Can you solve this week's puzzler?

View in browser » The Tricky Brakes Time for the new puzzler. Well, the new old puzzler.  This one is from a while back. We had a guy come in to the shop.  He said, "Some time ago, I married a woman with a Datsun B-210.  The honey bee, it was called small, noisy, reliable and fun. One day, a problem. I push on the brake pedal and it goes almost to the floor. I owned a VW where this happened all the time. So I didn't panic. I just pumped a little and the pedal came right back. I had the brakes checked out, stem to stern, but there were no leaks, no problems with the master cylinder. The calipers in the front were fine. The wheel cylinder was in the back were okay, but still, the problem persisted, but only occasionally. "After much observation, I determined that it only happened after the car had been driven above 40 miles an hour for like 10 minutes or more. Around town, no problem. Quick trip on the freeway. No problem. Ten minutes on the freeway, and the first time you touch the brake the pedal goes to the floor.  "After that, if I did it again, the pedal would be okay, unless I continue to drive on the on the freeway, which case it would reoccur at maybe 10 minute intervals, or something like that.  "I took it to garages. They find no problem with the brakes whatsoever. No one can find anything wrong with the brakes.  "One day, I'm having a beer with an engineer friend of mine, and I tell him about this problem, and of course, all the gory details. He asked me one question and then told me what was wrong. "And the question the engineer asked was, did you buy something recently for this car? "And I said, why yes, I did. And this allowed the engineer to figure out the answer." So, what did the guy buy that allowed the engineer to know what was wrong with his car? Good luck. Answer the Puzzler » Remember last week's puzzler? The Missing Limerick Lines Puzzler time. Here it is. This is a limerick with also involves math. I'm going to provide you with an equation, and from that you are going to give me a limerick which consists of five lines. The numerator is 12 + 144 + 20 plus 3 times the square root of 4, all divided by 7. Plus 5 times 11. Equals nine squared plus zero.  That is a lot, we know.  The last line of the limerick is this. "Is nine squared and not a bit more." Now, somehow, from the equation above, you have to come up with the rest of the lines, before that ending line.  Find out here » Congratulations to this week's puzzler winner:  280zxpilot Congratulations! This correct answer was chosen at random by our Web Lackeys. Cartalk.com Community This Week's Show Podcast Add to address book Unsubscribe from list Email preferences Shameless Commerce Care of WBUR, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 Contents © 2026, Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe.

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Can you solve this week's puzzler?

View in browser » The Missing Limerick Lines Puzzler time. Here it is. This is a limerick with also involves math. I'm going to provide you with an equation, and from that you are going to give me a limerick which consists of five lines. The numerator is 12 + 144 + 20 plus 3 times the square root of 4, all divided by 7. Plus 5 times 11. Equals nine squared plus zero.  That is a lot, we know.  The last line of the limerick is this. "Is nine squared and not a bit more." Now, somehow, from the equation above, you have to come up with the rest of the lines, before that ending line.  Good luck. Answer the Puzzler » Remember last week's puzzler? The Boat That Wouldn't Start Here it is. In a small town, out by the sea, in a land far, far away... In this small down, there was a marina where they stored and launched boats with an overhead crane. The marina had a repair shop with about five mechanics, parts department and a new and used boat sales department. One day, a customer used his inboard boat for water skiing and left it parked at the dock overnight. He came in to use it the next morning, and the battery was dead. He had left his running lights on. So the head mechanic pulls the battery out and takes it to the shop for a quick charge. A while later, they take the battery back to the boat, they put it in and try to start it. The starter spins up, you can hear the motor turn, but it doesn't engage the flywheel. It started fine several times just the day before, but would not start now. They pull the starter off figuring that the starter is no good.  They put the starter on the bench in the shop, and everything looked okay. In fact, they tested it, and it started right up. It worked perfectly. So they put it back in the boat again. It spins up, but doesn't engage the flywheel.  An hour later, they figure out the problem. Then they fix it.  There was nothing wrong with the motor, there was nothing wrong with the engine, and there was nothing wrong with the battery. So, what was the problem? Find out here » Congratulations to this week's puzzler winner: Pat Markwell Congratulations! This correct answer was chosen at random by our Web Lackeys. Cartalk.com Community This Week's Show Podcast Add to address book Unsubscribe from list Email preferences Shameless Commerce Care of WBUR, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 Contents © 2026, Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe.

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