Mike and the Mechanic With Milex Jenn

Hey, it's Waters from the Waters Wake Up Call.

It's always great to have Jen from My Legs Complete Auto Care in the studio talking cars, talking other things.

Because you know, I'm the car idiot and she knows what she's talking about.

So it's good to have the company and it's good to have her expertise.

So she did a couple of breaks with me this morning and here's the first one.

Hey, look at that.

It's Jen over there.

Good morning.

Hi.

How are you?

Oh, I'm good.

Happy Friday.

Happy

Friday.

Yay!

By the way, Jen over here is from Milex Complete Auto Care with two locations.

Yes, the classic location at 2010 Sylvie Avenue, Northeast, and our new location at 3108 Mount Vernon Road.

Dude, that kicks butt.

It's awesome.

So we should talk cars a little bit.

We should.

And maintenance.

So I thought we'd talk about today, it's that pesky little tire pressure monitoring system light ore.

the TPMS light.

I've never heard it as

TPMS.

So it's not toilet paper, macho.

No, no, no, no.

It's the light that lights up.

It looks like a kind of a flat tire, you know, on the car.

Well, and it really goes off a lot of times as the the temps go down.

Yes.

It's a temperature kind of a

thing.

Temperature.

Yes.

And so what that TPMS sensor does is let's the driver know that

but you have low pressure and it's giving that warning light on the dash.

And so some of the things that could be letting you know you're low.

on air.

What does that do to your tire?

Well, you don't want to run on low air because that can ruin the tire.

You don't want to run on your tire over inflated or under inflated because it all can cause excessive wear, which you don't premature wear.

But there are some people who do recommend maybe with a little less air or a little more air depending on the the roads

and the

situation.

Yeah.

But is it worth it?

to run on a little bit low air or

you know in my professional opinion no

okay

your tire pressure what how much you need in your car is actually on the side of your door your driver's side door there's a little label and there's

very small little print so make sure you have your reading glasses

some people like to ride a little bit higher than that some people like a little lower but manufacturers recommend that optimal

PSI there, okay?

And so what the system is doing is what those TPMS is do is they're letting the car know that your tire is Properly inflated or it's under inflated or I can't tell you it's over inflated It may let you know, you know that you have a small leak Your car most cars have four sensors if they're internal sensors in the tire four sensors Yeah, each tire's got one.

Oh, I guess that makes sense.

Yeah,

because I only have two sensors for the show

And they're hard at work constantly.

Like monitoring

everything.

Yeah.

So if one's out, you can just replace that one.

We can go ahead and replace it and stuff.

So you want to make sure that we're keeping those functioning.

No, we cannot take them out or not put them back in.

There is laws and regulations against that.

I hate

laws and regulations.

They're ruling

everything.

I know because they're safety, they consider it a safety feature.

So we do have to put them back in.

I know.

But like I said, it'll warn you, it can let you know that something's going on with your tires.

As the temperature drops now, your light may come on, which just means it's dropped below that recommended PSI.

And if I drove my car over

over to your place, would you just put air in

my tires?

Absolutely.

Come on over, we'll check them and we'll put air in them.

You're gonna want good tread on those tires.

Right.

You're gonna want to make sure cords aren't showing, that you have, the quick PSI and tires can help you get around in the snow better too.

Yeah, well this has been your PSI PSA for the morning.

Check it.

Check the air and your tires.

This is Jen, of course, from MyLexComplete AutoCare, and I've got a little Fright Day question for you.

Yeah.

And

a little bit here.

Jen.

Okay.

Okay, that's coming up at about 0850.

All right.

And in our second break, we're talking more about Fright Day.

Hey, look, Jen's still here.

Yeah, you let me stay a little longer.

I did.

You can hang out for as long as you want.

Jen, you got to get back to MyLexComplete.

Auto care because they need you.

I

gotta get back there soon, but I enjoy spending time with you

It's good to have you in here.

I don't feel like such a loser Anyway So Jen my legs complete auto care give us the locations again,

please 2010 Sylvia Avenue northeast and 3108 Mount Vernon Road.

I

know where those

are easy.

They're right here in our own back

backyard, local, friendly, knows what they're doing, and will always give you exactly the deal you deserve.

Absolutely, take care of you like family.

Yep, there you go.

So today is National Face Your Fears Day.

And it's Fright Day.

So.

Double whammy.

Give

me your big, do you have a biggest fear?

I do, it's falling and knocking my teeth out.

Really?

I

don't know why, but it is.

It's just a fear I have.

I'm

going to trip, and I'm going to fall, and I'm going to knock my teeth out.

So do you walk really carefully?

Do you think about this all the time while you're walking?

It's like, I better check the ground all the time so I don't see a

big wooden

stick

in my way.

I'm trying not

to, but.

Well, right, right.

But yeah, you know, I made the mistake in telling somebody I work with that now all the time when he gets kind of

Funky and jokie he'll be like point to his front teeth and be like I'm watching you and them, you know like I hope you fall and I'm like,

oh And who is this like?

He knows who he

is.

Okay.

He knows who he is

whoever you are.

You're a jerk

Yeah, don't be so mean I have a fear

of falling down and knocking my teeth

out.

I've

never heard I wonder if there is some kind of a

like a dental phobia, or I don't know what that would be.

I

don't know, and I'm not real clumsy or nothing like that.

I'm googling it now, fear of knocking your teeth out.

We'll just

put that.

See if it's a real thing.

Just see if it says anything.

I'd probably have the normal one, like snakes and that kind of

stuff.

Let's see, the fear of knocking your teeth out is a common manifestation of odontophobia, dental anxiety.

or stress, and it can be related to fear of pain, loss of control, or insecurity.

To manage the fear, you can address it with a compassionate dentist, fear of pain, fear of needles.

I'm not afraid of pain.

I have a pretty high pain

tolerance.

Oh, I love pain.

Not afraid of needles.

Pain all the time would be just fine.

Yeah, well, I'm not saying I want that, but I'm not afraid of it.

Yeah, I don't like pain a whole lot.

No.

That's weird.

Yeah, that is weird.

So there is it's a thing.

It's a thing.

I've never

heard of it, but it's a

thing.

It's a thing.

All right.

What's

yours?

What's mine?

Yeah.

Fear of having zero money all my finances wiped out nothing

That's a nothing valid fear, too.

Yeah, especially these days Yeah, I don't really have any other fears other than I can watch the scariest movie in the world in the dark I'll buy myself at midnight that kind of thing doesn't scare

me doesn't scare you

know,

but

but heights

and financial ruin now that's another thing but yeah I think of it but I'm anxious about it yeah you know I mean I don't have a good day if I'm my money isn't and I'm a DJ so I'm anxious about it every day

every day all the time yeah

trying to get another nugget you know another chicken nugget

yeah

my wallet

Because that's what they pay me with, they pay

me with trigger nuggets.

Aw.

So, no, I'm just kidding.

Now, all dozen listeners know what scares us.

Yes.

And

that, in and of itself,

is

frightening.

Yeah.

Okay.

Okay, well, it's a

great Friday.

Yeah, let's move on.

And Jan, you have a great Friday, please.

Thank

you.

I will, you too.

Thank you.

And don't fall down and knock your teeth

out.

Right.

Okay.

And I won't

spend too much money.

I would

change

myself

now.

Yeah, well, no.

Don't just get that out of your head.

Right.

All right.

Thank you, Jen, from MyLexCompleteAutoCare.

It's always an honor to have you here.

Oh, it is my pleasure.

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