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This episode is brought to you by peloton. The new cross training series balances your workouts with 15 plus workout types for endless movements on and off your equipment. Stay motivated with weekly personalized plans that guide you from beginner to expert and push past your goals with routines tailored to you. Get the new cross training series term supply. I think we have a new mix on the earphones and why don't you play a little bit so we can evaluate it. Broadcasting live from the Wolf radio studios, it's time for the John Clay Wolf show. Hit him up now. 800800 radio or log on to GoWolf.com now. John Clay Wolf. I'm still wondering what happened to that boat. If anybody was less than an hour ago and has a theory on how the boat got out of the slip and got halfway sunk with a stiletto heel hanging off the windsh him.
B
Somebody's out partying man. In your boat, dude, is all that happens just a joy ride.
A
But then why did it get left? Was it.
B
I mean was it left just in open water?
A
No, it was tied up at some weird dock on the other side of the lake.
B
Well, they couldn't take it back where they got it. Maybe they forgot or they were just too drunk or, you know, somebody might have died that night.
A
Dude, I think it was low on gas. So maybe they ran it out.
B
Could be. I mean if it's just sitting there taking on water, you know.
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Mark. Good morning. You're on the air.
C
Good morning.
A
Did you hear the boat story earlier?
C
Nope.
A
Then you're not gonna be any help.
B
On a theory help at all, Mark.
C
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sounded like Natalie Wood. Kid must have been Natalie.
A
Did you get that, Bob? Yeah, you know, I. I get it. 09 BMW 328. Let's get down to brass tax. Mark, is it?
C
Yeah, it's got the extra exploding exploding airbag recall vehicle.
A
And what that means is the airbag explodes too hard. So they put a number one shotgun shell in it instead of a number six Dove and quail load and it blows up on face too. It really is a shotgun shell in there. Seriously. Without obviously pellets. Does it have two doors or four doors?
C
It's a two convertible hard top convertible. The custom wheels nav system kind of the black saddle, brown leather. Beautiful car. Now my kid might get killed in it so my wife's making me get rid of it.
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Is it a 328 convertible or a 335 convertible?
C
28.
A
Okay. How many miles?
C
76,000. What color beautiful Black with brown saddle looking interior.
A
Okay. Sounds like a nice car. Do you know if it has a clean.
C
Oh, it is great. It's great. Except it might kill somebody. Other than that, it's good.
A
Does it have a clean carfax?
C
Yep.
A
All right, well, the airbag recall has screwed everything up. Sounds like you're pretty familiar with it. I mean, the BMW dealers cannot sell them. They're stacking them up in. In warehouses. It's crazy.
C
I think it's worth 250 of them sitting in a back lot. And they'll give me a quote, enterprise rent car. But they want to make me store this other car for who knows how long while they figure out how to fly an airbag.
A
What if I write you a check for 12 grand for it? Does that make sense?
C
No. The Beamer dealer said they'd give me 13 or 15 if I bought a new car from them. Now they just do that, these assholes. So I don't know what to do.
A
Can't say that on the air, by the way. But that's okay. All right. We dumped it out. Well, so they're over allowing on trade in, and that happens a lot. Do you know what you'll take for it?
C
Probably I'll take a lawsuit just short of thing, and I may just do a loss abuse claim, rent a vehicle, and just add that to the bill. I'm just kinda pissed.
A
If I come up to 13 grand, do I buy it?
C
Well, they've already offered 13 at the.
A
Dealer on trade, so. But are you wanting to sell?
C
No, no, no, no. They offer. They offer 13 straight out by at 15 if I trade.
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Do this. Okay, go to givemetheven.com, push the VIN number in. I'll give more. I want to see it. I want to check the carfax on it.
C
All right, you want me to just bring it by your Woodlands office and let them look.
A
Nope. That I do it all online. I'm. We're separate now.
C
Okay. I didn't know that.
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Yeah, homeboy went on his own last March. GiveMeTheEven.com is me. It's all me. So we come to y'. All. So you go to givemetheven.com, push your information in, we do the deal, and then we come to your house or office, wherever you tell us to come with a check, and we pick it up. So go there, push the VIN number, push a couple of pics, and let me make a decision. I'll make it. If I like what I'm seeing, I'll make an offer past 13. That's just a straight buy, no trade. 8008-0072-3480-0800 radio. Chapman, good morning. You're on the air.
C
Good morning. Mercedes S550 okay with. With about 54 and a half, but I'm gonna have to drive it about 500 miles before it gets here. Okay, so about 55.
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Where is it?
C
White 2011. It's in Mississippi. My father passed away and he's.
A
You know, I have trucks in Mississippi. Where in Mississippi?
C
Corinth, Mississippi.
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What's it near to? What. What major city is it close to?
C
Tupelo.
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Tupelo. So you're down by Alabama on that one. Okay.
C
Yeah, it's real close.
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Go to givemetheven.com and push all the info. And I'm thinking we've got 55,000 miles on it. One, we pick it up in Mississippi. And you don't have to make the trip unless you're going anyway.
C
Okay.
A
Are you going anyway?
C
Well, maybe, but I mean, this. He passed away a month or two ago, so it's like, you know, what color is it? I don't. It's white.
A
You don't know if it's got a sport package, do you?
C
I'm not sure.
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Do you have photos of the car anywhere?
C
Yeah, I can get them.
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Okay. When you go to givemethevin.com, push a couple of pictures because the sport package is worth like 2,500 more dollars.
C
And what's the sport package?
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Oh, it's got AMG wheels. It's got some. Some fairings. Like, it's hard to describe, call them spoilers that are really very light. But it. But it's really nice looking. It doesn't look geeked at. It's just a little bit cooler is what it is. It's $2,500. Cooler is really the bottom line.
C
I got you. I got you.
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It sounds like a 30 grand rig.
C
Okay.
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And I'll buy it. All right. I buy them all the time. So go to givemethevend.com. just, you know, have somebody text you a couple of pictures and then save them in your phone. And when you go to our website, you can just add photo and go to that camera roll and add that picture and then do photo one and photo two, and then I'll have the VIN number already. Yes.
C
Okay.
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All right.
C
All right.
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Thanks, chef.
C
Thank you.
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8008-0072-3480-0800, 7234. 800, 800 radio. Now, those are the kind of cars I'M talking about that 99 prowler this morning. I like that rig too. Bob's, your mic on? No.
B
No.
A
There you are. So Debbie's gone. She had to go to Edge Fest. Yeah. Are you in love?
B
Oh, she's nice.
A
Are you in love? A little bit.
B
Well, listen, I mean I don't want to belittle Debbie or anything.
A
That wouldn't be belittling anyone.
B
I think I. I just. I just want to say with you guys, you're my friends. We're really close. I think there was a definite chemistry there.
A
Oh boy, here he goes. He always thinks in studio likes him.
B
No, you know what I mean. I mean I'm not making a big deal or anything. I'm not going to do anything.
A
Just the way. Not going to re her. You saw a few winks, but.
B
Yeah, well, I mean I can see what's going. I know what's going on.
A
You know, everybody. It's like Everybody Loves Raymond, right?
B
And I don't.
A
Everybody loves Bernie.
B
I don't try. But I mean I come in, you know, it's just the hair, the hat, you know, just got it going on sometimes, you know, it's timing more than anything else.
A
I'm sorry. I've been hearing this crap for eight years out of his mouth. It's always the same thing.
B
I just got a way of placing those pheromones in the room.
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He just any believe the key to it is believe it. Because he'll ask hey, next week did. Did Debbie ask about me? Like. No, she didn't ask about you. Babo. 800-800-Radio calling. We'll bid your car if you don't believe us. You haven't been listening. We'll buy them all the time. We're buying this guy's car in Mississippi. We have transports all over the region. Wichita Falls, Amarillo, Oklahoma. West Texas, Abilene, Wichita Falls. We have a drop center, Wichita Falls. Big Tex Trailers. Mike Jalava's over there and you can take it straight to Big Tex Trailers in Wichita Falls. Just drop it off and we will overnight the check to Big Tech's trailers and they will cut you deal on a trailer too. If you're interested, see Mike Jalava at Big Tex Trailers. 800-800-7234 is the call in number. GiveMeTheVin.com is the website and Paul Harvey has some news. It's about time for news with old Paul, isn't it? Oh yeah, Mr. Paul. Where's he at? You got to get him out. You Got to wake him up. Paul, you dead drunk bastard.
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Come up to the microphone for my theme music. Always given the same type of opening. Thank you, maestro, if you will.
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What do you have for us today, Paul?
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Tesla Motors.
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Oh, yeah.
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Has been crowing about the nearly 400,000 reservations it has received for its electric Model 3 sedan. Nissan has now turned those reservations into fodder for their own advertising for the electric Nissan Leaf. No one should have reservations about getting an electric car. Today trumpets a Nissan ad that appears around the country reminding consumers that Nissan has been mass producing the leaf since 2010 and that they have no plans of letting some upstart new company come into their established marketplace and suck any harder than Nissan's all electric Leaf already does. Page three. James Bond can rightfully be associated with indulgence, but his car of choice may soon take on a more ecologic bent by way of electric motor and some batteries. So says Andy Palmer, who is predicting an electric vehicle in Bond's future. Palmer, of course, is CEO of Aston Martin. As he said in a recent interview, mass adoption of electrified vehicles is, quote, almost as inevitable as death and taxes, and that will extend to James Bond as well. Despite the obvious anachronisms that MI6 agents pay no taxes. And Bond has proven time and again to be quite death proof, making Palmer's assertion precisely as logical as tits on a frog. Paul and a Nebraska Trooper on Thursday pulled over an odd looking sports car, one that could have given him a splinter if he wasn't careful. State police say the owner built the custom car out of wood and stuck it on the frame of a 1985 pocket Pontiac Fiero. The eco friendly car itself is legal in Nebraska, but Trooper Bill Price said he stopped the driver because it did not have a front license plate and because the vehicle itself was shaped like a giant wooden schlong. Like a huge schlong.
A
It's full.
B
NBA sized. Paul Harvey. Good day.
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Good day. Thanks, Paul. We always love it, Chris. 05 explorer with a hundred. Is it leather? Cloth. Hello? Hello, Chris. Is it a. Is your Explorer? You're on the air. Is it your Explorer, leather or cloth?
C
Is it alone or what?
A
Is it leather or is it cloth or wood?
C
It's leather. Leather.
A
Okay. Is it a two door or a four door?
C
Four door.
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Is it average rough or clean?
C
Clean.
A
Is it an XLT or a limited xlt? If it's clean and it's got a hundred thousand even on the miles, Right.
C
I just went over 100,000 about two hours ago.
A
I'm a $2,500 check rider, maybe three.
C
How much is that?
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2500 to three grand. Okay, then go to givemetheven.com. load it up. Say, Wolf, hit me at $2,500 to 3,000 on the radio. Here's the VIN, here's the pictures. Let's do business. Dimitri, good morning. You're on the air.
C
Hey, I got a question.
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Okay.
C
I had a 2014 Toyota Corolla sports float away on me last week during the flood.
A
You got insurance?
C
Had insurance. Insurance didn't total it. They're gonna fix it.
A
Nope. Tell them. Tell them you don't want to do that. No.
C
Yeah, they had already did it. They said they had to do it. They put the brand new motor. They basically just took this, took everything out with the shell and just put all new stuff into it.
A
You gotta.
C
So now. Do I just.
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Okay. They haven't done that yet. If it just floated away last week, that's a lot of work. So you need to stop them. Here's what you need. Do you need to stop them? Unless you've already agreed to it. If you agree to. You agree to it. But say, I don't want a flood car. Because when you call me in two years and you go to sell this car, I'm gonna hit it at, you know, 12 grand or whatever. And then when we find out it's a flood car, we will. Because the vehicle history reports and the title work will show flood car, and then we're gonna cut it back to four grand.
C
Huh. Okay.
A
So it's a major diminished value situation. You need to argue with them. You don't want it. If it floated away, then it's a flood car and they own it. You don't need it. Get a new one.
C
All right.
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800. 800 radio. My name is John Clay Wolf. Up by cars near. We'll be right back. Now back to the John Clay Wolf show. Hit him up right now. 1, 800, 800 radio. This is the John Clay Wolf show. We've got some communication back from our Facebook prank.
B
Oh, yeah.
A
He is really not wearing this. Well, you want to reset. I thought that he would have a sense of humor. He does have a sense of humor. He does, yes.
B
So this is how good of a friend? I mean, this is a former employee.
A
Yeah, but I mean, I. He's a friend or I thought maybe he was. Maybe we overstepped the bounds. You just had. A former employee left his Facebook open on the laptop that we were using. So we changed the setting status a little bit. And let him come out as a homosexual because of Prince is why he's coming out now, right? I mean, it was such a bad gig that it was so obvious it was a joke.
B
And he's also an obvious case of hero worship. I mean, now it's never gonna happen for him. Now the Prince is gone. That was like his, you know, his perfect male.
A
I mean, so if we did that to you, Bobbo, how would you react? You know what?
B
I gotta be honest. I'd probably be pretty weird about it.
A
Would you?
B
Yeah. Well, you know me, dude. Like sometimes it's. It's.
A
Why did we do it?
B
Well, you made me do it. I'm on the clock. That was a work done. There was a work made for hire. It's. But I get over it though. But you used to do stuff to me like that all the time.
A
You would get angry. Would you get angry or get even?
B
Initially, I got that little man syndrome. I'm kind of inconsecure sometimes.
A
You know, if it was typed that way, I mean, where it's blatantly obvious and they're your friends on there reference.
B
Prince's death and it's obviously a joke. I know, I know. I might have been funny about it. I'm just. You axed me anyway.
A
All right. What about you, Turley? If it was like that now, I would laugh because my friends would all understand it. I mean, it's. It's obvious.
B
How fast would you take it off your Facebook?
A
You know what? I think I'd let it build because I'd like to see the comments on it first. Just. You wouldn't.
B
No, I'd have it off there right.
A
Away because that's when the people start having real fun with it is they start commenting on it and then you kind of go in there like, look. Alright. James, are you there?
C
Yes, sir.
A
Have you been listening all morning or you just. Or did you just tune in?
C
Tuned in about 10 minutes ago.
A
Okay, so you missed what we're talking about. We changed our buddy's Facebook status to as he's coming out as a gay man and he's really mad about it.
C
Oh, man. Congratulations to him.
A
I mean, how would you. If your friends got ahold of your. Of your phone and you had your Facebook open and they did that to you, would you laugh or would you get mad?
C
I'd laugh and get even.
A
Okay, there you go.
B
That's actually perfect.
A
That's perfect. Okay, well, that's. That, that. That's the reaction I expected. I didn't expect him to be so upset. Oh, now I feel bad. All right.
B
And he was upset. I mean, he cussed you out. He sent you a custom text.
A
Yeah, he did. F you, John. That's not funny.
B
What's not funny about it?
A
It was pretty funny. I mean, you know, but. Okay. 2000 Suburban. Says the first year of the new body style, right?
C
2007.
A
Okay. She put 2000. I was like, how the hell you get 70,000 miles on a 2001? Okay, does it have leather roof or nav? Leather.
C
And no, no roof, no nav. LT2 package captain's chairs in the back.
A
Okay. Two wheel drive or four?
C
Two.
A
What color days? Okay, it's 07, so it's 10 year old rig. 70,000 miles. Miles are nice. 12 grand.
C
Okay.
A
Does that sound right? That's what's coming to me on the top of my head. I buy and sell a lot of these. I mean, we normally give nine grand for the hundred thousand mile ones I'm adding back, you know, bumping it up for the. You've got good miles. I mean, it doesn't have 30 on it, but it's got 70. I want to buy it. Does that buy it?
C
I think so. You know? I think so.
A
Where do you live?
C
Yeah, Memorial.
A
Okay. We can come pick it up at your work, office, home, wherever you want us to pick it up. And we'll probably get it Tuesday. So the next step is to go to givemetheven.com, lay the VIN number in, push a couple of pics, say I sold this to John for 12,000 on the radio. What's next? And then my guy will contact you and start lining up the logistics. Do you have a clean title or is there a payoff?
C
No, clean title. I don't have the actual title document, but I've got the lien release. Okay, so you guys are gonna have to apply for it cost or whatever.
A
We typically charge 150 for that, but if the pics are real pretty, I'll just absorb it. Okay, so we'll go get the title, and then we can pay you if we have good documentation, a good lien release, and we can pay on it when we know we're safe. We'll just. We'll pay for it without the title.
C
Hit me with the web address again.
A
Give. So you know what the VIN number is, right? That 17 digit VIN number. So the name of our website. Simple. Give me the VIN.
C
Okay.
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Givemetheven.com. and our slogan is it's so easy. Our slogan is so easy. You can do it in your underwear. And after you do it, you'll realize it's that easy. It's stupid easy.
C
I'm about to take my shorts off.
A
Do it. Do it.
B
So easy, you can do.
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It in your underwear. 800. 800 radio. We have five minutes left, so you better call in now. Amarillo, Wichita Falls. We hadn't heard enough from you. Abilene diesel trucks. We buy them left and right, right and left. Rolls Royces to Dodge Cummins. We buy expensive cars, too. Speaking of, I didn't tell you all the story about this Ferrari. We were on top of this week. Craziest deal ever. So this guy that's a buyer of mine in la, this fellow pulls into the Roll store and says, hey, I bought this from y' all in 2011 for 250 grand. I'm getting a divorce. I need to sell it. What do you give me for it? They give him 190. So my buyer's in there the next morning and said, hey, we want to buy this car. How much is it? They said, well, I mean, it's pretty nice and this and that. It's 220. Wow. They call me. I'm like, yeah, buy it. And then so we're buying it, and they say, oh, my God. A salesman called a retail customer on it, and they priced it for 250. And he's coming, so we gotta wait for him to see if he wants it.
B
Wow.
A
How much is it? I thought we already bought it for 220. Well, you know, how much is it now? What can we give for it now? This car is a collector car. They didn't realize what they had. It's worth a fortune. It's 260. Okay, we'll buy it for 260. All right. So the guy had to bring his title in, and between that time, another salesman called another guy, and now it's 300.
B
Unbelievable.
A
So my guy's standing there at the Roll store on the showroom, next to the car. We got a customer coming in, wanting it for 300. How much is the car? I bought it twice now. Well, obviously, it's worth more. Y' all wouldn't be buying it? Well, it is. How much is it? 300.
B
Wow.
A
If we give you. If we wire you 300 right now. We bought the car. Yes, we buy the car. The guy runs in there and offers 350. Good.
B
Unbelievable.
A
Said, sorry. So. And then I told the guy, put it in the garage. Keep quiet. Don't talk about it. We've got a collector that Wants this car to go in his collection. And he goes by this other store that handles Highline cars. Showing the damn car off. And of course, that guy's all over it.
B
Wow.
A
So now he calls and he's like, I've got this thing laid down for 400.
B
Unbelievable. So you're 210 on the gross already.
A
Sorry. I'm sorry. We gave three and a quarter for it. Yeah, we get 325. We didn't get 300. We get three and a quarter.
B
135 on the gross.
A
No, we give 325 and he's got it laid down for 190. I thought for 400. Yeah, it started at 190. Step one. This is the craziest car deal I've ever seen in my entire career. We buy a lot of cars from the other guy, so we have to sell it to him. He's like, I got it laid down for 400. Your guy said what? He gave. I want to make 25. So we sold it to him for 375.
B
Okay.
A
I mean, it made great money, but my God, what if we would have got it for 220? It would have been. This was the biggest car deal I've ever seen in my career. Yeah, but it was that one in a gazillion gazillion gazillion Ferrari that had the right numbers, that went the right way. And I'm lucky that I had another guy that. I mean, I know him, but I don't know him like he does and he would. There were a bunch of partners on this, I can tell you that. Money split up a lot. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Four ways.
B
You're lucky you didn't let Magnum drive it to lunch.
A
That's pretty interesting. We're out, guys. 07 Dodge, Ram, Hemi with 150. We'll give five grand for is what I'm guessing. Go to give me the vin.com. i see that there. Anthony and Bob, go to givemetheven.com and anyone else, go to givemetheven dot com we will be there till 4 o' clock today. Emailing offer letters to you. We want to buy cars. We're not an appraisal service. We're ready to do business. And that's what we do. We buy them. Givemetheven.com we'll see a little bit.
C
Ladies, gentlemen, that raps this will show up. Y' all move right over. Buy you some Bibles or go back down the lane and buy you whatever you want.
Date: February 12, 2026
Host: John Clay Wolfe
This episode of The John Clay Wolfe Show, powered by GiveMeTheVIN.com, continues its signature blend of automotive talk, candid listener calls, humor, irreverent banter, and pop culture sidebars. Hour 3 focuses heavily on real-world used car deals, oddball news snippets, and a memorable on-air prank, all delivered in the show’s unfiltered, good-natured tone.
John on Insane Airbag Recalls:
“They put a number one shotgun shell in it instead of a number six Dove and quail load and it blows up on face too. It really is a shotgun shell in there. Seriously.” ([02:00])
Paul Harvey Parody, on Nissan/Tesla:
“No one should have reservations about getting an electric car today trumpets a Nissan ad... reminding consumers that Nissan has been mass producing the Leaf since 2010... no plans of letting some upstart new company come into their established marketplace and suck any harder than Nissan’s all electric Leaf already does.” ([10:10])
Caller, on Facebook Prank:
“I’d laugh and get even.” ([17:41])
On Selling a Clean Suburban:
“We normally give nine grand for the hundred thousand mile ones, I’m adding back... bumping it up... I want to buy it. Does that buy it?” (John, [18:46])
John, on Ferrari Frenzy:
“This was the biggest car deal I’ve ever seen in my career... that one in a gazillion gazillion gazillion Ferrari that had the right numbers, that went the right way.” ([23:18])
Show’s Signature Slogan:
“It’s so easy, you can do it in your underwear. And after you do it, you’ll realize it’s that easy. It’s stupid easy.” (John, [20:10])
| Time | Segment | |----------|------------------------------------------------------| | 00:00 | Boat mystery and wild opening speculation | | 01:32 | Live call: Mark’s BMW and the recall dilemma | | 05:14 | Live call: Chapman’s inherited Mercedes | | 09:34 | Paul Harvey parody news | | 12:28 | Live call: Chris’s Explorer appraisal | | 13:35 | Flooded Corolla & insurance pitfalls | | 15:11 | Facebook prank segment and group debate | | 18:12 | Suburban value call | | 20:29 | Ferrari collector car story | | 23:16 | Show close-out and final appraisals |
Irreverent, fast-paced, and full of real-world wisdom, the show delivers laughs along with serious car-selling advice. John’s candor is balanced by the energetic banter of Bob and other crew, with callers ranging from exasperated sellers to good-sport prank victims. Segments like the Paul Harvey parody encapsulate the show’s quirky mix of information and entertainment.
Summary:
This hour underscores The John Clay Wolfe Show's unique appeal: honest, unfiltered vehicle trading advice, dealer war stories, colorful personalities, and a little bit of mischief—always pressing the line, but never crossing it with the FCC. If you love cars, enjoy sharp humor, or just want a dose of Texas-style common sense radio, this episode delivers.