Podcast 106 - Petrol station sunglasses
Added 2022-05-01 17:01:03 +0000 UTCJonny and Richard wonder why singer Michael McDonald keeps buying cheap foldable fake Aviators from gas stations and then accidentally sitting on them.
Also in this episode, the Kia Starmer and Hyundai Bayern Munich football club, Lewis Hamilton buying Chelsea, living in Monaco versus just paying taxes, the boringness of hairpin bends, why the 205 GTI has a claggy throat, hot hatches that feel like John Hurt from Alien, the joy of the Citroen ZX Volcane, Adrian Newey's Custom Car cover star stance, the Peugeot 505 and Ferrari Pinin, Marillion car update, the smell of Jorvik Viking Centre, sunroof mishaps, Jonny getting his hair trapped in a Ford GT, Richard being called a bandit by Martin Brundle, an over-badged Suzuki courtesy car, the official definition of tuning stages, grot mag headline round-up, Quincy Jones spilling wine on a synth, the Tosscars championship, and messages from Jonny's dad.
Plus, news about an all-new Late Brake Show Live event.
Comments
Would have replied earlier but fell asleep halfway through that, only just managed to finish it 😴
Sweet Sweet Jaaag
2022-05-16 18:43:32 +0000 UTCI bought a low mileage (1990 one of the first in the UK) ZX Volcane from a friend which I then fitted 16V wheels to and then had to manually bend the wheel arches to allow it to fit. I also fitted a BBR star chip which cured the rough running. Lovely car.
Dave Smith
2022-05-12 20:49:50 +0000 UTC...and very boring. And a bit whiney.
Peter Heamon
2022-05-06 17:37:43 +0000 UTCI you sure it's not €50,000?
Peter Heamon
2022-05-06 17:35:27 +0000 UTCI would just like to add "ball bags" and "bellend".
Peter Heamon
2022-05-06 17:32:33 +0000 UTCI had a Citröen ZX 1.4 for a while and it was indeed a nice car to drive. It did that classically French thing of riding over big bumps very well but hanging on in corners equally well, albeit with a huge amount of body roll. I then bought another car while I still had the Citröen and so I lent it to a friend who then promptly drove it into a flood and hydro locked the engine.
Tim C
2022-05-05 19:43:24 +0000 UTC👏 👏 👍👍
Jon R
2022-05-04 17:59:43 +0000 UTCI do wonder what clients think when I'm doing work in their garden, and I start laughing to myself. The cheap petrol station sunglasses got me today.... Also I love a courtesy car. I've had a few over years, 3 cylinder Corsa, 1.2 Seat Ibiza - fast, shitty 3 series coupe with engine management light, and air bag light on all the time, V8 Disco 3 - electric handbrake didn't work, or last one was a 6 month old Series 6 L200, which was nice. My Daughter however isn't a fan. She recently took her 2016 Polo to an independent VAG garage near us, who lent her, one of Jonnys favourite cars.....an Audi A2. She hated it, such so, on day two, she left it at home and got a lift to work. This too had engine management light on constantly. Best courtesy car I've had to date though was a Mini Cooper S from a main dealer....that soon went into sport mode..
Richard Matthews
2022-05-04 16:08:45 +0000 UTCBack in 2006, I managed to blag myself a Citroen ZX 1.8i ‘Furio’ from a Cambridgeshire car dealer for £100. I had gone to the forecourt on the promise of a hundred quid test expired Nissan Sunny with a blowing manifold which was to be entered into the Home2Rome banger rally later that year. When I got to the garage the Sunny had been sold from under my nose but in the corner of the lot was this dusty ZX Furio. It looked OK under the dirt and cobwebs but didn’t look like it had moved for a while. I went over to the salesman and after expressing my disappointment in the Nissan being sold, asked if he’d flog me the ZX for £100. He obligingly agreed and it was mine as I handed over the notes to him. Only then did he go to the cabinet to pull out the paperwork to find the ZX still had 9 months ticket, too late we’d already done the deal. The ZX was a faithful old thing, and good fun to drive. A well styled car that never looked as dated as some of its rivals and it never missed a beat in the few months where we run around in it before heading off on an 1800 mile journey to Rome. We took it for a trip into Monaco where a very unfriendly policeman urged us to depart from the Avenue ‘JFK’ as we’d stopped for a photo. We then set off up and down the Col de Turini in it which she coped with very well. The ZX had quick steering but the downward section absolutely buggered the brakes, and for the rest of the trip was a bit hairy in places with stopping. Half way down we stopped to let them cool down a bit. Sadly the promised “waiting buyers” for the cheap cars in Rome never materialised and the ZX ended up in a Rome breakers yard with a grab straight through it, an unjust end for a faithful and comfortable car. I wish I’d had the time to drive it back to Blighty. My favourite addition was a Halfords clearance bin Nurburgring inspired sticker, but for Brands Hatch. The track logo looked like a deformed foetus. Added a touch of class.
John Hammond
2022-05-04 09:00:47 +0000 UTCWhy the piss flaps should you clean up the podcast? Myself and clearly as the charts show, a lot of other people, absofuckinglutely love the crude smut that shits in our ears each week. Might I suggest to the stupid wankers, that if you don’t want your kids to hear “grown up” language, then don’t play the tossing podcast in front of them you silly twats!
Bertie
2022-05-03 10:36:00 +0000 UTCIt had been a long Monday...
Stephen Voss
2022-05-02 23:01:46 +0000 UTCNo need to apologise. It’s normally me who’s pedantic. I will blame predictive text though
Marc
2022-05-02 19:59:54 +0000 UTCCome on nobody else had their grot mag collection busted???
Jon R
2022-05-02 19:55:50 +0000 UTCA very bad one 🤣 being pedantic it's spelled Heep (from Dickens book). Sorry.
Jon R
2022-05-02 19:50:00 +0000 UTCAlso, isn't Silage Heap a very bad Uriah Heap tribute band?
Marc
2022-05-02 19:20:18 +0000 UTCDidn't someone buy the Ferrari Pinin show car and put an engine and gearbox in it? I'm sure I read that it's now a one of a kind Ferrari.
Marc
2022-05-02 19:18:54 +0000 UTCYes. Here is a link https://www.forbes.com/sites/alistaircharlton/2021/07/28/ford-has-created-a-fragrance-designed-to-smell-like-gasoline/amp/
Peter Grogan
2022-05-02 18:18:28 +0000 UTCGreat cast. I am sure that I have read that Ford (or similar) have developed a car fragrance for EVs that smells of petrol cars.
Peter Grogan
2022-05-02 18:17:20 +0000 UTCListening again and remembered something else. I went up an Italian in a Smart Roadster a few years ago, seems like a nippy thing for those roads but it isn't. At altitude the turbo produced very little boost so it was struggling anyway, then we had to stop to let cars pass on the cliff edge and it couldn't build revs for the stupid robotic clutch to engage properly. It lurched around a bit before finally getting enough momentum up to engage, really though I was going to burn it out.
Matt Tester
2022-05-02 16:35:30 +0000 UTCA suggestion for an added frisson of tension and excitement at the LBS Live this August: have a Ford Mustang section in the car park next door to a Toyota Camry/Honda Accord section. And insist the 'Stangs leave before anyone else...
Peter Heamon
2022-05-02 14:21:32 +0000 UTCAny time you want to run Lemons, I have a seat for you two.
david marden
2022-05-02 13:43:02 +0000 UTCSeconded - fucking hilarious 😂 The easily offended need not listen. Jonny's parents are no doubt broad minded.
Jon R
2022-05-02 13:34:30 +0000 UTCThe Kia Starmer. Very funny. Appears quite robust but on closer examination leaves you feeling disappointed.
Firstdan2000
2022-05-02 13:03:19 +0000 UTCPerfect car for the twisties around Monaco? BMW i3 surely? (I'm serious)
Chris Squirrel
2022-05-02 13:02:32 +0000 UTCJonny, I dread to think of the explanation you had to provide for Pod 100. Agricultural show machine powered dildos... Please never change!
Michael Lyth
2022-05-02 12:47:15 +0000 UTCSwear away - it's not a kids'/family podcast. It's Generation X reminiscing. There's not that much anyway. Most of it is Jonny's coded 'swearing'. Please don't shy away from 'rude' but hilarious subjects either. It's just right as it is.
Jon R
2022-05-02 12:32:22 +0000 UTCI'd agree that beeps for swears aren't great - they can be quite jarring. That being said, just muting the audio where you would bleep or dubbing in Jonny saying "flute" etc could be alternative approaches
Ben Payne
2022-05-02 11:54:05 +0000 UTCThe modern Citroen DS19 would be the C6, yeah?
Evan Markby
2022-05-02 10:56:09 +0000 UTCIs your spelling of grammar ironic given the context??😁
Jon R
2022-05-02 10:29:36 +0000 UTCOh jeeze, the gramma is atrocious there.. Was meant to be studying some statistics using JASP (Jeffreys's Amazing Statistics Program).. but got distracted by the pod.
Stephen Voss
2022-05-02 08:20:40 +0000 UTCLove the fade out while doing a fade out in the future! Looking forward to August.
Adam Clark
2022-05-02 07:18:00 +0000 UTCHamilton sold his jet as part of his plan to be carbon neutral. He also has pranged Pagani Zonda in Monaco. I did hear once that you can be arrested in Monaco if you don't have something like 50 euros on you, but not sure if that is still the case or tbh if it was the case.
Stephen Voss
2022-05-02 06:25:19 +0000 UTCRibald Magazine
Al Scott
2022-05-02 04:23:50 +0000 UTCMy 8 year old would love a clean podcast episode. Constantly asks me since we attended Late Brake Show in Manchester last year. Also loves his Smith and Sniff mug. Give Henry a shout out!
Andrew Armstrong
2022-05-01 21:21:35 +0000 UTCI think I'm going to have to make the TOSCA logo (or full TOSSCAR) in the style of classic TOCA.
Matt Tester
2022-05-01 19:44:35 +0000 UTCLow/mid spec Caterham would amazing on hairpinny roads. Shit getting it down to the riviera tho...
Sean Hamerton
2022-05-01 18:50:40 +0000 UTCI did a sprint at what used to be RAF Abingdon in a S14 200SX. First time really pushing a RWD car and went off at the last corner into the tall grass. Thankfully there was nothing solid in there, but the grass was so tall, i had to get out of the car to work out where the track was
Bruce Driffill
2022-05-01 18:19:27 +0000 UTCDon't forget Knave and Parade mags (Penthouse too soft) 🤣 current state of affairs OTSOT unknown - 80s/90s very pre-internet. Nothing back then struck the same fear in you as your mum saying 'I've just tidied your bedroom' 😱😱😱
Jon R
2022-05-01 17:38:37 +0000 UTC
