# The Show **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=70 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 71 --- ## [Switching A/C Off on hills - on ramps](https://community.cartalk.com/t/switching-a-c-off-on-hills-on-ramps/761)
**Author:** [@SailRacer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SailRacer)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2007, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/switching-a-c-off-on-hills-on-ramps/761 "2007-07-10T22:30:19Z")
Last weekend Tom and Ray stated that the car does this by itself and told the good Pastor not to do it. I believe that the A/C does not turn off by itself while on onramps and that it is a good idea to save fuel/ li… --- ## [2001 Dodge Intrepid/Smoking](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-dodge-intrepid-smoking/1518)
**Author:** [@BURNOUT](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BURNOUT)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-dodge-intrepid-smoking/1518 "2007-07-10T20:37:04Z")
Dear Tom & Ray, I may have an answer for the reader who wrote in about the smoking Intrepid. I have a 1999 Intrepid with 160,000 mi on it. I tried to use full synthetic oil about a year ago. And the car smoked like the… --- ## [Automatically Adjusting Rearview Mirrors](https://community.cartalk.com/t/automatically-adjusting-rearview-mirrors/982)
**Author:** [@irwinkoenig](https://community.cartalk.com/u/irwinkoenig)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/automatically-adjusting-rearview-mirrors/982 "2007-07-08T22:58:25Z")
I have a suggestion for the lady with the automatically adjusting mirrors: If her mirror settings aren't saved to begin with, the system can't return them to her original settings, only to the saved settings. Maybe she h… --- ## [$35 worth of gas, only?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/35-worth-of-gas-only/1378)
**Author:** [@mrblalnche](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mrblalnche)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/35-worth-of-gas-only/1378 "2007-07-07T13:49:08Z")
A recent caller complained that no matter how low her gas gauge was, she could only put in $35 worth of gas. Tom and Ray had a number of suggestions, but I recently came across another possibility. While $35 seems … --- ## [Old Chevy pickup's](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-chevy-pickups/1175)
**Author:** [@bowtiedaddy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bowtiedaddy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/old-chevy-pickups/1175 "2007-07-06T18:46:19Z")
Any one here have are like to work on the 55-59 Chevy pickups --- ## [Least pollution-spewing car](https://community.cartalk.com/t/least-pollution-spewing-car/1310)
**Author:** [@Real\_W](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Real_W)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/least-pollution-spewing-car/1310 "2007-07-06T00:50:28Z")
I can't believe Tom and Ray overlooked the VW TDI diesels in their advice to Christian about limiting pollution. The VW TDIs outperform hybrids on the highway in MPG. Diesel is arguably cleaner than gasoline when re… --- ## [75 miles on Lance's Lumina](https://community.cartalk.com/t/75-miles-on-lances-lumina/1209)
**Author:** [@tom1996](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tom1996)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/75-miles-on-lances-lumina/1209 "2007-07-03T21:35:03Z")
Parking a car on the street in Manhattan is often impossible because there are no available legal spots or is unwise because the car may be broken into. Lance's '95 Lumina may have been driven 75 miles because the garage… --- ## [Mile Markers](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mile-markers/35)
**Author:** [@cartalklackey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cartalklackey)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mile-markers/35 "2007-07-01T02:07:21Z")
I just heard the segment on today's radio show where the brothers suggested that Montana has put it's mile markers closer together than one mile in order to make drivers who check their speedometers with a stop watch thi… --- ## [Jelly Belly Removal](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jelly-belly-removal/903)
**Author:** [@pacogoatboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pacogoatboy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/jelly-belly-removal/903 "2007-06-30T03:01:46Z")
The guys advised putting Katie's minivan on jacks and bouncing it around or going to a shop and getting them to put the front end on a lift to get the offending beans out. She lives in Portland, OR, for goodness sake, s… --- ## [2000 malibu lifters](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-malibu-lifters/834)
**Author:** [@parson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/parson)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-malibu-lifters/834 "2007-06-23T02:43:08Z")
I just had new rods and lifters installed on a 2000 Malibu. Now I am being told I need a new motor. How long would a new motor last? Is it worth it to put the money into a new motor? Any opinions? When the rods and lifte… --- ## [Import tuner or high end?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/import-tuner-or-high-end/177)
**Author:** [@celica\_omine](https://community.cartalk.com/u/celica_omine)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/import-tuner-or-high-end/177 "2007-06-22T00:19:10Z")
my friend nearly took my head off when we were dicuissing cars and i told him i preferred import tuner cars to Ferrais(sorry if i spell these names wrong) and the like, high end cars that cost more then a house, he told … --- ## [I Know What The Vibration Is From!](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-know-what-the-vibration-is-from/410)
**Author:** [@audrey4153](https://community.cartalk.com/u/audrey4153)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-know-what-the-vibration-is-from/410 "2007-06-18T01:57:02Z")
Regarding the woman who called at 9:45 this morning who had a vibration in her car at any speed: My husband's 2000 Lexus GS300 had the exact same problem. It had 93.000 miles on it and we had just had the tires rotated… --- ## [$35.00 even every time](https://community.cartalk.com/t/35-00-even-every-time/420)
**Author:** [@mnrjct](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mnrjct)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2007, 11:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/35-00-even-every-time/420 "2007-06-17T11:13:22Z")
The woman who called in two weeks ago had a problem with her gas tank apparently always getting full at $35.00. Click and Clack told her something about fuel vents. The odds of the vent always causing the problem are r… --- ## [Catalytic converter](https://community.cartalk.com/t/catalytic-converter/523)
**Author:** [@hurricanemike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hurricanemike)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2007, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/catalytic-converter/523 "2007-06-15T23:02:54Z")
Recently my wife was driving our 98Toyota Corolla when the chechk engine light came on. We took it to our mechanic who hooked up the sensors and said bad Catalytic converter. We then took it to our local Toyota dealer an… --- ## [Cross-country Trip](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cross-country-trip/39)
**Author:** [@cartalklackey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cartalklackey)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cross-country-trip/39 "2007-06-06T01:31:09Z")
A lady who's 5ft tall lady called the show asking for a recommendation for a car for a cross-country. $10,000 to spend on the car, travelling from Seattle to the Southwest, then to the Gulf coast, Key West and then the E… --- ## [Inflating Tires](https://community.cartalk.com/t/inflating-tires/34)
**Author:** [@cartalklackey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cartalklackey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2007, 12:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/inflating-tires/34 "2007-06-06T00:10:55Z")
I heard on Car Talk how some mechanics inflated a flat tire by connecting a hose to a spark plug outlet and using the exhaust to pump up the tire: 1. Will this do long term damage to the rims or a new tire (a patche… --- ## [Why not Diesels or Diesel Hybrid's?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-not-diesels-or-diesel-hybrids/144)
**Author:** [@MGAman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MGAman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-not-diesels-or-diesel-hybrids/144 "2007-06-04T22:36:14Z")
Every Hybrid is gasoline. Where are the diesels? Do the auto makers think no one surfs European car sites? Am I the only one who does? --- ## [Throwout bearing for Mazda Miata](https://community.cartalk.com/t/throwout-bearing-for-mazda-miata/218)
**Author:** [@Jim\_C\_from\_Columbus](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jim_C_from_Columbus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2007, 5:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/throwout-bearing-for-mazda-miata/218 "2007-06-04T05:55:01Z")
Tom & Ray suggested today, ^/3, that a lady just let the throwout bearing self distruct in her Miata and fix it when it finally failed. It seems to me that if she is planning to keep the car a new clutch and bearing are … --- ## [Shelf Life](https://community.cartalk.com/t/shelf-life/41)
**Author:** [@cartalklackey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cartalklackey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/shelf-life/41 "2007-05-17T13:33:38Z")
Is it not true that gasoline in any form will NOT deteriorate in storage as long as it's stored in a completely air-tight container? I thought the only reason that gasoline will 'get old' is if it's allowed to let it's m… [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=69)