Podcast 127 - Hi guys! You won't BELIEVE what I've bought!
Added 2022-09-25 17:00:07 +0000 UTCRichard has got a new car. You probably will believe what it is, actually.
Also in this episode, unfortunately shaped gearlevers, ‘90s NBA suit leather gaiters, sorting out cars that don’t ride well, Jonny’s best-ever Beetle, sonic cleaning everything, almost treading dog mess into Gordon Murray’s Escort, a hidden Smart Roadster, buying cars while your wife’s away, Mr Fitzpatrick’s shifting, irrelevant thoughts on your death bed, rubbish time capsules, VW T5 distain by proxy, cars wearing wheels from another make of car, Ayrton Senna’s town cryer shoes, Jonny’s air-con refusal almost causes an accident, and the lost art of the car port.
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The Sloaner
2022-10-28 15:41:54 +0000 UTCImmediately came to mind when the cobra-shaped autotragic shifter handle was mentioned- Google the OG Saab 9-5 (‘98-08). Literally snake-like!
autoscribe74
2022-10-02 02:02:20 +0000 UTCI have just been catching up on this episode and was just leaving the supermarche listening to the T5 bit only for a white one to appear like the shop keeper with murdered out front lights and body kit behind me with one of those grey front plates and the reg DU5 2LOW with a screw cap on the D for a half hearted attempt at a B. I feel I’m safer sharing this here, I may be savaged on Twitter do be kind
Andy Waterman
2022-10-01 17:12:36 +0000 UTCYou guys are right about seeing Trafics on BMW alloys (and Vivaros\Primastars as they're all the same van). The reason is that the bolt patterns for the wheels are very similar; 5x118 for the vans and 5x120 for BMWs and it's close enough for the difference to be taken up with wobble bolts. This means that there's a plentiful supply of cheap secondhand BMW alloys that can be fitted to these vans in all sorts of sizes. I bought an old ex-utilities Vivaro last year with very rusty steelies so looked at van wheels at lot. New steelies are almost as much as aftermarket alloys and decent secondhand ones in short supply so I can understand why people go for secondhand alloys but fitting road car wheels to commercial vehicles worries the hell out of me - I certainly wouldn't want to load the van anywhere near its weight limit with car alloys fitted. In the end being an OE and safety conscious kind of guy I bought some secondhand genuine Trafic Spowwwaaahhhhtaaaaagh-uh alloys off a guy that had put 20" Beemer alloys on his Trafic which not only looked terrible on big rims IMHO but I also bet the ride was appalling.
David Maddock
2022-09-28 08:03:39 +0000 UTCOne for Johnny…. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/497983552196254/ Go on. Make Richard feel better for his panda purchase.
Alistair Campbell
2022-09-27 20:12:27 +0000 UTCMustn’t forget the ‘4D’ tinted number plates, bonus points if the front plate is on the dashboard just above the scuttle
Ed Storer
2022-09-27 17:21:38 +0000 UTCThe banana-holding TVR gaiter you have in mind is the early Chimaera - https://thumbsnap.com/sc/PAju2vZR.jpg - where the door release was also within the gear shift and handbrake bucket. The door release later moved to the rear - https://www.centraltvr.co.uk/hq1-ce/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/IMG_9127-600x450.jpg.webp Is the DMC12 Automatic sufficiently Cobra-like? https://heacockclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/1981-DeLorean-DMC-12-Interior.jpg
James Skinner
2022-09-27 15:20:43 +0000 UTCWhen the sun's out, I enjoying winding down the windows of the Esprit and blasting out tracks from the album Material Flamboyance by Chode-Shifter Excess on the Kenwood.
Rupert Procter
2022-09-27 08:10:20 +0000 UTCMost cobra headed gear knob contender: I present to you the 1989 Toyota Camry like my dad bought uoon his retirement. ( He traded in a lovely 5cyl Audi Coupe GT, grrr) https://carfromjapan.com/cheap-used-toyota-camry-1989-for-sale-61360507294dee097d78f385
Toby
2022-09-26 18:19:14 +0000 UTCYour mentioning of parasitic opinions of things, is how i am with beetles. From years of Top Gear at a young and impressionable age, i now dislike them and dont even know why.
Jake Bell
2022-09-26 13:57:30 +0000 UTCRichard, there's a bodyshop in Keynsham, not far from Bath. A full paintwork machine mop on a small car is about £175 and will bring up paintwork if you don't fancy doing it by hand.
John Hammond
2022-09-26 13:45:47 +0000 UTCOur Podcast Panda needs 14" steel wheels from a Punto. Richard please make it happen
Mark Williams
2022-09-26 12:31:56 +0000 UTCI think there will be someone sitting up the back of class, staying behind writing lines when they realise they haven't updated the alternative names for Jonny's YouTube channel. Cheers for the pod
Stephen Voss
2022-09-26 09:58:28 +0000 UTCShoutout twatzcustomz in Bradford for this one it’s well sick mush
Gabriel Grist-Parker
2022-09-26 07:38:12 +0000 UTC" dog mess moonwalk" 🤣
Remoc
2022-09-26 06:53:59 +0000 UTCFor the ultimate in chode-shifter/excess material flamboyance…check out the tartan clad shaft of the Esprit S1, complete with beech wood bell
Steffan Davies
2022-09-25 21:13:23 +0000 UTCOn the basis that you have enough of Jonny's fake YouTube channels, I'm now wondering when Jonny will be able to make up names of the various books Richard has out.
Charlie Stevens
2022-09-25 20:36:34 +0000 UTCI had a really good drive home from the live show in Malvern. Cross country down some very dark but quick country lanes to the M50 was fun.
Tim C
2022-09-25 20:23:13 +0000 UTCThat rainbow windscreen film and the tinted numberplates are looking fresh as fuck.
Tim C
2022-09-25 19:41:50 +0000 UTCRussell Bulgin reviewed a Honda Legend in Car and mentioned that the automatic gear shifter was rather penile. He said that a female friend of his took one look at it and said a man’s name.
Tim C
2022-09-25 19:40:39 +0000 UTCWhenever I drove my mum's Ka I would pull the gear knob off in 2nd or 4th. It wasn't just the knob though, the whole rubber gaiter came off with it. Driving an old Land Rover is to blame, I think. Also if Gordon Murray was to refresh the Roadster I would definitely buy one again, I love my MX-5 but I'd happily go back to a sorted Roadster. Oh, and the time captule Legacy must go outside Bono's house.
Matt Tester
2022-09-25 19:01:01 +0000 UTCYou should of, OTSOT.
Michael Lyth
2022-09-25 19:00:24 +0000 UTCA guy I used to work with one day told us he was thinking of buying a Peugeot 3008. We had a look through some pictures on the internet and decided that the incredibly phallic gear shifter would confirm that he was batting for the other team. He bought another BMW instead.
S Carter
2022-09-25 19:00:24 +0000 UTCI thought a choad was a penis that has less length than the balls.
S Carter
2022-09-25 18:57:18 +0000 UTCHe's pulled the trigger
Simon Barrett
2022-09-25 18:41:51 +0000 UTCDamn, I was hoping I could sell you ours, but our bloody electric Mini hasn’t turned up yet. Hope you enjoy it. We’ve had ours 12 years and would have kept it forever if it hadn’t been for our needs changing
Oli Matthews
2022-09-25 18:38:35 +0000 UTCSilence is worse, definitely
Adam
2022-09-25 18:29:31 +0000 UTCUpon un-discussed purchases with the minister of finance (wife/partner etc) I never know whether to be more worried by an immediate rant re wasting of funds or silence…….
Robert Clay-parker
2022-09-25 18:16:20 +0000 UTCPanda 100hp! My mum and dad bought one a few years back, it was ace fun! I wish I bought it from them when the time came!
Archie Evans
2022-09-25 17:59:55 +0000 UTCThe Shelby Cobra shifter handle was from the Ford Galaxie of that era, but mounted backwards to suit the ergo of the Cobra interior.
Ed Nicholson
2022-09-25 17:49:41 +0000 UTCBought a panda 100hp a few months ago and its absolutely awesome! Good luck. So much I've lost 1 bit of trim and have spent 175 on new bits for it!
Tom Gillespy
2022-09-25 17:06:48 +0000 UTCWell done to the Panda 100HP mafia for bullying Richard into buying one
Nipam Shah
2022-09-25 17:04:27 +0000 UTCCongratulations Richard on your Audi RS3. Can’t wait for the Matte black wrap, stage 5 tune, flame mod exhaust and compulsory drug dealing!
Gabriel Grist-Parker
2022-09-25 17:04:15 +0000 UTC
