How do callers get to appear on Car Talk?

What’s an answering machine?

  1. Sound like a girl with a name that can be spelled more than one way. Extra points for foreign.
  2. Phrase your question as a spousal or parental conflict if possible. No need to be brief.
  3. Give your phone number at the beginning of the message, and then again at the end. Why not? Nobody’s listening at that point.
  4. They will never call you during the show. All calls are taped on Wednesday for use in the show as much as ten years later. You never hear a live call on the show.