My Car Guru's Podcast
Lennie Lawson is a 46-year veteran of the auto industry, a current new car dealer, motivational speaker, and financial coach. He’s a straight shooter who tells it like it is—no fluff, no sales pitch.
If you’re buying, trading, servicing, repairing, or just trying to avoid an expensive mistake, My Car Guru gives you the insider knowledge most dealers would rather you didn’t have. Lennie pulls back the curtain on the car business and gives you practical advice to improve your Car-Life—and maybe your Financial-Life too.
Whether you’re curious about industry trends, need help navigating repairs, or just want a dose of good old-fashioned common sense, this is the podcast that cuts through the noise. No gimmicks—just real talk from someone who’s been in the trenches for over four decades.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 444
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Electric vehicles make about as much sense as not having a border wall
I'm all for electric vehicles as long as the charging infrastructure is where I need it when I need it. I'm all for immigration....my ancestors were immigrants, but we all know that you…
My Chihuahua and your car may have something in common
Old dogs pee a lot (just like old humans) and they don't care when or where they do it....at least mine doesn't.
Old cars leak a lot, but you might never know it if you aren't "alert" t…
"Why does my Toyota Prius look like a suppository?"
In this episode, the Car GURU answers the car questions that should get asked, but seldom do....Like why a Prius does look like a suppository, and the vital importance of AIR, and all o…
It's back to the mail bag with answers to my listeners most common car questions
Every quarter, I go back through my listeners text messages and emails to retrieve their most frequent questions, and quite frankly, they are pretty darn good questions.
Some may say th…
Curbed wheels, door dings and dealer discounts....more info to improve your CAR LIFE
This is the second of two episodes that originate from my mail bag....where listeners ask specific questions and you get an insider look at the answers. The questions come from real-lif…
If you are sick of having to subscribe to things, you will soon be sick of your car
Subscription offers are coming to your car (if you buy a new one anytime soon). You will have to subscribe to things like satellite navigation, heated seats and steering wheels, self-dr…
"My insurance adjuster is trying screw me….and we’ve just met”
We had a 2018 Ford F450 stolen off of our lot 3 weeks ago. We have still not been paid for the loss. The insurance company is trying to screw me (translation: they want to pay a car dea…
Many businesses (including car dealers) have ingenious ways of getting into your head
Marketing is a science. Pretty soon, thanks to Artificial Intelligence, every marketing message you see or hear will be customized to YOU...what you buy, what you read, what you value.
L…
How to avoid buying a problem car.....(this is THAT episode)
S--t happens....but much of it is preventable. In this episode, the guru let's you in on some valuable insider information on how to avoid buying a bad car and what to do if your bad ca…
There's a 99.9% chance that you don't know what your vehicle is worth...no one does
In this episode, I tell a story of very rare, and relatively unknown classic car and how my process of determining the value of it will be a valuable lesson for you and your car.
Email L…
Remember when taking SHOP CLASS wasn't cool....BIG mistake!
There are few professions I respect more that a great mechanic or body/paint tech. These people have a level of genius that I will never attain...and I wish I had gone to shop class whe…
"You will buy and electric car and YOU WILL LIKE IT!!!"....Joe Biden
I never did like being told what to do. I can handle an inference, a suggestion or even a hint...but don't tell me what to do...especially, what to buy with my own money.
Thats exactly w…
The importance of being able to recognize potential in others
You never know who might be sitting in front of you during a job interview...that is, unless you ask the right questions and give them a chance.
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The AM radio is going extinct in the automobile...and soon
It was inevitable. As the baby boomers aged out of the realm of importance, a vestige of the past, the AM radio, was soon to follow.
In addition, this episode is about famous rivalries …
Do sound ethics and values matter anymore?
The worst thing we can do is to listen to too much news, check the twitter feed or drive a car....yes, even driving a car can make you lose all sense of who you are and what you believe…
A discussion about COLOR that has nothing to do with race....what a revelation!
Yes, there is more to color than the color of skin. In fact, I'm over all of the stuff in the mainstream media and just want to talk about the COLOR OF THINGS and how it influences what…
The customer experience doesn't have to SUCK...if we build it right, they will come
Building a good customer buying experience is simple, but it's not easy...why? Because humans are involved. The employees are humans. The customers are humans, and sometimes, humans don…
All you need to know about interpreting todays news
"Where do you want to go eat, Honey?"
"I don't care, you pick"
"I don't want to pick....you pick!!"
...and so it goes. Sometimes we just want someone else to do the deciding.
...and, when i…
Car-life disasters....they happen, but most can be avoided with a little knowledge
"If you think an education is expensive, try ignorance"...source, unknown
We all learn that lesson, usually the hard way. But, you can avoid the hard way if you listen to this episode.
E…
The easiest things you can do to preserve the VALUE of your car
"Pick up your room!!!! We don't live in a barn!!!"
I heard that a few times during my youth. My parents wanted me to learn how to take care of my stuff so it would last. They were the ex…