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Added 2023-08-20 17:01:01 +0000 UTCHello again. In pictures this week, we start with a stock shot from Longleat showing two of their Land Rovers (and also some animals of some sort) followed by a packed beach on the Gower and the idyllic cottage with a Volvo XC70 outside it. XJ Cherokee just visible in front of the Volvo. Then we have a Martini liveried Porsche 934/5 and Lancia Delta Integrale, just because it’s always nice to see those, and then the mad goth Jag sent in by listener Thomas/Gabriel. Finally, we Harris Mann’s original intentions for the Allegro and his much neater proposal for the car that became the Maestro.
Or perhaps you'd like a Fox with a big dent in it
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Bit late to the party (still catching up on the episodes), but look at this, banana yellow Lupo 1.4 manual, for less than 1k Euro's. Maybe Jonny can make amends of selling his Lupo.. https://www.autowereld.nl/volkswagen/lupo/1-4-16v-38749479/details.html
Paolo D'Urso
2023-11-14 13:48:30 +0000 UTCOn the topic of VWs with dub plates, has anyone ever found a t4,5 etc owner (camper ofc) which doesn't have the private plate, the VW life apparel and probably a couple of stickers on their other vehicles? It's like a disease!
Rich
2023-08-29 06:45:37 +0000 UTCRIP Harris Mann x
Andy Faulkner-Clegg
2023-08-27 20:15:21 +0000 UTCAnd mentions Jonny's YT channel when talking about the Group N Escort Cozzzzie
Stephen Voss
2023-08-25 23:45:01 +0000 UTCHarry M. says “Go find another!” at 14 mins in on his latest Silverstone Auction video!
Mike K.
2023-08-25 21:13:19 +0000 UTCMy dad had a 1.3 sport lupo which I learned to drive in. Did wheelspins better than any car I’ve ever driven since.
Rhys Lister
2023-08-22 20:35:16 +0000 UTCHaving listened since the beginning, I can't help but note that the show has verrry slowly been moving from a car-centric podcast (and many other things) towards becoming the least-convincing wildlife programme of all time. From learning about wasps and box turtle hibernation patterns, now we have lions and other bitey cats, giraffe attack possibilities, important scientific questions like "Do monkeys have hands?" and of course regular updates on the habits of the lesser spotted no-name full-suspension mountain bike guy (definitely wildlife). I will not be surprised to see Richard "Attenborough" Porter narrate a sad, sad film about the fate of captive Freelanders next.
Brendan McAleer
2023-08-22 13:53:44 +0000 UTCIt looks like your influence has generated a lot of interest in the dented Fox which has made the seller think they'd under priced it. Assuming you were correct when you said it was £490 (about 34mins in) it is now £790! Maybe they've rolled the fox turd in glitter?
Stuart Feltham
2023-08-22 10:15:30 +0000 UTCMy neighbour has a VW Fox in yellow. It has excelled at bumping into other objects over the years and features a number of repairs which have used yellow electrical tape in an attempt to conceal the damage.
John Hammond
2023-08-22 08:55:59 +0000 UTCOnlyfans?
Stephen Voss
2023-08-22 00:00:54 +0000 UTCBack in the 80's (in NZ) a, then new, Bentley Turbo used to turn up to track day events decked out with a satanic theme. Silver skulls on the wings, devilish graphics and number, leather clad pit girls etc.
Robin Capper
2023-08-21 22:15:07 +0000 UTCWhat Tier do we have to join for the pics of the flat arse and the fat belly?
Ger O'Connor
2023-08-21 14:55:42 +0000 UTCOne for Jonny, Hustler up for Auc-tun just down the road from Richard... https://bid.eastbristol.co.uk/auctions/8647/sreas10795/lot-details/467098e3-56d4-45fa-b8b9-b06200cd2b5d
Robert Seymour
2023-08-21 12:49:57 +0000 UTCSpeaking of people abusing Jaguar’s - Pete Doherty once ‘lost’ 8 Jags in 8 weeks. Can’t find more of the story but remember he’d buy XJs on their last legs but that still with some MOT left for ~£500, run them till something went wrong or he forgot where he left it and then just get another https://www.wired.com/2006/03/pete-dohertys-j/
Chris Wyman
2023-08-21 09:18:41 +0000 UTCStatic caravans in dodgy places are unloaded from the transport truck on the flat, normally at the entrance to the site. Experienced operators will then normally have a midi-digger with a bucket with a tow ball on the back of the bucket, which is how the caravan is manoeuvred into position. The arm and slew of the digger allows for very precise placement. I've pulled them through things like ruined barns with under a foot of play either side with no damage!
Thomas Cowley
2023-08-21 09:05:17 +0000 UTCThat Fox has “no faults” and is in “Billiant condition” allegedly. Not with your bargepole attached to the end of mine.
Chris Rayner
2023-08-21 08:15:56 +0000 UTCVery interesting to see the 3-door Freelanders, I can tell you from experience that the rear pop open windows don't have a particularly strong latch, so I can imagine they'd be a favourite way for monkeys to get in. I'm helping to keep them from extinction with my 2002 3-door, but mine has the Td4 engine instead of the K-series. Actually quite nice to drive.
Matt Tester
2023-08-21 08:09:51 +0000 UTCListening to the safari park chat, we live local to the Knowsley Safari Park and regularly visit as friends of ours are the sea lion trainers and do the shows, we regularly drive passed the rhinos and in the last trip there seemed to be loads having a good run around. We started getting a bit unnerved by this when the ever indestructible ranger’s hilux that looked more beaten up than the famous red truck of top gear fame, appeared quickly over a crest like a football defender in full ‘man on’ chasing a rhino just a few feet from the road. I fear my Jaaag XF would have been torn open like an origami model.
Craig Stoker
2023-08-20 23:07:50 +0000 UTCThat model of the Maestro proposal appears to have gone on to become a Yugo Sana
Giant Iain
2023-08-20 21:24:17 +0000 UTCNot quite as bad, but I discovered that my non-gmail email account still somehow shows my YouTube display name of 'Spartacus Mills'... which is at least just stupid, compared to my old YouTube name of 'Rich Piss'...
Spartacus Mills
2023-08-20 18:37:39 +0000 UTCBack in the day I worked at the nearest Austin Rover/Jag/Landrover/Freight Rover dealer to Woburn Safari Park. We used to sell them the Zebra striped paint for their 88” Series III’s
Simon Smyth
2023-08-20 18:16:52 +0000 UTCGlad the picture of the Jag made it! Thomas Parker is my YouTube account name, it used to be Steve McQueef but I had to change it as I was emailing places for work/interviews post university and I realised every email was showing up as from ‘Steve McQueef’
Gabriel Grist-Parker
2023-08-20 17:02:13 +0000 UTC
