Talking Cars (MP3)

Thank you all. I really enjoy each weeks podcast. Informative with a bit of humor mixed in.

I look forward each week to the latest episode—whether I listen to the podcast or watch on YouTube. Thanks to the Talking Cars team for the great info and entertainment.

Generally I like this show. But, their liberal lean shows through constantly. Quit trying to shove this electric car garbage down our throats. The fact is they are not popular at all and u can pick one up cheap. For instance, I can get a 1 year old Mustang Mach 3 with 14,000 miles on it for about $23,000. Not only this, but look at how much money Hertz lost on their electric car purchase (boy that worked out). On top of all of this, for most of America, it requires fossil fuels to generate the electricity to charge these fossil fuel free vehicles. Look just be a unbiased reporter. BTW, most men are not wanting to show up on the job site in an electric truck, I don’t care what Jan’s husband says.

I’ve been an avid reader of CR for many years, but I was perplexed by a couple of things in a recent podcast episode. One of the hosts, Mike, identified the Prius (the 2024 MotorTrend Car of the Year) as the worst car he tested this year. But the current issue of CR gives the Prius a strong score of 80, and it also identifies the Prius as the most reliable car in its category. I know the opinion is just one person’s, but that person works for CR. It’s a bad look to have the publication’s opinion differ so starkly from one of CR’s auto experts. Also, the hosts praise the Honda CR-V Hybrid’s reliability in the episode. But the current issue of CR notes that the CR-V Hybrid is one of the least reliable cars in its category. These contradictions between the publication and the podcast cause me to question the credibility of both.