#2628: Big Freshman on Campus

The Best of Car Talk

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Comedy, Automotive, Leisure

4.7 • 16.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Missy’s son is going to be a freshman at Boston University -where Car Talk is produced- and he wants to buy a sweet new ride to improve his social status. But Click and Clack are already having problems finding parking on campus, so he isn’t getting the green light on that idea. Can the boys come up with a non-automotive alternative? 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 Click and Clack the Tappertapr Brothers,
0:21.2	and we're broadcasting this week from the diversification department of Car Talk Plaza.
0:26.3	Yeah.
0:27.0	So, I like it.
0:28.0	In the interest of trying to broaden our appeal, we decided to try to branch out.
0:32.7	And the other day, my brother and I and Dougie Berman and Dougie Mayer, went over to the public golf course
0:38.9	at Franklin Park, right here in Boston.
0:41.3	Beautiful downtown Boston, sort of.
0:43.5	And our goal was to review golf carts.
0:46.6	Yeah, who did we do this for?
0:47.5	Golf cars.
0:49.1	Travel and leisure golf, Doug says.
0:51.3	Yeah.
0:52.0	And what's that?
0:52.4	A magazine?
0:53.3	Yeah, it's a magazine.
0:54.2	And they showed up with their entourage of helpers and photographers.
1:00.0	Man.
1:00.5	It was fun, but there were several unfortunate incidents.
1:03.0	There were incidents.
1:04.2	There were incidents.
1:05.0	So we all pile under these golf carts and we take off.
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