Ask Click and Clack: Answers from Car Talk [Paperback]

Tom Magliozzi (Author), Ray Magliozzi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 6, 2008

What's the perfect car for a pizza guy? Does that "Check Engine" light indicate a bona fide problem? And, should a teenager drive a minivan? The hilarious hosts of NPR's Car Talk answer all your car conundrums. For more than two decades, the Tappet brothers, a.k.a. Click and Clack, have been answering automotive questions in their highly successful column "Click and Clack Talk Cars," syndicated in over 400 newspapers around the country. Collected here for the first time are 100 of the best questionsand, more importanttheir answers, with a smattering of wisecracks, sidesplitting anecdotes, and genuinely useful advice. It's for anyone with a sense of humor and a car.

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About the Author

Tom and Ray Magliozzi, the Peabody Award-winning hosts of NPR's Car Talk, live in Cambridge, MA. Car Talk is heard by more than 4.5 million listeners each week on 600 public radio stations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (August 6, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811864774
• ISBN-13: 978-0811864770
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #498,278 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but short, December 30, 2008

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Joshua Karstendick (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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If you like "Car Talk," you'll like this book. Ray and Tom dole out sound car advice with a helping of self-deprecating humor.

That's fun and interesting while it lasts, but it doesn't last nearly long enough. The book may have 200 pages, but only half of those actually contain words. The authors' responses are cut short without the playful back-and-forth with guests on "Car Talk." The jokey cartoons that fill so much of the book are entertaining at first, but once you see that a handful of cartoons are repeated to take up every other page, you realize the joke's on you.

I can't say you won't enjoy this book, but won't recommend for this price. Hopefully, they'll someday take the time to write a whole book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too Basic, August 30, 2009

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L. Stanley - See all my reviews
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I like to read Click and Clack's column, but this book is written for people with little knowledge or interest in cars or how they work. If the reader had much interest, they would know these things already.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good laughs, February 13, 2009

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Whitney Strohmeyer (Wauwatosa, WI, USA) - See all my reviews
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I am a backyard mechanic and i love car talk. Not only because they get interesting questions but also down right idiotic questions from people who lack common car sense. The book is a great laugh and also interesting. Great read for the advanced mechanic and the person who barely knows how to check their oil.