The Best of Car Talk

America's funniest auto mechanics take calls from weary car owners all over the country, and crack wise while they diagnose Dodges and dismiss Diahatsus. You don't have to know anything about cars to love this one hour weekly laugh fest.

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#2579: Hi, My Name is Crash

Episode Date: October 4, 2025

Crash from San Diego is trying hard not to live up to his nickname and he wants Click and Clack to figure out why his Mazda sways so much from side to...

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#2576: A Real Sled

Episode Date: September 23, 2025

Carl from Connecticut has a long, steep driveway that’s expensive to plow in the wintertime. He’s prepared to mount his own plow on the front of his o...

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#2574: Oh Shut Up!

Episode Date: September 16, 2025

Courtesy of Tommy’s wife, JoAnne: a simple phrase to deal with a spouse, a mechanic -or both, in JoAnne’s case, who’s laying it on a bit too thick. He...

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#2572: Free Compost

Episode Date: September 9, 2025

“Free Compost”,  at one time the runner-up choice for the title of our radio show, is what Mary from Michigan shoveled straight into the trunk of her...

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#2568: Ace in the Hole

Episode Date: August 26, 2025

Our more hands-on callers often try(and fail) to repair their vehicles before taking the desperate measure of calling us for help. But what happens wh...

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#2566: Sparks-a-Flying

Episode Date: August 19, 2025

When Peter applies the brakes on his Honda while driving at night sparks shoot out from under the dash and the car loses power. And we always thought...

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#2565: I Hate Tanya

Episode Date: August 16, 2025

It’s bad enough showing up to the gym for your free trial membership after a few decades of ‘de-conditioning’, but to have a fitness dominatrix like T...

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#2564 Permanent Vacation Car

Episode Date: August 12, 2025

One caller wants a new car to get through his pre-retirement years while another wants to chuck it all except for the car. Could they both have the ri...

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#2559: Test Drive?

Episode Date: July 26, 2025

Paul has just moved next door to 'Our Fair City' of Cambridge, MA and is embarking on a career as a struggling musician(that's redundant- we know). He...