Podcast 147 - Long distance reversing
Added 2023-02-19 18:00:02 +0000 UTCIn the second show recorded live at Lotus, Jonny and Richard answer questions from the audience. Topics covered include the size of their hands, how much Jonny’s spent on his Allegro, podcast quality control, the confusing ID.3 range, air-con agnosticism in Death Valley, old school trim levels, Tiff driving across Europe in an Aston with broken power steering, car wrecking on Top Gear and 5th Gear, badgers with breeze blocks, a listener making an heroic journey in a Lotus-tuned car, stock room shenanigans, tales of advertising Mercedes’, childhood toy cars and a hotel elevator conundrum.
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Was equally confused by "swept away to sea/see" at first
Matthew Carpenter
2025-01-24 00:26:25 +0000 UTCAnd LX spec Alan C antara then GLX musical spec Who is the most fastidious Anal cantata
Rob Stannard
2023-03-01 23:05:24 +0000 UTCWould he be L spec Alan Cantara
Rob Stannard
2023-03-01 23:03:58 +0000 UTCJust finished hire van errands which bit me up to date with podcasts. Saw insta video from Lotus. Think the lotus valet guru was Alan Cantara
Rob Stannard
2023-03-01 23:03:28 +0000 UTCDue to me being late to listen to the show I have only just heard the lift question. Now wasn't Mortan a pioneer of electric cars in Norway?
Scott Boulter
2023-03-01 14:01:50 +0000 UTCI got attacked by a swan when I was 5 or 6... couldn't sit down for days...
Andy Pinchock
2023-02-27 15:26:51 +0000 UTCGreat and weird hearing my question and voice on the pod about toy cars, brilliant live show!
Thomas Grant
2023-02-27 07:32:50 +0000 UTCThat was my question on the pod. I'm glad it brought out such an enthusiastic answer
Thomas Grant
2023-02-27 07:31:39 +0000 UTCThe only decent thing about the last Escort is that it was so appalling they had to try extra supah- dupah properly with the Focus. I remember being at Uni in the late '90s and wandering around seeing loads of "Mexico", "RS2000" and "GTi" models parked in the city. The stench of desperation was overpowering and just cheapened the names of some of the brilliant work that had been done previously. I'm usually nice on social media, but the wreck that was last Escort is clearly my Achilles Heel 😩 😭
Ant Brown
2023-02-22 16:43:08 +0000 UTCGuys is your merch shop down?
Ross Hetherington
2023-02-22 16:31:18 +0000 UTCI have an enduring soft spot for the Mk5. Mostly because it was the first hire car we ever had on a foreign holiday circa 1996. My dad got infuriated by the lack of external boot release.
Ed Storer
2023-02-21 23:53:38 +0000 UTCThe Mr. Skyline you couldn't remember the name of is Hiroshi Tamura, and he is also the fellow responsible for the current Z.
Brendan McAleer
2023-02-21 18:46:40 +0000 UTCListening to this week from a hotel balcony in the Middle East. As the question of scrapping a podcast was read out, I could hear a car horn from down at the street. Seemed rather apt.
Stephen Turnbull
2023-02-21 13:10:43 +0000 UTCFavourite Matchbox - was probably a Mk2 Astra GTE in 'AC Delco' livery; that or the Superkings Matra Rancho. Although I never had the Rancho, I was drawn to the original Subaru Forester and absolutely loved by SG XT Turbo, save for it's terrible MPG. I can't help thinking the Matra-Rancho would benefit from an original SG era Subaru Forester Turbo set up. Give it plenty of on road grunt and grip, and a useable 4x4 set up for off road ventures.
John Hammond
2023-02-20 16:07:15 +0000 UTCI had a Datsun 310 (first Datsun fwd) that would eat gearboxes. It was a 4 speed and generally you'd lose 1st then second then it usually stop working all together. The third time this happened I figured I'd be clever and get one from one of those JDM used parts places. Come to find out that the replacement trans was a 5 speed and for some reason the shift pattern was upside down and backwards. That one almost immediately lost reverse so I would open the door and push it back with my foot. It being a very light car and me being a rather large person (Jeremy spec) this was only a minor inconvenience.
david marden
2023-02-20 15:47:28 +0000 UTCJust copied this from twitter, but I need to spread the message below far and wide. Also, I (as I've said before) the 'cast is so densely packed that I didn't spot the 'LX' comment until the third listen, but here's the message from soshal meedja: I'd just like to point out (and inflict upon you both) the "LX" issue I have to this day. Ok, actually things are now worse... I've just dug this out and the actors are supposed to be architects... https://youtu.be/DbMgQXyZKrM I had to delete some of the original tweet, not because of all the swears that advert made me want to use, but I was going to state that as it was the "mk5" (lol) should all be crushed for the sake of humanity, but somehow I now hate their existence even more.
Ant Brown
2023-02-20 14:09:47 +0000 UTCSo with Jonny's refusal of the 'con, does he therefore forgo a fridge or freezer that uses the same technology? I'd argue that it would be better for the environment to keep your butter in a pantry than it is to be a 'con avoider.
Matt Tester
2023-02-20 13:05:13 +0000 UTCEnough to drive you quackers.
Matt Tester
2023-02-20 11:42:14 +0000 UTCAshok Leyland hold the rights to the infamous Leyland 'beachball' logo. They were formed as a joint venture between Ashok and Leyland to build products under licence and I believe this arrangement lasted until the early 1980s. They did some deals with Iveco and ended up building a lorry called a Comet (an old Leyland lorry model) with the cab of the 1980s Ford Cargo as they took the tooling when Iveco stopped making the Cargo range. They still use the cab today on the eComet model, although they've changed the grill a bit the basic cab is still recognisable. Ashok Leyland acquired the Optare bus manufacturer in Leeds. Optare was a management buyout of the old Charles Roe bus bodybuilding concern which had been a part of the British Leyland empire until 1987. The first year under new ownership resulted in the huge beachball being displayed at the NEC bus & coach show, to a lot of mirth from those in the industry who suffered through the Leyland National era.
John Hammond
2023-02-20 08:30:26 +0000 UTCI have experienced this exact same problem and can offer no solution other than downloading the MP3 from the link offered on the very page we're now on. In my podcast player the downloaded file lands in an independent folder but still allows me to add the episode to my normal playlist. Mildly inconvenient but would be worse if these episodes were exclusive to Patreon.
Guy Sande
2023-02-20 02:52:24 +0000 UTCThat’s a lot of orange sauce :)
jon honeyball
2023-02-20 01:37:31 +0000 UTCBeing attacked by ducks does happen...particularly when returning from Portugal through rural Perthshire in a Morgan Three Wheeler... https://twitter.com/calum_redthree/status/1173321820260446210?t=-uD_3NJcOFzaxBZ5gA2Yrg&s=19
Calum Fraser
2023-02-19 22:43:27 +0000 UTCAs Jonny started talking about Matchbook cars I was reaching for the exact same '57 Chevy- Black with flames and opening hood over chrome engine.
Kevin Perham
2023-02-19 22:22:41 +0000 UTCI don't think I have genuinely laughed out loud as much for ages. Great show chaps.
Graham Dallas
2023-02-19 21:12:50 +0000 UTCHas anyone managed to get the Patreon RSS feed into a podcast player so they can listen to the latest episode on a Sunday rather than having to wait until Monday for it to pop up on the normal feed. I've added the one that Patreon gives you to a few apps and it just turns out to the the standard RSS feed. Am I doing something wrong??
Michael Fuller
2023-02-19 21:11:33 +0000 UTCShe was crying because, earlier in the evening, Morten Harket told her that the special creme brulee she'd prepared for the event was "a bit gritty and obvious". She went ape shit and chucked one of the wobbly desserts at Harket. The small glass bowl bounced off his toned chest but left a smear of the sticky pudding on the lapel of his newly tailored jacket. Harket stormed off in a huff, momentarily catching your eye as you fell four tones short of the high E in your karaoke performance. While all this was going on, Khaled was Googling 'trumpet' and looking baffled as he scrolled through the image results. So the correct answer should be Rustie Lee. You'd spend the first 20 floors consoling her, telling her how much you loved her dessert. Soon enough, that big smile would break through the tears, she'd pop her shoes back on and then invite you back to her suite for chicken and rice.
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2023-02-19 19:45:29 +0000 UTCThe usual hour fun of laughs and giggles and plenty of smiles which sets me up for what ever the coming week wants to throw at me. Thank you guys
Steve Morton
2023-02-19 19:16:24 +0000 UTCWhaaaa…?!
Smith and Sniff
2023-02-19 18:45:44 +0000 UTCThe correct answer was Rustie Lee, by the way.
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2023-02-19 18:36:50 +0000 UTCAgain, so sorry to the chap with an Elite which I though was an Eclat. I’ve handed back a few a Lotus points for this blunder. In other news, the Elan started the next day without any issues - typical….
René Soufflé
2023-02-19 18:09:50 +0000 UTC
