#2504: Exercises in Futility

The Best of Car Talk

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Comedy, Automotive, Leisure

4.8 • 16.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Which endeavor is more futile: Explaining to your 16 year old son that he doesn't need his own car, or attempting to convince Siri that vegetarianism is bad? Find out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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0:00.0	The Indicator is a podcast where Daily Economic News is about what matters to you.
0:04.5	Workers have been feeling the sting of inflation.
0:06.5	So as a new administration promises action on the cost of living, taxes, and home prices,
0:11.3	the S&P 500 biggest post-election day spike ever,
0:14.5	follow all the big changes and what they mean for you.
0:17.1	Make America affordable again.
0:20.4	Listen to The Indicator, the Daily Economics podcast from NPR.
0:42.8	Hello and welcome to Car Talk from National Public Radio with us Click and Clack the Tappert Brothers, and we're broadcasting this week from the center for bold predictions here at Car Talk Plaza.
0:50.4	Known internally as the foot-in-mouth division, I believe.
0:54.6	Well, I don't know if it's foot-in-mouthed.
0:56.9	Some of our long-time listeners may remember.
1:00.3	Like Dad.
1:01.1	Like, Dad may remember.
1:02.1	He may be the longest-time listener.
1:04.6	I mean, you may remember.
1:05.7	You're one of the longest-time listeners.
1:08.0	I try not to listen.
1:09.4	I predicted in the early 80s.
1:11.7	Yes.
1:12.4	Don't forget, this show's been on since the pyramids.
1:15.3	In the early 80s, I predicted that Ford Motor Company would become the car company of the 80s.
1:20.9	Should we go farther back?
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