Tax Code 179, IRS Loan Interest Update 

IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO ALL CARPRO SHOW LISTENERS FROM
JERRY REYNOLDS, THE CAR PRO

Friends, we have been publishing the latest rules and eligible vehicles list for Tax Code 179 for over a decade. I encourage you to reach out to one of our Certified Car Pro Dealers at a CarPro approved dealership. They will help you figure out how to get the eligible vehicle you want.  Note:  Many automobile buyers will now be eligible to write the interest off on car loans, as a result of the “big beautiful bill” signed into law this July.  The details of the rules are at the link below along with the latest on Tax Code 179.

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Catch all five hours of the Car Pro Show! All three hours of the national show are posted Saturday afternoon. The DFW podcast is posted Tuesdays on WBAP.

  The Car Pro Has Mail!

I had an amazing experience at Sam Pack’s dealership in Carrollton.  We talked on the air a week ago and I headed straight there.  I drove over an hour and a half and I would do it again for sure.

I got a great deal on a new 2025 F150, which I love.  Trey, RJ, and everyone at 5 Star was just so nice.

THANKS SO MUCH for what you do.  I am a second-time user of the Car Pro VIP program, but I will never buy a car any other way.

Brenda C.
Waco, TX

Jerry,

Thank you, your show provides the opportunity to deal directly with the dealership sales management on a high level, professional basis. Sewell Cadillac Grapevine was quick to get back to me within 2 hours after receiving the initial CarPro contact through your website. The dealership recognizes the value of their relationship with you and your show and it further enhances their excellent customer service orientation.  Not sure how you did it, but you really did find an easier way to buy a car.

John W.
Granbury

I wanted to thank you for directing me to Max Stamer at Sewell BMW of Plano. He made the car buying experience the best car purchase I've ever made over the last 40 years. If there is a way to provide Max and/or Sewell BMW of Plano a tip of the hat - he has earned that.

David W.
Lantana

I just have to say that the Car Pro song was absolutely beautiful.  I have listened to it many times and shared it with a lot of my friends and family.  Everyone agrees it is well done and very professional. You and Todd may have a sideline here!

Keep up the great work and thank you for always bringing something new and different to the airwaves.  I never miss a show!

Paul M.
Dallas

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 Searching for a New or Used Vehicle?

If you are searching for a particular new or used vehicle, we can help you!  The best news is, if you use CarPro to search, when you find the car of your dreams it will be at a CarPro approved dealership.

Best of all, it’s simple to use.  Choose new, used, or certified.  You can select the make and model, or find a price range you are looking at.  Choose the number of miles you are willing to travel and enter your zip code.

From there, you can look through all your matches, knowing you are shopping at a dealership I have handpicked that adheres to the high standards I require.

Start your search on the front page of CarPro.com. If you don't find the car of your dreams, check back regularly.

  You Have 5 Hours To Call The Show!

You have 5 hours to call the show!  From 9AM- 2PM Central, 7AM-Noon Pacific, and 10AM to 3PM Eastern, the phone numbers are:

• DFW Show: 9 AM to 11 AM Central, 
  • 1 (800) 288-9227
• National Show: 11 AM to 2 PM Central,
  • 1 (800) 926-7777 

Add the numbers to your cell phone; you never know when you are going to need straight talk and honest answers about everything automotive.

So, what is the CarPro Radio Show?

Confused about the car buying process? Worried you won’t get a fair deal? Wondering about which vehicle is best for you? Then tune in to the CarPro Radio Show every week where Jerry Reynolds and Todd Chambless will guide you through the car-buying process with confidence. 

No matter where you listen to the show or which station you listen to, you have five hours to call in and ask your questions. We take calls every Saturday from 9 AM-2 PM Central time, 7 AM to Noon Pacific. The phone number is different the first two hours, then changes, so keep that in mind.  

We would love to help you in any way possible!  Keep in mind, we don’t take mechanical questions, but everything else is great!

   Jerry's Must-Watch Video of the Week! 

It’s only :24 long, but it’s enough to make a grown Car Guy cry.  An 18-wheeler in Schertz, TX near San Antonio recently stopped on train tracks, carrying a full load of vehicles, including a Corvette.  Of course, a train was coming and well, you can guess the rest.

  Todd's Video of the Week! 

A dramatic clip of a police chase stop where a police officer jumps through the car's windshield to apprehend the suspect.

  My Closing Message: The Silent Kind of Car Trouble

Every week I swim in numbers. Incentives, interest rates, days’ supply, resale values, miles per gallon, kilowatts and charging times. The car business has turned into an Excel spreadsheet with cupholders, and I spend a lot of my time trying to translate all that into English for you. You’d think that if you just stared at the numbers long enough, the truth would pop right out at you. But it rarely works that way.

I’ve met people over the years who bought “the perfect deal” on paper and hated the car within six months. Payment was right, APR was low, rebate was big, and they still woke up every day irritated the second they hit the start button. The seat hurt their back. The screen made them crazy. The engine noise droned just enough to get on their nerves. None of that shows up in a spreadsheet.

I’ve also known plenty who, by the numbers, probably “overbought.” They could have saved a few bucks a month, picked something more basic, taken the extra rebate. But they didn’t. They bought the one that made them smile when they walked out of the house. The one that made a bad day at work a little better on the drive home. That doesn’t show up in the data either, but you feel it every time they talk about their car.

The industry right now is completely obsessed with metrics. EV adoption curves, take rates on driver-assist packages, average transaction prices pushing the stratosphere. Dealers are looking at click-through rates, OEMs are looking at conquest percentages, and shoppers are staring at credit-score apps like they’re looking at their permanent record. I’m not saying the numbers don’t matter — they absolutely do. A bad interest rate or a car that depreciates like a rock can hurt you for years. I talk about that all the time on the show.

But there’s a danger in letting the numbers be the only voice in the room. If you’ve been around this business very long, you know people don’t fall in love with a monthly payment. They fall in love with how a car makes them feel when they merge onto the freeway, or how easy it is to load the grandkids’ football gear, or the way the seat heaters take the sting out of a cold morning.

It’s a little like judging a marriage by looking only at the checking account balance. It tells you something, but not the thing that really matters.

So, if you’re car shopping right now — and I know a lot of you are — here’s my advice: do your homework, absolutely. Know your budget, compare prices, and don’t skip the boring stuff like insurance quotes and tax rates. But once you’ve narrowed it down to two or three choices that all make sense on paper, you have my permission to stop thinking like an accountant and start thinking like a human being.

Drive them all. Sit in them longer than the salesperson expects. Pair your phone, fiddle with the radio presets, adjust the mirrors three times, try the back seat, open the hatch. Ask yourself a simple question: “Can I live with this every day?” If the answer is anything short of an honest yes, keep looking — even if the payment is pretty.

Cars are expensive now. They were expensive when I was selling them, and they sure haven’t gotten cheaper since. If you’re going to marry a payment for the next five or six years, you deserve more than just a ‘good deal.’ You deserve something that fits your life, your back, your driveway, and maybe even your personality a little bit.

The spreadsheets will tell you what you can buy. Only your gut will tell you what you’ll be happy with.

As always, my goal and the goal of every single Car Pro Certified Dealer is simple: I don’t just want you to own a car that made sense on paper. I want you to look back a few years from now and say, “You know what? I’d buy that one again from the exact same dealership.”

Straight Talk and Honest Answers — always.

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