Marital Wisdom from All Over
Compiled from multiple listeners - including Rodney Dangerfield!
#0915: That's not the Way Aaron Parks!
Original Air Date: 04.11.2009
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This week on Car Talk, newlywed Bruce is in a dispute over parallel parking technique with his wife--and her old boyfriend. Is the price of a new power steering pump worth not having to say, "you and Aaron are right, dear?"
Meanwhile, after 22 years of driving around Our Fair City in the Chevy she bought on recommendation from Tom and Ray, Miriam is ready for a new ride, and back for more buying advice. This time, the key words are "small" and "cushy", and "don't try to pawn your Fiat off on me, Tommy." Also this week, hungry squirrels attack a Toyota's radiator, a caller does the worst car noise imitation ever, and we share some marital observations from Henny Youngman, Rodney Dangerfield, and others. All that, plus a puzzler from the world of low finances and lots more, this week on Car Talk.
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This Week's Puzzler
What's going on with the change at the music store? See if you can figure it out. Find out!
Last Week's Puzzler
Can you tell what time the power went out, from what the clocks are saying? Find out!
Show Open Topic
Marital advice from Rodney Dangerfield, Henny Youngman and others.
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Show Review - 843
by Mechanic1cBring Bruce Back
by Billy11Bruce was great. You weren't too hard on him. He was a good sport. Please get him on Stump the Chumps to see if he's survived the dreaded Aaron curse.
Favorite Moment: When the caller after Bruce said maybe Aaron had a solution to his problem.
miriams 87 celebrity
by wade singlergood show - always entertaining, with the big HOWEVER, can you ever recommend a big 3 product? Miriam asked for a recommendation for a good riding small car and all you could come up with were Hondas and Toyotas. The Pontiac G6 , for example, has fluid filled bushings at all 4 corners that are designed to help improve the ride and give it a big car feel. You should try one some time.
Favorite Moment: always like the rodent issues - have had to remove rodent guts from a blower fan before - yuk
Physics oops?
by mostendorffThe show today was fine, except for the advice given to the guy who was trying to figure out the source of the liquid that was making his windshield foggy. I believe you advised the man to taste the condensate to see if it was antifreeze. But, even if it was antifreeze, the stuff that condenses should only be water. Remember the sea is salty but rain is not because the salts are left behind when sea water-the source of the water that condenses into clouds that eventually becomes snow or rain- evaporates. So, even if the antifreeze is the source of the condensate on the windshield, it should not taste like antifreeze. Right?