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Episode #1213
title: “Ashes to Asphalt”
airdate: 2012-03-31
Estate Planning Department
Sanjay Shah
Ashes spread via gas tank of favorite car, down favorite river road
time: 3:06
Becca from Somerville, MA
Strange sound as depressing clutch
time: 7:41
Josh from Chicago
Concrete on side of car
time: 12:06
Will from Raleigh, NC
1999,Porche,Boxter
Transmission problem?
Actuator? Solenoid?
time: 16:02
Break
Music
#season[April fools]
Ad
time: 17:40
Answer to last week’s puzzler (#1212)
Anchor dates
Leap year
time: 22:12
Billy from Marston’s Mills, MA
1990,Toyota 4wd pickup
Noises like a seal when it’s cold
Slower speeds
Locking hub?
time: 26:15
Tommy’s puzzler letter
2 cargo ships collide
time: 26:46
Whitney from Holderness, NH
1997,Jeep,Cherokee Laredo
1997,Volvo,850 station wagon
Husband-wife disagreement
Is is bad for fuel-injected cars to run out of gas?
Husband drives with gas close to empty
Husband needs more excitement?
time: 34:01
Break
Music
time: 35:30
New #puzzler
Baseball
Win game without throwing a pitch
time: 38:08
Joyce from Los Angeles
1998,Volvo,F70 ? S70?
Sound when starting engine and shutting off
Even before driving
time: 44:18
Joe from Moraga, CA
#car[Lincoln,Town Car]
78-year-old father wants to buy a new car
Hybrids only good for high mileage?
New #car[Honda,Accord]
#car[Chrysler,Newport]
time: 50:42
Close credits
Episode #1213 time: 52:42
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