#2544: I Fixed the Car Again, Honey!

The Best of Car Talk

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Comedy, Automotive, Leisure

4.8 • 16.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Linda's husband sensed that she was getting tired of their old Volvo. So he decided to turn it into a convertible -permanently- by chopping off the top of the car with a grinding tool. 'Fixed' isn't what Linda is thinking here. What will Click and Clack think? Find out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Car Talk from National Public Radio with us Click and Clack the Tappert
0:20.3	Brothers, and we're broadcasting this week from the rotunda here at Car Talk from National Public Radio with us click and clack to Tapit brothers,
0:25.6	and we're broadcasting this week from the rotunda here at Caratoc Plaza, where my brother has a little legislative news. Is that what you have?
0:27.5	Bebe, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.
0:29.6	Handwritten.
0:30.2	UPI, API, API, CPI.
0:32.6	It says right here, beep, beep, beep.
0:34.5	Here it is. In a surprise move today, it was announced that the United States House of Representatives
0:39.2	will propose a bill which abolishes all drunken driving laws in the country.
0:45.4	Drunk driving is simply not all it's cracked up to be, chuckled Newton-Farquhar Gingrich,
0:51.4	Speaker of the House.
0:53.0	Those radical groups like Mothers Against Drunk
0:55.5	Driving are just another hysterical bunch of PMS-crazed women who just don't know how to
1:00.8	have a good time, he said. In the proposed measure, drunk driving will no longer be considered
1:06.8	a crime in any of the 50 states, all its territories, and especially Washington, D.C.
1:12.7	When questioned by critics about the possible influence of efforts by the beverage and restaurant
1:18.5	industry lobbyists, Mr. Gingrich replied,
1:22.6	Now, there's a bunch of people who really know how to have a party.
1:27.4	The past six months has been a dream come true. Yeah. There's a bunch of people who really know how to have a party.
1:27.7	The past six months has been a dream come true.
1:31.7	Yes, it is kind of a blur, but I think it was great.
1:36.2	Gingrich denied allegations that he was slurring his words during his presentation, but
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