NPR's Car Talk - what a great series

I remember a woman called in one time and said she had a VW Quantum. One of them quickly interrupted her and said, "Let me guess. You need a quantum mechanic?"

Dewey Cheatem and Howe

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Car Talk was tGOAT. Miss those guys. Isn't one of them dead?

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Yes. Click died about 5 years ago.

Those were the “don’t drive like my brother” guys right?

My husband started trying to remember their intro, so thanks much for Dewey Cheatem and Howe

I remembering reading a couple of this recently about their personal views on automobiles and why their backgrounds in engineering made them better suited for diagnosing car troubles.

This one was really good, which talks about their background as MIT engineering students and quotes like this

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“By the way, I should mention that hardly anyone knows how to turn an odometer forward,” Ray told a caller named Rick, whose girlfriend’s car had recently come back from the shop with 20,000 more miles on it than when it was dropped off. “There are plenty of people who can turn it backward, but forward is a lost art.”

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Car Talk's Long Goodbye

Also,

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During an interview with the The War On Cars—a New York City-based podcast that mostly focuses on reducing car usage in urban areas—Car Talk co-host Ray Magliozzi had this to say about his brother and co-host Tom’s (who died in 2014) attitude towards cars:

It was kind of odd that we did the show together for so many years, but he hated the idea of cars consuming our lives, our money, clogging up the streets, polluting the air, all the things that you hate, too.

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And:

My brother hated cars. And yet he—for years and years, I tried to convince him that if he didn’t live in Cambridge and wasn’t able to get around with public transportation or by walking, he’d have to have a car that was reliable.

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After explaining Tom had a beater to drive short distances that “wouldn’t have even made it to the state line” and that Tom didn’t understand why anyone would need anything better, Ray added:

But he was against cars because of all the things they do to our lives and to our world. And I agree on all of those points.

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Jalopnik

Click and Clack is some of my favorite radio of all time.

These are just the "B" names.

Back Seat Driver - Veronica Lizzioncourse | You're On A Collision Course

Back Seat Driver II - Mischa Turnov | Miss[ed] A Turnoff(?)

Bad Joke Interpreter - Nadia Geddit | None Of You Get It

Bail Bond Provider - Freida Gogh | Free To Go

Bail-Bondswoman - Frieda Wander | Free To Wander

Band Leader - Sasha Noyes | Such A Noise

Banker, Car Talk Plaza Poker Games - Nikolai Putin | Nickel I Put In

Bathroom Tile Installer - Lotta Bullnose | Lot Of Bullnose(?)

Bean Counter - Ed Amame | Etamame

Bedtime Storyteller - Juan Zapata | Once Upon A

Behavior Consultant - Wyatt B. Hoovesia | ?

Biblical Scholar - Vera Lee Isay | Verily I Say

Big Band Leader - Juan Anatou | One And A Two

Blues Coordinator - Mahamadan Ptolemy | Mama Done Told Me

Bob Dylan Specialist - I. Shelby Released | I Shall Be Released

Bolt Tightener - Tilda Plierslip | Til The Pliers Slip

Boston Funeral Director - Hadley Newham | Hardly Knew Him

Bowling Coach - Menachem Down | Me Knock 'Em Down

Brake Adjuster - Schlomo Quigley | Slow More Quickly

Breathalyzer Administrator - Eureka Garlic | You Reek Of Garlic

British Cutlery Specialist - Sir Irving Spoon | Serving Spoon

British Doorman - Isaiah Olchap | I Say Old Chap

Brother in the Military - Major Payne-Diaz | Major Pain In The arse

Boston Traffic Director - Laura Biden | Law Abiding

Budget Director - Sasha Titus | Such A Tightass

Bunji Jumping Instructor - Hugo First | You Go First

Butler in Car Talk's Scotland Division - Angus MacCoatup | Hangs My Coat Up

Broadcast Philosopher - Phillip Airtime | Fill Up Airtime

Business Forecaster - Luigi Bord | Ouija Board(?)

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My husband started trying to remember their intro, so thanks much for Dewey Cheatem and Howe

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And they'd throw in a thank you to

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Pickup N. Dropov, our Russian chauffeur

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Doug -Pumpkin lips not a slave to fashion- Berman produced