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#9912: Cheapskates & Duct Tape

Original Air Date: 03.20.1999

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This week on Car Talk, Tom and Ray counsel the poor suffering mate of a cheapskate. Then it's off to enjoy the results of a couple's creative writing assignment. And they get to the bottom of Gretchen's accidental off-road excursion.

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