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#1320: A Sticky Situation
#1319: Click and Clack and Dear Old Ma
#1318: The Great Lion Escape
#1317: The Neon of Dorian Gray
#1316: Rambler Separation Anxiety
#1315: The 1962 Corvette Urn
#1314: Stump the Salesman
#1313: Aspen Rehabilitation
#1312: When Martha Met Click & Clack
#1311: To Mud Flap or Not to Mud Flap?
#1310: Ben and the Junkonauts
#1309: The Pit of Despair
#1308: Geographically Undesirable
#1307: The Giving Trunk
#1306: The Little Morris Minor That Couldn't
#1305: The Great Snorkel Experiment
#1304: How to Lose a Pinewood Derby
#1303: Dumped, But Un-Towed
#1302: Male Braking Syndrome
#1301: Schmutz on the Clutch
#1252: Il Fiat Miracolo
#1251: The Suzy Saga
#1250: Tires Under the Tree
#1249: The Vanagon of Sierra Madre
#1248: Brake Stompers and Garage Hoggers
#1247: Clutch Killer of the Month
#1246: The Acura Bird Poop Magnet
#1245: The Car Talk Economic Stimulus
#1244: Grandma Is Peeling Rubber
#1243: Bemidji or Bust
#1242: Diplomatic Immunity
#1241: The Shrink-Wrapped Land Rover
#1240: The Forget-A-Key
#1239: The Truth About Leaf Peepers
#1238: My Engine Is on Fire
#1237: Vlad the Impala
#1236: Bernoulli This!
#1235: A Truck By Any Other Name
#1234: I Spit On Your Volvo
#1233: It's All About the Hot Butt
#1232: Everything You Never Wanted to Know about Click and Clack
#1231: The Clairvoyant Mechanic
#1230: A High Octane Straw
#1229: The Lincoln Stretch Bike Carrier
#1228: Karmen And The Burper
#1227: A Civic Divorce
#1226: Who Drowned My Corolla
#1225: Do One To Others
#1224: You Sap
#1223: Emboldened Electrons
#1222: Burnt Clutches, Blown Relationships
#1221: The Steve Revolution
#1220: The Black Hole of Auto Metaphysics
#1219: The LTD of Destruction
#1218: Tire Pressure Goblins
#1217: Cynthia and the Swimming Goats
#1216: Buona Fortuna
#1215: Beth's Road Ugly Thesis
#1214: The Flower and Blue Cheese Belvedere
#1213: Ashes to Asphalt
#1212: Catzilla's Great Adventure
#1211: Ashley Wants the Wheel
#1210: The Mothership Has Landed
#1209: Who Moved My Alamo
#1208: The Elvis Idle
#1207: Washer Fluid Dynamics
#1206: Help Me Blow Up an LTD
#1205: Carla, Come Home
#1204: It's Snowing in My Car
#1203: Snakes in the Fusion
#1202: Mud Chiggers in the Fuel Line
#1201: 20 Miles Per Wood Chip
#1153: That Car Needs a Fin
#1152: Chinese Food Delivery
#1151: A New Pigmobile
#1150: Blinker Transgressions
#1149: Snotsicles, Oodjas, and Stupiphanies
#1148: I've Turned Into My Mother
#1147: I Love You, So Please Shut Up
#1146: The Model A Prius
#1145: The Day The Isuzu Stood Still
#1144: A Road Trip from Hell
#1143: The Camry Collage
#1142: Do Cars Have Souls?
#1141: The Pot-Mobile
#1140: Latent Junkman Syndrome
#1139: Wake Up, Kevin!
#1138: Cleanliness Is Next to Boat Payment
#1137: Jeep Tipping
#1136: Don't Drive Like Tom!
#1135: Marc Vs Goober
#1134: The Lexus Aquatic
#1133: The Nina Totenburger
#1132: Heard It Through the Grape-Nuts
#1131: Love and Rust Spots
#1130: Tickling the Electrons
#1129: The Non-Alcoholic Windshield
#1128: Double-Dog Daylight Savings
#1127: Your Car's a Medicare Sled
#1126: The Engine and Wallet Massage
#1125: Book This, Rebecca
#1124: The Chicken Mahal
#1123: A Cavalcade of Cheapskates
#1122: Book This, Dad!
#1121: Pranks, Painting & Personal Problems
#1120: Tommy vs. The Muir Woods
#1119: "Shut Up, Hon"
#1118: You Say Kilometer
#1117: Bird Doo Due Diligence
#1116: The Incurable Backseat Driver
#1115: Caller Intimidation
#1114: The Volvo Valhalla
#1113: Slugging Etiquette
#1112: The Bowling Ball Incident
#1111: The Lexus ATM
#1110: Another Dodge Dart!
#1109: The Yugo in the Living Room
#1108: The Pocket Plow
#1107: Genius and Bogus Effluent
#1106: Beware the Anonymous Physicist
#1105: The Flaming Winnebago
#1104: Power to the People
#1103: The Superball Bumper
#1102: Hood Sag
#1101: Cycling the Seven Seas
#1052: Tidings of Boat Payments
#1051: Gifts For Guys
#1050: Tommy's Knee and Jack's MGB
#1049: Your Car Fell Off the Lift. LOL!
#1048: Throw Your Keys Down the Drain
#1047 Let Sleeping Camrys Lie
#1046: Math Geeks to the Rescue!
#1045: Pi Over Two Dopes
#1044: The Mysterious Man in White
#1043: The Forgetful Dealer
#1042: Fire Sale!
#1041: Pre-Disastered Truck for Sale
#1040: The Dr. Pepper Experiment
#1039: Extreme Dashboard Makeover
#1038: Coke Vs Dr Pepper
#1037: Leapin' Lizards!
#1036: The Lovelorn Mechanic
#1035: The Roulette Wheel of Misfortune
#1034: He's Nothin' to Me
#1033: A Huge Bag of Crab
#1032: Practical Jokes
#1031: Bugsy's Letters From Camp
#1030: The New Delhi Catessens
#1029: The Pep's Lincoln
#1028: Chuck, You Have Your Head Up Your Keister
#1027: What's a Soul Go for These Days?
#1026: A Few Cowardly Men
#1025: A Horse Ate My Steering Wheel
#1024: There's (Not) Only One City in the Country!
#1023: Adieu, Puzzler King
#1022: You Shoulda Locked Him in the Cellar!
#1021: Tommy vs. The Marital Industrial Complex
#1020: Meet Van Dweller, Junior
#1019: Dad Can't Smell A Thing!
#1018: The Bozone Layer
#1017: Never Trust the Twin Wearing Boat Shoes
#1016: My Own Brother! My Own Son!
#1015: Adios, Amigos!
#1014: We're Just Here to Steer the Ship
#1013: The Wisdom of Yogi
#1012: Bad Hair Day
#1011: The Wacko Young Man in His Flying Machine
#1010: The Dart vs. The Bel Air
#1009: Domestic "In-tranquility"
#1008: People Like to Listen to Idiots
#1007: The Return of the $30,000 Paperweight
#1006: A Gassy Dog and a Heated Car
#1005: A Used-Car Salesman Repents
#1004: The $30,000 Paperweight
#1003: The Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
#1002: No Respect at All
#1001: An Explosive Trip Down I-95
#0952: Tire Pressure Phobia
#0951: Three Years, No Reverse
#0950: Oy to the World!
#0949: Libbie's Excellent Adventure
#0948: Hello, You're on "Sal Talk"
#0947: Differentials Flambe
#0946: The Dorkmobile
#0945: Great News! It's Going to Cost a Fortune!
#0944: You Can Look, But You'd Better Not Drive
#0943: Would You Rather be Right or Happy?
#0942: When Turkeys Attack!
#0941: How to Exit a Hearse While Still Breathing
#0940: The Dashboard Dog Food Dispenser
#0939: The Civic Lullaby
#0938: How Many Lightbulbs Does it Take to Screw up a Relationship?
#0937: Hey Guys, Watch This!
#0936: Is $170 Too Much to Spend on a Dream Car?
#0935: The Beetle in Winter
#0934: He Could Be Driving Without Pants!
#0933: A Walking, Talking Environmental Disaster
#0932: Zap This
#0931: The Car Talk Ventriloquism Fraud
#0930: Bernsteining the Clutch
#0929: Happy Birthday, Grammy!
#0928: A Plaque or a Punch in the Nose?
#0927: Van Dwelling 101
#0926: What's Another 2,000 Miles? A Miracle!
#0925: A Park Ranger With Enemies
#0924: Ray's Out on a Limb, Tom's Sawing Off the Branch
#0923: My Truck Runs Better on Compost
#0922: In Space No One Can Hear You Strip a Bolt
#0921: An Astronaut After Our Own Heart
#0920: Ninjas Stole my Catalytic Converter
#0919: The First Word Was,
#0918: The Return of Paula and the Blanket
#0917: Parking and the Procedural Deviant
#0916: Tire Pressure and National Security
#0915: That's not the Way Aaron Parks!
#0914: Panty Hose Vs. The Volcano
#0913: Burning Man
#0912: Everything I Don't Know About Cars, I Learned from Car Talk
#0911: Chasing Volcanoes and Hunting Mealworms
#0910: Go West, Young Lea
#0909: Step Away from the Blanket, Paula!
#0908: The Perfect Pinkwater Car
#0907: The Inky Shadows of the Dimly-Lit Quonset Hut
#0906: He'd Rather Fall Down a Flight of Stairs
#0905: A Special Kind of Stink
#0904: Ken Warner, your Secret is Safe With Us
#0903: Hooray for Captain Spaulding
#0902: The '09 Ikea-Mobile and Other Concepts
#0901: Greetings from Antarctica!
#0852: Ray, You're an Idiot!
#0851: No Flaming Golf Balls Just Yet!
#0850: The Great Car Talk Snorting Scandal
#0849: Four Years, No Reverse
#0848: Click and Clack's Campus Counseling: A's are Overrated!
#0847: Ewe Love Us!
#0846: Fire, Fur, and Fears! Oh My!
#0845: Zen Dad, Reasonable Raymie and Nutso Tommy
#0844: The Owner's Manual Black Market
#0843: We Loved Dad, We Don't Want to Kick Him!
#0842: The Great Tofte Snowplow Debate
#0841: 3 AM, a Wrench, and a Stickball Game? Problem Solved!
#0840: Help Me!
#0839: The Van Dweller of my Dreams
#0838: What's a Few Thousand RPM Between Friends?
#0837: Is the Prius a Chick Car?
#0836: If He Were Any Stupider, He'd Have to be Watered Twice a Week!
#0835: Whose Gas is it, Anyway?
#0834: The Pep and His Lincoln: The Truth Comes Out
#0833: I Got Your GPS Right Here, Mr. Funny Man!
#0832: Mechanic Custody
#0831: The Andy Letter
#0830: The Tollbooth Fugitive
#0829: Max and the Schnauzer
#0828: Private Maaagggleeeozzzzeeeee
#0827: Ask Not For Whom the Transmission Croaks
#0826: The Genius of George Carlin
#0825: A Beetle is Not a Pinata
#0824: Into the Abyss of the Diff
#0823: Lillian and the Thousand Dollar Valve
#0822: The Easy Way up Mount Everest
#0821: No Poorly Done Deed Goes Unpunished
#0820: Tanis and the Hydroxy'd Caravan
#0819: What's the Statute of Limitations on a Burnt Corvette?
#0818: The Kamikaze Porsche of Radium Springs
#0817: Forgive me Jim, For I Have Torched Thy Camaro
#0816: Welcome to the Shnerdling
#0815: Goodbye Vito
#0814: How Many Keys Equal a Mother-in-Law?
#0813: Give Me Liberty or Give Me Xanax!
#0812: Don't Look a Gift Infiniti in the Mouth
#0811: Frozen Orange Juice Cans, an E String, and Musician's Duct Tape
#0810: Stop Laughing, Kozbi! This Is Serious Business!
#0809: You Know You're a Loser When...
#0808: Saint Anthony to the Rescue!
#0807: Geographic Undesirability and Other Auto-Relational Dilemmas
#0806: Mr. Heavy Duty and the Clutch that Conquered Kilimanjaro
#0805: Click and Clack Vs. The Amorous Donkey
#0804: The Shock of Winter
#0803: As if Childbirth Wasn't Painful Enough!
#0802: A Major Problem with a Morris Minor
#0801: The All Wheel Drive Jungle Gym
#0752: Behind The Grease
#0751: A Lexus for Grandma Lily
#0750: Don't Call Us, Call the Vatican!
#0749: I Found Love in a Ford Fairmont
#0748: A Singularly Painful Plural Puzzler
#0747: Lugnut 1, Man 0
#0746: The End of the Wedgie As We Know it?
#0745: I Just Want It to be Able to Pull a Hill!
#0744: What's a Cooked Mini Between Friends?
#0743: The Andy Letter Meets The Informational Cascade
#0742: A Man's Van is His Castle
#0741: Twila's Confession
#0740: Double Clutchin' With Looney the Clown
#0739: Car Talk Vs. Nocturnal Flatulence
#0738: Clink, Clank, with a Shugga Shugga Shugga
#0737: Auto-Anthropomorphism?
#0736: The Stick-on Sunroof
#0735: The Case of the Gender-Confused Pickup
#0734: Say It Ain't So, Duct Tape
#0733: Those Who Can Drive, Can't Teach
#0732: Jailbirds and Medical Procedures
#0731: Holy Batman, My Car's on Fire!
#0730: Help! My Life's Down the Tubes
#0729: Sorry Dad, I Blew Up Your Car!
#0728: The Lab Who Ate a Lexus
#0727: Educate This!
#0726: Everything You Never Really Wanted to Know About Tom and Ray But Were Afraid Someone Would Ask
#0725: Thou Shalt Not Drive Like Thy Brother
#0724: The Granola Man Cometh--and Sweateth
#0723: Grand Theft Tire
#0722: The Fine Whine of Lunenburg
#0721: Hygienic Malfunctions
#0720: Till Death (or Rust) do You Part?
#0719: Hello, You're on Mom Talk: A Mother's Day special, featuring Elizabeth Magliozzi
#0718: Brakeless Near Seattle
#0717: I Hate Car Talk: The Next Generation
#0716: Excuse Me, but Your Gas Tank is on Fire
#0715: Wheel of Misfortune
#0714: It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's... Dari's Falling Truck?
#0713: MIT'S on Line 3! They Want Their Diploma Back!
#0712: Something Sanjay in the Air
#0711: The Perils of Ray's Rowing Routines
#0710: In Search of Rich's Ring
#0709: Shark-Infested Highways of the Windy City
#0708: Memories of Our Pal Vito
#0707: Greetings From Athol, Idaho
#0706: Molly the Menace
#0705: How do you Break in a Used Husband?
#0704: Blowing Kisses Through the Floor Vents
#0703: Knowing When to Say Goodbye
#0702: If God Wanted People to Drive Stick Shifts, He Wouldn't Have Invented Automatic Transmissions
#0701: Paging Rod Serling: A Return to Waccabuc
#0652: Chinese Food, Delivery!
#0651: Lost in Translation
#0650: Nuccio's Nuts
#0649: My Cute Left Foot
#0648: The Grinderman Double-Clutches
#0647: Five Million Goats Are Fighting In There
#0646: You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Shifting
#0645: A $3,000 Contradance Road Trip
#0644: They're Giving Me Pills to Make Me Stupid... And They're Giving Them to Your Brother, Too
#0643: A Dope Smoking Hamster Commune Under The Hood
#0642: There's No Piston Viagra?
#0641: Squeaks, Creeks, Eeks-- And a Little Duct Tape
#0640: Boyfriends, Gassy and Otherwise
#0639: In Oatmeal We Trust. Maybe.
#0638: Say Tommy...What's That On Your Shoe?
#0637: Bogutissimo!
#0636: The Great Mile Marker Conspiracy
#0635: Tom, Ray...And A Few Haiku?!
#0634: If You Do Nothing, How Do You Know When You're Finished?
#0633: It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
#0632: Hey Guys, Watch This!
#0631: Bless Me Father, For I Have Stalled
#0630: Love, Rust and a Little More "Hey, Watch This!"
#0629: The Rat Rides Shotgun
#0628: The Pinkwater Tuchus
#0627: We Didn't Start the Fire
#0626: It's a Long Way to Hunga-Dunga
#0625: Oh Brother, Why Art Thou Such a Jerk?
#0624: The Babe in the Beemer
#0623: I Didn't Sign Up for Trunk Duty!
#0622: Tom, Ray...and Lawrence Welk?!
#0621: Five Engineers, How Many Opinions?
#0620: Wedgies: The Women Respond
#0619: Brake Jobs: The Way to a Woman's Heart
#0618: Momma Was a Race Car Driver
#0617: The Rumble Strip Boogie
#0616: Breaking Up Is Fun to Do
#0615: A Little Expert (ahem) Advice
#0614: I Broke the Boss' Car!
#0613: The Dashboard Hula Doll Dilemma
#0612: A Case for the Beer Belly
#0611: Man's Best Friend, Car's Worst Enemy
#0610: Skunk'd
#0609: Let's Get Personal
#0608: Putting the Kibosh on a Cold War Leak
#0607: One Brother Too Many?
#0606: Revenge Revisited
#0605: Batting 1.000
#0604: New Words: Automatopia, Carcophony and a Touch of Fartvergnugen
#0603: New Baby Names
#0602: A Blessing on Your Oil Change, Padre
#0601: Backseat Driving Lessons
#0553: If I Had a Mallet
#0552: A Public Radio Pile-up
#0551: Big Brother Is My Co-Pilot
#0550: Car Talk: The Demolition Edition
#0549: Holy Mackerel
#0548: Road Rage Explained
#0547: My Son In-Law Is an Ingrate!
#0546: Irreconcilable Road Trip
#0545: Is That a Ferret in Your Pants?
#0544: Work Less, Sleep More
#0543: A Few Choice Words
#0542: A Plague of Air Mites
#0541: I Got a Visit From the Car Alarm Fairy!
#0540: In Search of the Perfect Nun-Mobile
#0539: A Dope Slap for Sleepy Listeners
#0538: (Shop) Rags to Riches
#0537: The Jiffy Lube Medical School
#0536: Cigar Snorkeling
#0535: Boooogus Science
#0534: Don't Drive Like Tommy
#0533: Car Talk Widows Unite!
#0532: When Your Husband Is a Cheapskate!
#0524: A Little Now and Zen
#0523: Et Tu, Brutus?
#0518: Tappets Under Pressure.
#0517: The Atomic Wedgie!
#0516: An Upgrade Made in Heaven
#0515: Ugly Is In the Eye of the Beholder
#0514: Sibling Revelry
#0513: Unsolved Automotive Mysteries
#0512: Car Farts and Other Odors
#0511: The Hot Seat
#0510: Do I Come Here Often?
#0509: Don't Run Over My Brother!
#0508: Shut Up You Guys, I Love My Yugo!
#0507: The Dubious Knowledge of Teenagers!
#0506: Cat Smack Down!
#0505: Honey, You're an Idiot!
#0503: Why Dogs Shouldn't Drive
#0502: Buyer Beware, and Assume the Worst!
#0501: Mosquitoes One, Humans Zero
#0319: No Smoking Please
#0314: Please, Keep Your Day Job
#0312: Men Are from GM, Women Are from Ford
#0305: Lights, Camera, Action
#0222: Larry, Curly, and Moe-Maxima
#0211: Mach-O, Mach-O Man
#0204: Private Maaaagliozzi!
#0202: Anyone Need a Life Coach?
#0112: Paging Martha Stewart
#9943: Flush It for Sure
#9915: The New Ford Excursion
#9912: Cheapskates & Duct Tape
#9840: Ich bin ein Berliner
#9839: A BMW Z3 for a 16-Year-Old?
#9815: The New, Kinder, Gentler IRS
#9814: Morley Safer Defends Peugeot
#9715: The Perfect Tool
#9707: Valentine's Day
#9703: Lost in Space
#9702: Men Before GPS
#9644: "I Do" for an Isuzu
#9641: What's It All about, Leah?
#9619: Mom's Day Smack Down II
#9618: Pinkwater's Puking Pooches
#9546: Horsepower of Both Kinds
#9514: "Yes Dear" or "How to Stay Married"
#9511: Neiman-Marcus-Lexus
#9504: Mr. Tappet Goes to DC
#9448: Bachelor Barry
#9445: Melissa the Twerp
#9422: Bad Samaritans
#9406: Say It: "Arup Gupta"
#9339: Eggs Prestone
#9333: Pinkwater's BMW
#9138: Is There an Honest Mechanic?
#9136: Safety First
#8919: Mother's Day - Lizzie's Revenge
#8701: A Bad Idea Is Born - The First Show Ever!
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