# The Show **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=7 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 8 --- ## [2001 Ford f150](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-ford-f150/130170)
**Author:** [@Shawn\_Cannon](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Shawn_Cannon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-ford-f150/130170 "2018-12-04T03:56:21Z")
Have a question and I hope I’m doing this right I just signed into this car thing.but my truck has p275/60r17 on it.amd today I went with a buddy that took me to a pull apart place.lookin for tires and we got two tires t… --- ## [What happened to Patti on the podcast?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-happened-to-patti-on-the-podcast/129470)
**Author:** [@Elaine03](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Elaine03)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-happened-to-patti-on-the-podcast/129470 "2018-11-27T18:25:12Z")
Hi, I am listening to you pod casts and am curious to know if Patti sommerville, whose Mom was driving up in a 1978 Datsun Station Wagon made the trip? The bet was an interesting one and I’m curious who won and if Patt… --- ## [Puzzler Coincidence?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-coincidence/129679)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-coincidence/129679 "2018-11-27T04:13:07Z")
In a recent Best of Car Talk Puzzler (10.28.18) Ray’s puzzler is about the price of the sort of single digit numerals, the kind you buy at a hardware store to attach to your house so the mailman knows your address. The… --- ## [Dear Car Talk gas pump column](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dear-car-talk-gas-pump-column/128954)
**Author:** [@EdGalla](https://community.cartalk.com/u/EdGalla)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dear-car-talk-gas-pump-column/128954 "2018-11-26T02:20:10Z")
Ray, Love your column and learn a lot of important information. Also feel a tie as my son graduated from MIT and also followed an unconventional career. I read your column in Allentown PA’s Morning Call. I live in Pe… --- ## [Restroom conumdrum](https://community.cartalk.com/t/restroom-conumdrum/116607)
**Author:** [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2018, 8:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/restroom-conumdrum/116607 "2018-11-19T08:52:01Z")
There was a show where Tom discussed the conundrum of having to stop at a fast food place to use the facilities, but not needing to buy anything at the time. The driver might use that chain of fast food places, but not … --- ## [Brownie division answer - BOOOGUS!](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brownie-division-answer-booogus/76154)
**Author:** [@RickNY](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RickNY)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2018, 8:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brownie-division-answer-booogus/76154 "2018-11-19T08:37:39Z")
No Way!!! The brownie cutting methods described in the "official answer" to "Cutting the Holey Cake" are totally bogus, and do not necessarily give an equal division. First of all, on the "hard answer" cutting the bro… --- ## [Car Talk Web Site Update](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-web-site-update/100915)
**Author:** [@dmayer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dmayer)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-web-site-update/100915 "2018-11-17T03:25:01Z")
Hi Folks, Every now and then, one of us at Car Talk Plaza will wake up and do something useful. Now is one of those moments. It’s time for an update! Later tonight east coast time, we’ll launch a new version of th… --- ## [Transmission replacement problem](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission-replacement-problem/128509)
**Author:** [@ahiconsultant\_144335](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ahiconsultant_144335)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transmission-replacement-problem/128509 "2018-11-14T16:34:36Z")
my trusted 03 toyota landcruiser has shifting problem right after the engine got overheated, due to radiator fluid leaked. due to its high mileage (450k), we decided to replace it with another used lower mileage trans. h… --- ## [Show missing from NPR list of podcasts](https://community.cartalk.com/t/show-missing-from-npr-list-of-podcasts/128152)
**Author:** [@Vchimpanzee](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Vchimpanzee)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/show-missing-from-npr-list-of-podcasts/128152 "2018-11-04T19:14:41Z")
I had to go to the site, but I’m a week behind. Where is last week’s? More importantly, I missed the show January 26, 2013 and back then I wasn’t aware of a free way to listen online. --- ## [Ray's Column is Spot On About Annoying Key-initiated Horn Honks](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rays-column-is-spot-on-about-annoying-key-initiated-horn-honks/127596)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rays-column-is-spot-on-about-annoying-key-initiated-horn-honks/127596 "2018-10-31T19:24:37Z")
Just like the reader who wrote in to ask Ray, I’ve always wondered why the car manufacturer’s choose to build-in that annoying horn honk feature when the key fob button is pressed. I’ve been woken up early in the morni… --- ## [Noisy car column](https://community.cartalk.com/t/noisy-car-column/127707)
**Author:** [@Sharon35](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sharon35)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2018, 2:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/noisy-car-column/127707 "2018-10-30T02:52:07Z")
This is not about my car–it’s about the noisy cars Sabrina complained about in your column published in the Columbus Ohio Dispatch on 10-27-18. What if we all got unlazy & put forth the “extreme” effort of inserting the… --- ## [I knew this day was coming](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-knew-this-day-was-coming/126319)
**Author:** [@CapriRacer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CapriRacer)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-knew-this-day-was-coming/126319 "2018-10-16T02:07:21Z")
I went to tune in yesterday, and I got “Wait, Wait, Don’t tell me”. I knew this day was coming, but it’s still sad to see it go. While I’ll still listen to Wait, Wait (Paula Poundstone tickles the right parts of my hum… --- ## [Re: “Running on Empty” Car Talk article](https://community.cartalk.com/t/re-running-on-empty-car-talk-article/126334)
**Author:** [@BradThomson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BradThomson)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 11:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/re-running-on-empty-car-talk-article/126334 "2018-10-15T11:49:14Z")
Regarding running on empty (ref. Car Talk article posted on 10/7/18), I think the easier solution to knowing how much wiggle room you have in your gas tank is to run the car until the gauge is on the “E” and then fill th… --- ## [Do I REALLY Need a New Engine?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-i-really-need-a-new-engine/5105)
**Author:** [@joefenertner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/joefenertner)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 3:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-i-really-need-a-new-engine/5105 "2018-09-28T03:04:20Z")
I have a 1999 Toyota Camry. Great car. Runs fine. The other day I realized it had been a looong time since I changed or even checked the oil. (Long story, don't ask.) I checked the oil and got a very low reading. And the… --- ## [Cattle Trailer with Electric Brakes](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cattle-trailer-with-electric-brakes/124733)
**Author:** [@researcher](https://community.cartalk.com/u/researcher)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cattle-trailer-with-electric-brakes/124733 "2018-09-16T01:30:28Z")
Remember the Car Talk show where the Brothers could not answer the question of “Why the electric brakes activated when the hazard warning lights were on, ie when the truck and trailer were climbing a grade slowly.” I wo… --- ## [How would you remove bark from a lock?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-would-you-remove-bark-from-a-lock/43924)
**Author:** [@Tom\_and\_Ray](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_and_Ray)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-would-you-remove-bark-from-a-lock/43924 "2010-02-10T14:47:33Z")
Would you take a blow-torch to your car... and for a reason other than claiming the insurance? That's what Mary from St. Louis was contemplating, this week on Car Talk. Her young son managed to shove a piece of bark… --- ## [Honda valve newspaper column question](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-valve-newspaper-column-question/123745)
**Author:** [@Joe15](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joe15)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2018, 3:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-valve-newspaper-column-question/123745 "2018-08-31T03:29:56Z")
Ray, I have read your column and enjoyed your show for may years. Recently you answered Steve’s question about adjusting the valves on his Honda and how it is not necessary for him to replace the timing belt because Hond… --- ## [Car Talk for those of us that are outside the USA](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-for-those-of-us-that-are-outside-the-usa/122247)
**Author:** [@yomas101](https://community.cartalk.com/u/yomas101)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-for-those-of-us-that-are-outside-the-usa/122247 "2018-08-04T12:40:57Z")
Hi all, a listener from Turkey here. Love the show, discovered it too late to listen to when it was “live”. I listen through NPR but I would love to get my hands on some of the older shows. The old shows available throug… --- ## [Why can't they jump a Prius battery?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-cant-they-jump-a-prius-battery/64837)
**Author:** [@mlkpsu](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mlkpsu)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-cant-they-jump-a-prius-battery/64837 "2018-08-04T02:51:43Z")
I have a Prius, and have had my battery jumped a few times. In my experiences, the guys with the big truck have big cables with big clamps, and therefore have trouble getting a good connection with the small post. The … --- ## [Dear Car Talk Column - sloshing Honda Fit](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dear-car-talk-column-sloshing-honda-fit/122117)
**Author:** [@Dale09](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dale09)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2018, 11:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dear-car-talk-column-sloshing-honda-fit/122117 "2018-08-03T23:03:15Z")
Hi Ray, I read your response to the folks with the 2008 Honda Fit with the sloshing noise. I’ve also had this noise in my 2008 Fit for years. Isn’t this the gas in the tank underneath the front seats? If it was block… --- ## [Any chance old shows are being resurrected from the lost years?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/any-chance-old-shows-are-being-resurrected-from-the-lost-years/121174)
**Author:** [@David\_Scott](https://community.cartalk.com/u/David_Scott)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/any-chance-old-shows-are-being-resurrected-from-the-lost-years/121174 "2018-07-31T21:10:26Z")
I have every archived show possible, but if you guys can manage to find shows from the 90s, I’d be all over that. --- ## [Dave from Bemidji episode](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dave-from-bemidji-episode/121806)
**Author:** [@MikeyM](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeyM)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2018, 10:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dave-from-bemidji-episode/121806 "2018-07-31T10:06:57Z")
Dear Car Talkers: Remember the radio episode, which I’ve heard replayed on Car Talk Classics, featuring DAVE FROM VERMIDJI (MN)? Well, for all those who ALSO like old sex symbols, that’s also the hometown of The Outlaw… --- ## [Convertible-Loving Mom column](https://community.cartalk.com/t/convertible-loving-mom-column/121922)
**Author:** [@MartyCoddington](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MartyCoddington)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/convertible-loving-mom-column/121922 "2018-07-29T21:34:39Z")
Hey Ray, I read your column in our Sunday Minneapolis Star-Trib. I found great interest in the “convertible loving mom” story. The important thing is to not let the car intimidate us. The things we need to learn can be … --- ## [Convertible lady column](https://community.cartalk.com/t/convertible-lady-column/121900)
**Author:** [@john10](https://community.cartalk.com/u/john10)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/convertible-lady-column/121900 "2018-07-29T17:25:36Z")
For the 80 year old convertible lady. How about new springs or a lift kit? Just sayin. Save some jing? --- ## [Dear Car Talk column about putting a car in neutral at stoplight](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dear-car-talk-column-about-putting-a-car-in-neutral-at-stoplight/120656)
**Author:** [@RobertForman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RobertForman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dear-car-talk-column-about-putting-a-car-in-neutral-at-stoplight/120656 "2018-07-27T14:43:34Z")
This is a question about your “I don’t see a problem” answer to the guy in Florida who likes to put his transmission in neutral in stopped traffic and at red lights so he can take his foot off the brake. I see a BIG PROB… --- ## [Ask Someone: 2016 Dodge Caravan - Correction for power](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-someone-2016-dodge-caravan-correction-for-power/121125)
**Author:** [@PeteOstapchuk](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PeteOstapchuk)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ask-someone-2016-dodge-caravan-correction-for-power/121125 "2018-07-26T00:59:23Z")
You said a car battery is good for 600 Amp hours. 100 Amp hours in a car is a lot. You might have meant cranking Amps. Car batteries do not have the Amp hours on them any more. Heated seats will draw more than 4 Amps. T… --- ## [Help finding an old episode - my recently deceased mother called in in 1990s](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-finding-an-old-episode-my-recently-deceased-mother-called-in-in-1990s/118471)
**Author:** [@albertinesimonet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/albertinesimonet)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-finding-an-old-episode-my-recently-deceased-mother-called-in-in-1990s/118471 "2018-07-17T21:16:49Z")
Hello, My mother died suddenly and unexpectedly a couple months ago, and at her memorial service it was mentioned that she had called into Car Talk about a decade ago, around 2007. I would really like to find this epis… --- ## [Newspaper column answer regarding seat heater use](https://community.cartalk.com/t/newspaper-column-answer-regarding-seat-heater-use/121114)
**Author:** [@DavidRoselius](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DavidRoselius)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/newspaper-column-answer-regarding-seat-heater-use/121114 "2018-07-17T16:22:07Z")
Your answer in my July 16 Daily Press, to a question regarding seat heater use while stranded in winter, noted a car battery having a 600 ampere hour capacity. That is high by about a factor of ten, unless the questione… --- ## [Song request](https://community.cartalk.com/t/song-request/120999)
**Author:** [@WayneVan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/WayneVan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/song-request/120999 "2018-07-17T01:04:35Z")
How come yooz guys never play the song Fifteen Days Under The Hood? --- ## [Ray's column about the Lexus](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rays-column-about-the-lexus/120620)
**Author:** [@Jackson22](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jackson22)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2018, 11:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rays-column-about-the-lexus/120620 "2018-07-08T11:49:24Z")
Love your show, miss your brother, may he Rest in Peace. Re: the Lexus with the 200 mile limit. Did anyone ask FIL if he filled his tank right before this happened before he noted the CHK Engine Light?? Overfilling will… [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=6) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=8)