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Episode #1237
title: “Vlad the Impala”
airdate: 2012-09-15
A Yugo By Any Other Name Would Smell As Sweet Department
A couple weeks ago we had a call from Robert, found out car had male name
(#1235)
Listener opinions about giving a car a name
Naming lobster
time: 4:00
Martha from Hudson, Wisconsin
Home for summer vacation
Suddenly acts like it’s out of gas
Pump gas then let sit and it’ll run again
Failing fuel pump?
time: 7:53
Fatima from Toledo, Ohio
1989 Honda Civic named Little Red
Switching from 2nd to 3rd gear, grinding noise
Synchronizer for 3rd gear is worn out
time: 14:58
Break
Music
Ad
time: 17:25
Ethics
Albert Stat(?)
Cheating on the #puzzler
#car[18:55]
Steve from Coppell, Texas
Whitish-grey smoke comes out of the exhaust pipe
Disappears after a minute or so
time: 22:40
Kate from Woburn, Massachusetts
#car[Dodge,Magnum]
Mother-in-law careening down mountain, trying to save brakes
time: 28:24
Geordi from San Francisco, California
On a hot day, brakes go to the floor
time: 33:29
#season[fall], #season[back to school]
#puzzler
Break
Music
time: 35:27
#puzzler
Electric window wouldn’t go back up
Leave car on, etc.
Leave overnight
New electric motor or window regulator
How does he know that without even touching her car?
time: 38:20
Matt from Arlington, Virginia
DIY change timing belt
“Mother’s day was a long time ago”
time: 43:02
Elizabeth from Arcata, California
#car[1982,Volvo] with manual transmission and a sunroof
Early morning math class, she drives by and wakes up the neighborhood
Sticking brake caliper
time: 50:54
Close credits
Says episode #1237 @ time: 52:46
Episodes which mention this one:
2012-09-01: #1235: “A Truck By Any Other Name”
2012-09-22: #1238: “My Engine Is on Fire”
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