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Car Talk Episode Guide

Episode #1241

title: “The Shrink-Wrapped Land Rover”

airdate: 2012-10-13

(Note this might be a rerun episode. TODO: if so, Link to where all the segments came from)

The “Don’t Age and Drive” Department

From Lois Grimison Hilton

2 old women blowing though red lights

time: 2:11

Tyndall from Houston, Texas

1998 Honda Civic

transmission problem

Shady circumstances guy who fixed

time: 6:30

Eileen fom San Jose, California

Can only start car with shoes off

2000 Toyota Celica

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Celica#Seventh_generation_(T230;_1999%E2%80%932006)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Toyota-Celica-GT.jpg
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1999-2002_Toyota_Celica_SS-I_rear.jpg

time: 10:25

Mike from Anchorage, Alaska

#car[1973,Land Rover]

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

Sailing family boat around the world for 2 years

Sell or store car and how

time: 15:50

Break

Music

Ad

time: 17:45

Last week’s #puzzler answer (#1240)

time: 21:05

Amanda from Sacramento, California

Moved from Seattle

Etiquette question: if you get a car as a gift, how long can you keep it before you sell it?

2000 Infiniti i30T

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Cefiro#Infiniti_I30_(A33,_1998-2001)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2nd-Infiniti-I30.jpg
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2001_Infiniti_I30_Interior.JPG

TODO: more (accidentally deleted)

Isuzu Trooper

Guy works for the circus

Costa Rica

Carburetor - TODO

Get a shop manual, _(TODO) is “useless”

Shrink-wrap your car