| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | TALK DERBY TO ME $400: It's the intentionally, even gleefully destructive contest seen here a demolition derby |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | SLOW TALK $1200: This 6-letter word means the car's engine is running but the car isn't moving idling |
| #8463, aired 2021-08-11 | LOCK TALK $400: This type of car key named for a parking pro operates the doors & ignition but not the storage compartment locks valet |
| #8106, aired 2019-12-02 | 5 CLICKS $600: Ray & Tom Magliozzi were known as Click & Clack, the Tappet Brothers, when they hosted this long-running NPR radio show Car Talk |
| #7978, aired 2019-04-24 | CAR TALK $200: Ferdinand Porsche & his son designed the first model of this "people's car" the Volkswagen |
| #7978, aired 2019-04-24 | CAR TALK $400: The song "Baby Got Back" mentions a Benz & a turbo Vette & rhymes this car make with "anaconda" Honda |
| #7978, aired 2019-04-24 | CAR TALK $600: I'd like to ride coast to coast in this classic Lincoln model Continental |
| #7978, aired 2019-04-24 | CAR TALK $1000: Introduced in the 1980s, this Ferrari model has a name that means "red head" the Testarossa |
| #7978, aired 2019-04-24 | CAR TALK $9,200 (Daily Double): The 2015 50th anniversary edition of this pony car was limited to a production run of 1,964 the Mustang |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | CAR TALK $200: We all have our these, the areas behind & to the side of a car that are tough to see in a mirror blind spots |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | CAR TALK $400: Bumpers are at the front & rear of a car; these other protective parts are the frames over the wheels fenders |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | CAR TALK $600: Manual shifters used to come in "4 on the floor" & "3 on" this arboreal word for the steering column tree |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | CAR TALK $800: (Here's Jay Leno with the clue.) At a time when most cars had huge engines & heavy bodies, the speedy & nimble 1913 Mercer Raceabout pioneered the sports car by pairing a small engine with a lightweight one of these; it's a French word for a car's frame, hmmm chassis |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | CAR TALK $1000: I love to watch the MacPherson type of this shock absorber do its job strut |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | SHUT UP $800: To put a stop to noise, or a type of car on Amtrak trains where you lower your voice & don't talk on the phone quiet |
| #7511, aired 2017-04-17 | GET A LYFT WITH UBER $800: Uber debuted this kind of car in September 2016, & passengers didn't have to make small talk or argue about the music self-driving cars |
| #7395, aired 2016-11-04 | AUTO SHOP TALK $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an automotive animation on the monitor.) In a car's catalytic converter, exhaust fumes go through reduction, then oxidation occurs using catalysts such as platinum & palladium filters; for example, one extra oxygen molecule converts a toxic gas into this harmless gas carbon dioxide |
| #6989, aired 2015-01-22 | NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO $400: Let's discuss this show: No. 1429 was "Click and Clack vs. electric brakes" Car Talk |
| #6283, aired 2012-01-04 | COLLECTIONS $800: This talk show host's car collection ranges from a 1906 Stanley Steamer to a 2006 Corvette Leno |
| #6232, aired 2011-10-25 | CAR TALK $600: Since 1927 Prestone has been making this for temperature-challenged engine parts anti-freeze |
| #6232, aired 2011-10-25 | CAR TALK $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a diagram of car brakes on the monitor.) If your brakes squeal, it may indicate that these parts the engage the rotors are wearing thin & should be replaced the brake pads |
| #6232, aired 2011-10-25 | CAR TALK $1000: This converter reduces the level of harmful pollutants in a car's exhaust a catalytic converter |
| #6063, aired 2011-01-12 | HALL-ELUJAH! $1000: "Car Talk", "The Romance of Helen Trent" & "All Things Considered" are programs in the Nat. this H.O.F. radio |
| #5638, aired 2009-02-25 | MIRRORS $600: The "Car Talk" guys recommend pulling up next to a line of parked cars to adjust this side view mirrors |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | CAR TALK $200: If you have a bouncy ride, you might need to replace this 2-word suspension part created in the early 1900s a shock absorber |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | CAR TALK $400: Make sure your tires are properly inflated & do this repair so they're at the proper angle, which reduces drag alignment |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | CAR TALK $600: Dust & metal shavings can damage the engine; that's why you need to regularly replace this cleaning device oil filter |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | CAR TALK $800: For your safety, check this regularly; one of the first ones on the market was called the Sireno a car horn |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | CAR TALK $1000: Inspect the master cylinder, part of the hydraulics sending fluid through the lines for this drum or disc system the brakes |
| #5301, aired 2007-10-01 | OH, BROTHER $600: On radio's "Car Talk', Tom & Ray Magliozzi are known as Click & Clack, these brothers the Tappet Brothers |
| #5266, aired 2007-07-02 | MUSCLE CARS $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands behind a pristine Ford Mustang GT500 parked outside a residential garage.) You can't talk about muscle cars without honoring this racer, car designer & chili cookoff originator who made the classic GT500 Carroll Shelby |
| #4911, aired 2006-01-09 | "CAR" TALK $400: From the French for "mounted musketeer", it's a lightweight rifle with a short barrel a carbine |
| #4911, aired 2006-01-09 | "CAR" TALK $800: This device in an engine mixes vaporized liquid fuel with air in correct proportions the carburetor |
| #4911, aired 2006-01-09 | "CAR" TALK $1200: A cooking term meaning to heat or boil sugar until it turns dark brown to caramelize |
| #4911, aired 2006-01-09 | "CAR" TALK $1600: Germans call these seeds Kummelkorn & flavor cheese with them caraway |
| #4911, aired 2006-01-09 | "CAR" TALK $2000: Cleopatra's unusual mode of transportation when she first met Julius Caesar carpet |
| #4608, aired 2004-09-22 | THEY'RE ALL WINNERS! $600: Talk about a super Mario! He won more than 50 Indy car races before he retired in 1994 Mario Andretti |
| #4559, aired 2004-06-03 | CAR TALK? $400: A heavy scarf (against cold, not noise) a muffler |
| #4559, aired 2004-06-03 | CAR TALK? $800: To grow weary to tire |
| #4559, aired 2004-06-03 | CAR TALK? $1200: Clothing or equipment, it follows "L.A." in the name of an athletics supply company Gear |
| #4559, aired 2004-06-03 | CAR TALK? $1600: The inedible, fuzzy inner part of the item seen here the choke |
| #4559, aired 2004-06-03 | CAR TALK? $2000: "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that" does this "and frets his hour upon the stage" struts |
| #4349, aired 2003-06-26 | DRIVING $200: Tom & Ray of "Car Talk" use the slogan "Drive Now, Talk Later" to alert us to the danger of these using cell phones while driving |
| #4337, aired 2003-06-10 | WALL STREET TALK $400: On July 20, 1999 the opening bell was rung off of Wall Street; way off, it was on one of these in San Francisco cable car |
| #3776, aired 2001-01-22 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $300: "In Our Humble Opinion" collects the rants & raves of Click & Clack, the motormouth hosts of this NPR show Car Talk |
| #3468, aired 1999-10-06 | PUBLIC RADIO $400: Tom & Ray, hosts of this auto show, delivered the 1999 commencement address at their alma mater, M.I.T. Car Talk |
| #3291, aired 1998-12-21 | IMAGINARY LAW FIRMS $1000: Completes the name of the law firm of NPR's "Car Talk", Dewey, Cheatem & ... Howe |
| #3281, aired 1998-12-07 | CAR TALK $100: On a can of this, the "SAE" before the viscosity is from your friends at the Society of Automotive Engineers Motor oil |
| #3281, aired 1998-12-07 | CAR TALK $200: It's the "A" in ABS, which is designed to keep you from hitting the skids Anti(-lock Brake System) |
| #3281, aired 1998-12-07 | CAR TALK $400: Your Porsche 914 should do it at about 900 rpm; your mechanic shouldn't do it at all idle |
| #3281, aired 1998-12-07 | CAR TALK $500: A calculus major could tell you it's the part that uses gears to transfer power to the rear wheels Differential |
| #3281, aired 1998-12-07 | CAR TALK $700 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Jay Leno.) Car buffs like me know in starting some classic cars you pull out the choke to constrict airflow to this part the carburetor |
| #705, aired 1987-10-02 | CAR TALK $100: A "rag top" is this kind of car convertible |
| #705, aired 1987-10-02 | CAR TALK $200: Any race driver with brains who wants to keep them wears this, a "bonnet" crash helmet |
| #705, aired 1987-10-02 | CAR TALK $300: When you "lay a patch", these leave black streaks on the pavement tires |
| #705, aired 1987-10-02 | CAR TALK $400: A popular pitted pie fruit, or a car in unusually fine condition cherry |
| #705, aired 1987-10-02 | CAR TALK $500: Common term for smoothing the surface of a brake drum or rotor turning |
| #571, aired 1987-02-16 | CAR TALK $100: If you "boil the hides", it means your rear tires are producing this at the start of a drag race smoke |
| #571, aired 1987-02-16 | CAR TALK $200: When fixing cars, "R & R" means remove & do this to an auto part restore (or replace or repair) |
| #571, aired 1987-02-16 | CAR TALK $300: When your car is "on the hook", it's traveling this way on a tow truck |
| #571, aired 1987-02-16 | CAR TALK $400: When a car has been "chopped", this part of it has been lowered the top |
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