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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#2541: It's Raining Cars

Episode Date: May 24, 2025

The freeways in Los Angeles are no place for the faint of heart. After surviving a multi-car pileup, Matt feels incredibly lucky to be safely ensconce...

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#2538: Noah's Park

Episode Date: May 13, 2025

Noah's about to go on a 'voyage' of sorts(Think endless concrete and iron bars instead of ocean). His beloved, a '76 Dodge Van, will be pining away fo...

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#2537: The Bro

Episode Date: May 10, 2025

Nancy's hubby has finally gone too far with his car gadget hobby. He's constantly taking an oversized undergarment on and off the front of his Acura....

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#2534: Uncle Know it All

Episode Date: April 29, 2025

Scott has an ex-aerospace industry relative who's affectionately referred to as 'Uncle Know-it-all' and has been telling Scott that he's driving his...

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#2532: We Few, We Happy Few

Episode Date: April 22, 2025

In auto repair, as in all great endeavors, little is gained without sacrifice(preferably, someone else's). Click and Clack cajole a couple of car owne...

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#2530: The Pit of Despair

Episode Date: April 15, 2025

Kerry has a pothole in the alley behind her house that is so big the locals have named it, "The Pit of Despair". When the weather has been dry, her Ho...

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#2529: Slappin' It

Episode Date: April 12, 2025

Norm works for the Post Office and he often has to drive over a mountain pass during big snowstorms at night in order to get to work. And he's constan...

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#2528: Mister Humidity

Episode Date: April 8, 2025

Wendy's Honda fogs up every time she and her hubby are driving together. Do they need some 'alone time' in a more private space? Or is hubby a one-man...

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#2527: Thar She Blows!

Episode Date: April 5, 2025

Mike is busy getting his sailboat ready for a 2000 nautical mile journey across the Pacific but he's already sprung a leak on his way to the dock! His...

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#2524: Cooking with Tommy

Episode Date: March 25, 2025

Our show usually starts with some sort of car problem posed by a caller, but where it goes from there is anybody's guess. On this episode of the Best...

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#2523: Born Again Driver

Episode Date: March 22, 2025

Elsa learned to drive as a 15-year-old but she's been bumming rides around Iowa City ever since. Now she's 70 and she thinks she can just hop back beh...