# The Show **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=21 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 22 --- ## [A host with perfect pitch?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-host-with-perfect-pitch/78097)
**Author:** [@kyrasdad](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kyrasdad)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-host-with-perfect-pitch/78097 "2013-03-26T19:39:58Z")
On this week's show, addressing caller "Marga", one of the two hosts started singing the 70s radio staple, "Margaritaville". It was exactly on key which makes me wonder if that host (whichever one it was) has perfect pi… --- ## [There has been no proven link between aluminum and Alzheimer's disease](https://community.cartalk.com/t/there-has-been-no-proven-link-between-aluminum-and-alzheimers-disease/78202)
**Author:** [@slarti0001](https://community.cartalk.com/u/slarti0001)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/there-has-been-no-proven-link-between-aluminum-and-alzheimers-disease/78202 "2013-03-25T21:42:36Z")
You might want to make sure people know (and let Martha Stewart know) that there have been lots of studies done on this topic and there's no link between aluminum and Alsheimer's. http://alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/… --- ## [Comments wanted about Tom from Indianaplois with broken caliper](https://community.cartalk.com/t/comments-wanted-about-tom-from-indianaplois-with-broken-caliper/78230)
**Author:** [@CapriRacer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CapriRacer)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/comments-wanted-about-tom-from-indianaplois-with-broken-caliper/78230 "2013-03-25T21:15:21Z")
On the Mar 23rd, 2013 show, Tom from Indianapolis called in with a broken spring - he later said a brake caliper was broken. Tom questioned the mechanic's advice to replace BOTH front calipers. Our friends, Tom and Ra… --- ## [Patricia and the 1996 lexus](https://community.cartalk.com/t/patricia-and-the-1996-lexus/78234)
**Author:** [@bargoze](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bargoze)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/patricia-and-the-1996-lexus/78234 "2013-03-24T20:02:50Z")
i listened to your explanation of what might have happened when patricia's husband moved their lexus in the driveway (starter not engaging, smoke, etc.), and I thought you might have missed a few clues that she gave you.… --- ## [The Great Mud Flap Debate](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-great-mud-flap-debate/78024)
**Author:** [@Car\_Talk](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Car_Talk)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-great-mud-flap-debate/78024 "2013-03-22T21:13:02Z")
Who knew mud flaps could be so controversial! Catch this week's Car Talk? Ten years of mud flaps on his Nissan Sentra have made a skeptic out of John from Minneapolis. His thesis: mud flaps are useless salt and sand … --- ## [Hysterical story I heard at Christmastime](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hysterical-story-i-heard-at-christmastime/78126)
**Author:** [@Squibbs](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Squibbs)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2013, 8:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hysterical-story-i-heard-at-christmastime/78126 "2013-03-21T08:53:42Z")
About 3 months ago, I heard a "bit" about stories that had a Christmas theme. Tommy read a letter from a mechanic - he could barely get through it, he was laughing so hard. Anyway, the mechanic & his co workers were si… --- ## [Old podcasts](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-podcasts/78140)
**Author:** [@Petterr](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Petterr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2013, 7:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-podcasts/78140 "2013-03-21T07:28:16Z")
How can I find and download to my itunes account old podcasts of the show? --- ## [Show how do you get on it](https://community.cartalk.com/t/show-how-do-you-get-on-it/78103)
**Author:** [@PAW-PAW](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PAW-PAW)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/show-how-do-you-get-on-it/78103 "2013-03-21T04:09:33Z")
Car talk is on a local radio station at 10 am on Sat.then Sun.at 6pm but this is a repeat of saturday. I tried to get on about a problem with my 99 olds cutlass. I speed dailed for 15 min.but got a buzzy signal or a reco… --- ## [Wacko parents giving in to whiny teenagers](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wacko-parents-giving-in-to-whiny-teenagers/77459)
**Author:** [@DJPatch](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DJPatch)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wacko-parents-giving-in-to-whiny-teenagers/77459 "2013-03-20T01:44:27Z")
(I tried to email Tom & Ray but for some reason I kept setting off the Spam filter. So I’ll try here.) Dear Tom & Ray This past week’s show (“The Giving Trunk”) had yet another example of a problem that has become E… --- ## [Spoiler: Here's a hint for the odd paragraph puzzler](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spoiler-heres-a-hint-for-the-odd-paragraph-puzzler/77987)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spoiler-heres-a-hint-for-the-odd-paragraph-puzzler/77987 "2013-03-17T03:24:07Z")
Wednesday evening isn't too early for oblique puzzler hints, no? I get the answer to so few of these puzzlers, I can't resist when I finally solve one before the next show reveals the answer. Ok, here goes. Read no f… --- ## [The "Stupid" Sign](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-stupid-sign/77840)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2013, 7:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-stupid-sign/77840 "2013-03-16T07:56:42Z")
On this week's opener segment the guys talked about the need for a "stupid" sign which stupid people would be required to wear. Very funny. And it reminded me of when I was a teenager and worked on a cattle range near… --- ## [Puzzler - Challenge answer](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-challenge-answer/77878)
**Author:** [@JimHB](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JimHB)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2013, 7:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-challenge-answer/77878 "2013-03-14T07:46:56Z")
'd like to take issue with the answer to the puzzler of 3-2-03, and it may be with the wording of the puzzle. I believe the question was - what is the minimum number of weighs necessary to find the counterfeit coin, whi… --- ## [How can I find part of a specific show on the CarTalk website?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-can-i-find-part-of-a-specific-show-on-the-cartalk-website/77976)
**Author:** [@Squibbs](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Squibbs)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-can-i-find-part-of-a-specific-show-on-the-cartalk-website/77976 "2013-03-14T04:48:56Z")
3 months ago, around Christmastime, Tommy reread a letter on the show because it had a "Christmas connection". The letter was from a mechanic who, with his coworkers, played a practical joke on their boss who was braggi… --- ## [Erasmo Magliozzi](https://community.cartalk.com/t/erasmo-magliozzi/77968)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/erasmo-magliozzi/77968 "2013-03-13T07:38:32Z")
On this week's show Ray told an amusing story about himself. He said instead of "Ray", he uses the name "Erasmo" at the place he shoots pool! lol I guess it's practical too, because Erasmo -- well nobody else is l… --- ## [Regarding your Welsh caller](https://community.cartalk.com/t/regarding-your-welsh-caller/77935)
**Author:** [@Caradoc](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caradoc)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/regarding-your-welsh-caller/77935 "2013-03-12T00:15:09Z")
Regarding your discussion with Anwen who is of Welsh descent: Sean Connery is Scottish not Welsh. The Welsh speak a Brythonic Celtic Language. The Irish and Scotts speak Gaelic Celtic. Kissing cousins so to speak. Aside … --- ## [Minis in the US](https://community.cartalk.com/t/minis-in-the-us/77899)
**Author:** [@linmalki](https://community.cartalk.com/u/linmalki)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/minis-in-the-us/77899 "2013-03-11T18:27:27Z")
Today a caller asked about possibly bringing a 90's European Austin Mini to the US. Strictly speaking, they are not US legal (they were not imported by the manufacturer since 1967, when the safety and emissions regulatio… --- ## [Dump him, Kate](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dump-him-kate/77587)
**Author:** [@brc54](https://community.cartalk.com/u/brc54)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2013, 7:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dump-him-kate/77587 "2013-03-10T07:52:00Z")
And I'm speaking as someone who didn't get their license until I was 21 and pretty much forced to. I don't care he doesn't have a license but when you don't have a license then you take the train, the bus or sign up at… --- ## [Puzzler](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler/77879)
**Author:** [@JimHB](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JimHB)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler/77879 "2013-03-09T21:06:25Z")
Actually, place one coin on each side of the scale - one is heavy. Bogus coin in one weigh! (Minimum number of weighs.) Jim Blaney --- ## [10 Really Bad Puns](https://community.cartalk.com/t/10-really-bad-puns/77765)
**Author:** [@JBinSR](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JBinSR)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/10-really-bad-puns/77765 "2013-03-08T23:32:34Z")
For the truly groan-inducing ones, persevere past the first 5. Enjoy! A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoon's. The stewardess looks at him and says, "I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per pass… --- ## [Other Members of the Car Talk Staff](https://community.cartalk.com/t/other-members-of-the-car-talk-staff/77846)
**Author:** [@purplehaze](https://community.cartalk.com/u/purplehaze)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2013, 9:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/other-members-of-the-car-talk-staff/77846 "2013-03-08T09:14:43Z")
How about: Wedding Consultant Mary Mi computer repair associate Clear Cash after work planner Ty wonon cheese expert Bri formi --- ## [Those knuckheads!](https://community.cartalk.com/t/those-knuckheads/77733)
**Author:** [@pstemari](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pstemari)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2013, 9:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/those-knuckheads/77733 "2013-03-08T09:09:20Z")
They just repeated the second half of last week's show! The missing clothes puzzler and Kate were on last week, the solution to the missing clothes was on this week, and now they just repeated the puzzle and Kate is on … --- ## [Wind chill on a car](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wind-chill-on-a-car/77721)
**Author:** [@Kriss](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Kriss)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wind-chill-on-a-car/77721 "2013-03-07T04:49:11Z")
Tom and Ray, I have to argue with your comments that wind chill does not affect a car. Wind chill affects anything with an internal heat source; the wind blows away the heat. If it is cold and the wind is blowing, it w… --- ## [Flushing engine with kerosene](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flushing-engine-with-kerosene/77785)
**Author:** [@Ricardo3](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ricardo3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flushing-engine-with-kerosene/77785 "2013-03-06T03:32:35Z")
A recent Car Talk show recommended flushing the engine with kerosene, and then starting the engine to remove the accumulated gunk. There is a chance it might work, and there is also a chance the engine could seize up. I'… --- ## [Side mirrors](https://community.cartalk.com/t/side-mirrors/77418)
**Author:** [@Wpatters](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Wpatters)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/side-mirrors/77418 "2013-03-06T01:10:51Z")
Love the comments on the side mirrors. The real question is why are we using mirrors. The laws specifying mirrors were written before small video cameras. We spend lots of gas pushing those large mirrors through the ai… --- ## [A Woodchip-mobile?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-woodchip-mobile/70303)
**Author:** [@Car\_Talk](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Car_Talk)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2013, 7:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-woodchip-mobile/70303 "2013-03-05T07:32:41Z")
Can a car really run on woodchips? This week on Car Talk, we got a call from a rather remarkable gentleman -- Hans, who escaped from Germany during World War II in car that ran on, yes, woodchips. His question: How … --- ## [Thanks for the tip on "engine restore"](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-for-the-tip-on-engine-restore/77797)
**Author:** [@jehu](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jehu)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2013, 7:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/thanks-for-the-tip-on-engine-restore/77797 "2013-03-05T07:07:57Z")
Thank you guys! My 2002 Saturn SC2 with 175,000 miles was consuming a lot of oil. I mean 500-600 miles per quart. I didn't know where it went, no smoke and no leaks; I heard from other Saturn owners that it was common… --- ## [Tommy may agree with this guy](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tommy-may-agree-with-this-guy/77463)
**Author:** [@GlenL](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GlenL)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tommy-may-agree-with-this-guy/77463 "2013-03-05T03:22:04Z")
Not sure where this was taken as it was shared to me on Facebook. --- ## [Last live show?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/last-live-show/74663)
**Author:** [@shea48](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shea48)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/last-live-show/74663 "2013-03-03T20:08:41Z")
When will Car Talk's last "live" show air? --- ## [Caravan parking lights turn on and off when car is not running?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/caravan-parking-lights-turn-on-and-off-when-car-is-not-running/77628)
**Author:** [@craig1997](https://community.cartalk.com/u/craig1997)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/caravan-parking-lights-turn-on-and-off-when-car-is-not-running/77628 "2013-03-03T01:38:27Z")
2006 dodge caravan parking lights turn on and off by them self's after the car has been turned off for hours. The vans lights also blink on and off a couple times when driving in the last month. The lights where on and … --- ## [I married a physicist](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-married-a-physicist/77564)
**Author:** [@hotrodlincoln](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hotrodlincoln)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-married-a-physicist/77564 "2013-02-26T23:42:14Z")
Okay, I did it. It was 31 years ago and now the word "nontrivial" is part of my vocabulary. And "epsilon." The other day, my husband said, "You know, I think I'm getting better gas mileage lately." So, I asked, "Did y… [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=20) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=22)