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Added 2022-04-17 17:01:59 +0000 UTCHello gang. What a lot of pics we seem to have this week. We lead, of course, with the subject of this show's title, followed by the king of the deep Vs, Michael Douglas in Basic Instinct. Then some sleezy Slotmags and the Weller 8-spoke, followed by a map of the M25 for those not familiar with it. Note how it encircles the largest city in Western Europe and is therefore quite long. Especially if you do an accidental lap of it. Next up, those stickers offered to Jonny, a bustle backed and wheel spatted Morris Minor, the weird face of the Toyota Yaris Cross, a spy pic of the forthcoming safari 911 (likely to be called the Dakar, apparently), the Huracan Sterrato concept and a pap shot of the production version on test. Finally, the pits at Reims and gassy astronaut John Young. Is that a Moonswatch he's wearing? Joke. Joke! JOKE!
Only one link this week, but it's a good one: Listener Charlie Bird trying to cram Smith and Sniff references into a post race interview. Cheers Charlie! https://youtu.be/hY1z_mYZ07I
Comments
That's all part of the MG heritage. My '04 ZS 180 has panel gaps more varied than British weather, and quality control that Hyundai would be rightly offended to be compared to.
Lewis Clark
2022-04-25 11:00:55 +0000 UTCI was on a plane with people looking at me laughing. Better to be happy than sad.
The Sloaner
2022-04-23 13:18:44 +0000 UTCGreat comment. Random fact..... In Ireland the condom vending machines beside the pills are provided by company called 'Justin Casey' (I think its a sly dig at Bishop Eamon Casey who should have made a purchase)
The Sloaner
2022-04-23 13:15:55 +0000 UTCFor some reason, I see a lot of the mg 3s in Australia. The fast food chains here use them as delivery cars, I presume because they're cheap, but also cack. Think Tesla-esque panel gap and hyundai quality control
Liam Belfield
2022-04-23 07:49:20 +0000 UTCThere might not be a Duster Dakar but there is a Duster cross country championship (not in UK). Top chap Karsten Boegvad I think built one on Reiger dampers. Non of this cheap Fox stuff.😳
Phil Griffiths
2022-04-21 17:34:47 +0000 UTCCan we get your thoughts on the new BMW 7 Series next week please...? ;-)
Paul Yeung
2022-04-21 07:38:29 +0000 UTCprobably cover you in crap whilst drying hands, only to break and need significant £ to fix.........
Robert Clay-parker
2022-04-20 09:58:55 +0000 UTCWell not often i'm correct, but yet again.......
Robert Clay-parker
2022-04-20 09:57:08 +0000 UTCRim choice 🤣😂🤣
Chris Jarrett
2022-04-20 06:19:08 +0000 UTCEvery time I use a Dyson Airblade hand dryer, I’m reminded of the Honda Fireblade motorcycle, and then ponder what a Dyson Fireblade hand dryer might be like.
Marco Spaccavento
2022-04-20 04:50:35 +0000 UTCTrue. But it’s still a Peugeot 205.
Chris Rayner
2022-04-19 19:05:12 +0000 UTCI'd hardly call a one-off stretched, four-door Peugeot 205 CJ mundane.
Smith and Sniff
2022-04-19 18:09:07 +0000 UTCDid you look? There are a couple of very mundane cars with them.
Chris Rayner
2022-04-19 17:47:31 +0000 UTCStreetview glitch or an outing for the world's most zany modified car club? Richard
Smith and Sniff
2022-04-19 17:46:00 +0000 UTCTrust me, my Range Rover is very far from sporty. That's why I like it. Richard
Smith and Sniff
2022-04-19 17:45:29 +0000 UTCLooked at the Reims pits and grandstand on Google streetview. A year ago they were still painted in the old logos and names. There were also some enthusiasts and their cars parked in the pits. A Porsche 914, and a very shiny Subaru. Owing to the vagaries of the streetview system the 914 looks as if it’s a four seater, and the scooby appears to have four front wheels a bit like a Tyrell P34.
Chris Rayner
2022-04-19 17:25:16 +0000 UTCRichard has a real Rangie fetish on the grounds it's a 'good family car'
David Saunders
2022-04-19 15:50:57 +0000 UTCI'm sure a week or two back i heard Mr Porter having a pop at sporty SUVs, then i thought looking at the e-UP! in front of the Supercharged RR, hang on a minute i spy some hypocrisy here............
Robert Clay-parker
2022-04-19 14:50:15 +0000 UTCVery much liked how I heard Richard stifle a full on belly laugh when Jonny was spouting authoritatively on 'rim choice'. I have to confess to owning some Weller wheels in my past life, 'cos they were cheap.
David Saunders
2022-04-19 13:50:12 +0000 UTCBlue Zeus is uplifting 😂😂😂
Simon Moseley
2022-04-19 10:13:57 +0000 UTCMy grandma and aunt once missed the M3 junction on the M25 because they were “chatting away”. They ended up doing a lap and a half round the M25 as they entered on the M11 junction. It’s safe to say they both didn’t posses a good internal compass.
Alex Mills
2022-04-19 07:59:43 +0000 UTCSo many good laughs in this episode! Is it weird that I feel like everyone's watching me when I'm laughing at your podcast alone in the car?
Colin Kao
2022-04-19 01:13:50 +0000 UTCThank you for getting a John Young reference in there. Man was a legend. And for more thoughts from the great man have a look at page 414 (416 on the PDF) here. https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a410/AS10_CM.PDF The phrase “Houston, we have a problem” suddenly takes on a whole new meaning. Young is down as “CMP”.
Dom
2022-04-18 22:24:48 +0000 UTCDoes anybody remember the "Fog Donkey" stickers from the late 90s? Similar in style to On a Mission. Somebody I worked with had a beige MK1 Fiesta with the obligatory sun strip on which it said "Bass et Tunes"
John Hammond
2022-04-18 21:49:46 +0000 UTCdevastated the v8 supercar was a holden
Riley
2022-04-18 12:18:14 +0000 UTCJust popped into the loo here in Apeldoorn washed the old hands and what should greet me but a mitsubishi jet towel jt-2sap. Without the reservoir it was a blow the water on the floor model...the piece de resistance was the sign reading "handdroger" I do have pics...
Neil Butler
2022-04-18 11:36:49 +0000 UTCI cam across a Mitsubishi Jet Towel for the first time this weekend in a Cineworld, I did wonder if there was an FQ-400 version
Peter Norrish
2022-04-18 11:28:57 +0000 UTCHaha, I knew that 8-spokes were going to get abuse as soon as you mentioned them. I definitely prefer modular or Wolf wheels like Richard has on his Defender. The MFP cars in Mad Max had 8-spokes, don't know if that makes them more or less sleazy. I was going to say Neighbours should be the Ford Falcon but I can't believe they stopped making that car almost 6 years ago.
Matt Tester
2022-04-17 19:32:22 +0000 UTCNot sure spiking stories whether male or female are funny.
John P
2022-04-17 19:22:43 +0000 UTCWow....thats a throwback! I had all those Max Power stickers! On our works van we had a huge On A Mission sticker across the front window....thinking back, it must have looked shite 🤣
Richard Matthews
2022-04-17 17:56:48 +0000 UTC
