And, you will notice, my “nickname” contains “herald”…
Have really enjoyed the show. You are leaving before my 2010 Savana develops problems. What will I do in later years if I can’t ask you for advice? 
This is a disaster, where is Evan Stubbettsy, the head of disaster preparedness?
Dear Tom and Ray, listening to the Car Talk show on Armed Forces Network every Sunday at 11 am in Germany has been a weekly highlight and a MUST! I wished there were radio shows like yours and personalities like you on German public radio. Thank you for the countless hours of laughter and joy. Listening to your show also improved my English greatly! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Dear Tom & Ray,
I believe I’ve learned half of what I know about cars from you guys, and the other half from my father (from all the mistakes he made). My son also learned half of what he knows from you, and half from me. So that makes you 75% responsible for tuning my son into a casual mechanic who steals both my tools and my garage on a regular basis to work on his Corolla.
So thank you so much for sooooo many great weekend mornings. My wife and kids will remember many Saturdays driving to vacation spots with me weaving back and forth while I carefully scanned the dial for an NPR station to listen to Car Talk. While they won’t miss the weaving, we will all miss Click and Clack terribly.
Kind Regards, John in south Jersey.
How about you guys come back for one show after the last episode dedicated to “Stump the Chump” only, you know, to tie up the loose ends?
I still am stunned … your show has meant so much to me over the last 20 yrs or so … you’ve been around half my life and I thank you so much.
- How about a puzzler with no answer for the last show?
- Echo a previous comment … do a stump the chumps special show (maybe a few shows with stumpers from deacdes ago).
-Can I be the last ever caller? I have some software glitches with my vehicle. Dougie, please call me to arrange.
I will miss you guys so much … I tried to get on the show a few times until I realised calling at 10:20am on a Saturday was not such a good idea … only took me 10 years to realize that. I hope one day to meet you two and have a coffee.
Ciao,
John, Cincinnati
PS What am I supposed to do on Staurday mornings now?
This is not acceptable…
Only started listening to the guys podcasts like 2 months ago. I live in Ireland and from the first episode I heard I’ve been hooked. Sorry to hear the guys are going but hope they enjoy their well earned retirement
Wow that is sad.
I don’t see a place to comment on the question from today’s show about the guy who’s Plymouth Voyager dings at him as if the door is open when he drives around turns. I think Tom and Ray missed on this one.
I had experience with this with a same year Chrysler Town and Country (basically the same car). It was the door switch that triggers the interior lights and the door locks and “Door Ajar” warning alarm.
I first thought, as Tom and RAY did, that it was the latch out of adjustment. I tried that and the door wouldn’t close then. So I realized that the little button switch wasn’t being pushed in far enough.
I got a small adhesive rubber feet like you can stick on the back of a picture frame or desk top planter to protect the surface. I stuck it on the door right where the button strikes. It pushed the button down more and worked fine. The rbber feet came in a package of four and I just tossed the package with the other three in my glove compartment. Eventually the other one got knocked off after a fw months and I just had to put a new on where the adhesive mark was for the old one.
It worked fine.
Thanks to Tom and Ray for always cheering me up and teaching me lots of useless stuff about cars! (Only useless as I don’t have a car.) Seriously, after my mom died, I couldn’t sleep and I took the drastic step of downloading a bunch of their shows and it just got my mind off stuff and allowed me to sleep. I loved especially when they had their mom on or talked about their parents. What could’ve been sad stories coming from someone else always seemed uplifting and funny coming from them. I wish them the best and thank them again for the great contribution they’ve made to American culture. And by the way, when I was a teenager, it was the only time the family existed in peace, when we listened to their show. 
Sure wish you’d reconsider. My 2001 Chevy S-10 has 103,000 miles on it and I’m expecting to have trouble any time now. Seriously, I’m really going to miss you, though I’m sure I’ll be able to listen to lots of rebroadcasts as though they were new (getting to be that age now). You’ve been responsible for many happy hours and I thank you.
I am a retired USAF Master Sergeant and I just want to say thank you for all the years you guys put in on the radio. For 10 years I was stationed in places throughout the world where the only english speaking radio station was Armed Forces Radio, they carried your shows and even if it was only taped it sure was a bit of home in a faraway place. Many thanks from all the men and women in uniform, you kept our spirits up!
I so wish this weren’t true…I’ve enjoyed your show for twenty years–and always have learned something ! I am very sad you are retiring–but THANK GOD there will still be shows on my favourite NPR station (WAMU) to delight and amuse. You definitely have a loyal following…I hope your ‘shameless goods’ and website will still be operating!
Okay, I am having Click and Clack withdrawal…
:-((
I nominate my father and uncle, they are about 10 years younger, but have done about equal amount of stupid stuff (including building/breaking cars) together so would have plenty to talk about!
Dear Tom & Ray,
I recently threw my back out using the wrong posture while lifting a heavy trash barrel. After diagnosing the problem as a temporary condition that would correct itself over time, my Doctor recommended a series of daily exercises to increase the flexibility and strength of my joints and back muscles. The process is very simple – you bend a joint until it hurts – then you bend a little further making it hurt more. Then do it again, and again, and again… Once I started the exercises, I quickly realized I needed a distraction from the pain. At first I tried opera music – I found the arias painful, not painful enough! Then I tried watching my 2012 Red Sox play on TV – OUCH!! – but, still not painful enough. I then tried watching a certain pseudo-news channel that will remain nameless (think three letters starting with “F”) – this was excruciating, but still not a large enough distraction from reality. Finally the solution arrived – I turned on Car Talk, and immediately my mind was swept into an abyss of intellectual pain and suffering that made my back issues seem minor. Through this experience, I can confidently report that a bad back is more painful than a root canal, and listening to Car Talk is definitely more painful than a bad back.
Terry Miller
PS: I’m am long-time NPR listener, and contributor to WPLN in Nashville, who wouldn’t miss listening to Car Talk every Saturday morning.
Thanks for all the laughs. No, not your answers. May your best years be ahead of you.
Like the morning sun you come, and like the wind you go…