#2542: Sailing from Milwaukee to Dallas

The Best of Car Talk

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Comedy, Automotive, Leisure

4.8 • 16.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Steph is about to pilot her sailboat, loaded with ten cases of wine, from Milwaukee to the friendly port of... Dallas, Texas. Since she's unlikely to find navigable waters all the way there, Steph wants to get her old Subaru in shape for the trip. Will Click and Clack tell her she's crazy or will they ask to join ship's crew in exchange for some of that wine? Find out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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0:00.0	This is Fresh Air contributor Anne Marie Baldinado.
0:03.5	I talked with actor Colescola about their hit Broadway play, Oh Mary.
0:09.2	Cole plays an unhinged, alcoholic Mary Todd Lincoln, who's an aspiring cabaret performer.
0:16.2	If that makes no sense, that's part of the point.
0:19.1	You can find my interview on the Fresh Air podcast.
0:42.5	Hello and welcome to Car Talk from National Public Radio with us,
0:43.8	Click and Clack the Tappert But Brothers,
0:48.4	and we're broadcasting this week from the Center for Animal Research here at Car Talk Plaza.
0:49.5	Animal research!
0:52.6	This is right up your alley, so go ahead.
0:53.8	All right, I'll tell the story.
0:54.8	Chrysler.
0:55.7	I mean, it's Chrysler.
0:56.8	Our pals are Chrysler, right?
1:00.7	There's a guy named Thomas Papert, I think you pronounce it.
1:03.1	I'm going to stay away from the story, so to speak.
1:03.9	I'll just let you. Oh, you're only.
1:05.2	I'm just quoting.
1:06.7	I mean, I'm innocent here.
1:08.2	Okay. I'm just quoting. Tom Pappert was a retired, is a retired vice president of sales and marketing at Chrysler,
1:14.7	and he was known, he has always been known for his candor.
1:18.5	Mm-hmm.
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