# The Show **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=6 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 7 --- ## [Al Camelio checks in](https://community.cartalk.com/t/al-camelio-checks-in/143200)
**Author:** [@AlCamelio](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AlCamelio)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/al-camelio-checks-in/143200 "2019-06-29T22:34:32Z")
Hello Ray, My name is Al Camelio. I recently saw a screenshot of Grandma Camelio’s lobster recipe. Such great memories! Did your grandmother mention her brother Sal who had a fruit market in Walpole, MA? That would… --- ## [Keeping Battery from Dying When Vehicle Parked for Several Weeks](https://community.cartalk.com/t/keeping-battery-from-dying-when-vehicle-parked-for-several-weeks/142819)
**Author:** [@fjwilsonjr\_153222](https://community.cartalk.com/u/fjwilsonjr_153222)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/keeping-battery-from-dying-when-vehicle-parked-for-several-weeks/142819 "2019-06-25T13:29:15Z")
There was a question in the column that was in my paper today, June 22, about how to keep the battery of a 2016 RAM from dying when the truck was parked in an airport lot for 3-5 weeks. Ray suggested only an AC-powered t… --- ## [Ray’s car battery advice](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ray-s-car-battery-advice/141517)
**Author:** [@Cheryl53](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cheryl53)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ray-s-car-battery-advice/141517 "2019-06-04T20:02:19Z")
Hi Ray, Just couldn’t let your advice regarding battery life in the Fresno Bee, 5/11/19, go by without commenting. I am an avid reader, and pick up great tips from you. However, every car I have ever had, Chevy, Ford,… --- ## [Ray was on "Wait! Wait!"](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ray-was-on-wait-wait/140632)
**Author:** [@Vchimpanzee](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Vchimpanzee)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ray-was-on-wait-wait/140632 "2019-05-20T13:32:10Z")
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/344098539/wait-wait-don-t-tell-me Click on Lance Reddick. Starts around 10:00. He was featured as an example of someone with a Boston accent, and he went on to deny he had such an accent and … --- ## [Do Tom and Ray have another brother?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-tom-and-ray-have-another-brother/139369)
**Author:** [@Vchimpanzee](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Vchimpanzee)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-tom-and-ray-have-another-brother/139369 "2019-05-19T21:23:29Z")
Ray mentioned his “sweet brother”. --- ## [Larger tires for better gas mileage (Feb 6 show)](https://community.cartalk.com/t/larger-tires-for-better-gas-mileage-feb-6-show/138962)
**Author:** [@HalfFastEddie](https://community.cartalk.com/u/HalfFastEddie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/larger-tires-for-better-gas-mileage-feb-6-show/138962 "2019-04-23T12:51:59Z")
Can’t believe that Tom and Ray told Angelina that bigger tires will get better mileage. Yes, the car will go further for every engine rotation, BUT the engine will have to work harder meaning burn more fuel (everyone wh… --- ## [Podcast Puzzler a good'n: How could 50, 125, and 90 be sequential numbers?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-puzzler-a-goodn-how-could-50-125-and-90-be-sequential-numbers/138405)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-puzzler-a-goodn-how-could-50-125-and-90-be-sequential-numbers/138405 "2019-04-14T03:08:30Z")
That was a pretty good puzzler. I was pretty sure it had to do with clocks, but I couldn’t narrow it down to the clock of the actual solution. --- ## [It ain't about the money](https://community.cartalk.com/t/it-aint-about-the-money/137391)
**Author:** [@oldbuck](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldbuck)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/it-aint-about-the-money/137391 "2019-04-08T21:45:40Z")
I just finished reading todays: Car Talk in our local Gazette. Fuel economy requires advanced math degree. I laughed as Ray discussed “the cost of operation” on a 2018 BMW. My guess is, he will get “HOT” calls from envi… --- ## [Confused...Are new Car Talk shows still being recorded?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/confused-are-new-car-talk-shows-still-being-recorded/75811)
**Author:** [@raisin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/raisin)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2012, 6:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/confused-are-new-car-talk-shows-still-being-recorded/75811 "2012-12-08T06:45:05Z")
By all accounts, I thought Tom & Ray were going to stop recording new shows at the end of October and all future shows would be 'best of' compilation. (Caveat: I only listen to recent show podcasts, which don't tell whet… --- ## [Dear Car Talk - car’s computer thinks mom’s a thief](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dear-car-talk-car-s-computer-thinks-mom-s-a-thief/137089)
**Author:** [@bobedelman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bobedelman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dear-car-talk-car-s-computer-thinks-mom-s-a-thief/137089 "2019-03-23T21:10:19Z")
I read you column in the Fort Collins, CO Coloradoan. As a car hobbiest, I am looking to learn and maybe out-guess you. I think you missed the mark in the Car’s Computer Thinks Mom’s a thief. My first thought of why the… --- ## [Click/Clack snowed in on The Cape-- despite wife's warnings Help our doddering memories](https://community.cartalk.com/t/click-clack-snowed-in-on-the-cape-despite-wifes-warnings-help-our-doddering-memories/136611)
**Author:** [@partner-in-healing\_149553](https://community.cartalk.com/u/partner-in-healing_149553)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2019, 3:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/click-clack-snowed-in-on-the-cape-despite-wifes-warnings-help-our-doddering-memories/136611 "2019-03-18T03:27:07Z")
Hi, There a a super show-- one? Both the brothers went to the Cape way way off Season. The one wife strongly suggested not going. And whoever went … we don’t quite remember: ? got snowed in? Had not food/water? N… --- ## [2009 GMC Envoy AC column](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-gmc-envoy-ac-column/136153)
**Author:** [@RonWolf](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RonWolf)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2009-gmc-envoy-ac-column/136153 "2019-03-09T19:26:57Z")
Not a question, but a comment on your recent article about a guy with a GMC Envoy with a/c cycling from normal operation to poor operation with fog coming out the vents and then recovering to normal operation after being… --- ## [2003 Jeep Liberty. Battery Light Comes On. Unrelated(?) It Wouldn't turn over once](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-jeep-liberty-battery-light-comes-on-unrelated-it-wouldnt-turn-over-once/135970)
**Author:** [@Mary\_Carpenter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mary_Carpenter)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2019, 11:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-jeep-liberty-battery-light-comes-on-unrelated-it-wouldnt-turn-over-once/135970 "2019-03-07T11:21:36Z")
I went to the store a couple weeks ago and when I came back out my 2003 Jeep Liberty would not start. Would not even turn over. Just as if the battery were completely dead, but no clicking sound or clattering sound. Al… --- ## [Reprogramming a diesel for more power](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reprogramming-a-diesel-for-more-power/135800)
**Author:** [@BobDeMattei](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BobDeMattei)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2019, 4:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reprogramming-a-diesel-for-more-power/135800 "2019-03-06T04:40:53Z")
Not a question but a comment. You recently answered a question about chipping or reprograming a diesel for more power. I’m not a diesel guy, but out here on the left coast we have a guy named Steve Dinan. He devoted a… --- ## [Volvo fuel pump puzzler](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volvo-fuel-pump-puzzler/135810)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2019, 4:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volvo-fuel-pump-puzzler/135810 "2019-03-05T04:02:59Z")
A recently podcast puzzler is about a fuel injected Volvo that won’t run well if the fuel level in the tank is below 1/2 full. This Volvo is configured with two fuel pumps, a low pressure feeder pump mounted in the tan… --- ## [Vintage Puzzler still 100% BOGUS](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vintage-puzzler-still-100-bogus/135409)
**Author:** [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vintage-puzzler-still-100-bogus/135409 "2019-03-04T14:49:41Z")
RAY: During World War II, American infantrymen carried a rifle that used .30 caliber ammunition. Now, you may ask, what is a .30 caliber bullet? I don’t really know what the arcane measurement is, but it happens that 7.6… --- ## [Woodies column](https://community.cartalk.com/t/woodies-column/135581)
**Author:** [@RickJacques](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RickJacques)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2019, 5:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/woodies-column/135581 "2019-03-04T05:30:10Z")
Just read your article about Woodies. Thought you might appreciate this. https://www.kingsford.com/country/about-us/ --- ## [Extended idling in cold weather is bad for engines](https://community.cartalk.com/t/extended-idling-in-cold-weather-is-bad-for-engines/92831)
**Author:** [@Idle-Free](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Idle-Free)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/extended-idling-in-cold-weather-is-bad-for-engines/92831 "2019-03-04T00:17:54Z")
Stephen Ciatti, a former drag racer who has a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and now oversees all of the combustion engine work at the Dept. of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory… --- ## [Hard starting when gas tank low](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hard-starting-when-gas-tank-low/66554)
**Author:** [@lrrs168](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lrrs168)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hard-starting-when-gas-tank-low/66554 "2019-02-26T15:29:39Z")
I want to confirm what the lady with the Honda Civic was saying. I have 1998 Civic that I've been driving for about 7 years, from 120K to 255K miles. I usually let the fuel tank run down low before refilling, at 1/8 of … --- ## [Suberu justy](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suberu-justy/135217)
**Author:** [@DEISOUL](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DEISOUL)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suberu-justy/135217 "2019-02-23T17:05:59Z")
My justy1990 fuel in jet in 3 door 2.8 Lt.it start if u let the rev. Go lower than 4 it will not idol it will blog out I’m on ice so I start it put it in 2 GEAR i WAS spin my tire on ice didnt sound bad ???what do I do … --- ## [Episode 1906 - A Stump the Chumps is needed!](https://community.cartalk.com/t/episode-1906-a-stump-the-chumps-is-needed/134738)
**Author:** [@boilerengtn](https://community.cartalk.com/u/boilerengtn)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 4:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/episode-1906-a-stump-the-chumps-is-needed/134738 "2019-02-22T04:45:14Z")
Tom proposed a squirting coolant leak for the problem of Kim from Charlottesville, VA. He was soooo confident - I really hope there will be a future Stump the Chumps segment - I have to know! --- ## [Odyssey hoses](https://community.cartalk.com/t/odyssey-hoses/134594)
**Author:** [@SusanDupuis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SusanDupuis)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/odyssey-hoses/134594 "2019-02-16T03:53:41Z")
I don’t always get around to reading the paper, so I missed your great column of December 23. Fortunately I noticed it when I was changing the paper under the bird cages! I just had $2800 worth(?) of work done on my 1997… --- ## [Letting gas tank get below 1/4 full](https://community.cartalk.com/t/letting-gas-tank-get-below-1-4-full/133832)
**Author:** [@GeraldGrieser](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GeraldGrieser)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/letting-gas-tank-get-below-1-4-full/133832 "2019-02-07T22:59:23Z")
I have been told by mechanics that one should never allow the gas tank to get much less than 1/4 tank because the gas is what cools the fuel pump since it is in the gas tank now. Of course that is not a problem in Chicag… --- ## [Ask Car Talk Column - running tank to empty](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-car-talk-column-running-tank-to-empty/133887)
**Author:** [@RickAStein](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RickAStein)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-car-talk-column-running-tank-to-empty/133887 "2019-02-04T21:54:52Z")
In Sundays column, a writer was concerned about running their tanks empty because of debris in their tanks. You answered that ok, but in my opinion, you could have taken the opportunity to add that running your tank emp… --- ## [Spencer’s Altima newspaper column](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spencer-s-altima-newspaper-column/133495)
**Author:** [@StephenRathjen](https://community.cartalk.com/u/StephenRathjen)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spencer-s-altima-newspaper-column/133495 "2019-01-28T22:44:07Z")
This is in response to the “Spencer’s Altima” article from 1/24/2019. My 2012 makes the same noise. I am pretty sure it is the core in the front cat rattling around. I made it go away for a while by stuffing steel woo… --- ## [Infinity Fx35 2005 strange noise](https://community.cartalk.com/t/infinity-fx35-2005-strange-noise/132234)
**Author:** [@Victoria\_Van](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Victoria_Van)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/infinity-fx35-2005-strange-noise/132234 "2019-01-18T15:30:19Z")
I am currently living in Turkey. I recently bought an Infinity Fx35 2005. It started making this sound like a box spring being triggered when I slightly take a curve, when I brake, and/or do a brake-curve combo. It’s tha… --- ## [Nontoxic windshield wiper fluid](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nontoxic-windshield-wiper-fluid/104381)
**Author:** [@wesleytherrien414](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wesleytherrien414)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nontoxic-windshield-wiper-fluid/104381 "2019-01-12T18:40:37Z")
On the topic of a substance that doesn't freeze. I have read that in Siberia they mix vodka into their mortar to keep it from freezing. Vodka is the diminutive form of the Russian word "Voda" (water) which translates as … --- ## [Show 1847: Potter's wheel question](https://community.cartalk.com/t/show-1847-potters-wheel-question/131381)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/show-1847-potters-wheel-question/131381 "2018-12-28T13:58:02Z")
Caller Jim said someone told him an old transmission could be used to make a home-brew potter’s wheel, and he wanted to know what sort of junkyard transmission to use. Ray suggested to find one that the gear shift lever… --- ## [Kia Optima 2002 stereo problems](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kia-optima-2002-stereo-problems/131415)
**Author:** [@Ccastaneda20](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ccastaneda20)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kia-optima-2002-stereo-problems/131415 "2018-12-26T23:13:15Z")
So I just installed a new pioneer stereo on to my car and it works fine but it makes this hissing sound when is not playing any music. I took it to fry’s this guy who installed stereo had a look at it and said that every… --- ## [You Do It - We Do It](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-do-it-we-do-it/129398)
**Author:** [@Whittington](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whittington)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-do-it-we-do-it/129398 "2018-12-05T04:47:19Z")
I would like to hear the history about the u do it we do it garage. How it worked. Did the guys provide tools and help or just let them use the garage? Thanks again for all the great times. Jerrod [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=5) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=7)