# The Show **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=33 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 34 --- ## [AMC with a Torque Tube](https://community.cartalk.com/t/amc-with-a-torque-tube/68655)
**Author:** [@Bonneville63](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bonneville63)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/amc-with-a-torque-tube/68655 "2011-10-18T19:44:54Z")
(by the time I figured out this crazy web site, I forget the details of the phone call...) Regarding the women who's husband bought an AMC with Reverse only. You guys made it sound like it would be near impossible for … --- ## [High Mileage Cars](https://community.cartalk.com/t/high-mileage-cars/68682)
**Author:** [@Bronco\_Lover\_in\_Bois](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bronco_Lover_in_Bois)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/high-mileage-cars/68682 "2011-10-18T00:34:49Z")
Dear Click and Clack: Any time a person mentions that their car has over a hundred thousand miles you express amazement that it is still on the highway. So, on behalf of my precious oldies, and speaking from another si… --- ## [Long Island Police Officer and Snow Tires](https://community.cartalk.com/t/long-island-police-officer-and-snow-tires/68477)
**Author:** [@CJohnPete](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CJohnPete)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/long-island-police-officer-and-snow-tires/68477 "2011-10-11T19:17:54Z")
I heard the guys recommend purchasing four rims and snow tires for his BMW to get to work in the winter. I am sure there are lots of great benefits to running four snow tires, especially when it comes to handling. Howe… --- ## [VW Beetle with 3 1/2 cylinders](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-beetle-with-3-1-2-cylinders/68515)
**Author:** [@oscarguitar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oscarguitar)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-beetle-with-3-1-2-cylinders/68515 "2011-10-10T15:58:44Z")
Years ago we had a 1970 VW Combi (minibus). We had the same symptoms and the dealer had checked everything and finally wanted to replace the short engine. On advice from a friend my dad took the car to an indy who chan… --- ## ['92 Roadmaster noise](https://community.cartalk.com/t/92-roadmaster-noise/68344)
**Author:** [@dkingsbury](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dkingsbury)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/92-roadmaster-noise/68344 "2011-10-09T23:56:27Z")
Re the first call about the '92 Roadmaster's intermittent noise: the guys are right about it being the self-levelling air suspension. I've got a '92 Chevy Caprice station wagon, with the trailer-towing package, and it d… --- ## [Is that a Blouse up your Muffler?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-that-a-blouse-up-your-muffler/68126)
**Author:** [@Car\_Talk](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Car_Talk)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2011, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-that-a-blouse-up-your-muffler/68126 "2011-10-08T12:26:56Z")
How does a blouse get sucked up a car's tailpipe? Very good question! But, that's apparently what happened to Mike's daughter. And, this week on Car Talk, Tom and Ray heard all about it. (You can hear the call, right… --- ## [40W thicker than 20W-50](https://community.cartalk.com/t/40w-thicker-than-20w-50/68365)
**Author:** [@Chris\_T](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Chris_T)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/40w-thicker-than-20w-50/68365 "2011-10-06T23:57:59Z")
The caller with the cooked engine should burn (er, use) a thicker oil, but I think "20W-50" means 20W viscosity with additives that give as good lubrication as if it were 50W. But that doesn't mean it it has viscosity o… --- ## [Wet Wheel/ 06 Tundra](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wet-wheel-06-tundra/68438)
**Author:** [@badbearing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/badbearing)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wet-wheel-06-tundra/68438 "2011-10-06T13:36:10Z")
I have leakage on inside of rear wheel OF 06 Toyota Tundra. My guess is the (Slave Cylinder??) i forget what you call it...for the brakes. If so are they easily rebuilt like back in the day? --- ## [How to get better gas mileage](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-to-get-better-gas-mileage/68267)
**Author:** [@feenix](https://community.cartalk.com/u/feenix)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-to-get-better-gas-mileage/68267 "2011-10-05T15:41:25Z")
dear tom and ray, several times i have called in your show but have never received a call back. i would like to share with the car talk community of something i know for a fact you would be interested in a way to get bet… --- ## [No 'Overdrive' after Changing Transmission Fluid](https://community.cartalk.com/t/no-overdrive-after-changing-transmission-fluid/68340)
**Author:** [@dschweiz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dschweiz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/no-overdrive-after-changing-transmission-fluid/68340 "2011-10-04T17:15:32Z")
I didn't catch the type of car involved but I have a suggestion that is very simple to verify. I had 2 Toyotas (circa 1989 and 1995) where the automatic transmissions had a 'normal' and 'power' mode -- you pushed a butt… --- ## [Lady from Alaska with sled dogs](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-from-alaska-with-sled-dogs/66544)
**Author:** [@frizzle](https://community.cartalk.com/u/frizzle)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-from-alaska-with-sled-dogs/66544 "2011-10-02T21:43:28Z")
Would lowering the tire pressure add more drag to the ATV? --- ## [Dog safety harness for car](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dog-safety-harness-for-car/68146)
**Author:** [@tomc](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tomc)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dog-safety-harness-for-car/68146 "2011-10-01T16:27:39Z")
For the lady that called in today about her dog not liking the safety harness and chewing through the seat belt, I have a suggestion which I iused that worked for my two dogs. Go to a junk yard and get a "male" safety b… --- ## [Flying Volvo and Insurance](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flying-volvo-and-insurance/68337)
**Author:** [@izzolaw](https://community.cartalk.com/u/izzolaw)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flying-volvo-and-insurance/68337 "2011-10-01T15:12:55Z")
Just a note -- whether an insurance company "totals" a car has very little -- at least directly -- to do with whether the car's frame is bent or you can't drive it. Insurance companies determine this mathematically -- i… --- ## [I hate Kevin](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-hate-kevin/68265)
**Author:** [@Toinky](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Toinky)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2011, 8:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-hate-kevin/68265 "2011-09-30T08:31:40Z")
Dear Click and Clack, I listened with interest to the opening of your September 23rd show because you read a letter from a guy I thought had the same issue as I do. Unfortunately, not so. Our problems, while overlappin… --- ## [Vanagon Replacement](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vanagon-replacement/68144)
**Author:** [@izzolaw](https://community.cartalk.com/u/izzolaw)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vanagon-replacement/68144 "2011-09-30T01:00:00Z")
To the nice woman who loves her Vanagon but needs something safer, more comfy and with some mod cons -- we are in Seattle and used to have a 91 Vanagon we also adored (my kids did especially). Although it had a/c, power… --- ## [Exhaust pipe sucking up a shirt](https://community.cartalk.com/t/exhaust-pipe-sucking-up-a-shirt/68142)
**Author:** [@Egaeus](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Egaeus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/exhaust-pipe-sucking-up-a-shirt/68142 "2011-09-28T21:07:55Z")
My hypothesis: Imagine a cold exhaust system. You are starting the engine. With the first fuel ignition, which will probably not be the one that starts the engine, hot exhaust gas is pushed into this cold exhaust sys… --- ## [Don't drive like my brother](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dont-drive-like-my-brother/67989)
**Author:** [@DrTony](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DrTony)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dont-drive-like-my-brother/67989 "2011-09-28T18:12:10Z")
Tom & Ray, At the end of each show, you always remind us "don't drive like my brother!" That is all well and good because I have two brothers. But what do I say about my sister?!?! To say that she drives fast would be… --- ## [Cooling down a car--thermostat temperature setting changes rate of cooling](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cooling-down-a-car-thermostat-temperature-setting-changes-rate-of-cooling/67987)
**Author:** [@rehoward](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rehoward)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cooling-down-a-car-thermostat-temperature-setting-changes-rate-of-cooling/67987 "2011-09-28T17:28:49Z")
Today 9/17 you said that it made no difference in cooling rate whether an A/C was set on the lowest setting or just set to the desired temperature. That would be true if the thermostat were perfect, circulation compl… --- ## [The very first Car Talk shows?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-very-first-car-talk-shows/68252)
**Author:** [@EricH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/EricH)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-very-first-car-talk-shows/68252 "2011-09-28T01:06:08Z")
I know that the show began in 1977, but are there any recordings of those very early days? I have always wanted to hear the very first show. --- ## [July 26th, I think, Ford discussion with religious overtones](https://community.cartalk.com/t/july-26th-i-think-ford-discussion-with-religious-overtones/68225)
**Author:** [@lsscorsch](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lsscorsch)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/july-26th-i-think-ford-discussion-with-religious-overtones/68225 "2011-09-28T00:49:36Z")
Can someone help me. My dad is an avid listener and there was something about a Ford with religious overtones. Can someone help me. Please post back. Thanks, Laurie. --- ## [Groaning Outback](https://community.cartalk.com/t/groaning-outback/68195)
**Author:** [@Quill11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Quill11)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/groaning-outback/68195 "2011-09-25T21:38:19Z")
Lisa in Portland with the groaning Outback is experiencing the classic symptom of corroded bearing surface on the front hubs. To confirm this she needs a mechanic to press the hub out of the wheel bearing and inspect th… --- ## [Bulimic Jetta](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bulimic-jetta/68139)
**Author:** [@chavez](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chavez)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2011, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bulimic-jetta/68139 "2011-09-24T12:03:36Z")
2005.5 Jetta Manual transmission. When attempting to fuel the car when almost empty, the car at times just spills the fuel. I end up filling a 5-gallon gas container and drive home. After some time, the car will finally … --- ## [Lancelot's Unwelcome Hitchhiker](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lancelots-unwelcome-hitchhiker/67972)
**Author:** [@Car\_Talk](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Car_Talk)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2011, 9:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lancelots-unwelcome-hitchhiker/67972 "2011-09-23T09:49:19Z")
This week on Car Talk, Tom and Ray heard from Lancelot (no, not THAT Lancelot), out in California. Recently returned from the humungous and somewhat eccentric Burning Man Festival, Lance discovered that he returned home… --- ## [Sentence in number puzzler](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sentence-in-number-puzzler/67994)
**Author:** [@Maggie](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Maggie)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2011, 9:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sentence-in-number-puzzler/67994 "2011-09-21T09:16:03Z")
Hello, Please explain the last sentence in the second paragraph: "Of course, they would also be asked to spell out the number from the assortment of letters, ie...S-I-X-T-Y would be sixty." I've tried; but do no… --- ## [Grammy's misdirected birthday cake](https://community.cartalk.com/t/grammys-misdirected-birthday-cake/67826)
**Author:** [@mareakin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mareakin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/grammys-misdirected-birthday-cake/67826 "2011-09-19T19:26:42Z")
Concerning this show: http://www.cartalk.com/ct/review/show.jsp?showid=200929 Tom and/or Ray got someone else' birthday cake at a restaurant... Anyone know if ? like what happened? --- ## [Online Car Talk Columns](https://community.cartalk.com/t/online-car-talk-columns/67945)
**Author:** [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/online-car-talk-columns/67945 "2011-09-18T21:34:20Z")
Has anyone noticed the online Car Talk columns show as being published in December 2011? It's pretty obvious Tom and Ray are on at least a partial hiatus since they are recycling old calls on their show, but something w… --- ## [Strange smell and slight smoke from underneath after driving](https://community.cartalk.com/t/strange-smell-and-slight-smoke-from-underneath-after-driving/67990)
**Author:** [@jeversole](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jeversole)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/strange-smell-and-slight-smoke-from-underneath-after-driving/67990 "2011-09-18T00:42:55Z")
I have a 2003 BMW 330XI that I bought used a couple of years ago. The car has shown no problems since that time except that sometimes slight blue smoke comes from underneath the engine and has a strange smell to it. It d… --- ## [Volvo XC90 A/C](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volvo-xc90-a-c/68003)
**Author:** [@danielK](https://community.cartalk.com/u/danielK)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volvo-xc90-a-c/68003 "2011-09-17T21:25:32Z")
I think the answer of you guys was not totally correct. Most modern cars have an automatic AC control, which basically (depending on the way how it is programmed) will either allow only a maximum airflow in the car (so t… --- ## [P.O.S.H..... bo-o-o-o-ogus!](https://community.cartalk.com/t/p-o-s-h-bo-o-o-o-ogus/67324)
**Author:** [@bzhayes](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bzhayes)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/p-o-s-h-bo-o-o-o-ogus/67324 "2011-09-17T17:19:23Z")
In case anyone is interested the puzzler answer is completely bogus. Of course I discovered this using the internet to cheatingly come up with the answer: http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/posh.asp --- ## [Asking directions](https://community.cartalk.com/t/asking-directions/67879)
**Author:** [@jwente49](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jwente49)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/asking-directions/67879 "2011-09-16T23:00:00Z")
On a recent show, a caller who is a photographer and drives an old VW bus was complaining about not being able to remember directions he got from people on the street. Tom and Ray, why didn't you give him the obvious sol… [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=32) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=34)