#2421: Take a Hike, Laddie!

The Best of Car Talk

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Comedy, Automotive, Leisure

4.7 • 16.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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When Michael and his family swapped houses and cars for a summer in Scotland, they probably imagined great hikes into the Scottish Highlands. But when their borrowed car blew up without warning and the owners blamed him, should Michael be telling the Scotts to 'kilt-up' and take a hike? Find out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk. Get access to hundreds of episodes in the Car Talk archive when you sign up for Car Talk+ at plus.npr.org/cartalk

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0:38.0	Center for New Year's resolutions here at car talk. Good idea yeah. Now I
0:42.0	thought we'd make resolutions, both of us would make
0:44.5	resolutions today and if we make them publicly right here on National Public Radio,
0:48.8	then our listeners can be like witnesses and can hold us to them.
0:53.2	So what's yours?
0:54.7	Resolution, huh?
0:55.6	Well, here's mine.
0:58.5	I resolve, I resolve that I will pay attention
1:02.4	whenever you're talking, so that I can remember
1:04.6	the puzzler every week and you ever can remember from one week to another.
1:07.9	I realize it's not nice to me to start daydreaming whenever you start talking.
1:11.3	I mean that's not fair.
1:12.3	No.
1:13.4	Especially when I'm daydreaming about what it would be like if I had a smarter brother than you.
1:17.5	It's not nice and I resolve right at this moment to stop it.
1:21.0	From now on, when you speak I listen all right and I resolve and I know
1:26.6	that I know I'm gonna keep this that didn't last long I guess I'm sorry yeah
1:31.0	okay all right all right anyway I resolve not to make fun of you when you can't remember
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