Car Talk Puzzler #1 - Yes, the first one

"Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2" (pompei426) 05/10/2014 at 20:45 • Filed to: None

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So, I posted about this earlier and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! saying that this should be the greatest addition to OPPO ever. Well, not really, but it will be, trust me. Anyways...

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For those of you that are not familiar with Car Talk, Google it and know that your life will never be the same. If you know of the show but don't know what the puzzler is, it's the shows weekly quirky question. Please don't cheat. These are meant to be fun and tricky. The answer will be posted the next day with the next puzzler. So, without further adieu, here's today's puzzler.

PUZZLER -

RAY: You're driving in your automobile on a fine spring afternoon in our fair city, and you see in front of you another car with an interesting license plate. And the license plate has 6 characters. They are T-A-N 2-7-0. The question is: What make of car is the license plate attached to? That's it, elegant in its simplicity.

TOM: Aren't you going to give them a hint?

RAY: Do you think it's necessary? I was hoping to save that for weeks two and three. Okay, okay. The hint is high school.

(FJ80 I'm sorry)

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 05/10/2014 at 20:49

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Is FJ80 the answer?

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 05/10/2014 at 20:51

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No, but if you check out the link to my previous post you might get a big hint.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 05/10/2014 at 20:58

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Nope. Something to do with the school teacher? That just made me more confused.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 05/10/2014 at 21:01

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I don't want to give it away, but use the hint.

FJ80WaitinForaLSV8 > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 05/10/2014 at 21:15

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So the tangent of 270 doesn't exist. not sure how that tells me what the make of the car is.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > FJ80WaitinForaLSV8 05/10/2014 at 21:17

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More like what it approaches

FJ80WaitinForaLSV8 > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 05/10/2014 at 21:22

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infinity? I don't remember trig at all but seems like the only natural answer.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > FJ80WaitinForaLSV8 05/10/2014 at 21:27

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You got it. I'll post the official answer on tomorrows post. Next one won't be math related, I promise.

ddavidn > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 05/10/2014 at 21:31

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+Infiniti(y)!

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > ddavidn 05/10/2014 at 21:37

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You were the second, but good job. Stay tooned for the next one tomorrow.