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Added 2022-07-17 17:01:59 +0000 UTCHello again gang. What have we got this week then? Well, in pictures we have a typical 1980s kitchen (portable telly, waste disposal and ‘80s aerobics mum, not pictured) then a crazy valve tube head unit, and two photos from Lithuania courtesy of listener Augustus. Now, some links…
John Michael Jar does his song - https://youtu.be/BznDy7bxl9M
INXS doing one of their songs - https://youtu.be/_VU9DjQpvMQ
A Panasonic CQ-TX5500 in action - https://youtu.be/MRs65LkzAWE
Finally, if you haven’t seen it already, have a look at the Patreon-only Smith and Sniff encyclopaedia - https://www.patreon.com/posts/smith-and-sniff-68942567
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Ironic that the episode where HiFi is discussed is accidentally a low quality audio one
Robert Murdoch
2024-03-07 13:12:02 +0000 UTCJust saw one of the worst combinations of custom number plates and cars. Black Range Rover Sport, with plates of I6DU9, got me wondering what would be worse than that? Cheers Stephen.
Stephen Voss
2022-07-23 04:02:24 +0000 UTCWith regards to the 80's kitchen where is the Schwartz spice rack? Or I'm guessing a lot of us had engineer dad's even if they couldn't rebuilding something on the table. Btw I turned into one of those Engineer's and hold BEngHons after my name. Would I tackle half the jobs my dad did ...no. He tried brick work, installing new windows (leaving old sills below), electrics (you need a qualified persons now, something he doesn't understand, car repairs, car cleaning on a new Citroen BX because he thought it was particularly dirty used a brillo pad (I couldn't stop him in time). Drivers door circular motion and front drivers side wheel. Same car he fitted new spark plugs some how got them stuck. Engine out as unless I'm mistaken plugs where close to the firewall. Im sure if NASA would have called asking did he know anything on Shuttle's he would have said yes. He was an expert at everything still is. He was good in his day to day job. But left a lasting impression on me as to bad DIY and how long it would take him. Even if you can do a job I always think it's that last 5-10% at least what a specialist can do. What finishes off a job properly. Btw we had the money when I was growing up he is just one of these people who is an expert at everything.
Paul Smith
2022-07-21 12:25:56 +0000 UTCSam Smith ‘In the lonely hour’ or whatever it’s called. I’d have to sell the car at that point, for whoever owned it was clearly a madman
Ed Storer
2022-07-21 11:40:29 +0000 UTCSmith and Stiff and podcast in where Jonny nods and says I told you so while Richard complains about not stretching before and after a ‘very long run’ yesterday.
Campbell Vearing
2022-07-21 06:01:42 +0000 UTCI work with a Sandy. She is actually a Sandra but likes to be called Sandy. I also own an Outlander PHEV. It's a great car if you use it for its designed purpose. Short journeys are done on electric and the engine is there to charge the electric if it runs out or if extra power is needed. I get the petrol jolt when accelerating hard (not breaking the law!) but I liken it to the turbo kicking in on a normal car. If you are going to do long motorway cruises then a PHEV is not the car for you. I wouldn't criticise a Zonda for its maneuverability in Asda car park, or a 1.1L Fiesta from the 90s for its terrible Nürburgring time!
Michael Langston
2022-07-21 05:43:56 +0000 UTCHello chaps - having recently bought an XFR (I say recent it was January) on the way to work this morning I accidentally pressed the CD eject button. Expecting it to be empty I was surprised when it revealed a best of Take That compilation album. It made me wonder what sort of a person the previous owner was? Were they a run-of-the mill rational 90s child who was looking to hear some tracks from their youth or a total Flesh d’or with no taste in music. I can’t decide. Also what would be the WORST CD to find in a car you’ve just bought? I’d suggest a Eurovision CD or a self-burnt omnibus of Jeremy Vine’s radio 2 shows.
Elliott Jones
2022-07-20 19:15:18 +0000 UTCTo be fair I thought this too until this week
Ed Storer
2022-07-20 11:04:35 +0000 UTCOh my god, just talking about Sandie and... My mum in law Sandie was the glamorous lady in town who ran off with the local MD's son. (Bob - not Ray - father in law). They built their own house in '82, an open planned number with a vaulted ceiling. Still modern today. No Celica though, a 2CV and several small Renault's, 5, Clio, a Mégane Coupe was the car of choice when I met the family 20 years ago.
Glyn Smith
2022-07-19 17:17:09 +0000 UTCit makes more sense now, but very funny when you listen back and Smiths “had a good one at dusk”
Jon Mochan
2022-07-19 15:44:45 +0000 UTCI’ve only now realised you aren’t a pair of sexual deviants and aren’t say “piss fister”
Jon Mochan
2022-07-19 15:44:09 +0000 UTCit soudned like you weren;t aware of what was happening in Lithunaia in the 90s when you were reading that email... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Lithuania#Struggle_for_independence_(1990%E2%80%931991)
Zoona
2022-07-19 12:38:01 +0000 UTCWould you expect anything more?
Simon Smyth
2022-07-19 12:33:52 +0000 UTCHalf a bottle suggests Richard was clearing out his bathroom cabinet and offering his rubbish as prizes?
Carl Pickering
2022-07-19 10:39:45 +0000 UTCMy kitchen looks similar to that one. Especially the units. They are getting a bit scruffy now so one day will get round to replacing them. Unfortunately the car projects are more pressing :)
Carl Pickering
2022-07-19 09:11:01 +0000 UTCLoved the bit on Lithuania. I always wanted Top Gear to cover this when going to different countries, a snapshot of car culture in that part of the world.
Glyn Smith
2022-07-19 08:38:15 +0000 UTCTalking of eastern european car content, have either of you come across the Bosnian War Camaro before? Because *that* is a story.
Brendan McAleer
2022-07-19 01:55:41 +0000 UTCI very much enjoyed this tale. Mostly for the Technics CD player from the 90s. I still have mine, now ‘plumbed’ to a Marantz amp and Mission speakers.
Ed Storer
2022-07-18 23:17:22 +0000 UTCGreat cast today Guys...Listen...Guys. Having convinced my then fiance of the epicness of the track by playing Candi Statton "You've got the love" through my separates system comprising a full 90s spec Technics CD player plumbed through a Rotel amp, listened to through, of course, Wharfdale speakers - we had our first dance at our wedding in 2004 to that track. We had unfortunately hired a shite wedding DJ (possibly because I'd forgotten to sort this out and hurriedly found the first available person listed in the yellow pages - Google before Google). By the time we got to the evening do it's fair to say everyone who had been to the dinner was more than somewhat worse for wear. After the first dance, said shite DJ attempted to get the guests to participate in that ridiculous "sit on the dance floor and pretend to row" nonsense. A friend of mine who was a semi-pro DJ went straight over to the dick behind the decks and had a heated conversation, culminating in a lot of shouting and an alleged shove in the chest, my DJ friend taking over the decks, and the next track being played Let me be your fantasy by Baby D. The night turned out brilliantly - or so I'm told as the few hours afterwards are lost to me due to a significant over doing of the champagne throughout the day.
Jack Frear
2022-07-18 14:39:15 +0000 UTC20 yr old listener here; first car is deceased-spec '08 Hyundai Getz with 35,000 miles and remnants of half a garden centre under the seats
Alex Harrison
2022-07-18 13:51:16 +0000 UTCGuys…listen…guys. I’m quite humbled here. ☺️My comments have been mentioned in around 3 of the last 4 or 5 podcasts. Thanks ever so much.
Jeffrey Smith
2022-07-18 13:40:12 +0000 UTCIn the US, the best first car is going to be Late 90s Civic or Corolla.
david marden
2022-07-18 13:35:15 +0000 UTCHeckblende is the name of the rear light bar reflector thing on the BX
Greg Smith
2022-07-18 12:04:59 +0000 UTCI won half a bottle of David Beckham aftershave in Richards quiz at the Leicestershire Late Brake Show Live (Best car show ever). I correctly named the Rover 213SE (Pre facelift, High boot) from Father Ted. (Ted! you big bollox!).
Simon Smyth
2022-07-18 10:10:49 +0000 UTCmk1 Focus 1.6 is an excellent car. I'd be remiss if I didn't say mk2 Citroen Berlingo 2.0HDi for £1500. Spend money on tyres, get the air-con re-charged
Ben Oliver
2022-07-18 09:08:40 +0000 UTCOn the piss vista front - I once had to go to a meeting with a client who had an office on the Harewood House Estate, where they film Emmerdale. Stopped for wazz, just before arriving, and picked a nice wooded spot on a quiet country lane. Turns out they use this lane for filming quite often and once 'buried a body' in the woods. I've literally pissed on Shadrach's shallow grave. Wife gets very annoyed when I repeatedly point this out each time they film in this location.
Quentin James
2022-07-18 08:31:04 +0000 UTCDid Jonny speak reaaally close to the microphone or have a very harsh but light dalek filter?
Joe Allard
2022-07-18 06:16:29 +0000 UTCSandy Gall is who you were thinking of as a news reader. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Gall He's still going at 94 an have a read of that link what a life! Yes I know its not a proper link but Patreon seems not to have the code for that!
Nigel Hancock
2022-07-17 22:34:09 +0000 UTCOh so much material I have experienced, mostly the 80's as I started my driving life in 1981. So much material that your getting an email ;)
Nigel Hancock
2022-07-17 22:27:38 +0000 UTCGrew up in the 80s. Didn’t know anyone with a 2nd TV (never mind in the kitchen) or waste disposal. I think the height of kitchen luxury for my friends were a built in double oven and a soda stream.
Stephen Archer
2022-07-17 19:23:22 +0000 UTCLooking at the pictures before listening to the podcast, I really hope that you haven’t glossed over those Lithuanian shorts.
Tim C
2022-07-17 17:55:44 +0000 UTCEarly ‘80s Audi 100- you have my full attention
andreas photiou
2022-07-17 17:09:18 +0000 UTC
