Driving Innovation: Exploring the 2025 Lexus UX300 Hybrid SUV and the Changing Face of Car Ownership

Show Introduction and Road Ahead

Speaker 1 0:00

The In Wheel Time Podcast , a 30-minute mini version of the In Wheel Time Car Show that airs live every Saturday morning , 8 to 11 am , Central From Studio A in the Texas Sugar Shack . This is the award-winning In Wheel Time Car Talk Show . Just ahead , we visit with Tony Thacker , hopefully about his new book , Hot Rod Mavericks , Also giving you my thoughts on driving the 2025 Lexus UX300 Hybrid SUV . It's a mouthful . Jeff has the Motor Minute in this segment of the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show . Howdy Along with Mike out of this world , Mars . We always need more . Jeff Zekin , I'm Don Armstrong , so glad that you could join us on this Saturday morning . It's a beautiful day here in Houston .

Speaker 1 0:45

Texas , it really is . I think the high temperature today is supposed to be somewhere about 80 or so . What are you doing down there , morris ?

Speaker 2 0:50

I'm trying to find out where Tony is . We've got the door open If you look down the door .

Speaker 1 0:55

Wait a minute . That's him walking up now , is it no ?

Speaker 2 0:57

That's a beautiful sight . Look at that . Y'all can't see this , but there is a gorgeous vehicle out there , parked right about 50 feet away .

Speaker 1 1:05

You know what it looks to me like ? It's some sort of Buick . It's a Buick Buick . It's a gorgeous car it is . What is it A Buick Envoy ? It's an Envision , envision .

Speaker 2 1:12

Yeah , I envision myself driving it .

Speaker 1 1:15

So I'm sitting around the corporate table . What are we going to enclave ? No , but the . Let's go back to the 50s . Oh okay , invista the buick . Invista , and it was part of the big sedan league back then where they had the buick wildcat engine .

Speaker 2 1:35

Oh , my aunt had a wildcat . It was a gorgeous car . It was a gorgeous . Cousin doug's a listener , supporter of the show . So thank you , gene Gene , for letting me ride it . What his mother or something . It was his mom . Yeah , yeah , gorgeous car .

Speaker 1 1:47

Yeah Well , the Wildcat was one of its own . Not only did they have the Wildcat engines , but they had the Wildcat

Classic American Cars Discussion

Speaker 1 1:52

car .

Speaker 2 1:53

Right , she had the Wildcat car Nice . Oh yeah , it was white , it was gorgeous and it was talked about that when I did the thing about the , the buicks , the 225 with the little squares on the front grill . That's what the two kind of looks like , that yes it does kind of a , a deuce in a quarter yeah yeah , yeah .

Speaker 1 2:11

So there you go you know , I was never sophisticated enough to actually ride in a deuce in a quarter , certainly never drove one , but uh , my god they were huge .

Speaker 2 2:20

My dad had pontiacs , he had catalina , uh , and it was that back in the star chief days . Yes , the headliner was little tiny stars so when you're a little kid when you lay . I did the star chief yeah , so when you lay in the back seat , when you're a kid taking a nap or driving home from grandma's , you look up at the ceiling and there's all these little stars and it was pretty cool .

Speaker 1 2:38

Yeah , they built them right back then , yeah , yeah , and you know you see these rebuild shows on television with those cars and they've got a bajillion parts , little bitty trim pieces here , a little bitty there .

Speaker 2 2:52

Chrome this . We went out to Fireman Jack's car show . Yes , remember we saw that there was a Buick out there and every little detail of a headlight bezel . There was like 14 parts on this thing , yes , and they're all chrome . You have to fit them in . It was just amazing . Yeah , they did back then .

Speaker 1 3:07

yeah yep , it truly . It was amazing the way that they built cars back in the day and that was all of the world war ii era guys that came back from war . Attention to detail , oh yeah , and the bigger the better . My God , the cars got to be massive . You look at those today and you think this was the standard operating vehicle of the day . Mom and dad had one . Dad had the Buick .

Speaker 2 3:35

Special and I think if we didn't go through the oil embargo and the gas prices back in the 70s , we probably would still have big cars . Actually , we still do have them , and they're in the form of an SUV . Well , I know that , but I'm talking the old school , like the Deuce , and a Quarter like the Wildcats , and all that , the big caddies .

Speaker 1 3:54

When are the lowrider guys going to put one of those great , big , huge SUVs down not down slammed on the ground , but get it lowered ? So it's no longer a sport utility vehicle . It is now a four-door sedan with a trunk that's the same height as the roof .

Speaker 2 4:17

Well , that's not my style . I don't go low . I want to see like an Escalade Donk .

Speaker 1 4:26

That's what I want . Mars just put his head in his hand . He does that a lot .

Speaker 2 4:31

That's an Escalade Donk , escalade Donk .

Speaker 1 4:34

I'm sure that there's one out there .

Speaker 2 4:35

I'm sure there is Eskadonk , eskadonk . He's hauling a lot of Eskadonkies . That's perfect . That's perfect for him . You do I like that , I'll tell you what .

Speaker 1 4:47

So your charge in the next month is to get an Eskidon and review it .

Speaker 3 4:53

I'll do it , I'll do it . I think you've got to go to Atlanta or someplace .

Speaker 1 4:58

No . So I came coming home down the freeway last night about 10 o'clock which is way late for me , I know and there was a group of JDM guys All of them slammed to the ground . And there was one we were just doing the freeway speed limit and he just came on the on-ramp and he was trying to get up to speed . Sounded like a and Leslie looks at me and says I don't think that that's normal . No , I said no .

Speaker 2 5:29

He doesn't have any mufflers on , it's a ticked off bumblebee that's what it is .

Speaker 1 5:33

It was very upset . Yeah , it's not .

Speaker 2 5:35

Which way did you come home last night ? Uh , 59 , we went i-10 because we were . We went out , turned right boomer i-10 was right there , yeah well , leslie got mad at me because I didn't do that .

Speaker 1 5:43

You don't ever follow . I said , well , I wanted to go 59 . I didn't want to go that far north .

Speaker 2 5:47

See , we did that going because it was trying to take me through Highway 90 all the way into town . Oh Lord , That'd take you forever . So we took 59 . You know it said it was slammed into the ground .

Speaker 1 6:11

Mike's Googling donks , yeah , no what did you call them Eskadonk ? Eskadonk , Mike . Maybe that's the president's new vehicle . That . Gm is going to be working on .

Speaker 4 6:23

An Eskadonk .

Speaker 1 6:24

There you go . So what happens to the old presidential limousines , the Eskadonks , if you will ? Maybe it goes to a museum .

Speaker 2 6:32

I think that they go to the crusher .

Speaker 1 6:33

Yeah , I think they cut it up Because they don't want anybody to know any of the secrets in there , and there's lots of them apparently .

Speaker 2 6:41

Evidently , there's like the doors are that thick , yeah , and they're packed with ammunition and guns and , you know , deterrents .

Speaker 2 6:49

And communication gear , I went to high school a young man a year behind me . I went to high school with his sister , mike Cutajar . He worked with Cutajar . His name was Cutajar . He worked with the somehow with that vehicle , with the Beast . I don't know all the details , but he was involved in some type of program with that the maintenance of the vehicle . So that was pretty cool . Yeah , I hear from him every now and then . I see him on Facebook and all that stuff .

Vehicle Trends and Auto Theft

Speaker 1 7:13

Does he know that you're on this award-winning ?

Speaker 2 7:14

car show , I believe . So I think we tried to get him on one time years ago and he's just a busy guy . He's got a lot of stuff going on , not really involved in that anymore , but good for him . Did he work for GM ? I don't know if it was a company that just did the service for it , but I'll try to find out .

Speaker 1 7:31

I'd like to find out more about the car , the beast , the ones that they built for the president . You know , the one that Kennedy was shot in is on display at the Henry . Ford . The only thing is that it's no longer . It wasn't a convertible after he was assassinated .

Speaker 3 7:48

They put a top back on it .

Speaker 1 7:49

Yeah , but it is the same car . Yeah , same car . Yeah , chat , yeah , it was the same car . Yeah , yeah , that was always interesting . All right , well , we have some time to fill , because I had an idea .

Speaker 3 8:03

Yeah , you were talking about the lowering escalating , all that stuff . Well , if you put all that weight and stuff in there , all the bulletproof glass and everything in it , you wouldn't have to jack with a suspension .

Speaker 1 8:15

Just let it settle down on its own by being overweight can you imagine trying to do some invasive moves with it on the ground ? Like that it'd tear the whole suspension out from underneath .

Speaker 2 8:25

Oh yeah , there's that oops , I forgot , it's like turning an aircraft carrier . You know all the big boat , yep .

Speaker 1 8:37

Let's do . I got a story here , Can I do that ?

Speaker 3 8:40

Yeah , we don't seem to be making much headway over here .

Speaker 1 8:42

Well , we got a free book , so I guess it's worth it . Hot Rod Mavericks .

Speaker 3 8:46

Well , we couldn't talk them out of three , so now they're going to have to pay the price .

Speaker 1 8:49

Federal Reserve announced no changes to the central bank's benchmark interest rate policy after its second Federal Open Market Committee meeting of 2025 . The Fed also made no changes to the rate at its January 29th meeting . The federal fund's rate target range will remain 4.25 to 4.5 percent , where it has stood since the last quarter in December . The committee said the Fed's adjustments can have a ripple effect on the interest rates auto lenders charge consumers . The committee judges that the risks to achieving its employment and inflation goals are roughly in balance . The Fed said in a statement goals are roughly in balance .

Speaker 1 9:33

The Fed said in a statement the economic outlook is uncertain and the committee is attentive to the risks to both sides of its dual mandate . That is not something that is said . That is something that is written , because nobody would say those words in a speech . The economic outlook is uncertain and the committee is attentive to the risks to both sides of its dual mandate . I would like to interview that person that wrote that and go . You know we used to have a sign in the newsroom that said write like you talk .

Speaker 2 10:10

It's probably AI .

Speaker 1 10:11

then that wrote that Could be Either that or one of those overpriced government people , because it's the Fed that says it . Yeah , niterville , niterville . Theoretically

Auto Start-Stop Features Debate

Speaker 1 10:25

, vehicle thefts in the United States , mars , recorded their biggest yearly drop in four decades as automakers , mainly Hyundai and Kia , bolstered anti-theft measures , while easing supply chain constraints made stealing vehicle parts for less lucrative . What Again ? Here we go . Somebody wrote that Hyundai and Kia cars topped the list of the most stolen vehicles in 2021 and 2023 as their lack of immobilizers made them easy targets for stealing , fueling viral social media trends such as the Kia Boys . Although cars made by Hyundai and Kia were among the top five models that were stolen last year , their thefts fell about 37.5% , data from the National Insurance Crime Bureau showed . So they stopped that , yep , because they didn't put engine immobilizers on the keys . Really . So now I got to take it to John Gray down at Down at Gulf Coast To put an engine immobilizer on it , because the factory didn't . I think I'd charge them , oops so how does that really work ?

Speaker 3 11:42

you turn the car off , you hit the door lock and then you hit the engine immobilizer .

Speaker 1 11:46

No , you would have the engine immobilizer somewhere inside like a switch , yeah , a battery .

Speaker 3 11:52

Disconnect , valet , valet if you get in it and you unlock it . You get in and you push the button to mobilize the engine hit the switch and the switch is gone , don't you ?

Speaker 1 12:02

remember you used to . Oh well , that's that , but I'm just saying remember , underneath the dashboard you used to have that secret switch that you put in there , yeah , yeah a little toggle , a cheap toggle from radio shack that you put there , wired it into up to the starter so you wouldn't get any power to the starter . Well , how's it going to start ?

Speaker 3 12:21

Somebody gets in , they just run their hand along the bottom of the dash . There it is .

Speaker 2 12:25

That's why you don't put it that way . Do you have a routine ? When you get in the car , you get down in the seat . What's your routine ? Mine is you put the seatbelt on , you start the car , because that eliminates all the ding-dongs and things to get your seatbelt on , then I push the button to disable the auto start-stop and then I get into four-wheel , two-wheel sport .

Speaker 1 12:46

You know I've stopped doing that . I used to when I first got the new cars that had the auto start-stop feature on them and they had a button that you could override it . I always overrode it . Now I'm not . But if the car shutters to start from a stoplight , I'm going to tell you in the car reviews that I do , because it shouldn't do that and the manufacturers shame on you that let a car do that .

Speaker 3 13:14

And a lot of them . You don't hardly even realize what it's doing anymore . I got one sitting out there right now , though Whenever it's , you don't really notice the infinity , you don't really notice it stopping , but when it goes to start , you know it shudders starting .

Speaker 2 13:29

That's right . Now are there two different versions . There's one where you take your foot off the brake and it automatically starts , and there's another system design that when you press the gas .

Speaker 1 13:38

I had that recently and I'll tell you what . It damn near got me killed . Pressing the gas one . Yeah , Because you take your foot off the brake and there's no engine there . Well no , there's no engine there and it's waiting for you to hit the accelerator pedal . Then it's waiting for you to hit the accelerator pedal then the engine comes on .

Speaker 3 13:54

Uh , no , yeah , that second or two hesitation there .

Speaker 1 13:57

We're in Houston , texas , where there's a bajillion cars and there are certain situations that if you want to get across the intersection you better be ready to go , and when it's your time to squirt out there , by golly , you better be able to go , and I don't need a two-second delay with the car , thinking well , did he press the gas pedal ? Oh , he did . Okay , well , I'll start the car now .

Speaker 2 14:20

No , yeah , because the situation that you've got plenty of time not plenty of time , but you can safely do , it turns into unsafely doing it Nothing worse than delay when you're trying to squirt across . I'm telling you I don't like the feature .

Speaker 1 14:36

I turn mine off . Have you tried one week living with it , not turned off , I tried to live with it a day .

Speaker 2 14:42

I couldn't take it .

Speaker 1 14:44

It's one of those things that I'm just telling you from experience . You have to get used to .

Speaker 3 14:49

Jeff tried it . He got used to it . While it was sitting in the garage it worked fine . You don't have a problem with it .

Speaker 1 14:54

He's old school and I will tell you that there are a lot of things that are old school that I still do . I'm still , even though it's an automatic transmission , I'm still a two-pedal kind of guy Left foot on the brake , right foot on the accelerator pedal and I know that's not the way the car is set up . It's set up for a right foot on the brake that goes over to the gas pedal one foot driving , and many times that's okay for most people , not for me . I know I'm a more aggressive driver when it comes to that , but when I want the car to go by , golly , I want it to go when you drive the Vette , do you lay your left foot on the clutch pedal or you just take it to the side ?

Speaker 2 15:29

When you drive the Vette , do you lay your left foot ?

Speaker 1 15:30

on the clutch pedal or do you just take it to the side ? No , it's always above the clutch pedal . It never rests on the clutch pedal , but it's there above it . Now , if I'm driving down the freeway and we're in sixth gear , it's over on the dead pedal . Okay , just wondered . No , that's one of the first things I learned . You never ride the clutch .

Speaker 2 15:46

Unless you want to burn it up .

Speaker 1 15:47

Yeah , yeah .

Speaker 2 15:48

Well , it's the throw-out bearing that goes first , then the clutch , you mean the squealing throw-out bearing .

Speaker 1 15:56

That's it . Yes , I remember them well . I had a 54 Chevrolet pickup truck that had a four-speed crush box transmission . Ooh , where the shifter went right in the top of the transmission and if you really wanted to shift smoothly you'd double clutch it . Oh , remember double clutching when they had no synchronizer . But this didn't . It shifted pretty well and of course I took the foot-long shifter and cut it down to about this big so I had to reach down . Yeah , it was down here at your ankles .

Speaker 2 16:31

I like them when they're up tall and they got like a skull on them . Yeah , and you're driving up here . They put an extension on them , yeah like ape hangers when you're driving a motorcycle .

Speaker 1 16:38

That's right , I know it well . Yep , alright . Well , thanks a lot , tony Thacker , for your interview with the Hot Rod Mavericks . Appreciate the book . Appreciate the book . Yeah , that's going to sit on there . Yeah , this guy that we had , we were going to interview , but he didn't show up for the interview . Can you imagine doing that to Johnny Carson ? I mean , I'm comparing myself to Johnny Carson , but the show Johnny Carson .

Speaker 3 17:01

So you're Ed .

Speaker 2 17:01

McMahon . You both have gray hair . You're Ed McMahon and I'll be the band leader , Doc .

Speaker 3 17:06

You liter Doc You're .

Speaker 1 17:09

Doc , at least you're not Mitch Miller , although you look like Mitch Miller . Mitch was cool . No , he wasn't , not from what I read .

Speaker 2 17:16

He was a mean man .

Speaker 1 17:18

Who was the other guy ?

Speaker 3 17:20

that had the champagne bubbles . That would be .

Speaker 2 17:22

Lawrence Welk Lawrence .

Speaker 3 17:23

Welk , that's who you are .

Speaker 2 17:24

Okay , okay .

Speaker 1 17:29

Just ahead a review of the 2025 Lexus UX300 and Jeff's Motor Minute . Oh yeah , right after this quick break , the Tex-Mex dining experience

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Speaker 1 17:40

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Speaker 1 18:37

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Speaker 1 19:01

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2025 Lexus UX300H Review

Speaker 1 19:54

for Jeff's Motor Minute .

Speaker 2 19:55

Yeah , this is a little different . The car industry is in a state of continuous flux , evolution of new technologies . You've got SUVs , evs , all-electric , hybrids . So what are the most valuable car brands out there ? Well , there's six of them . I'm going to give you five and at the end of the show I'll give you the number one . See if anybody wants to guess and call that in . Okay , number six is Ford . They are valued at $38.7 billion . Honda is number five . They're valued at $53.7 billion . General Motors they're valued at $56.1 billion . Ferrari they're number three $81.9 billion . That's the value of that brand . Number two is Toyota . Well , I think Toyota's kind of got Lexus in there too . $304 billion . That's what they're valued at . Now let us know what the number one is . We all know it here , so chime in and I'll tell you at the end of the show what the number one is . There's lots of car makers out there . Yeah , these are the top .

Speaker 3 21:07

There's actually eight , but two of them I didn't recognize because they're European startup companies , but these are all just ones that are . Well , ferrari's not built in the country , though .

Speaker 2 21:12

No , these are just valuable car brands , not necessarily the US Right right , so let us know what you think .

Speaker 1 21:20

The number one is Time now for this hour's car review . I had the opportunity to drive the 2025 Lexus UX300H . Okay , final assembly location is Miyawaka , fukuoka , japan . Can you spell that ? Yep , there you go .

Speaker 2 21:41

F-U-K . Oh yeah , it is U-O-K-A , Yo mama .

Speaker 1 21:46

Okay , so I can only imagine Mars trying to pronounce that .

Speaker 3 21:52

I was trying to imagine it myself while you were saying it .

Speaker 1 21:57

The reviewed trim level . It comes in several trim levels base , premium and F-Sport . I had the F-Sport handling package Top of the line , Compact SUV seats , five , all new for 2024 . I never got a chance to drive this . Did you ever drive it before ?

Speaker 3 22:13

No .

Speaker 1 22:14

I hadn't either .

Speaker 3 22:15

It's kind of like a secret .

Speaker 1 22:17

And I didn't really know what to expect . It wasn't an RX , it wasn't an LX or LS or any of those . It's a UX , all new for 2024 . Smaller version of the RX with oversized spindle grille . Faux brake duct inlets help quell the big grille . Kind of A nicely sculpted fastback rear hatch . Awesome side sculpting helps the UX stand apart from its competitors . Overall , design is top-notch . What could use improvement ? I got nothing to offer there . Interior highlights modern dash with optional big screen , which we had . The optional big screen . Controls are well-placed with easy-to-use features . Seats are extra comfortable with nice side bolstering Materials . Nothing but high-end all the way with attention to detail . The cargo room small , with the second row up . But this is a compact . What I liked about it ? The compact design . It puts everything at your fingertips and it goes through parking lots with a breeze . What could use improvement ? Nothing . Let's be nice If you're a car manufacturer to hear that . Yeah , what could use improvement ?

Speaker 2 23:39

It's a good-looking vehicle .

Speaker 1 23:40

I really do .

Speaker 3 23:40

Particularly if you don't have the recalls to contradict it .

Speaker 1 23:43

Well , there's that too . Yeah , New for 25 is upgraded power system . A 2-liter inline-4 hybrid . That turns out 196 horsepower , which is just the right level for this small of a vehicle . Cvt transmission Get this Miles per gallon in the city . Now , this is a hybrid and it's not a plug-in hybrid , so you don't have to do nothing but you put on the gas and go 45 miles per gallon in the city , 41 on the highway , for a combined of 43 . I got 40.7 . Wow , over 682 miles back and forth to Austin and then around Houston . Yeah , it was a good-looking car , it was and it was comfortable . What I liked about the mileage and the handling and all everything . Use improvement . I got a question mark here . I don't know what could use improvement . It rides great . I was really surprised because usually when you get in a short wheelbase , it's choppy .

Speaker 2 24:40

It rides rough Like a funny car .

Speaker 1 24:41

Yeah , not like this . Ride and handling superb , but could use improvement . Again , nothing . Base trim price $44,805 . Prices tested $48,200 . Loaded up it was that's not bad . The base model price $36,540 for a Lexus Wow , I'm liking it . Yeah , good stuff . Competitors Audi Q3 starts at $39,800 . The BMW X1 starts at $41,350 . The BMW X1 starts at $41,350 . And the Mercedes-Benz GLA and also the GLB $43,000 . This one starts at $36,540 . Cool , I'm impressed . As I told you , I owned a Lexus way back in the day , back in the 90s . I bought a press car back in the day , back in the disco days , yep , back in the days when you could actually buy a press car . Back in the day , back in the disco days , Yep , back in the days when you could actually buy a car out of the press fleet . They stopped doing that because some moron ruined it for everybody . But whatever the case may be , I will tell you that I bought it and it had 12,000 miles on it .

Speaker 3 25:48

They were getting ready to get rid of it , Turn it over yeah .

Speaker 1 25:51

And so I said I want the car . I said yeah , and so I said I want the car . He said , okay , well , here's the prices , no negotiating . I said I'll take it , bought it , had it for many years and loved that car and it was the original RX body style and all that , the little egg shape . Yeah , yeah , what a great vehicle . And I fell in love with the Lexxus brand through that and now with this one and taking this on the road to austin . I want to thank , uh , the guy from lexus that allowed me to do that . It gave me a a different sense because I got to spend some highway time with it right typically don't do right I

Speaker 3 26:25

do around houston , but it's not the same yeah , it's not like having two hours , yeah , going different roads , going up like to austin and then the highway .

Speaker 2 26:33

The 35 minutes or whatever for him on the highway really doesn't give you that .

Speaker 3 26:36

And that's just in traffic . Yeah , yeah , it makes a big difference .

Speaker 1 26:39

So it was a great vehicle and I really appreciate the loan . Thank you , lexus , once again for coming through . Remember , I took the RX up to the top of Pike's Peak . Remind me never to . No , you won't have to remind me of . Pike's Peak . Remind me never to . No , you won't have to remind me , I'll never do that again . Listen , you see those knuckles . They're still white , aren't they ? I white knuckled it all the way up there and all the way down .

Speaker 3 27:00

So I should give up on trying to get us a remote broadcast from the top of that . See , I was thinking don't keep going with that .

Speaker 1 27:04

Go right ahead . I'll keep it all tuned in for you . You just go up there . Go on , get up there , be gone with you . Was it 12,000 , 14,000 feet ?

Speaker 3 27:17

It was up there . Well , if I can find us a sponsor . We're in these days , we're going to do that .

Speaker 1 27:21

No , you find yourself a sponsor because I'm not doing it .

Speaker 2 27:24

We're getting the Legends car and you're driving it with Rodney Pikes Peak Anything you ?

Speaker 1 27:30

want , we can arrange that we have connections with the Pikes Peak Hill Climbing .

Speaker 3 27:33

Yeah yeah , we'll get it through Saison .

Speaker 1 27:36

I can see you doing that , not Talk about chicken little . Hey , if you'd like to get in touch with us , shoot us an email . The address here is info at inwheeltimecom . We're back after this quick break .

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Pro-am Auto Accessories has been serving Houston's auto enthusiasts since 1984, . Pro-am Auto Accessories has been serving Houston's auto enthusiasts since 1984 , providing world-class products for sports cars , european sedans and American muscle . Pro-am is known as the place to go to find exclusive and hard-to-find parts and accessories . Pro-am is one of the very first distributors in the USA for brands such as Recaro , redline , momo , corbo and Simpson . Located in the heart of Houston's premier retail and service corridor , the Galleria area , pro-am's walk-in storefront includes an 8,000 square foot warehouse , showroom and installation bays . Pro-am not only sells parts and accessories , but also offers installation and service . Pro-am is now reaching a worldwide audience through Pro-Amcom , taking its local reputation to the rest of the world . At Pro-Am Auto , you'll be dealing with a small group of professionals who truly want to help you with your automotive needs . If you don't see what you're looking for on the website , call and Pro-Am will lend you a hand . Pro-am Auto , 6125 Richmond at Greenridge in Houston's Galleria area . Call them at 713-781-7755 .

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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 InWheelTimecom website Facebook , youtube Twitch and our InWheelTimecom website . Podcasts are available on Apple Podcasts , spotify Stitcher , iheart Podcast , podcast Addict TuneIn , pandora and Amazon Music . No-transcript .