
#1516: Fiddletown or Bust
Apr 18, 2015
Apr 18, 2015
This week on The Best of Car Talk, Tom’s vegan daughter is about to head off to drive cross-country in her truck, and spend a year working on an organic farm. Should Tom have pre-emptive work done to make sure she doesn’t get stuck in Carnivore Land? Elsewhere, Doug’s noisy brakes have him wondering if his mechanics are too nice to be competent; Warren wants to give his Olds a fresh paint job, but his wife is convinced that will only speed its demise; and Mike is wondering why we hang fuzzy dice from rear-view mirrors, rather than, say, fuzzy socket wrenches. All this and lots more, this week on the Best of Car Talk.
Show Open Topic
Gender and repair prices.
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