Protecting Luxury: Boats and Cars with Gulf Coast Auto Shield and a review of the Infiniti QX80

Gulf Coast Auto Shield Expansion Plans

Speaker 1 0:01

Welcome to another In Wheel Time podcast . It's the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show Coming up , gulf Coast Auto Shield's John Gray . Jeff has a feature on the little known facts about luxury car brands . Did I say it right ? Pretty close , yeah , we're good . And Mars reviews the new Infiniti QX80 . Just ahead on this segment of the In Real Time Car Talk Show , howdy Along with Mike out of this world . Mars , we always need more . Jeff Zekin , I'm Don Armstrong , glad you could join us on this Saturday for our live show . Always every Saturday , 10 to noon , our new hours , and we hope that you appreciate that . Apparently , it seems to resonate with a lot of people because our ratings are up . Good , and they're right . Mars .

Speaker 1 0:51

Thank you Whether it is or not ? Just say yes , Nod your head .

Speaker 3 0:56

That's it . It is , and we appreciate it .

Speaker 1 0:58

It is Well . Thank you and thank you all . No teasing aside , Alright , now we go down to the West Sam Houston Tollway and , just south of the Southwest Freeway , to the world headquarters of Gulf Coast Auto Shield and their proprietor , the man about town . Ladies and gentlemen , here he is , mr John Gray Good morning boys . Good morning how are you ?

Speaker 4 1:27

It's been a little bit crazy here for the last few months . I like the way you're looking down at us .

Speaker 1 1:31

Does that mean something ? Is there some hidden meaning about that ?

Speaker 4 1:36

Other than no , there's no hidden meaning . There's nothing other than apology for I've been a bit aloof . Yes , we've noticed . Uh , things are just . There's a lot of things going on and a lot of moving parts right now , so , uh , but that's all . It's all good stuff , you know , none of it's . None of it's a negative .

Speaker 1 1:54

So I'm waiting for you to say yeah , well you know , we're working on a new location that's going to triple our square footage here at gulf coast auto shield .

Speaker 2 2:04

Well it's actually , you know , you must have , you must have heard that rumor I heard so there's part of the astrodome is still open I got an article that they were repurposing .

Speaker 4 2:18

So we've got , we've got a place down in sugar land that we've been trying to get built out and between the , the inefficiency of the contractor and , uh , you know other things that happen when you're trying to get a new space built in Sugarland , yeah , it's just taken . This has taken forever . Um , and we have , uh , we're expanding . Not only we're going to use that mostly for some of our uh , some of our car dealership stuff that we get from the Audi and Porsche store down in Sugar Land plus another store that's going to come online , but also we've really gotten and are going hard after the marine segment . Expel has chosen us to be one of the first 12 shops in the country that are going to be doing Expel Marine paint protection films and marine ceramic coatings . That is cool , yeah , it is cool .

Speaker 4 3:15

And you take a boat and put this film on it and it can really kind of be dulled out and whatnot to be dulled out , whatnot , and it just completely changes the look back to the original color . Uh , just because the film , uh , this film will hide so many imperfections on it . You know any kind of doc rash . You know I'm , and we're learning a lot as we go , but I've never been out far enough to know what bill rash is . But these , apparently , these big , you know , these big , like 60 , 70 foot viking boats go out , they catch , uh , you know , marlin and whatnot , and those big , sharp bills will scratch down the side of the boat . These guys have to . You're having these boats painted every year . Yikes , pull them out of the water , paint them . It's thousands and thousands of dollars and so , um , you know , it's a market that that really hasn't been , uh , penetrated very much , because there hadn't been any film uh available to do it they could stand up to .

Speaker 1 4:13

So I was gonna say , because I can't imagine anything more , you know , destructive than wave crashes after crashes on the thing , all the time , salt water yeah , salt water .

Speaker 4 4:23

Well , the dock can . The docks can definitely do some damage and and uh , so that's kind of the point . It yes , a sacrificial layer . You could damage it , but at least you're not damaging the paint or the gel coat on the boat . So it's uh , yeah , it's uh . I fired a guy that's every day . He's down there . We'll be at the boat show coming up , or the automotive show , is that what it is ? Yeah , we'll be there , and a couple of up or the automotive show , is that what it is ? Yeah , automotive .

Speaker 2 4:47

We'll be there and a couple of the dealers , I think we will be too , won't we ?

Speaker 4 4:49

Yep , Glenn and I will be there Saturday . A couple of the dealers boat dealers have asked us to be in their booth and do live demonstrations . That'd be cool . Yeah , it's interesting man . It's interesting . I've put a lot on Amelia here lately to kind of run the front office of the shop . We know We'll see how it goes .

Speaker 2 5:11

So you're saying that next year we could possibly be remote from your yacht ?

Speaker 4 5:15

I don't have a yacht . I don't have a yacht . I'm selling my boat . I've decided Didn't get a chance to use it this year very much and man , it's just , it's just , it's a lot of money just sitting there , don't even go there with me , been there , done that and the thing that they always say it's a hole in the water that you just pour money into , and it doesn't make any difference whether you drive it every weekend or not .

Speaker 1 5:43

Well , it's an acronym .

Speaker 2 5:44

The word boat is an acronym , I know . Bust out another thousand . What is it ? Bust out another thousand . Bust out another thousand .

Speaker 4 5:51

Yeah , but that really hadn't been the case with this boat . Yeah , I mean , boats are not cheap . Where is it ? Where is the boat Right now ? It's sitting in my new shop , in new shop and the new shop in in sugarland , yeah , just because we did some training with it . But we have a storage place out in in past rosenberg on the way down to matagorda , so that's where we keep it . Yeah , you got a store . You got to have insurance in very cheap on it or in very expensive on it . But I'm gonna tell you this outside of regular maintenance and buying cool stuff for the boat , there hadn't been a breakdown in since I had my first boat .

Speaker 1 6:28

That was never the issue with me . It was that well , you gotta buy this now . You need this . Oh , wait a minute . There was a new life jacket . That's really cool . I gotta have one of those . I know how this goes . How wait , how about the anchor ? Oh , you've got one of those with the fork thing anchors . Oh , that's no good . You've got to buy this new kind of anchor that you can un-anchor it at will . Yeah , I know how that goes , buddy .

Speaker 4 6:55

The interesting thing is , when we go to some of these places and talk about these marine films , the people that know about Expel are the ones that want to put it on boats . The people that don't know about expel , they're uh , you know , they're less accepting of the idea . Yeah , so , um , that's some of the things that were out there , uh , trying to change , but , uh , you know , we've already gotten some traction and uh , it's a new venture . Man , Anytime you start something up , it costs you money .

Speaker 1 7:28

Well , you ought to know . You're the man that always starts up something new and is always stirring the pot .

Speaker 2 7:34

Well , congratulations anyways .

Speaker 4 7:36

Yeah , that's for sure If you don't adapt and you don't look at new markets , you're going to die . Things change too quickly . You've got to change with it .

Speaker 1 7:50

Well , something tells me that we've been along the ride with you all these years now , for a long , long time , and we appreciate that

Bourbon, Cars, and Giving Back

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Speaker 4 7:59

It's a different story , but one thing that I've tried not to you can't lose the personal touch . You've got to be . I have to be here . You know , I don't want to not be in the shop when these retail customers are coming in and out , because sit and talk to them and and maybe have a drink with them and , uh , you know , taking them , introduce them to everybody in the shop , that's what makes us different ?

Speaker 1 8:20

how is your bourbon collection doing ? It is unbelievable .

Speaker 4 8:24

Let's turn the camera , let's see it let me see here , how do I do that . Let me see , I'm not very good . Are you on your ?

Speaker 1 8:37

cell phone . There we go , there you go . Okay , we don't care about the invoice , we want to see the there you go , hold on . Wait a minute . There's no . Wait a minute . Oh my God , there's no room . You need more shelving .

Speaker 2 8:58

It's crazy . I think you got Perry's Bar beat . Yeah , man and the funny thing , is .

Speaker 4 9:05

So , let's see , I think that we're coming to see you in a couple of weeks and I got a feeling we're going to leave there and not be able to see you at all . Well , you know I don't really drink this at work , as you probably already know . But what we do , what we will do , is if a customer comes in and oh shit , and they , oh , my God , there you are . There you are .

Speaker 1 9:28

You may be good at film , but you're not all so good at the technology end of it .

Speaker 4 9:32

No , so they'll see something they've never tried , but it almost always sparks up a conversation .

Speaker 1 9:38

All right , well let's have that conversation right now . Let's talk about so what is your current favorite whiskey ?

Speaker 4 9:49

Great question . If I were to pour a drink right now , it would be . I've got a bottle of Blanton's from Japan . I'm not a big fan of the . I think the Blanton's that's sold here is a little bit overrated , but the Blanton's from Japan is fantastic .

Speaker 1 10:08

Got a little sake in it .

Speaker 4 10:10

I don't know what it's got in it , it just tastes good . And there's also a bottle a whiskey called Pike Creek . Now I've not found it in the stores . I had a customer bring me a couple of them . It comes out of a sherry cask , it smells wonderful and uh , it's , it's . It's a really good tasting uh whiskey so you're .

Speaker 1 10:30

In other words , not only are you doing all of these coatings and and wraps and that sort of thing on these cars , you're also the bourbon officiato and the man to go to for suggestions well , I , I could suggest a few for sure , and I'll tell you what .

Speaker 4 10:47

If , if you've ever had a really , really fine tequila , like , uh , jose cuervo la familia , or uh , there's a bottle of patron al alto over over on my deal , that I tell you , a good sipping tequila can , uh , in my opinion , it might beat out a good bourbon tequila can . In my opinion , it might beat out a good bourbon .

Speaker 3 11:06

And you're not talking about doing shots , you're talking about ?

Speaker 1 11:09

No , we're talking about doing damn shots .

Speaker 4 11:11

Sipping no , no , sir .

Speaker 3 11:14

I'll buy you a $10 bottle of tequila and you can shoot it all you want .

Speaker 4 11:18

That's what the old granddad's for Well , this Pike's Creek .

Speaker 2 11:20

if you drink enough of it , you'll be up the creek .

Speaker 4 11:23

You could be up the creek . You could be up creek .

Speaker 1 11:28

Let's see Old Granddad . Did I hear you say that , Old Granddad ?

Speaker 3 11:31

No , he said Old Granddad , old Granddad , that is Old Granddad .

Speaker 1 11:33

I was thinking more along the lines of you know some bourbon that came out the underside of a bourbon truck , bourbon that came out the underside of a 1989 , 1979 Oldsmobile 98 or 88 brown , where the air conditioning doesn't work hasn't worked in years . And Ezra Williams , or whoever that was , what is that ? What is that rot gut whiskey that goes underneath ?

Speaker 3 12:04

You are rot gut whiskey . I knew a guy one time he used to buy a half gallon of Red Rooster for $8.95 .

Speaker 4 12:11

Ooh the Red Rooster . Yeah , that was a long time ago .

Speaker 5 12:18

It's gone way up in price , John .

Speaker 1 12:19

Wait a minute , it's gone way up in price .

Speaker 4 12:21

That'll check your price .

Speaker 1 12:22

And I think that what we're going to do is I'm going to score you a bottle of that very rare Red Rooster . I'm bringing it for your collection next weekend .

Speaker 4 12:30

Hey , there's shockingly so . There's a . There's a . There's a distillery in Austin . It's called Still Austin and the proprietor of the establishment is her name is Nancy and they call her Nancy the Nodes . And I tell you what ? That's pretty good stuff . Yeah , it's really really good . It's affordable and surprisingly good .

Speaker 2 12:56

Well , here's what we're going to do , Surprisingly good For the social event . If you all are attending out there , bring a bottle . Bring a bottle to the shop .

Speaker 1 13:03

Yeah , bring a nice bottle . Donate it to the collection , Right to John's collection .

Speaker 3 13:07

Yeah , there you go , bring a bottle out and if you make it Angel's Envy or Eagle Rare or something , if John already has it , I'll take it off your hands and I'll kind of help you out .

Speaker 1 13:15

What are those ? I don't know .

Speaker 4 13:16

He's kind of blue right by those in me is good and rare , is also very , very good I also saw you had a bottle of weller up there on the shelf green label I have , I have a two , I have a green label , I have a black label and a red label .

Speaker 4 13:31

Um , and I have a bottle of a glenn rawls , which is a scotch . This one is distilled in 1954 . A customer gave it to me , uh , a few back , and he said he was done drinking . He couldn't drink anymore . He'd drink a 12-pack of beer and eat some goldfish for every dinner .

Speaker 5 13:52

So he had to stop .

Speaker 4 13:57

And so he's purging his collection , apparently , and I was the beneficiary who's the liver ?

Speaker 1 14:02

honey , I thought I . I thought I was cooking some perch , but apparently I got jennifer's goldfish . Yeah , it hangs out at the pet store crunchy , yeah , especially when they're all fried up nice so .

Speaker 2 14:17

So let me ask you this where is this new place in sugarland going to be ? Can , can you ?

Speaker 4 14:20

tell us it's right across the railroad tracks from the Sewell Audi dealership . Oh , just off Derry Ashford , there's a Live Oak Grill . Yeah , yeah Over there . Yeah , backs up to that . It's right in front of that , we went there a couple of weeks ago , took the Nug and Amy and I went over there and had hamburgers .

Speaker 1 14:38

When we go by , Well now , when we go by , okay , well now let's shift gears , here momentarily and talk about the car social coming up in a couple of weeks .

Speaker 4 14:50

Yeah , I'm gonna . You know something we didn't put on the flyer , that I'm gonna put on the flyer we need to do a toys for tots thing , okay , and uh , either collect for toys or tots , or the texas children's cancer center , the kids in the cancer center . My sister is the fundraising director for that organization for the last 22 years and I'm going to ask her if we can do something and they will accept toys . So you know , I'd like to see everybody . If you can just bring a toy , I don't care how cheap it is , it doesn't matter , it'll make a difference .

Speaker 3 15:23

Unwrapped toy it is , it doesn't matter , it'll make a difference a new , unwrapped toy .

Speaker 4 15:25

It'll be .

Speaker 1 15:26

It'll make a difference for somebody you know we went down to tailpipes and tacos last weekend and stan had that and he gave away a free taco for everybody that brought an unwrapped toy and we had the marines there and it was a very nice event they filled up those great big boxes . Yes , they did , yeah , did .

Speaker 4 15:42

It worked out well . I'll tell you what we'll do . Something like everybody that brings an unwrapped toy will do a raffle and maybe do a free ceramic coating .

Speaker 5 15:53

There you go , something like that that would be kind of cool .

Speaker 4 15:55

Or do two things Do a ceramic window film job and then for somebody else do a ceramic coating .

Speaker 1 16:02

I think that would be pretty cool . Are you having a big car club ? Anybody coming next week or two weeks ?

Speaker 4 16:09

The Porsche Club is always invited . It is on their calendar and so we'll see .

Speaker 1 16:14

Are you going to have the BMW ?

Speaker 4 16:15

boys there too . I'm not sure . I'm not sure . They got a little unruly . You know , oh yeah , the BMW guy , he's kind of a little unruly . You know , oh yeah , the bmw guy , he's kind of new mustang guy . You know , I got you a little bit . I got revving the engines down pipes . You know stuff like that it's an interesting crowd for sure , but if they want I , I won't turn away . Uh , anybody ?

Speaker 2 16:37

so how ? How does so the bmw crowd ? Is that a younger crowd than the Porsche folks ? It is .

Speaker 4 16:43

It's very much a younger crowd with the new M3 , m2 , and M4s and wow , those cars can be boosted and can handle a lot . I mean handle a lot Wow .

Speaker 1 16:57

So what hours are the car social ? Is it 9 to noon ? I believe it's 9 to noon , 9 to noon , and we're going to be on the air from nine to noon . I believe it's nine to noon . Nine to noon , and we're going to be on the air from 10 to noon that weekend . So it'll give us some time , so we won't be so rushed when we get there . And you know it'll be , it'll be good , it'll be real good , okay , well , uh , so that's uh , on december the 7th , which is two weeks away , and the Gulf Coast auto show . What's the best way that you tell people how to get there ?

Speaker 4 17:26

I'm on from Houston . Take the South Sam Houston Parkway exit and then take the first exit and that is the airport , belfort , immediately after you exit , and it's on the right . Yeah , it's easy to get to . It is easy to get to . It is easy to get to .

Speaker 1 17:44

Yeah .

Speaker 4 17:44

But confusing at the same time .

Speaker 1 17:46

Well tell Serene . Dawn said hi , We'll see her in a couple of weeks .

Speaker 4 17:51

She will be excited to see you , as will I .

Speaker 1 17:54

Yes , and me , you , so we're all looking forward to being there . It'll be a love fest when we get there and we'll fry up some goldfish or something .

Speaker 4 18:02

We'll do it .

Speaker 1 18:03

And have a bottle of Old Grandad .

Speaker 3 18:05

That's it . Well , we're all . Old Grandads now , and we'll add the Toys for Tots thing to the postings this week . Yeah .

Speaker 1 18:14

Let's do it . Yeah , okay , john's great talk to you , as always , my friend .

Speaker 4 18:18

Thank you , boys , take care We'll see you .

Speaker 1 18:19

You do the same . You bet Bye , Bye , All right . The In Wheel Time Car Talk Show is available 24-7 on the In Wheel Time app and Odyssey radio app . Just search for In Wheel Time Car Talk and podcasts available from your favorite podcast provider . We also video stream our weekly show on Facebook , YouTube and InWheelTimecom . 10 to noon every Saturday , the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show continues right after this Quick break . Oh darn it .

Speaker 1 18:51

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Speaker 1 19:43

Is your car ready for that all-important holiday road trip ? Gulf Coast Auto Shield is having another Car Social , Saturday , December 7th , and you're invited . Bring your car , truck or SUV and find out what it'll take to get that thing looking new again . Gulf Coast Auto Shield is your one-stop shop for paint , detailing , coatings , window tint , clear bras , camera installs and wheel repair . The Car Social is your opportunity to get a tour of this state-of-the-art facility located at 11275 South Sam Houston Parkway , just south of the Southwest Freeway . Join the Car Social Saturday , December 7th , 9 to noon .

Speaker 1 20:15

Talk to other owners and see how good your car can look on the road trip to Aunt Mary's She'll want that good-looking ride in her driveway , I promise . Put it on your calendar the Gulf Coast Auto Shield Holiday Car Social and Road Trip . Get ready . Saturday , December 7th , 9 to noon at 11275 South Sam Houston Parkway , just south of the Southwest Freeway . The In Real Time Car Talk Show will be there too . We'll see you then . Hey , if you'd like to get in touch with us , shoot us an email , the address info at inwheeltimecom . All right , Speaking of time , time now for Jeff's feature little known facts about popular car brands .

Speaker 2 20:49

Yes , and here we go . It is the world's best luxury brand tend to lend one thing in common to another . They've all been around for a long time and they have stories of their own . However , every brand defining highlight is lesser known . So here we go .

Luxury Vehicle Innovations and History

Speaker 2 21:07

Mercedes-benz made a 269-mile-per-hour car in 1938 , michael Whoa . A lot of Mercedes history during the late 30s has been obscured . However , its engineers produced some truly remarkable cars during the Wehrkartwagen that's what this is called which set a record of 268.9 miles per hour on the German Autobahn in 1930s . The car was based on the decorated W125 race car and it featured a new streamlined body for maximum slipperiness . Mike , to help set the record , powering the car was a 5.6 liter V12 engine with twin superchargers . Isn't that great ? Next one we have is a Cadillac designed called the City Car . It's to rival the Mini . Cadillac is best known for its huge , opulent vehicles , I know , but in 2010 , it decided to explore a different direction , aimed at capitalizing on the emerging trend of luxury compact cars in Europe . The Cadillac Urban Luxury concept was around the size of a Mini . However , it featured an interior as luxurious as the brand's full-size cars . The car was powered by a one-liter engine which borrowed from Peugeot . The next one is this John's going to love this . Every Jaguar chassis is brushed with emu feathers .

Speaker 1 22:26

Oh God , main process , that's what it is . That's what's wrong with the damn thing .

Speaker 2 22:30

Jaguars . They choose to use emu feathers for brushes as they can statically charge and are excellent at picking up stubborn remaining pieces of dust and debris . They're also larger and most of the natural feathers are Allowing each one to cover a wider area of the chassis . Using emu feathers is significantly more expensive than using regular feathers or synthetic materials , but it claims they do the best job for Jaguar . So that's why they made that commercial and the last one we have . You didn't know this , but Mercedes motorcycles were created because of a legal mistake . I'm sorry , maserati . I said Mercedes , it's Maserati . Where am I going ? Maserati was taken over in the early . A notary public accidentally granted the spark plug manufacturer the legal right to use the Maserati name on anything it wanted . So they made a motorcycle . They can still use it today , but they don't do it anymore because of legal reasons . So there you go . Maserati made a motorcycle . Was it called the Maserati ? It was called the Maserati .

Speaker 1 23:44

There you go . Mr Mars has this week's car review 2025 Infiniti QX80 . Yes , sir , did I scare you there or something ?

Speaker 3 23:56

No , I was headed for auto history , because that's what Jeff had up there , but that's okay .

Speaker 3 24:00

That's okay . So we had the 2025 Infiniti QX80 . And this is the Sensory all-wheel drive . Now it's all new for 2025 . It's been 14 years since they did a major update to the QX80 . So it's kind of gotten long in the tooth but it is . So it makes it the third gen . There's actually four trim levels Pure Lux , sens levels , pure lux century and the autograph . We are driving the century , so it's not top of the line but it's kind of up there .

Speaker 3 24:26

This is a full-size suv . We have the captain's chairs in the second row so it will seat seven . You can get it to where it'll seat eight . Now this is a full size . This is a big vehicle . You know you're into a full-size vehicle when you're driving this thing .

Speaker 3 24:40

We had the led lighting up front , got a big grill . The hood sticks way up . You got to kind of look out over it and to me it kind of blocks some of the things you can see right in front of you . But it's got a camera system to help you out , got , uh , automatic folding heated outside mirrors . We got an infinity light path . You know some of them have got puddle lamps to where it shines down so you can . This has got a light path that comes out from underneath the side running boards . It's really cool looking . Got the roof rails . We've got a power panoramic moonroof Not a sunroof , a moonroof and a hands-free liftgate rolling on some 22-inch aluminum wheels . Now you get inside . We've got the semi-aniline leather seating surfaces so we had heated and ventilated first and second row seating . The front seats have massaging . The third row is a power folding seat . Wait a minute , why , why , why ?

Speaker 3 25:32

they let you have this car to drive well , I'm not sure they let me have it , but I got it , you got it , I got it go ahead . So we had the dual 14.3 inch displays across the dash . So it's a lot of stuff , a lot of information there for the driver and the passenger to see . And it's got the nine inch lower touch screen control panel .

Speaker 3 25:54

It's kind of down on this console yeah , I like it and and it's really it's a touch but it's got buttons , you can . It has reactive touch points on it and I really like that part of it , uh , but it's kind of down but it's got buttons . It has reactive touch points on it and I really like that part of it , but it's kind of down to where it's at . I have a tendency to say I'm going to the mail to mail some stuff , I lay it down there and then I can't see where I shift her . Anyway , it has the heads-up display , it's got a smart rear-view mirror , it's got a 3D around-view monitor .

Speaker 1 26:18

Is that ? Do you want me to read it for you ? Is that what you want me to do ? No , I was looking at Jeff's .

Speaker 3 26:21

I made the mistake of looking at Jeff's pictures there . So we had technology . We had the wireless chargers . We had Android , apple and Google in there for your use . We had the Clipse Premier 24-speaker audio system and it had the speakers in the headrest . I saw that really cool because when you're talking on the phone it comes right into your ear . It's not coming out of the dash , so it makes it easier to hear whoever you're talking to maybe not them . In the back , inside the liftgate . It had a cargo shelf . When I opened it up , put some stuff back there . There's a shelf behind the third row . That kind of makes it a little bit easier to put stuff in there that you don't necessarily want to stack . I thought that was a really nice touch Up under the hood .

Speaker 3 27:06

3.5 liter twin turbo v6 , 450 horsepower , 516 pound-feet of torque no more v8 . Nine-speed transmission . It will with an automatic . It's rated to tow 8,500 pounds , properly equipped . Epa says in the city you should get 16 out on the highway look for 19 . Combined that comes out to about 17 . I got 17.4 . Cost of 291.1 miles . I drove this vehicle speaking of driving electronic air suspension so you can adjust the ride up or down as you want to get in or get out of . It makes it real nice . The turbo v6 got good low end power , works pretty good . You get up into the upper speeds at highway speeds that you just normally wouldn't be driving . It's a little uh starts breathing a little hard but it's good . But it is a big vehicle around town and when you're parking it Base model price $82,450 . Oh my gosh . Base trim price $100,645 . Msrp is tested $107,215 .

Speaker 3 28:00

Hubba hubba hubba With a $2,000 destination charge . I thought it was kind of strange . Lincoln Navigator if you're looking for something there , let me hold that one for a minute . Jeep Grand Cherokee Wagoneer . Jeep Grand Wagoneer $849.45 start . Cadillac Escalade $875.95 . There's you , juan , I'm in . But Lincoln Navigator same type big luxury vehicle starts base $99,950 . So if you're looking for one of these big vehicles , this is one that's really nice and got plenty of power , and you really ought to look at it if you're up there in that category .

Speaker 1 28:34

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Hey , houston , it's back . America's greatest hot rod tradition is Thanksgiving weekend , the O'Reilly . Auto Parts Autorama at the George R Brown Convention Center . Four days of hot rods , customs trucks and muscle cars . Don't miss the Evel Knievel Tribute . The Megamoron . Transforming robot car Lowrider Showcase . Meet Catherine Bach from Dukes of Hazzard , hip-hop legend Flava Play Barbed truck and Asian from Street Outlaws . Autorama Thanksgiving weekend Discount tickets at Riley Auto Parts .

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