# The Show **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=43 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 44 --- ## [Subaru Outback Cruise Control use. Show #1051](https://community.cartalk.com/t/subaru-outback-cruise-control-use-show-1051/58915)
**Author:** [@buzoyster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/buzoyster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2011, 6:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/subaru-outback-cruise-control-use-show-1051/58915 "2011-01-02T06:18:38Z")
Adrienne from Vail Colorado called in to settle a bet with her husband. He uses the cruise control on their Subaru on the downhill portion of the two passes between Vail and Denver. You told her this was foolish. I di… --- ## [Fuel pumps/ empty gas tanks](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-pumps-empty-gas-tanks/59158)
**Author:** [@Phil\_Greene](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Phil_Greene)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-pumps-empty-gas-tanks/59158 "2010-12-30T23:33:06Z")
Dear Ray and Tom, I read your article regarding the empty fuel tank and it's related damage to the car. I know a few very good mechanics who all agree that running tank low on fuel is the number one reason the fuel p… --- ## [Static charge solution](https://community.cartalk.com/t/static-charge-solution/7114)
**Author:** [@pschrein](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pschrein)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/static-charge-solution/7114 "2010-12-30T14:33:45Z")
Here is my solution to the static charge problem. Every time I get out of my car, I touch the back of my hand to the metal frame of the door. That way, I get minimal pain from the shock. (The back of the hand has fewe… --- ## [Main seal leaks from too much oil](https://community.cartalk.com/t/main-seal-leaks-from-too-much-oil/59249)
**Author:** [@bansheemarc](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bansheemarc)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/main-seal-leaks-from-too-much-oil/59249 "2010-12-29T03:10:30Z")
I have heard many people say that overfilling the engine with oil can damage the main seals and leads to leakage. Is this true or is it an old wives tale? --- ## [Do they give out new gift certificates to old puzzlers?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-they-give-out-new-gift-certificates-to-old-puzzlers/59194)
**Author:** [@bzhayes](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bzhayes)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-they-give-out-new-gift-certificates-to-old-puzzlers/59194 "2010-12-28T21:58:00Z")
I've noticed quite a few puzzler re-runs on the show. They even email me the questions and the website accepts answers. I am wondering if they give out new gift certificates each week? On one hand its kinda cheati… --- ## [Your worst all-time gift?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/your-worst-all-time-gift/59112)
**Author:** [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/your-worst-all-time-gift/59112 "2010-12-28T01:37:21Z")
This week on Car Talk, we heard Tom and Ray share a few tales of their worst all-time gifts, ever. (Missed it? You can catch it right here.) Now, it's your turn! What's the worst gift you've ever received, and why?… --- ## [More Cruise Control (18 December Show)](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-cruise-control-18-december-show/59054)
**Author:** [@kailua-rgr](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kailua-rgr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-cruise-control-18-december-show/59054 "2010-12-22T20:51:20Z")
I have a 2008 BMW 328i Touring (Station Wagon) with a 6-speed manual transmission (had to special order it while I was in Germany). My daily commute goes over the H-3, from Kaneohe, past Pearl Harbor, then up the H-2 to… --- ## [Some segments won't play](https://community.cartalk.com/t/some-segments-wont-play/58985)
**Author:** [@Carveaholic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Carveaholic)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2010, 7:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/some-segments-wont-play/58985 "2010-12-22T07:58:35Z")
I can't get segments 5, 8, or 10 to play. The window loads, but nothing ever loads. Anyone else have this problem? --- ## [Crayola Crayon - 2001 VW Jetta](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crayola-crayon-2001-vw-jetta/53906)
**Author:** [@Doug\_Gohn](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Doug_Gohn)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crayola-crayon-2001-vw-jetta/53906 "2010-12-21T17:02:52Z")
Why does my 2001 VW Jetta TDI smell of crayons inside. It smells so bad we have named it the Crayon Box! When we are headed out, my wife asks are we taking the van or the Crayon Box. I have searched all over and can n… --- ## [Puzzler](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler/58714)
**Author:** [@CliffordCooperS2007](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CliffordCooperS2007)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler/58714 "2010-12-19T23:56:56Z")
I'm just curious, in the history of the puzzler, have you ever not had a correct answer submitted? --- ## [Changing a universal joint](https://community.cartalk.com/t/changing-a-universal-joint/58905)
**Author:** [@nogoodsob](https://community.cartalk.com/u/nogoodsob)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/changing-a-universal-joint/58905 "2010-12-19T18:48:44Z")
In this week's show a caller had an issue with a defective univeral joint. Tom and Ray gave advice in removing a one piece drive shaft, and there was some mention about a hammer being used to replace the universal joint… --- ## [Radio Presets](https://community.cartalk.com/t/radio-presets/58334)
**Author:** [@Marathon](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marathon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/radio-presets/58334 "2010-12-12T15:10:58Z")
After this weekend's show, I imagine a lot of people at used car lots and others are changing the radio presets to Classical stations. Hmmmm ... If I go to a used car dealer, and all the radios in the cars have th… --- ## [Where did the show go?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/where-did-the-show-go/58580)
**Author:** [@jt1979](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jt1979)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2010, 10:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/where-did-the-show-go/58580 "2010-12-12T10:25:44Z")
What happened to the ability to listen to Car Talk online? Now there's just some screen that says, "Looking for our new Car Talk podcast? Use the pulldown menu below." There's no menu below. The "more," "top shows,"… --- ## [Scams: MPG, and Others](https://community.cartalk.com/t/scams-mpg-and-others/14106)
**Author:** [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/scams-mpg-and-others/14106 "2010-12-12T02:14:35Z")
Know of an MPG scam, or some other highly dubious automotive product? Share it right here, in the discuss area for our Official Car Talk Scam Detector. We'd love to hear from you. Have you tried any of them? Have you … --- ## [Bricklin Dilemma](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bricklin-dilemma/58285)
**Author:** [@Chriscross1808](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Chriscross1808)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bricklin-dilemma/58285 "2010-12-10T23:11:08Z")
Hi there, My name is SGT Christian Hodge. I am a member of the New Hampshire National Guard currently on a deployment overseas to Kuwait, and my father Skyped me today telling me about the story on this Gentleman ha… --- ## [Dave's Jeep J10 Disc brake](https://community.cartalk.com/t/daves-jeep-j10-disc-brake/58357)
**Author:** [@KCTMach](https://community.cartalk.com/u/KCTMach)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/daves-jeep-j10-disc-brake/58357 "2010-12-10T18:17:06Z")
I own a 4X4, I learned that when I have to remove the front Wheel Discs that there are tapered shims between the rotor and the Studs. In order to remove the the Disc they need to be chiseled out before pulling out the r… --- ## [Sarah Moving to Tuscon](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sarah-moving-to-tuscon/58319)
**Author:** [@DoggyMom](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DoggyMom)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2010, 6:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sarah-moving-to-tuscon/58319 "2010-12-09T06:45:24Z")
Shouldn't Sarah refer to the owner's manual. It seems to me that the manual usually tells you whether or not you can pull a a trailer (or whatever) and what the maximum weight the car can pull. --- ## [Cheesy](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cheesy/58416)
**Author:** [@Alison\_Pomerantz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Alison_Pomerantz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2010, 7:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cheesy/58416 "2010-12-08T07:00:44Z")
We recently moved from Boston to Whitefish, Montana and drove 2,800 miles in our Toyota 4-Runner. Last week, I noticed a suspicious ball of lint in the back seat and assumed one of my dogs chewed on the seat cover. Howev… --- ## [10 passengers and AWD in Bend](https://community.cartalk.com/t/10-passengers-and-awd-in-bend/57248)
**Author:** [@gapullin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/gapullin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2010, 6:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/10-passengers-and-awd-in-bend/57248 "2010-12-08T06:38:10Z")
Hi T & R, A lady with 8 kids and a husband needs a 10 passenger replacement for her "death wagon" in Bend. You've suggested the new Chevy full size van now made in AWD. Unfortunately, only the 1500 is available in AW… --- ## [CV Boot Repair from today's show?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cv-boot-repair-from-todays-show/58292)
**Author:** [@truevox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/truevox)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cv-boot-repair-from-todays-show/58292 "2010-12-05T18:35:23Z")
In lieu of a new boot, instead of applying CV grease, use a spray white lithium grease or possibly motorcycle chain lube. Both of these options will apply as a liquid, but quickly turn to a more solid grease, so there is… --- ## [Any place you can park you can unpark](https://community.cartalk.com/t/any-place-you-can-park-you-can-unpark/58126)
**Author:** [@dadoctah](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dadoctah)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/any-place-you-can-park-you-can-unpark/58126 "2010-12-03T19:44:03Z")
In the discussion this week on getting a car out of a difficult space, I think Tom was on the right track. All you have to do is reverse each step in the parking process in the reverse order the steps were originally ma… --- ## [Where is the online show?!](https://community.cartalk.com/t/where-is-the-online-show/48037)
**Author:** [@eaglescout1984](https://community.cartalk.com/u/eaglescout1984)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/where-is-the-online-show/48037 "2010-11-28T15:44:07Z")
So, I actually caught most of the show this past weekend, but I was unable to catch the third half of the show. So, I just tried to listen online, but I get the "Official car talk error message" and "Now, where did we pu… --- ## [Disappearing Hubcaps](https://community.cartalk.com/t/disappearing-hubcaps/57821)
**Author:** [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/disappearing-hubcaps/57821 "2010-11-26T20:21:52Z")
On the 11/21/10 Car Talk, one caller's husband's had an older Camry whose hubcaps kept coming off and getting lost. What's the possibility the husband, who didn't think hub caps were needed or he would have replaced them… --- ## [When Seniors Text](https://community.cartalk.com/t/when-seniors-text/57912)
**Author:** [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/when-seniors-text/57912 "2010-11-24T01:36:34Z")
This week on Car Talk, Tom and Ray opened the show with a little discussion of texting. (You can hear it, right here.) We all know that text messaging started out as something only kid would do. Now, a decade or two late… --- ## [Cars Cause Cancer](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cars-cause-cancer/56730)
**Author:** [@Cars\_Cause\_Cancer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cars_Cause_Cancer)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cars-cause-cancer/56730 "2010-11-23T22:47:48Z")
Personally I really like the personalities of Frick and Frack, but the whole subject of Car Talk is wrong. Cars cause cancer, cars are killing our environment, cars are creating a worldwide asthma epidemic. How about C… --- ## [Subaru winter woes](https://community.cartalk.com/t/subaru-winter-woes/57889)
**Author:** [@oregonsubaru](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oregonsubaru)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/subaru-winter-woes/57889 "2010-11-23T03:13:13Z")
We own a 2005 Subaru Outback with a 5 speed manual currently running Nokian Winter Studded tires. This is the 2nd Outback we've owned in the past couple years. I've spent my life driving in Michigan and Colorado winter… --- ## [Should we bail out Detroit?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-we-bail-out-detroit/22038)
**Author:** [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Replies:** 249\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-we-bail-out-detroit/22038 "2010-11-22T19:05:28Z")
Is a bailout just delaying an inevitable bankruptcy? And is bankruptcy -- with its forced restructuring -- the best chance the domestic car companies have? Sure, they've mostly run themselves into the ground. I mean,… --- ## [Gail's winter driving... snow tires?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gails-winter-driving-snow-tires/57292)
**Author:** [@ThomasS](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ThomasS)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gails-winter-driving-snow-tires/57292 "2010-11-20T18:20:02Z")
I was surprised that they didn't mention snow tires. From what I have seen, they aren't overly common in the US, but in the more alpine parts of Europe, it is normal to have a second set of rims with snow tires and chan… --- ## [I finally caved in, and my feet have never felt so snug! Ugg Boots](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-finally-caved-in-and-my-feet-have-never-felt-so-snug-ugg-boots/57778)
**Author:** [@go4uggboot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/go4uggboot)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-finally-caved-in-and-my-feet-have-never-felt-so-snug-ugg-boots/57778 "2010-11-20T16:44:08Z")
I was still put off by the price tag. For the type of uggs I would want, they cost a whopping ?150, so I was going to buy a cheaper version except I never got around to it. A few weeks ago however I was going to New York… --- ## [They are terribly comfy to wear](https://community.cartalk.com/t/they-are-terribly-comfy-to-wear/57780)
**Author:** [@go4uggboot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/go4uggboot)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/they-are-terribly-comfy-to-wear/57780 "2010-11-20T16:42:56Z")
In Australia, they say surfers originally made them popular as the sheepskin lining was comfy / nice and warm when they came out of the water (and presumably, if an ugg boots gets wet on an Australian beach, it'll dry ou… [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=42) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=44)