
#1211: Ashley Wants the Wheel
Mar 17, 2012
Mar 17, 2012
This week on Car Talk, actress Ashley Judd learns one downside of marriage to a professional race-car driver--he insists on driving every time they're in the car together. You'd think the guy would want a day off, wouldn't you? Find out if Tom and Ray can keep this auto-marital dispute off the front page of the National Enquirer. Elsewhere, Andy's steering wheel is making a noise which he'd like to handle with WD-40, but might be better taken care of by singing a chorus of "Chattanooga Choo Choo," and Tom in New Jersey would really like to blame a tow truck driver for his Honda's computer failure. Finally, Mary Rawson's friend has offered to fix her brakes for free, and perhaps get a date at the same time. Can she turn him down and still have a car that will stop? All this and lots more, this week, on Car Talk.
Show Open Topic
"Write your answers on..." Tom and Ray share a few puzzler answer submissions received here at Car Talk Plaza.
This Week's Puzzler
How can Katie's father and grandfather have the same birthday... and be the same age, to boot?
Last Week's Puzzler
Why did pickpocketing rates increase after the warning signs went up?