# The Show **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=40 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 41 --- ## [Clutch Eating Minis](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-eating-minis/10133)
**Author:** [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/clutch-eating-minis/10133 "2011-03-11T14:24:59Z")
Do Minis have a propensity to munch clutches? That's what Randy, out in Weed, California thinks. He's already gone through two of 'em, after barely 60,000 miles. Tom and Ray didn't know if this was a particular wea… --- ## [Jhopes84](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jhopes84/62484)
**Author:** [@jhopes84](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jhopes84)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2011, 5:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jhopes84/62484 "2011-03-11T05:58:27Z")
It was such a good article and so much related to our directory. le slot machine online --- ## [The homemade snowplow for the Subaru](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-homemade-snowplow-for-the-subaru/61549)
**Author:** [@PhlakyPhil](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PhlakyPhil)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-homemade-snowplow-for-the-subaru/61549 "2011-03-08T23:37:46Z")
Will the lady who wants to build her own snowplow for her Subaru need to worry about setting off the airbag? --- ## [What's your favorite question?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-your-favorite-question/62244)
**Author:** [@teenonator](https://community.cartalk.com/u/teenonator)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-your-favorite-question/62244 "2011-03-07T21:54:29Z")
The 50 Least-Rotten shows offer made me think of my favorite stupid caller of all time: In 1986 or 87, a guy called in about his Isuzu I-Mark. He'd bought it new, he said that from the start he'd had no problem getting t… --- ## [Is the Yugo really the worst car of all time?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-the-yugo-really-the-worst-car-of-all-time/61201)
**Author:** [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-the-yugo-really-the-worst-car-of-all-time/61201 "2011-03-07T21:09:45Z")
Have you ever owned a car that could win awards? Awards of awfulness, ugliness, and total pieces of junk?! Well we want to hear about it! This week on Car Talk, we had a call from Father Bryan who had a bone to pick wi… --- ## [They blew this one](https://community.cartalk.com/t/they-blew-this-one/62264)
**Author:** [@kevinma](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kevinma)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/they-blew-this-one/62264 "2011-03-07T20:47:01Z")
Today someone called in and asked about a problem with the gear shifter after some jam had fallen in while she was putting jam on her bagel, while driving. The resultant discussion was jocular and while Tom and Ray said … --- ## [Critical Parts to Carry When Taken a Long Trip in an Old Dart](https://community.cartalk.com/t/critical-parts-to-carry-when-taken-a-long-trip-in-an-old-dart/62233)
**Author:** [@yotaguy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/yotaguy)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/critical-parts-to-carry-when-taken-a-long-trip-in-an-old-dart/62233 "2011-03-07T15:28:21Z")
Having owned many MoPars from the 60's over the years, I felt compelled to add my 2? to the list off vital parts to carry along. The guys were quite right to suggest points & condenser, alternator and fuel pump. To that … --- ## [Music](https://community.cartalk.com/t/music/48939)
**Author:** [@s2cramer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/s2cramer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/music/48939 "2011-03-06T19:39:20Z")
Help I have listened to car talk for years and can't find the piano music that's played on every show. It's becoming an obsession. It's not Dixie Flyer. I'm at the point of just recording the small bits. --- ## [Definition of Severe Duty, Timing Belts, water pumps and what not](https://community.cartalk.com/t/definition-of-severe-duty-timing-belts-water-pumps-and-what-not/62303)
**Author:** [@Tahoedreamer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tahoedreamer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/definition-of-severe-duty-timing-belts-water-pumps-and-what-not/62303 "2011-03-06T18:31:07Z")
Ok, ok, here's my question: my (new) mechanic says that they generally change timing belts at 105,000 miles, but sometimes earlier if the vehicle has seen severe duty. The Honda manual states that a truck in severe dut… --- ## [Carbon monoxide](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carbon-monoxide/62262)
**Author:** [@jim\_marshall](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jim_marshall)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carbon-monoxide/62262 "2011-03-05T22:09:23Z")
Why did you not suggest that the woman with the dangerous carbon monoxide leak in Las Vegas drive only with her window down to let in fresh air and have an escape for the dangerous carbon monoxide gas? It would be a trav… --- ## [Interior](https://community.cartalk.com/t/interior/57137)
**Author:** [@IAGMOM76](https://community.cartalk.com/u/IAGMOM76)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/interior/57137 "2011-03-05T16:18:28Z")
Remove child car seat impressions from the seat's upholstery. --- ## [Torpedo tube analogy](https://community.cartalk.com/t/torpedo-tube-analogy/61905)
**Author:** [@micbou](https://community.cartalk.com/u/micbou)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/torpedo-tube-analogy/61905 "2011-03-05T01:10:58Z")
On the show I heard today you were explaining to "The Chief of the Boat" that his master cylinder heating up was like a heated torpedo tube expanding, and therefore the torpedo would fit looser in the tube. Actually the… --- ## [Tell Us Your Road Trip from Hell!](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tell-us-your-road-trip-from-hell/51191)
**Author:** [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tell-us-your-road-trip-from-hell/51191 "2010-08-08T14:32:47Z")
Got a terrible tale from the open road? If so, we want to hear about it! (If you can bear to recount the sordid details, that is.) For the next few weeks, we'll be gathering your favorite or, rather, least-favorite… --- ## [Standards features for all new cars?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/standards-features-for-all-new-cars/53023)
**Author:** [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/standards-features-for-all-new-cars/53023 "2010-11-11T00:28:58Z")
Our pals over at cars.com, recently posed us an interesting question: "What features would we like to see standard in all new cars, if we could have our druthers?" After much hemming and hawing -- including discussions… --- ## [Help our hosts settle a marital dispute](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-our-hosts-settle-a-marital-dispute/53021)
**Author:** [@Car\_Talk\_Lackey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Car_Talk_Lackey)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-our-hosts-settle-a-marital-dispute/53021 "2010-09-14T21:56:29Z")
Ready to help Tom and Ray bring a touch of domestic tranquility back into Alice's marriage? Great! Because they can use all the help they can get in that department. Here's Alice's question: which is more fuel-effic… --- ## [Moving from Chicago](https://community.cartalk.com/t/moving-from-chicago/46391)
**Author:** [@carvan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/carvan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/moving-from-chicago/46391 "2010-03-24T19:01:30Z")
The bros forgot to ask an important question to the woman moving from Chicago to San Francisco and wondering whether or not to take her Honda Civic:"Does it have manual transmission?" If so, don't take it! --- ## [Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches](https://community.cartalk.com/t/madagascar-hissing-cockroaches/42599)
**Author:** [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/madagascar-hissing-cockroaches/42599 "2010-01-23T19:04:11Z")
We get it all on Car Talk: Cars aflame. Marital disputes. Even stalling space shuttles. But... Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches? Apparently so. By itself and outside of your car, a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach isn't m… --- ## [Puzzler 11/7, "Perfect Words" -- add yours!](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-11-7-perfect-words-add-yours/39148)
**Author:** [@HunterJE](https://community.cartalk.com/u/HunterJE)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-11-7-perfect-words-add-yours/39148 "2010-03-22T16:42:09Z")
This week's puzzler answer got me thinking about what others I could come up with. If you didn't catch it, the "perfect words" in the puzzler are words in which the number of letters matches their place in some list -- … --- ## [2008 Jetta makes noise in the rain](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-jetta-makes-noise-in-the-rain/54975)
**Author:** [@classicjetta](https://community.cartalk.com/u/classicjetta)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2008-jetta-makes-noise-in-the-rain/54975 "2010-09-11T21:25:00Z")
So I wanted to throw out a possible explanation to the problem the lady had with her 2008 Jetta making noise when the car was being driven in the rain. I have a 2006 Jetta and my car makes the same noise (only in t… --- ## [Road Trippin'](https://community.cartalk.com/t/road-trippin/45614)
**Author:** [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2010, 6:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/road-trippin/45614 "2010-03-09T06:24:02Z")
This week on Car Talk, Tom and Ray spoke with teacher Mike from PA. He's preparing for a cross-country trip with nine students in a Chevy van. The guys give him their 2-cents on what he should bring. You know, the obviou… --- ## [Can a mini-van be sexy?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-a-mini-van-be-sexy/51941)
**Author:** [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-a-mini-van-be-sexy/51941 "2010-07-22T20:40:10Z")
Can a minivan be made sexy? That's the weighty question Tom and Ray got this week from Craig in San Pedro. He's single, living the life in sunny Southern California -- except, that is, for one thing. His minivan. It's … --- ## [Stephanie's '85 VW Van won't start when warm, Feb. 19](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stephanies-85-vw-van-wont-start-when-warm-feb-19/62154)
**Author:** [@shenning](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shenning)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stephanies-85-vw-van-wont-start-when-warm-feb-19/62154 "2011-03-03T22:01:08Z")
Stephanie's 1985 VW Van would start fine when cold, but had trouble restarting after it warmed up. She usually has to wait 5-10 minutes. The answer she got was the starter needed replacing. I had exactly the same p… --- ## [Calling Agatha Christie Puzzler](https://community.cartalk.com/t/calling-agatha-christie-puzzler/61875)
**Author:** [@iputthelotionintheba](https://community.cartalk.com/u/iputthelotionintheba)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/calling-agatha-christie-puzzler/61875 "2011-03-01T23:59:23Z")
I don't know anything about cricket, but baseball players are trained to catch with their non-dominant hand so they can throw with the dominant hand. That's the solution. The idea that you can determine handedness … --- ## [Maple syrup smell](https://community.cartalk.com/t/maple-syrup-smell/61963)
**Author:** [@onelazysusan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/onelazysusan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/maple-syrup-smell/61963 "2011-03-01T23:08:43Z")
In response to the caller who smelled maple from her car, I have a less dire possibility. My husband smelled antifreeze and couldn't find a leak. Turned out to be a cracked wiper fluid tube was spraying on our engine. Ha… --- ## [Morally opposed to SUVs?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/morally-opposed-to-suvs/60671)
**Author:** [@LifeofBrian](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LifeofBrian)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2011, 9:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/morally-opposed-to-suvs/60671 "2011-03-01T09:51:50Z")
I drive a Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV. It has the 6 cylinder with 190 HP, weighs 4200 lbs and is 177" long. The Honda Odyssey the caller is considering has 248 Hp, weighs 4400 lbs and is 203" long. They both get an EPA … --- ## [Popping Cherokee](https://community.cartalk.com/t/popping-cherokee/61891)
**Author:** [@bravoch](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bravoch)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/popping-cherokee/61891 "2011-02-28T21:28:17Z")
All Jeep Cherokees make the popping sound discussed on the show today. It is the cheap hard plastic dash moving when the body twists as it goes over an uneven surface. --- ## [Song title](https://community.cartalk.com/t/song-title/61978)
**Author:** [@crashcrawford](https://community.cartalk.com/u/crashcrawford)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2011, 10:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/song-title/61978 "2011-02-28T10:00:37Z")
At 35:30 on this weeks itunes podcast...there's part of a song about 1983 corvette for $65...where can I find title and artist info??? --- ## [About Ray's Recent Booogus Puzzler](https://community.cartalk.com/t/about-rays-recent-booogus-puzzler/60880)
**Author:** [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/about-rays-recent-booogus-puzzler/60880 "2011-02-27T19:12:09Z")
Just how bogus was Ray?s recent puzzler? Well, pretty darned bogus, it turns out. Ray, in case you?re wondering, claims he was busy having an out-of-body experience. He doesn?t recall spewing such bogosity. (You ca… --- ## [Wondering](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wondering/61863)
**Author:** [@debbott53](https://community.cartalk.com/u/debbott53)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wondering/61863 "2011-02-27T17:40:39Z")
Hi Guys! LOVE your column - have learned lots! My two kids have Subaru Outbacks. One is an 05 and the other is brand new. We live in snowy Montana and the kids drive home often for the holidays. When they'… --- ## [Repeat puzzler](https://community.cartalk.com/t/repeat-puzzler/61893)
**Author:** [@Mitchcan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mitchcan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/repeat-puzzler/61893 "2011-02-26T17:34:27Z")
The Volkswagen puzzler sounded familiar. Check Cartalk puzzler of Aug 18, 2008 [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=39) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=41)