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Richard is going to... Richard is going to get a $25 gift certificate to the store at the Car Talk section of cars.com. And with that $25 gift certificate, he can get the hottest item of the season. By a book. According to the elves at the Shameless Commerce Division, at least. It is the Don't Blame Me t-shirt. It's our campaign shirt, two zeros and zero zero. And on the back, it says, don't blame me. I voted for click and clack. I mean, those things have been flying out the door. Out the window. Now, if people would only pay for them, we'd be rich, man. And by the way, if your name is not Richard Barnett and you'd like a don't blame me T-shirt, don't call us and whine. Stop by the store at the car talk section of cars.com. I'll call 888-CARB-JUNK. If that wasn't a shameless self-promoting plug, I don't know what was.