Podcast 143 - The morning after
Added 2023-01-22 18:00:02 +0000 UTCAfter a night at the What Car? awards Jonny and Richard are together in central London sounding a bit rancid as they meander their way through various topics including hotel room mishaps, badly made awards trophies, Roger Moore impressions, learn to say Ford properly, sleeping with the lights on, why the Skoda Octavia should win everything, minesweeping for wine, a photo booth of hats, a camper van outside a posh hotel, current shape RS6s on Dutch plates, generic men at black tie events, Tesla not being pleased to win awards, human beat boxing, the Jeep Avenger drum machine indicator sound, the Abarth 500e sound faker, accidentally going to a wedding in trainers, people who measure cars, an attractive older lady in a mk2 Range Rover, the pleasure of being master of cruise, the worst driven cars on the road, pro wax jacket wearers in old money cars, Imprezas with eye infections, and rally drivers running other businesses.
Comments
Given recent events started by an amateur. While Jonny can more than look after himself, time to bring out Sniff Petrol at his most sarcastic and vitriolic...
Jon R
2025-01-28 14:36:05 +0000 UTCGreat podcast, as always (yes I am slightly behind!)
Vix Puma
2023-03-04 10:01:32 +0000 UTCI couldn't agree more with Richards comments on the the Tesla drivers. Living in Norway, there is a very high percentage of electric cars/Tesla's on the road and they are some of the worst for overtakes and general awareness on the road. Are they the modern day volvo driver?
Alastair James Smith
2023-01-30 14:07:19 +0000 UTCI am a car measurer. I spend far too much time on this website, comparing potential new cars to the size of my current ones: https://www.automobiledimension.com/car-comparison.php
Tailen
2023-01-28 19:08:48 +0000 UTCMy 'What Car?' award goes to Richard for when he was hiding/not hiding (just not, not hiding) his 100hp Panda from his wife for ages. It was a master class in secret spending. π
Zac Chandler
2023-01-25 10:59:02 +0000 UTCSpeaking of tesla drivers... some people in the neighbourhood just got their second Tesla. Looked at one of them in the drive the other was away, and the boot was open, thought, fair enough they are just getting something big and bulky out of it and couldn't shut the boot.. looked back 45 mins later it was still open.. Worked it out, they had tried to open the boot of the car that was away with the app and selected the wrong car so the one that was left at home just sat there with it's boot open. It's happened a few times now too.
Stephen Voss
2023-01-25 07:15:00 +0000 UTCWelsh electric van rental agents Gwyndaf E-vans
John Hammond
2023-01-24 18:02:28 +0000 UTCAnd of course, who can forget the Segrave trophy-winning rally legend, and support socks tycoon, with her Louise Aching Walkers side hustle.
Tom Lanigan
2023-01-24 11:47:22 +0000 UTCJimmy Macraefish and Sons: Crustacean feed and supply.
Jimbob Blair
2023-01-24 06:28:43 +0000 UTCMuch-missed rally-driving barber and hairstylist, Richard Sideburns.
Brendan McAleer
2023-01-24 02:58:13 +0000 UTCOn the subject of measuring cars, when I moved house 18 months ago, I measured the garages to make sure the car would fit before making an offer
Ed Storer
2023-01-24 01:17:30 +0000 UTCThis is definitely a thing round my way (west Essex) - usually nearly new high mileage Audi Q7s wearing ditchfinders. Iβve seen some even going part-worn on a Β£75k carβ¦
Ed Storer
2023-01-24 01:15:55 +0000 UTCYes. I have this picture on the back of a brochure for a Rover 600 circa 1998
Ed Storer
2023-01-24 01:13:14 +0000 UTCoh no, someone's already done the obvious finnish/tax-related pun. (hangs head in shame)
Tim Foster
2023-01-23 22:37:02 +0000 UTCRally driver 2nd careers: An Indian restuarant, with an accountancy dept. upstairs: Ari's VATn'Naan
Tim Foster
2023-01-23 22:29:34 +0000 UTCOn the subject of rally drivers, you can also have Tonyβs Ponds and Kalle Rover-Repairer. My Dad is a measurer (though only online) due to his need to fit his car in the garage. His last two have been Hyundai Ioniq hybrids and they fit in with a couple of inches to spare. He has a wooden frame on the floor to stop against and a big piece of foam on the wall just in case (no tennis ball on string here). Both my wife and I carry quite a bit of kit for work so have been known to rock up at a dealer to make sure itβll fit in the boot of a prospective car.
Stephen Archer
2023-01-23 21:27:58 +0000 UTCOn the subject of measuring cars. My dad raced pigeons so it was vital that any car could fit his wicker pigeon baskets. This led to two (yes, he bought a second one) Maestros and Fiat Tipo. When he scaled back his hobby to a more manageable string of thoroughbreds he bought a first gen three door RAV4. Going to the trouble of taking his wood shaving and bird shite filled basket into the local Toyota dealership to make sure it fitted in the back of the pristine showroom display model before signing on the line. I'll never forget the sales team's look of "if it fits, we've made our bonus for the month".
Maurice Barnes
2023-01-23 20:40:10 +0000 UTCGilles' Panini. He's either selling italian-style sandwiches or football stickers.
Christophe D.
2023-01-23 17:05:49 +0000 UTCTravis's Pastrami??
david marden
2023-01-23 14:58:17 +0000 UTCIn the late 70s? If you bought a large Chevrolet they would give you a Chevette (US spec) for free iirc. May have been a dealership deal.
david marden
2023-01-23 14:47:26 +0000 UTCIn 2011 I needed a new car to replace a Mondeo estate which was beginning to spring expensive surprises. I fly radio controlled model aeroplanes, and one in particular was rather awkward. It was all in one piece, so the wings were fixed. I could get it into the Mondeo by careful precision manoeuvres, but I could not be sure that it would fit in any other car without actually trying it. So I was to be seen carrying this rather large model aeroplane finished in bright red into various car showrooms in order to test the fit. A Mercedes E250 diesel was the final choice. Still have the car, and the plane.
Chris Rayner
2023-01-23 14:44:22 +0000 UTCThat Jeep Avenger bit must mean Richard on a deadline....
david marden
2023-01-23 14:37:38 +0000 UTCThere is no shame in driving what you can afford. I look forward to high interest rates or a return to company cars just to see if the likes of Mr chameleon BMW dresses to suit the dacia he now owns!! π€£
Alistair Neish
2023-01-23 13:00:21 +0000 UTCObjection!! The Skoda Superb should win everything.
Evan Markby
2023-01-23 12:55:24 +0000 UTCI do absolutely love judging people with "nice" cars and rubbish tyres.
Evan Markby
2023-01-23 12:55:03 +0000 UTCVehicle signwriting by Carlos Signs
John Hammond
2023-01-23 11:50:13 +0000 UTCBadly driven cars - here in Ireland - apart from the usual selection of mugs in Beemers, Audis and Mercs ... my current winner of crap driver favourite motor, that has replaced, over the years, the Morris Minor and Nissan Micra, is the ... Nissan Qashqai . If there's a traffic pickle up ahead, there's a large chance there's a Qashqai in the middle of it. No wonder Nissans have that badge on the back - Pure Drivel
Eugene Ryan
2023-01-23 09:43:24 +0000 UTCWhile getting a pair of all season tyres fitted at the weekend. (Guaranteeing a mild end to winter in the north east. You can thank me later) We were graced by the presence of a BMW M4 driver dressed in matching clothing to his car. White puffa jacket. To match the paint, red tracky bottoms to match the interior and black moon boot trainers and black cap to match the carbon bits. He swaggered in approached the desk and asked what the cheapest rear tyres they had for his car. He surprisingly knew the size and stated he had a budget of 150 pounds for the pair!!! I gave out an audible laugh, the guy behind the counter was biting his lip... After being told he was looking at a cheapest price of 270 each he said "your a f***ing rip off" stormed out. Got back into his car chameleon style, aggressively started it up reversed hard and I suspect put it in 3rd and stalled beautifully!! I always wander how many of the "lease the fastest you can afford" actually put appropriate tyres on or indeed ever service them. Buying these cars in the future will be a lottery.
Alistair Neish
2023-01-23 09:41:08 +0000 UTCDo your Smart Shoes have an App - are they compatible with Alexa, and Siri ? Must make it very easy to find them after a night on the tiles ?
Eugene Ryan
2023-01-23 09:27:19 +0000 UTCDidiers Ariels. 30% off all C.B. whips in January....
Alistair Neish
2023-01-23 08:48:50 +0000 UTCDaniels Soldoring. ECU Repairs.
Alistair Neish
2023-01-23 08:47:21 +0000 UTCI'm surprised that you didn't mention Michelle Mutton and her cheap cuts of lamb business she's recently set up. π€¦π»ββοΈ
George Wade
2023-01-23 07:55:51 +0000 UTCBeing Dutch, I can confirm that buying an RS6 is quite an expensive thing to do. On the road base(!)-price is just over 205,000 euros (close to 180,000 pounds), of which 62,500 euros (= 55,000 pounds) is registration tax. For comparison, in the UK an RS6 starts at 112,650 pounds. So yes, you'll need quite some wealth to acquire one new. Although, I think quite a few will also be on some kind of financing deal, based on the assumption that the 1-/2-year residual value will hold up well.
Alex Claassen
2023-01-22 23:14:38 +0000 UTCAgreed that Tesla drivers have become the new best bad drivers, at least here in Ontario Canada.
Ed Nicholson
2023-01-22 21:42:12 +0000 UTCCheers chaps, I think it may be more accurate to describe Martin Fry's relationship with the shiny suit as love/hate, given he tried to flush it down a toilet in a New York hotel at the end of a tour.
clive hedgecock
2023-01-22 21:25:58 +0000 UTCDidier's Aerials. Walter Roll the Baker. Ari V.A.T.man and of course Francois Decorator.
Andrew Armstrong
2023-01-22 20:37:50 +0000 UTCNorthern Europe Central and Sub Saharan Africa
StokeyNick
2023-01-22 20:30:23 +0000 UTCtesla is like the american firm I work for... UK, Scandi and Sub Saharan Africa are classed as NECSA, and are typically "English speaking" whereas Northern Africa, and Central / Mid Europe and Middle East aren't. so are split out with their own offices. this forms the central 1/3 of the world. along with APAC and America's
StokeyNick
2023-01-22 20:29:30 +0000 UTCI seem to recall a 1990s advert for Rover's used car exchange that involved someone discovering that their new purchase wouldn't fit in their garage.
Declan Berridge
2023-01-22 19:31:29 +0000 UTCJohnny and Richard should do every cast drunk/hungoverβ¦100%ππππΌππΌ
Ed The Goat
2023-01-22 19:27:16 +0000 UTCThere are three Dodge Avengers on Autotrader at the moment. In black, they look like American cop cars in low budget sci-fi movies.
Ronnie Whelan
2023-01-22 19:20:57 +0000 UTCJeep Avenger vs Hillman Avenger, Length - Jeep 160.5β Hillman 161.0β Width - Jeep 67.7β Hillman 62β Height - Jeep 60.2β Hillman 53β
Steve Morton
2023-01-22 18:56:21 +0000 UTCSunday night podcast dog walk π
Andrew Armstrong
2023-01-22 18:09:40 +0000 UTC
