# The Show **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=9 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 10 --- ## ['Like ‘Car Talk,’ but With Dead People'](https://community.cartalk.com/t/like-car-talk-but-with-dead-people/108001)
**Author:** [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/like-car-talk-but-with-dead-people/108001 "2017-09-24T02:07:53Z")
--- ## [Worse prank ever](https://community.cartalk.com/t/worse-prank-ever/107540)
**Author:** [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 6:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/worse-prank-ever/107540 "2017-09-05T06:02:48Z")
Remember when the brothers bragged about the pranks they pulled. This one is really cold. --- ## [Coming Soon! Our New Car Talk Community](https://community.cartalk.com/t/coming-soon-our-new-car-talk-community/91904)
**Author:** [@dmayer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dmayer)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/coming-soon-our-new-car-talk-community/91904 "2017-09-02T19:46:09Z")
We have some exciting news to share— we’re closing in on a new Car Talk Community! We anticipate launching the community in early January. The new community features a number of items you’ve requested, including cle… --- ## [Looking for certain car talk show](https://community.cartalk.com/t/looking-for-certain-car-talk-show/107247)
**Author:** [@officialphoenixrealm](https://community.cartalk.com/u/officialphoenixrealm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/looking-for-certain-car-talk-show/107247 "2017-08-30T01:10:21Z")
I recall a show where the caller was concerned about a transmission having a few left over parts, and the joke was stated that “if you take re-assemble a transmission enough times, you will eventually have 2 of them!”, y… --- ## [I Hate Car Talk, a facet I missed](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-hate-car-talk-a-facet-i-missed/107251)
**Author:** [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-hate-car-talk-a-facet-i-missed/107251 "2017-08-27T01:46:58Z")
I was looking for an answer to a post about finding some old show, and got here, never knew it existed! @cdaquila hatemail generator is broken for me :persevere: --- ## [Where and how do you listen to CarTalk](https://community.cartalk.com/t/where-and-how-do-you-listen-to-cartalk/104335)
**Author:** [@PatrickS7](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PatrickS7)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/where-and-how-do-you-listen-to-cartalk/104335 "2017-08-24T23:06:51Z")
Hello! Just wondering where and how everyone listens to CarTalk. For example: I listen to CarTalk at work via the NPR website. I also occasionally use the NPR One app. Though it's starting to take a while to scroll th… --- ## [Which stations transmit CT late Sunday am?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-stations-transmit-ct-late-sunday-am/105220)
**Author:** [@bbm.mellor](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bbm.mellor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-stations-transmit-ct-late-sunday-am/105220 "2017-08-21T02:52:18Z")
Hi, I'm located in England and only discovered 'Car Talk' about 3 years ago. I used to listen to the shows being broadcast late Sunday mornings from a station in California, so I would be listening to them around 1900hrs… --- ## [Feeling Nostalgic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/feeling-nostalgic/105905)
**Author:** [@Jadziapax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jadziapax)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2017, 2:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/feeling-nostalgic/105905 "2017-08-21T02:34:09Z")
Listening to Best of Car Talk trying to remember when i haven't had a Saturday morning without Tom & Ray. Its hard to think of a Saturday without them. It's pretty amazing how a car show has touched so many lives. Jus… --- ## [18 wheeler music in show](https://community.cartalk.com/t/18-wheeler-music-in-show/107024)
**Author:** [@hagen.a.l](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hagen.a.l)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/18-wheeler-music-in-show/107024 "2017-08-18T22:29:38Z")
Hey Y’all, There is a song played in the middle of show 1623, in the list of “music on the show” it is referred to as “18-wheeler by bloodshot”. However there doesn’t seem to be any online reference to this song. Is it … --- ## [The skill of I Fratelli Magliozzi at re-creating auto noises lauded by NPR](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-skill-of-i-fratelli-magliozzi-at-re-creating-auto-noises-lauded-by-npr/106472)
**Author:** [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-skill-of-i-fratelli-magliozzi-at-re-creating-auto-noises-lauded-by-npr/106472 "2017-08-01T12:25:21Z")
http://www.npr.org/2017/06/29/534835136/listen-up-how-recognizing-sounds-can-help-with-car-repairs --- ## [Can you reference which show this ocurred on?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-you-reference-which-show-this-ocurred-on/105975)
**Author:** [@bgallagher](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bgallagher)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-you-reference-which-show-this-ocurred-on/105975 "2017-07-17T17:44:08Z")
Tom once eloquently stated his theory on why his wife was able to find things when he couldn't. It was to the effect that a man tends to seek at the spots they only deem logical and women don't have the tendency to assum… --- ## [Ray's newspaper column: Synthetic oil change intervals](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rays-newspaper-column-synthetic-oil-change-intervals/105906)
**Author:** [@glasspilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/glasspilot)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rays-newspaper-column-synthetic-oil-change-intervals/105906 "2017-07-16T14:19:24Z")
Not sure which section this belongs in. In Saturdays newspaper column (7-15-17) Ray answers a question from Susanne who was confused about oil change intervals. Her Toyota Camry used synthetic oil. Ray reasoned out a v… --- ## [Tom and Ray in Cars 3](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tom-and-ray-in-cars-3/105207)
**Author:** [@FoDaddy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FoDaddy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tom-and-ray-in-cars-3/105207 "2017-06-28T16:06:40Z")
I just saw Cars 3 today, and the Magliozzi brothers were portrayed again as a Dodge Dart and Dodge A100. My question regard's Tom's lines, Cars 3 went into production in the middle of 2014, and Tom passed away later tha… --- ## [Show Archives are missing a lot of episodes](https://community.cartalk.com/t/show-archives-are-missing-a-lot-of-episodes/105181)
**Author:** [@anantham](https://community.cartalk.com/u/anantham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/show-archives-are-missing-a-lot-of-episodes/105181 "2017-06-22T01:45:04Z")
Hello! I was looking for names and descriptions of some old episodes that I have saved in my podcast and noticed a whole bunch of episodes are missing from this page: http://www.cartalk.com/our-show/browse. For example… --- ## [Rock Chip - What color paint?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rock-chip-what-color-paint/104973)
**Author:** [@Jman136](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jman136)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rock-chip-what-color-paint/104973 "2017-06-16T23:19:59Z")
Hello! I found a decent size rock.chip on the front wiper blade arm. The arm looks “matte” color, while others have said “semi gloss.” I ended up ordering some matte black, and now I’m wonder if I should have done sem g… --- ## [BMW X5 2013 doors lock automatically when keys tossed into car](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bmw-x5-2013-doors-lock-automatically-when-keys-tossed-into-car/104231)
**Author:** [@bkdesiderata](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bkdesiderata)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bmw-x5-2013-doors-lock-automatically-when-keys-tossed-into-car/104231 "2017-05-24T23:14:42Z")
"I put the dogs in the car, tossed the fob to the front seat, and I had just put my purse, etc in also, I then closed the side door, tried to open the driver's door, but "Christine" decided to lock the dogs in and me out… --- ## ['Is This a Case of a Bad Battery, or Evaporating Gas?'](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-a-case-of-a-bad-battery-or-evaporating-gas/103551)
**Author:** [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2017, 5:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-this-a-case-of-a-bad-battery-or-evaporating-gas/103551 "2017-05-03T05:22:55Z")
I read this column in the Albuquerque Journal http://www.cartalk.com/blogs/dear-car-talk/case-bad-battery-or-evaporating-gas recently and realized this guy may have the same problem I did (he has an '86, I an '87), a le… --- ## [Saturday morning reprieve thanks to Tom and Ray and public radio](https://community.cartalk.com/t/saturday-morning-reprieve-thanks-to-tom-and-ray-and-public-radio/89776)
**Author:** [@Whereisthebus](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whereisthebus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/saturday-morning-reprieve-thanks-to-tom-and-ray-and-public-radio/89776 "2017-05-01T17:50:51Z")
With my old car likely to last longer than my body, it can be a struggle not to sink into depths of depression...but no matter how low, the Saturday morning miracle workers are on the air, and there is nothing that lifts… --- ## [Number of keys on a (new Malibu) car ring. (9 too many!)](https://community.cartalk.com/t/number-of-keys-on-a-new-malibu-car-ring-9-too-many/103307)
**Author:** [@nine11c2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/nine11c2)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/number-of-keys-on-a-new-malibu-car-ring-9-too-many/103307 "2017-04-29T23:30:29Z")
The brothers answered a question that a woman borrowing her dads car (a new Malibu) should not have 9 keys on her key ring. I don't agree. While this was a problem in the 70-90's, you could wear down a GM key and literal… --- ## [Flawed Logic - Stone Temple Farmers Puzzler Answer (40-pound stone)](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flawed-logic-stone-temple-farmers-puzzler-answer-40-pound-stone/69126)
**Author:** [@ssather](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ssather)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/flawed-logic-stone-temple-farmers-puzzler-answer-40-pound-stone/69126 "2017-04-20T03:51:13Z")
I figured out the solution to the puzzler (for some reason I only get the puzzler e-mail every other week, so I'm a bit behind here), but the solution posted is seriously flawed. They state "Clearly, one of the stone pie… --- ## [Word Puzzler: Wrack vs rack usage](https://community.cartalk.com/t/word-puzzler-wrack-vs-rack-usage/93166)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/word-puzzler-wrack-vs-rack-usage/93166 "2017-04-15T03:59:31Z")
"Wrack" was used as a demo word in a Car Talk word puzzler recently, Ray showing that you can remove the W, leaving "rack", or remove the "r" leaving wack. Both are valid words, but rack doesn't sound exactly like wack,… --- ## [Don't diss the aspire!](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dont-diss-the-aspire/72860)
**Author:** [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dont-diss-the-aspire/72860 "2017-03-30T02:50:40Z")
This discussion was created from comments split from: Car Talk Community Update. --- ## [Car talk puzzler](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-puzzler/102322)
**Author:** [@rlipka18](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rlipka18)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-puzzler/102322 "2017-03-28T16:28:15Z")
What happened to the puzzler answers? Do you honestly think I can figure them out myself? --- ## [One for the Ages Puzzler Answer](https://community.cartalk.com/t/one-for-the-ages-puzzler-answer/101294)
**Author:** [@EdWeg35242](https://community.cartalk.com/u/EdWeg35242)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/one-for-the-ages-puzzler-answer/101294 "2017-03-13T21:25:14Z")
The web site access has changed this week (3-13-17)...how do you get to the puzzler answers to read them now; I've not been able to find the path!? --- ## [Prius Transmission](https://community.cartalk.com/t/prius-transmission/101045)
**Author:** [@ProVega350](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ProVega350)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/prius-transmission/101045 "2017-03-10T22:29:59Z")
Your description of the CVT in the Prius, in your article, in the drive section of the East Bay Times on March 5th is wrong. The the transmission in the Prius is composed of several planetary gear sets which allow the … --- ## [Official end of life for Cartlalk Radio](https://community.cartalk.com/t/official-end-of-life-for-cartlalk-radio/100278)
**Author:** [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/official-end-of-life-for-cartlalk-radio/100278 "2017-03-09T23:49:02Z")
NPR’s ‘Best of Car Talk’ will end in September 2017 Is this the end of the discussion board also? --- ## [Multiple solutions to mango tree with 7 gates puzzler](https://community.cartalk.com/t/multiple-solutions-to-mango-tree-with-7-gates-puzzler/92572)
**Author:** [@hybrid314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hybrid314)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/multiple-solutions-to-mango-tree-with-7-gates-puzzler/92572 "2017-02-23T13:32:11Z")
2 is the best solution, but it's not the only solution, contrary to what Tom & Ray said. Pick any number (\> 2) of mangoes you want to end up with, subtract 1, multiply by 2. Repeat 7 times. This is the number of mango… --- ## [The real problem with the Subaru Outback's burning smell](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-real-problem-with-the-subaru-outbacks-burning-smell/61538)
**Author:** [@n4hpg2011](https://community.cartalk.com/u/n4hpg2011)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-real-problem-with-the-subaru-outbacks-burning-smell/61538 "2017-02-17T02:23:35Z")
The problem with the caller from CA's Subaru smelling like burnt rubber is the actual tires are heating up due to an improper torque split between the tires. Subarus are very sensitive to changes in tire pressure an… --- ## [Question.?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/question/99556)
**Author:** [@jroper716](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jroper716)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/question/99556 "2017-02-07T05:08:43Z")
--- ## [Do you find listening to the show fun/useful anymore?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-you-find-listening-to-the-show-fun-useful-anymore/98229)
**Author:** [@boilerengtn](https://community.cartalk.com/u/boilerengtn)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/do-you-find-listening-to-the-show-fun-useful-anymore/98229 "2017-01-12T01:21:45Z")
I find that I'm making less of an effort to listen each week. For me, I think it's because I used to learn stuff I didn't know. I'd really like to learn about the issues with today's vehicles, like safety features or the… [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=8) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/c/the-show/7.md?page=10)