The cartalk.com TIME KILL WEEKLY Special Gallup Automotive Edition ______________________________________________ Killing Time, Unencumbered by the Work Process ______________________________________________ Maury Maille, Editor
What's new at Car Talk Plaza? Our Car Talk Car Survey, that's what. Ever wonder what real people think about their cars-- not just the industry flaks at Car and Drivel, or Road and Breakdown Lane? Ever wish you could read comments from actual owners... before you deposited a couple dozen G's on a new car? Well, your wish is our command (don't get any other ideas, though okay?): http://cartalk.com/content/survey/lookup.html You, our faithful Time Kill Weekly subscribers, are the first to see this new section of the Car Talk web site. Now... we have a favor to ask. We'd like you to take a minute or two when the boss is napping, to answer a few short questions about your car, no matter how new or old it is. We want to know if you like it or hate it. Would you recommend it to a friend? Would you buy it again? We've made the survey as brief and painless as possible, while trying to make sure the information will be genuinely helpful. Your comments will help prime the pump and get this great new service started. So what are you waiting for? Check it out. Take the survey and let us know what you think. That address again is... http://cartalk.com/content/survey/lookup.html While you're at it, feel free to pass this note along to a friend. Or two. Or two thousand. In a few weeks, we'll launch the Car Talk Car Survey to the general public via our lousy radio show and newspaper column. But, we wanted you guys to be the first to see it. Yours in seeking the truth... Cordially. Maury "JD Blowhard" Maille Chief of Market Research Car Talk Plaza P.S. Here's this week's Lame Joke Of The Week, courtesy of Nancy Michaelsen: A man had some medical tests, and went to his doctor on a follow-up visit. The doctor said, "Well sir, I have some good news, and some bad news. Which do you want first?" The man says, "Give me the good news." The doctor says, "You have 3 days to live." The man cries, "Oh my God! That's the GOOD news? What's the bad news?" The doctor says, "Well...I got the test results two days ago!" *************** Write Tom and Ray -- Please! Been meaning to write us a witty, genius, evocative, insightful letter? No? All right, forget genius then. How about sending us something funny we could read on the air? Write Tom and Ray right now at http://www.cartalk.com/email/email.html *************** Useful information alert: How to Get a Free Car Talk CD or Booklet Tired of paying auto club dues to an outfit that lobbies against environmental causes? Check out Better World Club and in the process get a Car Talk CD or booklet for free! Better World is an auto club with genuinely decent values-- unlike some others we could name... Whose initials happen to be AAA. Better World Club cares about... *Your environmental interests -- it gives 1% of its revenue to environmental clean up and advocacy. *Your consumer interests -- it even offers discounts on hybrid rental cars. *And it has the nation's only bicycle roadside assistance program. Dump your AAA membership and join Better World! If you join via the Car Talk web site now, you'll get a free Car Talk CD, or a copy of our booklet, 10 Ways You May Be Ruining Your Car without Even Knowing It. Check out Better World Club now 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
