Click & Clack, having missed their quota in the latest pledge drive, decide to run for president so they can use their leftover federal matching funds (when they lose) to keep their lousy show alive.
When Click & Clack's mechanic Stash invents a wonder tool that works great but uses vast amounts of energy, the power grid crashes. The boys need to find a new source of power.
Click & Clack invent an alternative-fuel vehicle that runs on pasta, precipitating a global pasta shortage. And since the car itself is made of the stuff, complaints soon come in about roadside macaroni emissions.
Click & Clack's brutally honest comments on the air lose them their sponsorship. Their hunt for a new sponsor takes them to Gigantic Motors, where they're seduced by the pitch for company's humongous gas guzzler. Now they have to watch every word they say about the product. Can the boys hold their tongues about the impractical vehicle?