Bobby Likis Car Clinic

Car-talk globalcast host, automotive expert, automotive service center owner, race car driver/pit crew and technician.

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Bobby Likis Car Clinic turned 1 today!

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Bobby Shares the Mic with...Bob Dinneen, President & CEO, Renewable Fuels Association. Bob shared with Bobby and Car Clinic audiences the benefits of #ethonol.  #RFA #BobbySharestheMic #RenewableFuelsAssociation 

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A big congratulations goes out to "Another Bobby's Big Gas" sweepstakes winner, NANCY ADAMS from #Indianapolis, IN, for winning the $250 Visa gift card from our awesome partners at Renewable Fuels Association! Drive over to www.CarClinicNetwork.com/Sweepstakes to enter the new "Fall Into Free Fuel" sweepstakes!  #Sweepstakes #RFA #Bigmoney #congrats #RenewableFuelsAssociation

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Bobby Likis Car Clinic Special Guests Rich Dwyer, Manager, K&N Warranty Department.

Bobby Shares the Mic with...RICH DWYER, Manager, K&N Filters Warranty Department. Rich talks with Bobby about some of the things listeners can do to maintain their vehicle’s AC-Heating systems properly, and shares the benefits of K&N cabin air filters! #BobbySharesTheMic #KNfilters #RichDwyer #Cabinairfilter

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Check out Bobby's expert review of Royal Purple's, Purple Ice® - a high performance radiator conditioner! #RoyalPurple #PurpleIce #Review

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A big congratulations goes out to "Another Bobby's Big Gas" sweepstakes winner, MARK CURRIER from #Nashville, TN, for winning the Royal Purplelambskin leather jacket! I'm sure it will come in handy during those Nashville winter months!  Everyone else stay tuned to next Saturday's Car Clinic (10a-12p ET) as Bobby announces the next lucky 3 winners! 

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Bobby Likis Car Clinic Special Guest Joe Liedhegner, Johnson Controls/PowerFrame Grid Technology.

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A customer drove into Bobby Likis Car Clinic/PreRepair® today with two things sputtering: her and her A/C. The cabin air filter in her Lexus RX was virtually “game over” with debris that not only stopped her A/C from doing its job, but also affected the quantity and quality of air that she breathed. YUCK! Dirty cabin air filters like this restrict airflow - making your air conditioner and heater work harder - and are a breeding ground for mold, spores and other nasty-smelling stuff – making your lungs work harder. So if your A/C is laboring or your vehicle smells musty, get your cabin air filter checked. If it needs replacing, consider K&N Filters new line of washable – and reusable – cabin air filters. Our customer’s A/C is actually cooling now, and she is breathing a lot easier after the installation of the K&N cabin air filter and refresher spray which have an electrostatic charge that captures most airborne contaminants, helping to control odors and related allergies. Our Service Director has scheduled a cabin-air filter check (and wash, if needed) in 6 months before another clog taxes her A/C ... and her lungs. #KNairfilters #QuickTip

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News from Bobby Likis Car Clinic/PreRepair®:  TERRY ELM, ASE-Certified Master Technician, recertified in 5 of the 8 fields today, including A1 (Engine Repair), A2 (Automatic Transmission), A4 (Suspension & Steering), A6 (Electrical/Electronic Systems) and A8 (Engine Performance).  Next week, he will test to recertify in two more areas and is good to go in yet another.  Terry is the author of “TERRY’S TUNE-UP TIPS” that I proudly present on the Car Clinic Network globalcast & publish through our social media.

  Here’s a pic of Terry in his natural habitat! See the computers?  Those are just two of the many in his bay, as today’s vehicles require technicians whose tools are far more advanced than just-wrenches required in days-long-gone.  Make sure your automotive service shop has committed resources to technician education & certification and to the sophisticated equipment required to diagnose, service, repair and “PreRepair®” your cars & trucks.  Congratulations to Terry for his fine achievement...we’re mighty PROUD!  

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*** WE HAVE A NEW WINNER! ***  TIMOTHY BOLLY! You just won Pulstar Spark Plugs! TIMOTHY, please send us a private message on any of our social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest) with your full name, physical address, phone #, email address, and make/model of the vehicle you plan on using your new spark plugs on! The deadline to claim the prize is 12:00p Tomorrow (8/15). As soon as we get your info we can ship your Pulstar spark plugs! CONGRATS!!  • Pulstar spark plugs deliver 5 MILLION watts of peak power! That’s 1,000 times than the 50 watts of peak output delivered by the top performing iridium spark plug.  • Pulstar spark plugs ignite the fuel charge instantaneously and burn it more completely. This efficiency in combustion goes to fuel economy, power and longevity.  • Drive to Pulstar.com for details.

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*** WE HAVE A NEW WINNER! ***   PHILLIP PLOTTS from Pittsburgh!  You just won Pulstar Spark Plugs!

PHILLIP, please send us a private message on any of our social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest) with your full name, physical address, phone #, email address, and make/model of the vehicle you plan on using your new spark plugs on!  As soon as we get your info we can ship your Pulstar spark plugs! CONGRATS!!

•          Pulstar spark plugs deliver 5 MILLION  watts of peak power!  That’s 1,000 times than the 50 watts of peak output delivered by the top performing iridium spark plug.

•          Pulstar spark plugs ignite the fuel charge instantaneously and burn it more completely.  This efficiency in combustion goes to fuel economy, power and longevity.

•          Drive to Pulstar.com for details.

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FLORIDA is the 3rd most expensive state to own a car!  (Although not when you take it to Bobby Likis Car Clinic :))  Where does your state rank when it comes to the overall price of owning a vehicle?

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Sturgis Saturday:  8/9/14, 10a-12n, 888-Car-Clinic, WatchBobbyLive.com or click on the “WatchBobbyLive” app on Facebook. 

GUESTS:

ROBERT WHITE, Director of Market Development for the Renewable Fuels Association.  Robert will be calling from the 74th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally to update audiences on all the festivities, as well as RFA’s ethanol presence!

JAMES BELL, Head of Consumer Affairs for General Motors.  James will be calling from the road, at the The World’s Longest Yard Sale, where his team is searching the nation’s heartland to furnish habitat homes for families in need.  

Y-O-U! Call 888-Car-Clinic with your questions!

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Robert White, Director of Market Development for the Renewable Fuels Association, will be joining Bobby and Car Clinic audiences from the 74th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, where 500,000 motorcyclists from all over the world convene for a weeklong festival. Robert will be updating us on the rally, as well as talking about RFA’s ethanol presence!  Don’t miss the show this Saturday from 10-12 ET on WatchBobbyLive.com or just click on the Watch Bobby Live app on our Facebook Page!

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The World’s Longest Yard Sale is under way this week stretching US Route 127 from Alabama to Michigan. A team from General Motors is making the journey with a group of DIY bloggers to assist Habitat for Humanity in offering families in need newly furnished homes, in Cincinnati OH this weekend. GM’s head of Consumer Affairs, JAMES BELL, will be joining Bobby, on Saturday’s show, from the road where his team is searching the nation’s heartland to furnish these habitat homes!  Don’t miss the show this Saturday from 10-12 ET at www.WatchBobbyLive.com or just click on the Watch Bobby Live app on our Facebook Page!

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*** WE HAVE A WINNER! ***   CHARLIE CLAYCOMB from Wichita, KS!  You just won Pulstar Spark Plugs!

Here’s how it works:

  We announce the winner, and then that lucky person has until 6:30p ET Friday afternoon (8/8) to send us a private message on any of our social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Tumblr, or Pinterest) including full name, email address, physical address, and phone number in order to qualify for the winnings. If they do not respond in the allotted time frame, we will pick another name randomly to be our new winner!

The clock is ticking so will CHARLIE CLAYCOMB come on down! You are the lucky winner, but remember you only have until 6:30p ET Friday afternoon to private message us your information or some other lucky person will get your prize!

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It’s time for another installation of Terry’s Tune-Up Tip with Car Clinic’s very own Terry Elm, shop foreman and ASE-Certified Master Technician with L1, F1 and X1 certifications. Bobby Likis and the Car Clinic Network presents TERRY’S TUNE-UP TIP  Just this week, several customers asked me what a Technical Service Bulletin (TSB) is. With all the recent media attention, most consumers know if their vehicles are affected by a general recall, but you may not know the information found in TSBs specific to your vehicle.  The biggest difference between a recall and a TSB is that NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) does not mandate or require a fix for vehicles under a TSB condition. Further, unlike recalls, fixes outlined in TSBs are not free of charge to the consumer. TSBs are issued by car manufacturers, detailing a diagnosis and fix for a known concern or difficult repair. TSBs are not always related to software updates of on-board computer systems, but, rather, to any system on the vehicle from radiator fan operation to taillight brightness. One of the jobs of a professional automotive technician is finding these TSBs and determining if/how they relate to the problems you may be experiencing with your own vehicle, so that’s the proper procedures can be executed in the most cost-effective way. TSBs are good things for vehicle owners as the information contained therein could possibly save you hundreds of dollars in diagnostic testing time and repairs…dollars which would be well invested in maintenance or PreRepair® services your vehicle may need.