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Car Talk Episode Guide

Episode #1228

title: “Karmen and the Burper”

airdate: 2012-07-14

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The Oddly-Placed Grand Prix Division

Grand Prix in New Jersey

time: 2:05

Alicia from Lakeville, Minnesota

2006 Land Rover Range Rover

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_Rover#Third_generation_(2001)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2004_Range_Rover_V8_Vogue_by_The_Car_Spy.jpg

Farting noise from the heat area

time: 5:25

Paul from Indianapolis, Indiana

2006 Hyundai Elantra

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Elantra#Fourth_generation_(HD;_2006)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2006-2010_Hyundai_Elantra_(HD)_SX_sedan_01.jpg

Wife’s car makes weird noise - “wounded animal” or vuvuzela sound

Maybe if you apply brake it stops

Advice on fatherhood - “keep your cool,” “billions of other people have done this”

time: 9:45

Natalie from Vancouver, Washington

Logic vs. emotion of owning a car - should she save up for a new car or keep hers?

1994 Toyota Tercel

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Tercel#Fifth_generation_(L50;_1994)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1997_Toyota_Tercel_2-Door_CE_in_Coral_Rose_Pearl,_Front_Right,_05-18-2023.jpg

References 2004

Safety features missing on older car

• Anti-lock brakes
• Side-curtain airbags
• Electronic stability control

Pre-OBD-II

Replace with mid-2000s #car[Toyota,Corolla]?

time: 15:37

Remember last week’s puzzler?

Break

Music

Ads

time: 17:35

Answer to last week’s puzzler (#1227)

Air conditioner compressor

Winner: David Sturnburg from Chittenden, Vermont

time: 23:00

Karmen from Flatwoods, Kentucky

(Getting Karmen with a “K” from the episode title)

When filling up gas, husband is “burping” (shaking) car to make room for extra gas

time: 28:00

John Feelan from Wilmette, Illinois

2000 audi a6

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_A6#C5_(Typ_4B,_1997%E2%80%932004)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Audi_A6_C5_front_20081009.jpg

Prolem with turn signal switch

DIY

Aiirbag in steering wheel

Says “car is not too old” - rerun?

time: 31:30

Ben from Jackson, Mississippi

Dad been telling story

Antenna broke off driving old #car[Ford,LTD]

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_LTD_(Americas)
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:77FordLTD_(cropped).jpg

Said potato on antenna picked up better recepton than normal antenna

time: 34:10

Break

Music

time: 35:20

New #puzzler - last of the season

Underground Railroad series

Chicago has underground freight cars delivering to movie theaters - delivering what?

time: 38:20

Derek from Boulder, Colorado

1985 Jeep CJ-7

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep_CJ#CJ-7
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CJ-7.jpg

Dormant on lawn, wife wants it gone

DIY rebuild

time: 43:05

Michelle from Alpharetta, Georgia

2005 Toyota Camry

Sound like a boiling coffee maker, grinding

Water pump?

Never changed timing belt

time: 47:10

Jim from Olympia, Washington

All his girlfriends have driven #car[Volkswagen]s

• TODO: list them

He drives a #car[Toyota,Avalon]

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Avalon

time: 51:05

Close credits

Says episode #1228 at time: 52:40

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