A Houston Mustang Club Leader Explains Why They Cruise So Much

Cold Open And Host Banter

Don Armstrong 0:03

From the Dual City Studios in Texas, USA, it is the award-winning In-Wheel Time Car Talk Show. Just ahead, Richard Jones from the Mustang Club of Houston. Jeff will have the cruise in and events calendars. Mr. Mars is going to have driving destinations. And I'll bring you stories making automotive news headlines this week. Howdy. Along with Mike out of this world, Mars, we always need more Jeff Zeke. I'm Don Armstrong. Glad you could join us, David Ainsley. He is nowhere to be found. He's in some sort of a class. I can only it it is it a Lamaz class?

Jeff Dziekan 0:39

I don't know. I don't know what I don't know. Yeah, no. No. No, no, no.

Don Armstrong 0:48

Listen, that boy would not get out of bed for uh start of an 8.30 class in the morning on a Saturday. No. Maybe it's a drive maybe he got caught driving too fast or something and he had to go take away. A defensive driving class. Remember those?

Mike Marrs 1:03

Yeah.

Don Armstrong 1:04

Do they still have those? I don't think they're not.

Mike Marrs 1:06

Oh yeah. I had a granddaughter just finished one.

Don Armstrong 1:09

Really?

Mike Marrs 1:10

Yes.

Don Armstrong 1:13

Because it was mandated or what?

Mike Marrs 1:15

Well, it was that or pay a bigger fine.

Don Armstrong 1:18

Ah. So it was a speeding ticket.

Mike Marrs 1:20

Uh close enough accident, little accident.

Jeff Dziekan 1:24

Did it used to be if you didn't pay the fine, they'd they make you go in the army? I don't know about that. The army. Really? I'm just messing with Mike. He's always got a granddaughter story of accident, part failed ticket. They're busy.

Meet The Mustang Club Of Houston

Don Armstrong 1:39

He's gonna have to go live with somebody else now. Got a full life out there. Yeah. We don't know what's going on over there. All right. Um, so let's talk to Richard Jones. Uh, Richard is uh the head honcho at the Mustang Club of Houston. Richard, good morning.

SPEAKER_02 1:56

Good morning. How y'all doing?

Don Armstrong 1:58

Well, we're doing good. How are you doing?

SPEAKER_02 2:00

I'm doing pretty good. It's kind of a gloomy day, but I'm doing good.

Don Armstrong 2:04

I know. Well, uh, that that's quite a necklace you're showing us there. Yeah.

Mike Marrs 2:08

Uh can you kind of tilt your camera up? There you go.

Don Armstrong 2:11

Yeah, there you go. There you are. Okay. So it's it's good to talk to you. Mustang Club of Houston. How many members you got?

SPEAKER_02 2:20

About 80.

Don Armstrong 2:24

80 members. 80 members. Yeah. 80 members. So uh I assume that you probably have about, I don't know, 60 cars.

SPEAKER_02 2:35

About that. Yeah, about 60, 65 car, yes, sir.

Don Armstrong 2:39

Because usually, you know, it's a husband and wife thing, and so you gotta you gotta count both of those as clubs. Club members, yeah, whatever the case may be.

SPEAKER_02 2:47

That's true.

Don Armstrong 2:47

So uh Mustang Club of Houston's been around a while.

SPEAKER_02 2:51

It's been around 33 years. We celebrate our 30th anniversary three years ago. Uh so now it's far after that though, we're 33 years old.

Don Armstrong 3:02

33 years old, just a youngster.

SPEAKER_02 3:04

Yes, sir.

Don Armstrong 3:05

Uh so so, Richard, please please tell me that when you have meetings, that you don't have somebody read the minutes of the last meeting. Please tell me that.

SPEAKER_02 3:14

We don't have anybody to read the minutes. We post we post our minutes online, and people can go and look at the minutes online, and then at the meeting we can ask to look at the minutes, and we vote on approval of the minutes from the past meeting. No, no.

Don Armstrong 3:32

Because I remember a day it's back in the day when I was a member of a of a Corvette club, and we had a once-a-month meeting, and uh, you know, it filled up a ballroom of a hotel somewhere, somebody paid some money for that. And one of the things that had to be had to be done is read the minutes of the meeting from last time. Yeah. And I was like, okay, I'm going to go and find something to do for the next 10 minutes while the meetings from the last meeting are red.

Jeff Dziekan 4:02

Yeah.

unknown 4:03

Right.

Don Armstrong 4:04

I just wanted to make sure that I uh yeah. I just wanted to make sure that we're on the same page and we both hate minutes being read at the meeting.

SPEAKER_02 4:12

I mean, we're back in Dred Minton Church. We don't do that. Anyone know. Oh boy.

Don Armstrong 4:18

Well, here's what happened last time. We don't care what happened last time. So, Richard, how long have you been president of this club?

SPEAKER_02 4:26

This is my fifth year.

Jeff Dziekan 4:28

Fifth year.

SPEAKER_02 4:29

Fifth year.

Don Armstrong 4:30

Are you an incumb you're an incumbent? That's because that's that that's either because that's either because you're so popular they keep or nobody else wants to have your job. Let Richard do it.

SPEAKER_02 4:45

Yeah, he's that ladder. Nobody wants to step up.

Don Armstrong 4:50

Nobody else wants to do it. Yeah. Well, I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 4:55

And he really don't.

Don Armstrong 4:56

No, I was gonna say. I mean, it's fun. Hey, look, you're on the In Wheel Time Show.

SPEAKER_02 4:59

Yeah.

Don Armstrong 5:00

So um y'all are a very active club.

Mike Marrs 5:04

You've almost always got something going on.

SPEAKER_02 5:06

We do. Uh yes, we had we on a cru we are on a cruise right now. We're driving down the highway, well, far to the side of the road, but we're on the way to Blessing, Texas, to the Blessing Hotel for lunch.

Don Armstrong 5:21

Oh, nice. How far is Blessing from where y'all started?

SPEAKER_02 5:25

Uh about maybe an hour.

Don Armstrong 5:30

Okay, 50, 60 miles, something like that.

SPEAKER_02 5:35

And then we're going to start going the backway.

Don Armstrong 5:41

Nice. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 5:42

Well, that sounds like a fun deal. Yeah.

Don Armstrong 5:44

Uh uh has it been raining on you at all?

SPEAKER_02 5:48

Not at all. Not at all. We thought it was, but it hadn't been it hadn't rain.

Don Armstrong 5:53

Because you know, that car wash that we spent hours on this morning before the actual cruise would be ruined. But and I've been on many of those too, I will tell you that. It's so disappointing for about 30 seconds, and then you go, ah, whatever, and just get wash it again.

Jeff Dziekan 6:10

So, Richie, what do you what are you driving right now? What are you sitting in?

SPEAKER_02 6:15

I am sitting in a two 2020 Eco Boost Mustang, a 2.3 liter Eco Boost Mustang.

Don Armstrong 6:24

And it's got um almost 300 horsepower.

SPEAKER_02 6:28

It has about 310 from the factory, but I have a little bit more because I add the coal into KN coal air and tape. I had an MBRP uh cat back, and so it boosted the horsepower like by 335 to 340. So this is a bit more loose than it is when I bought it.

Don Armstrong 6:46

Yeah, grocery. You know, and everybody says, Oh, I a four-cylinder Mustang. I'm not gonna do that. Why? Because it gets good gas mileage and it's got horsepower.

SPEAKER_02 6:56

It gets great gas mileage.

Don Armstrong 7:00

Yeah, yeah. Now, is it an automatic or is it a standard?

SPEAKER_02 7:04

It's an automatic.

Don Armstrong 7:09

Well, thank you for that. Yes, I know. Uh I've I've got uh an old Corvette that is a standard transmission, and uh longing for the day that I can push my foot on the accelerator and don't have to shift gears again. But uh there is that. Yeah. So uh how many cars are on this cruise on this Saturday morning with you?

SPEAKER_02 7:34

About seven or eight cars because when you have seven cars going on. We're gonna have like about maybe about twenty twenty five people you know back. It's still fun though.

Don Armstrong 7:49

Yes, of course. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. That's exactly right. So are you about 20 minutes away? 20 minutes away from your destination?

SPEAKER_02 8:02

We're we're about 10.

Don Armstrong 8:06

Oh, 10. Okay. So you're almost yeah, almost there. So do you guys do this like once a month or something?

SPEAKER_02 8:14

Almost there. We we do different things on different months. Um like next one we have a thing called we're gonna do a housing social ring, like the and where we meet and have ice cream and go into is called Heidi Ice Cream in Katie and people for it at that uh establishment or handicapped disabled people, and I think that's a great cause.

Mike Marrs 8:46

Yeah, very nice. Very nice. You get some ice cream and you support them.

SPEAKER_02 8:52

Exact exactly right. And our big thing is coming up in uh in a big thing coming up in August where we're gonna take a cruise, we'll hopefully take a cruise to Atlanta because the Mustang Club of America is so that's a parent company of all the charter clubs out here in the country. And it's turning.

Don Armstrong 9:16

How fun. And I'll bet you that they're expecting thousands of Mustangs for that.

SPEAKER_02 9:24

They are, they are expecting a lot. Just like a couple weeks ago, we had a thing in Gaussian, and we had about maybe maybe close to 4,000 Mustangs in Gaussian about a month ago.

Don Armstrong 9:39

Yes, I remember uh us talking about that. Uh, I don't know why we didn't have somebody on the air with us. I think Mars tried, but they everybody went, well, wait a minute. Where where are you gonna go to this event? What are you gonna be bogged down by some sort of moron on the on the radio talking to us about this? Isn't that right, Mars?

Mike Marrs 9:57

Yes, sir.

Don Armstrong 10:01

Yeah, yeah, he's agreeing. Yeah, there's that. Well, uh, all right. Um do you have any classic Mustangs in the club?

SPEAKER_02 10:18

Small amount of class. We had a lot more claims for Nanic, about maybe one or two. One of our guys, he has like a 72 month. He just repurchased about two years ago. And that's about it, right? About it right now.

Don Armstrong 10:34

Yeah. So most of the Mustangs are.

SPEAKER_02 10:38

Yes, sir, more late.

Mike Marrs 10:42

So y'all are when you do your activities, like you say, you're gonna cruise to Atlanta, you're going to Blessing today, you do a lot of driving, and I would think probably some of the older 64, 56s Mustangs, they probably don't drive quite so well, maybe.

Charity Socials And Big Mustang Events

SPEAKER_02 10:59

That's true, it's the same. Don't have like that. It's kind of hard because we do a lot of drive. As a matter of fact, my Mustang right now, I'm looking at the dial, has 103,577 miles on it. And what year is it? We drive a lot. We drive a lot.

Don Armstrong 11:22

Yeah. Yeah, what and you you said it's uh what a 2,000. A 2020. 2020.

Mike Marrs 11:31

Yes, sir. Grab our lines. So you're averaging 20 plus thousand miles a year.

Jeff Dziekan 11:37

Yeah, yeah. They they drive a lot. The national insurance average is 17,000 in Houston, so but he's not in Houston. Is that what it is? Yeah. 17? It's around 17,000, the national average.

unknown 11:48

Yeah.

Don Armstrong 11:48

Well, uh it's great to talk to you. How do we get a hold of you? And not your phone number now. You like to do it.

SPEAKER_02 11:55

You can get a hold of MCO. We also have Facebook. We also have Facebook. Uh-huh.

Don Armstrong 12:05

Okay. All right. Well, uh, we're gonna send we're gonna we're gonna we're gonna send some Mustang people over to you and say hello.

Mike Marrs 12:12

You got a coach with you? Sounds good. You got a co-pilot?

SPEAKER_02 12:16

Yeah, does my wa his mouse on the side right here? She is she's waving. She's waving.

Jeff Dziekan 12:23

What kind of Mustang does she drive? The one that they're in.

SPEAKER_02 12:27

Oh she drives this.

Don Armstrong 12:30

Yeah. Driving the edge. All right. Well, listen, man, thank you so much for taking the time talking to us today. Get back on the road and be safe getting on the road now, and uh stay in touch with us. We look forward to talking to you again soon.

Jeff Dziekan 12:48

Thank you, sir. Try the soup and sandwich. Don't forget to tip the wiggles.

Houston Date Night Driving Destinations

Don Armstrong 12:52

Yeah, stupid sandwich and tip the wiggle. Oh, I will. Hey, uh coming up, Jeff is gonna have the cruise in okay, Jeff's gonna have the cruise in and events calendars, and uh, I'll have the stories making automotive news headlines. We're also going to tap into Mr. Mars driving destinations. Yeah. So we'll do that after this next break. Shall we do that, Mr. Mars? Perfect. Sure. Okay. Well, we're gonna take a break and we'll be right back. The Tex Max dining experience is defined by Lupi Tortilla, your destination for Texas's best beef fajitas and frozen margaritas. Since 1983, Lupi Tortilla has served authentic and time-tested recipes made with the freshest ingredients. Atmosphere is part of the award-winning experience of Lupi Tortilla, all developed in a little house near Highway 6 and I-10 in Houston. Visit any of the Loopy Tortillas and you'll see the same attention to detail at each and every location. Start your loopy experience with queso flameato and guacamole, along with a classic frozen margarita. Dine on famous loopy beef and chicken fajitas or pepper shrimp brochette, or a fish or vegetarian entree, and finish with a scrumptious flan for dessert. Find loopy tortilla in Houston, College Station, Beaumont, Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas, Fort Worth. There's a Texas location near you. The recipes are authentic and time-tested. The ingredients always fresh. Loopy Tortilla. He's pretty good. Apple or Android In Wheel Time Podcasts can be found everywhere, on the stream and through downloads. Whether you're on the road or at home and searching for a fun car talk show, give In Wheel Time a try. Honest new car reviews, fun, informative interviews with real car people, weekly automotive news, features like Jeff's car culture, mic's driving destinations, all on In Wheel Time. Check us out on Sirius XM Podcasts, iHeartRadio, or while you're shopping on Amazon through Amazon Music. Inwheeltime.com has a list, so check us out. In Wheel Time Airs Saturdays, 10 to noon on Facebook, YouTube, and InWheeltime.com. And of course, if you miss it, you can catch the 30-minute podcast from this show and others from your favorite podcast store. It's free, and thanks for joining us today. Mr. Mars, you know what else we forgot? Forgot auto history, so we're gonna play that after uh we have Jeff's cruise in. But first, though, let's do driving destinations. I know that uh we teased that, so let's let's let's do that if you don't mind.

Mike Marrs 15:14

Where is that, Michael? So it's it's been a long time since I was over in Houston running around like on the previous life, but there's a lot of things to do over there. We talked about fun and play. Then we're gonna talk about date night, trying to find something that's a little bit different for date night.

Don Armstrong 15:29

Without a gun.

Mike Marrs 15:30

Without a gun, hopefully. If not, go to be sure you go to a place that gives you one when you go in. There you go. So we're gonna start with Captain Foxheart's Bad News and Bar Spirit Lounge. Now, if you're not sure where it's at, because you're gonna walk right past it. It it's very speakeasy-ish looking. Uh, it's tucked away in an upstairs area in downtown Houston. It's kind of a moody cocktail spot, low lighting, vintage lounge vibes, and it's got a very nice hidden skyline view of the city from the patio area. The drinks are serious without getting pretentious. It's kind of a place where you might hang around a little bit longer than you might want to. Now, if you're looking for something a little different from that, you might go to uh something with a little weirdness. Go to Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice. Now, this is gonna have your neon lights, you're gonna have sci-fi decor, you're gonna have creative cocktails, and some pretty good pizza in this place. So it's kind of like a restaurant, but it's really not. It's more relaxed, quirky, and it's great for people that just want to go someplace, have a few laughs, and kind of sit through some uh unexpected experiences and just something to be different. Then from there, if you want to go something back to more quiet and more intimate, you check out Le Cref. This historic little wine bar, and it is historic because the building was built in 1847. The Kennedy Bakery is what used to be there, and the Kennedys actually owned this building for five generations before it was sold, and it's considered the most haunted bar in Houston. So you're gonna have lots of candlelight, old brick walls, you're gonna have handwritten tabs, not the computer touch screens. So there's no rush here. If you just want to go someplace that's nice and slow and have a real conversation, kind of feel a little bit different from the normal Houston nightlife that I'm aware of.

Don Armstrong 17:20

Get yourself a Jin Fizz. La Craft La Craft.

Mike Marrs 17:27

So from there, if you want to stay casual but get outdoors a little bit more, you might go to the Axlrad Beer Garden. Now, this is uh a place that you're gonna find. It's actually in the old Axlrod grocery that was built in the 1920s. So hence you get the name of the beer garden. You're gonna have uh it's gonna be out underneath the trees, you got live music, you got food trucks nearby. So it's kind of a laid-back crowd with some picnic tables and just kind of place you can go settle in and hang around for a place just to kind of have a nice time in the evening.

Jeff Dziekan 18:01

Looks like you could probably take your dog with you to that type of event there.

Mike Marrs 18:04

Oh, you might could.

Jeff Dziekan 18:06

Yeah.

Mike Marrs 18:07

Then uh the other one, the last one I wanted to bring up was a place called the Little Dipper Bar. Now, this is small, it's retro, kind of low-key. It's got that old Houston neighborhood bar energy with the vintage decor and a little relaxed atmosphere that kind of makes it easy to kind of go in and just settle down, have some light conversation, and just have a relaxed evening if you're looking for something like that.

Jeff Dziekan 18:32

We got pinballs too. Yeah.

Mike Marrs 18:34

Yeah, a lot of these places are downtown. This one's downtown in the 300-block of Main Street. So, so there's a lot of places you can go for date nights. It's not necessarily about spending a bottom money and going out to a big fancy place. Just kind of take a little drive and find something different and see where things go.

unknown 18:51

Perfect.

Texas Cruise Ins And Swap Meets

Don Armstrong 18:51

Very nice. I like that. Well, uh in that same vein, Jeffrey has the cruise in and events calendar.

Jeff Dziekan 19:00

All righty. We've got the Taylor swap meet. These are all going on at the end.

Don Armstrong 19:04

Well, I for you to say Taylor Swift, but Taylor Switzerland.

Jeff Dziekan 19:08

Yeah. Uh Taylor's the 15th, which is next weekend from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It's at the Murphy Park Pavilion in Taylor, Texas at 1600 Veterans Drive. It's just a swap meet and good old boys getting together, chit-chatting, and swapping stories and swapping parts. Uh May Cruise In car show and swap meet at the Faux Reel Trade Days. Faux Real. Faux Reel. Faux Real. This is in Liberty, Texas at 180 Independent Street. This goes from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It's on May 16th.

SPEAKER_03 19:35

Wait a minute. Wait, let me see the faux faux faux reel. Faux reel. Oh, F-A-U-X. Real. Faux reel.

Jeff Dziekan 19:41

Faux reel.

Mike Marrs 19:42

Pibodeau faux reel. Uh-huh.

Jeff Dziekan 19:44

Aye. The May Cruising Car Show SWAT meet is scheduled there at that event. Uh first Saturday of every month. It goes from 9 to 5. Attendees will find food trucks, live music, coffee, treats, and a variety of the other things. No, it's it's this one is this. It's Saturday of each month. Saturday of each month. I see. But this one is the 16th. Crossroad Cruisers Car Show. It's at Riverside Park Special Event Center in Victoria, Texas. We all know where that's at, 407 Memorial. Registration begins at 8, judging's at 11. So, you know, we don't we don't judge around here. Uh awards would be presented. We judge every clock. Top 30 awards from the five best awards. So there you go. Then you got the Southern Pontiac Firebirds on the border. This is in Alamo, Texas, which is really down by the border, down in the McAllen Laredo area. Uh if you want to travel down there, that's great. It's May 17th from noon to 5 at the Rail Yard 83. It's 106 North 9th Street. Pontiac Firebirds, Trans Dams, they all gather near the border. Uh takes place from noon to 5 at the Rail Yard. So be there. Street Runners cruise in to Bucky's. This is always a fun one. It's in Colleen at Lions Park. Uh street runners meet every Sunday night at the Lions Club and they cruise on over to Bucky's, get yourself a sandwich and uh beaver beaver nuggets and all that good stuff. And then you got the car meet at 403 Eats coming up in Tomball. That's the 17th. And I actually uh got some buddies in a band that are gonna be playing out there at 403 Eats, I think, in the next couple weeks. It might even be at that event. So I'll keep you abreast of that. Take me with you. I don't know if I'm going. I just know that buddies might are playing out there.

Don Armstrong 21:23

If you go, take me with you. Will you?

Jeff Dziekan 21:26

I'll take you with me. I'll take you anywhere.

This Week In Automotive History

Mike Marrs 21:28

Put him in the cargo area of the Buick, Jeff, and just tag him along.

Don Armstrong 21:32

Time now for this week in auto history, Mr. Morris. Where are we at, Michael?

Mike Marrs 21:36

Yes, sir. We found a few things that we uh thought were really interesting uh this week in auto history. Starting in May the 3rd, 1919, W. O. Bentley officially founded Bentley Motors. His idea was to build a fast car, build a good car, and make it the best in class. And what they did to get their reputation going for their engineering excellence, they went out and did endurance races. Like Le Mans, and they even made it to the Indy 500 in 1922. And this is the type of activities that built up their creds inside the market. And even today, it's much respected as a handcrafted British luxury performance automobile. And in May the 4th in 1904, we often talk about the Oldsmobile Curved Dash vehicle that ransom Olds brought out. It was one of the first mass-produced automobiles. It was a lightweight runabout single cylinder engine, made it very reliable. But the thing was that he a lot of his assembly techniques actually predated Henry Ford's moving assembly line. So he proved that you can build a car efficiently. And one of the things that helped this thing get in started, it was actually a fire in 1901. All the prototypes for the new Oldsmobiles burned except for the curved-runabout. So by it being the only survivor, they built 2,500 in 1902 of them, and that's what really kicked it off, and they built 19,000 total before it went out of production. Arson. Arson? Arson? Then May the 5th, 1964. And we've talked again about the Mustang. We talked about before how the Mustang rollout was so successful that they sold a million of these things the very first year. But one thing I did not know, along with the World's Fair and the nationwide dealership rollouts where everybody showed at the same time, three weeks after that, Ford was Mustang was to be the pace car for the 64 Indianapolis 500. So it got a lot of attention there. And then they also launched the Pace Car Edition immediately right behind that. And that even drove more traffic to the showrooms. And that's part of the ways that they ended up selling a million of these the very first year it rolled out. May the 5th, 1925. Chrysler introduces the four-wheel hydraulic brakes. We were talking earlier about the wire brakes versus the hydraulic. So Chrysler was very much into technology and trying to uh push new things out into the marketplace, particularly improving on the mechanical braking systems. And then coming up in May the 7th, 1946, I thought this was very interesting. The Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation was founded. Now that sounds like a mouthful, but what happened was in 1958, this actually became Sony, the very famous Sony electronics company that went on to uh influence automotive technology with radios and cassette players, CDs, nav systems, things that are we're still having things from Sony show up in our cars today. So they've really made a big deal, uh big impact on the automobile industry. May the 7th, 1998. This is terrible. Mercedes Benz announces the Chrysler merger. What was listed publicly as being a 50-50 deal, that they were both going to be co-equal partners. Immediately the lawsuits had started because it was reality Mercedes Benz was taking over Chrysler. And Chrysler was into it because they were in a bind and they wanted to kind of uh they wanted to survive is what it amounted to. So this uh merger lasted seven years before all the lawsuits were about over and it kind of dissolved back into Chrysler and Mercedes Daimler. Uh finally, in May the 8th, 1984, Chrysler introduces the minivan, the Dodge Caravan and the Plymouth Voyager. And and this really revolutionized family transportation with the modern minivan. Station wagon was still available, but this was so much more user-friendly with the front-wheel drive, the sliding side doors, car-like handling. It actually handled a lot better than most station wagons. So it quickly became a suburban staple. And even today, a lot of companies use these for moving people around at events and stuff because it's so easy to get in and out of. And that's some of the things we found this week in automotive history.

How To Reach The Show

Don Armstrong 26:08

Thank you, sir. Uh consumers, albeit a small number, who use artificial intelligence tools to buy a vehicle report, being more pleased with the outcome than those who don't use them, according to the Cox Automotive 2025 Car Buyer Survey. Uh the findings, including buyers enjoying real-time answers and personalized recommendations, could signal a shift in how consumers research vehicles and how dealerships respond. The study, released in January for the first time, includes data on customers using AI to buy vehicles. Gen Z and millennial shoppers, buyers with children, and multicultural buyers lead the shift in AI use, according to Cox. Cox surveyed 2,300 car buyers August 6th through September 5th, who purchased a new or used vehicle within the previous 12 months. And new vehicle inventories fell to 2.85 million at the start of May as elevated fuel prices drove demand for hybrids and electric vehicles to record levels while supplies of such models dropped, data firm Catalyst IQ said. Despite representing about one in five vehicles marketed for sale, hybrids were both the fastest turning powertrain type and had the lowest day supply, according to Catalyst. Hybrids advertised for sale spent an average of 59 days on a dealership lot compared to 75 days for traditional gasoline-powered vehicles and 114 days for EVs, which had supplies of 77 and 79 days. Hybrids had a 67-day supply. So if you're looking for a hybrid, better get marching out there right away because uh the inventories are continuing to drop because those are the hot potatoes, so to speak. Yeah. All right. We'd love to hear from you. Shoot us an email, the address info at nwheeltime.com. We're going to wrap up today's show right after this quick break. Your car is a direct reflection of you, so don't be satisfied with color fade or a dingy dull appearance. Get rid of those terrible automated car wash scratches. Gulf Coast Auto Shield is your save the paint company. John Gray and his team of detailing experts can help your cars finish without a full repaint. Searching for real experts in window tent or windshield protection, Gulf Coast Auto Shield. Dash cams, radar detectors, Gulf Coast Auto Shield. Got a new car? Get it protected as soon as you take delivery. If you don't know which of the multitude of protection products to go with, John Gray will give you an honest opinion and won't sell you something you don't need. John will help you understand the many options and pricing right on the spot. He's your guy to have your ride looking its best and protected too. See the state-of-the-art shop yourself, free tours anytime. Gulf Coast Auto Shield is easy to get to, located just south of the Southwest Freeway on the Sam Houston Parkway. Gulf Coast Auto Shield, full service luxury car care today and online at gcautoshield.com. Gift giving should be meaningful, and we have an idea. A hand-painted custom illustration of your car from one of the nation's leading artists. Now you can get one or a car show poster customized for you, a friend, or a loved one. Bill Sites will be happy to guide you through the process. No matter what the day, birthday, anniversary, or any day, an autographics custom illustration adds an extra touch of class to any home. Call Bill today, 832-922-0963. That's 832-922-0963. Well, that's all for this week's In Wheel Time Car Talk Show. Be sure and check us out online at InWheeltime.com. We're always looking for new, informative, and great automotive things to bring our global audience. If you have an idea, an event, road trip, or tall tale you'd like us to feature, let us know. Our email address is info at inwheeltime.com. When you're searching for award-winning car talk, you can find the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show 24-7 on the InWheel Time app. And you can find uh also uh on our website, inwheeltime.com. Grab a podcast from your favorite podcast store. We video stream or live show every Saturday, 10 to noon on Facebook, YouTube, and InWheeltime.com. The In Wheel Time Video Coordinator is we always need more, Jeff Zeken. For booking agent and video editor, Mike out of this world Mars, Chief Engineer David Ainsley, I'm Don Armstrong. Thanks to our weekly show contributors, Jeff Heitzman and George Skelton. We hope you'll join us again next week for another live edition of the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show from our Dual City Studios, 10 to noon Central Time. Have a great, safe weekend, and so long for now. That's it for this podcast episode of the In Wheel Time Car Show. I'm Don Armstrong, inviting you to join us for our live show every Saturday morning on Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, and our InWheelTime.com website. Podcasts are available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartPodcast, Podcast Addict, TuneIn, Pandora, and Amazon Music. Keep listening, and we'll see you soon.