Oct 5, 2026 · 56 min · 12 segments
A century in the car business gives you a different perspective on what changes and what gets passed from one generation to the next. In this episode of Dealer Tech Tuesdays, Tom Kline joins the…
Richard H. KlineGuest
John AcostaHost
Tom KlineGuest
You know, and I can see some threads and common themes that happen is that there's good times and then there's bad times.
And things shift and the resourcefulness and the adaptability and the entrepreneurial spirit and meeting people and doing what you say and building those relationships and thinking outside of the box are, after a century in the business, are still...
Those are the core aspects of how to run a sound business is to be resourceful, to adapt, to put your hands in the dirt and...
And from taking that to saying multiple stores, multiple states, they're constituting counties at some points, right? They're putting counties together and that you go from, from that, see that opportunity and being at the right, some of, some of it being at the right place at the right time, having good friends, right? And then suddenly you're, you're, you know, in your career and you're managing multiple stores in multiple States.
things you just said was I could see the opening of these other, other franchise in other locations.
Some of these other men did the same thing, except They didn't know how to be aggressive and expand and do things that would be ordinary for them and extremely difficult for a new person.
But they thought because some of the dealers were making money, they could do the same and make more money.
I think that the expansion of the automobile business led to things that my son does a super sensational job on.
He's all over the United States now in soliciting these types of things that the dealership is safe and honest
You know, and I can see some threads and common themes that happen is that there's good times and then there's bad times.
And things shift and the resourcefulness and the adaptability and the entrepreneurial spirit and meeting people and doing what you say and building those relationships and thinking outside of the box are, after a century in the business, are still...
Those are the core aspects of how to run a sound business is to be resourceful, to adapt, to put your hands in the dirt and...
And from taking that to saying multiple stores, multiple states, they're constituting counties at some points, right? They're putting counties together and that you go from, from that, see that opportunity and being at the right, some of, some of it being at the right place at the right time, having good friends, right? And then suddenly you're, you're, you know, in your career and you're managing multiple stores in multiple States.
things you just said was I could see the opening of these other, other franchise in other locations.
Some of these other men did the same thing, except They didn't know how to be aggressive and expand and do things that would be ordinary for them and extremely difficult for a new person.
But they thought because some of the dealers were making money, they could do the same and make more money.
I think that the expansion of the automobile business led to things that my son does a super sensational job on.
He's all over the United States now in soliciting these types of things that the dealership is safe and honest
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