Podcast 121 - The severe A-pillar gash
Added 2022-08-14 17:01:03 +0000 UTCThe sight of a seriously damaged Mazda gives Jonny and Richard a brilliant car interior design idea.
Also in this episode, Range Rover suspension collapse, a challenging local speed bump, carrying a wallet of CDs, a burnt-out combine harvester, driving like a flute because there’s metal on the radio, confusing Japanese tourists in North Wales, Cold War cosplay, apologising to Audi, a Metro full of drums, crashing while waving to a mate, tales from a Norwegian driving instructor, car seats with removable covers, a fear of foam, more on the Dacia Jogger, why Tiff is the Sting of cars, and what if you were forced to be Pitbull?
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Hi All. Just in case anyone couldn’t get a ticket. Sadly I’ve been double booked so my 2 tickets to the live gig are available if anyone wasn’t able to get any?
Jem Cutter
2022-08-19 23:45:42 +0000 UTCTalking of A-Pillar damage, some thirty years ago, I was driving home from a Music Centre session on a dark, wet and misty Autumnal Friday night with a Trombone playing friend. Chatting away while we drove, I suddenly panicked, realising that the Tipper Truck up ahead of us was in fact, not moving. It’s rear light bar was covered in Autumn road dirt and I couldn’t see the brake lights. The nose of our 1982 Mazda 323 dipped, the wheels locked and a blood curdling bang ensued. My friend sat in a stunned, silent state while I proceeded to kick the driver’s door open. Upon calming down and making sure we were both in one piece, it turned out that the A-Pillars on the Mazda had sheered straight through, and the door frames had saved us from premature decapitation. In those late 1980s days the Mazda was repaired, but was strangely never quite the same.
Richard Fitton-Perkins
2022-08-18 17:18:51 +0000 UTCAnt Anstead is the Sting of the car world because he was in the police.
Tim C
2022-08-17 09:23:36 +0000 UTCI can attest to Richard saying about lovely metalists. My girlfriend is a uk hardcore enthusiast, she has lots of friends in the scene who all play in bands called names like cuntdemon, bloodtwat and satansfatshit. They’re all so lovely! Also, a lot of them are straight edge, so no drugs or alcohol, and are vegan and into animal rights. It’s very funny, I went to one of their shows (not my kind of music) and they were all there swinging arms and legs, fighting, all while drinking non alcoholic cider or 7up, then going to get a McPlant after
Gabriel Grist-Parker
2022-08-17 09:00:31 +0000 UTCThe Astra/308/Focus/i40 estate police cars are general purpose response cars for non-motorway pursuit or patrolling. Hence why the arse is always dragging due to varied incidents they turn up too. Panda cars if they still have them are Fiesta sized, with small blue light for road closure or scene guard There is a long list of suppliers here. https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6060 Maybe the Mazda Captain could be used for interrogation on the move
James Ockenden
2022-08-16 21:20:57 +0000 UTCRichard should try listening to Alestorm, pirate metal that often has silly lyrics. Jonny shouldn't because he doesn't do streaming.
Matt Tester
2022-08-16 09:10:26 +0000 UTCThem crooked vultures
Colin Kao
2022-08-15 22:17:28 +0000 UTCI'm sure you've talked before about detectives on TV shows who always sit with the chair the wrong way around - what if they went one step further and had a captain's chair in their car so they could spin it around and straddle the seat while driving too
Ben Payne
2022-08-15 17:36:33 +0000 UTCThey have Combine demolition derby near me https://youtu.be/gP-MlpvAa30
david marden
2022-08-15 13:32:14 +0000 UTCFurther to preview podcast chat about crashing whilst waving/thanking someone. Late 90s. My Boss bought us a type 25, wedge VW crew cab pickup for work. Driving with a work colleague one morning to meet the boss at site in a public park, when my mate drove past us in his MK1 Fiesta. I was part way through a Quentin Wilson style palming move, when I decided to wave. This resulted in the steering slightly correcting itself. Before I could grab the wheel, and steer out of the way, I hit the wall on the park entrance, and proceeded to demolish approximately 8ft of it. Needless to say, my boss was not pleased, and had to sent 2 guys down for a few days to rebuild it. It wasn't my only palming incident. In another work vehicle, this time a 1988 Bedford Rascal. Whilst palming around a sharp right hand bend, my hand slipped sending me along the verge. I regained proper control, which proceeded to send me across the road and through a wire stock fence, nose diving the Rascal in a field. A passing lorry pulled me out. And nothing more was said.
Richard Matthews
2022-08-15 12:58:21 +0000 UTCI used to have an Audi S3 that came with Magride (Magnetorheological dampers for geeks), suspension. They had a well known fault that I can only describe as hopping at the back over any kind of speed bump. Made me laugh when you mentioned kicking like a mule - exactly that
Matthew Kemp
2022-08-15 12:04:22 +0000 UTCThe excellent anecdote about the Japanese tourists encountering the Tokyo taxi in Wales reminded me of something that happened to an ex-colleague. Said colleague lived in Basingstoke and used public transport to get around. On a trip to NYC, he found himself on a bus (can't remember if a sightseeing bus or a public one) which inexplicably had adverts for businesses local to Basingstoke on the inside. Then he realised the old Basingstoke buses he had used daily had obviously been sold and shipped out to New York for a second Life, and here he was riding one again thousands of miles from the dystopian toilet that is 'Amazingstoke'.
Ollie Horsley
2022-08-15 11:45:40 +0000 UTCTies into the last episode of remote dealerships named after the owner but Johnny should have stopped by the Dolgellau car dealer Gwyndaf Evans Motors. Locals there can buy a new Ford or Suzuki from the 1996 British Rally Champion and father of current WRC driver Elfyn. The Ford dealer normally has a forest arched MK2 escort in the admittedly compact showroom.
Tom Kelly
2022-08-15 09:02:21 +0000 UTCMy mk2 sandero stepway all the seats have removable zipped covers I'm with rich I dare not take them off either and I have a 4 Yr old. Fabric cleaner and water ftw
John Hempson
2022-08-15 08:30:14 +0000 UTCThe typical cop car here now is a dual cab 4X4 Ute like a Ford Ranger, so they aren't really used to anything with performance. They used to have back in the 80's Nissan Skylines. There was always rumours that the boost was tweaked a little... Found some pics, and totally didn't know they used to run early Subaru wagons https://www.police-cars.tasmaniapolicemuseum.com.au/page
Stephen Voss
2022-08-15 07:51:36 +0000 UTCYikes. How can that be harder to steer than an XR6 Turbo?
Rors Plant
2022-08-15 07:43:26 +0000 UTCAnti moisture tip, developed for racing shoes, gloves, etc - get a stack of decent sized silica gel sachets on eBay
Rors Plant
2022-08-15 07:39:49 +0000 UTCIt did sound a bit Deric and Clive when talking about the drunk cold war people shouting in the street. Cheers for the Pod, Stephen.
Stephen Voss
2022-08-15 06:56:17 +0000 UTCSince you mentioned Highway Patrol cars, the first one in Tasmania for quite some time didn't last long... *EDIT* maybe they were waving their appreciation at the other road user https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-13/tasmania-police-launch-new-kia-stinger-highway-patrol-car-crash/101330634?fbclid=IwAR0TL3OBbLRPoczgl7F7ay3Ds7-RBtiVmWcMk4krNR6pbDSx8q7UW-bu7bM
Stephen Voss
2022-08-15 05:31:13 +0000 UTCMight want to obscure the number plate on the Mazda 6, it was on 128,000 last September so is above average milage and probably not worth much now?
Nigel Hancock
2022-08-14 20:15:12 +0000 UTCMazda 6 isofix edition
Maurice Barnes
2022-08-14 20:08:40 +0000 UTCI've seen camper vans with 360 spinning front seats so you can use them for the table. Can you do that in the new VW with all its fancy seat configurations?
Martin Stephenson
2022-08-14 19:51:10 +0000 UTCFunny you say about the combines, we have sold record numbers of the FSS to farmers this last month or so. Meanwhile, surely the lance at the car wash doubles up as an air guitar. The real metal connoisseurs have a double lance in true 12 string style!
Andrew D Robinson
2022-08-14 19:30:43 +0000 UTC
