Idle Talk Radio with Ashley and Tom

In this episode we talk about the effects of ethanol in gasoline and what the octane actually means. Here are some of the bullet points from the show: If you would like to learn more about your car check out our blog over on our website: King's Auto Repair Website King's Auto Repair on Facebook: King's Auto Repair Facebook King’s Auto Repair on YouTube: Kings Auto Repair YouTube King's Auto Repair on Instagram: Kings Auto Repair Instagram King's Auto Repair on TikTok: Kings Auto Repair TikTok King's Auto Repair on LinkedIn: King's Auto Repair LinkedIn King's Auto Repair on Pinterest:King's Auto Repair Pinterest Check your car for Safety Recalls: NHTSA.Gov If you have a comment or car question please email us at Idletalkradio830@gmail.com. Thank you for listening. This show was originally broadcast live 10-18-2023

We had a great conversation about Pennsylvania Emissions testing on the radio show. It was so good I decided to cut it out of the show for its own podcast and write a blog post. Pennsylvania Emissions Waivers are difficult to navigate. Your car needs to fail emissions inspection 2 times and you need to have spent $150 towards fixing the emissions failure issue. Listen to the podcast to find out more and check out the blog post over on our website about Waivers. If you would like to learn more about your car check out our blog over on our website: King's Auto Repair Website King's Auto Repair on Facebook: King's Auto Repair Facebook King’s Auto Repair on YouTube: Kings Auto Repair YouTube King's Auto Repair on Instagram: Kings Auto Repair Instagram King's Auto Repair on TikTok: Kings Auto Repair TikTok King's Auto Repair on LinkedIn: King's Auto Repair LinkedIn King's Auto Repair on Pinterest:King's Auto Repair Pinterest Check your car for Safety Recalls: NHTSA.Gov If you have a comment or car question please email us at Idletalkradio830@gmail.com. Thank you for listening.

On this episode we discuss spouses driving habits that the other can't stand. We argue about 2 and 4 lane highways. Tom gets to gloat about winning a disagreement. We also discuss Tom falling asleep, driving up on people and staying behind them. We also discuss Ashley's speeding and leaving the car in 2nd or 4th gear when she parks the car. This podcast seems more like a marital counseling secession than a car talk podcast. Let us know about what you think about this format by email us or leaving a comment. If you like us or hate us please leave us a review on you favorite podcasting app. If you would like to learn more about your car check out our blog over on our website: King's Auto Repair Website King's Auto Repair on Facebook: King's Auto Repair Facebook King’s Auto Repair on YouTube: Kings Auto Repair YouTube King's Auto Repair on Instagram: Kings Auto Repair Instagram King's Auto Repair on TikTok: Kings Auto Repair TikTok King's Auto Repair on LinkedIn: King's Auto Repair LinkedIn King's Auto Repair on Pinterest:King's Auto Repair Pinterest Check your car for Safety Recalls: NHTSA.Gov If you have a comment or car question please email us at Idletalkradio830@gmail.com. Thank you for listening.

On today's show we discuss modern cars that are considered uncollectible. We talk about the crazy paint options on the new Corvette. Tom stumbles over a callers question about checking the level of a CVT transmission on a Honda Accord. If you would like to learn more about your car check out our blog over on our website: King's Auto Repair Website King's Auto Repair on Facebook: King's Auto Repair Facebook King’s Auto Repair on YouTube: Kings Auto Repair YouTube King's Auto Repair on Instagram: Kings Auto Repair Instagram King's Auto Repair on TikTok: Kings Auto Repair TikTok King's Auto Repair on LinkedIn: King's Auto Repair LinkedIn King's Auto Repair on Pinterest: King's Auto Repair Pinterest Check your car for Safety Recalls: NHTSA.Gov If you have a comment or car question please email us at Idletalkradio830@gmail.com. Thank you for listening. This show was originally broadcast live 05/11/2023

On this episode we talk about a warranty company denying coverage on an engine. We also talk about oil changes and 30 bad driving habits. Tom claims he never yells at other drivers while driving. Ashley does not believe him mostly because she is sitting next to him. We also discuss speeding tickets and Jim calls in and confuses Tom and Ashley while trying to make a joke. If you would like to learn more about your car check out our blog over on our website: King's Auto Repair Website King's Auto Repair on Facebook: King's Auto Repair Facebook King’s Auto Repair on YouTube: Kings Auto Repair YouTube King's Auto Repair on Instagram: Kings Auto Repair Instagram King's Auto Repair on TikTok: Kings Auto Repair TikTok King's Auto Repair on LinkedIn: King's Auto Repair LinkedIn King's Auto Repair on Pinterest: King's Auto Repair Pinterest Check your car for Safety Recalls: NHTSA.Gov If you have a comment or car question please email us at Idletalkradio830@gmail.com. Thank you for listening. This show was originally broadcast live 02/23/2023

On this episode of Idle Talk we discuss a Tesla stopping for no reason and causing an accident. We have a pretty good idea why it stopped and we discuss it. A caller asks about brake, coolant, and power steering flushes. We advise another caller on buying a car at an auction. Tom talks about an article he is writing about brake pads and why there are a lot of vibration issues now days. He expresses his frustration with the current state of brake pads. If you would like to learn more about your car check out our blog over on our website: King's Auto Repair Website King's Auto Repair on Facebook: King's Auto Repair Facebook King’s Auto Repair on YouTube: Kings Auto Repair YouTube King's Auto Repair on Instagram: Kings Auto Repair Instagram King's Auto Repair on TikTok: Kings Auto Repair TikTok King's Auto Repair on LinkedIn: King's Auto Repair LinkedIn King's Auto Repair on Pinterest: King's Auto Repair Pinterest Check your car for Safety Recalls: NHTSA.Gov If you have a comment or car question please email us at Idletalkradio830@gmail.com. Thank you for listening. This show was originally broadcast live 01/12/2023

On today's show Ashley leads off with talking about the cars that were lost on the Felicity Ace cargo ship. Our hearts only bled for 1 car on that ship, the 1996 Honda Prelude SiR. We then talk about Ashley's driving and how she does not recognize anyone she passes on the road including her mom. The discussion then turns to crash tests of cars made in India, crumple zones and the Moose crash test. Ashley did not believe that the Moose test was a real crash test. We Talk to a few callers and Discuss Seat belts and Airbags. The show gets rounded out with a short discussion on how to hot rod an electric car. If you would like to learn more about your car check out our blog over on our website: King's Auto Repair Website King's Auto Repair on Facebook: King's Auto Repair Facebook King's Auto Repair on Instagram: Kings Auto Repair Instagram King's Auto Repair on TikTok: Kings Auto Repair TikTok King's Auto Repair on LinkedIn: King's Auto Repair LinkedIn King's Auto Repair on Pinterest:King's Auto Repair Pinterest Check your car for Safety Recalls: NHTSA.Gov If you have a comment or car question please email us at Idletalkradio830@gmail.com. Thank you for listening. This show was originally broadcast live 4/8/2022

Tesla builds 1,000,000 car Tesla Model 3 how to open the doors. On the model s their handle comes out when you walk up to it model 3 key is cell phone/ credit card no more tax credits for tesla $7500 to buy an electric cars. Talk about how tesla used the government tax credit to sell more cars and how they throttled the model 3 at release to not release low end model 3s during the end of the tax credit Diesel emissions and removing emissions equipment from trucks. smoking Prius out. black smoke is unburned fuel coming out the tail pipe. How the government went after a tv show that removed emissions equipment. because it is illegal to remove any emissions equipment on any vehicle in any state. Touch on diesel gate Electric vehicle chargers. Are they universal? Talk about how you cant get a European diesel vehicle here because of the fuel. Don't have the the emissions equipment Joe calls about environment stuff and goes into state safety inspection. pa emissios law in 67 counties by population density Talk about how pa emissions testing works how it is tied to federal highway dollars. proposed emissions law change in Pa. We talk about our Vehicle Health Report If you would like to learn more about your car check out our blog over on our website: King's Auto Repair Website King's Auto Repair on Facebook: King's Auto Repair Facebook King's Auto Repair on Instagram: Kings Auto Repair Instagram King's Auto Repair on TikTok: Kings Auto Repair TikTok King's Auto Repair on LinkedIn: King's Auto Repair LinkedIn King's Auto Repair on Pinterest:King's Auto Repair Pinterest If you have a comment or car question please email us at Idletalkradio830@gmail.com. Thank you for listening. This show was originally broadcast live 03/10/2022

Well since I have been lazy by not putting up our shows in a timely manner I thought I would do them as Flashback shows. During this show we flashback to the day the world shut down. We called in ourselves using the speakerphone in our office as our 1 and only microphone because the studio was closed. Our first topic of the night after the rona discussion was a recall on Ford F150 headlights being too bright and blinding drivers. Randy calls in later in the show to discuss the headlight conundrum we all now face. He also brings up the argument that pollution in other countries causes more damage than the cars here. Then we dive into who owns the data your car collects on you and your driving habits. This also brings up camera monitoring that the manufacturer does of you as you drive. The cameras are pointed at the inside of the car and can monitor the driver and passengers to see if they are paying attention to the road. We rap up the show with bad puns, a drive through confessional, and the Lemons Rally. If you would like to learn more about your car check out our blog over on our website: King's Auto Repair Website King's Auto Repair on Facebook: King's Auto Repair Facebook King's Auto Repair on Instagram: Kings Auto Repair Instagram King's Auto Repair on TikTok: Kings Auto Repair TikToc King's Auto Repair on LinkedIn: King's Auto Repair LinkedIn King's Auto Repair on Pinterest:King's Auto Repair Pinterest Check your car for Safety Recalls: NHTSA.Gov If you have a comment or car question please email us at Idletalkradio830@gmail.com Thank you for listening. This show was originally broadcast live 03/19/2020

I read a lot of used car warranty contracts for this. It is here, our warranty show! We answer 3 questions and a statement about used car warranties: What should you look for Why do you think you need one What are the different types warranties Why we advocate to save your money and not purchase one We also unpack why you keep getting all these phone calls about extending your car's warranty. Then the discussion turns to how to differentiate between a good and bad warranty. Checking the coverage usually shows that items with high failure rates are not covered by a lot of these companies. Some of these items include lights and housings, shocks, trim, and glass among other things. One major thing to pay attention to is how much these companies pay towards the repair. Most companies will not pay the shop rate and you will be responsible for the difference just like a health insurance plan. Some offer a supplemental plan to pay the difference between the shop rate and what they pay normally. They also have add on plans that cover the things they don’t cover. This podcast covers a lot and we could have continued for another 40 minutes. Take a listen and let us know what you think. If you have a comment or car question please email us at Idletalkradio830@gmail.com. If you would like to learn more about your car check out our blog over on our website: King's Auto Repair Website King's Auto Repair on Facebook: King's Auto Repair Facebook King's Auto Repair on Instagram: Kings Auto Repair Instagram King's Auto Repair on TikTok: Kings Auto Repair TikTok King's Auto Repair on LinkedIn: King's Auto Repair LinkedIn King's Auto Repair on Pinterest:King's Auto Repair Pinterest Check your car for Safety Recalls: NHTSA.Gov References in this weeks show Leto's law https://youtu.be/JGwSX0fBfuY FTC article on used car warranty company in Florida https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2022/02/ftc-charges-florida-based-sellers-deceptively-marketing-extended Thank you for listening. This show was originally broadcast on 03/17/2022

Well since I have been lazy by not putting up our shows in a timely manner. I thought I would do them as Flashback shows. During this show Ashley and I talk about March snowstorms. They seem to come out of nowhere and dump a lot of snow just as the weather starts to warm up. Then we talk about a rare care that you might see on the road and wonder what it is; the Fisker Karma. It is an electric car with a range extender generator in it. It can go 80 miles on a charge and up to 360 using the range extender. They have since changed their name to just Karma. We discuss a cool new feature that India is using in their traffic lights, microphones. The idea is the more honking that happens at a red light the longer they are going to make you sit and wait. Then David calls in to ask about electric parking brakes. This unpacks why vehicle manufactures a moving to having electric park brakes on cars. Brian calls in to talk about his Chevy Trailblazer he just bought with a water leak. Autonomous driving has been making its way into our life. Tom talks about the different systems and how they work. We also take a guess at how long it will be until full autonomous cars are a mainstay here in America. We wrap up the show by talking about the top15 cars that will go more than 200,000 miles. News flash, the list lacks any Nissan product on it. One place you will find a Nissan is at an SCCA Rally Cross event which is were we spent our weekend watching off road racing. Links to our Website and Social Media If you would like to learn more about your car check out our blog over on our website: King's Auto Repair Website King's Auto Repair on Facebook: King's Auto Repair Facebook King's Auto Repair on Instagram: Kings Auto Repair Instagram King's Auto Repair on TikTok: Kings Auto Repair TikTok King's Auto Repair on LinkedIn: King's Auto Repair LinkedIn King's Auto Repair on Pinterest:King's Auto Repair Pinterest Check your car for Safety Recalls: NHTSA.Gov If you have a comment or car question please email us at Idletalkradio830@gmail.com Thank you for listening. This show was originally broadcast live 03/10/2022

On this week's show we talk about shooting video for social media. We found a company that is doing Lithium battery recycling. A call comes in from Garth about leaking head gaskets on his 2003 Ford F150. Then we move to discussing the mini pickup trucks and how the ones from the 70s were like being in a Sardine can. The new ones are much nicer and get great fuel mileage. As always the electric cars come up as Ashley talks about Consumer reports take on Lucid and Rivian. We also talk about giving your car a name. Tom wraps up the show by talking about an odd lawsuit in Arizona. The lawsuit is against Jeep for not making an optional safety feature standard. The outcome of this lawsuit will have far reaching parameters in the auto repair industry. It may end up requiring autonomous driving features to be standard on vehicles and a yearly certification that those systems are calibrated and working properly. If you would like to learn more about your car check out our blog over on our website: King's Auto Repair Website King's Auto Repair on Facebook: King's Auto Repair Facebook King's Auto Repair on Instagram: Kings Auto Repair Instagram King's Auto Repair on TikTok: Kings Auto Repair TikToc King's Auto Repair on LinkedIn: King's Auto Repair LinkedIn King's Auto Repair on Pinterest:King's Auto Repair Pinterest If you have a comment or car question please email us at Idletalkradio830@gmail.com. Thank you for listening. This show was originally broadcast live 03/10/2022

On tonight's show we start off talking about engine oil and specifications. We take a phone call about how speed limit information that pops up on instrument clusters. Then we talk about one of the most hated things on cars in Pennsylvania, lightbars. We also answer questions about a transmission and a mechanic that would scrape a sticker off the back window every year at inspection time. If you would like to learn more about your car check out our blog over on our website: https://kingsautorepairinc.com/blog/ King's Auto Repair on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KingsAutoRepairInc King's Auto Repair on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kings_auto_repair/ King's Auto Repair on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kingsautorepairinc King's Auto Repair on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kings-auto-repair-inc King's Auto Repair on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/kingsauto732 If you have a comment or car question please email us at Idletalkradio830@gmail.com. Thank you for listening. This show was originally broadcast 02/03/2022

On tonight's show Ashley and I talk power steering and how it works. We also talk about the the new way manufactures are designing power steering systems by making them electric. Ashley and I also joke around about turn signal and license plate fluid. We also unpack our once a week phone call where someone says " I need an alignment because my car shakes at highway speeds" Check out a video about how a steering rack works here. If you have a comment or car question please email us at Idletalkradio830@gmail.com. Thank you for listening. This show was originally broadcast 10/21/2021

On this episode of Idle Talk Radio I have a substitute co-host with me in the studio. Ashley ran off to Montana for the week and let me in charge of everything. So I enlisted the help of our lead Mechanic Dan. Dan is our ASE Master Mechanic. He worked for 10 years at a Honda dealership before he came to work here at the shop. It was his first time on the radio and he was a little nervous. We talk about the Magnesium shortage that is effecting aluminum production and the scarcity of replacement auto parts. Pennsylvania is also flirting with changing the emissions program and we unpack it a little. We get a call about shaking issues in a 2006 Honda CRV, recalibrating a compass in a instrument cluster or mirror, and the extreme loads charging systems have on the battery and alternator. If you have a comment or car question please email us at Idletalkradio830@gmail.com. Thank you for listening. This show was originally broadcast 10/28/2021

On tonight's Idle Talk we discuss maintenance and spark plugs. Tom talks about spark plug gimmicks and why the don't work. We ask 2 questions: "When you see 2 or more Toyota Prius together, what is the plural of Prius?" and "How do get Subaru Badges for the back of your Subaru?". If anyone has the correct answer we would love to know. We also talk about Catalytic Converter theft and how to make yours a little less appealing to thieves. I also stumbled over an article about thefts of Hyundai and KIA vehicles. If you have one of these cars it may be wise to install an aftermarket alarm that can disable the car independently of the factory equipment. If you have a comment or car question please email us at Idletalkradio830@gmail.com. Thank you for listening. This show was originally broadcast 11/04/2021

On this episode Ashley and Tom discuss the right to repair laws and how the effect your life every day. For years independent car repair shops have fought with manufactures to gain access to information to repair cars. Now the Right to Repair laws that the independent car repair shops fought for are being used to investigate everything from cell phones to McDonald's Ice Cream Machines. George call up to talk a little about oil, washer fluid, and cleaning your windshield. Tom dispenses some info on making your wiper blades last longer. We also talk about the Pennsylvania 511 system, app, and website. If you have a comment or car question please email us at Idletalkradio830@gmail.com. Thank you for listening. This show was originally broadcast 10/14/2021

On tonight’s Idle Talk Radio show Ashley gives us a history lesson on rubber. George calls to talk about hydroplaning and tire care. Sam calls in with a few questions about tires which we never thought of and our radio grandmother Ardel calls in to ask a few questions about a friend that is moving to Pennsylvania. Take a listen and learn and laugh with us. If you have a comment or car question please email us at Idletalkradio830@gmail.com. Thank you for listening. This show was originally broadcast 9/23/2021

This week we talk to Jake who's check engine light made an appearance right before inspection, George who has water on the passenger floor, and Rick who has an issue with a reoccurring check engine light on his 2000 Honda Civic Si. Along with these great calls we talk about Ashley's almost accident and something Tom learned about tires this past week. If you have a comment or car question please email us at Idletalkradio830@gmail.com. Thank you for listening. This Show was recorded June 24th 2021

In this sliced and diced episode we talk about Constant Variable Transmissions (CVT) and Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG) transmissions. There are a lot of complaints about these "new" transmissions. We hear people don't like the way they shift or feel when they are driving. Some of these transmissions were complete failures and you can't find the cars around anymore. We also have a discussion with Dave about his Jeep transmission fluid being "lifetime" fluid. Ashley and Tom discuss these transmissions and how they work while taking a slight detour into talking about coolant. If you have a comment or car question please email us at Idletalkradio830@gmail.com. Thank you for listening. This show was recorded 2/27/2020.