HeyJaredCars on Call
Cars on call is a different kind of podcast. Steve Schutz has been reviewing cars for over 30 years. Stephan Moran is a retired trauma surgeon and motor vehicle safety expert.
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Ep168 "Take two" episode, we discuss reboot cars, some of which were great and some of which sucked (opens the original)
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Cars on Call Trauma surgeon Dr Stephan Moran has opinions about new cars connected to cars from the past, think new Volkswagen microbus 1960s edition versus Volkswagen iD Buzz.But our conversation won't be a boring rehashing of that ho-hum discussion. Instead, we get into cool renewed cars, and, of course, disaster re-dos.Nissan 400Z? Yes, well done. Toyota Supra? No, Toyota messed up. And Ford messed up with the early 2000s Thunderbird (Steve-0 has a story). Dr Moran makes the point that Renaul
Ep167:F1 update, Ford Mustang sedans, trauma surgeon safety, crazy American cars, and Porsche rising (opens the original)
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Kimi Antonelli looks to be a generational talent. Maybe.....Ford is bringing back sedans, namely Mustang sedans. Is it a good idea? We think so.Trauma surgeon safety: As ADAS transitions to self-driving, our trauma surgeon Dr Stephan Moran thinks that highway deaths will start to decline,We love old American cars and reminisce about a bunch of old crazy/awesome/weird vehicles that are gone but not forgotten.Finally, Steve-0 gets into how Porsche is implementing a come-back plan that we think wil
Ep166 Car repos are way up, trauma surgeon safety, car wk auctions go crazy, Aston Martin = mustang? (opens the original)
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Car repos are way up. The average cost of a new car in 2026 is $50k, and that plus high gas prices are the main reasons for that. We discuss repos, The deets:Repos are up 20% from 2025. 60% of new car buyers take out a loan, and 24% of buyers have a loan term of 7yrs or more. Ave monthly payment is $777 for a new vehicle.But - lenders don’t actually want to repo cars: Toyota credit loses $13,602 per repoed vehicle. And many vehicles are wrongly repoed, which is a nightmare for lenders (think dep
Ep165: VW bringing back iDBuzz, trauma surgeon: dont take doors off Jeeps, 1970s personal lux coupes (opens the original)
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Volkswagen took the good looking iDBuzz off the US market prematurely. Thankfully, they're bringing it back. We're happy!Trauma surgeon safety: our trauma surgeon Dr Stephan Moran says, "Don't take the doors off your Jeep Wrangler/Ford Bronco!" There's a reason.Steve-0 discusses the (kinda hard to understand) Personal Luxury Coupe craze of the late 1970s/early 1980s. Was it due to the sexual revolution? Maybe.Finally, Dr Moran says bring on traffic calming and other measures to make our roads sa
Ep164 YOLO so buy a cool car like three of us did recently, plus Steve-0 rant "A Porsche too far" (opens the original)
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The three of us recently, like all of us during the past six months, bought old but new-to-us cool cars and we discuss. Jeff Bank was the most recent, purchasing a manual Porsche 997.2 cabriolet on Cars and Bids, while Steve-0 traded his E92 M3 for a manual 997.2 coupe, and our trauma surgeon Dr Stephan Moran took delivery of his bespoke ERA Shelby Cobra replica. Steve-0 then rants that Porsche has produced cars that it shouldn't have--a Porsche too far--and it happened again with the Taycan. No
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