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The Best of Car Talk

#2438: The Volvo Wagon Blues

The Best of Car Talk

NPR

Automotive, Leisure, Comedy

4.716.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Liz has it so bad with her Volvo that she's giving us the details in a sad song, and Marietta's got the blues because her toddler has jammed his binky into the seat adjustment motor. Sing along with this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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0:00.0

This is My voice. I can tell you a lot about me and I'm not changing it for anyone.

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In NPR's Black Stories, Black Truths,

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you'll find a collection of NPR episodes centered on black experiences.

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Search NPR Black Truths, wherever you get your pocket. You're going to be. Hello and welcome to Chiara Tark on National Public Radio with us clicking Clack for Tappert Brothers and we're

0:43.2

broadcasting this week from the Mike Cupholder Runeth Over division here at

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Cardin Talk Plaza. Now here's a story that we've been following for many years

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and if you remember we were on the front lines or

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front line or something like that leading the rest of the national press in breaking

0:59.2

this story. You remember that? I certainly do. I remember that we pointed out, what was that vehicle, a Chevy

1:06.4

Loomina wagon? Yes, it was. Minnie van. Yes. And we pointed out that in the fully deployed position, all seats down.

1:15.0

Shields up. Shields up.

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There were in that vehicle.

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Count them.

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How many were there?

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I think 17. No, there were 13. They were 13 because it was slightly fewer than two cops per person except all the people wouldn't be able to sit down because all the seats had to be down.

1:36.7

So with the only two people it was almost seven cups per person.

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And now we have, in fact we had it filled up, we had gray

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poopon mustard and one. Here it is, straight out of automotive news, April 8th

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issue, Chevy, this is news, Chevy declares

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cupholder coup. But do we need that, da da da da da da da da da da.

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John Middlebrook, the new general manager of Chevrolet, declared victory in the

2:04.2

minivan cup holder war at last week's New York International Auto Show, the Chevrolet

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