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Added 2022-07-03 17:01:03 +0000 UTCThis week we have a couple of pics of the latest Honda HR-V, the surprisingly long wand of the Koenigsegg CC8S (not CCS as they said on the show), the cacky Ford airbag wheel in a ‘90s Aston Virage/V8, a Mondeo showing a classic Morette four headlight conversion, the archaic engine bay of a Mercedes W123, and the stressful rats’ nest of a Jaguar V12.
As Jonny and Richard said in this show, they’re planning on reading out Patrons’ messages next week so if you’ve got any questions, thoughts or ideas, send in a message through the Patreon. But, please, not suggestions for Jonny’s fake YouTube channel. We’ve got loads of those. Thanking yous.
Now, a small cluster of links…
A brief history of Koenigsegg - http://www.koenigsegg.ezyro.com/koenigsegg-history/?i=1
A brief history of the Trabant - https://automobile.fandom.com/wiki/Trabant
Jonny’s preview of the Hyundai Ioniq 6 - https://youtu.be/P72gfbUArKs
Anthony Trollope and post boxes - https://trollopesociety.org/trollope/post-office-career/pillar-boxes/
Comments
So, thanks to my FiL, every time I hear pigeons, they're either saying "it's your turn Judy" or "bravo cook". I apologise in advance.
Nick Davies
2022-07-07 17:00:09 +0000 UTCOn holiday in New York this year we met someone in an Irish pub who wanted to tell us all about his ‘European’ (ie English) girlfriend. She had a tattoo of the London Underground roundel on her leg. For several weeks he thought it was the Nissan logo, and couldn’t understand why she showed no interest in the GT-R etc
Ed Storer
2022-07-07 07:28:06 +0000 UTCIn your super car mussing I was surprised the Chevrolet Corvette C8 didn’t get a mention. With a mid engine V8 without any turbos or superchargers, you know it will sound good and it’s pretty modern too. Not silly expensive and available in RHD too. Not saying it would be my choice but an interesting option.
Gordon Segar
2022-07-06 22:31:11 +0000 UTCHonestly, that Aston dash is just a hot mess, isn't it? If the auto box was any higher, you wouldn't be able to get a cassette out of the player while the car was in Park. I mean that thing is hard into the dash! And what's with the skyward hand brake?!
Mat Moore
2022-07-06 19:59:59 +0000 UTCI love those old Thames videos, can easily lose a Saturday afternoon watching them all.
Mark Sheridan
2022-07-06 14:46:55 +0000 UTCOh dear. I do have a car tattoo. It’s the VW logo accompanied by a pair of checkered flags. At the time 20-something odd years ago I was racing a Mk2 Scirocco. I was woefully uncompetitive so now it’s just a sad reminder.
Jeffrey Smith
2022-07-05 14:15:48 +0000 UTCI get what you mean about the V8 Virage looking like a kit car knock off of itself. Ferrari 456 is the same. Looks more like a shitty Mister2 knockoff than the real MR2 knockoffs
Matthew Aves
2022-07-05 10:37:33 +0000 UTCIn the city that i’m living in, last-gen HRV is a common ride-sharing car. And many of them had bright stickers on the rear door handle, presuming the drivers are tired of confused passengers not knowing how the rear door works
Wilson Lin
2022-07-05 06:29:01 +0000 UTCThere's a Datsun 260Z out here with the Yamaha engine swapped in. Supercharged, too. Weirdly a good fit.
Brendan McAleer
2022-07-05 00:33:57 +0000 UTCAbsolutely ... people who are unfamiliar with it are usually surprised / impressed when they see that awesome looking engine in an another relatively mundane car.
Ed Nicholson
2022-07-04 23:52:55 +0000 UTCWhenever I see that feature on CUVs / SUVs, I just think that it must make it harder for children to get in the back seat unassisted.
Ed Nicholson
2022-07-04 23:50:59 +0000 UTCSpeaking of SHO, candidate for one of the unexpectedly loveliest engine bays.
Brendan McAleer
2022-07-04 22:15:31 +0000 UTCI've a friend with a teal Lagonda (Towns) and the interior on it is absolutely face-meltingly cool. Everything works! (yes, he's an electrical engineer, why do you ask?) https://imgur.com/a/UhSFsWH
Brendan McAleer
2022-07-04 22:12:53 +0000 UTCOn the topic of engines that look too old for the car, I always felt that the M20 in the BMW Z1 looked really out of place. Lovely engine but it should have had something else.
Paul Haselton
2022-07-04 21:30:54 +0000 UTCI enjoy listening on my car journey on Monday mornings. This morning I was stuck behind a HR-V while you were talking about them. In other news, I have a car tattoo, I've got the McLaren speedmark logo on my leg
Daniel P
2022-07-04 20:16:14 +0000 UTCI quite like the look of the HR-V. Maybe it’s because I used to work in HR, and that’s the target market. I wish they’d stop farting around with the hidden rear door handle though. It was quirky and cool on the Alfa 156 but is anyone seriously thinking that a small Honda SUV only has really short front doors?
Ed Storer
2022-07-04 19:40:26 +0000 UTCThe XFS Sportbrake is brilliant, up there with the E61. Cheered me up no end to see the new M3 Touring on PH and at Goodwood, maybe all is not lost?
Chris Squirrel
2022-07-04 19:17:14 +0000 UTCChris that's why the most I will go with a Jag is my XFS Sportbrake, yes the i-Pace can't really be counted as an SUV as it just looks too sleek.
Nigel Hancock
2022-07-04 18:15:30 +0000 UTCJust count yourself lucky or I would have bombarded you with pictures of old Simca's I've had including the Rancho :D
Nigel Hancock
2022-07-04 18:13:10 +0000 UTCMaaaan morettes! What a throwback. They seemed to do them for literally any car! Bet they'll have a retro return in the not to near future.
Chris Colouryum
2022-07-04 17:00:08 +0000 UTCSorry about the photo thing, it seems to be a Patreon limitation. Richard
Smith and Sniff
2022-07-04 16:26:12 +0000 UTCAye, shame we can't post pics. After the chat about the XJ40 I disappeared down a sinkhole of Arden XJ81s. There's one particular photo where it made me think "if only Jag had done this, they might not be churning out the chungus-SUVs they are now" (i-Pace excepted, that's ace)
Chris Squirrel
2022-07-04 16:22:57 +0000 UTCMy dad worked for Joseph Lucas. He was sufficiently senior to be offered the odd luxury motor which was being used by management on a sort of assessment basis. One of these was a saloon v12, the Jag, I think. He took me for a drive in it, during which he mentioned that the company had serious problems with heat in the engine compartment. So much so that it was some time before they figured out how to stop the battery from evaporating its electrolyte. So even more reason to shun that model. Mind you, I’d stretch a point for the v12 E-type.
Chris Rayner
2022-07-04 12:12:49 +0000 UTC‘70s Lincoln was my husband’s vote. I wonder if this is a thing where nostalgia for one’s most-loved vehicle is influencing his opinion though 😁 I agree with your Ghost assessment based on videos.
Jennifer Albert
2022-07-04 11:38:26 +0000 UTCMystic Metcalf needs to be a thing. Superb idea.
Robin White
2022-07-04 07:52:19 +0000 UTCFell down a youtube black hole at the weekend and found this gem. Steve Shaw at the 1976 Earls Court Motor Show .... "Electric cars will be doing 80mph and have a range of 500 miles within 10 years (1986)". .... mind you, it is a lovely shade of gold and the brown vinyl roof is as well presented as Shaws comb over ..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQurTTUItWE&t=268s
Simon Telfer
2022-07-04 07:49:59 +0000 UTCThe 'e' is the only current Honda I like. Perhaps because drove an (then) old but immaculate 1 owner original Civic in the mid 80s. It was still a wonderful car and the 'e' captures some of that.
Robin Capper
2022-07-04 07:14:50 +0000 UTCNo, there are plenty of distinctive cars, this just isn't one of them. It's not good looking enough to be Chinese. Why can't Honda rub a little of the magic from the 'e' on the rest of their range?
Carl Pickering
2022-07-04 07:12:29 +0000 UTCIn 80s was installing some office furniture in the call centre of NZ Leyland (NZMC) Head Office parts division. Operator took a call and, presumably muted mic, and called out 'This guy wants a price for complete wiring loom and injection for a XJS!' Whole room erupted in laughter, never heard what the outcome was...
Robin Capper
2022-07-04 01:15:41 +0000 UTCDoing the look at photos before listening thing, had to zoom into the badge to tell that was a Honda. Car styling and form factors are so generic now its sad.
Robin Capper
2022-07-04 01:09:10 +0000 UTCNot a fan of twin headlamp conversions. In fact is there any aftermarket headlamps that don’t make the car look Barried?
Giant Iain
2022-07-03 23:21:58 +0000 UTCBorgward engines look good. Like a pretend twin cam with a carb stuck on top. Also, are neither of you familiar with the BBC Rad-Mac 'My toe hurts Bettie' vocals to go with the annoying/dull wood pigeon?
Seth Kennedy
2022-07-03 21:33:01 +0000 UTCA set of Moretti headlamps on an ST200 mondeo no less! Nothing but premium pics used.
Kevmond
2022-07-03 21:05:55 +0000 UTCSo Gentlemen in my friends group chat we've been discussing what the best looking interior is in a car so far we've got a 60's Ford Thunderbird and Roll Royce Ghost. What say you ? Cheers
Elliott W
2022-07-03 20:05:25 +0000 UTCMy 92 Ford Taurus SHO has the same wheel, different logo of course. That was Ford North America's 1st gen airbag wheel for just about every car and minivan from 1990-1994. The 2nd gen air bag wheel was similar but had some curves at each end, started seeing those around 1993 in some of the cars.
Ed Nicholson
2022-07-03 19:45:26 +0000 UTCMy 1980 W123 300D had a bit more to its engine bay, not least because of the extra cylinder. Sadly there seems no way of posting a picture on these threads :(
Nigel Hancock
2022-07-03 19:23:22 +0000 UTCThat wand _is_ long! Like an old fashioned tractor unit on an American truck long. Makes me feel the need to wear a net backed cap and smoke superkings...
Choochomatic 3000XL
2022-07-03 19:16:57 +0000 UTCI nearly spat my tea out when Richard was trying to describe the position of the tattoo on the man's thumb elbow. It reminded me of an funny article on The Onion about a writer who is no good at describing hands. https://www.theonion.com/frustrated-novelist-no-good-at-describing-hands-1819575314
Kenneth Lau
2022-07-03 18:58:05 +0000 UTCI had some fake Morette lights on my Opel Manta 2x ford Capri lights fixed into a fibreglass rectangle. It was a cheap aftermarket way to cure the fishtank look of the original headlights.
Firstdan2000
2022-07-03 18:45:22 +0000 UTCBloody hell morette lights, I had them on my sapphire ‘cosseh’ on my Vauxhall nova, my mk2 Astra gte & my Renault 5 lol. I think I still have the Sierra ones
joe brudenell
2022-07-03 17:54:30 +0000 UTCI always think they let an apprentice plumber loose in the Jaguar engine bay.
Jeffrey Smith
2022-07-03 17:17:03 +0000 UTC
