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I listened to a bunch of Car Talk episodes from the 80s and early 90s and holy cow, those cars were all breaking down constantly!

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you were listening to people calling two mechanics with their car troubles... selection bias much? if you did a radio talk show with two Tesla mechanics today, out of the tiny population of people who listen to radio, you'd find a stream of Tesla owners who were having problems.

Also, btw, Tom and Ray did always always always point out that repairing was cheaper than replacing. Most repairs are pennies. (thousands and thousands of pennies)

Yeah... but I hated these guys when I was younger.

Then I got to the point where I knew I was old... kicking the tires on the mini-van saying "shes a 'beaut"

But name a single other car anything talkshow that you can even name or even recall vaguely even if you cant recall what it was named?

So - like mycelium, ideas spread much further that you think they may have before the internet.

(so did STDs, if you catch my...)

That guy was just tryin' ta get his dipstick wet. I tell ya, I havent had a wet dipstick since the carburator went bad on my 72 gremlin.

(If you ever listened to Car Talk - you can hear it)

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