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Feb 2025
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#2512: Click and Clack Get Schooled

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George is a teacher calling from Berkeley, California with two problems. His Honda is acting up and so are the first graders in his classroom. Click and Clack meet their intellectual matches on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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