# The Show **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=3 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 4 --- ## [What was John "Bugsy" Lawler's role on the radio show?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-was-john-bugsy-lawlers-role-on-the-radio-show/181297)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-was-john-bugsy-lawlers-role-on-the-radio-show/181297 "2021-12-16T02:48:34Z")
Just curious is all. I hear his name mentioned during the show’s credit segment as the show’s “technical expert” but have always wondered what that means exactly? What sort of technical expertise? About cars? Car Re… --- ## [Sphere puzzler](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sphere-puzzler/181142)
**Author:** [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sphere-puzzler/181142 "2021-12-15T23:47:29Z")
Can anyone explain the “answer” to the puzzler about taking a core out of a sphere? I don’t see how an answer is possible without knowing the diameter of the core, which is 6" long. --- ## [Ray does commercials now](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ray-does-commercials-now/181206)
**Author:** [@Vchimpanzee](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Vchimpanzee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ray-does-commercials-now/181206 "2021-12-10T19:39:59Z")
On commercial radio. The company has a name that sounds like eBay. I thought I would remember it. --- ## [Windows vs A/C](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windows-vs-a-c/50217)
**Author:** [@paleolith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/paleolith)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/windows-vs-a-c/50217 "2021-11-11T14:50:23Z")
No, it's not about whether my computer runs on alternating current. Were Tom and Ray just repeating the old saw about closing the windows and running the A/C to save gas, or do they (or anyone else) have actual data… --- ## [Bogus answer to squeeking fan belt puzzler](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bogus-answer-to-squeeking-fan-belt-puzzler/180125)
**Author:** [@chuck.julian\_177525](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chuck.julian_177525)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bogus-answer-to-squeeking-fan-belt-puzzler/180125 "2021-10-23T04:30:36Z")
The puzzler answer to What’s Making That Noise is completely wrong. Years ago when they used this puzzler, I contacted their expert at Harvard. He failed to realize that modern fan belts are two part systems. There is… --- ## [Bogus Battery Puzzler Answer](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bogus-battery-puzzler-answer/179836)
**Author:** [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bogus-battery-puzzler-answer/179836 "2021-10-21T01:03:30Z")
The recent Puzzler answer, about why batteries start up cars more quickly now than years ago, is bogus. The posted answer is ‘because engines are smaller, so the batteries have an easier job’. Nope, it all comes down t… --- ## [Say, where is John Lawlor anyway?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/say-where-is-john-lawlor-anyway/179991)
**Author:** [@adam1991](https://community.cartalk.com/u/adam1991)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/say-where-is-john-lawlor-anyway/179991 "2021-10-15T20:26:19Z")
--- ## [Car Talk Merch](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-merch/179809)
**Author:** [@o.pisano42\_177559](https://community.cartalk.com/u/o.pisano42_177559)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 3:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-merch/179809 "2021-10-07T03:26:54Z")
If you search for car talk merch on google or something, you can find the official store, but I can’t seem to find the link on this site. If anyone is like me and looking for a gift (maybe matching mugs or shirts for you… --- ## [We're famous!](https://community.cartalk.com/t/were-famous/176739)
**Author:** [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/were-famous/176739 "2021-05-13T18:06:59Z")
Article about CarTalk, and notes that this forum is " the strongest part of Car Talk Digital, aside from Ray continuing to do his thing". Car Talk Will Never Die (jalopnik.com) --- ## [Some kind words from Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/t/some-kind-words-from-ray/179662)
**Author:** [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/some-kind-words-from-ray/179662 "2021-09-29T01:21:07Z")
--- ## [Just Learned About Car Talk](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-learned-about-car-talk/173837)
**Author:** [@Jstevenson2400](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jstevenson2400)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-learned-about-car-talk/173837 "2021-09-26T15:52:00Z")
I just learned about car talk from a friend a few weeks ago. I’m 22 and love working on cars but had never heard of the show as none of the adults in my life have ever been car enthusiasts of any kind. I’ve been waiting … --- ## [Puzzler's Prime Number Connection](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzlers-prime-number-connection/179578)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzlers-prime-number-connection/179578 "2021-09-25T22:36:20Z")
I’ve been listening to back-dated podcasts, and imo Car Talk didn’t take full advantage this puzzler, posted earlier in the year. Prime numbers play an important role in the solution, and this would have been a good… --- ## [$1M Prize for Solution of Traveling Salesman Problem](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1m-prize-for-solution-of-traveling-salesman-problem/71469)
**Author:** [@Mechaniker](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mechaniker)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1m-prize-for-solution-of-traveling-salesman-problem/71469 "2021-09-20T01:29:54Z")
"Meanwhile, the Clay Mathematics Institute is offering a $1 million prize to anyone who can show whether the Traveling Salesman Problem can be fully solved at all, which the mathematician Jordan Ellenberg recently call… --- ## [Beach glass on a car](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beach-glass-on-a-car/52011)
**Author:** [@mesharp49](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mesharp49)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/beach-glass-on-a-car/52011 "2021-09-12T02:00:10Z")
Should she do it? Why not? First, I'd suggest she get a car door or two from a junk yard and experiment. She could try things like gluing to a painted or sanded surface, seeing how the glass would survive a bum or drop … --- ## ['The World Has Finally Stopped Using Leaded Gasoline. Algeria Used The Last Stockpile'](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-world-has-finally-stopped-using-leaded-gasoline-algeria-used-the-last-stockpile/179090)
**Author:** [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-world-has-finally-stopped-using-leaded-gasoline-algeria-used-the-last-stockpile/179090 "2021-09-05T22:26:09Z")
The last gallon of leaded was sold in Algeria in July, NPR reports; they excerpt a bit from an old ‘Car Talk’ episode to help celebrate --- ## [My Car Talk newspaper column disappeared!](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-talk-newspaper-column-disappeared/177834)
**Author:** [@glasspilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/glasspilot)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2021, 2:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-talk-newspaper-column-disappeared/177834 "2021-08-22T02:42:06Z")
I’m old fashioned, I still read the paper. In my area it is The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA). Every Saturday I look forward to Ray’s Car Talk column. Yesterday it was gone and in it’s place a no-name car guy. I wonder … --- ## [Outdoorsy Image May Be Costing You](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outdoorsy-image-may-be-costing-you/178726)
**Author:** [@harrisonpd\_160690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/harrisonpd_160690)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outdoorsy-image-may-be-costing-you/178726 "2021-08-15T03:05:32Z")
OK - You reported the fuel efficiency impact of rooftop carriers. Can you tell us what the fuel efficiency benefit is to having a bed cover on the back of a pickup. I have a TuXedo cover on my 2014 F-150. Did it pay f… --- ## [2006 ford fusion with starter problems](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-fusion-with-starter-problems/178685)
**Author:** [@guygooch\_176690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/guygooch_176690)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-fusion-with-starter-problems/178685 "2021-08-14T00:51:00Z")
Your recent article in the 8-16-21 issue of the Cedar Rapids Gazette suggested that there was either a starter problem or a flywheel problem. My question is: If there was a bad or broken tooth on the flywheel, why does i… --- ## [Engine knock and bad gas](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-knock-and-bad-gas/178586)
**Author:** [@Pete-342](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Pete-342)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-knock-and-bad-gas/178586 "2021-08-08T13:59:08Z")
An addition to your answer to the lady who had an engine knock diagnosed as “bad gas”. As a former state motor fuel quality inspector if it appears that there is a station that is selling the culprit gas, she should rep… --- ## [How do I find a story?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-find-a-story/163164)
**Author:** [@westmor](https://community.cartalk.com/u/westmor)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-i-find-a-story/163164 "2021-07-23T20:32:36Z")
There was a very nice story about a girl driving her father’s car after the care overheated. Tom and Ray called the father and the father was very nice. --- ## [Download podcast to cell phone?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/download-podcast-to-cell-phone/167306)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/download-podcast-to-cell-phone/167306 "2021-07-06T14:13:42Z")
Anybody know how? I can listen to one from npr link but see no way to download mp3 file to cell phone memory and listen later off line. --- ## [2004 Honda](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-honda/176810)
**Author:** [@pwilson8545\_172619](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pwilson8545_172619)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-honda/176810 "2021-05-16T12:18:07Z")
used 3 qts of oil in 3000 miles after oil change, no oil under car or on the ground and the car don’t have blue smoke out the tall pipe --- ## [Keeping small amt of water during auto car wash off battery?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/keeping-small-amt-of-water-during-auto-car-wash-off-battery/175983)
**Author:** [@Liza-Baby](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Liza-Baby)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/keeping-small-amt-of-water-during-auto-car-wash-off-battery/175983 "2021-04-04T17:28:32Z")
When I use auto car wash, I get a small amount of water in engine compartment on top of battery. Can I protect with a towel (??) during wash? Thanks for help. --- ## [What pushes brake pads away?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-pushes-brake-pads-away/175818)
**Author:** [@Manolito](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Manolito)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-pushes-brake-pads-away/175818 "2021-03-25T16:03:26Z")
I don’t see a specific place to comment on Ray’s columns, but I want to add just one thing to this week’s column about brakes. Everything that Ray says is exactly correct, but he left out a couple of important mechanism… --- ## [2006 BMW Z4 - Dear Cat Talk is missed](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-bmw-z4-dear-cat-talk-is-missed/173365)
**Author:** [@NeilCHopkinsCPA](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NeilCHopkinsCPA)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2020, 5:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-bmw-z4-dear-cat-talk-is-missed/173365 "2020-12-19T05:41:01Z")
Why don’t we have any new Dear Car Talk letters? Neil --- ## [New Puzzler (homemade)](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-puzzler-homemade/172352)
**Author:** [@wjbaldwin2\_163255](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wjbaldwin2_163255)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-puzzler-homemade/172352 "2020-11-17T01:22:12Z")
The days of the on-air puzzler are long gone, more’s the pity. No more listening to Ray try to get through a sentence while Tom helpfully interrupts. I was nostalgically going through some of the old puzzlers on the site… --- ## [Show #2032 Music](https://community.cartalk.com/t/show-2032-music/172249)
**Author:** [@Dean-in-Des-Moines](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dean-in-Des-Moines)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/show-2032-music/172249 "2020-11-13T02:02:23Z")
Help cure my ear worm! Show 2032 from 8/8/20 at about the 17 minute mark. Who is this? Where can I find her recordings? Show notes are silent on the matter. Google is no help. --- ## [Is Maine public radio the worst? Final Cartalk show. chick makes matters worse](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-maine-public-radio-the-worst-final-cartalk-show-chick-makes-matters-worse/108257)
**Author:** [@Whereisthebus](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whereisthebus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-maine-public-radio-the-worst-final-cartalk-show-chick-makes-matters-worse/108257 "2020-11-02T15:44:06Z")
Introducing this show, which deprives is one of the best of, but too loose to really enjoy, it’s bad enough that it is the last show, and the Maine public radio on-air chick is trying to get listeners to not be too upset… --- ## [Hair drying](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hair-drying/46379)
**Author:** [@Moodyblueyes](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Moodyblueyes)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hair-drying/46379 "2020-10-28T17:20:58Z")
Teresa can find hairdryers that plug into the accessory outlet in the car on Amazon or shopping.com, or whatever online shopping search. Lookup 12V Hair Dryer. She would probably be more comfortable with that than a wind… --- ## [Wrong puzzler answer on Jan 22](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wrong-puzzler-answer-on-jan-22/60332)
**Author:** [@oldnotdead](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldnotdead)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wrong-puzzler-answer-on-jan-22/60332 "2020-10-18T02:07:45Z")
Today's repeat of the fuel tank problem had an incorrect answer. The 1/4 line is NOT at the center of mass of the semicircular pizza cardboard. The calculus boys can prove that. The basic issue is that the 1/4 line depe… [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=2) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=4)