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The Best of Car Talk

#2378: Sid from San Fran

The Best of Car Talk

NPR

Automotive, Leisure, Comedy

4.716.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Sid from San Francisco has a problem with his Ford SUV: he misplaced a live rat inside it that eventually died deep in the dash and the smell is pretty nasty. Did we mention that Sid is a python? His friend and owner Jacquie fills us in on Sid's tale of rodent woe and intrigue on this episode of the Best of Car Talk. And if you want to listen to more Car Talk, sign up for Car Talk+ Car Talk+ is the easiest way for fans to access more than 800 Car Talk episodes, wherever you listen to podcasts. Find out more at plus.npr.org/cartalk or find the Car Talk channel in Apple Podcasts.

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Hey, it's Ray.

0:01.0

I just want to make sure you've heard about NPR's new Car Talk Plus.

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For an insignificant little subscription fee, you'll get access to hundreds of previous

0:09.5

episodes whenever you want them and your subscription supports NPR.

0:14.8

If you like things the way they are, no worries, but if you're ready for an upgraded

0:18.6

car talk experience and who wouldn't want that.

0:22.6

And you want to do your part to help NPR, you can go to the Car Talk Plus channel at Apple

0:28.1

or go to plus dot NPR dot org slash car talk, that's plus dot NPR dot org slash car talk.

0:52.9

Hello and welcome to Car Talk, our national public radio with us, click and collect the

0:56.0

tapet brothers and we're broadcasting this week from the winters is serious business

1:00.0

that would pay attention.

1:01.0

You would think that after a hundred years, I would know how to do this.

1:04.5

Well, anyway, we couldn't hear you.

1:06.6

Well, you didn't have the gain turned up when you're the little knob there, whatever that

1:11.6

thing is.

1:12.6

That black knob, anyway, we're broadcasting this week from the winter solstice celebration

1:23.6

center here at Car Talk Plus.

1:25.2

Now speaking of winter, yeah, when's this winter solstice, are you sick of this politically

1:30.3

correct?

1:31.3

Well, we're referring to paganism anyway, speaking speaking of winter, I'm going to

1:36.0

ask you if the kids my kids can borrow your dart for what next weekend?

1:40.6

Well, they've heard me describe it as a sled so long that it's snowing, you know, they

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