# The Show **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=48 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 49 --- ## [Cat pee in the car](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cat-pee-in-the-car/50985)
**Author:** [@carole\_n](https://community.cartalk.com/u/carole_n)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cat-pee-in-the-car/50985 "2010-07-06T15:18:40Z")
Just caught the last few minutes of the conversation with the lady whose cat peed in the towel and now her car smells wretched. (You told her to have the AC people check for mold.) If it is indeed pee, I have a tip… --- ## [Miata with Immortal Timing Thingy](https://community.cartalk.com/t/miata-with-immortal-timing-thingy/51274)
**Author:** [@ZombieWoof](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ZombieWoof)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/miata-with-immortal-timing-thingy/51274 "2010-07-04T04:25:48Z")
Last week, a caller who had given his Miata some sort of nickname called in and asked what sort of fluid changes he should do with it. I was struck that neither Tom nor Ray mentioned the timing thingy. It surpris… --- ## [Scratch on Explorer & Husband Wouldn't Own Up](https://community.cartalk.com/t/scratch-on-explorer-husband-wouldnt-own-up/50961)
**Author:** [@dlmcmurr](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dlmcmurr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2010, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/scratch-on-explorer-husband-wouldnt-own-up/50961 "2010-07-01T12:41:39Z")
"Good luck and hopefully this won't happen again. Thanks for your call, bye. Well, it's happened again, you've wasted another perfectly good hour..." Anyone else notice the two sentences with "happen again" back to bac… --- ## [Tachometer for making VW engine last forever](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tachometer-for-making-vw-engine-last-forever/50564)
**Author:** [@saxmanjim](https://community.cartalk.com/u/saxmanjim)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2010, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tachometer-for-making-vw-engine-last-forever/50564 "2010-06-30T12:25:02Z")
Hi everyone. I'm new, and this is my first post. I thought you guys knew everything. ( I know I don't, I'm sure I should post this somewhere else, but...) This is regarding the VW owner's mechanic who told her the … --- ## [Does E85 lower your MPG?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/does-e85-lower-your-mpg/39767)
**Author:** [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/does-e85-lower-your-mpg/39767 "2010-06-29T23:55:00Z")
Does running E85 fuel with up to 85% ethanol, actually lower your MPG? That was the question this week from Kirsten in Oregon. (You can hear her call right here-- it's second in the segment.) Her Flex-Fuel Chrys… --- ## [Tennesssee Heavy Date](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tennesssee-heavy-date/50952)
**Author:** [@Horsty](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Horsty)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tennesssee-heavy-date/50952 "2010-06-27T15:38:23Z")
I recently spent the weekend on my back helping my son change his transmission in his 95 Eclipse. It would not go forward, only reverse. We changed the transmission and still the same deal. Turns out it was the transmiss… --- ## [Horn intermittently on](https://community.cartalk.com/t/horn-intermittently-on/50918)
**Author:** [@dkingsbury](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dkingsbury)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/horn-intermittently-on/50918 "2010-06-26T18:17:24Z")
The caller who said the horn was on when coming out of a store might have had an electric cooling fan blade hitting the shroud. It can be on when the ignition is off. --- ## [Subaru gas gauge](https://community.cartalk.com/t/subaru-gas-gauge/50689)
**Author:** [@system](https://community.cartalk.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/subaru-gas-gauge/50689 "2010-06-24T15:52:25Z")
This past week someone whose name I could find by lisening to the call for a third time but oh heck. I just want to say that I think that having someone run out of gas is a BOGUS answer. If you can fill up the tank I wou… --- ## [Your Summer Driving Tips?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/your-summer-driving-tips/15116)
**Author:** [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/your-summer-driving-tips/15116 "2010-06-24T05:59:43Z")
You've seen Tom and Ray's summer driving tips, but we'd also like to hear from you. What suggestions do you have, for assuring a safe, breakdown-free summer road trip? (Because, after all, who among us wants to be stuck … --- ## [Five 4's puzzler](https://community.cartalk.com/t/five-4s-puzzler/50221)
**Author:** [@jt1979](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jt1979)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 5:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/five-4s-puzzler/50221 "2010-06-24T05:40:47Z")
Oops, first time posting and I accidentally put this in "repairs and maintenance" the first time! I thought this would take longer to figure out. Did anyone else come up with another way to do it? I got: ((4^4)… --- ## [Tesco car insurance](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesco-car-insurance/50752)
**Author:** [@hasoon882](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hasoon882)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2010, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesco-car-insurance/50752 "2010-06-23T12:07:26Z")
I hope that you like http://www...urance.com --- ## [Birds on the Mirrors](https://community.cartalk.com/t/birds-on-the-mirrors/50276)
**Author:** [@rodlauver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rodlauver)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/birds-on-the-mirrors/50276 "2010-06-21T16:57:24Z")
I have successfully fought the bird wars for years using one of those plastic owls sold in hardware or garden stores. just set it on you hood at night and the birds will stay away. It's amazing - you can walk outside wit… --- ## [Geographic Oddity Puzzler Answer](https://community.cartalk.com/t/geographic-oddity-puzzler-answer/48941)
**Author:** [@ZombieWoof](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ZombieWoof)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/geographic-oddity-puzzler-answer/48941 "2010-06-21T00:24:42Z")
Washington DC, although it is also possible to head due west and land in Virginia, depending on where you are when your timing belt breaks. --- ## [1990 chevy PU 5.7 k 2500 Runs then quits](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-chevy-pu-5-7-k-2500-runs-then-quits/50562)
**Author:** [@bmusbob](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bmusbob)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1990-chevy-pu-5-7-k-2500-runs-then-quits/50562 "2010-06-20T18:55:13Z")
Hello. Mom was driving her truck and it just quit running/stalled out as she was driving it. We towed it home and the next day it started and ran fine, but the check engine light was on and didn't go off. She was driving… --- ## [Superior, Wisconsin?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/superior-wisconsin/50257)
**Author:** [@JohnSchubert](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JohnSchubert)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/superior-wisconsin/50257 "2010-06-16T20:33:34Z")
You went too far with your mea culpa on Stamford, Connecticut ("only" city in which you hit the same other state when you head either north, south, east or west. Okay... True of Stamford. Carter Lake, Iowa.... true,… --- ## [Number Puzzler Answer](https://community.cartalk.com/t/number-puzzler-answer/49955)
**Author:** [@ZombieWoof](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ZombieWoof)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 6:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/number-puzzler-answer/49955 "2010-06-15T06:50:08Z")
Okay, this one I've got, although I understand we're going to hear more about the "city surrounded by a state" Puzzler. The numbers are in alphabetical order. --- ## [John Paolo's Volvo S60 (show no. 1024 (2^10) )](https://community.cartalk.com/t/john-paolos-volvo-s60-show-no-1024-2-10/50246)
**Author:** [@JuniorMint](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JuniorMint)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/john-paolos-volvo-s60-show-no-1024-2-10/50246 "2010-06-15T05:15:22Z")
does the S60 have an oil cooler on it? look for "chocolate milk" in the radiator system, it could be where the oil is going. would explain no smoke, no drips. --- ## ["Van" Name](https://community.cartalk.com/t/van-name/48890)
**Author:** [@mrbovineordure](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mrbovineordure)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/van-name/48890 "2010-06-14T18:58:14Z")
Regarding how to use the name "Van" if the child should be a female, have folks forgotten a famous fusbudget, Lucy Van Pelt from Peanuts? --- ## [Fly to LV, not Denver](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fly-to-lv-not-denver/50219)
**Author:** [@paleolith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/paleolith)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fly-to-lv-not-denver/50219 "2010-06-13T22:05:51Z")
Tom and Ray suggested that the family from Ann Arbor fly to Denver and rent a van there. They would probably save a couple hundred miles each way by flying to Las Vegas instead. Mostly depends on what deals they can get … --- ## [Call 4: Dan, Oregon, IL 1997 Jeep Cherokee](https://community.cartalk.com/t/call-4-dan-oregon-il-1997-jeep-cherokee/50085)
**Author:** [@motorhead2166](https://community.cartalk.com/u/motorhead2166)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2010, 11:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/call-4-dan-oregon-il-1997-jeep-cherokee/50085 "2010-06-09T11:27:20Z")
I've been through it all w/my 99 Cherokee lately (155K mi). I recently had similar problems, and I probed the fuel system first on this one as well by swapping relays (under hood, passenger side), so I think T&R gave go… --- ## [Schrader valves opening on the front wheel of dragsters at 200mph](https://community.cartalk.com/t/schrader-valves-opening-on-the-front-wheel-of-dragsters-at-200mph/48597)
**Author:** [@drbitboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/drbitboy)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/schrader-valves-opening-on-the-front-wheel-of-dragsters-at-200mph/48597 "2010-06-08T15:53:15Z")
Why didn't they discuss what happens on the rear wheels --- ## [Solution for 4/3/10 puzzler is all wet](https://community.cartalk.com/t/solution-for-4-3-10-puzzler-is-all-wet/47483)
**Author:** [@DesertDan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DesertDan2)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2010, 7:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/solution-for-4-3-10-puzzler-is-all-wet/47483 "2010-06-01T07:23:39Z")
Did anyone else find the solution for the 4/3 puzzler to be all wet? (Using a 4-oz glass and a 9-oz glass, measure 6 ounces of water in fewest steps.) Eight steps indeed. Try four steps: 1. Fill the 4-oz glass. … --- ## [VW Jetta and synthetic oil](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-jetta-and-synthetic-oil/46699)
**Author:** [@billbuss](https://community.cartalk.com/u/billbuss)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2010, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-jetta-and-synthetic-oil/46699 "2010-05-31T12:09:19Z")
This is in reference to the lady that called about the VW Jetta and wether she need to contiue to use synthetic oi. You might check into VW requirements on oil. I seem to remember they had problems with sludge buil… --- ## [Bird guy's engine coolant system shower](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bird-guys-engine-coolant-system-shower/49611)
**Author:** [@fairyprankster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/fairyprankster)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2010, 11:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bird-guys-engine-coolant-system-shower/49611 "2010-05-31T11:16:48Z")
After hearing the call from the bird researchers who had a broken engine coolant shower system, I remembered that my camp shower bag was trashed last year. So, I was searching online for a new one and found the R&M Vehic… --- ## [First Date Conundrum](https://community.cartalk.com/t/first-date-conundrum/2605)
**Author:** [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/first-date-conundrum/2605 "2010-05-31T00:37:13Z")
To clean or not to clean? That is is the question we got from John, on this week's encore edition of Car Talk. Should he call in FEMA to help restore order to the interior of his '94 Pontiac Gran Prix, in preparatio… --- ## [Looking for Hybrid Stationwagon or Small SUV](https://community.cartalk.com/t/looking-for-hybrid-stationwagon-or-small-suv/49589)
**Author:** [@skazan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/skazan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/looking-for-hybrid-stationwagon-or-small-suv/49589 "2010-05-30T20:26:52Z")
I would like to know what Click and Clack and their audience would recommend for a small hybrid SUV. I commute in a Prius to work and love the gas savings. We have two kids and do like to drive to the Calif. mountains a … --- ## [US city](https://community.cartalk.com/t/us-city/49325)
**Author:** [@rjhike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rjhike)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/us-city/49325 "2010-05-27T20:18:09Z")
Carter Lake, Iowa is a better choice than Stamford. The city of Carter Lake was formed when the Missouri River changed its course. Take I look on a map, the city of Carter Lake is surrounded by Nebraska. Not like Stamfor… --- ## [Need song title & artist of "good road" song](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-song-title-artist-of-good-road-song/49259)
**Author:** [@p.berenson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/p.berenson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-song-title-artist-of-good-road-song/49259 "2010-05-23T18:04:09Z")
What's the name of the song I call "good road" the lady sings on your show? --- ## [Pops a dent](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pops-a-dent/49208)
**Author:** [@nowmaybe](https://community.cartalk.com/u/nowmaybe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pops-a-dent/49208 "2010-05-22T19:17:23Z")
I got the pops a dent tool from my local oarts store. $19.95, no shipping involved. I had a Cougar that got hailed on. It had dozens of littly debts about the diameter of a quarter. The tool had a section cup about that … --- ## [What to buy?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-to-buy/49146)
**Author:** [@newportp](https://community.cartalk.com/u/newportp)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-to-buy/49146 "2010-05-22T12:45:46Z")
My husband owns a Toyota Forerunner and is tired of the gas guzzler. I have a 2000 Toyota Sienna van that I love so much I plan to use it as my coffin. My husband wants to buy me a new car and make my van HIS car - he i… [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=47) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=49)