[TR] Car Talk

[wbeech]

Bob,

Thanks for the share, I still have all the tracks from “Why you should never listen to your father when it comes to cars” CD.  My favorite cut is “Remember that time your car blew up, Dad?”.  Right behind Click & Clack are all the great Spinal Tappets songs(?), always a smile with these two groups.

Bill

 

 

From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Rochlin Robert
Sent: Friday, July 5, 2019 3:15 PM
To: Triumphs (triumphs at autox.team.net) <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: [TR] Car Talk

 

            Last Friday afternoon my wife Denise and accepted an invitation from Car Talk to attend the unveiling of a plaque in "Hahvahd Squayah" honoring Tom Magliozzi. As most of you know, Tom was one half of Click and Clack on the long running NPR show Car Talk.  There was a crowd of about 100 people and Ray Magliozzi greeted everyone individually.  I’ve listened to Car Talk for the entire run of the show and now listen to weekly podcasts.  When I had my old 240Z I used to repair it at their do-it-yourself garage, Hackers Haven when I was on the outs with my father and couldn’t use his garage. .  Ray said Tommy talked him into opening Hackers Haven telling him that they would be taking money out by the wheelbarrow load.  As it turned out Ray said, they couldn’t even afford the wheelbarrow.  

            In the two or three times I’ve met Tom and Ray over the years they have been exactly the same in person as they are on the show, funny warm and off beat.  The evening was just as you might imagine a Car Talk event to be.  Brattle Street was closed off, there was a short funny ceremony, a great rock and roll band, and free dinner for everyone.  Two guys drove up from North Carolina, and two couples, one each from California and  Oregon attended.

            I’ve always loved listening to Car Talk and Tom was actually the one who told me that a TR6 would be a great car to buy.  Wether it was a woman looking for advice about her significant other, a world class physicist trying to explain a care related phenomenon, an astronaut explaining the tools they used on the Hubble Telescope, or a simple car question they always made me laugh out loud.  I thought I’d share my experience.

            Best,

            Bob Rochlin 

 

ps. The latin at the bottom of the plaque is their motto.  It translates to “unimpeded by the thought process”

 





 

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