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URY914 06-09-2012 07:08 AM
I just finished listening to them.

campbellcj 06-09-2012 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Sarc (Post 6793535)
Thank goodness.
Without question, the most unfunny, annoying radio show ever broadcast.
+1 on that. I have flipped them on by accident a few times and could barely stand 10 seconds. Don't understand the popularity, but to each his own...

Flieger 06-09-2012 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by tim hancock (Post 6794904)
i always got a kick out of how stupid the average caller was in regard to their cars. I thought it was funny hearing these guys try to explain something in simple enough terms so that their caller might be able to grasp the concept.
+1

vash 06-09-2012 11:17 AM
today the woman calling about "slipping the clutch".

fun stuff. i will miss them.

ratpiper71T 06-09-2012 01:30 PM
Listen | Car Talk

Calls like this... If this doesn't make you laugh nothing will.

URY914 06-09-2012 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by ratpiper71T (Post 6795447)
Listen | Car Talk

Calls like this... If this doesn't make you laugh nothing will.
This is classic. How stupid can a women be?????

Flieger 06-09-2012 07:47 PM
They speak the truth. I have been known to drive my BMW E21 like a maniac on certain roads and it only had about 100 hp when it left the factory 29 years ago. And the suspension is just the very soft stock setup. Still is a hoot, though. A lot of that is from the manual gearbox, though. And unassisted steering.

And the 911? Forgetabaoutit. It is a case of seeing the speed limit is 45 on that twisty canyon road, then doing that everywhere, including the 15mph corners. :D

Cars like that beg to be driven fast.

vash 06-09-2012 08:40 PM
Have they ever spoken of an air cooled Porsche?

Flieger 06-09-2012 09:22 PM
Dunno. I heard them do a great one on a 944 in Radium Springs NM which was driving itself uphill, and against the handbrake -- almost went off a cliff. Turned out to be an intermittent wiring issue that was shorting the starter and engaging it when they were not looking.

URY914 06-10-2012 02:44 AM
I heard a 914 call once. They got it right.

jhynesrockmtn 06-10-2012 05:02 AM
Sorry to see them go but I hope they don't drag it out with years of compilations. They're going to try thought. They are funny. My Dad was a devoted fan and knew nothing about cars. They had his sense of humor. Genuine belly laugh kind of stuff. Not for everyone but one thing that always struck me about these guys. You could tell they enjoyed life and were doing what they loved.

RWebb 06-10-2012 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by 1968Cayman (Post 6793957)
+1. If I want to have other people tell me what I should be thinking, I'll head next door.
so, you're not married?

or you are, and you have separate houses...

Joe Bob 06-10-2012 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by ratpiper71T (Post 6795447)
Listen | Car Talk

Calls like this... If this doesn't make you laugh nothing will.
Sounds like a well off Mom trying to make sure her alter ego (daughter) is 'popular'......

jim72911t 06-10-2012 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by vash (Post 6796085)
Have they ever spoken of an air cooled Porsche?
I heard someone call in about a 912 once. Apparently the caller was having an issue with an unknown liquid dripping onto the floor in the drivers' footwell.

They told her that her heater core was leaking. No joke.

DanielDudley 06-11-2012 02:59 PM
As I understand it, they have by far the most popular show on Public Radio, and generate the most revenue for them.

I used to listen to them all the time 30 years ago, and I still listen when I happen to catch them.

peppy 06-11-2012 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts (Post 6795312)
Maybe I should get my resume together and give him a call!

-Wayne
Didn't one of the brothers go to MIT? Might get your foot in the door.

herr_oberst 06-11-2012 05:41 PM
I believe both of them are MIT grads.

peppy 06-11-2012 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by DanielDudley (Post 6798949)
As I understand it, they have by far the most popular show on Public Radio, and generate the most revenue for them.

I used to listen to them all the time 30 years ago, and I still listen when I happen to catch them.
That's because everyone keeps sending them $20 bills.:D


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