Deathtraps of Yore
We’ve all heard that cars are safer now than they’ve ever been before. These archival images of auto accidents in Boston really capture that message -- and also the improvements we see in today’s cars.
We’ve all heard that cars are safer now than they’ve ever been before. These archival images of auto accidents in Boston really capture that message -- and also the improvements we see in today’s cars.
Guess who likes our lousy show? Steve Martin! Our other two listeners will be delighted with this news.
What's the right ride for a convoy of clowns? A few red-nosed listeners to our lousy show are wondering!
Tom and Ray test drive (er, crash) the new office helicopter.
We get a lot of whacko voicemail messages here at Car Talk Plaza. Listen to them right here!
Look what was found in the piles of Box 3500 mail this week!
Read how one electric car caused a house in Texas to go up in flames last week.
A listener alerted us that Sonja Henie's tutu made a guest appearance on this week's Antiques Roadshow.
One daring intern spills the beans about what it's like to work for Tom and Ray. To our friends at the Department of Labor, there's nothing for you to see here. Move along! Everyone else, read her shocking revelations right here.
A listener wonders what Car Talk fans are called, and we make a case for a new word.
Did Tom and Ray inadvertently help one listener recover from a coma?
Tom and Ray rarely open their mouths without some misinformation issuing forth. Their latest screw-up? Yak husbandry. Luckily, listener Barry is here to set the record straight.
A rusty, old MG was spotted at the bottom of the Charles River. Could this be one of Tom's old heaps, uncermoniously laid to rest? Read the whole story right here.
How one physicist got out of a $400 traffic ticket -- using math.