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There comes a time in every car's life, when it's time to bid it adieu.

Trade it in? Sell it yourself? Roll it into the La Brea tar pit?

If you're cheap like us, you want top dollar. And that means there's only one option: selling the car yourself.

But how? Well, we'd like to humbly suggest this: Click and Clack's Tips for Selling Your Car.

In it, you'll find:

  • A handy quiz, to see if you're the "Sell It Yourself" type.
  • Step-by-step tips for making it happen with the least amount of hassle -- and return for the most amount of money.
  • A glimpse at some other choices, including using a broker, Carmax, and other options.

Ready to sell? Know a friend who is? (Why not pass this e-mail along?) Check out our Tips for Selling Your Car.

Done with War and Peace and the third volume of Robert Caro's Lyndon Johnson trilogy? Looking for something with a bit less literary weight? Check out ASK CLICK AND CLACK: ANSWERS FROM CAR TALK.  It's hot off the press. In fact, we actually burned our hands, the copies were so warm.

What's inside? Page after page of useful, funny, or money-saving tips from our nationally syndicated newspaper column. Should you really fork over $500 for a 60,000-mile service, or are you just lining the knickers of your mechanic? Is changing the timing belt a scam, or an engine-saving must-do? What about those supposed fuel-saving gimmicks -- do any of them actual work? And, what's the best, most reliable used car on the market today? These and other questions (plus, we've included the answers!) are waiting for you in ASK CLICK AND CLACK: ANSWERS FROM CAR TALK.

You can buy it right now, from our online Shameless Commerce Division.

And, while you're there, be sure to check out our new line of "Endangered: Massachusetts Grease Monkey" products, including our 100%-cotton shirt, coffee and travel mug. The new series features art work from our ever-popular Car Talk artist, Bill Morrison. And, as for those two endangered grease monkeys? Their faces just might look vaguely familiar.

Yours in selling cars for top dinero -- so you can buy our shameless junk, of course.

Maury Maille
Chief Used-Car Salesman
Car Talk Plaza




P.S. Here's this week's Lame Joke of the Week, from Scott Landreth:

A mechanic was working late one night when a man walked into his shop. "Can you help me?" the man asked. "I think I am a moth."

The mechanic replied, "I am a mechanic. You need a psychiatrist."

"Yes, I know," replied the man.

"Then why did you come here?"

"Your light was on."




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Sordid Tale of a "Service Engine" Light

 

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