# The Show **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=8 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 9 --- ## [Hey Ray - Side zoomers and Anne Lane (was Landers) column](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hey-ray-side-zoomers-and-anne-lane-was-landers-column/119838)
**Author:** [@Spock99](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Spock99)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hey-ray-side-zoomers-and-anne-lane-was-landers-column/119838 "2018-06-27T14:28:52Z")
The Sunday June 24 column actually said that studies from Virginia Transportation Center and U Nebraska showed that what they called side zooming (I’ve always called lane crashing) makes traffic merge faster at lane clos… --- ## [Mini Cooper blog post](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mini-cooper-blog-post/119014)
**Author:** [@SamGinsburg](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SamGinsburg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mini-cooper-blog-post/119014 "2018-06-13T02:13:37Z")
re: A Gentle Driver Wants to Bring the Heat. I don’t know from Minis or Electric Cars, but every car I’ve owned or rented has had a coolant temperature gage on the dash. (Well, not my first car - the gauge was on the ra… --- ## [How to keep electric cars charged](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-to-keep-electric-cars-charged/117664)
**Author:** [@WarrenEllis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/WarrenEllis)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-to-keep-electric-cars-charged/117664 "2018-05-21T14:08:27Z")
Dear Car Talk: I read your reply today in the Va Pilot about solar panels to keep the battery charged on electric cars. Very interesting answer. I served many years on the old diesel submarines and we had AC/DC generat… --- ## [Episode of car talk where guy eats cheesecake in front of refrigerator](https://community.cartalk.com/t/episode-of-car-talk-where-guy-eats-cheesecake-in-front-of-refrigerator/117016)
**Author:** [@Isaac\_Alexander](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Isaac_Alexander)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/episode-of-car-talk-where-guy-eats-cheesecake-in-front-of-refrigerator/117016 "2018-05-18T03:18:04Z")
I have been trying to find this for a long time now episode of car talk where guy eats cheesecake in front of refrigerator please help --- ## [Weekly column](https://community.cartalk.com/t/weekly-column/117152)
**Author:** [@BillMorgan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillMorgan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/weekly-column/117152 "2018-05-18T03:15:11Z")
Not about the car–but my local newspaper has all but stopped carrying your column twice a week. Can I get it online? --- ## [Help finding episode: car fails after stopping at the grocery store?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-finding-episode-car-fails-after-stopping-at-the-grocery-store/117461)
**Author:** [@nerf8ball](https://community.cartalk.com/u/nerf8ball)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-finding-episode-car-fails-after-stopping-at-the-grocery-store/117461 "2018-05-15T23:48:21Z")
Years ago, there was a super-puzzling story on Car Talk that I’m trying to locate. Any help appreciated. It went something like this: The caller says that he stops each day at the grocery store on his way home from work… --- ## [Ray’s column about laying a car](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ray-s-column-about-laying-a-car/117194)
**Author:** [@Raymond\_LeilaTrabulsi](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Raymond_LeilaTrabulsi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ray-s-column-about-laying-a-car/117194 "2018-05-14T13:30:51Z")
Ray I enjoy your article which I read- in the Providence Journal, every Saturday. Last weeks article about laying a car by disconnecting the battery is right on and something that I have done for years. I lay up my car… --- ## [Ray’s column - how to treat a car left at a vacation home](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ray-s-column-how-to-treat-a-car-left-at-a-vacation-home/116888)
**Author:** [@MarkIsenberg](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MarkIsenberg)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ray-s-column-how-to-treat-a-car-left-at-a-vacation-home/116888 "2018-05-06T22:40:51Z")
Ray…love your column and it is the first thing I read every sunday morning in the Hartford Courant. I believe that there should be some clarifications in order about the “How to treat a car kept at a vacation Home”. Ty… --- ## [Find a radio show](https://community.cartalk.com/t/find-a-radio-show/116647)
**Author:** [@matt\_the\_cat1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/matt_the_cat1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/find-a-radio-show/116647 "2018-05-04T03:05:46Z")
can any one help find a radio show to here cartalk on the radio in cleveland ohio? --- ## [In defense of touch screens](https://community.cartalk.com/t/in-defense-of-touch-screens/116027)
**Author:** [@RussellHughes](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RussellHughes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/in-defense-of-touch-screens/116027 "2018-04-21T15:40:41Z")
Ray, the “Touch-Screen Technology is a step in the wrong” question from Barbara was way off base. I own a 2017 Forester with the fancy radio and other safety features. In addition to the touch screen controls for the … --- ## [Caller's question about blocking the radiator with a sheet of plywood](https://community.cartalk.com/t/callers-question-about-blocking-the-radiator-with-a-sheet-of-plywood/115561)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2018, 11:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/callers-question-about-blocking-the-radiator-with-a-sheet-of-plywood/115561 "2018-04-13T11:14:26Z")
in order to improve the passenger compartment heat in cold weather. I listened to this on a recent Car Talk podcast. Ray and Tom both said it would work, and is commonly done in cold climates. The caller’s shop said … --- ## [Loud wind noise from sunroof](https://community.cartalk.com/t/loud-wind-noise-from-sunroof/115401)
**Author:** [@grparoq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/grparoq)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/loud-wind-noise-from-sunroof/115401 "2018-04-10T21:44:17Z")
Does anyone have a late model car with a sunroof that is relatively quiet from wind noise when it is open? I love the fresh air and open feeling but hate the wind noise over 40 mph. ; can’t hear the radio. … --- ## [Instrumental beyween first and second half of show](https://community.cartalk.com/t/instrumental-beyween-first-and-second-half-of-show/32563)
**Author:** [@ericr5](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ericr5)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/instrumental-beyween-first-and-second-half-of-show/32563 "2018-04-07T17:07:33Z")
Hi folks, Short version: what is name of the song played between the first and second "halves" of the show? Slightly longer version: On my NPR station (WRNI in Rhode Island) there is an instrumental played betw… --- ## [The Jealous Neighbors](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-jealous-neighbors/113562)
**Author:** [@JV919](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JV919)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-jealous-neighbors/113562 "2018-04-07T01:46:42Z")
The answer to the “Jealous Neighbors” Puzzler on 3 March was wrong, wrong, wrongity, wrong. Forget that A-B nonsense. Leave the squares numbered 1 to 25, and move every resident one square clockwise. That is, in the out… --- ## [You cant do it unless the number is two](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-cant-do-it-unless-the-number-is-two/79239)
**Author:** [@PDilly](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PDilly)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/you-cant-do-it-unless-the-number-is-two/79239 "2018-03-16T01:23:32Z")
What episode is it when Ray first said "you can't do it unless the number is two"? --- ## [Car Talk but Without the Talk](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-but-without-the-talk/113205)
**Author:** [@tmatthewb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tmatthewb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-but-without-the-talk/113205 "2018-03-05T17:59:23Z")
Car Talk episode #1211 with all the talking edited out. --- ## [Paint Protection episode](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paint-protection-episode/113132)
**Author:** [@Crazy\_Plum\_Purple](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Crazy_Plum_Purple)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paint-protection-episode/113132 "2018-03-03T20:06:04Z")
Hi I’m trying to locate the episode where paint protection is discussed and a he says something to the effect of "why would you believe in something you can’t see. It’s a lot like believing in God." Does anyone remembe… --- ## [Chauffeurs on the Show](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chauffeurs-on-the-show/111404)
**Author:** [@Cairnspaulo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cairnspaulo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chauffeurs-on-the-show/111404 "2018-01-30T03:09:28Z")
I am a regular listener to the podcast all the way over in Scotland. On a recent night out I could not help but notice the following sign at Glasgow Airport. I immediately thought of the show and felt the need to share … --- ## [An attentive listener!](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-attentive-listener/111050)
**Author:** [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/an-attentive-listener/111050 "2018-01-07T15:07:36Z")
‘Mr. Flores’s truck blared with an alarm that he couldn’t turn off. He turned up the classic rock on the radio to drown out the sound.’ --- ## [How do callers know what the guys or the previous caller just said?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-callers-know-what-the-guys-or-the-previous-caller-just-said/110150)
**Author:** [@Vchimpanzee](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Vchimpanzee)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-do-callers-know-what-the-guys-or-the-previous-caller-just-said/110150 "2017-12-14T00:50:32Z")
I continue to listen to the new podcasts through the NPR site. If callers get a response from the guys (which has to be at a time when they’re not listening to the show they will be on) and pretend they’re calling in to… --- ## [1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee (V8): oil pressure drop and stall](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-jeep-grand-cherokee-v8-oil-pressure-drop-and-stall/80305)
**Author:** [@Littlespring12](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Littlespring12)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-jeep-grand-cherokee-v8-oil-pressure-drop-and-stall/80305 "2017-12-07T04:14:33Z")
Our Jeep has 278,000 miles and we want it to keep going. For the past few months, the oil pressure gauge falls and sensor lights up. Often the pressure goes back up and everything is fine. More frequently, the car has … --- ## [Reader enlists Ray's help in choosing a car](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reader-enlists-rays-help-in-choosing-a-car/109729)
**Author:** [@froze](https://community.cartalk.com/u/froze)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/reader-enlists-rays-help-in-choosing-a-car/109729 "2017-11-30T03:36:14Z")
I read the article about Stefan wanting help in a decision to buy a either a new 17 Passat, or a used 12 Touareg, and Ray recommended the Passat because it was new and came with a warranty, and recommended against the To… --- ## [Fake calls?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fake-calls/109709)
**Author:** [@Larchlea](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Larchlea)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fake-calls/109709 "2017-11-30T02:17:19Z")
Recently on a “Best of” show, a caller’s voice and speaking patterns sounded really familiar. I am certain that this guy was the same as “Dave From Bemidji”. I can’t find the episode now (it was within the last couple … --- ## [Pregnant Turkey Prank](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pregnant-turkey-prank/109364)
**Author:** [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pregnant-turkey-prank/109364 "2017-11-13T18:38:57Z")
In honor of the brothers propensity for pranks. Scroll down to the pregnant turkey prank. Enjoy. --- ## [More NPR staff shakeup!](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-npr-staff-shakeup/109210)
**Author:** [@Rupert\_Pupkin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rupert_Pupkin)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-npr-staff-shakeup/109210 "2017-11-13T00:46:55Z")
From several news sources: Pat McCann, longtime Sexual Harassment Intervention Counselor at NPR’s Car Talk was forced into retirement after numerous women came forward with various allegations. “How could someone with a… --- ## [Car Talk dropped from my local station](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-dropped-from-my-local-station/91345)
**Author:** [@boilerengtn](https://community.cartalk.com/u/boilerengtn)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-dropped-from-my-local-station/91345 "2017-11-13T00:39:43Z")
I was expecting to listen to Car Talk today at noon. Instead I discovered another show in its spot! Went to the station website and found out it's no longer on the line up. Anybody else had this unpleasant experience? --- ## [Interview with Doug Berman](https://community.cartalk.com/t/interview-with-doug-berman/109010)
**Author:** [@Vchimpanzee](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Vchimpanzee)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/interview-with-doug-berman/109010 "2017-11-07T01:02:28Z")
I’m guessing online is the only way to hear it if you don’t receive WFAE over the air or listen to it online --- ## [September 2017 is Final Month For Car Talk NPR Broadcasts](https://community.cartalk.com/t/september-2017-is-final-month-for-car-talk-npr-broadcasts/107471)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/september-2017-is-final-month-for-car-talk-npr-broadcasts/107471 "2017-10-29T00:29:57Z")
Can’t help but to be curious about a few things … I wonder what new show NPR will replace Car Talk with? Or do the stations decide that for themselves? I wonder, will any NPR stations continue to broadcast the show… --- ## [Crows dying on the highways around Boston](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crows-dying-on-the-highways-around-boston/108503)
**Author:** [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crows-dying-on-the-highways-around-boston/108503 "2017-10-12T00:50:39Z")
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**Author:** [@thestranger76](https://community.cartalk.com/u/thestranger76)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-finding-an-episode-in-archives/108226 "2017-09-30T15:23:59Z")
Hello - I was so sad to listen to the last aired show today and it got me thinking about my favorite episode. It was the one where they guys read the letter: “Road Rules: India versus New England”. I have been able to f… [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=7) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=9)