# The Show **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=38 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 39 --- ## [Tornado safety](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tornado-safety/52833)
**Author:** [@Duchess\_of\_Gadsden](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Duchess_of_Gadsden)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tornado-safety/52833 "2011-05-11T15:43:51Z")
The guy who lives in Stilwell should already know by now that being in a car in a tornado is a very bad idea. It would not really be possible to tie down the car well enough to be certain it wouldn't be thrown around in… --- ## [Four-wheel Airborne](https://community.cartalk.com/t/four-wheel-airborne/39152)
**Author:** [@SideHillBill](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SideHillBill)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/four-wheel-airborne/39152 "2011-05-11T02:13:03Z")
Re the 11/7 show, the man who described his young son's delight at negetive gravity at hill-toping - In the mid-70's in Denver, CO, a road named County Line Road joined I-25 south of Denver and ran west. This road, … --- ## [94 Saturn temp gauge. Might want to call her and tell her to get the system flushed](https://community.cartalk.com/t/94-saturn-temp-gauge-might-want-to-call-her-and-tell-her-to-get-the-system-flushed/64462)
**Author:** [@binkman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/binkman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/94-saturn-temp-gauge-might-want-to-call-her-and-tell-her-to-get-the-system-flushed/64462 "2011-05-10T22:24:36Z")
Went through the same symptoms over heating on the temp gauge myself and it got worse but not thinking irregular.. Though the question was not asked. "do you often put in an average amount of coolant topping up" becaus… --- ## [Leaking white cedar hot tub](https://community.cartalk.com/t/leaking-white-cedar-hot-tub/64455)
**Author:** [@thosprice](https://community.cartalk.com/u/thosprice)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/leaking-white-cedar-hot-tub/64455 "2011-05-09T22:59:24Z")
I don't know how to find this guy's leak, but there was an episode of Dirty Jobs that shows how to make a NYC rooftop cistern out of yellow cedar. It's pretty much a tutorial on how to make one, so I'm sure it contains … --- ## [Puzzler: car digital clocks, 3 matching digits per 24 hour period](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-car-digital-clocks-3-matching-digits-per-24-hour-period/64504)
**Author:** [@unxguy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/unxguy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-car-digital-clocks-3-matching-digits-per-24-hour-period/64504 "2011-05-09T20:00:03Z")
Interestingly, digital clocks have different time formats for the hours; 12hr vs 24hr, and some pad the hours with leading zeros, some don't (e.g. 01:00 vs 1:00). With these two possibilities, this would make a total o… --- ## [Car Talk Community Read Only for Housekeeping](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-community-read-only-for-housekeeping/64318)
**Author:** [@dmayer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dmayer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-community-read-only-for-housekeeping/64318 "2011-05-02T14:23:04Z")
It's moving day! As we announced last week, we are closing the Car Talk Community to new comments today, while we complete the transition to the new forum software. We are copying all the old discussions, usernames, and … --- ## [The Poop on the Prius](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-poop-on-the-prius/64280)
**Author:** [@yvonne1257](https://community.cartalk.com/u/yvonne1257)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2011, 9:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-poop-on-the-prius/64280 "2011-05-01T09:54:11Z")
First, let me say that I love the show. BUT (you knew that was coming, right?!) I wondered why Click and Clack didn't suggest that Lisa with the new Prius get one of those canvas (?) car covers to put on her Prius while … --- ## [Backseat Driver](https://community.cartalk.com/t/backseat-driver/63768)
**Author:** [@Seattlesal](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Seattlesal)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/backseat-driver/63768 "2011-04-30T16:46:41Z")
Lani from Alaska has co-pilot syndrome (also known as 'passenger monkey stress' from psychology experiments in the '60's). For example, on a space mission, all the astronauts are just as well trained as the pilot. What … --- ## [Car Talk Community Upgrade Notice](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-community-upgrade-notice/64130)
**Author:** [@Car\_Talk](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Car_Talk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-community-upgrade-notice/64130 "2011-04-29T14:43:10Z")
Dear Car Talk Community Member, Since you're a registered member of the Car Talk Community, we want you to know about an important upgrade we're making to our discussion forums. In the coming weeks, we'll be adding … --- ## [Kristin Acton Full tank Stalling](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kristin-acton-full-tank-stalling/49563)
**Author:** [@alelec2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/alelec2)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2011, 9:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kristin-acton-full-tank-stalling/49563 "2011-04-28T09:35:11Z")
If the make & model was given I missed it, but Dodge/Chrysler apparently thruogh a web search have a very common failure of a valve in the gas tank that allows raw fuel into the evaporation canister that then cause engin… --- ## [Laugh](https://community.cartalk.com/t/laugh/64104)
**Author:** [@patrick24](https://community.cartalk.com/u/patrick24)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/laugh/64104 "2011-04-26T20:18:39Z")
Do Tom and Ray actually laugh like all show or do they also use their own laugh track? Also, I heard one of them on "Wait, Wait..." (another NPR show) and few weeks ago and did not recognize the voice. Do they do somet… --- ## [Staff addition to Car Talk Credits](https://community.cartalk.com/t/staff-addition-to-car-talk-credits/64010)
**Author:** [@ed.deitz.design](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ed.deitz.design)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/staff-addition-to-car-talk-credits/64010 "2011-04-26T15:33:44Z")
Special Foods Chef "Sam & Ella" --- ## [Old Shows](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-shows/61542)
**Author:** [@Craig2000](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Craig2000)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-shows/61542 "2011-04-25T03:27:45Z")
I read the posts criticizing the use of old shows. I've noticed this, too. I'd like to hear new shows, too; but I'm more concerned with Tom's and Ray's health. Are they OK? They're not getting any younger. Is their healt… --- ## [Bowling Ball Deja Vu?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bowling-ball-deja-vu/62994)
**Author:** [@stevegaarder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/stevegaarder)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bowling-ball-deja-vu/62994 "2011-04-25T03:23:41Z")
I'm pretty sure I remember hearing the incident with the bowling ball outside the topless bar on the show many years ago. What gives? --- ## [More recycling](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-recycling/63836)
**Author:** [@HalfFastEddie](https://community.cartalk.com/u/HalfFastEddie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-recycling/63836 "2011-04-25T02:14:29Z")
That's how you remove an engine - recycled from 7/26/08. There have been others (including puzzlers) but this is the first time I bothered to look back to find the original. --- ## [Swapping between two distributers make my blazer start](https://community.cartalk.com/t/swapping-between-two-distributers-make-my-blazer-start/64017)
**Author:** [@something\_simple](https://community.cartalk.com/u/something_simple)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/swapping-between-two-distributers-make-my-blazer-start/64017 "2011-04-24T19:42:16Z")
My full size chevy blazer has a funny problem. You can go out and start it cold and she will turn over and run beautifully. When you shut of the engine after that the motor won't turn over til you take the distributer,ca… --- ## [Catenary](https://community.cartalk.com/t/catenary/63816)
**Author:** [@impala61](https://community.cartalk.com/u/impala61)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/catenary/63816 "2011-04-23T01:56:40Z")
Yes, this is another of those Stream of Consciousness posts. I'm thinking 5\*sqrt(2) feet. And I know how to properly spell "catenary". --- ## [Family of four touring the USA for a year](https://community.cartalk.com/t/family-of-four-touring-the-usa-for-a-year/63435)
**Author:** [@nelsonwi](https://community.cartalk.com/u/nelsonwi)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/family-of-four-touring-the-usa-for-a-year/63435 "2011-04-22T04:25:31Z")
YOU IDIOTS! An RV is the perfect way for that family of four to tour the USA. There are many sizes of RVs, and some of the newer ones are fuel efficient. RVing beats motelling to pieces. You have the same bed (sans b… --- ## [Future Doctor Changing Oil](https://community.cartalk.com/t/future-doctor-changing-oil/63898)
**Author:** [@DavidKelly](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DavidKelly)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/future-doctor-changing-oil/63898 "2011-04-21T20:48:36Z")
The future doctor who changed her own oil for the first time and filled the automatic transmission instead needs to take the car to someone else for a transmission flush. Toyota ATF is unique to Toyota and nothing e… --- ## [Chevrolet P/U Fuel tanks](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chevrolet-p-u-fuel-tanks/63933)
**Author:** [@eaglescout1984](https://community.cartalk.com/u/eaglescout1984)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chevrolet-p-u-fuel-tanks/63933 "2011-04-21T19:58:46Z")
Hey Click and Clack, I listened to last week's show and when you are giving advice to the 1984 GMC pickup owner with a plastic bag o-ring on his u-joint, Tommy made a joke about a small butane torch near the fuel tank. I… --- ## [Dodge Dart Odometer jumps 2,000 miles?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dodge-dart-odometer-jumps-2-000-miles/46998)
**Author:** [@bliddel](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bliddel)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dodge-dart-odometer-jumps-2-000-miles/46998 "2011-04-19T03:06:42Z")
On April 3, a lady caller was distressed because the 500 mile warranty on a used Dodge Dart had mysteriously expired during a week away. She thought her son was lying about having driven 2,000 miles during the week. … --- ## [Ice packed in the wheel wells - 4/9/11](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ice-packed-in-the-wheel-wells-4-9-11/63729)
**Author:** [@bruceha\_2000](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bruceha_2000)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ice-packed-in-the-wheel-wells-4-9-11/63729 "2011-04-16T17:14:06Z")
I suggest people take the comment "there is nothing in there you can hurt" with a bit of caution. True, not IN the wheel well. BUT - the brake lines are 'behind' the tire when looking toward the center of the car. H… --- ## [Help us create an auto-vocabulary](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-us-create-an-auto-vocabulary/43925)
**Author:** [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2011, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-us-create-an-auto-vocabulary/43925 "2011-04-15T12:10:09Z")
Have you ever experienced "Subris?" That's Walt Webert's suggestion for a new, automotively-inspired word, that's a cross between "Subaru" and "Hubris." In Walt's words: Subris (n) (rhymes with hubris) - the excessi… --- ## [Tara, Curtis, and baby Van?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tara-curtis-and-baby-van/48843)
**Author:** [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2011, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tara-curtis-and-baby-van/48843 "2011-04-15T12:09:08Z")
On this week's show, we checked in with our pal Tara, and her van-dwelling boyfriend, Curtis. (You can hear the call, right here.) Tara and Curtis began their relationship in his van, moved across the country in t… --- ## [2002 VW Jetta w/the Flahing Problem](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-vw-jetta-w-the-flahing-problem/63515)
**Author:** [@NYTDIxx](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYTDIxx)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-vw-jetta-w-the-flahing-problem/63515 "2011-04-13T04:05:57Z")
Once again you guys have shown your lack of VW knowledge. Put on the Dubce cap guys. VW flashers are integral to the 4-way / hazard flasher. So when that guy is handed a 4-way flasher switch or sticks his head under… --- ## [Haunted Car](https://community.cartalk.com/t/haunted-car/63284)
**Author:** [@impala61](https://community.cartalk.com/u/impala61)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/haunted-car/63284 "2011-04-11T18:55:42Z")
Is it possible the car was in gear? --- ## [Vanagon syncro](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vanagon-syncro/60325)
**Author:** [@edbuenger](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edbuenger)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vanagon-syncro/60325 "2011-04-11T16:33:53Z")
Re: the airline pilot from Alaska. There is a loyal following for the "Westy" Vanagon. I think if she wanted to do some additional research, try TheSamba.com. I know that to keep these vehicles alive a number of peopl… --- ## [Honda CRV Electrical Issues](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-crv-electrical-issues/63587)
**Author:** [@jenk5422](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jenk5422)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-crv-electrical-issues/63587 "2011-04-11T12:25:27Z")
I have a 2002 CRV, and it started having multiple electrical system problems within 12 hours after a Texas state inspecition. The keyless entry wouldn't work. After opening with key, the power door locks wouldn't work … --- ## [88 Acura Legend with the "scraping" sound](https://community.cartalk.com/t/88-acura-legend-with-the-scraping-sound/63586)
**Author:** [@legendvr](https://community.cartalk.com/u/legendvr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 7:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/88-acura-legend-with-the-scraping-sound/63586 "2011-04-11T07:27:11Z")
Regarding the question posed by a woman on the show about the "card in the spokes" sound under the hood on a 1988 Legend - it's the ABS high pressure accumulator motor trying to pressurize the system. The most likely cau… --- ## [Bogus puzzler answer 3/26](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bogus-puzzler-answer-3-26/63024)
**Author:** [@jmmahony](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jmmahony)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bogus-puzzler-answer-3-26/63024 "2011-04-10T01:29:22Z")
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