{"id":147343,"date":"2025-08-15T08:31:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/147343\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T08:31:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:31:12","slug":"san-antonio-auto-executive-reflects-on-his-parents-influence-and-a-career-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/147343\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio auto executive reflects on his parents\u2019 influence and a career milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 The latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/topic\/Pickup_Lines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/topic\/Pickup_Lines\/\">Pickup Lines<\/a> segment features San Antonio auto executive Jose Luis Contreras. Contreras, the current general manager at North Park Lexus of San Antonio, is celebrating 25 years with the company<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Contreras grew up near Jefferson High School but ultimately went to Central Catholic and then on to the University of Notre Dame. He eventually returned to San Antonio but not before a stop in Chicago fresh out of college for a few years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cInterestingly enough, I was running about at a very young age. You think about, now look back at this, and I certainly thought it was some sort of hotshot, but I was running six or seven grocery stores,\u201d Contreras said. \u201cFresh out of college, yeah. And it was a private label deal, so they weren\u2019t huge stores. But Aldi Foods and some people may know about it. It was fun, but basically I had that role, and it was one of the higher paying roles coming out of school. And so I was real proud of it because I had a company car and a pager.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Today, Contreras oversees three Lexus dealerships \u2014 two in San Antonio and one in the Rio Grande Valley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>Watch the full Pickup Lines with Jose Luis Contreras in the video player above.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>More recent Pickup Lines episodes:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Ernie Zuniga started Pickup Lines, a digital talk show, straight from his vehicle. 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