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The Best of Car Talk

#2516: The Doctors Will See You Now

The Best of Car Talk

NPR

Comedy, Automotive, Leisure

4.816.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Despite their reputation as knuckleheads, mechanics have to deal with hundreds of different makes and models in their work, as opposed to, say, MDs who have only one make and two models to learn. How hard can medicine be? 'Let the malpractice begin!' on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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0:00.0

This message comes from Wondery.

0:02.2

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0:08.9

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0:18.4

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0:37.3

Music with Monica Lewinsky. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Hello and welcome to Car Talk from National Public Radio with us Click and Clack the Tappert Brothers,

0:41.8

and we're broadcasting this week from the warranty department here at Car Talk Plaza.

0:45.9

Now, we discuss warranties all the time.

0:48.3

All the time. It's important an automobile purchase.

0:50.5

And each and every one of us has one one time or another bought a product where you get

0:54.9

some kind of a warranty. It says this item is warranty for one year parts and labor.

1:01.2

And you're going to fill out the little thing. You may have other rights which vary from state

1:04.2

to state, especially if you live in normal. And we're not going to tell you what they are.

1:07.9

If you don't know them, that's tough. Yeah, they should have to tell you, shouldn't they?

1:11.7

They should have to tell you.

1:12.7

But they don't.

1:13.3

But they don't.

1:13.8

I always fill these things out for like a toast or a VCR.

1:17.1

And you always wonder, geez, will the warranty be void if I don't do this?

1:20.8

I always wonder, I always send them in.

1:22.7

It's not void.

1:23.4

Here's one. Thank you for purchasing a McDonald-Douglas military aircraft.

1:30.5

In order to protect your new investment, please take a few minutes to fill out the warranty

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