The Best of Car Talk

The Best of Car Talk

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The Best of Car Talk episodes

  • #2679: Hot and Cold
    Dinesh calls in to let us know how his stroll through the length of Death Valley went last summer, and Linda from Alaska needs help with her sled dogs. Unusual extremes in temperature are met with our usually mediocre advice on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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    35 min
  • #2678: They're Coming to Steal Your Fish
    A tornado picks up a car and deposits it in the trees and now they’re coming to steal your fish. Must be the latest episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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    35 min
  • #2677: Stumps and Chumps
    Jane and Andy are ‘the stumpers’ and we all know who the chumps are on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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    37 min
  • #2676: The End of the Previa
    Marsha mixed up. She opened all of her Toyota minivan’s fluid reservoirs and mostly poured the right stuff into the right holes, but not quite. Click and Clack ponder her polluted Previa on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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    38 min
  • #2675: Gas and Go
    Leo’s a busy guy. He pulls to a screech in front of the gas pumps, jumps out, slides across the hood of the car and starts pumping gas before his feet hit the ground -all while the engine is still running. His wife is used to Leo’s ‘Dukes of Hazard’ routine but draws the line at gasing up with a running engine. Click and Clack are ‘Boss Hogg’ and ‘Roscoe P. Coltrane’ laying down the law on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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    36 min
  • #2674: Empathic Whatever
    Jeff, a relationship counselor from Maui, and Click and Clack, relationship klutzes of great renown, engage in an exchange of professional services on this episode of the Best of Car Talk. 
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    35 min
  • #2673: Thelma and Louise II
    Lydia is about to finish her graduate program and to celebrate she wants to grab a girlfriend, hop into a classic muscle car and drive across the US, just like Thelma and Louise. We think maybe Lydia kind of forgot how that movie ends, but hey… Find out which model Click and Clack think has the best aerodynamic potential on this episode of the Best of Car Talk. 
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    37 min
  • #2672: The Spudmobile
    Amy’s Honda is having a bit of a flatulence issue and, being something of an intellectual, she has determined that the main ‘ingredient’ in the offending odor is… potatoes! Will Click and Clack recommend a juice cleanse? Or does the Shameless Commerce Division have some other dietary supplement to fix this issue? Find out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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    39 min
  • #2671: Answer Coupon
    Sandy’s Honda sounds like a muscle car all of a sudden. Gotta be a hole in the muffler, right? Apparently not, says Sandy. Can Click and Clack get her to change her answer with the proper incentives? Find out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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    33 min
  • "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 roll out regularly might like to hear Ray take a few of your car questions. That’s right, we managed to lure him off of the bocce court last week with promises of all-you-can-eat cannolli and he fell for it! Listen in to find out if he can help Elizabeth with her ‘unwanted passengers’ and Rory with his suspiciously shiny motor oil. And while you’re listening, head over to plus.npr.org and you can hear the rest of Ray’s attempts to rescue callers over the past year -and into the future. You’ll ensure regular laughs and support NPR and Public Radio, too.
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    11 min

About The Best of Car Talk

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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…

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