#2358: Sleek, Black and Beautiful No More

The Best of Car Talk

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Comedy, Automotive, Leisure

4.7 • 16.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Many years ago, Tommy drove his sleek, black & beautiful 1965 Rambler Convertible onto Ray's property and swore that he'd be back to pick it up in a week or two. Two years later, Ray got tired of looking at the rusting heap and sent it to be crushed at the local salvage yard. Tommy never forgave his brother but he just may have figured out a way to get him to replace the car. Find out how on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

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0:00.0	Music
0:16.0	Hello and welcome to Card Talk on National Public Radio with us clicking
0:19.2	Clack the Tap and Brothers and we're broadcasting this week from the
0:22.6	administrative offices of Geek Week here at Card Talk Plaza.
0:26.4	We have to open an entire office just to handle this.
0:29.5	We had a successful week.
0:30.5	Don't you think so?
0:31.5	I thought so.
0:32.5	We should recap a little bit.
0:35.2	We realized some time ago that a lot of money was being spent by parents of course.
0:40.5	So any kids to specialize camps of various kinds like computer camp, tennis camp, botchy
0:46.3	camp.
0:47.3	So your kids went botchy camp?
0:49.1	Yeah, botchy camp.
0:50.1	But we noticed that there was no place for the aspiring Geek to go for fellowship and
0:54.8	inspiration.
0:55.8	And we felt the need here and we had to fund this boy.
0:59.0	And we probably think that it comes natural.
1:01.0	But it doesn't necessarily come natural.
1:03.5	I mean, you have to learn certain things.
1:05.9	That's right.
1:06.9	So that's why we founded Geek Week this summer here at Card Talk Plaza for kids 8 through
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