#1521: Save the Siesta

May 23, 2015
Some issues are so grave they require even the most politically averse to stand up. This week on The Best of Car Talk, Tom and Ray stand up in support of… the siesta. That’s right. The mid-day nap needs saving, and is there anyone better to do it than Tom and Ray? In matters automotive, Scott needs help getting his truck to start, and protecting it from his friend Fat Tony, with his big bucket o’ tools; Mike appears to have found the rarest of creatures, an honest transmission repairman; and Peggy swears she heard Tom and Ray recommend using kerosene to wash her new car and preserve its paint job. Also, can Gillian get a French-to-English translation for a truck part without disclosing she’s a CIA agent? All this and more, this week on The Best of Car Talk.

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We stand with Portugal!

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