rev up your engines, Fernandes TV says Scotty my dad
wants to get a new car, deciding between two 2015 Lexus is350 and a 2015
Mercedes Benz C 400, which would you choose haha, buy the Lexus, unless your father's
got money to burn,
the Lexus is gonna last five times as long with ten times less problems or
even more or less problems that a mercedes-benz and Mercedes Benzes
they're fun to drive but you know the only problem you're gonna find is you're
probably gonna pay more for the Lexus than the Mercedes cuz the Mercedes
values dropped like a lead balloon when they're four or five years old and the Lexus
hold their values more, so you know I've had customers buy late model Mercedes cheap
and driving for two years and then get rid of them they don't care cuz they
didn't pay much, but if he's looking for a long-term vehicle get the Lexus don't
even think about the Mercedes Benz, Z says Scotty I want to know your
opinion of a 2001 Suzuki Ignis not VVT is reliable and will not become a money
pit, okay it's not V V T so it's very simple engine, if that's a big if, you
take care of that engine, I've had customers drive them a long time but
they were people that really took care of their machinery, they were guys that
would change the oil every 3,000 miles would change the coolant every three four
years would really take care of the vehicle and being a Suzuki they were all
standard transmissions the ones that lasted a long time, the Suzuki automatic
transmissions are garbage but the standard transmissions are pretty well
built you know I mean you got to understand Suzuki started out as a
motorcycle company and you know they don't make automatic transmissions and
motorcycles, their standard, so they know standard transmissions and it could be a
good car if you take care of it, Bobby banks says, I got a 2009 Camry
how do I fix the throwing rod and how much would it cost okay if it is
throwing a rod and you hear the rod knock ,you rev
it up and it goes rrrr the rods are knocking, you don't know what
it's gonna cause to fix it and what's wrong until
the engines completely taken apart because it starts with just the rod
bearings, the piston rods have a long rod that's what's called the piston rod, that
bolts to the crankshaft and there is the bearings there, so it can go up and down
and be smooth, once those bearings wear and those rods start knocking, they could
where the inside of the block all kinds of damage can be done you would have no
idea until the engine is taken apart it costs a really lot of money but
those cars have really good engines so put in a used engine, guys wreck them, when
they're older and they get wrecked the car's not worth fixing because the value
of the car isn't enough so there's plenty of good used toyota engines in
junkyards, just replace the whole engine that's the smartest thing to do, I can
find engines for something like that that's a ten year old Toyota I can get
them all day long for eight or nine hundred bucks used, then just put the whole
engine in it don't even think about fixing it cuz once you take an engine
apart you have no idea what's wrong until it's taken apart and then usually
it's more money than you want to spend and you got to pay the guy to take it
apart it's better to just replace the whole thing,
Luke sky says I got a 98 Jaguar with 50,000 miles kicks when it switches
gears, it's an automatic, what could it be it's been sitting for a few years but the
engine is great yeah well that's typical on those
the Jaguars do it very good engines I got nothing against the Brit engines, but the
transmissions are garbage you got a problem in the transmission but it sat
all those years, my advice would be to change the fluid and filter and the transmission
put in full synthetic fluid and then drive it for two to three hundred miles you
might find that solves the whole problem because when they sit for years
automatic transmissions have tiny little passage holes and if it sits for years
they get a little bit gummed up and not be cleaned out with 50,000 miles on it
yeah it shouldn't have any mechanical problems it should be more that the
fluids dirty and something's clogged up in it try that first,
Adam A says Scotty I got a 2008 PT Cruiser the rear hatch won't open with a
key fob it's the only way to open it I tried a new latch and check for frayed
wires, okay well it won't open with a key fob if you can still open it from the
inside just do that and now if you can't even open
it from the inside you'll have to do what I
do on customers cars and it's a royal pain and the heinie but it's only way
you can do it, is you got to crawl back in there, then you gotta get that inner
panel out and it's a pain in the butt cuz it wasn't made to be taken apart
with it closed, but it can be done and you get screwdrivers and little cutter
and you pull and un snap plastic places and then once you get it open then you
can see the problem that's inside there and usually it's the unit that receives
it doesn't get the unit, it doesn't open the motor to open it, but if you can open it
from the inside I just live with it that way you, could try another key fob but
it's probably the receiving unit they're not cheap they cost a lot of money if
you can get into it otherwise I'd just live with it, so if you never want to
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