Original Air Date: 2009-06-27

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What's Another 2,000 Miles? A Miracle!
This week on Car Talk, Chad in Arizona seeks help convincing his wife that a '96 Tahoe with 212,000 miles is the perfect vehicle for their 2,000 mile summer vacation. Can he get Tom and Ray's blessing, and perhaps even an incantation? Maybe, but he's going to do a better selling job than, "It looks good." Meanwhile, what's worse than getting your car broken into? How about, if your mechanic, Nunzio the Knucklescraper, takes it for a night on the town, and ruins the alignment? Also, a Buick owner wonders if the mouth-watering smell coming from her AC is dangerous, a Nissan transmission pulls a Lazarus, and on Stump the Chumps, we finally discover the source of Craig's unprecedented noise. All this, another puzzler word game, and lots more, this week on Car Talk.

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Original Air Date: 2005-11-12

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Irreconcilable Road Trip
This week, a very memorable Stump the Chumps. We check in with that (once) happily married couple about their cross-country trip - with an in-law in tow. Linda?s windshield wipers seem to have a mind of their own. Does she need a mechanic-- or an exorcist? Do Americans have more road rage than Italians? How do Sicilians keep their cool when everybody drives so badly? Plus, find out another creative use for duct tape, and hear the coolest Chevy vanity plate of all time. That, and more, on this week's edition of Car Talk.

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Original Air Date: 2006-01-28

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New Words: Automatopia, Carcophony and a Touch of Fartvergnugen
To junk or not to junk? In this week?s show, Tom and Ray help Geoff answer this eternal question. Jessica hears a noise when she turns the wheel of her 2003 Grand Caravan ? but her mechanics don?t. Is she crazy? Speaking of crazy ? how will Brian deal with those annoying little car horn buttons on the steering wheel in his wife?s 1997 Acura? A few new words for the Car Talk glossary, including the sound of two brothers? uproarious laughter and the meaning of Fartvergnugen, and more.

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Original Air Date: 2006-02-18

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One Brother Too Many?
Does the world really need a Click AND a Clack? Tom and Ray mull over a listener?s request for a 50% reduction in Magliozzis-- but who should get the ax? Becky wants to park her Miata on the other side of the garage ? but she?ll have to find a place for all her husband?s redneck gear first. (Anyone want a set of caribou horns?) Jim?s ?96 Cadillac sounds like a sick cow when it starts. He's looking for a cure for the chronic Caddy cough. Plus, is Rob?s child-safe door shut for good? This, and more.

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Original Air Date: 2006-03-04

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Let's Get Personal
Ever wanted to know if the Magliozzis have tattoos? (Neither have we? but we find out.) And what about any arrest records? In this week?s show, Tom and Ray answer some rather personal questions. Also, find out how Tina?s 40th birthday present landed her upside-down in a Honda CRV and how the Tappet brothers drive a wedge into a perfectly good marriage.

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Original Air Date: 2006-04-08

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I Broke the Boss' Car!
Should Kevin start printing up new resum?s now that he got a quarter stuck in his boss? seatbelt lock or will Superglue save the day? Nancy learns how to root out brake rotor rot. Ian comes up with a brilliant (?) solution to the clicking valves on his ?97 Mazda pickup truck. The Tappet brothers make Ann Marie?s mom happy by explaining that a car runs three times better at 50 miles an hour than at 80. Dr. Dan gets some self-image counseling. Plus, Tommy defends his daughter?s art history major. Would you like fries with that?

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