Best Radio Show In The World - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

brabus · #1 07-28-2006, 07:30 PM

I am sure some of you listen to the show but if you dont you are in for a treat.

http://cartalk.com/Radio/Show/online.html

Jeremy5848 · #2 07-28-2006, 08:09 PM

Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers!!!

pawoSD · #3 07-28-2006, 08:56 PM

I love that show! They have callers with some pretty crazy stuff going on!

brabus · #4 07-28-2006, 09:09 PM

I have to say that i always hope someone will call in with a benz diesel but have never heard one.

I guess it is because they are perfect.

Mismost · #5 07-28-2006, 09:12 PM

NPR...National Public Radio....your tax dollars at work! I listen to NPR and Rush Limbaugh and I reckon the truth lies somewhere in betwwen the two.

Car Talk is a hoot...I don't think they really fix many cars...but those guys are funny, I don't care who you are! Don't tell anyone, but I also like The Splendid Table...a somewhat high toned cooking show. Hey! We gotta drive and we gotta eat too.

pawoSD · #6 07-28-2006, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by brabus

I have to say that i always hope someone will call in with a benz diesel but have never heard one.

I guess it is because they are perfect.

A woman called into them once when I was listening asking if she should buy her friend's "1978 450SEL diesel to run on veg" I am assuming they had dropped a 617 into it, very interesting!

That was one heck of a frankenbenz! A 617 powered WVO 450SEL...wow.

punky · #7 07-28-2006, 09:46 PM

If their archives are still on-line, you'll see they have a very low opinion of 240d's.

EliotW · #8 07-28-2006, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Mismost

Car Talk is a hoot...I don't think they really fix many cars...but those guys are funny, I don't care who you are! Don't tell anyone, but I also like The Splendid Table...a somewhat high toned cooking show. Hey! We gotta drive and we gotta eat too.

If your ever in Boston drop by their Garage, its in Harvard Square

cgryphon · #9 07-28-2006, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Mismost

NPR...National Public Radio....your tax dollars at work!

[http://www.npr.org/about/place/corpsupport/majordonor.html]

"NPR receives no direct support from the federal government; typically one to two percent of our annual budget comes from grants from government agencies, for which we must apply. The remaining half of NPR's budget comes from member stations and the fees paid by stations to purchase our programming. Financial statements, based upon annual audits, are available in NPR's most recent Annual Report (5.7 MB - Requires Adobe Acrobat)."

Car talk is excellent and fun. These guys seem smart because they are:

[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=2100834]

Both of them are graduates of MIT. I've been listening to them since the 80's.

300SDog · #10 07-29-2006, 01:22 PM

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Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers.....

Which one of the pair is the laughing idiot who laughs out loud at everything whether it's funny or not?

Jeremy5848 · #11 07-29-2006, 01:47 PM

They caught an enormous amount of flak a couple of months ago when they (as so many people do) misunderstood the difference between biodiesel and WVO. Their web site ended up with a special mea culpa section on that subject.

Today's show [29 July 2006] is especially good -- the lady from Alaska who wanted advice on summer exercise for her sled dogs, the famous last words ("What's that button do?" ... "Where's the mama bear?" ... "Oops!").