#2483: Undiplomatic Channels

The Best of Car Talk

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4.8 • 16.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Mike from DC is at war with the Swedish embassy. Some diplomat's car has an alarm that goes off several nights a week for long stretches of time -a clear violation of the Geneva Convention's subsection on 'neighborliness'. What decidedly 'undiplomatic' solution will Click and Clack devise in order to end these nightly alarms while also avoiding an international incident? Find out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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