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The Best of Car Talk

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The Best of Car Talk

NPR

Comedy, Automotive, Leisure

4.716.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Rick is in love with both Linda and with his Mazda Miata, hopefully, in that order. But Rick is bugging Linda to buy him a $2500 turbocharger as a sort of 'mid-life crisis present'. Will Click and Clack recommend the turbocharger or the couples' counseling? Find out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

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0:00.0

Support for NPR and the following message come from SAP Concur, a leading brand for integrated travel expense and invoice management solutions.

0:09.0

With SAP Concur solutions, you'll be ready to take on whatever the market throws at you next.

0:14.5

Learn more at concur.com. Hello and welcome to Car Talk on National Public Radio with us

0:36.0

Click and Clack to Tappert Brothers and we're broadcasting this week from

0:38.8

the observation deck here at Car Talk Plaza. Wow! Don't the fall colors just take your breath away?

0:44.4

I mean, isn't it too bad that we're not on TV?

0:46.2

Then everyone could see them.

0:47.4

I mean, look at the oranges, reds, yellows.

0:50.7

There's even a little hint of chrome here and there.

0:52.8

Chrome?

0:53.8

You'll get at the rust in your car, you knucklehead.

0:55.9

The trees are over there.

0:57.8

Geez.

0:58.8

All right, just go right to the mail, will you?

1:00.6

All right, actually, let's see, what have I got here I'll save this

1:03.9

one for later this one's good uh... last week actually it was more than last

1:08.5

week it was many weeks ago last year

1:10.7

a few weeks ago you received a letter from a prisoner from Georgia.

1:14.3

Remember that prison?

1:15.3

Indeed.

1:16.3

Now that good old boy proceeded to defame your character, put down the show, and bad rap, the

1:22.4

puzzler. He did. he was nasty he was nasty well it's

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