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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#2471: Put a Sock in it

Episode Date: September 3, 2024

While doing some maintenance on his Mercury, Bob from Washington used one of his athletic socks to keep things from falling into the car's manifold. A...

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#2469: Right Down the Hatch

Episode Date: August 27, 2024

Barbara's 'grandmamobile' is perfect except for one thing. Every time she leaves something on the dash it slides into the vents. And just the other da...

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#2467: Fred Not!

Episode Date: August 20, 2024

Fred called us from Hartford... except his name isn't Fred... and he isn't from Hartford... What could be so bad that would make a guy desperate enoug...

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#2466: Hi Sierra, Bye Sierra

Episode Date: August 17, 2024

Sierra's Dodge groans when she's steering it and the boys want her to test it before they give her an answer. So what will our two hosts do while thei...

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#2465: The Dodge Dowry

Episode Date: August 13, 2024

Elysa and her boyfriend have been 'shacking up' for some time and her parents have just approached him to say that they are willing to give them a car...

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#2461: Male Answer Syndrome

Episode Date: July 30, 2024

If a tree falls in the forest and there isn't a man there to tell us why it just fell over... did a tree really fall? Click and Clack mansplain it all...

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#2460: The Antmobile

Episode Date: July 27, 2024

Christine's hubby has a habit of eating sesame bagels in his Honda. A delighted colony of ants has taken notice and taken up residence somewhere insid...

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#2457: Dad Sold the Car!

Episode Date: July 16, 2024

When she was growing up, Linda's family went everywhere in their '66 Rambler Station Wagon. But just the other day, her dad sold it to a neighbor inst...

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#2456: Mr. Leadfoot

Episode Date: July 13, 2024

It's bad enough that Gayle's new boyfriend hogs the tv remote all the time. Now he's speeding around in her car and Gayle is worried that he's wreckin...

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#2455: Kevorkian Motors

Episode Date: July 9, 2024

Jaime from Virginia must be a longtime listener because he's asking Click and Clack how to put an old Hyundai out of his misery. Creatively euthanizin...

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#2454: Shark Attack

Episode Date: July 6, 2024

Scott from Scottsdale is an attorney suing a local mechanic who cracked the engine block on his client's car. The mechanic fessed up immediately and o...

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#2453: A 50/50/50 Mixture

Episode Date: July 2, 2024

Greg from Long Island is pretty sure that his radiator is now holding a mixture of equal parts water, coolant and sealant resulting from his vain atte...

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#2452: Go Ahead, Touch 'em!

Episode Date: June 29, 2024

Spencer from Florida was riding down the highway in his Honda without a care in the world when he was hit with an urgent need to touch his lug nuts. H...