'Car Talk' Guys Are Retiring, But Their Best Stuff Will Be Rebroadcast

[CreekDog]

56. not all their fault --cars have gone from analog to digital

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so cars problems are mostly a binary thing any more. a light on or a light off.

but those guys are still amazing in their diagnoses.

they are also notable in their advocacy of:

1) not buying a new car...saying for years that not buying one was cheaper even after fixing the old one, almost always

2) talking about the environmental issues around cars...not changing oil every 3,000 miles, because it's wasteful and polluting, saying 5,000 was better and saying it before it was the common advice.

3) advocating not driving at all or not owning a car, or taking public transit

4) talking about global warming, for years now

whatever their faults, these environmental messages made them unlike most other car shows you'll hear or see, and that's a reason to miss them.