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CAR TALK with Brad Doenges and Debbie Halpin on Dads Walk · One on One With a Professional

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  Speaker 1: Massage.
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  Speaker 2: Massage.
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  Speaker 1: Massage. Wow. After a really great meeting, Toyota has a really....
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  Speaker 3: You know, like every dealer pretty much comes and a
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  Speaker 3: lot of their, some bring staff or, uh, important folks
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  Speaker 3: at their dealerships and spouses and things. And, and, uh,
• 1:06
  Speaker 3: so it's about 5,000 people there. And, uh, we do,
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  Speaker 3: they do what they call the first night is a
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  Speaker 3: reveal show. So we get to see some new product
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  Speaker 3: ideas and things.
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  Speaker 1: I saw, um, Some of the.
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  Speaker 3: Stuff I can talk about, some of it I can't.
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  Speaker 3: Usually I say more than I should probably. I think
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  Speaker 3: William mentioned some of it. Flying cars. There's a partnership
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  Speaker 3: Toyota has with a company called Joby that makes these.
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  Speaker 3: They're like helicopters, but the propellers go move. They're double
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  Speaker 3: redundant motors, so they almost can't fail. They've been in
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  Speaker 3: testing and partnered with Toyota for about 10 years, but
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  Speaker 3: Toyota since 2017. And, yeah, it's just another thing. Toyota
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  Speaker 3: loves to be involved in these things that are change mobility, right? And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, they're into robots. And right now, you know,
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  Speaker 3: mostly they kind of help in manufacturing. We saw a
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  Speaker 3: video of some that the one at the tundra plant
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  Speaker 3: is like a dog dog. that just walks around the
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  Speaker 3: plant and kind of listens and smells and tries to
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  Speaker 3: sense heat in the machine so you can tell if
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  Speaker 3: something's about to break.
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  Speaker 1: And that's all it does.
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  Speaker 3: And another plant, they pick up big things. You know,
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  Speaker 3: they're just stuff that's hard for people to do. They
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  Speaker 3: can lift it without even thinking about it. And so
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  Speaker 3: it's mostly... You know, they're not.
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  Speaker 1: Replacing the people.
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  Speaker 3: They're helping the people do their jobs better and be
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  Speaker 3: more effective and more productive and building cars faster, which
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  Speaker 3: is important in Toyota's world.
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  Speaker 1: They talked about that. They were investing in five.
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  Speaker 3: Facilities in North America right now in America and, you know,
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  Speaker 3: moving all kinds of production stateside because of the tariff stuff.
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  Speaker 1: And trying to.
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  Speaker 3: Plan for that it's hard when you're a manufacturer you
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  Speaker 3: can't do this stuff overnight you've got to really it
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  Speaker 3: takes several years about five years to finish something like
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  Speaker 3: that from the vision to the realization and stuff coming.
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  Speaker 1: Off the line uh.
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  Speaker 3: But uh you know things like uh new uh new
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  Speaker 3: uh Grand Highlander will have a new kind of cosmetic
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  Speaker 3: changes on the front end of the vehicle next year.
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  Speaker 3: We've got the Highlander, traditional Highlander, is coming to an end.
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  Speaker 3: It's going to become a full battery electric vehicle. I'm
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  Speaker 3: not quite sure when we're going to have those yet,
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  Speaker 3: but the Highlander production ends in December of this year,
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  Speaker 3: and then the new Highlander will be out early next year,
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  Speaker 3: and $ 320 million. Mile range on an electric vehicle, a
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  Speaker 3: third row, larger than the electric vehicles we have today,
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  Speaker 3: and really stylish. I loved how it looked. We got
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  Speaker 3: to sit in it and see what it was going
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  Speaker 3: to feel like, and it's great.
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  Speaker 1: What else?
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  Speaker 3: Right now we have Trailhunter trim, or it's not a trim.
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  Speaker 3: It's a model on the Tacoma and 4Runner. And they're
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  Speaker 3: going to add Trailhunter as an option on Tundra and Sequoia.
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  Speaker 3: So right now it comes with air intake that comes up.
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  Speaker 1: It looks like a snorkel coming out of the car.
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  Speaker 3: If you drive in sand or dirt or water, it
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  Speaker 3: makes sure it doesn't ingest it into the vehicle. So
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  Speaker 3: that will not be on the vehicle. the option package
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  Speaker 3: that gets put on the Tundra and Sequoia, but, but
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  Speaker 3: it's got everything else. So you can, but the cool
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  Speaker 3: thing about it is you can take a lower trim
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  Speaker 3: level and then add this serious off-roading, uh, stuff, new wheels, uh, suspension, uh,
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  Speaker 3: all kinds of stuff to make your off-roading experience. So
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  Speaker 3: I think that'll be popular for some of our customers
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  Speaker 3: because a lot of people use their Toyotas and adventure, uh,
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  Speaker 3: fun stuff or work some ranchers and things like that
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  Speaker 3: appreciate that stuff as well we saw this is probably
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  Speaker 3: what I'm not supposed to talk about but things like
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  Speaker 3: Toyota side by side that was built off a Tacoma
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  Speaker 3: TRD Pro engine and suspension 26 inch clearance so it
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  Speaker 3: sits way up high and has these massive shocks and
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  Speaker 3: full four-seater type thing. We saw what they call a
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  Speaker 3: key truck. So key vehicles in Japan are these tiny
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  Speaker 3: little vehicles, a class of car. It's a certain displacement
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  Speaker 3: in the engine and horsepower limitations, stuff like that. But
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  Speaker 3: it's a really cool kind of vehicle because it's not
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  Speaker 3: very expensive.
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  Speaker 1: I think they're, you know, $ 10, 000, $ 15, 000 vehicles. For a
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  Speaker 1: new vehicle? For a new vehicle.
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  Speaker 3: But the truck is cool because it's very.
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  Speaker 1: Flexible in the bed.
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  Speaker 3: So you can have a flatbed, a pickup bed, a
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  Speaker 3: dump bed, a camper shell, you know, all kinds of things.
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  Speaker 3: And it's, you know, it's not... it'll probably just be
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  Speaker 3: an you know out in the country kind of vehicle
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  Speaker 3: rather than on the roads and highways but it's great
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  Speaker 3: for for ranchers and people that are you know have
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  Speaker 3: land and and want to get out there and do
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  Speaker 3: stuff and you know build fences uh you know do
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  Speaker 3: that kind of work you don't you know just not
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  Speaker 3: you know of course.
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  Speaker 1: Your truck can do it too you pick up but but.
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  Speaker 3: The This will give you another alternative, a less expensive vehicle,
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  Speaker 3: more easy to replace, and.
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  Speaker 1: Just doesn't cost. You know, pickup trucks can.
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  Speaker 3: Start in the $ 40 to $ 60 and more, $ 1, 000 now.
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  Speaker 3: So if you can get one for well under $ 20,
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  Speaker 3: that would be a big difference.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: You know, lots of other cool stuff coming, continued evolution of.
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  Speaker 1: The Toyota brand.
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  Speaker 3: And how they envision things and commitment to dealers. You know,
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  Speaker 3: that's the neat thing. Great entertainment, too. We saw Lenny
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  Speaker 3: Kravitz the first night.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, wow.
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  Speaker 3: And Jim Gaffigan was the host of the thing.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, my. Isn't that cool?
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  Speaker 4: That would be very cool.
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  Speaker 1: You got paid to see these guys? This is great.
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  Speaker 1: Where do we sign up, man? Well, front row, too. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: my gosh.
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  Speaker 3: Got seats in the front row. And so we said, okay,
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  Speaker 3: here he comes. Kim was very strategic in this.
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  Speaker 1: Smart lady. We rush up to.
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  Speaker 3: The stage so we can see what's going on. Lenny
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  Speaker 3: was quite entertaining.
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  Speaker 1: I bet. He was quite a rocker. That's awesome.
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  Speaker 3: The next day they had the business meeting where they
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  Speaker 3: go into even more detail on production and flow. Lots
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  Speaker 3: of talk on the dealer's side. is availability. We still
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  Speaker 3: can't build enough Toyotas to meet demand. It's better than
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  Speaker 3: having too many, but it's a problem. We're growing it
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  Speaker 3: done just as fast as I think it's possible, to
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  Speaker 3: be honest. We've been up as high as 30 or
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  Speaker 3: 40 percent, 25 at the lowest this year over last year,
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  Speaker 3: and The only thing that's limiting us is the inventory,
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  Speaker 3: being able to earn more cars. The truth is everybody's
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  Speaker 3: kind of, it's a per capita thing where the larger
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  Speaker 3: dealers are still turning just as fast as we are virtually.
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  Speaker 3: We just got to keep going. I think I'm really
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  Speaker 3: excited by the opportunity there and how fast we are growing.
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  Speaker 3: I think there's a case to be made that based
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  Speaker 3: on Besides the dealer we are, we're growing faster than anybody.
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  Speaker 1: Else in our entire region.
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  Speaker 4: In and out. In and out.
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  Speaker 3: Some dealers, if there's a facility action or ownership change,
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  Speaker 3: you get more cars and We built the building pretty recently,
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  Speaker 3: so I'm not going to build a new one just
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  Speaker 3: to get more cars.
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  Speaker 1: We've got this great.
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  Speaker 3: Business model going where we focus on customers and try
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  Speaker 3: to sell the car the way you want to buy it.
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  Speaker 3: Straightforward pricing. non-commissioned sales team, less pressure, more focus on
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  Speaker 3: your needs, and just keeping it simple is what we
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  Speaker 3: call it. And it just keeps giving back to us.
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  Speaker 3: It's working. I hear from customers all the time. It
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  Speaker 3: was the Best purchase experience they've ever had.
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  Speaker 4: Can vouch for that.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. I can vouch for that. That is your
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  Speaker 1: Crown Signia.
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  Speaker 4: I love my Crown Signia. That was not what I intended.
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  Speaker 1: No, I know. It was a switch, wasn't it? It
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  Speaker 1: was a switch. It surprised you with that.
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  Speaker 4: But, boy, what a vehicle. I absolutely love it. They're awesome.
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  Speaker 4: I was all set for my RAV4. I had it built.
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  Speaker 4: I was ready to order it. Surprise.
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  Speaker 3: A lot of people don't know what a Crown Signia is.
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  Speaker 3: It's kind of a thing. There's fewer of those produced.
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  Speaker 3: The RAV4 is our best-selling model. I think right now
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  Speaker 3: we've been through a whole model change, so it kind
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  Speaker 3: of dipped for a bit there. But we've got 10
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  Speaker 3: or 12 in stock or on the way here right now,
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  Speaker 3: so the RAV4 is starting to get much more available
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  Speaker 3: than it was. But they're still turning so fast. All
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  Speaker 3: those that we have will either pre-sell or sell within
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  Speaker 3: a few days of getting on the lot. But the
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  Speaker 3: Crown Signia is that there's people that will remember the Avalon,
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  Speaker 3: and the Crown replaced the Avalon as kind of the
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  Speaker 3: top-tier sedan.
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  Speaker 1: In Toyota world.
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  Speaker 3: And the Signia is the small SUV version of that vehicle.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, I love it. It's wonderful. It's absolutely wonderful.
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  Speaker 2: It's comfortable, luxury, does everything you could possibly want a
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  Speaker 2: car to do and more.
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  Speaker 1: 1.8. I switched cars a few weeks ago from my Land.
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  Speaker 3: Cruiser into a 4Runner because I'm kind of trying them
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  Speaker 3: all out.
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  Speaker 1: That's not the purpose of it. We try to keep
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  Speaker 1: the vehicles turning. When we buy one, we put it in.
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  Speaker 3: I keep it in as an asset for six months,
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  Speaker 3: and that way we can. It helps build our inventory
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  Speaker 3: a little bit.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I think it helps with knowledge, too.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, definitely.
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  Speaker 4: And I had not been serving.
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  Speaker 3: A 4Runner much since the new model came out.
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  Speaker 1: And I tell you, I love it.
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  Speaker 3: It is one of the best SUVs I've ever driven.
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  Speaker 1: It's got great tech.
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  Speaker 3: Not to take anything away from Sequoia and Land Cruiser,
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  Speaker 3: but it has the latest stuff. Everything is dialed in.
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  Speaker 3: Everything continues to evolve with it. Safety stuff, the lane keeping,
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  Speaker 3: it's got some senses. When you've got traffic up ahead
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  Speaker 3: of you, it senses and kind.
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  Speaker 4: Of slows you down.
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  Speaker 1: Adjusts your speed.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't know that I like that.
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  Speaker 3: Well, it takes a minute to get used to, but
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  Speaker 3: you think about over time.
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  Speaker 4: You know, millions of miles driven.
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  Speaker 3: With thousands or millions of people driving. It's going to
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  Speaker 3: prevent accidents.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, it definitely does.
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  Speaker 3: We all don't want to give up control, but it's
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  Speaker 3: not that. You can still accelerate if you want, but
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  Speaker 3: it's not advisable in the oncoming traffic.
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  Speaker 2: It did.
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  Speaker 4: It saved me on the turnpike. I wasn't paying attention.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: It slowed me.
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  Speaker 2: Down, thankfully. Oh, wow.
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  Speaker 3: And that's what we coach our people is, you know,
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  Speaker 3: most of it can be turned off.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, you can.
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  Speaker 3: But, you know, so I always tell people, yeah, turn
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  Speaker 3: it off if it's really bothering you.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, but it's a great safety feature.
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  Speaker 1: And see if you can get used to it because
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  Speaker 1: it really is.
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  Speaker 3: Toyota's vision for that is not that the cars are
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  Speaker 3: going to drive themselves at this point, but that the
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  Speaker 3: cars can help you drive and make sure you are
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  Speaker 3: safe and not back into things, not running over something
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  Speaker 3: in ways that they just couldn't before.
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  Speaker 2: So....
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  Speaker 3: We're proud to have you on again to talk about
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  Speaker 3: Hopestone and Dad's Walk, which is coming up again.
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  Speaker 4: Our big event, Dad's Walk.
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  Speaker 1: I still know a lot of people don't know what
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  Speaker 1: that is.
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  Speaker 2: So Dad's Walk is a three-day event. It starts in Claremore, Oklahoma,
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  Speaker 2: and we finish up in Copan. And so the first
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  Speaker 2: day we walk from Claremore to Noata. Um, we'll be
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  Speaker 2: having an event that evening at trips, um, with some
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  Speaker 2: entertainment and food and things like that. The following morning
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  Speaker 2: they get up, Hope Stone will bring them breakfast courtesy
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  Speaker 2: of Price's Meat Market. Um, And then they take off
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  Speaker 2: from Nowada and we walk to Bartlesville. We'll stop along
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  Speaker 2: the way. Chick-fil-A is going to give us lunch and
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  Speaker 2: HTO is.
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  Speaker 4: Going to give us tea. So they're going to feed
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  Speaker 4: our walkers.
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  Speaker 2: And then we walk from our lunch spot into Bartlesville.
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  Speaker 4: The really exciting thing is this year.
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  Speaker 2: The auction, live and silent auction, will be held at Hopestone.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, great.
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  Speaker 2: So we're going to be partnering with Cooper Mill.
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  Speaker 4: We're going to close off the street.
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  Speaker 2: The city has helped us to work through that process
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  Speaker 2: of closing Dewey.
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  Speaker 4: Is it Dewey? I think it's Dewey. Between Frank Phillips
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  Speaker 4: and 2nd.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll have a nice reception there, you know, with
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  Speaker 2: Cooper Mill, and we're going to have some food trucks,
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  Speaker 2: the Jane Phillips Medical Center, and.
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  Speaker 4: My husband, you know, I always reel him in. He's
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  Speaker 4: a hard worker.
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  Speaker 2: And the Heidorns are going to be pulling together that event. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: the hospital has been fantastic with helping us to make
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  Speaker 2: sure that we can do this event.
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  Speaker 4: Financially.
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  Speaker 2: And so big, the auction items are just amazing.
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  Speaker 4: Amazing.
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  Speaker 1: I know they were last year.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Guy Fieri's, silent auction downstairs. And then.
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  Speaker 1: Which is a great facility.
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  Speaker 4: It is. And that was actually Dwayne's idea.
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  Speaker 2: He said, you know, hey, let's get people actually into
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  Speaker 2: Hopestone and So they can actually see it.
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  Speaker 4: You know, we tell them.
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  Speaker 2: About, oh, yes, they have wigs and all the supplies
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  Speaker 2: you need. They provide nutritional and food and drinks and
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  Speaker 2: all that kind of stuff. They have exercise classes. They
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  Speaker 2: have support group. They have meal program. You know, they
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: give gas cards. They help with airlines. They help hotel stays.
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  Speaker 4: So we do all these things. But he said, let's
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  Speaker 4: get people actually in there.
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  Speaker 2: So that they can experience the facility and actually see it.
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  Speaker 4: Because it's a totally different thing to hear about it
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  Speaker 4: than when you walk in the door.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we had the CEO at the hospital. He
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: came down with his team, and he'd never been there.
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  Speaker 2: They had never been there, and they couldn't believe it.
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  Speaker 1: What is it? I mean, you talked about all the
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  Speaker 1: things you do.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: Hope Stone is a cancer support center.
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  Speaker 1: But in every way you can imagine, I think is
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  Speaker 1: the right way to say that.
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  Speaker 3: If you can think of something that you don't do,
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  Speaker 3: you'll probably figure out.
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  Speaker 4: How to do it. We'll figure out how to do it.
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  Speaker 2: We have people we go and ask for help, you know,
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  Speaker 2: or the community's been fantastic.
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  Speaker 4: You know, Dank's Barbecue's helping us out this year.
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  Speaker 2: Bartlesville Health and Rehab, Bambino's, Painted Horse. um, Chick, obviously Chick-fil-A, HTO,
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: you know, they all just, uh, the eatery is going
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: to give us some sweets.
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  Speaker 4: Just, we didn't have anyone say, we can't help you.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: It's a community.
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  Speaker 4: So it's, it's just, and that's the, the beauty of it.
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  Speaker 3: As we have, uh, supported Hopestone now for a few years,
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  Speaker 3: and you guys have been the selection in our anniversary charity, uh,
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  Speaker 3: thing yep three times i think.
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  Speaker 4: Uh three yeah three or four yes.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah and yeah that just i mean that's one of
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  Speaker 3: the things is that cancer affects so many people in
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  Speaker 3: our community in our lives i think everybody you ask
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  Speaker 3: the whole audience out there everybody raise your hand if
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  Speaker 3: you're a family or somebody who knows and been impacted
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  Speaker 3: by cancer and virtually everybody raises their hand they do
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  Speaker 3: But you don't, it's not something you broadcast, of course.
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  Speaker 1: Right, right. And then when you need it, you.
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  Speaker 3: Know, you're in the middle of something, you know, that
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  Speaker 3: you need to focus on. And you guys are there
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  Speaker 3: to help them with that. But so many people are,
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  Speaker 3: you know, you've helped so many.
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  Speaker 4: People through the years now.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, is there a way to.
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  Speaker 4: Thank God.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Thank God.
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  Speaker 2: You know, and it is, it's all, so we don't
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  Speaker 2: get any government funding and we aren't part of.
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  Speaker 4: United Way or anything like that.
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  Speaker 2: The concept of Hope Stone is strictly people helping people.
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  Speaker 4: And that's the beauty of it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, all the donations, we're a volunteer organization. All
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  Speaker 2: the donations go right back into the programs and So
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  Speaker 2: that we're able to, you know, if we have somebody
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  Speaker 2: who comes in and they're like, there's nothing left for
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: me here. They run out of options, treatment options. You know,
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: my doctor says I need to go to MD Anderson.
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: They might have something or Mayo Clinic. Okay, let's make
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: a reservation. Let's make a plane reservation. Let's get you
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: booked into a hotel and let's get you there and
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: see what.
• 20:34
  Speaker 4: The doctor says. You know?
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: And that's all through people. That's all through people's donations.
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: You know, we're just a pass-through.
• 20:47
  Speaker 4: We don't do it. I just make the reservation. I
• 20:51
  Speaker 4: just cook the meals.
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: I just make sure that they're on the prescription program.
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: You know, the MedCare pharmacy takes care of all of that.
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: So it truly.
• 21:04
  Speaker 4: Is a people helping people program. organization, which I think
• 21:09
  Speaker 4: is so unique.
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: And it's Bartlesville's own.
• 21:13
  Speaker 4: Yeah, it is. It's unique to Bartlesville. It is.
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: We have an endowment through the Community Foundation. So....
• 21:23
  Speaker 4: Which I feel great about because that.
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: Helps to just make sure that it's going to continue
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: into the future.
• 21:30
  Speaker 4: It is so important.
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: In the nonprofit world.
• 21:32
  Speaker 4: Cancer's not going anywhere, unfortunately.
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: And it gives you that confidence to keep going.
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 21:39
  Speaker 3: And not have to be desperate in fundraising and all that,
• 21:42
  Speaker 3: which is so important.
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: You have to have confidence.
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: We do have to do the fundraising, and Dad's Walk
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: is our biggest fundraiser.
• 21:49
  Speaker 4: And so getting back to that.
• 21:51
  Speaker 3: Yeah, because we left off when you guys were in
• 21:53
  Speaker 3: Bartlesville having an auction. Yes.
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: What happens next?
• 21:56
  Speaker 4: Having an auction and fun.
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: And then on Saturday morning, we get up and a
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: Passed Independence crew will come in and serve breakfast at
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: Hopestone to our walkers. And they will walk from Bartlesville
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: up to Copan. And so then there's a big barbecue
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: music event at Hope Stone or at Copan Garage.
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: Which in itself is such a unique organization.
• 22:30
  Speaker 4: A unique experience.
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: It's not just a garage.
• 22:32
  Speaker 4: No, it is not a garage.
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: Do they fix cars?
• 22:35
  Speaker 4: No, not really. No, that's not what they do there.
• 22:38
  Speaker 4: Although they'll pull you out of a ditch.
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: But a huge music event. Fantastic entertainment they have. bands
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: coming in from all over the country to.
• 22:50
  Speaker 4: Entertain. They've been coming for years.
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: You know, and all the hotels in the area have
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: helped us out. You know, the Holiday Inn Express, the
• 23:00
  Speaker 2: Homeplace Suites, the Fairfield.
• 23:03
  Speaker 4: Inn, the Hilton.
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: You know, they've all helped us out to make sure
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: we can get good accommodations for these people.
• 23:10
  Speaker 4: So it's just so cool because it's just the whole community.
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 23:14
  Speaker 4: Coming together to do this. That's wonderful. You know, so
• 23:19
  Speaker 4: we're really excited. We're so, so grateful.
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: And the date, when is it?
• 23:26
  Speaker 4: It is, so it starts October 15th.
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: Our event here in Bartlesville is on the 16th.
• 23:32
  Speaker 4: And then up in Copan on the 17th.
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: Awesome.
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: And he usually has some kind of a service on
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: Sunday morning for the people that camp.
• 23:41
  Speaker 4: And people come from all over, honestly, the world. You know,
• 23:45
  Speaker 4: we have Australia, Ireland, England.
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: Do you get any tickets? How do you get in?
• 23:49
  Speaker 4: So you go on to CobrianGarage.com. We ask that you
• 23:53
  Speaker 4: go on.
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: If you're going to walk any part of the walk
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: with us, you need to sign a release form. That's
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: on Copian Garage that you register that you're going to
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: come to the auction. So we know about how many
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: people to expect, food, drinks, that kind of stuff. And
• 24:10
  Speaker 2: then your ticket to the barbecue, you buy a ticket
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: to the barbecue, and that includes your music experience as well.
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: So it's all on the copiangarage.com. There's a link on
• 24:29
  Speaker 2: Hope Stone's page. There's a link on Paths to Independence page. So, yeah,
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: it's just I'm really excited this year, and hopefully it's
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: not going to rain on us.
• 24:41
  Speaker 4: It's rained for the last two years, but we have
• 24:44
  Speaker 4: a lot of people here.
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: You know, just praying it doesn't rain on us this year.
• 24:49
  Speaker 4: But if it does, it does. The show goes on.
• 24:52
  Speaker 4: It does go on.
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: The show goes on, and we figure it out along
• 24:57
  Speaker 2: the way. Dwayne is fantastic at shooting from the hip,
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: and that's my favorite thing, too. Me and plans don't
• 25:04
  Speaker 2: always work out, but we just do.
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: Whatever we have to do. Make a plan, but then
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: you learn to adjust.
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: So they can go on to www.hoopstonecancer.org.
• 25:17
  Speaker 4: And see what's going on.
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: Our Facebook page, Copain Garage Facebook page, Past Independence, I'm
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: sure they have it on their page as well. But
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: it's just a huge, wonderful event. There's some posters up.
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: There's QR codes. People can choose which organization they want
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: their donation to go to by just.
• 25:39
  Speaker 4: Scanning the barcode or both.
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: They can do, you know, part to both. That way
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: everything just goes directly to the organization. We don't have
• 25:49
  Speaker 2: to worry about cash and checks, things like that. But,
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: of course, people, you know, we're happy to take your
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: money and put it to good use. But, yeah.
• 26:03
  Speaker 4: It's just really cool.
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: We're super excited.
• 26:05
  Speaker 3: What a great event.
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: And we're excited to help you promote it.
• 26:10
  Speaker 3: And hope everybody out there, if you don't have anything
• 26:13
  Speaker 3: going on those days, come get some great barbecue. That
• 26:19
  Speaker 3: event on Saturday is.
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: Going to be really amazing.
• 26:23
  Speaker 4: Friday, we raise a lot of money. We raise a
• 26:25
  Speaker 4: lot of money.
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: That's the big moneymaker. Uh-huh.
• 26:29
  Speaker 3: There's kind of a lot of room for folks out
• 26:31
  Speaker 3: there and go to the website, get more details on
• 26:35
  Speaker 3: times and, and, and sign up to the various programs
• 26:40
  Speaker 3: you want.
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: To participate in.
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 26:42
  Speaker 4: So it's great. We're excited.
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: And we appreciate everything you do.
• 26:47
  Speaker 4: Thank you.
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: Thank you for coming to help us make a good
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: radio show again.
• 26:51
  Speaker 4: And, Thank you for your donation. Appreciate that. You're always
• 26:55
  Speaker 4: there to support us, and we really do appreciate it.
• 26:57
  Speaker 3: We love to support great things in Bartlesville. That's kind
• 27:01
  Speaker 3: of our calling, I think. We do it out of
• 27:05
  Speaker 3: our hearts because you do a great job.
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: Where can we find you every day, Brad? Well, at 19.
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know.