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#1028: Chuck, You Have Your Head Up Your Keister
Original Air Date: 07.10.2010
Description:
This week on Car Talk, male solidarity takes one on the chin. Chuck
from Maine is worried that his wife's parking brake method is killing
their CRV. But the car will be in better shape than Chuck's ego when
Tom and Ray finish with him! Elsewhere on the vehicular front, Scott
in Oregon is worried about his Nissan's starting problem. But he's a
wee bit more concerned about protecting it from his neighbor Fat Tony,
and his big bucket o' tools. Also, Rochelle from Wyoming finds her
love for her '87 Isuzu severely tested. And on Stump the Chumps, did
Tom and Ray's venture into Mattress Aerodynamics help Howard make it
from Massachusetts to Hunga Dunga without causing a bedding backup on
I-95? All this and lots more, this week on Car Talk.
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Sally invited 17 guests to a dance party. She assigned each guest a number from 2 to 18, keeping 1 for herself. The sum of each couple's numbers was a perfect square. What was the number of Sally's partner?
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Show Open Topic
Hate mail from an 11-year old.
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Show Review - 1234
by AnonymousShow Review - 1235
by celesteleighbFunny, whacked out, guys
by AnonymousThese guys are funny and whacked, or should be, ha, ha, no, seriously, they're great.
Favorite Moment: Stump the Chumps
Isuzu review
by mcoghlanRay was far too harsh on Isuzu's. Maybe there was a bad batch of Troopers one day but on the whole they run forever. My 1992 Rodeo has 307,000 and the original clutch just finally gave out. Other than that, I have changed the intake manifold gasket, front ball joints, tie rods, and two wheel bearings. It runs great, purrs like a kitten. And I'm not the only one. There are a lot of fans on www.planetisuzoo.com that have similar stories.