Longtime listener, first-time caller. Although Newsman13 once called me a "cushion sniffer" on BEB, I'm going to have to agree with him on Carl's Jr. I think the burgers are great.
I've lived on the West Coast for nine years now, and I still don't get the appeal of In-n-Out. I think the key, however, is to go off menu. The no-longer-secret code words can be found online without much difficulty.
And just so my first effort doesn't get pulled, I think Scott ends up at UConn.