#2393: The Rockford Files

The Best of Car Talk

NPR

Automotive, Leisure, Comedy

4.7 • 16.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Pete is a private eye in OH staking out some ne'er do well at the local no-tell motel, but his Ford Aerostar isn't producing any heat. Can Click and Clack assist this investigation or will Pete continue to freeze his tucchus while watching all that hot motel room action? Check out the action right here 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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0:00.0	This message comes from NPR sponsor Sony Pictures Classics, presenting the Persian version.
0:06.0	While Leila struggles to balance her real life with her immigrant family,
0:10.0	a revealing secret pushes her and her mother to discover they are more alike than they know.
0:16.4	Now playing.
0:17.4	Hey, it's Ray Marjotia here, and before we start the show, I want to thank those of you who have
0:21.8	already signed up for Car Talk Plus.
0:24.0	Now for the rest of you who haven't, what are you nuts?
0:27.0	For just a few bucks a month, you can listen to our entire archive of shows anytime you want and support all the good shows on NPR at the same time.
0:37.0	Go to the Car Talk channel at apple podcast or go to Plus.
0:41.0	.nper.org. Car Talk. That's Plus. I'll go to plus dot npr dot org slash car talk that's plus dot npr
0:45.5	dot org to car talk. Hello and welcome to Car Talk on National Public Radio with us click and
1:06.7	clack the Tappett Brothers and we're broadcasting this week from the
1:09.5	April Fool's Center here at Car Talk Plaza. As many of you know, April Fool's Day is upon us here.
1:15.0	And we have to admit, we never really know what to do.
1:18.3	About April's...
1:19.3	I mean, it's a joke that we're on the other 51 weeks, right?
1:23.7	I mean, if Scott Simon comes in on April Fool's Day
1:25.9	and does something strange, people say,
1:27.8	who was April Fool's Day.
1:29.8	But what could we possibly do as an April Fool's joke that would cause anyone to even pay attention?
1:36.4	Nothing.
1:37.4	We could give out a right answer.
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