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The Best of Car Talk

#2325: Psychoautoanalysis

The Best of Car Talk

NPR

Automotive, Leisure, Comedy

4.716.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Judy from Colorado has a delicate issue on her hands involving her husband who insists on warming up his car for several minutes every morning(just like dear old dad did). Click and Clack, realizing the multiple implications of this for our environment and hubby's psyche, have the perfect, measured response. Check out the Freudian slip-ups on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Car Talk on National Public Radio with us clicking back the

0:19.9

topic brothers and we're broadcasting this week from the Holiday Gift Shop here at Car Talk

0:24.5

Plaza.

0:25.5

Yeah, but now that the holiday season is approaching, you know, people have to buy gifts and

0:29.8

we thought that would be an excellent opportunity for us to like unload.

0:33.2

I mean, I mean, like make available.

0:34.8

Yeah, what's your tongue?

0:35.8

Shouldn't say on log.

0:36.8

Make available some of the terrific items that we use here.

0:40.7

I mean, we personally use these very items here at Car Talk Plaza.

0:44.0

That's right.

0:45.0

Like for $7,995, a mere $7,9895.

0:47.8

That's not the, I mean, that's not the, that's not the, that's not the, that's not the

0:49.5

drop in the bucket so to speak.

0:51.1

That's right.

0:52.1

I mean, it is.

0:53.1

We have the Car Talk head of hair in a can.

0:55.3

Now, to those of you who are not late night TV aficionados, this may just look like an

1:00.4

ordinary can of 10 W 30 motor, but look closely.

1:03.9

Yeah, it says motor or a lot of you knucklehead.

1:06.4

I know it says motor, but this is actually a complete hair restoration system.

1:11.4

How can it be a complete hair?

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