# I should probably ask Click & Clack **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 14, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-probably-ask-click-clack/615719 "2012-03-14T04:46:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![thelabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@thelabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelabdude)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-probably-ask-click-clack/615719/41 "2012-03-15T21:06:30Z")
Yes I have a degree in chemistry and have picked up a little about cars working for automotive suppliers. Aside from general logical thinking, my professional life contributes little to this thread. My BS detector further developed in the years I managed a factory. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-probably-ask-click-clack/615719/42 "2012-03-15T21:09:00Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Whats that part where they check on a past caller to see how they faired with the persons car problem and what ended up being the solution/problem/resolution? They seem to do okay on that one. Stump the Chump. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-probably-ask-click-clack/615719/43 "2012-03-15T21:11:42Z")
Thats it. I guess this chump was stumped 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-probably-ask-click-clack/615719/44 "2012-03-15T21:31:01Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Well yeah they could cherry pick it but do you think they actually DO so? And IIRC they ARE wrong sometimes (its been awhile since I’ve listened). > > They may be many things but they don’t strike me as blatantly dishonest. > > And besides, don’t they have that segment quite often, so they could only do SO much cherry picking. Sometimes when they play Stump The Chump the answers they gave were wrong, but it was because the caller had only given them part of the information–presumably unintentionally leaving out details that proved wrong later. ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-probably-ask-click-clack/615719/45 "2012-03-15T22:09:21Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > I don’t think they don’t know jack shit because they try to be amusing, I am sure they don’t know jack shit, because every time I listen to them, I find them making factual errors about how different systems on cars work. For 15 years I taught design, function, diagnosis and repair of all the various systems in a modern car. I think the issue is just that their technical expertise is really out-of-date. They didn’t used to be nearly so bad, and when someone calls in with an older car they’re still usually pretty on the ball. I think they’ve pretty much been absentee owners of their garage since sometime in the 90’s though, and their ignorance of how newer cars work is pretty egregious. I think they should just stop taking calls for cars made after 1994 or so-- even if they did know their stuff, half the time the answer for a newer car is just going to be “hook it up to the machine and look at x y and z” which doesn’t exactly make for great radio. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-should-probably-ask-click-clack/615719.md?page=2)