The Best of Car Talk
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The Best of Car Talk
America's funniest auto mechanics take calls from weary car owners all over the country, and crack wise while they diagnose Dodges and dismiss Diahatsus. You don't have to know anything about cars to love this one hour weekly laugh fest.
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#2601: Customer to Dealer Incentive
Leslie’s family was about to upgrade in more ways than one. They were on the prowl for a minivan when Leslie, 9 months pregnant, had a sudden, urgent...
#25104: Dang Skippy
A merry melange of motor maladies on this end of the year episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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#25103: Bryology Anyone?
Typically when arbiting marital car disputes, it helps to know what each spouse does for a living. Lawyers, for instance, are always right because law...
"What a Sled!" A Holiday Car Talk Bonus
Happy Holidays from the Best of Car Talk! We had our eye on a really ugly holiday sweater for you, but they didn’t have your size. Instead, we thought...
#25102: Happy Camper
Katie is a hiker and camper but she called the least ‘outdoorsy’ guys possible to find out if it’s safe to pour her old camp stove fuel into her car’s...
#25101: Diana's Dodge Biohazard
Diana’s dyin’ to ditch her Dodge unless our dummies can decode her dilemma: a smell so bad that it almost defies description. Hold your nose and open...
#25100: Parts and Labor
Eric has a modest proposal: Shouldn’t the cost of the $4 part that his mechanic is replacing on his car also bear some resemblance to the cost of the...
#2599: The Lincoln Lawyer
Bruce’s son is a lawyer in Orlando, Florida who, like most of the other lawyers in the area, drives a Lincoln Town Car. Except this one is not really...
#2598: The Not-So-Itsy-Bitsy Spider
Gina was tooling along a local country road when an humongous spider descended in front of her eyes and into her lap. She doesn’t have any questions a...
#2597: We're Part of the Solution
Ivan was enduring an attempt to upsell him on a special oil treatment when he heard this doozy from the mechanic-turned-salesman: “We’re not the probl...
#2596: Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
Karen from Virginia has two problems: Her Ford Taurus wagon shakes something awful from time to time. The second problem is her physicist husband’s th...
#2595: The Big Hair Problem
Jessica and her mom both drive their VW but every time Jessica goes to start it she gets a shock. Is this some kind of anti-Fahrgvergnugen that only J...
#2594: Having Fun with a US Census Agent
Paula from Virginia mostly wanted help with her Toyota Camry but, as a US Census agent she couldn’t resist wagging her finger to remind all of us to c...
#2593: Driving Blind
Lori’s man is acquiring old vehicles at an alarming rate. He loves working on them but, since he’s blind, he can’t drive them. Should Lori be putting...
#2592: How to Divorce Your Car
Ellen from Boston has had enough and wants to divorce her Honda. It's been in 3 accidents, vandalized repeatedly and been hit by a falling tree. Will...
#2591: Customer Fleecing Systems
Who doesn’t like a good flush? Certainly not us. Unless it’s our $ being flushed into some unscrupulous car dealer’s pockets via some newfangled Rube...
#2590: Automotive Family Planning
Our ‘Family Planning Division’ has been busy! a few weeks ago it was Anne from Georgia playing ambulance driver with her post-vasectomy-reversal hubby...
#2589: Help Me Rhonda
Rhonda’s minivan needs help, Mike’s Subaru shuns Sundays and Gwen’s van has literally gone to the dogs on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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#2588: A Family Affair
Terri has a teenage son and he’s wearing her resistance down at the same time that he’s saving up for a muscle car. Rather than take the easy route, C...
#2587: Daniel's (Got) Back
Show favorite Daniel Pinkwater returns to detail his latest automotive claim to fame as the ‘uber-butt’ by which all other posteriors and car seats ar...
#2586: A Truck?!
Shakespeare famously tried to woo a maiden by comparing her to a summer’s day. Tommy - No Bill Shakespeare he- tries comparing his wife to a truck. Wi...
#2585: Reversal of Fortune
Anne’s husband was under heavy sedation following a very delicate medical procedure and lying on a mattress placed in the back of their minivan for a...
#2584: Jalopy Season
Diane’s a farm girl just trying to plant this season’s crop but the various men on the farm have littered their old junk cars all over the fields. Can...
#2583: Tell Us Your Fantasies
Katherine was looking for some simple but sage advice on what sort of mid-life crisis car would be right for her and instead of a make and model she’s...
Here We Go Again... Our Phone Line is Open
Got a car question that’s been burning a hole in your psyche for the past decade? Well, Ray is back for some limited engagements behind the microphone...
#2582: Dr. Kenny and Dr. Z
Dr. Kenny has a problem with the brakes on his Honda and Dr. Z has a beef with an answer we gave on a past show, so they decided to ring us up -while...
#2581: Hapless Hubby or Hero?
Amy’s husband went out and bought a jalopy that needed a new rack and pinion that he was sure he could install. And he did! But Amy is beside herself...
#2580: How's Your Breather, Laddie?
Alison’s VW won’t start and to make matters worse, Click and Clack are mesmerized by her lovely Scottish accent. Will Alison have to dope slap the guy...
#2579: Hi, My Name is Crash
Crash from San Diego is trying hard not to live up to his nickname and he wants Click and Clack to figure out why his Mazda sways so much from side to...
#2578: How to Properly Lead a Witness
Jerry’s SUV has a pronounced wiggle in the rear end and he’s unscuccessfully tried several expensive fixes. As he ticks them off to Click and Clack th...
#2577: Cross-Country Disaster Vacation
Anne and her brood are planning a cross-country trek in their old minivan and want to be sure that they’re not going to break down at the top of Pike’...
#2576: A Real Sled
Carl from Connecticut has a long, steep driveway that’s expensive to plow in the wintertime. He’s prepared to mount his own plow on the front of his o...
#2575: The Mechanic's Decision Tree
How DO mechanics figure out what’s wrong with your car? You would hope that they’d start small and inexpensive and work their way up to the big stuff,...
#2574: Oh Shut Up!
Courtesy of Tommy’s wife, JoAnne: a simple phrase to deal with a spouse, a mechanic -or both, in JoAnne’s case, who’s laying it on a bit too thick. He...
#2573: The Electrons Go Marching Two by Two
Ray has theories and this one is a doozy! Nancy from Wyoming can’t get her car to start on cold mornings unless she first turns on the heater. Ray’s e...
#2572: Free Compost
“Free Compost”, at one time the runner-up choice for the title of our radio show, is what Mary from Michigan shoveled straight into the trunk of her...
#2571: Click and Clack's Conspiracy Corner
Click and Clack join the crowd and tell of conspiracies everywhere, including antilock brakes and whole milk, on this episode of the Best of Car Talk....
#2564 Permanent Vacation Car
One caller wants a new car to get through his pre-retirement years while another wants to chuck it all except for the car. Could they both have the ri...
#2563: Flaming Bugs from Hell
Ok, perhaps we exaggerate a bit, but Doug from Oklahoma really does have black smoke coming out of his vents which are filled with dead bugs. Find out...
#2562: This is BAD!.. REAL BAD!
Poor Tommy! It’s tough enough trying to properly diagnose car problems over the phone without suddenly finding yourself sitting at the wrong end of a...