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#1602: Bad Analogies

Original Air Date: 01.09.2016
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This week on The Best of Car Talk, Steve expected to encounter snow during his winter cross-country drive, but he wasn’t prepared for flurries inside his Pathfinder. Elsewhere, Nina’s mechanic ripped off her Altima’s heat shield, and Nina’s worried about burning up on re-entry.
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