I spent so many Saturday mornings with Tom and Ray and miss them both so much, it was like uncles stopping by the house and getting to hang with them a hour! Love You both!!!
It’s a sad indictment that the best NPR show is one that finished many years ago. I have been observing NPR’s race to the bottom ever since. The loss of Click and Clack coincided with the downward spiral of quality public radio broadcasting including news which continues to this day.
These guys are there best! I was too young to listen to the original radio show. I am so glad they put these out as a podcast for another generation to enjoy!
Well spoken brothers, very knowledgeable, vehicle issues and solutions they make very interesting by making jokes and solutions which makes me listen all the time.
I had over a years worth of saved car talk on my phone. After updating my iOS now all of a sudden I’ve got the offer of car talk plus to be able to listen to older versions. They were all deleted. bye-bye Car Talk because if all I can have is four on my phone and the older ones just roll off before I listen to them I’m not interested anymore. I have been listening for years.
Why is a show that’s supposed to be free and open to the public, a station subsidized by donors and taxpayers, making you pay for a subscription?? Absolutely deplorable, despicable and disgraceful. I will never give money to public broadcasting again. Quit calling it public radio and start calling it radio for people who can afford it.
I love Car Talk and listened to the boys every Sunday when our local station played them. This is the only podcast I pay extra for. That said, for those of us that pay for CarTalk+, the ads should be omitted. I still love the show and will continue to pay AND skip past the ads.
I so appreciate that these episodes are still available after so many years. These brothers kept me laughing I’m pretty rough years, and still do. I’m so grateful for their presence in my life ❤️
Tom made some excellent shows with his brother Ray, I have to say, even after years of him not being here, just listening to reruns is great!! I am so content, entertained, and sometimes even informed when I listen to it! I still remember the day the news broke he had passed, we lost something we can’t get back, so grateful to have a piece of him here still
NPR has totally ruined the Car Talk podcast over the past few years. I’m a subscriber so I have access to the many versions of Car Talk, but I promise, all we really want this the archive, in order, full length episodes, from oldest to newest. All these feeds like “rust buckets” and “family matters” or whatever, are super confusing and once you’ve worked your way through one and move on to another, episodes repeat. And worse yet, you’ll listen to the BEST part of the show, the puzzler, and then the following weeks episode is absent (it will skip weeks or even months of episodes), so you can’t hear the answer on your next listen. I know the puzzler archive exists, but that is just so annoying. Car Talk fans just want an un-edited chronological podcast, PLEASE.
You have to respect Tom and Ray. For all their shameless commerce, their show and useful website were always free to access. Car Talk should be a public good.
Informative and fun- especially when a caller vocally describes a noise that their car makes. I wish I could call Tom & Ray to describe a noise my Honda makes which sounds like Ayesha Rascoe.
I love both of these hosts!! They are so funny, knowledgeable, and just an overall pleasant and enjoyable listen. Wish they were still doing the show. Love this podcast so much. Great job guys!
You are over funded by the government, have HUGE fundraisers/ pledgdrives, and still need subscriptions for a show that you paid for 20+ years ago? WHAT THE HECK!!
So good! I have an 1897 Jeep Fiesta with a 13 cylinder engine and 1 wheel drive. It has 8.3 bil miles and gets 304 miles per gallon, but the transmission keeps banging when I get above 12 kilometers per hour. Can you help?
By far my absolute favorite thing to listen to… Quite literally the only thing I can stomach on NPR, and from the sound of the commercials during the show, things are only getting worse. Shame, I used to listen regularly, but the idiot ideologies are off the rails. Defund NPR.
Apple got too big for its britches or maybe it’s NPR. They want to charge you now so we can’t even listen!? It was fine when you released two episodes a week for free. I’m not going to support this any longer. I hope you lose all your patronage trying to make more money.
I’m happy to cough up a little cash to keep listening to this gem. Not an issue of greed…it’s just like paying to watch an old movie you love.
This show bring me back to a better time and I just love these two to bits.
I have loved Car Talk since my long lost youth. I do not, however, love the edited version now offered. It ruins the rhythm of the show and manages somehow to make it less funny. Please bring back the full unexpurgated shows. I might be willing to pay for a subscription to that.
Why are these episodes a lot shorter than the ones that were originally recorded? Seems like additional work for the staff to cut out portions of the program. Still funny shows, just less.
This podcast is absolutely the best automotive show out there! A good listen for anyone, even if you don’t care about cars because Tom and Ray are very humorous.
The bottom line:
if you want entertainment, and like laughing, this is for you. If you like automotive related stuff, even better.
Love the show enough to pay a subscription, but can’t justify when the episodes have been cut from the full hour to a “modified” format (unsure if this was for copyright or for NPR “political correctness”). Hey NPR: bring back the full episodes and we’ll pay to listen.
My dad and I love listening to car talk while on road trips and the four show rotation just isn’t enough. There are so many tv shows on rerun on cable that costs far more than the $30 annual car talk subscription. Totally worth it as my subscription helps support NPR and the shows I love. In these crazy times I would much rather tune in to Ray and Tom for a good laugh and maybe learn something than listen to all the anger that plagues America.
Great show tha I've listen to since the 80's. This was funded by PBS, so disappointing you can no longer listen without paying. I've supported PBS for many years, had hope this podcast would have remained free for all to enjoy. Guess profit is more important than loyal 40 year plus listeners...
