The Best of Car Talk
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The Best of Car Talk
America's funniest auto mechanics take calls from weary car owners all over the country, and crack wise while they diagnose Dodges and dismiss Diahatsus. You don't have to know anything about cars to love this one hour weekly laugh fest.
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"Rats!"(Bonus Episode)
It’s ‘Special Podcast Extra’ day here at the ‘Best of Car Talk!’ We thought that those of you who weren’t enjoying the ‘exclusive’ NPR+ extras that we...
#2670: Calling for a 'Friend'
Aaron has a theory about why his Chevy Impala suddenly has no power, and he’s tried a bunch of fixes that haven’t helped. Turns out it isn’t even his...
#2669: Pay as You Go
Jim sold some sucker his high-mileage Geo Metro junkbox for $250. A little while later, the buyer comes back and Jim is prepared to tell him, ‘No refu...
#2668: You Betcha!
From Aitkin to Zumbrota, this edition of the Best of Car Talk ‘Climaxes’(poulation 243) with a flurry of calls from the gopher state. You betcha!
#2667: Witless Intimidation
Laraine’s Acura is making a weird fricative noise that seems to be coming from impossible locations within the engine compartment. And Click & Clack h...
#2666: The Spidermobile
Heather’s Honda got stolen and shortly after it’s recovery she noticed that the car was infested with dozens of black widow spiders. Ugh! While you’re...
#2665: A Laser-like Focus
Anne’s Subaru has fallen prey to several failures that exhibit a complex pattern of intricate and subtle symptoms that only a master mechanic with fin...
#2664: Sparks-a-Flying
Alison is still madly in love with her hubby of two years, but she’s just plain mad about the fact that everytime they kiss in her car she gets an ele...
#2663: Martha, Martha, Martha!
The “Good Things” Lady meets “Thing One and Thing Two”, as the Doyenne of Domesticity, Martha Stewart brings her talents to this episode of the Best o...
#2662: Camry vs Ferrari
Steve emerged from a divorce without his beloved Ferrari and now he’s driving a Toyota Camry. Is there any way he can get some of the thrill that he u...
#2661: The Dreamsicle-Mobile
JoAnne’s kid at least has imagination. And he wants his first vehicle to be an ice cream truck. Not for it’s fine handling on the freeway or the high...
#2660: Howard's Brake Fluid Recipe
Howard was in the desert down near the US/Mexico border when he realized that he was out of brake fluid with none onhand. He did, however, have some w...
#2659: Class Dismissed!
Linda’s Honda has such a bad ride that she is making her 8th grade class sit silently at their desks while she talks to Click and Clack about it. Will...
#2658: He's a Genius!
Kim’s hubby had his eye on a 4 year old Lexus that was left abandoned at the airport by a burglar after a robbery. Kim’s worried about ‘karma’, but hu...
#2657: Getting to Yes
Jane says that there’s somebody on the outside of her Honda banging it with a hammer or, at least that’s what it sounds like when she’s driving around...
#2656: Remote Nonstarter
Gladys was gifted a remote starter for those cold winter days in upstate New York. But the promise of a warmed up interior on those icy cold mornings...
#2655: Our Proper Roles
All of the great duos throughout history like Lewis and Clark, Batman and Robin, Shields and Yarnell… they all had one thing in common: they knew thei...
#2654: Clean Underwear in a Can
Sometimes great ideas come out of nowhere. On this episode of the Best of Car Talk the brothers hit upon an invention nearly as great as the ‘Pocket F...
#2653: Mechanic with Benefits
John is in the early stages of Ferrari ownership. Along with the exorbitant bills he’s noticing a certain ‘extra special attention’ from the dealershi...
#2652: Bozo's Garage
Rob’s family cross-country vacation has turned into a disaster: Black smoke is pouring out of the back of the car, transmission fluid is pouring out f...
#2651: Baddabing! Baddabang!
Livinia hears explosions every time her Dodge minivan hits a pothole. In an effort to zero in on the source, Click and Clack have to suss out the poss...
#2650: Non Impediti Ratione Cogitationis
When Mary Jo told Click and Clack that her windshield was pitted and hard to see thru, Tommy entered a trance-like state and rattled off an amazing st...
#2649: Look Out for Those Gila Monsters!
Goria is about to cross the Southwestern US in her Honda that she is told needs a new timing belt. Will she make it or will she get stranded and end b...
#2648: Where's Fred?
Bob’s extended family drove home from a recent outing, climbed out of their BMW and shuffled back into the house. A half hour later, someone finally n...
#2647: Service With a Smile
Raegan was doing a nice thing and brought her boyfriend’s Jeep to a local mechanic for a tune up. The mechanic not only tuned-up the vehicle but he al...
#2646: Rent a Mongoose Dot Com
Brian’s kid is a typical, curious 8-year-old who brought his new buddy, a snake that he had just caught, into their car where it promptly escaped. The...
#2645: Stink Bug
Ashley called us to say that when she takes long trips in her ’74 Volkswagen Bug she feels nauseous and has trouble staying awake. Sounds like a drive...
#2644: Who's the Bigger Slob?
Julianne called Click and Clack hoping to get a clue in hunting down a nasty smell somewhere in her car. Instead she ended up on the wrong end of a sw...
#2643: Breaking-in the Brakes
Colleen’s 85-yr-old dad was told by his mechanic that to properly ‘break-in his brakes’ he should be varying his speed between 30-50mph and applying t...
#2642: Overtightening Our Belts
Stacy had her car’s belts tightened recently and more recently the car went up in flames. Coincidence or Causal? Find out on this episode of the Best...
#2641: How Cheap is Too Cheap?
Michelle and her hubby need a second car but funds are ‘limited’ and she wants to know if it’s possible to get a decent one for $170? Tommy worries th...
#2640: Flunking Physics Again
Kim from Florida has a physics quiz coming up and she decided to reach out to Click and Clack for some help. Kim has either never listened to the show...
#2639: Honda Habitat
Kristen is moving to Kosovo for a couple of years and has to leave her beloved Honda behind. She’s apparently so sentimental about the car that she wa...
#2638: Melissa Strikes Back
Sherlock Holmes has Professor Moriarty. Superman has kryptonite. And Car Talk is cursed with… a little girl from Seattle who says mean stuff to us. Th...
#2637: Meet the Staff
It’s not often we get a call from members of the Car Talk staff during the show. And you’d expect that call to be from our chauffeur Pickov Andropov o...
#2636: In Praise of Cleveland
Marian’s Ford pickup is bouncing all over Cleveland, so she had a local shop replace her shocks and… it’s still bouncing around Cleveland. Click and C...
#2635: Knock, Knock...
…”Who’s there?” Debra with her impossible knocking noise, that’s who. All we know is that it isn’t coming from the engine compartment. Wild guessing e...
#2634: Bug Bomb
The Brothers suggested Bob from Texas could rid his car of horseflies by using a ‘bug bomb’ to flood the passenger compartment with insecticide. Bob r...
#2633: Hacker Heaven
Larry’s 14-year-old kid wants the two of them to find an old car to rebuild so kiddo can drive it when he gets his license in a few years. What a grea...
#2632: Brilliant or Crazy
Rebecca’s Honda won’t go into reverse, but that may not be her biggest problem at the moment because Tommy can’t decide if Ray’s answer is clever or j...