Podcast 164 - Sir Ranulph Findanother
Added 2023-06-18 17:00:04 +0000 UTCIn their second London live recording, Jonny and Richard talk about a military plant hire company, Jay Leno’s draughty car port, American model years, judging a supercar competition, turning off hotel air conditioning, and ask if any villages actually welcome careful drivers. Plus, a simply Norfolk shop, the decor in coastal rental properties, dad-style urinal leaning, Jonny’s brush with American police, active aero policy when parked, tiller steering, getting a podcast word into the dictionary, Susie Dent in a De Tomaso, killing off one car, missing Rover, pub Ubers coming true, confessions of a Scooterman, Barry Dakar, finding a famous explorer lost in a park, Top Gear field racing with a hangover, and unnecessarily brutal American driveways. Plus, Richard confuses Lulu with Petula Clark.
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Can confirm that the parking wardens in San Francisco (or "meter maids") will ticket you for parking without your wheels turned to the kerb!
Matthew Carpenter
2025-01-31 20:06:03 +0000 UTCIdeal first car too :O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL2DH-nKBeA
Stephen Voss
2023-06-20 08:42:22 +0000 UTCThere is one for sale at the moment with a mere 796,000 km on the clock (494,000 miles). Best part is the cheeky pricks are asking nearly $7000 for it. https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/2013-ford-falcon-g6e-ecolpi-fg-mkii-auto/SSE-AD-12561028/?Cr=0
Mat Guest
2023-06-20 08:21:16 +0000 UTCOn the taxi mileage thing, well kilometres here in Aus, there were any number of rumours of taxis doing million k's here, they ran on factory fit LPG so one assumes the good ole Aussie 6's would last that long, You could spec them at the factory to be a taxi so they came with plastic seats (so they could hose the Technicolor yawns out of them), to call them vinyl would be an insult to vinyl... But I had been in a few that were showing their age, juddering and pulling to one side under breaking. They could only use them for 10 years, but did see the odd one go around with a facelifted front and an old rear that wasn't always obvious to the untrained eye.
Stephen Voss
2023-06-20 06:43:34 +0000 UTCAnother great episode that can be measured by how many times I got told off for laughing!! I don’t care!! Brightens up my week.
Steve Morton
2023-06-19 19:40:46 +0000 UTCNo i just save it for monday morning! 🤷🏼♂️😆
craig webster
2023-06-19 19:35:28 +0000 UTCLooking up the route for the Barry-Dakar, Google actually suggests going through Paris. So in addition to that it's the mad dash from Barry to Dover mentioned in the London to Brian chat and maybe the two could be combined.
Matt Tester
2023-06-19 16:02:30 +0000 UTCPub Uber (scruffy bus). I work at said agricultural college (now university) in Shropshire and have heard tales of said bus. Small world.
Alex Miles
2023-06-19 11:49:42 +0000 UTCI've definitely used the services of Scruffy's bus to get back to uni much more than half cut.
Fox Munsey
2023-06-19 11:08:55 +0000 UTCUnfathomable Motor race. Barry Chuckle to Barry Dakar. Competitors arrive at the home of Barry Chuckle, Barry Dakar explains that he will be heading home and at Barry Chuckles word the Competitors should drive " to me" and so begins the unending "to you" to me"..........
Alistair Neish
2023-06-19 08:57:24 +0000 UTCI had a '97 V90. Oh how I miss it so. Clearly a brilliant PUBER.
George Wade
2023-06-19 06:45:48 +0000 UTCFully agree with the X6 thoughts.
George Wade
2023-06-19 06:36:35 +0000 UTCWell that ended quite abruptly...!😂
Paul Yeung
2023-06-19 02:53:57 +0000 UTCI can confirm both Simply Coastal and Simply Norfolk are selling exactly what you’d expect them to be. In case anyone was wondering they’re in Wells-next-the-Sea. As a side note, a pint of Aspalls outside the Golden Fleece (funnily enough next to Simply Coastal) is a must, along with chips from Plattens….
René Soufflé
2023-06-18 23:17:52 +0000 UTCYou must be in Australia!
Swanger
2023-06-18 22:47:42 +0000 UTCMy late father used to have his left hand on the bottom of the wheel and his right elbow on the window sill whilst his right pointy finger on his moustache.
Swanger
2023-06-18 22:47:12 +0000 UTCCab mileage thing. I was recently in an outgoing shape E class (w213) in Munich with 516k on the clock. The MB faux leather still felt close to new. The driver had the required bavarian moustache and the schlager radio was playing. The beige wrap was peeling around the door shuts though, the times of taxi drivers ordering cars from merc in color option 623 have long gone
Sergey Baskakov
2023-06-18 22:09:26 +0000 UTCEcoSport is just a tall Fiesta, it’s not that bad. LOL
Ed Nicholson
2023-06-18 21:30:00 +0000 UTCMy son and I really enjoyed the show! He did not understand everything but he did say it made him feel better knowing I was not the only one (still not sure what that means). So the long story of me being stopped: I was 17 and driving my ‘72 Triumph Spitfire. I came to an intersection that I had always pulled into the left-hand lane to turn left. I had been doing this for over a year (we get permits at 15 and full fledged licenses at 16). I was slightly nervous as a police officer following me for some time and I was not sure the chewing gum wrapper I had used to fix the ground/earth of the driver’s brake light might not have been the best idea….. so pull to the left and the red and blues lights go on. Turns out this was a two-way street and I had been driving into traffic all this time. In a slight panic I got out and the officer grabbed for his gun which was clear to me that I had made another mistake. Telling him I had been doing it for a year did not help. As he came back with a ticket and my license and registration in hand I moaned “oh come on give me a break it’s my birthday”. When he asked “Really?” I nearly said “what are you stupid?” But instead pointed to the date on my license … he then disappeared again for several minutes and said “some guys at the station say you are ok but DON’T DO IT AGAIN.” And off I went …. The reason I was driving a Spitfire is mildly interesting but maybe another time….
Andy Pinchock
2023-06-18 20:10:21 +0000 UTCThis pod makes me want an MG Rover BL special 🤣
Martin McKenna
2023-06-18 20:09:24 +0000 UTCLove the monday comute! 🙌
craig webster
2023-06-18 19:47:39 +0000 UTCThat’s quite a summary!!
Chris Taylor
2023-06-18 19:39:22 +0000 UTCI will listen on my flight home tomorrow boys. 🤌
Nathan English
2023-06-18 18:40:20 +0000 UTC
