# The Show **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=16 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 17 --- ## [Brake bleeding puzzler](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-bleeding-puzzler/84816)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-bleeding-puzzler/84816 "2014-04-28T21:46:00Z")
Wouldn't an experienced mechanic realize that the brake bleeding valves were at the bottom of the caliper and pointing down instead of like they should be, at the top of the caliper and pointing up? On first inspection? … --- ## [Fall of the Dart](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fall-of-the-dart/84528)
**Author:** [@DBH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DBH)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fall-of-the-dart/84528 "2014-04-27T19:19:44Z")
I think the Dart needs to be Bronzed. It can make a terrific lawn sculpture. My first car was a 62 Dart with the push button auto tranny. Man, doing a quarter mile drag with that transmission was a hoot! --- ## [Pacer Anguish: The Day I Left My Mother by the Side of the Road](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pacer-anguish-the-day-i-left-my-mother-by-the-side-of-the-road/84801)
**Author:** [@mrnola](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mrnola)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pacer-anguish-the-day-i-left-my-mother-by-the-side-of-the-road/84801 "2014-04-27T02:35:09Z")
Just a little Pacer story I hope the guys will enjoy. In 1984 – this was before cellphones -- I was headed for Wisconsin from Colorado to my first real job. In my grandmother’s old Pacer. My mother planned to accompa… --- ## [Pacer Anguish: The Day I Left My Mother by the Side of the Road](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pacer-anguish-the-day-i-left-my-mother-by-the-side-of-the-road/84803)
**Author:** [@mrnola](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mrnola)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pacer-anguish-the-day-i-left-my-mother-by-the-side-of-the-road/84803 "2014-04-27T02:35:09Z")
Just a little Pacer story I hope the guys will enjoy. In 1984 – this was before cellphones -- I was headed for Wisconsin from Colorado to my first real job. In my grandmother’s old Pacer. My mother planned to accompa… --- ## [Drafting: Front vehicle does benefit](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drafting-front-vehicle-does-benefit/83216)
**Author:** [@GJP8372](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GJP8372)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2014, 5:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drafting-front-vehicle-does-benefit/83216 "2014-04-26T05:19:59Z")
There is an area of relative low pressure behind a car that "sucks" the car backwards. This is one component of the force of drag acting on the car. When the front car is being drafted, the pressure of the air behind i… --- ## [Twice rebuilt still not fixed transmission](https://community.cartalk.com/t/twice-rebuilt-still-not-fixed-transmission/84732)
**Author:** [@Mlyangle](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mlyangle)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/twice-rebuilt-still-not-fixed-transmission/84732 "2014-04-25T16:45:31Z")
HELP! I have a 2004 GMC Envoy. About 4 years ago I unwillingly ran over a boulder that was placed in the middle of a winding back road. It cracked my transmission pan, and stripped my fourth gear. I had it rebuilt, only … --- ## [Driving on "wrong" side in Ireland](https://community.cartalk.com/t/driving-on-wrong-side-in-ireland/84670)
**Author:** [@WhoaMO](https://community.cartalk.com/u/WhoaMO)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2014, 5:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/driving-on-wrong-side-in-ireland/84670 "2014-04-20T05:53:36Z")
For the poor guy going to Ireland, isn't there a computer program with attachable console with steering wheel on wrong side of dash (kiinda like flight simulator) that he could practice on before actually going over ther… --- ## [What's that song? 1413](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-that-song-1413/84474)
**Author:** [@FoxMc](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FoxMc)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-that-song-1413/84474 "2014-04-20T03:24:33Z")
I've been digging and digging trying to figure out what that song was that was playing during the brake of this episode. Tools like Shazam and sound hound haven't yielded any results. Same problem with google. Does any o… --- ## [Puzzler: Prisoners and the light switches](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-prisoners-and-the-light-switches/83885)
**Author:** [@Shoki](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Shoki)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-prisoners-and-the-light-switches/83885 "2014-04-14T01:08:13Z")
The solution given was incorrect. Ray clearly stated that the warden might choose the same prisoner multiple times. Therefore the warden could choose prisoner 2, say, 42 times and the leader only twice. The solution give… --- ## [Do tom and ray ever participate in or read anything on this site?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-tom-and-ray-ever-participate-in-or-read-anything-on-this-site/84571)
**Author:** [@wesw](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wesw)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-tom-and-ray-ever-participate-in-or-read-anything-on-this-site/84571 "2014-04-11T21:55:53Z")
just curious --- ## [Any new puzzler winners out there?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/any-new-puzzler-winners-out-there/84499)
**Author:** [@starware](https://community.cartalk.com/u/starware)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/any-new-puzzler-winners-out-there/84499 "2014-04-09T14:57:21Z")
We all know the boys retired \>1 year ago and the show is in rerun, in a sort of a perpetual motion. But the puzzlers? They continue to solicit entries in 2014 for puzzlers that originally ran many years ago (witness th… --- ## [Question about Show Segment](https://community.cartalk.com/t/question-about-show-segment/84365)
**Author:** [@ILikeCars](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ILikeCars)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/question-about-show-segment/84365 "2014-03-31T01:45:32Z")
How come when they do the intro to one of segments he always says, "...and uh the new puzzler." Or maybe he says, "and Duh this week's puzzler." Or something to that effect. Anyway, I am wondering why he adds that syl… --- ## [Alaska Driving](https://community.cartalk.com/t/alaska-driving/84309)
**Author:** [@mpgreen](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mpgreen)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/alaska-driving/84309 "2014-03-30T23:50:31Z")
Has anyone ever driven in Alaska before? I heard it can be difficult. --- ## [Matchstick Puzzler](https://community.cartalk.com/t/matchstick-puzzler/84265)
**Author:** [@JohnnyWu](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JohnnyWu)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2014, 7:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/matchstick-puzzler/84265 "2014-03-28T07:25:28Z")
anyone tried puzzler this week? solution on youtube --- ## [2003 Buick ebreak](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-buick-ebreak/84281)
**Author:** [@olds442](https://community.cartalk.com/u/olds442)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2014, 7:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-buick-ebreak/84281 "2014-03-28T07:15:49Z")
I recently changed the rear brakes (Dics) in my 2003 Buick Regal. After replacing the brakes my ebreak stopped working. I have checked the cables and tried resetting the ebreak pads but can not get the ebreak working. An… --- ## [2013 Nissan Altima gets stuck in battery mode](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-nissan-altima-gets-stuck-in-battery-mode/84227)
**Author:** [@bdognyc](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bdognyc)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-nissan-altima-gets-stuck-in-battery-mode/84227 "2014-03-28T00:03:04Z")
I am the owner of a 2013 Pathfinder and a 2013 Altima. If I have both sets of FOB keys on me when I press the start button on my Altima the car goes into battery mode. Will not completely turn on or won't turn off. The o… --- ## [Pot Holes](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pot-holes/84193)
**Author:** [@SFS](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SFS)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pot-holes/84193 "2014-03-21T03:01:10Z")
The caller wondered what happens to all that asphalt that comes out of all those pot holes and you bums gave her a bum steer! Here's the real answer… http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MDOT\_birthofPOTHOLE\_91772\_7.pdf --- ## [Driving Too Fast on Small island of Islesford Maine](https://community.cartalk.com/t/driving-too-fast-on-small-island-of-islesford-maine/84197)
**Author:** [@WildemereBob](https://community.cartalk.com/u/WildemereBob)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/driving-too-fast-on-small-island-of-islesford-maine/84197 "2014-03-16T01:34:00Z")
Can you help me locate which show had the Listener from Isleford, ME (Little Cranbury Island?) driving too fast on small Island! I believe answer was sabotage (i.e., mis-adjust timing etc.) I believe it was Feb. 2014 be… --- ## [Puzzler Bogosity!](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-bogosity/83897)
**Author:** [@StormyBlueMerc](https://community.cartalk.com/u/StormyBlueMerc)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-bogosity/83897 "2014-03-12T17:02:17Z")
Remember the old cartoon? A professor stands by the blackboard as his student chalks out a complex formula. Right in the center of this mathematical masterpiece is a gap, in which the kid has written "AND THEN A MIRACLE… --- ## [Hatchbacks](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hatchbacks/84101)
**Author:** [@milocat](https://community.cartalk.com/u/milocat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hatchbacks/84101 "2014-03-10T01:53:30Z")
Hi. I'm looking for a hatchback that's equivalent to a 1998 honda civic dx. Would like one that's fair easy to maintain or find parts for and great on gas. Any suggestions? Thanks --- ## [Alaskan Trip - Eric. Dad. Sister](https://community.cartalk.com/t/alaskan-trip-eric-dad-sister/84096)
**Author:** [@Alaskanmom](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Alaskanmom)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/alaskan-trip-eric-dad-sister/84096 "2014-03-10T01:28:26Z")
Eric, absolutely take this trip with your dad. I went to Alaska 33 years ago on a camping trip and stayed. Have driven the ALCAN numerous times. There are lots of places to eat so you really won't have to eat that much t… --- ## [Alcan drive not that onerous](https://community.cartalk.com/t/alcan-drive-not-that-onerous/84092)
**Author:** [@sbou](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sbou)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/alcan-drive-not-that-onerous/84092 "2014-03-09T03:55:38Z")
Why does it have to be such a big deal? I drove the Alcan twice by myself, once with an aging 100,000+ mile Honda Civic wagon with my 5 and 7 year old kids. On the way back I had a 100,000+ Honda Accord wagon with the … --- ## [2010 Nissan Sentra Jerks](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-nissan-sentra-jerks/84080)
**Author:** [@Michkuhn](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Michkuhn)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-nissan-sentra-jerks/84080 "2014-03-08T00:46:27Z")
I own a 2010 Nissan Sentra. This past winter whenever the roads have any amount of snow or moisture on them my car started to randomly jerk. It feels like it is catching and then it takes off again. It started off sporad… --- ## [Puzzler - Using your Emergency Brakes](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-using-your-emergency-brakes/84039)
**Author:** [@Jomomma](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jomomma)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-using-your-emergency-brakes/84039 "2014-03-05T01:18:54Z")
HA... I had a youthful flashback about using the emergency brake so your brake lights don't shine. As a teenager, to sneak into the drive-in movies on the backside of the parking lot, I used my parking brake. Had to ju… --- ## [Old episodes not (yet) available for purchase](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-episodes-not-yet-available-for-purchase/84022)
**Author:** [@MattOKC](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MattOKC)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2014, 6:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-episodes-not-yet-available-for-purchase/84022 "2014-03-03T06:14:34Z")
I'm working on as close-to-complete a collection of Car Talk as possible (I have 570 episodes), because my sons and I listen to them on long cross-country road trips (and because, sentimentally, my mom got me started lis… --- ## [Dodge van speaker issue](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dodge-van-speaker-issue/83610)
**Author:** [@cbpitt](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cbpitt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dodge-van-speaker-issue/83610 "2014-02-23T04:05:47Z")
The caller said when he rolled down either of the front windows (the only ones that aren't fixed in position), the volume from the speakers gets louder. The Car Talk guys said maybe that a venturi effect when the windows… --- ## [Noah the Graduate Student (Feb 1, 2014)](https://community.cartalk.com/t/noah-the-graduate-student-feb-1-2014/83538)
**Author:** [@David239](https://community.cartalk.com/u/David239)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/noah-the-graduate-student-feb-1-2014/83538 "2014-02-20T17:36:56Z")
I was disappointed that Noah's call was taken on air. This was the segment in which the caller said he was a graduate student working for the Marshal Space Flight Center. Two points of contention with his call: 1) A co… --- ## [The President May Be a Closet Listener](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-president-may-be-a-closet-listener/83810)
**Author:** [@ctom3](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ctom3)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-president-may-be-a-closet-listener/83810 "2014-02-20T02:39:40Z")
President Obama apparently shares the same opinion of art history majors as that of Click and Clack when he said, “Folks can make a lot more potentially with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they might with an ar… --- ## [Engineering Insight](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engineering-insight/83749)
**Author:** [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engineering-insight/83749 "2014-02-18T00:12:24Z")
Periodically, an aspersion is cast on an Engineer for their approach to a problem. I came across this quote a number of years ago ( about when I started Engineering ), and it always makes me smile in recognition. "Engin… --- ## [Captain Destructo](https://community.cartalk.com/t/captain-destructo/83646)
**Author:** [@nycadre](https://community.cartalk.com/u/nycadre)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/captain-destructo/83646 "2014-02-13T21:08:30Z")
When our hosts read the e-mail from Al, who had envisioned a comic-book hero named Captain Destructo who wreaks vengeance on bad drivers, my thought was "He's not such a wacko. It's been done before!" It wasn't a comi… [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=15) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=17)