Mike & The Mechanic (Jen from Milex)

Here we are with Mike and the mechanic.

Of course, Jen just representing the mechanic.

The mechanic.

So we've been talking about cars, drivers doing stupid things, and it's always these same things over and over that they do.

And I've been talking about this Louisiana law that just went in effect.

I think today, was it today?

Something like that.

But if you go even a mile under the speed limit in the left lane, the passing lane, the fast lane,

First offense, you'll get pulled over in 150 bucks.

Second offense, pulled over 250 bucks.

Third offense, 350 bucks and possible jail time.

Good lord.

You think that's over the top?

I think that might be a little over the top,

in my

opinion.

Some people think.

I

do.

I mean, the Fast Lane is not a place to go sit.

It's not, you know, that's not the babysitting lane.

Get

over, do what you gotta do, get back over.

But

you don't think jail time should be...

Maybe not for one oh one under yeah, maybe you should be a little more than one under that's my thoughts

I think you should be going a little over the speed limit if you're in the left

right right

so I think if you're gonna do it I guess to be legal you have to be speed limit because a speed limit is the limit that you should be going but nobody does that you're going in the fast lane you got to be going over the speed limit right nobody goes nobody goes the speed limit

It's

like the Audubon

in the fast

line.

I know.

Exactly.

Gotta go.

Yeah.

So I think it should be, you should be not going a mile under five over the speed limit.

Otherwise, first offense, prison.

Yes, no trial no lifetime in prison I can't stand those people who just sit there in the left lane thinking well This is the lane I'm gonna drive in and then they're going past Then they get up to somebody who's they go the same speed that that person to the right in the right lane is going and then they're this wall Right where you can't get around and they're going the speed limit.

I want to go over the speed limit, and I can't pass I can't do anything so yes, I

prison without any kind of a trial.

Yeah, nothing.

You're

just there.

Thank you.

Thank you for seeing my side.

I see your side

now.

You brought me to your side.

So what is your, what is your, uh, well, you know what?

Let's talk about this first.

Let's talk about my Lex complete auto care now with two locations.

There's the classic.

There's the classic on Sylvia.

Yep.

And the new location on Mount Vernon road.

Two

locations to serve you, Eastern Iowa.

Yes, we will serve you the best we can.

Right on.

Um,

yes.

So, what, what are there, is there a, what am I trying to say?

We

both contact, oh.

The eye contact is there, so you're like, uh-uh, what are we saying?

Is there a particular violation that you see having an accident or whatever, maybe no blinkers or going way too fast or

One of these annoying rules people break that have caused some damage to their car.

Do you see or have any examples of

that?

We do see that stuff, but again, we don't work on body work, you know, so

we don't do that.

But one thing people never think about is your license plate lights.

If you have a license plate light out and your license plate's not illuminated, that

can

be a ticketable offense.

Oh, really?

And

we've had people come in and be like, I didn't even know they were out and they get a ticket or get stopped.

And

so they're

in getting their lights.

You know, that's just kind of a basic one.

People don't, you know, pay attention to or

if

their taillights are out, that's another one.

Yeah.

So you're saying that people

say who drive at night and and didn't put their registration sticker on the right spot of the of the license plate

are knocking the bulbs out of the cops don't

know is that's what I say but that's illegal too then they're stuck between a rock and a hard place then what

then what they got to put that sticker in our place

they do

have you seen the ones where

I thought of this earlier when I was listening on the way in, where they take the stickers and kind of like line them up and start going around the license plate with them instead of stacking them.

And they're the whole line.

I always look at those people and go like, how did you even think of doing that?

Like, what are you doing?

Yeah.

Well, this lady called earlier who was talking about framing your license plate with those stickers.

Yeah, you're not supposed to do that.

No.

No.

My goal is always

like, how thick can I make that sticker wob before they're going to fall off?

You know what I do.

I take all the stickers off, and then put the new one on.

So the new one is the only one on there.

I don't.

I slap that new one on top of the other

ones.

Until they start getting rusty crusty and I don't think it's gonna stick, then I'll peel off the old ones.

But it's always on top.

It's always in the left corner.

I just don't take the time to peel them off all the

time.

No.

Well, it doesn't take that long, really, because...

I'm busy.

I

got kids.

I got, you

know, I'm like

busy.

I don't have any time.

I'm

lazy.

Okay.

I just,

you know, I do my show.

I go home.

I don't have to worry about nothing.

So I sit out in my driveway and I, and I, I get my Goo Gone out.

Get the stickers

on.

Goo

Gone.

That's

great stuff though.

Goo Gone, by the way, if you've never used it for getting stickers off things.

It is a wonder.

It works great.

Chemical.

Yes.

Yeah.

Well, Jen, coming up here, I want to talk to you about, and you're telling me a little bit of your pet peeves and things that should be a prison offense.

Right.

Death.

Death.

What is it?

Death penalty for parking violations.

Yes.

That would help with.

the overpopulation.

You know how else you can figure out your driving pet peeve in a real quick hurry?

How?

Take a new permitted driver, like my son who's 15, just cut his license.

Yeah.

Take him out to drive for the first or second time, and you will have the most pet peeves in the world.

Really?

Well, with him.

Like, don't get so close to my son.

He's driving.

Yeah.

Oh, OK.

You know some of the other cars.

Because, of course, he's not going to be driving so well.

Right.

OK.

But some people do drive, I'm sure, like your son.

All the time.

On his first time.

Yeah, they've been driving

for 30 years.

Exactly.

Yes.

See, that's the problem.

Yes.

We've got the Bright Side on DeVay at 8 at 30, right here.

K-O-K-Z Waters Wake Up Call.

That's Philip and Genesis.

Do you know what band came out of Genesis?

Gen?

I do not.

Hey, Gen

Genesis.

Oh, that sounds amazing.

But I do not.

No, it was a little band called, hold on a second here.

I love learning this stuff from

you.

Mike and the Mechanics.

Oh,

OK.

Yeah, it's basically Genesis without Phil Collins.

Got it, OK.

Yes.

All right.

So yeah, we call this Mike and the Mechanic.

Right.

But Jen's not technically.

Mechanic-ish

is

like how I like to say

it.

We like having her in because she knows her stuff, and she can talk about it very well.

You get her hands in there, and maybe I don't know at what level you are.

Basic, basic.

I can change a light bulb out in your car.

Yeah.

put washer fluid in, you know, the basic,

put some air

in your tires,

check your

oil.

But again, you know what you're doing.

Yeah, I got a great

crew who does the rest.

So shout out to all my mechanics at both locations and our staff.

They do a great job there.

I

think of the mechanics there and what I saw when I came in and everybody was working on something and it looked like they were focused.

Yes.

And just on the job.

You know, I know I'm sure everybody says this, but we really do have the best guys.

They're great.

Because I wanted to go around.

I wanted to say, hey, how you doing?

Mike on the radio talked to Jen and we talk about the place and stuff.

So I just want to meet you.

I couldn't do that because I didn't want to interrupt them because they were just so all about it.

Yeah, we'll make sure you do that next time you're in there.

We'll make sure we're slow that day for you.

Thank you, because I need friends.

And we

have the best shop dog ever, Jake.

Let's

just

not forget Jake.

Right, Jake's awesome.

Yes.

Jake's awesome.

And unfortunately, Jen and the people there at Milex complete auto care.

They see some people because some people do stupid things.

Yes.

And you shouldn't do stupid things.

And whether it's something that you do right at that moment, something happens, or

If you're always like slamming on your brakes, or if you're always doing this kind of thing, then that will make those things last less time.

And you'll have to pay for new bra- that's not fun.

No.

Or new tires if you're skidding on them.

Yeah, if you're burning out, you're gonna wear through those tires.

Yeah.

Yes.

Yeah, so don't be stupid.

No, be a responsible car owner.

Do your maintenance.

Come in and see us.

I invite anybody to come into either location and just say hi and meet us.

Yes.

I don't want

you to meet us and we talk and stuff.

You'll come back and see us.

Yeah.

Exactly.

Exactly right, Genesis.

Yes,

Genesis.

Yes, Genesis.

So, and we've been talking about these stupid drivers because Louisiana has gotten so fed up with people who just kind of sit in the passing lane, fast lane going, not passing a car and going slow and that kind of thing.

So now they've put this rule in that if you're going even a mile under the speed limit, pulled over.

And by the third time, it's like 350 bucks and possible jail time.

So they're serious about this stuff.

But it does.

It gets us frustrated enough where some of us will do that, make laws that are like that.

But we've been talking about if we could pick one thing to make it a law that you shouldn't be doing this otherwise, boom, 350 bucks in jail time.

What would that be for you?

So mine would be

passing, like okay, if we're driving down Four Lane Road and they pass you so fast, fast, get in front of you and then they slow super down

and you're like, oh my gosh, what

are you doing?

Like you had

to get around me and now you're slowing down.

You gotta jail, dress for that,

don't do it.

Boom, you go to jail.

You go to jail.

Or if we could do some kind of a citizen's arrest or something.

I can't stand that obviously, but I really hate it.

And this has happened more than once, I'll be going down some road

Let's say, uh, Boyson, my most frustrating road, I'll be going down, and it's one lane, and somebody will cut me off, get into the lane.

Like, need to really get in there quickly, and then they go slow.

If you're in such a hurry, you had to cut me off, then you're going slow.

Yeah, or you know construction's coming, because there's signs everywhere to merge, and you always have that person, I'm just gonna go all the way up, and you're gonna let me in.

No,

no, no, I'm not.

They speed past you in that road that's going to close that most people have already gotten over and they speed past you and then they just

want to nudge

and force their way.

I'm not letting you in.

So you're going to sit because I just a noise me.

Yep.

You go to jail.

Yeah.

Go to jail.

Cause that's what I try and keep as close and it's probably not safe, but I try to keep as close to that vehicle in front of me that I can.

So there's no way they're getting in there.

You know, especially

in

interstates and stuff where you know, they have it well marked out that you're going to have to move and you're going

to have to

merge and,

you

know, and these people just continue to do it.

But I yell, hold together people.

Like if we were all like this close to the bumpers going right, but somebody's always

back like a car length.

So this idiot can get in.

It's like, yeah, that'll, that'll show me for following the rules.

Right.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I mean, I understand there's a process of kind of a zipper, like a thing with, but if you're one car and you're speeding past everybody to, you know, just zip in ahead of everybody else, that's another thing.

Now, if you're a car who's been trying to get over and nobody will let you for a while, now I'll let you in because you've been obviously trying to do the right

thing.

Right.

But if you're going to go flying by me and tread it, nope.

And I've had to do that when, say, I'm not sure what's coming up.

Like maybe it's something where that lane ends.

But I don't know because I'm not local.

Then I'll, you know, at the last moment try and get in and then people think I'm some kind of a dope.

And I am, but I'm from out of town in this particular instance.

And don't know.

I don't know.

You know,

we were talking about this a little bit ago, though, too.

You know, they changed where your hands are supposed to be on the steering

wheel.

We were talking about

this.

I didn't know this.

It's always been 10 and 2.

And recently, my son just got his permit like we talked about, and they moved it to 9 and 3.

What?

Why?

Yeah, and you know, as we were talking about this, I kind of get it that there's less strain because it's lower on the wheel and it's closer to your body.

So it's not all that weight up on the top of the wheel.

It's down here.

And you said something about that.

Yeah, I kind of

Googled it while we were here.

And it's about the airbags

and

safety and da da da da.

But then I'm thinking, well, like in our vehicle, you're holding on essentially where the airbag is.

Is

that really safer?

Right.

I don't know.

She got that thing in front of you with that that attaches the wheel to the inner column

Yeah,

and there's nowhere to put your hands.

Mm-hmm, and I didn't hear any big announcement like we're going to change this people

No, I just happened to learn it from somebody who was taking the test again.

It was drilled into our heads.

Yes.

My driver's head instructor is, if you weren't at 10 and two, you weren't going to pass.

Yeah.

If you said 10 and two to a driver, they'd know exactly what you were

doing.

Oh yeah.

Like, this is where your hands

go on the wheel.

9 and 3.

What is that?

And they're saying, like, what, 8 and 4?

4, 8 and 4, yeah.

So,

why don't we

just drive 12 and 6?

I

mean, yeah.

Yeah, let's do this.

Up and down.

Right.

We'll average it out.

That's what we'll do.

Oh, boy.

So yeah, nine and three people, nine and three.

Right.

I'm still doing 10 and two.

I don't care.

I've seen you

for the most

part.

I'm programmed now.

But if you do notice your steering wheel's off, it might mean you need to alignment and come see me.

Yeah.

Mile X complete auto care.

Two locations.

The classic on Sylvia here in Cedar Rapids down the road.

Yep.

And then the new one over on Mount Vernon Road.

So yes, two places now to serve you.

And we are open on

Saturdays.

So a lot of people don't realize that.

From

8 to

noon on Saturdays, both locations.

So there's not a lot of mechanic shops left in town that are open on Saturdays, but we're there to take care of you.

Yeah, they're like 8 to 5.

Well, that's when I work.

Right.

So a weekend time is always good to have.

So thank you for that too.

Yes.

And always good seeing you.

It's

so fun coming in here.

Well, it is.

I have company.

Yeah,

it's so

fun.

Well, I'll tell you what, newly branded Genesis.

Thank you, have a great weekend.

You too.

And if your car's doing something or you want to do some ahead of time maintenance, go over to Mileix Complete Auto Care.

And I am going to get into the hit and run headlines coming up here about 15, 20 minutes.