Aug. 14, 2026

We Compare Real-World Truck Value While Tracking Recalls And Car Culture

We Compare Real-World Truck Value While Tracking Recalls And Car Culture
We Compare Real-World Truck Value While Tracking Recalls And Car Culture
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We Compare Real-World Truck Value While Tracking Recalls And Car Culture

Recalls, real prices, and a brutally honest look at what a modern pickup costs when you spec it like a luxury car. We start by sorting through this week’s automotive recalls, including Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator updates, a Mustang Mach E trim concern, F-150 and Super Duty camera issues, a Genesis G80 fix, and a Mercedes-Benz recall situation big enough to make you want to open SaferCar.gov right now and check your VIN.

Then we pivot to the fun part: auction results. We play “guess the sale price” using Hemmings listings and talk through what the numbers might be telling us about the collector market. From a sharp 1960 Ford Country Squire wagon to a C6 Corvette, a modified Mustang, a surprisingly affordable 1991 Cadillac Eldorado, and a Pontiac wagon that sells for far more than expected, it’s a fast tour of how originality, condition, and rarity move the needle.

The highlight is our 2026 Ram 1500 Longhorn Crew Cab 4x4 review. We break down interior comfort and tech like massaging seats, Uconnect 5, surround-view cameras, premium audio, and air suspension, then dig into the 3.0L twin-turbo Hurricane HO inline-six with 540 hp and 521 lb-ft of torque. We also talk real-world fuel economy expectations, towing and payload numbers, and the pricing reality when a “work truck” becomes an $80K-plus full-size pickup. Subscribe, share the show with a fellow car person, and leave a review so more drivers can find us.

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00:00 - Welcome And What’s Ahead

00:49 - Weekly Recalls Worth Checking

02:49 - Guess The Auction Sale Prices

09:26 - 2026 Ram 1500 Longhorn Review

14:52 - Sponsor Break And Where To Listen

16:53 - Cruise Ins And Car Events

18:43 - News Headlines And Market Realities

27:59 - Final Wrap And Listener Invite

Welcome And What’s Ahead

Don Armstrong

Welcome to In Wheel Time. Just ahead. Recalls. Guess what the auction car sold for? And Mike has a car review. Actually, it's a truck review, the hot-selling Ram 1500 pickup truck. Jeff has the cruise in and events calendars, plus this week's top automotive news stories. Howdy, along with Mike out of this world, Mars, we always need more Jeff Zeke. And Chief Engineer David Ainsley is listening, making sure that we're pressing all the right buttons and making sure we're not overdriving the audio. Pushing people's buttons alright. Yeah, and uh you know, he he'll find something wrong. I know, because he always does. I'm Don Armstrong complaining once again.

Jeff Dziekan

The only button I can't find is the off button.

Don Armstrong

Yeah, that's true. That's

Weekly Recalls Worth Checking

Don Armstrong

it. All right, so we're gonna start off uh this week's recalls. We got a few. Uh Ford Motor Company, the uh Yeah. No Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator 26 to 27. Driver's seat may recline unexpectedly. Martha? Martha.

SPEAKER_01

Martha!

Don Armstrong

Yeah, that she's napping. Um, I think every Mercedes Benz that was built has been recalled. And I kid you not. Look, look at look at all it's gotta be 40 of them at least from 2021 to 2026. Yours is probably in this mix somewhere, so I would suggest that you go to safercard.org and uh or safercard.gov and uh find out. It's a roll away risk from a door switch failure. So if your Mercedes starts with an M, you're included. Yeah, pretty much that's it. All right. Um also, oh, let's go back to Ford. Okay. Uh Ford Mustang Mach E 23 to 25, window glass trim pieces may detach. Um, another Ford model, two of them. Ford F-150 and F-250, Super Duty 21 to 26, obstructed rear view camera image. I don't know, the gas tank lid is maybe hanging over the camera or something. I don't know. Uh and uh improperly secured ignition coil ground bolt on the Genesis G80 for 2027. Those are your recalls for this week.

Jeff Dziekan

Yeah, not all of them are safety. No, some of them are just uh an update. Uh my car wants me to update it the monthly update. I keep putting it off, so I'll probably do it this afternoon.

Mike Marrs

Secure a bolt.

Don Armstrong

Well, yeah, tighten it up, I would imagine. Uh do the tighten up. You know how to do the tighten up, Mike. I've seen you on the dance floor before. You do it on one foot.

Mike Marrs

I didn't know you secured a tightened up bolt. I was just curious.

Don Armstrong

Well, put some glue on it or something. I

Guess The Auction Sale Prices

Don Armstrong

torque it. All right, uh, time now for uh this hour's little game that we play once a week. And this would be what?

Jeff Dziekan

I gotta get my thinking cap on.

Don Armstrong

Yes, you do. I didn't believe here we go. So um uh you guess how much this car sold for on Hemings Sold Car Weekly Roundup. You ready? Here's our number one car for the week. It's a 1960 Ford Country Squire. How much did the 60 Ford Country Squire go for? Go. That's that's not it. That's last week.

Mike Marrs

I know I'm I'm wondering what happened to the Ford Squire. Ford Squire.

Jeff Dziekan

Talk amongst yourselves.

Mike Marrs

Yeah, what's going on?

unknown

Do we not have a carpet?

Jeff Dziekan

He's he's searching.

Mike Marrs

Now I think I must have loaded the wrong one.

Jeff Dziekan

Uh-oh. Make something off, okay. I'm gonna go I'm gonna go uh uh 17. Sight unseen 17.

Don Armstrong

Okay, well, we don't know what happened. Um we don't know what happened. I I had to uh check in a file. I had to I had to get up and let the dog uh in because she was barking outside, and so that's where I went. Anyway, so um the 60 Ford Country Squire sold for 28,875, and it is a very nice example of one that you would have gone in 1960 and bought right off the showroom floor. Not wide whites, but it did have white wall tires on it and had the uh actual wonderful uh wood siding down the side of it. So, Mr. Morris, uh he's working on it. Oh, you're still working on it?

Jeff Dziekan

Yeah, okay.

Don Armstrong

Anyway, number car number two is a 2013 Chevrolet Corvette. This would be a C6. Um and uh it uh is a black on black, it appears. It uh is not a convertible, it is a coupé, and I don't know if it's anything special about it. That's a file that we can't seem to find. Okay, well, what's special about it is I'm gonna go 31. 31. Anybody else is going to uh we uh well we can't we can't pull any of that stuff up. So anyway, uh we're going to continue to move on with this. The 2013 Chevrolet Corvette sold for 26 250. Not a bad price. Next up, a 2008 Ford Mustang. Um, this is a convertible and it looks like it's got some speed equipment on it there. I'll hook cover it with the price up. It's got some mods. Yeah, it's got some mods to it. Um, and I don't know whether that's a factory mods, but it does have a loop roll bar in it.

Jeff Dziekan

And uh so I would imagine that's 26,000 and not a penny more.

Don Armstrong

26,000. Well, it sold for 29,190. I'm only giving 26. Okay. Well, you're in the ballpark anyway. Uh, car number four is a 1991 Cadillac El Dorado. God, I I love that 20. I love that Cadillac El Dorado look. Can you see it there? Oh, yeah, gorgeous. Black, two-door, just stately looking for the man about 91. I'm gonna go 14. 14. Sold for eight.

unknown

Okay.

Don Armstrong

$8,000. That's I know that was that's a deal. Because it looks clean and it looks original. It's a good one. All right, 2011 Chevy Camaro. This thing is that horrible green color. And if you have that color, I'm so sorry for you. Todd Armstrong is not into green color. 2011. I'm gonna go uh now. Mind you, that that car is 15 years old. No, uh, no, it's five years old. Five years old. I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go 17. 17? Sold for 22,785. Okay. That's a little steep for me. Yeah, 17 is better. Uh next up, this is for you, Jeff. 1972. All right, Pontiac Star Chief. Oh, it's a wagon. Yeah, the Star Chief wagon. Now it does have aftermarket wheels on it, but it which I would have taken off and put some stocks on it. It's not a star it's not a Vista Cruiser. No. Um Star Chief. No, this is a Star Chief.

Jeff Dziekan

Star Chief, okay. Not a Vista Cruiser. 72. I'm gonna go nine grand. Really? Yeah, I want it.

Don Armstrong

Well, you're not gonna get it because it's sold for $30,000.

Jeff Dziekan

Let me see.

unknown

No way.

Jeff Dziekan

Come on, I ain't lying. There's the price. No, but that's not an original color either. I don't know. It doesn't look like one. Well, I that I don't know. I throw a flag on that one.

Don Armstrong

Okay, do that. Next up is a 1966 Chevy Corvette convertible. And for some reason, these cars are hot, and I don't understand why. I actually owned one, a 65. 66. Uh, and it was a car that a buddy of mine at Richardson Chevrolet, we were flipping. And um, it was okay. Route. It had been it had been rode hard and put up wet, but we got a new paint job put on it, and I cleaned up the interior. 27. 27, new. How about 62,000?

Jeff Dziekan

All right.

Don Armstrong

Well, and finally, is the 1964 Plymouth Fury. Is that what we have on the air right now? Yeah. Why why don't we have us up there? Can you can you can you can you expand us and put us up there? At least give them something uglier than that thing to look at. There you go. Just do that. We'll do that. All right.

unknown

Yeah.

Jeff Dziekan

No, he's going back to it.

Don Armstrong

Okay, whatever. Uh 64 Plymouth Fury. Umternut yellow. Oh, yeah. Um, it probably has a V8 in it. Uh, nothing nothing spectacular looking about it. It's clean. 26. 21. Sold for 21,000. Right there.

unknown

Oh, yeah.

Don Armstrong

That light.

Jeff Dziekan

It's a driver. Yeah, I'd drive it.

Don Armstrong

I'd drive any of them. 21,000. All right. Yeah. Well, um, I don't know where Mr. Morris has gone. Oh, there he is. Mr.

Mike Marrs

Morris, I so you could see what I was doing off camera?

Jeff Dziekan

No, no. Oh, that whatever screen, the black screen you had, yeah, it was up on the yeah, the media thing, whatever you had.

Mike Marrs

My bad. I thought with me being off camera, I was off off.

Don Armstrong

No, you weren't.

Mike Marrs

Sorry. That's

2026 Ram 1500 Longhorn Review

Mike Marrs

okay.

Don Armstrong

All right. So, Mr. Morris, if if you don't have enough to do, now you now now we're going to give you something to do because it's it allowed time for you to do your uh review of the 2015, I'm sorry, the 2026 Ram 1500.

Mike Marrs

Yeah, 2015 is what we got.

Don Armstrong

That's what you got, yeah.

Mike Marrs

All right, so this is the 2015 Ram 1500.

Don Armstrong

No, it's the 2026.

Mike Marrs

26. You know what? I wrote down 2015. That's just exactly like you said. All right. I have since corrected that. Here we go. 2026 Ram 1500 long hand longhorn crew cab four by four. Now, the final assembly point for this is actually in Sterling Heights, Michigan, although they bring a lot of parts in from all over the world. There are 10 available trim levels, not gonna go through all of them. They run from the tradesman up to the tungsten top of the line. The Longhorn is somewhere in the mid-range there. They do have three different med links you can get on this vehicle, and uh it is a full-size pickup with seating for five. Now, this is uh it's on the outside of it, you're gonna find you got full LED lighting all around. The headlights, taillights, all the uh courtesy lights are. You got tow hooks on it, you got power deploy running boards, and I really like the running boards on these with the height of this truck, it fit really well to use them. It wasn't something that was awkward.

Don Armstrong

It also has the old man, yeah, yeah.

Mike Marrs

The old man steps is what they are, and they felt good. Exactly right. And it also had a bed step for the old man that was nice to have. It had the trifold tonneau cover on it, and it's got long hoard badging, of course, all the way around it, rolling on some 20 by 9 inch polished wheels that are nice looking wheels, makes for a nice combination for this color. The inside of it's got leather seating all the way around with real wood trim on it. Now the front seats got massaging, they're heated and they're ventilated. The second row is also heated and ventilated seating, although they don't have the massaging portion of it, which I don't care as long as I got it up front. Now it's got the wireless charging on it, it's got heads-up display, it's got UConnect 5.0 with a 12-inch touch screen. Uh even the front passenger has an interactive display in this particular vehicle. So there's a lot of technology in here, including an 18-speaker Harden Carmen premium sound system, and you also have the surround view camera, so you can see it, you can hear it, you can feel it on this vehicle. The drivetrain. Now we had the 3.0 liter inline six hurricane HO. Now, this is the twin turbo engine on this thing. Uh, I first time I'd ever driven one of them. I've heard a couple of people talking about them. They have the uh they don't have the HO, so this is kind of unique in that it's got 540 horsepower. 521 pound feet of torque. The tow rating is 10,000 pounds, the tall rating is 1490 pounds. Now, I was a little surprised. I was really interested in driving this vehicle, like I said, because going from the 5'7 Hemi that I've got in the truck versus this, um, I will tell you I felt like there was a lot of the difference driving around town. This is a lot this is Hurricane is a lot more refined. But I will also tell you, you get up around highway speeds and you want to do a high-speed passing maneuver, this thing will get up and haul the donkey on you real quick, real fast in a hurry. However, the EPA says you should be looking for in the city about 15 miles to the gallon, highway 21, combined 17. Now, I only had the chance to drive this vehicle 154 miles, but I got 16.1, 16.9 miles across that range. It's really nice ride. It's a really nice handling vehicle. It's got the five-link suspension with active leveling air suspension on it. And then you can also have a manual ride height to where you can lower it down to get in and out of it a little bit easier. You're going off-road since it is a 4x4. You want to raise it up, you can do that. And it's just really smooth on the road with lots of rolling power, like I said, up at highway speeds. Now, the base trim price on this vehicle is $76,405. As tested, $86,090. Now, you can get in a base model, tradesman, for $47,120. So you look across the board at the GMC 1500 crew cab 4x4 in the base model $46,995. The Silverado Cousin, uh, same thing, crew cab 4x4 is at $46,000. Even the Ford F-150 Crew Cab 4x4 will start you out at 467. So they're all right there in that same range. Then it just depends on how much you want to upgrade, how much you want to gussy it up from there.

SPEAKER_01

I need to know where I can buy my $20,000 work truck. That why wouldn't that I got my eyes on with the hoodie caps on it?

Mike Marrs

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Billy Bobs used cars right down the street.

Jeff Dziekan

So does Becky want one? Did she even ride in it?

Mike Marrs

Yeah, oh yeah. She liked it. I mean, you know, the leather and the wood. I mean, it's what's not to like about it. Um it's just the uh $3,000 price tag, is what she kind of looked at.

Don Armstrong

How about that seven-year

Sponsor Break And Where To Listen

Don Armstrong

note, huh? How about that? All right, coming up, Jeff has the cruise in and events calendars, and I'll have the stories making automotive muse headlines this week. The in-wheel time car talk show continues right after this 90-second break. Stay with us. 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 cans, 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 in 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. Okay, be sure and join us for our live show every week. In Wheel Time Airs Live Saturdays 10 to noon on Facebook, YouTube, and InWheelTime.com. And of course, if you missed that, you can catch 30-minute podcasts of this show and others from the past at your favorite podcast store. Thanks for joining us

Cruise Ins And Car Events

Don Armstrong

today. Time now for the cruise in and events calendars.

Jeff Dziekan

Jeffrey, you betcha. So this afternoon, today's Saturday, the 8th, I want to wish my son a happy birthday. His birthday tonight. That's right, birthday boy. Uh tonight at from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. All American Muscle at Nacho Padres. It's in Rayford Road, Spring, Texas. It's a cruise in only, and the entry is free. Then we've got one again tonight. This one's from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. It's the Berkshire Brothers cruise in at 21005 Eva Street, Montgomery, Texas. It's an open cruise in, and again, that one is free. Then tomorrow, uh from 9 a.m. to noon, just a nice little drive. It's a Cars and Coffee, Fearless Performance. Up in Huntsville, and it is free also. So go on out there. It's at 1027-I-45 in Huntsville.

Don Armstrong

Right there by the prison. Right by the time.

Jeff Dziekan

Tomorrow also, 8:30 to 11:30. It's a short one. It's the Corvette Church in Coffee. It's at 8715 Spring Cypress Road in Spring, Texas. It's free also to attend. And you know, I don't think you've got to bring a Corvette, but bring whatever you want. Bring your Bible. Bring yeah, bring it. Yeah, then thump it while you're out there. Tomorrow also, 6 p.m. to 11. You've got the Sunday test in tune. One last one. Today, I'm sorry. Next Saturday, the 15th, is the world's largest car cruise. It's the Woodward Cruise In. Next Saturday. It's 40,000 vehicles, 1 million people. Is it going to have television coverage? I'll doubt it. Probably local, but not probably new stuff. They need a chopper pilot. 16 miles on Woodward Avenue. It goes from Ferndale to Pontiac, Michigan. It's an annual event, yearly event. I've been to it a long, long time ago. It's a blast. It's gotten bigger since then.

Don Armstrong

Well, yeah, and all of the all the major car manufacturers are there.

Jeff Dziekan

Bumper to bumper hot rods and parking lots full of this and that. That's next weekend. Next weekend, the 15th, yeah. Okay.

Don Armstrong

All

News Headlines And Market Realities

Don Armstrong

right. Some of the stories making automotive news headlines. I got a big, thick stack of them. Kia dealership in Louisiana fired a service manager after the business used part after the business used parts from one customer's vehicle to fix someone else's car. Why not? We didn't have them in stock, so we just went over and borrowed his.

Mike Marrs

And then we charged full retail and made a little extra money for the ball.

Don Armstrong

That's right. And and plus our customer that'd been waiting for these things. Well, uh, they did okay because we gave them some new stuff. Now they have back order. Kia of Lake Charles in a statement posted to get that Kia of Lake Charles in a statement posted on its website said it conducted an internal review after a video filmed by the customer inside the service department began spreading on local social media. Then it went viral. The customer, Shirley Poulard, told TV station KPLC that her vehicle was at the dealership for a more than a month to fix damage caused by a tire blowout. When she went there to check on the vehicle, she found the hood raised and started filming while asking employees what they had done to the engine. Quote, the only thing we did was borrow two fuel injectors, the man in the video says, as another employee can be heard asking Poolard to calm down, we replace them for free. Lawsuit follows. Honda's two Japanese assembly plants remain shut through mid-August as the automaker struggles to secure parts from a damaged supplier, even as rivals Toyota, Nissan, and Mitsubishi came back for a short time this week because of the earthquake. It's a big mess over here. It is messed. Goodyear opening its first retail concept store in Detroit, the Goodyear Motor City Garage, where the company will showcase its products, technology, and heritage while offering a vision for the future of vehicle care. Meanwhile, the company lost money last year and is ridding itself of the Uniroyal brand. The store will open to the public during the Woodward Dream Cruise that Jeff just told you about next weekend in Detroit. The store, Goodyear said, is inspired by concepts such as a Starbucks reserve roastery or a Nike house of innovation.

Jeff Dziekan

That'll sell tires. Exactly.

Don Armstrong

Goodyear said the shop will feature a custom Detroit-themed Goodyear Eagle racing tire as a tribute to a city that helped shape American car culture.

Jeff Dziekan

So you go to Starbucks and your barista's got a rubber outfit on or something.

Don Armstrong

Yeah, like the Michelin guy. Uh Robert Plant's operations manager at New York Repo has been extra busy lately. At his agency, repossessions increased 20% from May of last year to May of this year. He says we've seen a big spike since the whole Iran situation with gas prices going up. The average consumer is really struggling. Repossessions are the third rail of the auto industry. They're expensive, complicated, and sometimes traumatic. They require a significant expenditure of time and energy from lenders, third party forwarding companies, and repossession agents. As myriad factors keep vehicle prices eye-wateringly high. I love whoever wrote this. Repossessions are booming and they're becoming more common. High costs to the consumer are finishing their booming, boomerang, kicking up additional costs and complexity for the industry. It's bad. And there's a lot of repos going on right now. And you could probably pick one up for cheap. Of course, you don't know what you're going to get. Let's see. Let me let me just bypass.

Jeff Dziekan

I have many shelves while you old Bob Seeger turns the page over here. Bob Seeger.

Don Armstrong

That's great. New car buyers favor basic driver assistance and safety features over pricey semi-autonomous systems as affordability concerns reshape consumer preferences. A new surve survey shows. Parking sensors, blind spot cameras, and adaptive cruise control, topped auto-pacific survey of most wanted features by consumers planning to buy a vehicle in the next three years. Those features have an estimated price of four hundred dollars or less each. And more than forty percent of consumers named them among their top 15 options, along with heated seats and dash cameras. The estimated prices were included in the survey questions. 26 uh future attribute demand study included over 19,000 future car buyers, and the 2025 survey had over 18,000 specific set. Um let's see.

Mike Marrs

What do people not want today?

Don Armstrong

They don't want that uh autonomous stuff. Yeah. Lane keeping assist, turn it off.

Jeff Dziekan

Turn mine off.

Don Armstrong

It drives me insane. I don't want to fight the car as to where I want to place the car that I'm driving in the lane that I'm driving in.

Jeff Dziekan

And if you don't know what it is and you've got to turn it on, it's it's scary. It'll scare the you know what audio. Yeah. Your first time using it, yeah. The donkey audio? Yeah, yeah. Scare the donkey audio. Donkey do.

Don Armstrong

Like other teenagers, Peter McKay is an avid social media user. Unlike his peers, however, he's making a name for himself online. As an emerging automotive content creator, Peter visits dealerships near his home in New Jersey and films, videos, interacting with sales employees, walking around vehicles, and recommending the best first car for a 16-year-old. He wants a F-150 or a GMC Sierra. Peter can't yet drive, but he can sell. He's already passionate about cars. So much so he said that his ultimate goal is to one day own a dealership. Peter has gained more than 1,400 followers on his Instagram account since he posted his first video in February of 24. He mainly works with dealerships in the tri-state area near his hometown, uh Manasquan, New Jersey.

Jeff Dziekan

The kid's got Hutzpah. He's got some things going on. Why and he wants an F-150. Why doesn't he shoot a little higher? Maybe find a higher-end dealership in his city. I don't know if they got Ferrari or Porsche, and do it there so that they get to know each other.

Don Armstrong

I think that his work is being requested by dealerships all across the area. Now it's a matter of getting out of school. Of course, he's been out of school for the summer, but he's got to go back. Peter has his sights of learning uh more about fixed operations and is working toward an internship next summer to shadow a dealer. Long term, he wants to attend Northwood University in Midland, Michigan to study automotive marketing and management, and he wants his own dealership. Auto dealers receiving letters demanding tens of thousands of dollars over violations of a nearly 60-year-old California wiretapping law. Legal experts estimate thousands of pre-litigation demand letters have been sent to companies, including dealerships, contending their websites are allowing third parties to intercept user information collected on the website. Some have escalated into lawsuits. Violations start at $5,000 each, and costs can pile up to six figures or more. Though many dealers are in California, auto retailers nationwide are receiving these demand letters. The California Invasion of Privacy Act was enacted in 67 to prevent unauthorized wiretapping and eavesdropping over the telephone. Now, plaintiffs are arguing it should be applied to the collection of user data on websites, and they're selling that data and making dough. The N-Wheel Time Car Talk Show. We're going to wrap things up right after this quick break. Stay with us. 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.

Final Wrap And Listener Invite

Don Armstrong

Well, that's all for this week's In Wheel Time Car Talk Show. We're always looking for new, informative, and great automotive things to bring to our global audience. If you have an idea, event, road trip, or tale, a tall tale you'd like us to blab about, let us know. Our email address is info at inwheeltime.com. You can find the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show 24-7 on the InWheel Time app and website. 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 InWheel Time Video Coordinator is we always need more Jeff Zeke and for booking agent and video editor Mike. Out of this world Mars, Chief Engineer David Ainsley, I'm Don Armstrong. Thanks to show contributors Jeff Heitzman, George Skelton, and the Lusk family, as always. Be sure to join us next Saturday from our Dual City Studios in Texas, USA, 10 to noon Central Time. Thanks to all of our guests today. Have a great safe weekend and watch those school zones next week. You bet. We hope you'll join us again on the next In Wheel Time Car Talk Show. See you then. 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, iHeart Podcast, Podcast Addict. Tune in, Pandora, and Amazon Music. Keep listening, and we'll see you soon.