cartalk.com TIME KILL WEEKLY Special "Is That Your Car On Fire?" News Flash Edition ______________________________________________ Killing Time, Unencumbered by the Work Process ______________________________________________ Maury Maille, Editor
What's new at Car Talk Plaza? An actual news flash, that's what. For those of you toot-a-ling around town in a Volvo, we wanted you to know about Volvo's biggest safety recall ever, involving more than 460,000 vehicles. Turns out, there's a little wiring discrepancy that might result in smoke and flames under certain circumstances. You can get details of the recall via our homepage right now at http://www.cartalk.com Do us a favor, would you, and share this with any Volvo-driving friends or family you might have? Thanks. With only six listeners, we're just not in a position to lose anyone. Once you've got that little matter of fire under control, you might be looking to kill a few minutes. Well, Tommy's ranting again. The topic this time? Jetta drivers. Here's Tom's theory, based, he claims, on much highway observation: Jetta owners are the most aggressive, reckless, inconsiderate bums on the road. Do you agree? Or does Tom have his headlights up his tailpipe? Tell him your theory, and read other comments right now at http://www.cartalk.com/content/features/jettadrivers/ Got to run. Something about a car fire outside. Yours in flame- and aggressiveness-free driving, Maury Maille Chief Fire Inspector Car Talk Plaza P.S. Here's this week's Lame Joke Of The Week, courtesy of Mike Naruta: The manager of a large office noticed a new man one day and told him to come into his office. "What is your name?" the manager asked. "John," the new guy replied. The manager scowled, "Look, I don't know what kind of a namby-pamby place you worked at before, but I don't call anyone by their first names. It breeds familiarity and that leads to a breakdown in authority. I refer to my employees by their last names only - Smith, Jones, Baker - that's all. I am to be referred to only as Mr. Robertson. "Now that we've got that straight, what is your last name?" The new guy sighed and said, "Darling. My name is John Darling." "Okay, John, the next thing I want to tell you is..." ******************* Doing some car research? Via our lousy, little homepage you can... *Check important safety recalls *See what your car is worth right now *Check rebates and incentives on new cars *Search your town for new or used cars for sale *Place an ad to sell your car that'll actually be seen by people in your area *Research and compare new vehicles *Get the latest car news *Kill time until 5:00 pm rolls around and you can pack it in. *It's all at http://www.cartalk.com ******************** 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
