The Best of Car Talk

Hey kids! Hear about that new dance called 'The Butt'?! Martha from Wyoming came up with it as a way to get her Honda Civic to start when it doesn't want to. We give Dick Clark a run for his money on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

Robin loves her old Plymouth and wants to keep it running but her family is telling her to move on to some new wheels. Will Click and Clack support Robin's wish to keep it or just offer her Tommy's standard $50 to take it off her hands? Find out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

Mary Lynne's boyfriend has several of his most recent exes living with them. His 'ex-cars', that is, are littering their property in various states of 'heapdom'. Should she be concerned about this particular hoarding tendency or could it possibly be a good sign? Find out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

Savannah is a young artist with an old Pontiac that she plans to use as her canvas. She is going to cover every square inch of the car in rhinestones and has to make sure they don't fly off when she's on the highway. Can Click and Clack help this Rhinestone car girl? Find out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

Mary from Kansas makes a round trip of 240 miles in her old Toyota to score her weekly supply of tofu. Times are pretty desperate for Kansas vegans. Will Click and Clack be able to help Mary maintain the Toyota and her healthy diet, or will they suggest Keto instead? Find out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

Has Diana from Austin, Texas figured out a perfectly-good way to avoid the problem of stalling her Mazda when starting it from a stop? Or is she another potential serial clutch murderer? Officers Click and Clack attempt to crack the case on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

Click and Clack are so busy dodging angry customers and Chrysler's legal team that it turns out they just missed one of the premier social gatherings of the season. Was it the Annual Seatcover Convention? The Fuzzy Dice Convocation? Check out this episode of the Best of Car Talk to find out.

What happens when a caller with one of our all-time favorite caller names(Harsha Pelimuhandiram) picks one of the worst vehicles ever made for his drive around the world? Check out this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

If you have a car that's unreliable, in need of regular repairs and just sitting in your driveway, rusting, you need a mechanic to help you figure out if it's time to cut your losses. Or you can sell it to the first guy that offers you $50 for it. Best of Car Talk callers enjoy both options.

Every once in a while Click or Clack amaze us all by being able to correctly guess a caller's car problem with nothing more than a car make and model to go on. Too bad good answers don't work that way too. Check out the 'Carvoyance' on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

The Mercury Comet was a fun little car. NASA's zero-gravity and weightlessness test plane, nicknamed 'The Vomit Comet', is something else entirely but is an oddly appropriate subject for Car Talk we think. Check it out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

Kathy has called seeking wisdom of a sort from our two witless wonders. Her husband is a mechanic, and while he can work magic with engines he can't seem to keep a simple schedule or estimate how long a job will take or remember much of anything that Kathy tells him. Will Click and Clack stand up for a brother mechanic or admit to Kathy that they've already forgotten what her questions were? Check it out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

Mrs. Clutchkiller is blaming her husband Ron Clutchkiller for her car's prematurely failing clutch. But could the real culprit be their teenage son, little Jimmy Clutchkiller? Click and Clack make like Lieutenant Frank Columbo on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

Margaret from nearby Everett, Mass has relocated to California along with 'Rusty' her trusty Honda Accord but the noises Rusty makes going up and down the Streets of San Francisco have Margaret in fear for her life. Will our boys be able to stop waxing nostalgic about Everett's famous clam shack 'Kelly's' in time to save Margaret? Pass the tartar sauce and find out for yourself on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

Click and Clack's father, Louis, gets called-in to settle a bet: Did Tommy croak one of Dad's cars back in the day by running it out of oil? And their Mother Elizabeth has a word with her boys, too. It's a family affair on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

Beth from New York has a deeded parking space that sits right below a mockingbird's perch, and let's just say Beth is a bit more familiar with the little guy's diet than she wants to be. What's a car owner to do when doo-doo covers your car every day? Find out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

Danny from Louisiana has a Toyota Van with spongey brakes that he can't seem to fix. Our geniuses listen carefully to Danny's descriptions, ask him seemingly insightful questions and each comes to a totally different conclusion. Will Danny get some help here or just two separate bills for the two diagnoses? Find out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

Before we were swiping right and left on our dating apps to find a mate, some of us would go to strange lengths to improve our love lives. If you were truly desperate, and Dr. Ruth's line was busy, you might even call a couple of mechanics doing a radio show about cars for a little love help. A new puzzler and some actual car questions along with your amore on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

Our show is even more of a mess than usual: Paul's Toyota is dripping oil on his pants while he drives and Suzanne's husband's Ford is leaking gas and stinking up the house. 'Clean up in aisle 4' with the 'Mop-a-lot-zi Brothers' on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.

What's in a middle name? Most of us got stuck with a simple middle name that belonged to an ancestor or maybe Mom's favorite bookie. But our Technical Advisor, John Bugsy, Sebastian, Mr. Height, Free Lunch, Sweet Cheeks, Donut Breath, Twinkle Toes, Make-That-Two-Triple-Cheeseburgers Lawlor got a doozy! How did he earn them all? Find out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.