The Best of Car Talk https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510208/car-talk <![CDATA[America's funniest auto mechanics take calls from weary car owners all over the country, and crack wise while they diagnose Dodges and dismiss Diahatsus. You don't have to know anything about cars to love this one hour weekly laugh fest.]]> Copyright 2001-2021 Tappet Brothers LLC - For Personal Use Only NPR Feed Publish Service v2.3.8 en NPR no [email protected] NPR episodic https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2022/09/23/car-talk_tile_npr-network-01_sq-efe4a8c500f754b242821075ef75ff3054e816cb.jpg?s=1400&c=66&f=jpg The Best of Car Talk https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510208/car-talk Sat, 14 Mar 2026 07:00:03 +0000 ad ar at au be bg bo br ca ch cl co cr cy cz de dk do ec ee es fi fr gb gr gt hk hn hu id ie il in is it jp li lt lu lv mc mt mx my ni nl no nz pa pe ph pl pt py ro se sg sk sv th tr tw us uy vn za Support NPR by enrolling in NPR+! #2621: Worst Car of the Millenium <![CDATA[At the end of the last millenium there were plenty of motorheads proclaiming this Ferrari or that Maserati as the ‘Best Car Ever’, but only two guys were willing to figure out which were the worst cars ever made. That’s right, our masters of mediocrity pull no punches on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

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Sat, 14 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 2ae0bd29-5c66-4b7e-a135-8d9213d813b8 https://www.npr.org/2026/03/14/nx-s1-5743840/2621-worst-car-of-the-millenium no #2621: Worst Car of the Millenium 2120 no full <![CDATA[At the end of the last millenium there were plenty of motorheads proclaiming this Ferrari or that Maserati as the ‘Best Car Ever’, but only two guys were willing to figure out which were the worst cars ever made. That’s right, our masters of mediocrity pull no punches on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

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#2620: Hubby's Fuelishness <![CDATA[Whitney lives in the New Hampshire mountains with her cheapskate hubby who insists on driving the cars bone dry before refueling them. And while this practice does bring a little extra excitement to a quick drive to town, is it bad for the car? Find out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

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Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:00:01 +0000 5b325d68-1dde-4ae4-a9a5-89ddb24328cd https://www.npr.org/2026/03/10/nx-s1-5739336/2620-hubbys-fuelishness no #2620: Hubby's Fuelishness 2093 no full <![CDATA[Whitney lives in the New Hampshire mountains with her cheapskate hubby who insists on driving the cars bone dry before refueling them. And while this practice does bring a little extra excitement to a quick drive to town, is it bad for the car? Find out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

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#2619: Teens and Cars <![CDATA[

Linda is a lovely lady from the land of nice; Minnesota. As lovely as she is, however, Linda has to contend with her three teenagers, one of whom wrecked their minivan. Can Click and Clack convince Linda to put away those Midwest manners long enough to extract a confession from one of the little cretins? Find out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

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Sat, 07 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000 6d54bea4-8a9a-4ff5-b003-64436e82e406 https://www.npr.org/2026/03/07/nx-s1-5726996/2619-teens-and-cars no #2619: Teens and Cars 2239 no full <![CDATA[

Linda is a lovely lady from the land of nice; Minnesota. As lovely as she is, however, Linda has to contend with her three teenagers, one of whom wrecked their minivan. Can Click and Clack convince Linda to put away those Midwest manners long enough to extract a confession from one of the little cretins? Find out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

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#2618: Who, What or How but Never All Three <![CDATA[

Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle states that position and momentum cannot simultaneously be known. Click and Clack’s uncertainty principle is that they may be able to figure out ‘Why’ or ‘What’ and sometimes ‘How’ your car has broken down, but never all three at once(because that’s too much work).  Lots of uncertainty on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

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Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle states that position and momentum cannot simultaneously be known. Click and Clack’s uncertainty principle is that they may be able to figure out ‘Why’ or ‘What’ and sometimes ‘How’ your car has broken down, but never all three at once(because that’s too much work).  Lots of uncertainty on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

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