#1950: The Great Cow Magnet Caper

Dec 14, 2019
This week on The Best of Car Talk, could cow stomach magnets have improved the gas mileage on Tim's Jaguar? Or is that udderly (sorry) ridiculous? Meanwhile, down in Antarctica, summer is coming, but Matt’s vehicle is still having trouble when the thermometer dips below a balmy minus 40 degrees. And, Tom and Ray are in the holiday spirit with some creative gift suggestions for men, comforting advice for Adrian who wants to put a wreath on her car but is worried it will spontaneously combust, and a lesson for Scott that it is the stingy man who spends the most. All this and more, this week on The Best of Car Talk.

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Gifts for guys.

This Week's Puzzler

A Lesson Learned the Hard Way: Why does it matter which battery terminal you disconnect first?

Last Week's Puzzler

A Weighty Weigh-In: Ray takes two trips to the dump in his pickup. After the second trip, his truck weighs more empty than it did the first time. Why?


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