# The Show **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=1 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [Puzzler - Citizens](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-citizens/195716)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Winston-O\_Boogie](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dr_Winston-O_Boogie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-citizens/195716 "2024-08-13T21:45:31Z")
Nope. Sorry. Their answer is wrong. Yes, the first daughter was born before the US gained independence, but any people born in the colonies were given citizenship on ratification of the constitution. Another possible… --- ## [Should You Name Your Car?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-you-name-your-car/3972)
**Author:** [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Replies:** 790\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-you-name-your-car/3972 "2024-08-10T11:36:13Z")
Does a car deserve a name? And if so, should it be male, or female? And, come to think of it... do people who name their cars actually take better care of them? Those were the profound questions we contemplated thi… --- ## [Car Talk episode guide](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-episode-guide/195524)
**Author:** [@cartalkeps\_190817](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cartalkeps_190817)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-episode-guide/195524 "2024-08-03T22:41:26Z")
I’m a huge fan of the show but noticed most discussion involves phrases like “I seem to recall an episode I heard a rerun of a few years back, where…” I’ve been looking for a few episodes and couldn’t find them. And I c… --- ## [V-Chip rating](https://community.cartalk.com/t/v-chip-rating/195570)
**Author:** [@Vchimpanzee](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Vchimpanzee)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/v-chip-rating/195570 "2024-08-03T22:08:32Z")
A new feature for our televisions. You can block violent content by using the V. Problem is, they didn’t introduce the V right away. They started with age ratings which weren’t useful for blocking violence. But the guy… --- ## [A Short Puzzler For Your Amusement](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-short-puzzler-for-your-amusement/195467)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-short-puzzler-for-your-amusement/195467 "2024-07-30T21:38:39Z")
At least one computer keyboard key shares its name with a popular vehicle. Do you know? Are here any others? @It\_s-Me says “F1” but that’s a stretch. F1 isn’t the name of a car so much as the name of a car racing … --- ## [New feature: Stump the Chumps](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-feature-stump-the-chumps/193189)
**Author:** [@Vchimpanzee](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Vchimpanzee)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-feature-stump-the-chumps/193189 "2024-06-15T22:09:08Z")
I’m a few weeks behind but last week I heard that they were going to start contacting people who had called in and see if their advice worked. The first one wasn’t called by the name but if their advice didn’t work, that… --- ## [Ray is only answering one question a week](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ray-is-only-answering-one-question-a-week/194854)
**Author:** [@Vchimpanzee](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Vchimpanzee)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ray-is-only-answering-one-question-a-week/194854 "2024-05-20T21:44:30Z")
Not technically about the show, but I read Ray’s column each week and only one question is being answered per week now, down from two or maybe three. --- ## [Synonym puzzler](https://community.cartalk.com/t/synonym-puzzler/194790)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/synonym-puzzler/194790 "2024-04-25T23:04:03Z")
On 3 recent Best of Car Talk podcasts, they came with the same synonym puzzler. The idea is to come up with two car-part related words which also happen to have similar meanings unrelated to cars. The winners were: P… --- ## [Easy Puzzler for your Amusement :)](https://community.cartalk.com/t/easy-puzzler-for-your-amusement/194601)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/easy-puzzler-for-your-amusement/194601 "2024-03-26T00:31:23Z")
The name of a modern car which is an anagram of “MY CAR”? --- ## [Puzzler: Words containing "hh"](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-words-containing-hh/194453)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 5:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-words-containing-hh/194453 "2024-03-13T05:15:39Z")
Recent Best of Podcast, are there any words with two h’s in a row? Ray speculated there are probably quite a few. I was guessing some version of ach, but no, that’s not one. The four most common appear to be “ahh”, an… --- ## [Does this bring back memories?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/does-this-bring-back-memories/194378)
**Author:** [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/does-this-bring-back-memories/194378 "2024-02-27T04:01:53Z")
--- ## [What does "per se dui" mean?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-does-per-se-dui-mean/194391)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-does-per-se-dui-mean/194391 "2024-02-16T22:36:42Z")
Recent podcasts feature a light-hearted listener-letter about the electric-brake controversy; i.e. can two people know less than one? … lol … Tom seems to be taken by the use of that phrase, but I have no idea what… --- ## [Our Fair City](https://community.cartalk.com/t/our-fair-city/194368)
**Author:** [@Vchimpanzee](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Vchimpanzee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/our-fair-city/194368 "2024-02-13T02:46:40Z")
A Funny Story About ‘Our Fair City’ - Car Talk --- ## [Trucker behavior](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trucker-behavior/194127)
**Author:** [@bone53](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bone53)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trucker-behavior/194127 "2024-01-13T23:05:27Z")
A caller on the Jan 2, 20 24 show asked about a trucker’s behavior re, merging before a construction lane closure. He was upset that that the trucker used his rig to block off both lanes of traffic short of the actual … --- ## [Checkerboard puzzler question and answer are both wrong](https://community.cartalk.com/t/checkerboard-puzzler-question-and-answer-are-both-wrong/193837)
**Author:** [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/checkerboard-puzzler-question-and-answer-are-both-wrong/193837 "2023-11-21T04:15:34Z")
The question and answer both refer to removing a black and a red square, when the diagonally opposite squares are both either red, or black: With that correction, the puzzler works, because you can’t cover the modifi… --- ## [Funny Article in Today's Boston Globe](https://community.cartalk.com/t/funny-article-in-todays-boston-globe/193560)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/funny-article-in-todays-boston-globe/193560 "2023-10-25T21:57:40Z")
10.25.23 issue, food section. Woman buys a new stove, finds whenever baking something it smells really bad. Thinking it might be a rodent problem, she calls a pest control company who refers her to an appliance repair … --- ## [Looking for car talk cartoon with yaks](https://community.cartalk.com/t/looking-for-car-talk-cartoon-with-yaks/193348)
**Author:** [@gvoyseyforum\_187224](https://community.cartalk.com/u/gvoyseyforum_187224)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/looking-for-car-talk-cartoon-with-yaks/193348 "2023-10-14T17:28:07Z")
many years ago – maybe 2009 or 2010 – i found a drawing/cartoon of car talk and i forgot to save it, and i’ve been looking for it ever since. It was a single panel, depicting a radio broadcasting booth. In the booth wer… --- ## [Unanswered Puzzler](https://community.cartalk.com/t/unanswered-puzzler/192920)
**Author:** [@PappaBear23](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PappaBear23)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/unanswered-puzzler/192920 "2023-09-16T13:43:12Z")
Quick question here, just curious. Has there ever been a puzzler that when it came to the next weeks show no one got the answer correct? --- ## [Availability of of the \*really\* old shows](https://community.cartalk.com/t/availability-of-of-the-really-old-shows/192823)
**Author:** [@partofthepuzzle](https://community.cartalk.com/u/partofthepuzzle)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/availability-of-of-the-really-old-shows/192823 "2023-09-12T03:53:43Z")
Hi, Is there any way to hear the really old shows. I’m referring to the original ones circa 1978 - 1986? I found Car Talk when they first started and I’d love hear those shows again. Thanks! --- ## [Melissa Peterson is back](https://community.cartalk.com/t/melissa-peterson-is-back/122277)
**Author:** [@Vchimpanzee](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Vchimpanzee)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/melissa-peterson-is-back/122277 "2023-09-04T17:18:23Z")
I’m behind schedule on the podcasts, but they read that first letter from her. I remember when she actually called in and she was so adorable. --- ## [Bogus 'The Little Demon' puzzler answer](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bogus-the-little-demon-puzzler-answer/192458)
**Author:** [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bogus-the-little-demon-puzzler-answer/192458 "2023-08-28T16:29:29Z")
I figured that was the general answer, but how would they know which plug to pull? The Little Demon | Car Talk --- ## [Show #2014 - Searching For One of the Songs](https://community.cartalk.com/t/show-2014-searching-for-one-of-the-songs/164203)
**Author:** [@partofthepuzzle](https://community.cartalk.com/u/partofthepuzzle)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/show-2014-searching-for-one-of-the-songs/164203 "2023-08-22T02:52:07Z")
Hi, I’m trying to track down the song that starts @ 35.21 in show #2014. It contains the lyrics: “I will follow your Ford Cortina, just to find you”. I tried numerous Googles searches with the lyrics and haven’t had an… --- ## [Still possible to mail to Car Talk?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/still-possible-to-mail-to-car-talk/192070)
**Author:** [@mountain\_and\_ocean\_lover](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mountain_and_ocean_lover)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/still-possible-to-mail-to-car-talk/192070 "2023-08-03T22:32:32Z")
A while ago I mailed a letter to Car Talk Plaza but the post service returned it to me saying there was no such address. Has the address changed? Or maybe Car Talk Plaza and Puzzler Tower have moved? --- ## [Running the AC with Windows Open](https://community.cartalk.com/t/running-the-ac-with-windows-open/67330)
**Author:** [@Tardigrade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tardigrade)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/running-the-ac-with-windows-open/67330 "2023-07-28T23:23:55Z")
In response to the caller who wondered if it was bad for her car's AC to run it with the windows open. It seems to me that when a car AC is on, the compressor runs continuously and the cabin temperature is controlled by… --- ## [Bump vs pothole](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bump-vs-pothole/191371)
**Author:** [@g8treng](https://community.cartalk.com/u/g8treng)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bump-vs-pothole/191371 "2023-06-30T14:26:58Z")
Just curious what you think about Ray’s most recent newspaper column in which he replied to a guy asking which was harder on the suspension, hitting a bump or an equal-sized pothole. I like Ray’s reply at the gut level, … --- ## [Tom's "Principle Of Feigned Incompetence"](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toms-principle-of-feigned-incompetence/190764)
**Author:** [@siphon](https://community.cartalk.com/u/siphon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/toms-principle-of-feigned-incompetence/190764 "2023-05-23T20:44:37Z")
I have a clear memory of once hearing a Car Talk discussion about something called the “Principle of Feigned Incompetence”. My memory is that Tom & Ray were discussing something Tom used to do to avoid having his wife a… --- ## ["Car Talk Science" CD track listing?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-science-cd-track-listing/190299)
**Author:** [@kneadtoknow](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kneadtoknow)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 12:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-science-cd-track-listing/190299 "2023-05-03T12:33:28Z")
I’m hoping someone owns a physical copy of the “Car Talk Science: MIT Wants Its Diplomas Back” CD and wouldn’t mind posting the track titles. I’m trying to figure out what’s what on the audio that I can listen to through… --- ## [Current Puzzler](https://community.cartalk.com/t/current-puzzler/190184)
**Author:** [@bruce.herchenroder\_184905](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bruce.herchenroder_184905)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/current-puzzler/190184 "2023-04-24T01:53:07Z")
This is the Military Alphabet Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zul… --- ## [Proper tire pressure](https://community.cartalk.com/t/proper-tire-pressure/13026)
**Author:** [@sathyan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sathyan)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/proper-tire-pressure/13026 "2023-04-17T21:35:01Z")
Car: 2007 Ford Focus SE I finally got around to checking the air pressure on my tires. It reads 35 psi but the label on the door say 32 psi - all four measured the same. I know underinflation is to be avoided but is ha… --- ## [Bogus puzzler answer - chrome airplane spinners](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bogus-puzzler-answer-chrome-airplane-spinners/189695)
**Author:** [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 12:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bogus-puzzler-answer-chrome-airplane-spinners/189695 "2023-04-17T00:34:30Z")
Latest puzzler answer says private planes with props have chrome spinners to act as mirrors, lets the pilot see if the landing gear is down. I pulled up a number of prop plane pics, found no relationship between single … [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=2)