Original Air Date: 2008-05-03
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The Kamikaze Porsche of Radium Springs
This week on Car Talk, what could make a seemingly mild-mannered '83 Porsche start rolling uphill towards near-by cliff, with its engine off? Poltergeists? Something in the water of its home-town, Radium Springs, New Mexico? Find out if Tom and Ray can come up with an answer that'll help its owner take it off the auto-suicide watch list.
Remember our old favorite, Foreign Accent Syndrome? This week, we discuss a new entry to the world of odd neurological incidents: Foreign Language Syndrome. Hear what happens when one Czech motorcyclist takes a hit to the ol' noggin. Speaking of unusual brain activity, our hosts decide to take on the roles of schoolmarms, giving two callers homework assignments. Later, hear them share findings-- if only to report on "number of fingers lost." And, is a road-trip from West Palm Beach to New York City really the best time to learn how to drive stick? Sure, if it's not your car! All that, plus a new Puzzler from Ray's "Shipping and Handling" series, and lots more, on this week's Car Talk.
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Original Air Date: 2005-11-12
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Irreconcilable Road Trip
This week, a very memorable Stump the Chumps. We check in with that (once) happily married couple about their cross-country trip - with an in-law in tow. Linda’s windshield wipers seem to have a mind of their own. Does she need a mechanic-- or an exorcist? Do Americans have more road rage than Italians? How do Sicilians keep their cool when everybody drives so badly? Plus, find out another creative use for duct tape, and hear the coolest Chevy vanity plate of all time. That, and more, on this week's edition of Car Talk.
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Original Air Date: 2006-02-18
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One Brother Too Many?
Does the world really need a Click AND a Clack? Tom and Ray mull over a listener’s request for a 50% reduction in Magliozzis-- but who should get the ax? Becky wants to park her Miata on the other side of the garage – but she’ll have to find a place for all her husband’s redneck gear first. (Anyone want a set of caribou horns?) Jim’s ‘96 Cadillac sounds like a sick cow when it starts. He's looking for a cure for the chronic Caddy cough. Plus, is Rob’s child-safe door shut for good? This, and more.
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Original Air Date: 2006-04-08
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I Broke the Boss' Car!
Should Kevin start printing up new resumés now that he got a quarter stuck in his boss’ seatbelt lock or will Superglue save the day? Nancy learns how to root out brake rotor rot. Ian comes up with a brilliant (?) solution to the clicking valves on his ’97 Mazda pickup truck. The Tappet brothers make Ann Marie’s mom happy by explaining that a car runs three times better at 50 miles an hour than at 80. Dr. Dan gets some self-image counseling. Plus, Tommy defends his daughter’s art history major. Would you like fries with that?
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Original Air Date: 2006-12-30
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Chinese Food, Delivery!
This week on Car Talk, Tom and Ray receive a holiday gift that keeps on giving... an exit strategy for uncooeprative callers. And, where's a good exorcist when you need one? Tom and Ray help Nancy with the ghostly noises emanating from her Volvo. The noise from Carrie's Ford Expedition are a little more down-to-earth... and just might have something to do with the 9,000 pounds of catering
equipment that's in tow. Rush, in Mystic, Connecticut isn't catering-- but it might smell that way, thanks to the stick of better that's coating his Landrover's heater vents. Is there anything he can do about that rancid stench? All that and more, in this week's encore edition of Car Talk.
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