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Car Talk Episode Guide

Episode #1212

title: “Catzilla’s Great Adventure”

airdate: 2012-03-24

Dart-iology Department

2013 Dodge Dart vs. 1963 Dodge Dart

time: 2:00

Sharon from Milford, Massachusetts

2002 Ford Explorer that’s growling

Not going to get another #car[Ford,Explorer] - too many problems

#car[Toyota,Highlander] hybrid

Towing

time: 7:02

Gunther from Ann Arbor, Michigan

2000 Chevrolet Astro van

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Astro#Second_generation_(1995%E2%80%932005)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1995_Chevrolet_Astro_--_03-31-2011.jpg

Sounds like a toilet

Air trapped in heater core? Water trapped in evaporator?

time: 10:25

Jane from St. Louis

“Catzilla” (cat Zilla?) ran away

Cat hidden under hood

time: 15:40

Remember #puzzler?

Break

Music

time: 17:34

Answer to last week’s #puzzler (#1211)

Birthdays

time: 20:13

Lori from Tucson, Arizona

2005 Chevrolet Silverado

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Silverado#First-generation_Silverado_/_second-generation_Sierra_(GMT800;_1999)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Silverado_(first_generation)
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2003-2005_Chevrolet_Silverado_--_09-03-2010.jpg

Window stuck

Garage/dealer wanted to replace window regulator

Closed the door with her butt, then worked for 2 years

Now not working again

Looking up online for the first time

time: 24:40

Josh from Franklin, West Virginia

1999 Nissan Frontier

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Frontier_(North_America)#Parallel_models_(D22,_D40;_1997%E2%80%932021)
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1998-2000_Nissan_Frontier.jpg

Run rough

Squirrel lived in car

time: 28:45

Leigh Ann from Phoenix, Arizona

Husband turns off air conditioner early and turns it on late

Filmmaker

#car[1999,Lexus] sedan

#car[Honda,Odyssey]

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Odyssey_(North_America)

Hint from dad: more grandkids

time: 33:55

Break

Music

time: 35:14

New #puzzler

Tell day of week from date

time: 37:45

Abby from Fort Collins, Colorado

2001 Saturn LW200

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_L_series
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saturn_LW300.jpg

Wisp of smoke coming from steering column

Multi-function switch?

time: 40:15

Anthony from Istanbul, Turkey

1998 Nissan Primera

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nissan_Primera_(rear).jpg

/Infiniti,G20 ? (1998 Infiniti G20)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infiniti_G_Line#Second_generation_(P11;_1998)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1999_Infiniti_G20_(base)_in_Silver,_rear_left.jpg
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1999_Infiniti_G20t,_red_(front_left).jpg

Calling to see if you can do damage to a car gonig airborne

In the air for 1-3 seconds

Biggest risk is bending something

Out of alignment

Side walls of tires?

Ray driving over bridge in Texas

time: 46:34

paul yosemite ca

2003 eurovan

Sound going uphill to the right

Tiny high school in the mountains

time: 50:50

Close credits

Episode #1212 @ time: 57:27

Episodes which mention this one:

2012-03-31: #1213: “Ashes to Asphalt”