The cartalk.com TIME KILL WEEKLY Special Good Car-ma Edition ______________________________________________ Killing Time, Unencumbered by the Work Process ______________________________________________ Maury Maille, Editor
What's new at Car Talk Plaza? Big news. We can help you donate your heap for the benefit of your local NPR station. Here's how it works. Sooner or later, you, or someone you know will have a beloved jalopy to unload, right? If you're not game for selling it to an unsuspecting chump, you can now donate it through our new service. You get a tax deduction equal to the fair market value of the car, and your local station gets some bucks. (Meanwhile, we at Car Talk get that warm, fuzzy feeling that we're helping our friends at the stations, and screwing the IRS out of some cash!) You fill out a form on our web site...a reputable company picks up the car and handles all of the paperwork (and, we've been told, they absolutely no connection to the Gambino crime family, Vincent "The Chin" Gigante or the whereabouts of Jimmy Hoffa), they then sell car whole, or for salvage, and send the proceeds on to your local NPR station. You take the fair market value of the car off of your taxable income. You can get more information on our new vehicle donation service by clicking on "Donate Your Used Car" on the left hand side of our homepage at http://www.cartalk.com Not planning on selling a car right now? Be a chump, help your your local NPR station and pass this e mail to any friends you know who might have a car to unload. >From all of us at Car Talk and your local station, thanks! Yours in good carma, Maury Maille Chief Good Deed Schemer Car Talk Plaza P.S. Here's this week's Lame Joke Of The Week, courtesy of Albert Whitworth: A girl was visiting her blonde friend who had acquired two new dogs, and asked her what their names were. The blonde responded by saying that one was named Rolex and the other one was named Timex. Her friend said, "Whoever heard of someone naming dogs like that?" "HelllOOOooo," answered the blonde. "They're watch dogs!" ******************** Got more time to kill? This past weekend's new, lousy Car Talk show is now on the web site, at http://www.cartalk.com/Radio/Show/ ******************** Miss the puzzler? Losing sleep over it? Add your e mail to our Car Talk Puzzler Psychic Friends Network and we'll personally hand deliver Ray's new puzzler to your inbox every Monday. http://www.cartalk.com/ct/maillist.jsp?puzzler_list=subscribe#psychic ******************* Embarrassed by having e mails from Car Talk in your inbox? Can't say that we blame you. Unsubscribe any time, via http://www.cartalk.com/ct/maillist.jsp?mailing_list=subscribe
