The Best of Car Talk

Jim sold some sucker his high-mileage Geo Metro junkbox for $250. A little while later, the buyer comes back and Jim is prepared to tell him, ‘No refunds!’ when the buyer hands Jim $100 instead. What gives? Find out on this edition of the Best of Car Talk.
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From Aitkin to Zumbrota, this edition of the Best of Car Talk ‘Climaxes’(poulation 243) with a flurry of calls from the gopher state. You betcha!
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Laraine’s Acura is making a weird fricative noise that seems to be coming from impossible locations within the engine compartment. And Click & Clack have to resort to ditching their ‘nice guy’ personas in an attempt to make Laraine’s answers fit their desperate guesses on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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Heather’s Honda got stolen and shortly after it’s recovery she noticed that the car was infested with dozens of black widow spiders. Ugh! While you’re trying hard not to imagine the little critters crawling up YOUR pantleg while you drive, check out Click and Clack’s arachnophobic responses on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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Anne’s Subaru has fallen prey to several failures that exhibit a complex pattern of intricate and subtle symptoms that only a master mechanic with finely-tuned powers of concentration could ever possibly hope to diagnose over the phone. While we all wait for a master mechanic to show up, Click and Clack attempt to stay awake long enough to give it a shot on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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