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A Car Talk Puzzler for littlebeast

#1 Post by mrkelley23 » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:03 pm

I"m thinking he's actually the one who sent it in, myself:

http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/tran ... index.html
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#2 Post by VAdame » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:43 pm

I don't know that one, but I do know what a 28 ounce water pump is :wink:

I could also find that elusive "710 cap" under the hood.

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read 710 upside down.

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Re: A Car Talk Puzzler for littlebeast

#3 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:59 pm

mrkelley23 wrote:I"m thinking he's actually the one who sent it in, myself:

http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/tran ... index.html
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#4 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:01 am

I got the same answer that BobJuch did.
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Re: A Car Talk Puzzler for littlebeast

#5 Post by earendel » Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:03 am

mrkelley23 wrote:I"m thinking he's actually the one who sent it in, myself:

http://cartalk.com/content/puzzler/tran ... index.html
They must be repeating Puzzlers - I heard this one a couple weeks ago. Likewise the one about the 28 ounce thing.
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#6 Post by littlebeast13 » Fri Feb 22, 2008 7:27 am

After wasting too much time, I came up with this....
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199999

200000

200001

200002
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#7 Post by ne1410s » Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:57 am

1961 was the last year that read the same upside down and backward.

When is the next year that will have those features?
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