Podcast 181 - The trike of terror
Added 2023-10-15 17:00:03 +0000 UTCJonny and Richard stumble upon one of the British bike industry’s less good ideas. Also in this episode, the intimidating noise of scramblers, a thief’s favourite weather conditions, gold lame wearing crim disco band Rain, Fog and Wind, factory jacks and burly lads, Jamie Theakston’s stolen Stag, the whereabouts of Jayne Middlemiss, the Vincent Amanda, going karting after a trans-Atlantic flight, stag do kart crashes, a listener’s amazing stories about raves and a plucky Renault, and news of a celebrity Smith and Sniff listener.
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Vincent Amanda - thought it was an hallucination after eating "quite out of date pork pie before" visiting Lakeland Motor Museum. Lots of ridiculous 50cc scooters as well as bona-fide IOM TT bikes.
Rob Stannard
2023-10-26 18:31:27 +0000 UTCA very 1950s video of Vincent Amandas here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMt6fZKN-jg - shot on what appears to be a rather cold and overcast day at a boating lake?
Jon Kay
2023-10-25 12:51:55 +0000 UTCTrolley jacks.....I bid recently at "awkshion" for a replacement and there were 2 lots.... I was awash with red wine.... Ffs won both lots ! I now have 14, yes 14 , 3 tonne heavy duty trolley jacks... These won't bend...but my SMax nearly did bringing them home!
Paul Fargher
2023-10-18 23:30:37 +0000 UTCI wonder if Chris Goffey has been listening since 2020 when during the Prelude 2.2, yeah? video Rich introduced Chris Gothy @ 20:27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVfe7BjqiLs
Nigel Hancock
2023-10-18 15:55:40 +0000 UTCWere those the same ones who entered with a very beat up, barely running pick up truck? They also had radar guns and got other participants to slow down by "shooting" them. ... It is on the Internet it must be true!
Andy Pinchock
2023-10-18 13:05:47 +0000 UTCI am sure many of you already watch them but the YouTube motorweek retro reviews are very entertaining, especially the cars we European listeners are familiar with. Just watched the Renault Medallion (21) review. Stylish and sporting.....
Alistair Neish
2023-10-17 17:43:05 +0000 UTCStaggeringly a colleague of mine shared photos on Facebook of his son proudly changing an ABS sensor on his Mitsubishi Outlander, with nothing more than the scissor jack "because the trolley jack sprang a leak" . I only wish I could share the picture of how dangerous it looked - didn't even have the sense to put the wheel under the car to give his son a fighting chance of not having a heavy car resting on his head.
John Hammond
2023-10-17 15:16:41 +0000 UTCMy Mum’s Mk1 Fiesta was stolen one rainy night and found a couple of days later in the next town. Uncanny…….
Phil Town
2023-10-17 07:42:37 +0000 UTCMy '22 Civic Si (US Spec) came with nary a piece of wood or contact info for a local strong man or 2, just a tube of goo and a 12v air pump! Had to buy my own set of jack, handle, lug wrench, styrofoam holder thing and spare wheel (sans tire).
Kevin Perham
2023-10-16 21:47:53 +0000 UTCIf you want to see a terrifying three wheel thing look up " The Crippler* on YouTubes https://youtu.be/I9JSAF4Y7MM?si=GWrpCgkta4G_-vnO
david marden
2023-10-16 17:28:45 +0000 UTCThank you for this episode I am in hospital at the moment for a short routine op and there is lots of waiting around. This was a welcome distraction to keep my stress level down!!
Steve Morton
2023-10-16 14:15:10 +0000 UTCMy mate used to live next door to Amanda Holden in Norfolk. She used to come round and ask him to get her Range Rover Sport out of her drive as she couldn't do it. To be fair it was not a massive drive, but she couldn't understand that if she drove in, left the steering wheel in the same place, when she reversed she would be back out again. There was this back and forth for 10 minutes getting the car more and more lodged between the house and the gate posts until she would come over and ask for help. Haha
GuyMiddletons
2023-10-16 09:47:34 +0000 UTCCould the Ariel 3 be the grandfather of the Carver?
Alistair Neish
2023-10-16 07:39:06 +0000 UTCI was watching an episode of Police Interceptors not long ago and a particularly wobbly student from the University of York was pulled over on a rented scooter. He was breathalysed, arrested, given a night in the cells and given a 2 year driving ban for being twice the drink drive limit. Rugby is also quite popular in the Midlands as rugby was invented in Rugby which is in the Midlands.
Alex Peters
2023-10-16 07:05:22 +0000 UTCThe 'strong friend' comment reminds me of the two hillbilly lads in Cannonball Run, before the race one lad is holding the entire front corner of the van up while the second changes the wheel. Looking forward to Boring Car Trivia 4, hopefully it's out before Christmas. Because I'm exciting I scanned in all three previous books using my book scanner and have a randomised nugget of trivia load up on my e-ink display every morning. Today it's the one about Lexus electric windows closing quietly.
Matt Tester
2023-10-15 20:49:38 +0000 UTCFor reasons whose statute of limitations have passed I can confirm that high winds and rain do make ne’er do well activities more interesting…. Rain washes away traces and reduced the amount of witnesses. High winds are also amicable for a favorite American pass time called „TPing“ I.e. throwing toilet paper into the trees of a residence…. With the right wind you can get a nice 12 roll volley in any maple or elm…. Again… allegedly…
Andy Pinchock
2023-10-15 19:43:26 +0000 UTCThat’s a heck of a story from Guy about the Renault adventures with his buddies.
Ed Nicholson
2023-10-15 18:26:05 +0000 UTCElana Scherr was the one missing from the Podcast Guest Waiver List.
Graham Dallas
2023-10-15 18:21:37 +0000 UTCI nearly lost my right leg to a widowmaker jack as a foolish student trying to put a 3" stainless cannon on a reshelled primera GT whilst being woefully under-tooled for the task. Needless to say It really didn't take much effort to tip the mighty P11 off the puny factory-supplied scissor jack.
Alex Miles
2023-10-15 18:00:01 +0000 UTC
