#2335: Life and Death and Fried Clams

The Best of Car Talk

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Automotive, Leisure, Comedy

4.7 • 16.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Margaret from nearby Everett, Mass has relocated to California along with 'Rusty' her trusty Honda Accord but the noises Rusty makes going up and down the Streets of San Francisco have Margaret in fear for her life. Will our boys be able to stop waxing nostalgic about Everett's famous clam shack 'Kelly's' in time to save Margaret? Pass the tartar sauce and find out for yourself on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Card Talk, our national public radio with us, Clifford Plectic,
0:19.3	Tablet Brothers.
0:20.3	We're broadcasting this week from the old factory factory here at Card Talk Plaza.
0:24.1	This is a cute little thing.
0:26.4	This is good.
0:27.4	You want to read it?
0:28.4	No, no.
0:29.4	You want to read it because you like to read.
0:30.9	This is from a very recent issue.
0:32.9	Who gets this thing so recently?
0:35.0	Doug.
0:36.0	A very recent issue of automotive news.
0:38.7	One of the big three, that would be Chrysler GM or AMC, right?
0:43.2	AMC.
0:44.2	Is close to finding the smell of success, literally.
0:48.3	Dr. Alan Hirsch, director of the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation.
0:54.2	That in Chicago says that an automaker whom he declined to identify has hired him to
1:00.9	produce a custom designed scent.
1:04.8	SCENT.
1:05.8	Yes, yes.
1:06.8	When sprayed on dealer sales personnel, the scent will make them appear more honest and
1:12.8	trustworthy to customers.
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