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TW 107 – A Very Wrenches Christmas 2025

·1 hr 48 min·5 clips

Rocco Colascio rises out of the snow, but the real issue is getting the family back down before dark.

1. Throwin' Wrenches episode TW 107 focuses on Christmas cars, a smart toilet repair, and a winter road trip through Italy. 2. Eric and Daryl host the show, and their back-and-forth drives the Christmas format, the repair story, and the travel recap. 3. The episode asks what the hosts can do for a fresh Christmas show after years of holiday lists, playlists, and car-movie episodes. 4. Eric says they have already done favorite car movies, the “12 EVs of Christmas,” and a Christmas playlist before landing on Christmas movie cars. 5. Daryl suggests favorite cars from Christmas movies, and Eric notes that the idea seemed obscure until they started naming examples. 6. Cousin Eddie’s RV comes up as the reference point for a memorable Christmas-movie vehicle. 7. The hosts say three picks felt like a generous list, even though they could have named five or six. 8. They also promise other segments, including a car of the week, projects, and a Spotify comment from Danny Spot On. 9. Eric’s project story centers on a Japanese smart toilet bought at Home Depot about 18 months earlier. 10. He says the toilet stopped flushing correctly because the pump failed, and Harow sent a replacement pump after he wrote a review on Home Depot’s site. 11. Eric explains that the replacement pump needed installation under a lid full of wires, hoses, fasteners, and relays. 12. He says the bidet line still did not work at first because the replacement pump lacked an open port for the bidet pump. 13. Eric says he drilled the port open himself after tracing the plumbing and blowing through the lines by mouth. 14. He then admits that water sprayed over him when one line was still disconnected during reassembly. 15. Eric says the toilet is mostly fixed and that he is now closer than “the average bear” to understanding it. 16. He adds that heated seats and smart-toilet controls have made him a believer in the design. 17. The Italy trip story starts with Eric canceling a Rome hotel reservation three days before departure because the weather looked bad. 18. He and his family drove a Renault Clio, a 1-liter three-cylinder manual hatchback, through Naples, Benevento, Simona, Pecentro, and Rocco Colascio. 19. The trip segment sounds conversational and improvisational, with Eric and Daryl joking about Costco, Dyson warranties, sound effects, and Italian road logistics. 20. Fans of car talk, road trips, and Christmas movie lists will enjoy it, while listeners wanting a tightly edited tech episode may skip it.

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A festive car-chat special that wanders, jokes, and still lands on a few grounded moments.

Throwing Wrenches uses Christmas as a loose frame for what it already does well: two car people talking, ribbing each other, and easing into a holiday list.

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