# The Show **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=42 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 43 --- ## [Flaming Winnebago](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flaming-winnebago/60688)
**Author:** [@RebusCom](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RebusCom)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flaming-winnebago/60688 "2011-01-30T22:25:29Z")
The story read on the air about the flaming Winnebago came too late for this couple: http://www...38254.html --- ## [Dope Slapping Web Lackey](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dope-slapping-web-lackey/60645)
**Author:** [@muffdiver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/muffdiver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dope-slapping-web-lackey/60645 "2011-01-30T04:35:03Z")
You guys need to dope slap your Web minion. Every time the Challenger picture changes the left column grows or shrinks. Makes everything below it very hard to read. --- ## [Should i?:](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-i/58200)
**Author:** [@ruthbb9](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ruthbb9)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-i/58200 "2011-01-29T19:05:28Z")
SHOULD I accept the FREE 2001 Honda Odyssey which has about 102000 miles that my #3 son is offering me or KEEP the 1998 Chrysler LXI which has 97299 miles? One of these will be sold. As far as I know, the Honda rides… --- ## [Booogus Puzzler](https://community.cartalk.com/t/booogus-puzzler/58606)
**Author:** [@MikeVdP](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeVdP)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2011, 8:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/booogus-puzzler/58606 "2011-01-28T08:47:45Z")
The puzzler about the husband and wife walking different distances even though they were side-by-side had a booogus answer! The "official answer" is that they were on side-by-side treadmills. The RIGHT answer is that t… --- ## [MPG -- and Insight into the Female Mind](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mpg-and-insight-into-the-female-mind/59941)
**Author:** [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2011, 8:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mpg-and-insight-into-the-female-mind/59941 "2011-01-28T08:09:55Z")
True or false: you get better MPG when your car's tank is more than half full. That was Jason's question on this week's show (You can here it right here.). And there's more riding on it than just enlightening our calle… --- ## [A Flaming Volvo](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-flaming-volvo/60365)
**Author:** [@giganticMechanic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/giganticMechanic)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-flaming-volvo/60365 "2011-01-27T21:25:25Z")
Maybe the dealer forgot to install the oil filler cap and did not test drive the car after servicing. Second Point: Demand from them a fair market value to buy a similar Volvo plus time loss for dealing with this m… --- ## [Today's puzzler](https://community.cartalk.com/t/todays-puzzler/60305)
**Author:** [@doitrrueit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/doitrrueit)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/todays-puzzler/60305 "2011-01-25T20:29:38Z")
Why, when discussing the quarter-full mark in a cylindrical gas tank while sitting in a restaurant, not just fill/empty your cylindrical water glass to 1/4 full, put a plate over the top, tip it sideways, and see how far… --- ## [Eight months to next World Car Free day](https://community.cartalk.com/t/eight-months-to-next-world-car-free-day/60279)
**Author:** [@Cars\_Cause\_Cancer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cars_Cause_Cancer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/eight-months-to-next-world-car-free-day/60279 "2011-01-24T17:18:10Z")
The next World Car Free Day is Sept. 22 and let's hope Frick and Frack will consider mentioning it on the show. It's becoming more and more popular around the world to highlight the alternative to car commuting and to s… --- ## [Berkeley Car with Scent "Eau de Dog"](https://community.cartalk.com/t/berkeley-car-with-scent-eau-de-dog/58875)
**Author:** [@bigfan101](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bigfan101)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/berkeley-car-with-scent-eau-de-dog/58875 "2011-01-23T19:53:22Z")
There is a really simple and easy cure for any odor problems in upholstery, carpets, etc. The product is ATMOSKLEAR. It is a biodegradable, non-toxic odor eliminator that comes in a spray bottle. It is unscented, whic… --- ## [Correct Puzzler answer Jan22 2011](https://community.cartalk.com/t/correct-puzzler-answer-jan22-2011/60374)
**Author:** [@Kevingets](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Kevingets)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/correct-puzzler-answer-jan22-2011/60374 "2011-01-23T18:58:51Z")
It is assumed that the object being balanced and the fuel are both Homogenous... which they are. --- ## [Need the number of a show](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-the-number-of-a-show/60345)
**Author:** [@paupau](https://community.cartalk.com/u/paupau)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-the-number-of-a-show/60345 "2011-01-23T02:42:27Z")
Does anyone know the # of the show where Tom's (I think) wife calls in to challenge him on saying she looks like a truck? Thanks in advance. --- ## [The Car Talk Endurance Record?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-car-talk-endurance-record/49646)
**Author:** [@Noah\_Jenda](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Noah_Jenda)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-car-talk-endurance-record/49646 "2011-01-22T16:56:51Z")
Recently, I completed a year of exile in Albuquerque, New Mexico and returned to my home in Chicago. This involved a drive of 1,350 miles, which took about 21 hours split over two days. As I am not an experienced long-di… --- ## [Ghostly car windows- 1/15/11](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ghostly-car-windows-1-15-11/60072)
**Author:** [@persch](https://community.cartalk.com/u/persch)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ghostly-car-windows-1-15-11/60072 "2011-01-19T19:47:18Z")
You were off on the answer. This sounds like a weak battery to me. If I leave my car in storage without a trickle charger attached, when the battery runs down, the last thing it does is roll down the windows and unlock t… --- ## [Honda hood sag](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-hood-sag/59887)
**Author:** [@kereng](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kereng)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-hood-sag/59887 "2011-01-17T02:33:42Z")
I've had two Hondas with this same issue. The first was a 1999 Accord and now my current car, a 2006 Civic. Within the first year of buying the Accord, I noticed exactly what the caller described, an 8-10" diameter shall… --- ## [VW Jetta you shifted wrong...may not need a new tran](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-jetta-you-shifted-wrong-may-not-need-a-new-tran/60048)
**Author:** [@forbill](https://community.cartalk.com/u/forbill)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-jetta-you-shifted-wrong-may-not-need-a-new-tran/60048 "2011-01-16T22:15:01Z")
No reverse!! If it is a manual tranmission there is an adjustment on the linkage an she may hay reverse back. If the linkage is worn out Tony at Muncie Classics replaced mine for $246.oo. This was after 145000 mile… --- ## [Show closing spiel](https://community.cartalk.com/t/show-closing-spiel/46059)
**Author:** [@JoeDough](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JoeDough)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/show-closing-spiel/46059 "2011-01-11T20:16:03Z")
Maybe I'm the only one who noticed, but in the most recent episodes they've chopped the ending the tiniest bit. Instead of saying "This is NPR, National Public Radio," they just say "This is NPR." Not like it's anythin… --- ## [Tipping Gas Jockeys](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tipping-gas-jockeys/59696)
**Author:** [@jhalfdime](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jhalfdime)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2011, 9:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tipping-gas-jockeys/59696 "2011-01-11T09:47:17Z")
As a teenager in the 1960s, I pumped gas at an Oldsmobile garage. There were two customers who tipped us when we pumped gas, a gent in a new T-Bird (We had to remember to wash his T-Bird's windshield for the nickel) and… --- ## [Foggy windows on volvo](https://community.cartalk.com/t/foggy-windows-on-volvo/58961)
**Author:** [@mfair59](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mfair59)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/foggy-windows-on-volvo/58961 "2011-01-11T04:20:07Z")
Women called in earlier with a problem of windows fogging up on hr 10 yr old volvo - had this problem also and turned out the cabin air filter was plugged. It's cheap and worth a shot! --- ## [Song on Jan 8, 2011 show](https://community.cartalk.com/t/song-on-jan-8-2011-show/59711)
**Author:** [@VALUECOIN](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VALUECOIN)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/song-on-jan-8-2011-show/59711 "2011-01-11T00:41:52Z")
There was a song on today's show, lyrics included "will my cell phone go unansered" Where can I find the complete lyrics to this" Great show! Thanks, Jim Welch --- ## ["There is no simple way to do this."](https://community.cartalk.com/t/there-is-no-simple-way-to-do-this/59739)
**Author:** [@timking](https://community.cartalk.com/u/timking)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/there-is-no-simple-way-to-do-this/59739 "2011-01-10T20:07:27Z")
While listening to this week's show on iTunes, I found myself unusually intrigued by the previous week's puzzler. After it was described, I pressed pause and set about to solving the puzzler. A couple of minutes later … --- ## [In-show song: how to find it?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/in-show-song-how-to-find-it/59802)
**Author:** [@aliteralmind](https://community.cartalk.com/u/aliteralmind)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/in-show-song-how-to-find-it/59802 "2011-01-10T19:53:32Z")
Heard a great little song last month on Car Tlak, and I can't find out what it is. I figured out this little snippet of lyrics. It's a spoken-word/rap over music. Definitely a white guy :slight\_smile: "Well o… --- ## [Bi-coastal disorder](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bi-coastal-disorder/58638)
**Author:** [@jonmasters](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jonmasters)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bi-coastal-disorder/58638 "2011-01-10T19:36:19Z")
I had bi-coastal disorder for a long time after moving to the US, then I discovered the joys of travelling across country by train (really). I would love to do it by car sometime, but I'd need to take some serious time o… --- ## [Ultimate Guy and Chick Cars](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ultimate-guy-and-chick-cars/24203)
**Author:** [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ultimate-guy-and-chick-cars/24203 "2011-01-10T15:42:21Z")
What do you think? Did we get it right? Are these the ultimate guy and chick cars of all time? Tell us what cars you think are missing, or which ones don't deserve their coveted slots. Share your thoughts right here -- a… --- ## [Tha](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tha/59689)
**Author:** [@paleolith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/paleolith)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tha/59689 "2011-01-08T16:03:41Z")
Tom and Ray are so na?ve. They've probably never heard of Ana?s Nin. (And as explanation: in French, diaeresis over "i" is uncommon but standard. It always occurs when the "i" follows another vowel, and means that t… --- ## [Volkswagon Headlights from #1052](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volkswagon-headlights-from-1052/59376)
**Author:** [@bspisak](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bspisak)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volkswagon-headlights-from-1052/59376 "2011-01-06T02:36:02Z")
A caller had a problem with a Volkswagon after installing stronger headlights requiring her to hot-wire the lights which then caused her tail light to stop working. The problem with older Volkswagons (I have a 1987 … --- ## [Using Consumer Reports](https://community.cartalk.com/t/using-consumer-reports/58568)
**Author:** [@ronstaub](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ronstaub)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/using-consumer-reports/58568 "2011-01-06T00:46:01Z")
On a recent show \[1048\] you responded to a question on a device using the cars electrical system to improve gas mileage. While you gave the caller the right advice \[the gadget is worthless\] I was surprised you weren't aw… --- ## [Car Talk Auto Advisor](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-auto-advisor/59564)
**Author:** [@AMMinNY](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AMMinNY)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-auto-advisor/59564 "2011-01-05T16:02:37Z")
Bob and Ray are always telling people to come to this web site and use the Car Talk Auto Advisor. I tried it, and boy is it worthless! I specifically wanted a minivan (or at least a car that seats six or more) with… --- ## [Geo Tracker Noise 1/1/11](https://community.cartalk.com/t/geo-tracker-noise-1-1-11/59540)
**Author:** [@ellamking](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ellamking)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/geo-tracker-noise-1-1-11/59540 "2011-01-04T23:20:42Z")
As an alternate idea. My wife has a 1991 Geo Tracker and about 4 years ago was making a similar noise. Then the speedometer quit working and the noise stopped. She spent the next year driving it estimating speed by RP… --- ## [Jodi's Colorado vs. California gas milage](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jodis-colorado-vs-california-gas-milage/58914)
**Author:** [@thespacepope](https://community.cartalk.com/u/thespacepope)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jodis-colorado-vs-california-gas-milage/58914 "2011-01-04T15:37:34Z")
About 11 years ago I had an 83 Toyota Corolla. At the time, they were adding MTBE to our gas in CA, and I noticed that when I went to visit a friend in Reno NV, I would get about 5-10 MPG better milage from the non MTBE … --- ## [Keeping insurance over periods of storage (1/1/11)](https://community.cartalk.com/t/keeping-insurance-over-periods-of-storage-1-1-11/59369)
**Author:** [@amkaplan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/amkaplan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/keeping-insurance-over-periods-of-storage-1-1-11/59369 "2011-01-03T14:20:07Z")
Tom and Ray blew it in recommending the woman going on a long bike trip keep her insurance in force (1/1/11). For long periods, if you're not going to have the car driven, you can turn off collision and liability but ke… [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=41) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=43)