"What a Sled!" A Holiday Car Talk Bonus
The Best of Car Talk
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4.7 • 16.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Happy Holidays from the Best of Car Talk! We had our eye on a really ugly holiday sweater for you, but they didn’t have your size. Instead, we thought you might like to take a break from all the holiday hustle and bustle and revel in the merry misery of someone else’s car trouble. Ray has been taking car questions of late and Kyle and Chloe were lucky enough to catch him in the studio. These calls are usually for NPR+ supporters only, but in a very uncharacteristic moment of magnanimity, we decided to spread the schadenfreude around and let everyone listen in. If you have a car question for Ray, call 888 522 5478, and have a wonderful holiday season.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Ray Mal Yautze here. |
| 0:01.7 | So early this year, we started giving our Car Talk Plus supporters a new benefit, bonus episodes. |
| 0:07.9 | In these occasional extra episodes, I'm taking your car questions again and trying my best to answer them. |
| 0:14.1 | And the staff is digging through our archives for some really old gems from the show. |
| 0:19.5 | Now, these very special episodes are usually |
| 0:21.7 | just for our very special Car Talk Plus supporters. |
| 0:25.0 | But since it's the holidays, |
| 0:26.7 | I figured we should be generous |
| 0:27.9 | and let everyone listen to one. |
| 0:30.0 | So here are a few calls that I took recently. |
| 0:32.4 | We hope you enjoy them. |
| 0:33.4 | And if you do, please consider signing up for Car Talk Plus |
| 0:36.4 | and you'll get to hear all the fun every other Thursday. |
| 0:39.7 | So go to plus.npr.org slash Car Talk to find out more and happy holidays. |
| 0:48.1 | Hey, it's Ray and welcome to another bonus feature for Car Talk Plus subscribers. |
| 0:53.0 | If you're an NPR Plus subscriber and you want to ask me a question, you can leave a message at 888522-5478. |
| 1:01.6 | That's 888-522-5478. |
| 1:05.8 | Hello? |
| 1:06.4 | Who's this? |
| 1:07.5 | This is Kyle. |
| 1:08.5 | I'm from Puyallup, Washington. |
| 1:10.8 | Kyle, what's going on, man? Oh, I've got a |
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