#2398: Autocide

The Best of Car Talk

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Comedy, Automotive, Leisure

4.7 • 16.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Leslie from Washington parked her crummy Chrysler K car on a hill one day only to return later and watch it rolling backwards and into a tree. She's sure that she had placed the car in park when she left it. Is there a mechanical explanation for this or did the ol' bucket of bolts decide on it's own to end it all? Find out 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	Hey, it's Ray Marliorz here, and before we start the show, I want to thank those of you who have already signed up for Car Talk Plus.
0:07.0	Now, for the rest of you who haven't, what are you nuts?
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0:25.4	slash car talk. Hello and welcome to Carra Talk on National Public Radio with us click and
0:49.7	clack the Tappert Brothers and we're broadcasting this week from the Center for Television Withdrawal here at
0:54.8	Car Talk Plaza.
0:55.8	I never got a chance to ask you how it went last week.
0:57.9	You and your family I understand participated in the national Turnoff the TV week. Is that what it's called?
1:04.3	Yeah, yeah.
1:05.3	Yeah.
1:06.3	You're right? We did for an entire week. We did not watch any TV.
1:08.9	Well, at least not let him.
1:09.8	I was home to catch us. I did see home a few mornings to watch Colombo on cable, reruns, you know.
1:15.6	Yeah, but how did it go? I mean you didn't watch any prime time TV, right?
1:19.0	No, no, we didn't watch any TV at all. He just sat around together in the evening's reading.
1:23.4	What'd you read? TV guide.
1:26.4	Anything what we were missing.
1:29.4	Well on that note I've got a couple of items here that you'd be interested in.
1:35.2	Where did I just had it where did it go? Here it is. Okay.
1:39.8	Little news clips weird things that happened. This is actual news. little news
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