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The Best of Car Talk: With Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers (National Public Radio's/Cassette)

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If you are new to Car Talk, this tape is a neccessity. Even if you have been listening for years, you may not have heard some of these calls. And if you never have listened to Car Talk, shame on you! The funniest thing on radio is also the funniest thing on tape, and I have found that when Tom and Ray are on my stereo, I can not be in a bad mood. The price is worth the reduction in therapy bills alone!

Tom and Ray Magliozzi (aka Click and Clack) are classic examples of the fact that NPR and talk radio can't always be easily categorized. While most NPR stations spend the majority of their time playing classical music, every Saturday morning Bach gets pushed to the side for a heavy of Click and Clack. And while most talk radio hosts seem to take themselves way too seriously, Tom and Ray never let anyone (including themselves) get away with anything. If you or someone you know has never heard "Car Talk", get ahold of these tapes. You'll be laughing before you know it!

....and you will get plenty of laughter if you listen to these two brothers....their impromptu responses, clever wit, but serious and focused advice makes a very, well-worth buying piece of entertainment. I own new cars and not currently experiencing any mechanical problems, but chose to listen to Car Talk just to relieve some everyday stress in my life! Although the tapes are usually only 90 minutes or less, you will get more out of this than watching some untalented comedian on Comedy Central.

I guess you either love these guys or you hate them. My wife finds them incredibly annoying when she hears them on the radio.

Myself, I love them. Their accents are not off-putting to me, and I love how they laugh together.

What I've learned over time, though, is that the 'straight' answers they provide are actually pretty authoritative. They actually know what they're talking about, based not only on their extensive formal education but also based on their hands-on work with many, many cars.

If I personally found anything annoying, it's only their constant self-referencing which gets old. However, it's a part of their "shtick" which we would not want to do without...