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Episode #1239
title: “The Truth About Leaf Peepers”
airdate: 2012-09-29
Note: this might be the last live Car Talk episode! They said they’d retire after Sept 2012
The Department of Graceful Aging
time: 1:42
Angela from Eugene, Oregon
Whiff of maple syrup
Leaking heat exchanger or heater core
time: 6:15
Eric from Ann Arbor, Michigan
Taking to repair shop before selling car
Front crank seal - part $4.10 but labor cost is $358
All the belts are glazed
Optimal pricing of parts vs. labor
time: 10:49
Peter Daniels from Crested Butte, Colorado
Press brakes, flash of light and sparked wires
Near the clutch
1980 Honda Accord (1980-1981)
Water flowed down where antenna was?
time: 13:30
Break
time: 17:43
Last week’s #puzzler answer (#1238)
Winner Mike Bennett from Dallas, Texas
time: 21:58
Monica from Avon, Minnesota
1988 Dodge 600 that no longer has power steering
Husband cut the belt
Safe to drive without power steering?
time: 24:56
Kate from San Diego
Called a year and half ago
TODO: link to the episode
#car[Toyota,Matrix]
Crash, totalled car
Switched to #car[Subaru,Outback Sport]
#car[29:54]
Ed Binns from Honolulu, Hawaii
Tommy loves Hawaii
Cats very territorial, spray on the bumpers all day long
In the hot sun, gets to be a stench
Idea for a contraption
The Johannesburg Jolter
time: 34:15
Break
Music
time: 35:31
New #puzzler
D-Day puzzle
Small boat leaves England, headed for the French coast
Overcast
Light flashes
Row back
German patrol didn’t see them or the flashes of light
Old men
time: 38:59
Bridget from Seattle, Washington
Tried to help friend fix her car
Took it to mechanic and said they’d done $1,300 of damage to the car
She wants them (her and her partner) to pay for it
1992 Ford Ranger pickup
“Charged it backwards”
Jumped it backwards?
time: 45:12
Kurt from Glen, New Hampshire
Following tourist vehicles going slowly
Always caused by a certain make, model, and even a color
Tommy’s guess: #car[Ford]
Blue #car[Ford,Windstar]
Leaf peeping
Second theory
Junk hanging from the rear-view mirror: older-model maroon #car[Pontiac,Grand Am]
time: 50:54
Close credits
#1239 @ time: 52:49
Episodes which mention this one:
2012-10-06: #1240: “The Forget-A-Key”
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