to like make a killing off of you. This is what it costs. And this is the bottom line. That's what I love.

Cause it is what it is. Let your yes be yes and your no be no for anything more than this is from the evil one. So it's very honest from the very beginning. Do you know what I'm saying? I think that's so, so important and it leaves a lot of questions off for people. Like what is he doing? Right. Does that make sense? Mm-hmm. I'm doing all the talking for you. That's good. How do you handle situations when a customer doesn't understand what needs fixing, but you know it's necessary?

Like, explain that a little bit more. Okay, so I was in your shop getting my oil change done. Tell that, tell that. Cause it's like, do you want me to tell the story? Yeah, yeah, you'll be better at it. Let me be the mechanic. I'm such a talker. Please no. Huh?

I said, please no. You might not ever drive again. It's like me being somebody's doctor. They might never come out alive. Your car might never drive again. So here's the thing. I'm sitting in your shop. I'm in there a lot, not because my car's like,

I'm in there a lot because of the tires Like last year I lived there and then our black truck Because that thing had one problem after the other but it's great ever since like we've replaced everything right? Well, it's that's the nature of that beast with that vehicle. I think if we would have known that was a learning curve Oh my gosh Some vehicles like this is the other thing that I love about you. If you want to know like what potential problems are with different vehicles, have a good mechanic because that's the reason I bought the car that I have.

Because we had problems with other cars and I'm like, I don't want a car with a problem. You said this brand never has a problem. You said, this brand never has a problem. I went and I've never had a problem. But other vehicles in certain ages. There's some problems out there for sure. There's some problems. If you buy a Ford F250 2016, plan on it having problems because they had problems with that year.

I must say, I think it was a range. Actually 15 to 17 are one of the better ones. Yeah. It's just Tommy, that's all. No, no, no, it wasn't. I wish it was. It wasn't Tom blew out though. Remember the turbo.

I mean, and that's what those things are known for. They're turbo is going, that was like, but there was other, there's been other things like, well, except for Tommy, Tommy did put the wrong gas in twice. He did put gas in the diesel, yes. Yeah, that I will say, that's him. Yeah, that was totally him.

You're right, Heather, twice was him. But I was sitting in there, sitting in your shop for, oh my goodness gracious. I can't. I was sitting in your shop and somebody called in and they didn't understand why something needed to be done a certain way.

And you walked them through the whole entire thing and they still didn't get it. And you were like, listen, it's just the way it is. I try to explain it in a matter of like anybody can. But you did it two different ways even. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Like you break it down for them so that they can clearly understand why it has to be done the way that it is and I thought to myself most mechanics don't do that.

Right. They don't they are they're like well that's just the problem or whatever but you like literally took the time to here's the problem this is what you have to do in order to fix it including just explaining what has to be removed, replaced and you even do that with us. When I take this when I fix this air condition, I have to remove the whole entire engine. And then I have to remove the whole entire dash.

I mean, like you literally know everything that's gonna be done if you wanna know it. And if you don't, you don't tell you, but like it's nice to know what a job entails, especially if it's not gonna be cheap. Right, right. Because you kinda wanna know why it is the way it is. to know what a job entails, especially if it's not going to be cheap. Right. Because you kind of want to know why it is the way it is.

But I think that shows integrity and character as well, like taking the time to explain it. But has there ever been a moment when God clearly guided you in your work, maybe with a customer, employee, or a tough decision? Well, obviously when I first opened it up, he was definitely there guiding us through it. I've had a couple of customers where it was definitely God directing them towards me, because they needed it. They thought they had a simple problem

and it wasn't a simple problem. Yeah. Definitely. Yeah, what about employees? Have you ever known like, it's time to get rid of this person, it's time to... Mm-hmm.

Yeah. Is that hard to do? No this person? It's time to, yeah. Is that hard to do? No, no. Cause you just know that if that says do it, then just do it. Cause once you listen, other doors open up and. Like have you ever like had to let somebody go and you knew it was gonna be tough letting them go,

but you're gonna do it no matter what. And you're like, this is gone. This potentially could be rough. And then all of a sudden God just brings the next person right behind it and you're like what the heck I think that happened to us after the fourth guy I hired yeah like I was didn't want to obviously work by myself again but because that's hard oh yeah yeah it's now no matter what you have a son that's an adult. He has to work there. Yeah, well, what's great is he wants to,

which like is huge, because this is like a great opportunity to work with your kid and have a different relationship than what you already have, and build like a friendship on top of that. That's special. That's super special. He's a great kid anyway.

What do you hope people see about Christ when they do business with you? Say that again. What do you hope people see about Christ when they do business with you? So when they do business with you, what do you, what do you, and they don't, maybe they're not a Christian. So when they do business with you,

they're obviously gonna know that you're Christian because you pretty much tell everybody. Well, a lot of times I'll get people coming into the shop and I'll just start talking to them. And just because I don't swear right off the bat, they think I'm different. Isn't that crazy? Yeah.

And you used to cuss like there was no tomorrow. Oh yeah. Like this is, I remember, side note, I remember when Trish, his wife, started with the church. She came with like three other girls and all three of them eventually quit except for Trish. And all of them, one of them was married to a guy that was a Christian but didn't really live like one but believed he was. And then there's Nick who wanted nothing to do with God.

Right. At all. You wanted nothing to do with the church. You didn't really like Tom. I wouldn't say I didn't like him. I just... He wasn't your cup of tea. Yes. Yeah. And then I said to Heather, I mean, Heather,

I said to Trish, I said, well, let's just go to dinner. Let's, so then he'll see we're like normal people, like Christians are normal people. And you did, you just go to dinner. Let's see. So then he'll see where like normal people, like Christians are normal people. And you did, you literally went to dinner with me and Tom. And I think it was right after that, or shortly right after that, you started coming to church. It wasn't because you ate dinner with us. It's just because like, I think God was tearing you down

and like making you not so like dogmatic about, but I remember telling Trish and her girlfriend, cause they came over to my house and the kids were playing in the pool and they were talking about their husbands. And I said to Trish, I said, your husband will be saved way sooner than the other girls. And it actually happened like that

because you knew who you were. This other guy didn't think he needed to get saved. He thought he would already arrived. You already were like, no. I knew where I was. Yeah. And when somebody knows that they're not saved, they know they need to be saved.

When somebody already believes they are, they're living like a hellion, they don't think that they need to be saved. They're already there. So, but that story, and then you started coming and like- What really did it for me is like after the dinner, we started coming to church. That's when I first hurt my back.

And then, yeah, I first hurt my back and Pastor Tom brought me to, what's the name of that chiropractor, Johnson? Jeremiah Joseph, Dr. Jeremiah Joseph., brought me there and I got looked at and they're like, yeah, we can help you. It's gonna be $2,000 and I couldn't afford it. And then the next week he called back and he's like, it's taken care of.

And that's what I was like, wow, if he's gonna do this for me, like I gotta see why. Yeah. So. It was powerful. Sometimes like you weren't really there for us to lay hands on you.

No. You would have been like, but there are just different ways that you can reach people. And. That just always stuck out to me because you guys didn't know me. I mean, you knew me for like two weeks. Yeah.

But it's like when you fix somebody's car. Right. I see it now. Yes. I see it now. But when you fix somebody's car. Right. I see it now. Yes, I see it now. But when you fix somebody's car and you know, and the Holy Spirit says, do this and do it this way, you just sit there and go, I can be, I'll be flat out honest with you. I in no way thought that that might win you to the Lord, but I just, you just obedient and then God takes care of the rest.

But isn't that crazy how? That's the thing that sticks out in my mind the most. Isn't that crazy? It's amazing how seeds, how seeds are planted and then they come back. They're never how you think they will be. It's an amazing thing. But I just knew so badly how Trish wanted her whole entire family to come to church and she so badly wanted you to be saved. And then I use you as an example because you were so dogmatic. I mean, I remember going to a birthday party

and you're like, yeah, not for me. Like literally said straight to our face, not for me. And like six months later, maybe a little longer, but not much. Yeah, she went for almost a year before I went. So it took a while. Yeah, but God just whittled your- He broke me down pretty quick.

Yeah, whittled you down. It's amazing. What are some red flags? Now, what I want people to know is like, one of the things is I want people to know what to look for. If you don't live in the state, because we have people who don't live in this area,

but then also people do have mechanics. Like Kelly's lucky, her brother's her mechanic. But a lot of people don't have a brother that's a mechanic. They don't go to you. They don't know what to look for and they might need to. So what I wanted to shift to is to get people to understand what they need to find out if they go to a mechanic to know if the person's shady or not.

Like me saying that the car dealership, how they, you know, a lot of people don't think car dealerships are shady, like they're very. And like knowing that a commission based mechanic is looking at your car and then the service desk person's commission based that's telling you and reading you the report from the mechanic. You might want to know that. A lot of people don't.

So this is these are some questions. These girls, you guys want to say anything over there? You're awfully quiet. Great. I have something to say anything over there? You're awfully quiet. Great. I have something to say. Yeah, thank you Vanessa. Put Vanessa on. God bless you. I almost teared up listening to that story about... You cry easy though.

No, I know but that's just so kind. For you and Pastor Tom to show up for Nick in that moment like it just reminds me it's it's it's kindness that draws us onto salvation right? And God used your kindness to like bring him to the Lord and it's just like it makes me like tear up even like I've never heard that story and I didn't know that was your story and so when I was hearing it it just literally that's what dropped into my spirit. Like it was God's kindness that drew you in. So powerful. Yeah, it is powerful.

I say a lot of people don't know. Like a lot of people think they know who people are. Do you know what I'm saying? Like I know about those three girls over there, right? I know about my daughter and I know about you and Trish. And I don't know Kelly that well, but she's newly saved. New are saved, I should say. So she doesn't have a lot of stories just yet,

but she will. But like, I literally know of everybody in this room, like who have bought groceries for people that are standing in line and no one will ever know that. Or they knew somebody in the church who had a need and they went and took them cash. Nobody will ever know that story.

Nobody knows these things. Like nobody, and if you are promoting these things, like forget about it because truthfully, your reward is here in heaven versus the one that's you know you're not gonna get in in heaven your your reward is here on earth versus we're to keep those things quiet so that we do get them in heaven but that's really what we all supposed to be doing and pretty much everybody in this room they they do live that out. It's an encouragement to, if you're not, to do it.

Because you don't know, like you said, it's kindness that leads to repentance. So really, we should be every open door and every opportunity. It might be just the seed that's planted to get them to salvation. That might not be the thing that wins them. It might be the thing that breaks the wall down.

God keeps chipping it away. So, but yeah, it's amazing. It's just crazy. If you think about so many different things in life that God's given you opportunities to be a part of, and then you don't even know sometimes that very thing, like I've paid for people's food at the grocery store as these girls have and like the person, the Holy Spirit tells you,

go pay that bill and you're sitting there going, I don't wanna do that. It's not because you don't wanna spend the money. You're like, they're gonna think I'm a freak. They're gonna think I'm nuts. They look completely put together. Why would, why in the world would they need that bill paid? They're gonna think I'm nuts.

And then you're like, your heart's pounding and you're like, if I walk out of here, I'm gonna be more miserable than looking like an idiot. So I'm just gonna do it. And you do it and the person just begins to break down. And then you're like, so glad I listened. Because you don't know, just because the shell looks perfect doesn't mean the interior doesn't have a need,

or doesn't have an issue. So, that's food for thought for somebody. What's some things, oh wait a minute, what are some red flags that a mechanic might not be honest about? Like common things that you see that we can't, like I know with air conditioned people, people snip hoses.

So they say- Just always ask to see the old parts or have them show you what's wrong with it. Like if you're at a dealership though, they're not gonna like, they don't let you go back into that garage. So like they could snip the hose though without you knowing about it, correct?

Depends on what hose you're talking about, but. Like there's some that are really hard to get to. Yeah, I mean, they could snip wires to make you, I mean, I've seen some really shady stuff throughout the years. Like what are some shady stuff that you've seen that people have been told there have been problems with? I seen a guy at a place

He was doing an alternator on it. Mm-hmm. And the customer denied it at the very end So he snipped a wire put it up inside the harness and he said good luck finding it And your common person ain't gonna find a problem like that. That's not cool. No So how did they tow the car to you and then you? This was at a big corporation place. Oh yeah. That's not good. No. Like what are some things like breaks are common, correct? They'll say you need breaks. Like how do you know that you need, how would you know? Like. I would ask what percentage do I have left?

Because they start recommending brakes about 50%, 60%. But with 50 to 60% brakes left, you can still do probably 20,000 miles before you really need them. I mean, I'm not saying wait until they're metal to metal, but like I recommend them at three millimeters, four, four, four millimeter to three millimeter. That's good to know. I mean, I never know when I need breaks.

I have you, but seriously. So don't, if they tell them 50%, you wait till it's like, you have like 25% left. Is that a good, or is that too much? No, no, 20 to 30. That's usually what I do. At four millimeter, I will advise them. Maybe next time, depending on how you drive or whatever you might need brakes

Okay, what's another one oil changes are unnecessary evil like so we have a question on that. Yeah, go ahead so How how important is that that light? When it comes, what do you mean? What light? So on the newer vehicles Everything is driven off from oil pressure Okay, so if you wait to change your oil and your 5,000 miles overdue and you do that 10 times It starts sludging up your motor and you're gonna need an engine

Because everything's like these newer vehicles and newer engines are so oil specific. That's what drives your timing, I mean, everything on it. But doesn't it also come on like before you need it? At the factory, they like program it for every either, it's either every six months or once a year or every 6,000. But the dealer now is trying to tell you to go 10,000 on oil change. That's not, that's not good. Kelly Singh, her light comes on after the sticker

that they put on the car. She follows the light and her brother gets mad because you need to do the sticker, not till you have zero percent oil. But Vanessa's asking a specific question because you've got to hear the story. Oh my gosh. I can't, I freaked out.

You need to know, like I nearly lost it when I, I, but after this, I was fine. Remember when I ran my car with no oil? I literally almost, because I told you, I think I've done this before and ruined a whole engine. Right? Well, I'm like, I can't even barely function in my head. And we had a staff meeting.

I was like barely holding it together because I ran my car out of oil. I mean, I'm like maybe shaking inside until Vanessa gives me, it took me hours to get beyond that. Cause it's so expensive to fix. And I love my car and like, I could not believe that it happened. Go ahead, tell them Vanessa.

So the light went on and I was just like, oh, the light's on. And it was probably on for like a year before I got it changed. I had no, I had an, I don't know. What the what? Nick, how is that possible? I eventually got it changed, okay?

So it's completely changed, we're up to date, but I won't let that happen again. Let me just ask, because I heard the story. But did you ever check it to see if there was oil in it? Absolutely not. Oh my gosh. What kind of car was it? The Jeep Cherokee.

Ouch. I know. Nick, I pray the blood of Jesus on that thing. It's your new one? Yes, it's my new one. I'm just telling you, I would have been like, oh my gosh, I pulled in and the light came on. I didn't even drive with it.

How many miles did you have on it? Oh my gosh. I don't know. I also don't know what type of tires I have. So it's one of those things where if I could just put on if it turns on you have four tires. That's a good day for me. Oh my gosh. I know it's bad. And that's why my guardian angel has six pack abs. Oh my gosh. Oh boy. That's what it is.

The Lord gave her Gabriel, oh not Gabriel, gave her Michael. Yes. She specifically needs Michael. I have Michael as my guardian angel. Oh my gosh, like what are the odds? Like I felt way better. And yeah, her, her Jeep too is one of the worst ones to do it to. Don't don't go la la la la la la la la la la la.

Don't hear that. Don't let doubt and unbelief go into that fine brain of yours. I will do better. When you know better, you do better. A year, though. I'm that way. And so now I know better. So I will do better moving forward.

That is a promise. Can you believe that,? Like a whole year? I say it a lot. But here's the thing, she doesn't drive it that much. I don't. So that might have helped. But not for a whole year. No. So I was working at a place where the guy came in for an oil change on his truck at 53,000 miles and that was his first oil change. We ended up having to put a motor in it because the the whole inside was sludged. Yeah first oil change at 53,000 miles on a brand new vehicle. Do you think it's because some of those lights always come on like the brake light or the... That's what I was wondering but a whole year? They think it's like optional like

does it blink when it's really important or... His oil pressure light like like what I tell people with the the lights on the dash is like a stop blink when it's really important or? His oil pressure light, like what I tell people with the lights on the dash is like a stoplight. Green's okay, yellow you should probably look at it and see red you mean stop. Wait, it changes colors? Yeah, different ones have different colors. Yeah, so think of it like a stoplight.

Yeah. So like each light has a different color. Yeah. Like each light has a different color. Yeah. Yeah, but you still have the lights that'll come on like oil pressure lights, coolant light, like that kind of stuff, they're all different color. And that's the best way I can explain it.

That's what I say to Tom. When the light, because you taught me that. When lights pop up, he's like, a lights on. I'm like, what color is it? I'm like, we're fine. Nick says we're fine. yeah not kidding you I know whether or not to freak out open up the glove compartment and start researching or like pull over we're in big trouble yeah we're in big trouble but I knew that red light came on I was

like this is not good. This has never happened to me before, except for one other time. And that was not good. Heather can attest, I was a mess. I wish I had the video when we went to Pittsburgh of you on the side of the road, ripping whatever was clacking.

I have it somewhere, not right now. You remember, you know that cardboard thingy that I have dangling underneath my thing? Oh, your shield? That my shield, but we were on our way down 75, headed to the airport, and then all of a sudden, as we're driving, I was like, what is that? That doesn't sound good.

And then I was like, oh, women, I have a feeling I know. And it was on your car? It was on my car. I'm under the car trying to rip. And Heather's like, of all times. I'm like, trying to. But that's hard. That's like a hard cardboard or whatever that's.

It's plastic. Press board or whatever. Plastic. Is it plastic? Mm-hmm. Oh my gosh, it was so hard. Like I was trying with all my might. I couldn't get it.

I had to shove it up there. It lasted, but Tom just takes it and he just. Cuts it. No, he could like rip it off with his. Oh yeah, I just cut it out. Some of them you need per se, but. Yeah. Yeah, you know, the last time he just went in there and like took some of it off,

but I couldn't do that. But yeah, I was on, I was on the, I was on the ground, all fours trying to rip it out. Okay. So what's something simple car owners can do to avoid major repair costs later? How about change your oil? I was gonna say change your oil on time. Before the light comes on. Note taken. Oh my gosh. Okay, what is there? Like you should like get your car regularly serviced, correct, because the service light comes on? They recommend doing an oil change either per mileage, 6,000 or once a year because of the heat down here.

Oh, because of the heat. Oh, and also because like synthetic oil or something like that, right? It all breaks down, it has to do with the, and also because like synthetic oil or something like that, right? It all breaks down. It has to do with the viscosity and the lubrications inside of them. Okay. So, oil's one of them.

What would be another? Girls, what would you think? Tire pressure? Yeah, that helps for tire wear, keeping up on your tire. Cause like when it's cold and you see the numbers go up and down, keep an eye on it.

Make sure it's not a leak. Cause it's normal for it to fluctuate when it's chilly out. In our freezing cold weather in Florida. But it's so crazy because Heather, you are so right, because you can easily have three tires that are at the right tire pressure and then one of them that's completely off.

Now most of our cars will ping at us now, but there's some that don't do that at all. And I've worn out tires. I'm a tire queen. But I've worn out tires because one wasn't the same pressure as the other ones were. Yep. That's the biggest wear on tires is tire pressure. Biggest wear on tires is tire pressure. Interesting. What else? Well, I mean on tires, like people like get nails in their tires a lot it's like you you I rarely I've only gotten one nail in my tire and it was because I went over the

white line where they push all the nails and like debris that's why there's tires in your truck because he goes off into it and then there's always a nail because I make sure I say in between the white lines because I just push the nails right over from accidents and stuff like that. Yep. Yeah. So make sure you don't go over the white line. They're gonna get tired. But right now, because I said to you, Mike, why do I keep getting all these nails?

And one of the nails went right through to the other side of my tire. You're like, that's crazy. But I was like, what's up with all the nails? Like I was so like, I've never had so many nails in my tires ever. And you know it. I don't have another customer with that many either. Thank you.

She's special. We have a question in the chat I think. She said oil change per 6K in Florida, what about in New York? Amory. Yeah. I would still recommend once a year. Still once a year.

Mm-hmm. Because that's your engine. I mean, any engine in any car is going to cost eight, $10,000. Yeah. That's what people don't realize. That's the cheapest way to maintain your car is keeping up on the oil change. Because everything's driven off oil pressure everything yeah I and Tommy was supposed to bring in my our truck and he did it this week uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh but he did

check the oil are there any common scale was there any other ones that really like people can save their cars if they just do them besides oil changes tire pressure which tire pressure, which tire pressure is perfect because tires are not cheap. And sometimes if you get one, like Kristen's, if you have to replace one tire, you have to replace four tires. Instead of mine, if I replace one,

I only usually have to replace two. If it's all wheel drive, you're supposed to replace all four tires at the same time. Which is crazy, because like me, last year, I had to change my, I got four nails and four tires. I would have had to change that four times. That would have been astronomical, as it was, it wasn't cheap.

Right. It's... Do they have warranties on tires? You can buy a warranty, but most of the time it doesn't go in your favor. Maybe, maybe hope it doesn't cover the problem. It doesn't cover the problem. That's part of the problem.

It's a scam. It's a scam. So don't buy warranties on tires. No. I wouldn't bother with that. I've known where people have tried to sell it, but you literally, the problem that you probably will have with the tire will not be covered.

Oh, true. So little of it will be covered they're gonna mark it up that much to make up. Oh really? I didn't know about that. Yeah that's that's yeah I've seen a lot. Oh my gosh. Let me ask you this. Are there common scams or unnecessary prayers people should be aware of? Like are there things that people if you take your car into a garage, they know that this is easy money, like brakes, telling you your brakes needs to be done. And that's just not true. Outside of that, what are some common things

that people are told need to be done that absolutely just don't need to have happen? Like maintenance items, like changing your fluids and stuff. I don't push that because it's not gonna cause your vehicle to break down. Once you get to a point, I mean, fluids do break down. But once you get to a point, like, I don't, it's not a safety issue, so it's not necessary.

So fluids, is there anything else besides fluids and brakes? Are tires one that are usually scammed, they try and sell you or is it, that's not even? No, I don't think I've seen too many on that. Have you guys? What about batteries? I know this morning why I had to take my vehicle in and they were like, oh, the battery,

we could switch it out for you cause it's making, whatever, it doesn't matter why. But they were like, yeah, it'll be $150. Travis was like, no, I can get it half that price. But the dealership- They use electronic tester, that nine out of 10 times that says it's bad when it's not. Interesting. Oh my gosh.

That's not right. That's why I have a carbon pile. It's like they've had them 50 years ago. You load them up, like the car is running and it tells you if the battery's bad. Like if you leave it on, it'll blow a battery up. So you gotta be careful. Oh my gosh.

Let me ask you this. Now, a lot of people buy their batteries from Walmart and you're like, they're supposed to be called diehards. Never starts. You call them never starts. They used to really stand behind them but now they only warranty at once. They used to warranty them like three times.

Oh yeah. Not anymore. I know. So for me, I could justify, I mean, like I'll buy a Walmart because if it dies in the, like it was like a one or two year, you could buy like, however, you didn't have to go just one year. I think you could get a two year, like the warranty, but they don't even really do that anymore. So it's like, what's the point in buying a Walmart battery?

So you suggest don't go that route because you can get something that has a longer life or shelves. For a little bit more money, you can get a better battery and have a good warranty on it. And how long does that battery, will it last longer? Three to five years. So it lasts even longer than...

Interesting. Because my car's never, the battery's never even gone. No, I think the battery did go in my car and you replaced it or Travis replaced it for me. I think Travis replaced it here. Yeah. But you're five years, because your car is 2020. Yeah.

Interesting. Which is probably not too surprising. No, that's pretty good. That's pretty good. That's pretty good Nothing else batteries tied not tires oil not oil What do you say brakes Any any kind of additive they tried to add it is oil. Yeah, put inside your oil. It's kind of a scam, too Oh, so if somebody wants to put an additive inside your oil, that's a scam? Most of them can be, yes.

What about the ones that go in the gas? Is that a scam? Cause you know how they try and tell you if you put gas, there's an additive you can stick in the gas to make it run better and smoother. That's not true. I've never used one, no. Do you know what I'm talking about?

Yeah, I do. There are certain ones that work really well. It's just, you gotta make sure you get the certain ones. I've put them in mine. I bought into it and I was like, I don't, I don't even know if this is doing anything. Like, why did I do that? It wasn't really much money, but I'm like, why spend it?

Like the additive you can put in your car at Walmart? Yes. Yeah, that's a big scam. Yeah. I felt like it was after I did it. And I'm like, I don't think this is like, obviously I can't feel the difference, but I'm like, I really don't think that this is probably making

that big of a difference for me. No, not at all. Yeah. Okay, don't do that. Don't buy additives. It's a waste of money. We have five minutes. I got lots of questions, so we're gonna keep going.

We have to jump down as we can. What? Hopefully we'll get to that one. Like some in the chat too. Oh, please ask the ones in the chat. I'd rather answer those people's questions. Thank you for telling me that. Someone said, are there any warning signs

that the battery is going bad or just change it? Warning sign would be like when you go to start it, when it cranks over, you can hear how fast it cranks. If you feel like it's cranking a little slower, that's the big warning sign. That's about the only one, because most of the time they just die. That's what mine is doing.

Wait, how do you know if it's a battery versus a starter? A starter will usually click. Okay. But a low battery can click too, so. What about it? Because a lot of times people don't realize they're it's not their battery. It's their alternator. What's the difference between that you can usually tell because the air condition the alternator if the alternator is going bad,

you'll have a couple different issues. But most of the time a battery light will come on. Okay, telling you that it's not charging or if your alternator is not charging, you'll start losing stuff like your radio will go out, your AC will go off. Your lights on your car. Cause that's how I've noticed, I've been like, it's always my AC or my lights. When my alternator-

It starts shutting stuff down. So that's how you know it's not the battery. You got a bigger problem when that happens. That's one way to know nobody's lying to you. The mechanics is not lying to you because you can decipher some of these issues. Cause that's the, alternators aren't cheap either. I don't want to replace an alternator when I replace the battery so

they made all the leaders 200 amps now and so back in like the 70s all the alternators are 30 amps the alternators now are 200 amps so the alternator cost 600 bucks oh my gosh because I ran all the electronics oh gosh, because of all the chips and stuff in the computers. So do they last as long or longer or not? No, not as long. Oh my gosh. That's special. That's really nice. Mm-hmm. What about it? What's another question? Okay, well this kind of isn't a question, but Tom said tell Nick to tell what my tranny fluid looked like. Did you just change his fluid or something cool

Oh Yeah, I put a transmission in this truck and it looked like engine oil it was black Yeah, it was black and stunk big time. What color is it supposed to be red? It's supposed to be red and his was black. His was like black like this. I Saved it. I mean it was it's you say did you and his was black? His was like black like this. I saved it. I mean, it was, it's. Did you save his transmission? No, no, no.

I saved the fluid to show him. Yeah. Cause it's the worst I've ever seen in my life. Holy moly. Like what the heck? I mean, fluid breaks down over time. Yeah, but how did his get to be that black? He...

Well. Yeah, but how did his get to be that black? he I love you, Vanessa. That's flipping funny. He said that he brought it into a dealer to get it done, but we're not sure Oh, so they might have pretended they did it and they really didn't do it. Mm-hmm Well, that's not good. Could that have been the reason why his transmission went? Oh, yeah. And he has no proof. No. That stinks. Never go to anybody else.

OK, what else? I think that was it. Oh, OK. I only got two minutes. I'm going to ask another question. Let me look. While you're looking, look how awesome Nick's shirt is. Oh yeah, go ahead, show him.

It's perfect. You want me to zip up a little bit? Stand up a little if you can. Good old Biden, happy Easter. I love it. That is the best. Had to show that. That's the best. Okay to show that. That's the best.

Okay, what is the weirdest thing you've ever found in a car? PG. I have to ask. No, no, no, not PG. I can't, I'm not gonna say it's an adult toy. Oh, okay. Oh no. You have lots of little ears in here today.

Okay, totally understand. What's a car repair myth that drives you crazy? Like people believe that if they do this, like the putting the, like the additive. That's probably the biggest one that drives me crazy is the additive you can put in your gas at the gas station for better fuel mileage. It didn't work. No. Just saying, I'm pretty sure it didn't work. No, it didn't. It didn't make my car run better either. I'm pretty sure, but I wouldn't know. Ever had a customer try to fix something themselves

and totally mess it up? We know this is true. Yeah, plenty of times. Do you have a good story for us? I wanna hear it really, cause I think there was one when I was sitting in your office, it was an older gentleman. Do you know which story I'm telling?

I don't. He kept trying to fix his car and then he kept trying to say that he didn't break it. Oh yeah, yeah, that it was my fault. Did he say it was your fault? Yeah, he was trying to blame me and I didn't even work on it, I was just trying to fix it. Oh my God.

Yeah, that's him. You had never touched the car and he was trying to say- And he was still trying to blame it on me, like it was my fault. But he kept, but he wouldn't bring the vehicle in and kept asking your advice. Right. He wanted me to tell him how to fix it

and I wouldn't tell him how to fix it. I didn't know he was trying to say you was your fault. He said it was my fault, yeah. Oh my gosh. But that was the funny thing is he wanted to fix it but he kept asking you how to fix it. And you're like, dude, just bring it in. Because he brought it to fix it, but he kept asking you how to fix it. And you're like, dude, just bring it in. Because he brought it to me and he wanted me to tell him how to fix it.

And I didn't tell him. So that's why it was my fault. That makes complete sense. I'm just sitting there, go, you, I'm listening to the guy and I'm like, you can't make this stuff up. Like this guy literally is asking him how to fix his car. He's like, you can't fix it because he doesn't have the. I said, I don't got a magic eight ball on my He's like, he can't fix it. Cause he doesn't have the tools. I don't got a magic eight ball on my desk

to tell you what's wrong with it. But he doesn't even have the tools that he would have needed to fix it. Yeah. Okay. What's one thing you wish every driver knew before they came into your shop? I don't know.

YouTube is not the answer. Yeah. Well, I don't know. YouTube is not the answer. Yeah. Well, I don't know. I mean, I used to make fun of YouTube, YouTube certified instead of ASC certified, but YouTube's got some good stuff. Yeah. It does.

Hey, listen, I just fixed my mom's Roku remote with YouTube. You could do anything. I fixed my washing machine with YouTube. Yeah, so did YouTube. You could do anything. I fixed my washing machine with YouTube. So did we. You could do anything. I actually do that a lot. You can, you really can. It's crazy how much stuff you can find on YouTube.

Like you can build, fix, make. Like it's nuts. Last question. What's the strangest way someone has ever tried to pay you? Because listen, I know first of all you trade guns. Yeah. I wouldn't say that's the strangest but that's probably okay. Well actually no I had a customer that wanted to come in and work off his bill. He wanted me to fix it and he wanted to come work for me to pay for it. Yeah, but is he a mechanic?

No. That's why I was like, wait a minute, then why did he fix it himself if he knew he could work in a garage? Yeah. So what was he going to do? Sweep your floors? I have no idea. That's what he wanted to do though.

And your answer was? No. Good answer. Oh my gosh. We have a question. Okay, yeah okay we are past our time but do you have time that you can answer one more question? We can answer that question. Okay, it says for 2018 GMC Yukon does the transmission fluid or four-wheel drive fluid have to be changed? Do you, does he tow a lot or she? From her husband

What are the two options? Because GM is one of the biggest ones that you should change them on because they break down and change color pretty quick So I would say yes. I mean if you tow I would I would change it If you don't tow? If you don't tow I would change it. If you don't toe? If you don't toe, I would just, it usually goes off color. It needs to be bright red. If it starts turning like maroon, then I would change it. Interesting.

Interesting. Anybody else? Last call. All right. If Heather, throw up his little thing for me. This little thank you, his graphic. If you are looking for an excellent mechanic and now that he's not so nervous, he will be back to answer more questions. Listen, Nick is not a talker. Nope. You'll learn to talk on the podcast.

But if you need a really good mechanic, I'm not kidding you, give them a call. 941-460-3962. 941-460-3962. You will not be disappointed. That is for sure. And you do a lot of people here at the churches. I do actually. I got a lot of people from off your podcast. So. That's the place to be.

Tracy said, who is Nick's number one customer? Jarrah Hope. Real quick. OK, did you hear the question? OK, Tracy wants to know who is the number one customer? And that probably means who do you see more? Jarrah Hope. Jera or Hope? Jera or me? Can you say it the likely way?

Well, they have a business. That's not fair. They have a business. I see Hope more. Why would you want it? Well, I don't really want it, but that means they have more vehicles. So is there a really true comparison? It depends on what we go off from. I see you more more but Tracy wrecks

the Jeep a lot. So it's really Tracy not Jer. So Tracy it's Tracy not me or Jer. God bless. Love it. That's the best ever. All right thank Thank you so much. I listen, dude, this is totally out of your element. I love you for coming and being on here. This is a whole this is Tracy's whole idea. But you wouldn't be you would be super surprised. I mean, you do it every day. So for you, like working on a car is like nothing. But to me and to pretty much everybody,

that's a foreign language or like sign language. Right. Or watching somebody do art, like watching somebody draw. You're sitting there and wondering how in the heck do they know what they're doing or you're watching somebody start painting and you're like, where's this going to go kind of thing when you don't know it's really refreshing to be able to ask somebody questions and not like you feel like you're putting them out to ask them the question and then to get the answer.

Also, it's a relief to know like, listen, I don't have to have my breaks changed every 50. I want to get down to 50%. And it's also refreshing to know that you're not crazy. There are a lot of people out there. They're trying to take advantage, which we all know, okay? We know people are trying to take advantage of us. But it's like most people in most professions,

they all wanna go, it's just a few bad seeds. Well, some professions have a lot more than a few bad seeds. Okay, they just do. So to hear somebody be honest and say, listen, people out there doing this are not, you know, there's a lot of bad apples. It's nice to know. I'm not crazy. Like there are bad apples out there. And it's great to know is there are a lot of good ones. So right here,

use him. You won't be disappointed. Not perfect. I always say, like everybody, people mess up, They make mistakes. But what's great is with him, if he were to do it, he always stands behind his work. He will never make an excuse and it will always be done correctly. If I don't fix it, you don't pay. Well, and who else does that?

So for me, it's easy to stand behind somebody who's willing to stand behind their work. And I thank you for that. But I loved having you on and we will be scheduling you again before the end of the year. So be ready for that. Thanks for joining us.

Have a happy Fourth of July. We are back to a normal schedule next week. Wednesday. I don't know what the date is, but I'll see you then. Bye. Real Talk. Real Talk. Real Talk.