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Reckless Roads: Understanding the Dangers Behind the Wheel · In Wheel Time Podcast

• 0:00
  Don Armstrong: Welcome to another In Wheel Time podcast.
• 0:02
  Don Armstrong: I moved my microphone and I forgot where I put it.
• 0:12
  Don Armstrong: You got the award-winning In Wheel Time car talk show just ahead, we visit with our favorite auto info insider, divya Sangam or Sangram on reckless driving.
• 0:24
  Don Armstrong: It's always a good way to start off the morning.
• 0:26
  Don Armstrong: I'll give you my thoughts on driving the 2025 Ford F-150.
• 0:33
  Don Armstrong: Jeff has the motor minute.
• 0:34
  Don Armstrong: It's all coming up on this segment of the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show.
• 0:38
  Don Armstrong: Howdy along with Mike out of this world, mars down there.
• 0:40
  Don Armstrong: We always need more Jeff Zekin here.
• 0:43
  Don Armstrong: You don't even know where I am, mr Forgetful.
• 0:46
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, and that's what you're going to go with.
• 0:48
  Don Armstrong: I'm me and you're not.
• 0:49
  Don Armstrong: Thank goodness.
• 0:51
  Don Armstrong: Isn't that the truth?
• 0:53
  Divya Sangam: Div you ready.
• 0:53
  Divya Sangam: Here she's coming right now.
• 0:56
  Jeff Dziekan: She's on her way.
• 0:57
  Jeff Dziekan: She's parking the car.
• 0:58
  Don Armstrong: Right now she's parking the car, so I'm not the only one that's late.
• 1:04
  Jeff Dziekan: We look like we scared her, oh no.
• 1:08
  Don Armstrong: Let's just zoom in right now.
• 1:10
  Don Armstrong: Shall we Zoom her?
• 1:10
  Don Armstrong: There she is, ladies, and gentlemen, Divya Sangam.
• 1:13
  Divya Sangam: Hi, hi, hi guys, how are you all doing?
• 1:16
  Don Armstrong: Well, we're doing good, I'm doing good.
• 1:18
  Don Armstrong: Were you kind of scrambling this morning trying to get to us?
• 1:24
  Divya Sangam: A little bit, yes.
• 1:26
  Don Armstrong: Because you're never late, and you were a minute late this morning, that's okay, we scramble every Saturday morning, so don't worry about it.
• 1:31
  Jeff Dziekan: We scramble eggs, eggs.
• 1:32
  Divya Sangam: Well, no, Well, I got late.
• 1:35
  Divya Sangam: I was scrambling because I was scrambling eggs this morning and I woke up a few minutes late.
• 1:40
  Jeff Dziekan: So that's why Feeding the family is important.
• 1:45
  Divya Sangam: There you go.
• 1:45
  Divya Sangam: Absolutely Well.
• 1:46
  Divya Sangam: It's good to see you.
• 1:46
  Divya Sangam: How have you been?
• 1:47
  Divya Sangam: I've been good.
• 1:47
  Divya Sangam: How about you guys?
• 1:47
  Don Armstrong: Very well.
• 1:48
  Don Armstrong: Thank you, divya.
• 1:49
  Don Armstrong: By the way is with LendingTree Value Penguin and we appreciate you taking the time to talk to us.
• 1:54
  Don Armstrong: It's always fun to talk to her.
• 1:55
  Don Armstrong: It is, it's always good.
• 2:04
  Don Armstrong: I know that you of every country that's being tariffed right now Go.
• 2:10
  Divya Sangam: I wouldn't know exactly where we are with the tariffs because they keep changing.
• 2:14
  Divya Sangam: But I will say this A lot of people are worried that auto insurance rates are going to go up because of tariffs, and what I want to say to them is hold your horses.
• 2:25
  Divya Sangam: It's probably not going to be as bad as we imagine.
• 2:27
  Divya Sangam: The situation is constantly in flux.
• 2:30
  Divya Sangam: You know they're striking deals all the time and, more importantly, you know tariffs is just one small part of the calculation that goes into figuring out how much your rates are going to increase.
• 2:40
  Divya Sangam: Climate change and weather disasters are probably going to have an even bigger impact.
• 2:45
  Divya Sangam: Or you know, reckless driving or just unsafe driving is probably going to have a far bigger impact than tariffs.
• 2:52
  Divya Sangam: Yes, tariffs are going to affect, you know, the cost of repairing cars, because you know the cost of importing spare parts is going up, but it's a piece of a larger equation.
• 3:03
  Don Armstrong: Well, let me just say this you know we hear and see television commercials they're bombarded by we'll save you at least $300 a year on your car insurance.
• 3:14
  Don Armstrong: Well, I got ticked off at Allstate, who I have been with for decades, Because it's such a pain to have to go and change.
• 3:30
  Don Armstrong: And then I only changed once in my life and I changed to state farm and I was with state farm for one month and they dropped me.
• 3:35
  Don Armstrong: Oh, oh gosh, I'm sorry to hear that yeah, it was awful because I have a perfectly clean driving record no accidents, knock on wood, nothing.
• 3:43
  Don Armstrong: But whatever reason, and they couldn't tell me and I was ticked.
• 3:48
  Don Armstrong: Needless to say, I was mad.
• 3:50
  Don Armstrong: So I went back to Allstate.
• 3:52
  Don Armstrong: Well, this time my Allstate insurance agent sold his agency to somebody that I never knew State Farm.
• 4:03
  Don Armstrong: To another agent and never once did I get a phone call or email.
• 4:11
  Don Armstrong: Welcome to our new agency.
• 4:13
  Don Armstrong: My name is so-and-so.
• 4:15
  Don Armstrong: Let us know if you have any questions.
• 4:17
  Don Armstrong: We're reviewing your policy.
• 4:18
  Don Armstrong: We'll be back with you soon.
• 4:20
  Don Armstrong: Nothing, I got nothing.
• 4:21
  Don Armstrong: I thought, okay, I can play this game.
• 4:24
  Don Armstrong: So I thought I'm going to start shopping for car insurance and you can go on a website and then, all of a sudden, every insurance agent in the entire United States now has your email.
• 4:35
  Don Armstrong: It's funny how that works.
• 4:37
  Divya Sangam: Yeah, unfortunately, that's the way a lot of these sites are set up.
• 4:41
  Divya Sangam: The upside of getting called by agents is then they're kind of at your mercy, so you can ask them whatever questions you want.
• 4:48
  Divya Sangam: They're eager to close the sale, so it's just a really good way to compare us in shop.
• 4:53
  Don Armstrong: Well, I will tell you that I kept waiting and waiting and, of course, hey, we'll call us.
• 4:58
  Don Armstrong: No, no, you do the work.
• 5:01
  Don Armstrong: I got one phone call from a young man with a farmer's insurance agent out of College Station, texas, which is about what?
• 5:11
  Don Armstrong: 90 miles from here, or so 99, yeah, yeah and really a nice guy and let me get your information, mr Armstrong.
• 5:19
  Don Armstrong: So I gave him all my information in the car and all of that.
• 5:22
  Don Armstrong: I saved myself $500 when I bundled it thank you with my homeowners, which is a renter's insurance policy and my car insurance and my car insurance.
• 5:35
  Don Armstrong: I don't have you know big expensive deductions with you know collision and all that stuff.
• 5:39
  Don Armstrong: I got a you know 25-year-old car and it's my baby and I don't drive it very often.
• 5:47
  Don Armstrong: I told him that he says, okay, well, we got this, this, this, this, this and bam, $500 a year.
• 5:52
  Don Armstrong: Then not once did I get a phone call.
• 5:55
  Don Armstrong: So I wound up having to call the Allstate insurance agent and say Go fly a kite.
• 6:01
  Don Armstrong: Pretty much, yeah, go fly a kite.
• 6:03
  Don Armstrong: Oh well, what can we do to get you back?
• 6:06
  Don Armstrong: You didn't even give us a chance.
• 6:09
  Don Armstrong: No, you had a chance for six months to call me and say, hey, I'm me and you're you and that kind of thing, nothing.
• 6:15
  Don Armstrong: So goodbye, allstate, see you later and the insurance agent.
• 6:19
  Don Armstrong: There you go.
• 6:20
  Don Armstrong: So that was that.
• 6:21
  Jeff Dziekan: Maybe Divya can insure us.
• 6:23
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, well, maybe not.
• 6:26
  Divya Sangam: I'm sorry, I don't have an insurance license.
• 6:28
  Divya Sangam: I'm purely focused on the research side and all the interesting stats.
• 6:33
  Don Armstrong: So let's talk about what you called us to tell us about reckless driving and what effect it has on everybody.
• 6:41
  Divya Sangam: So here's the thing you know, summer is upon us and usually when the summer season starts, you get to see all kinds of drivers on the road, because the days are longer.
• 6:50
  Divya Sangam: Everyone's out there driving and one of the consequences of having more people on the road is more accidents.
• 6:57
  Divya Sangam: And let's admit it, we've all seen that one driver on the road who's extremely reckless and your first thought is oh my god, is this person gonna die?
• 7:06
  Divya Sangam: Is he gonna crash?
• 7:07
  Divya Sangam: Um, and the statistics show that reckless driving is a problem.
• 7:12
  Divya Sangam: Um, you know, nearly 10 percent of all crashes that are fatal are attributed to reckless driving, and the problem is more pronounced in states where you there's bad weather or just roads are more challenging.
• 7:26
  Divya Sangam: So we're talking, you know Montana.
• 7:28
  Divya Sangam: We're talking, you know Nevada, arizona, colorado, some of these states that have mountains, you know very remote roads or just challenging weather conditions.
• 7:39
  Divya Sangam: When you drive recklessly in those conditions, you're probably going to crash.
• 7:44
  Divya Sangam: And you know, if there is a takeaway here, it's just keep your eyes peeled on the road.
• 7:50
  Divya Sangam: Even if you are the safest driver out there, you can't trust the other drivers on the road to be safe, and we really don't want this summer to be a miserable summer because someone got into a nasty crash.
• 8:02
  Don Armstrong: Well, there's that, and then, and then, I was really surprised by the fact that Montana, that is such a remote place.
• 8:12
  Don Armstrong: You know it's part of Canada, isn't it?
• 8:16
  Don Armstrong: I mean, it is A suburb.
• 8:18
  Don Armstrong: A suburb yeah, a suburb of Canada or maybe Alaska, but it's up there and it gets really cold up there.
• 8:23
  Don Armstrong: Not a whole lot of people live there and it topped the country in reckless driving fatalities Wow, by five times.
• 8:33
  Divya Sangam: Yeah, and that was surprising to us until we dug into it.
• 8:36
  Divya Sangam: You know states like Alaska, montana.
• 8:39
  Divya Sangam: Their roads can be quite remote and, like you rightly pointed out, the winter can be very brutal.
• 8:46
  Divya Sangam: So when you have a combination of bad weather, remote roads, if you get into a crash it might even take a little longer for emergency services to reach you, which might contribute to the rise in fatal accidents.
• 9:00
  Divya Sangam: And it's cold, so probably people also may be drinking more to stay warm.
• 9:10
  Divya Sangam: And so when you see, that in all of these, you get a scenario where people are driving recklessly because they think, ah, there aren't that many people on the road, I can get away with it.
• 9:22
  Divya Sangam: They get into a crash, conditions are bad, they're not getting emergency services getting there quickly, and all of these contribute to it.
• 9:30
  Divya Sangam: So if there really is a takeaway here, it's just don't drink and drive, don't text and drive and be wary of other drivers on the road.
• 9:39
  Don Armstrong: Well, the other interesting stat here, South Dakota and Washington.
• 9:44
  Don Armstrong: Are you talking about Washington State, not DC?
• 9:47
  Divya Sangam: Yeah, Washington State.
• 9:48
  Don Armstrong: Washington State.
• 9:48
  Don Armstrong: Well, so that's got some mountains in it, and South Dakota is kind of next to Wyoming and you're thinking that there aren't as many people there.
• 9:59
  Don Armstrong: I don't know, but they reported the fewest reckless driving fatalities.
• 10:04
  Divya Sangam: Yeah, I think South Dakota had zero in the five-year period we analyzed, and Washington also was very, very low.
• 10:10
  Jeff Dziekan: Maybe South Dakota is driving to the other states and getting in these wrecks.
• 10:12
  Divya Sangam: Driving to North Dakota, either that or a bad bison.
• 10:15
  Jeff Dziekan: Well, I heard this the other day from a friend of mine that says these careless drivers aren't driving their cars, they're aiming their cars.
• 10:25
  Don Armstrong: Matthew Broderick said that Okay, I'll go with that.
• 10:28
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, yeah.
• 10:28
  Divya Sangam: I mean that makes a lot of sense.
• 10:30
  Divya Sangam: You know, careless drivers are a menace.
• 10:33
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, they're aiming their cars, not driving them.
• 10:34
  Don Armstrong: Now here's something that I thought was really interesting the second and third most reckless driving states West Virginia and Colorado.
• 10:45
  Don Armstrong: My youngest daughter lives in Colorado, and we will assume that is because of the mountainous region of the United States.
• 10:54
  Divya Sangam: Yeah, that's a huge part of it.
• 10:56
  Don Armstrong: Well, I will tell you that I visited there summer before last.
• 10:59
  Don Armstrong: No, last summer.
• 11:00
  Don Armstrong: Was Colorado, in what other state?
• 11:01
  Don Armstrong: Second, second and third?
• 11:03
  Don Armstrong: Oh, second and third that Colorado.
• 11:06
  Don Armstrong: I went to Pikes Peak.
• 11:07
  Don Armstrong: Oh, second and third that Colorado.
• 11:10
  Don Armstrong: I went to Pikes Peak.
• 11:11
  Don Armstrong: I still.
• 11:11
  Don Armstrong: My knuckles have not yet really gotten back to the color that they're supposed to.
• 11:14
  Don Armstrong: I am still white, knuckling it up that damn Pikes Peak that I never thought in a million years that I would be that terrified.
• 11:22
  Don Armstrong: Oh my God, it has to be something with my age, I don't know Used to be.
• 11:28
  Divya Sangam: No, I mean, it's new to us.
• 11:29
  Divya Sangam: It was probably a new experience for you because you may not have driven on that road before, but you were terrified.
• 11:35
  Divya Sangam: Now imagine you're a local.
• 11:36
  Divya Sangam: You're driving down that road every day.
• 11:38
  Divya Sangam: You might get careless and that might contribute to it.
• 11:41
  Don Armstrong: Well, like the tourist buses that were passing me on a two-lane road, zigzagging up the mountain, passing me On a two-lane road, zigzagging up the mountain, passing me, I'm going.
• 11:49
  Don Armstrong: Are you kidding?
• 11:50
  Don Armstrong: The guy obviously drives it all the time and they're all going as they went by, exactly.
• 11:56
  Divya Sangam: I mean, I remember when going with my family up to the Shenandoah Valley so it's between Virginia and West Virginia and there were parts of you know the road that were very narrow and the stated speed limit was like 20 miles an hour.
• 12:10
  Divya Sangam: It's supposed to be a scenic byway so we were sticking to the speed limit.
• 12:14
  Divya Sangam: You know it was a manual car, so we were going on second gear and then we were scared to move up a gear and there were people zipping by us, going at 50 miles an hour and you know I was terrified, my heart was in my mouth.
• 12:27
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah.
• 12:34
  Divya Sangam: So and you know I was terrified, my heart was in my mouth yeah, so definitely the mountainous roads and just the conditions overall contribute to an increase in reckless driving fatalities.
• 12:39
  Divya Sangam: There are reckless drivers in every state.
• 12:41
  Divya Sangam: I mean, I've seen them.
• 12:42
  Divya Sangam: I live in New Jersey.
• 12:42
  Divya Sangam: I have driven in many countries but I am terrified of driving in New Jersey.
• 12:45
  Divya Sangam: But just because it's you know, roads are better, wider, well lit-lit, you can probably escape a bad driver.
• 12:52
  Divya Sangam: But if you're up in a two-lane road up a mountain it's a lot harder.
• 13:01
  Divya Sangam: So you know reckless driving need to be careful on the roads, especially if you're living in a place where roads aren't well lit or they're mountainous, or you just have bad weather or maintained, yeah, and the results are reflective of that.
• 13:18
  Don Armstrong: Well, I will tell you that through my lifetime I have had multiple, multiple driving lessons.
• 13:24
  Don Armstrong: Oh, you know speeding ticket.
• 13:26
  Don Armstrong: Okay, I used to get those every once in a while.
• 13:29
  Don Armstrong: Then you take the driver safety course and one of the things in all of the driving safety courses is adjust your speed according to the weather.
• 13:37
  Don Armstrong: You got bright, blue skies, no big deal.
• 13:40
  Don Armstrong: Run the speed limit if traffic conditions permit, but if the weather is bad, it's on you.
• 13:46
  Don Armstrong: If you have a wreck because you're supposed to slow down, and that's the biggest thing of all.
• 13:50
  Don Armstrong: And I see it, we have a beltway here.
• 13:52
  Don Armstrong: The speed limit is 65 in a very urban area of Texas.
• 13:58
  Jeff Dziekan: Well, with Colorado, you would think.
• 13:59
  Jeff Dziekan: You know, is it an accident?
• 14:01
  Jeff Dziekan: Is it a post-dispensary visit or pre-dispensary visit?
• 14:05
  Jeff Dziekan: Well, there's that thought.
• 14:05
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, there is that thought.
• 14:06
  Jeff Dziekan: And Well, there's that thought.
• 14:07
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, there is that thought.
• 14:07
  Don Armstrong: And the other thing is great, big trucks, you know, doing over the speed limit.
• 14:11
  Don Armstrong: And here's the guy inside texting Yep, all the time, I see it all the time.
• 14:16
  Don Armstrong: Huge thing, reckless driving, yeah, and it's preventable.
• 14:20
  Don Armstrong: You can't prevent somebody else from being a reckless driver, but you can get out of the way most of the time, unless, of course, they're coming up behind you at 80 miles an hour and you're stuck in traffic.
• 14:30
  Don Armstrong: There's nothing you can do and they slam into the back of you.
• 14:33
  Don Armstrong: Then you call Jim Adler.
• 14:35
  Michael Marrs: Yeah, I was coming in at 10 this morning.
• 14:37
  Michael Marrs: I crossed over Beltway 8, still on 10.
• 14:40
  Michael Marrs: I got my cruise set on 78.
• 14:42
  Michael Marrs: I'm cruising with the traffic and I see him coming, a big black car coming.
• 14:46
  Michael Marrs: I thought it was police, it wasn't, it was somebody else and he went around me and went across three lanes in front of me.
• 14:53
  Michael Marrs: Then he came back across three lanes just working his way through traffic.
• 14:58
  Divya Sangam: Zigzagging.
• 14:59
  Michael Marrs: And I'm doing 78 in a 60, 65, whatever the speed limit is through there and this guy is just blowing by me.
• 15:06
  Michael Marrs: I mean, Hello, steve Woodard.
• 15:07
  Michael Marrs: Yeah, I was going to say the same thing Steve Woodard.
• 15:11
  Jeff Dziekan: Next time set up that radar.
• 15:12
  Don Armstrong: Steve Woodard is our state trooper, friend Set up that radar over there on I-10 between Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange in Houston.
• 15:20
  Divya Sangam: Mr Mars is ahead of this away Inside the beltway where it speeds up.
• 15:24
  Jeff Dziekan: Camp out in Mike's driveway, you'll get them.
• 15:26
  Divya Sangam: I will never understand drivers who zigzag across lanes thinking it's going to get them to their destination faster.
• 15:35
  Jeff Dziekan: There was actually a study done by the University of Michigan.
• 15:37
  Jeff Dziekan: Because they are in the big traffic thing for the feds they say changing lanes actually delays your trip.
• 15:44
  Jeff Dziekan: So if you're in a lane and say it's a three-lane traffic and you're in the middle lane and the left lane keeps kind of going ahead of you, keep going ahead of you, and then you get in that lane.
• 15:52
  Jeff Dziekan: You just backed up because that other lane is going to move too.
• 15:55
  Jeff Dziekan: So stay in your lane, don't be zigzagging, and you'll get there in time.
• 15:59
  Don Armstrong: And don't be preached to by somebody that is the biggest sinner of all when it comes to that right foot.
• 16:05
  Don Armstrong: He can plow that thing right down to the floor mat.
• 16:08
  Don Armstrong: Who's that?
• 16:09
  Jeff Dziekan: Me no, no, they say I'm an old man when I drive.
• 16:13
  Jeff Dziekan: Here's the guy that had his.
• 16:15
  Don Armstrong: what was it?
• 16:15
  Don Armstrong: A 69 or 70 Nova, 72.
• 16:18
  Don Armstrong: 72 Nova with a big V8 motor in it?
• 16:21
  Jeff Dziekan: No, no, him speeding.
• 16:23
  Jeff Dziekan: No, no, he never did that?
• 16:25
  Michael Marrs: No, never did.
• 16:26
  Michael Marrs: You know he?
• 16:26
  Michael Marrs: He never did that, no, never did.
• 16:27
  Michael Marrs: He talks about his hair getting a little thin.
• 16:29
  Michael Marrs: That's because the air he's blowing so fast?
• 16:30
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, just blow it all off Blowing it off.
• 16:32
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, don't do it, divya.
• 16:34
  Don Armstrong: It's so good to see you, Great to talk to you, as always.
• 16:36
  Don Armstrong: The next thing on your agenda from the guys at In Wheel Time is trying to sort out the tariff situation, and I know that you're going to do a great job.
• 16:46
  Don Armstrong: It may take you until next year, but you're all in for that, I can tell.
• 16:53
  Divya Sangam: I'm definitely going to give you guys an update the moment we get a sense of how much insurance companies are raising rates.
• 16:58
  Don Armstrong: And that's going to be the biggest problem.
• 17:00
  Don Armstrong: You say insurance Because it's going to raise the price of the car and repairs to the car.
• 17:04
  Don Armstrong: Is that right?
• 17:05
  Divya Sangam: I mean insurance is just one part.
• 17:07
  Divya Sangam: I only speak about insurance because that's the one thing I'm obsessed with.
• 17:11
  Divya Sangam: But yes, I mean it's going to affect the entire car ownership process.
• 17:17
  Divya Sangam: Right, it's going to be more expensive to buy a car.
• 17:19
  Divya Sangam: It's going to be more expensive to repair a car.
• 17:21
  Divya Sangam: But you know, with insurance it's going to be one part of a many piece puzzle on how rates are going to be calculated in 2026 and beyond.
• 17:32
  Don Armstrong: So Reckless Driving Deaths Study valuepenguincom.
• 17:38
  Divya Sangam: Yeah, definitely look for it, and I'm sure you'll find some good tips in there.
• 17:42
  Don Armstrong: It's always a pleasure to talk to you, my dear.
• 17:44
  Don Armstrong: Take care of yourself, divya.
• 17:45
  Don Armstrong: We appreciate you.
• 17:46
  Don Armstrong: Take care of yourselves guys, thank you Happy.
• 17:48
  Divya Sangam: Mother's Day.
• 17:49
  Jeff Dziekan: Happy Mother's Day.
• 17:50
  Divya Sangam: Happy Mother's Day.
• 17:51
  Divya Sangam: Happy Mother's Day to all the beautiful women in your life as well.
• 17:53
  Don Armstrong: Thank you very much.
• 17:54
  Don Armstrong: We'll talk to you again soon.
• 17:56
  Divya Sangam: Talk to you soon.
• 17:56
  Don Armstrong: Bye-bye, all right, that's done.
• 17:59
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• 19:57
  Don Armstrong: Time now for Jeff's Motor Minute Motor.
• 19:59
  Jeff Dziekan: Minute.
• 20:00
  Jeff Dziekan: Hey, you know what's coming up.
• 20:01
  Jeff Dziekan: At the end of the month, indian will join us.
• 20:02
  Jeff Dziekan: Time now for Jeff's Motor Minute.
• 20:03
  Jeff Dziekan: Motor Minute.
• 20:03
  Divya Sangam: Hey, you know what's coming up at the end of the month Indianapolis 500.
• 20:05
  Jeff Dziekan: They're already starting time trials.
• 20:05
  Jeff Dziekan: They're already starting qualifying for the circuit inside the track and all that stuff.
• 20:10
  Jeff Dziekan: I watched a little bit of it yesterday, but here's some fun facts.
• 20:12
  Jeff Dziekan: The Indianapolis, or the Indy 500, is the world's largest single-day sporting event.
• 20:18
  Jeff Dziekan: That draws more than 300,000 people a year.
• 20:22
  Jeff Dziekan: So how's that?
• 20:23
  Jeff Dziekan: And then you've got the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
• 20:27
  Jeff Dziekan: Where the race is held spans an impressive 253 acres.
• 20:30
  Jeff Dziekan: Really.
• 20:30
  Jeff Dziekan: A whole complex, then.
• 20:32
  Jeff Dziekan: Over the course of its 100-year history, the Indy 500 has been won by 75 different drivers.
• 20:37
  Jeff Dziekan: That's pretty cool.
• 20:38
  Jeff Dziekan: Helio Castroneves, aj Foyt, rick Mears and Al Unser share the record for the most victories at the Indy 500, with four each.
• 20:46
  Jeff Dziekan: That's quite a bit.
• 20:47
  Jeff Dziekan: That's a good accomplishment.
• 20:48
  Jeff Dziekan: Scott Dixon holds a record for the most laps led at the Indy 500.
• 20:53
  Jeff Dziekan: That's pretty cool too.
• 20:55
  Jeff Dziekan: Borg Warner Trophy has been awarded to the winning driver since 1936.
• 20:59
  Jeff Dziekan: The winner of the 500 is traditionally presented with a wreath and what else, mike?
• 21:04
  Jeff Dziekan: Bottle of milk.
• 21:05
  Jeff Dziekan: There you go.
• 21:05
  Jeff Dziekan: Thanks, mike.
• 21:06
  Jeff Dziekan: Al Hunter 1992,.
• 21:09
  Jeff Dziekan: Al Hunter came really close to winning his third consecutive Indy title in a row.
• 21:14
  Jeff Dziekan: So he's won back-to-back, but he didn't have the chance to win the third.
• 21:17
  Jeff Dziekan: Didn't three-peat the hat trick, the hat trick, there you go.
• 21:23
  Don Armstrong: So that's a little bit of Indy stuff.
• 21:23
  Jeff Dziekan: I'm excited.
• 21:24
  Jeff Dziekan: I don't know what a hat trick is.
• 21:24
  Jeff Dziekan: I'm excited because I like the Indy 500 and there's another big, super-duper, worldwide event coming in that week after Indy.
• 21:32
  Jeff Dziekan: It's going to be epic.
• 21:34
  Jeff Dziekan: You'll all find out about it.
• 21:36
  Don Armstrong: I guess you'll tell us about it after the Indy.
• 21:38
  Don Armstrong: I'll tell you now.
• 21:38
  Don Armstrong: It's going to be my birthday, okay, well, we'll look forward to that celebration.
• 21:46
  Don Armstrong: Send your gifts too, uh-huh, and tequila bottles too.
• 21:49
  Don Armstrong: There you go.
• 21:50
  Don Armstrong: Time now for this hour's car review.
• 21:52
  Don Armstrong: Had a chance to drive the 2025 Ford F-150.
• 21:55
  Don Armstrong: Final assembly location Dearborn, michigan.
• 21:58
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, buddy, the home of Ford Motor Company.
• 22:01
  Don Armstrong: It comes in these trim levels XL, stx, xlt, lariat Trimmer, platinum King Ranch and Raptor Reviewed trim level.
• 22:15
  Don Armstrong: 4x4 SuperCrew King Ranch.
• 22:17
  Don Armstrong: Oh my God, your living room is not this nice.
• 22:22
  Don Armstrong: I promise you this is a standard pickup truck.
• 22:26
  Don Armstrong: Seats.
• 22:26
  Don Armstrong: Five people uh, 14th generation, yes, 14th generation.
• 22:31
  Don Armstrong: Wow.
• 22:31
  Don Armstrong: Redesign and all new for 2021.
• 22:36
  Don Armstrong: Exterior features classic ford design with conservative, not overpowering grille.
• 22:42
  Don Armstrong: It seems to be a thing these days and I don't get it.
• 22:45
  Don Armstrong: Wheel opening trim varies depending on the trim level that you choose.
• 22:50
  Don Armstrong: Swinging tailgate yeah, it's a swinging tailgate option.
• 22:55
  Don Armstrong: When it opens, it allows for easy bed access and reach, so it's got like a door within the tailgate.
• 23:04
  Don Armstrong: It's in the middle of it and you can swing it open.
• 23:06
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, it's cool.
• 23:08
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, their competition they all have something special.
• 23:13
  Don Armstrong: That General Motors one is pretty cool too and it helps in you getting closer to the bed.
• 23:19
  Don Armstrong: So if you've got something really heavy and you want to get it in the bed, you don't have to put it on the tailgate and shove it in, you just go right to the bed with it?
• 23:27
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, you don't have to reach over and strain your back any more than you already do.
• 23:30
  Don Armstrong: What I liked about it the optional Pro Power for camping or working with 120-volt connection.
• 23:35
  Don Armstrong: That is very cool.
• 23:36
  Don Armstrong: Do any of the others have that?
• 23:42
  Jeff Dziekan: I think they're starting to put me in.
• 23:43
  Jeff Dziekan: I think they're putting some plugs back there.
• 23:45
  Don Armstrong: Here's the deal, and this is strictly from Ford.
• 23:47
  Don Armstrong: This is mine.
• 23:47
  Don Armstrong: There are so many options and trims and configurations.
• 23:56
  Don Armstrong: If you can't find one on the lot which is highly unlikely somewhere in the state of Texas, there's one exactly the way you want it.
• 24:05
  Don Armstrong: But order it.
• 24:06
  Don Armstrong: And I say that because I had a question to Ford one time.
• 24:09
  Don Armstrong: This is years ago.
• 24:10
  Don Armstrong: I said so what if I'm going to pull a trailer with the half-ton pickup truck?
• 24:18
  Don Armstrong: Can I change out the rear axle?
• 24:21
  Don Armstrong: Because I'm going to tow it a lot.
• 24:23
  Don Armstrong: The majority of the truck's work is going to be towing A big boat or whatever it is that I'm towing Trailer.
• 24:30
  Don Armstrong: Yes, you can do that.
• 24:32
  Don Armstrong: Chances are you're going to have to special order it Because for the most part now with these new 10-speed automatic transmissions, sometimes you don't have to change the rear axle.
• 24:44
  Don Armstrong: But if you are going to drive in a mountainous area, for instance, travel to Colorado all the time, and you're pulling your travel trailer behind you in the halftime tongue weight, everything else is good you might want to go for a lower differential right, and so there's that.
• 25:03
  Don Armstrong: Order it from the factory is my suggestion.
• 25:06
  Don Armstrong: Interior highlights Awesome, easy to find dash buttons and switches.
• 25:11
  Don Armstrong: Configurable instrument cluster, huge touchscreen with killer radio in it.
• 25:18
  Don Armstrong: And I checked the radio out with David Ainsley because he wanted to hear his fine work that he did with the new transmitter at 107.5.
• 25:25
  Don Armstrong: My God, that thing sounded like a billion dollars.
• 25:29
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, I can't imagine somebody taking that out and putting an aftermarket radio in it, because that thing works great.
• 25:35
  Don Armstrong: Configurable instrument cluster, as I said, the huge touchscreen.
• 25:39
  Don Armstrong: King Ranch leather.
• 25:41
  Don Armstrong: Interior is beautiful and comfortable.
• 25:43
  Don Armstrong: The cargo in the back seat is superb.
• 25:46
  Don Armstrong: Fold up seats.
• 25:48
  Don Armstrong: What I loved about it, the Blue Cruise for highway is absolutely the best and you know it basically guides you through it.
• 25:57
  Don Armstrong: If it's time for you to put your hands on the wheel, it'll tell you to do that.
• 26:01
  Don Armstrong: It's easy to use.
• 26:02
  Don Armstrong: Loved the work surface that uses the backside of the center console and the armrest Folds out over the shifter in the center console.
• 26:13
  Don Armstrong: The shifter goes down into the console.
• 26:15
  Don Armstrong: It's really cool.
• 26:16
  Don Armstrong: This thing is a Swiss Army knife of goodness.
• 26:19
  Don Armstrong: A Swiss Army knife of goodness.
• 26:21
  Don Armstrong: Turn the page.
• 26:21
  Don Armstrong: I like that.
• 26:23
  Don Armstrong: 3.5 liter twin turbo V6 with a 1.5 kilowatt per hour lithium battery motor Turns out a total of 430 horsepower with 570 pound-feet of torque.
• 26:36
  Don Armstrong: Toll rating up to 13,500, depending on the configuration rating up to 13,500, depending on the configuration, haul rating up to 2,445 pounds, depending on the configuration.
• 26:47
  Don Armstrong: City 22 miles per gallon.
• 26:50
  Don Armstrong: Highway 24, combined at 23.
• 26:53
  Don Armstrong: I got 19.3 over 348.7 miles.
• 26:56
  Don Armstrong: What I liked.
• 26:57
  Don Armstrong: The mileage was better than the 13 miles per gallon this thing used to get when it had the V8 engine in it.
• 27:04
  Don Armstrong: Nice, yeah, the V6 is really awesome.
• 27:06
  Don Armstrong: What could use improvement?
• 27:07
  Don Armstrong: Nothing.
• 27:09
  Don Armstrong: What I liked fairly smooth, without a load of any kind in it, which was kind of surprising, because you know a pickup truck is made to haul stuff.
• 27:17
  Don Armstrong: Well, with that you've got to have the suspension that can take the heavy load.
• 27:21
  Don Armstrong: 1,000 pounds in the bed would make it a lot smoother.
• 27:24
  Don Armstrong: Of course it would cut down on the cast mileage a little bit, but you really don't need anything in the bed, right, it's pretty well.
• 27:29
  Don Armstrong: Air suspension option would be good.
• 27:31
  Don Armstrong: Base trim price $74,805.
• 27:34
  Don Armstrong: Price is tested $79,825.
• 27:38
  Don Armstrong: I didn't say it was cheap.
• 27:39
  Don Armstrong: Base model price $44,095.
• 27:44
  Don Armstrong: Chevy 1500 is one of its competitors.
• 27:47
  Don Armstrong: It starts at $42,700.
• 27:50
  Don Armstrong: The Ram 1500 starts at $43,025.
• 27:53
  Don Armstrong: And the Toyota Tundra starts at $40,090.
• 27:57
  Don Armstrong: Nice, yeah, it works well If you're on a truck shop around, but I think that you're going to wind up checking out in a Ford.
• 28:07
  Don Armstrong: All right, if you'd like to get in touch with us, shoot us an email.
• 28:10
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• 28:14
  Don Armstrong: We are back after this quick break.
• 28:15
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• 29:14
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• 29:48
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• 30:07
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