The Best of Car Talk

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America's funniest auto mechanics take calls from weary car owners all over the country, and crack wise while they diagnose Dodges and dismiss Diahatsus. You don't have to know anything about cars to love this one hour weekly laugh fest.

  • 37 minutes 18 seconds
    #2533: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Jalopy
    The jig is up! Morley Safer from CBS' 60 minutes has tracked us down! But, wait: It turns out that ol' Morley just wanted to defend the most indefensible of automobile makers: the French! Morley's folly on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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    26 April 2025, 7:00 am
  • 34 minutes 48 seconds
    #2532: We Few, We Happy Few
    In auto repair, as in all great endeavors, little is gained without sacrifice(preferably, someone else's). Click and Clack cajole a couple of car owners to join their merry band of car-wrecking-brothers on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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    22 April 2025, 7:00 am
  • 34 minutes 57 seconds
    #2531: Practical Jokes Will Save Us
    When all hope seems to be lost for humanity we can still rely on practical jokes to keep us going. Feel the Schadenfreude on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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    19 April 2025, 7:00 am
  • 34 minutes 21 seconds
    #2530: The Pit of Despair
    Kerry has a pothole in the alley behind her house that is so big the locals have named it, "The Pit of Despair". When the weather has been dry, her Honda CRX can climb down into, across and back out of it ok, but after a few days of heavy rain it can be rough seas in the ol' Pit. We're gonna need a bigger boat on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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    15 April 2025, 7:00 am
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