Car Talk Puzzler #2 - #1's Answer Inside

"Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2" (pompei426)
05/11/2014 at 11:25 • Filed to: None

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 show's 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.

Congratulations to FJ80 winning yesterday's puzzler.

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PUZZLER -

RAY: What part of cars is virtually interchangeable with virtually any other car, whether it's foreign or domestic, let's say within the last 30 years?

And don't say something silly like motor oil!

TOM: It's not liquid.... It's an actual piece that you can take out of any car, no matter where in the world it was made, and it would fit on any other car.

RAY: So, what is it?

Best of luck

PUZZLER #1 Answer

TOM: That was a lousy hint.

RAY: I don't think so.

TOM: Well, maybe not, I mean, after you know the answer. The hint sure didn't help me. I'm embarrassed to have not jumped right on it. Only Ken Rogers jumped right on it.

RAY: Well, that's because when I said it to him I didn't say,"T-A-N." I said, "Tan270." And he immediately started saying, "What's the tangent of 270, let me see, sine over the cosine..." The answer is infinity (Infiniti). Hence the car, the license plate.

DISCUSSION (22)

Trunk Impaired 318 > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
05/11/2014 at 11:47

I don't think I quite get how this works but I say the radio

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
05/11/2014 at 12:00

shift knob

avalanche999 > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
05/11/2014 at 12:03

Either spark plugs or interior rear view mirror.

Camry-Into-Canyon > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
05/11/2014 at 12:03

The cigarette lighter/12v socket, rear-view mirror, dome light bulb, seatbelt clicker thingy (if anyone can tell me the technical term for that, plz halp).

Dusty Ventures > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
05/11/2014 at 13:19

I think I_Smell_Rice is on to something with his cigarette lighter guess.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
05/11/2014 at 13:49

Every single car within the past 40 years. It says 30, but this puzzler is old and still true.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > Trunk Impaired 318
05/11/2014 at 13:50

Nope, one thing you could put on a Veyron or a Camry, and it would still work.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > avalanche999
05/11/2014 at 13:52

Nope. Those are often specific, too. I'll give you the same hint I gave Trunk Impaired. You could put on a Veyron or a Camry, and it would still work.

avalanche999 > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
05/11/2014 at 14:08

I still stand by the interior rear view mirror.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > avalanche999
05/11/2014 at 14:25

Well, have fun standing next to a mirror until tomorrow.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
05/11/2014 at 14:27

valve stem cap? Or AC service ports?

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/11/2014 at 15:03

Great job. You win today's Puzzler. The correct answer was valve stem caps.

FJ80WaitinForaLSV8 > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
05/11/2014 at 15:10

This was an excellent one. I remember hearing this one on the radio several years ago. I remember at the time I guessed it was the gas filler tube. In retrospect this was a poor guess given all the emissions crap they put on them.

NoahthePorscheGuy > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
05/11/2014 at 15:21

Not true though, my dad's 911 has different valve stem caps than my car.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > NoahthePorscheGuy
05/11/2014 at 15:23

Might be different, but they are interchangeable.

NoahthePorscheGuy > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
05/11/2014 at 15:30

no, slightly larger diameter. He lost one of his so he wanted to steal mine and it wouldn't fit.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > NoahthePorscheGuy
05/11/2014 at 15:36

Interesting.

Ferrero1911 > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
05/11/2014 at 16:28

I'm going with cigarette lighter. And I'm embarrassed that I didn't figure out the one from yesterday, high school math was a long time ago...

Great idea to do the puzzlers.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > Ferrero1911
05/11/2014 at 16:36

Nope, check the previous post's comments.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
05/11/2014 at 21:19

sweet! Almost thought that would be like engine oil!

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/11/2014 at 21:30

TOM: It's not liquid.... It's an actual piece that you can take out of any car, no matter where in the world it was made, and it would fit on any other car.

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/11/2014 at 21:30

Stay tuned for tomorrows.