rev up your engines, mr.
Jay says wanted to Thank You Scotty I'm happy with my purchase, I got
a 2016 Toyota Camry, I love it thanks for all the tips keep working sir, okay well
I will keep working, but a lot of it has to do with keeping myself going, because
my grandfather now he was born in the late 1800s he was a mechanic too he's
who I learned from, my father could barely tie his own shoes it's like one
of those skip a generation things right well my father finally decided to retire
he shut down the service station, a year later my grandfather was dead, because he
loved working, and he was in his eighties but he loved working, when he
stopped working he just kind of mope around the house and he watched football
games on TV and sit on a couch and within a
year he was a goner, so my theory is if I keep working that'll keep my mind going
keep my body going, and I'll be able to help everyone out for longer and longer
and help myself out, so I'm not sitting there bored out of my mind doing nothing
cow number two says Scotty I was given an 03 VW Passat GLX v6 auto transmission, I
received it when I was 16 but sitting in the driveway over a year and has a roof leak
and engine issue, should I replace it or fix it, just sell it don't even think
about fixing it, those are the biggest money pits that they ever made with those v6
engines that crazy Volkswagen design, I mean it's just nuts and those things are
a small fortune you probably spend more money fixing it up to get it to run
perfectly than you'd ever to be able to tell the stupid thing for cause it's a 16
year old Volkswagen and they go for nothing anyway, just sell a stupid thing
get out of it, try to get it running if you can get it running you can get more for
it at least, but don't put any serious money into it, Jacob tricycle says Scotty
what do you think of a 98 Jeep Cherokee sport
with a straight-6 and automatic transmission for off-roading,
it could be a fun off-roading vehicle with the exception of one thing, it's got
an automatic transmission and those transmissions were garbage,
you'll probably burn the transmission out, it was the standard translation I'd
said go right at it, but as it stands an automatic transmission is not made for
off-roading, you get stuck and stuff and it starts spinning it'll burn the
transmission out, I had kids too tried those things like that here in Texas and
they go out to the beach or stuff or to go out in the country in the mud and they'll
burn the transmissions out they can't take it, their not made for off roading with
an automatic transmission in those things, but with
a standard yeah that's what they're made for, but an automatic no I wouldn't
off-road that thing, Mike Lovett says help help me Scotty,
what do you think about the Lexus SUVs versus the Toyota suvs which are more reliable,
what's worth buying okay Toyota is one company there is no Lexus
company, Toyota and Lexus are all made by Toyota, since the Lexus are the luxury
high-end ones guess what the parts cost a ton more, whenever I work on them I'm
just amazed how much more the parts for the Lexus cost than the parts of the
Toyota, now sometimes you'll find they're interchangeable so you don't care, but
get a Toyota suv if you want an suv get a Highlander or rav4 it depends on what
size you want, they're all really well-made you know, my only
beef with any of those things are, if you don't need all-wheel and four-wheel
drive, get just two-wheel drive because the repairs are ten times as much if
something goes wrong with the transmission with a four wheel or an all-wheel drive
then they are with just a two-wheel drive, I
would not advise buying an all wheel drive one unless you absolutely need to
have that, Vega says Scotty I'm thinking about buying a 2015 Nissan
Sentra with an automatic transformation with 46,000 miles, I've heard of their
transmission problems should I buy it, I wouldn't, ever since renault-nissan out a
long time ago almost two decades ago now, the quality's just been and I mean it's
got 46,000 2015, let's say you get it for now then nothing, so you were paying a
couple grand for it, then go right ahead cuz you know generally they don't fall
apart till you get a hundred thousand miles or more on them, so if you paid a
couple grand for it and it lasts another 50,000 miles hey that's a good deal, if you got to
pay a lot of money for no, because their resale values are low and they do
fall apart as they age, and why would you want to buy something like
that if it costs a lot of money, if say you're buying that thing and it's seven
eight ten grand or more, go out by an older Corolla or something instead it's
gonna outlast it by far and not have the problems, Ivan says Scotty I
got an 06 volvo s40 2.4 litre 115,000 miles, manual non-turbo front-wheel drive
should I pay for a timing belt change or get rid of it, your not gonna get much for
it it's a 13 year old Volvo, go ahead do it
what the heck I mean if it works okay otherwise, it's a manual the automatic
transmissions stinking those things you got a manual so I'd say keep it, you're
not gonna get much for it anyways and if you do change it's got 115,000 I've seen
Volvo engines go 200-300,000 miles they got strong engines and it's a manual
transmission, so you don't have to worry about spending five or six grand when
the automatic transmission goes out, so if you never want to miss another one of
my new car repair videos, remember to ring that Bell!