Podcast 94 - All the bells and whistles
Added 2022-02-06 18:01:00 +0000 UTCJonny and Richard wonder about a forgotten and very noisy part of the Mod scooter scene.
Also in this episode, the cars of A Touch of Frost, annoyingly needless idling, a BMW problem that only affects police cars, meeting someone from The Bill, seeing a Toyota Blade and wondering if Gordon Murray is getting taller.
Plus, Agnetha from ABBA running a Volvo parts warehouse, the weird noises made by Teslas, the price of second hand Alfa Giulias, the meaning of Cat S, the agony of slow overtaking, the joy of an old Tatra and the absence of young Bernards.
Oh, and also some stuff about goats.
Comments
Irmscher Sideskirt - brilliant
Mike Taylor
2022-02-11 07:17:34 +0000 UTCIf you're getting your knee down on a chime-laden scooter or bike, does it mean you're properly going bells out? :p also EV noises - one of our neighbours has a new Leaf, and it has the weirdest reverse noise that sounds like a blacksmith a street over. Every time they leave the house "....*Spong*......*Spong*......*Spong*......". Much prefer the image that turns up there occasionally, sounds like a shuttlecraff from Star Trek :D
Kyyanno
2022-02-10 12:54:32 +0000 UTCNo mention of gongs. Bells, whistles, and **gongs**. Being the superlative of bells and whistles.
Chris Rayner
2022-02-09 21:39:02 +0000 UTCYes Adolf Dassler (Adidas) and Rudolf Dassler (Puma) were brothers. Rudolf was the older brother. They started a company together but fell out during WW2 and went their separate ways!
Matthew Bartlett
2022-02-09 13:01:05 +0000 UTCCame here to say the same. I remember when this was featured on Tomorrow's World, originally on an ambulance interspersed with a more traditional siren. I seem to recall it was up for a Prince of Wales award for innovation (remember them?!)
Martin Gutkowski
2022-02-09 09:05:42 +0000 UTCThe 8 bit (white noise) reversing noises on building sites are because it's a noise that easy to understand directionally. So you can easily tell if the reversing vehicle is behind you. The high pitch noises of ol' echo around and make it difficult to understand where the source of the sound is. Like when there's an ambulance somewhere near you and you can't tell which direction it's coming from.
Andrew Evans
2022-02-08 09:24:17 +0000 UTCFor sure, Bernhardt would have had a Polo Harlequin. With Ronal teddy-bear alloys, natürlich
Nik Howard
2022-02-07 20:53:50 +0000 UTCThe whistle tip which brought us Bubb Rubb and Lil Sis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUXow3d3-b0
Thinfourth
2022-02-07 15:36:20 +0000 UTCIn retail in the 90s, some customers were fond of the euro sportswear designer “Robbie” Di Kappa
Jim Galbraith
2022-02-07 14:05:06 +0000 UTCIf I cant shout 'Fire up the Quattro/Consul/Capri' at some point in my career with the Police I'm not joining.
Ger O'Connor
2022-02-07 11:00:08 +0000 UTCI think the founders of Adidas and Puma are brothers? It's one of those things I think I heard on QI that stuck... After a bit of a shite Monday this was a quite nice way to spend some time and get some giggles. Cheers
Stephen Voss
2022-02-07 07:45:25 +0000 UTCThat Bernhardt stuff had me in stitches , so funny, for sure.
Mark Elliott
2022-02-07 07:40:52 +0000 UTCI was hoping a better informed American pedant would correct Richard on his cop-tune heresy, but here we are. Don't know how you limeys do things, but here in Merica cop cars have a long tradition of being tuned. Mainly a relic of the 50's into the 60's before muscle cars stole all the thunder, but still largely true today. I suspect the YouTube comments will be more spicy.
Guy Sande
2022-02-07 03:09:19 +0000 UTCTime to update DCI Blundell on Sniff Petrol methinks.
Peter Heamon
2022-02-07 01:02:17 +0000 UTCIf Gordon Murray was that keen on reducing mass he would shave his head. And moustache.
Peter Heamon
2022-02-07 00:55:51 +0000 UTCI almost applied to join the police (force, not the popular beat combo). Then I realised my concept of policing was entirely based upon watching The Sweeney, The Professionals, and Life on Mars. The reality led me to withdraw my application.
Peter Heamon
2022-02-07 00:54:55 +0000 UTCIt got a bit weird up here in Northumbria Police land with their BMWs. They withdrew all of their BMWs even their brand new ones fitted with the B57 Diesel engine which don’t have the same issues as the N57 engines. They then replaced them all with 1.0 petrol Peugeot 308 estates. No idea how they were suppose to go after crims in them. They’ve finally got brand new Volvos now, after presumably ordering them at the same time as the BMWs got withdrawn.
Dean
2022-02-07 00:26:16 +0000 UTCSmart Car poor sales are unsurprising and may have something to do with them only selling new cars as EVs with paltry range (60mi) and max 22kW AC charging. They could've refreshed the Smart Car as VW did with the 2020 eUP.
Andrew
2022-02-06 23:26:42 +0000 UTCBernard Kerr - a well known pro mountain biker, young and something of a petrolhead too. No Granada though.
Stu Morris
2022-02-06 21:28:35 +0000 UTCGerman insult - Depp (idiot)
Maurice Barnes
2022-02-06 21:21:02 +0000 UTCNot sure about the bells but...deer whistle?
Maurice Barnes
2022-02-06 20:59:40 +0000 UTCAnd don't forget the Corolla G6, 1.3 1998 Corolla with a 6 speed gearbox
Martin Rawlings
2022-02-06 19:58:49 +0000 UTCYou wonder about the bifocalist these days don't you, driving a car wearing glasses with focal lengths corresponding to 30cm and somwhere down the road, but nowhere in between. But in between is where the speedo lives, and the satnav. Ben Franklin didn't factor that use case in I suppose.
Ger O'Connor
2022-02-06 19:46:23 +0000 UTCBernhardt would use Rammstein for those heavy beats!! 🤘🤘
Bruce Driffill
2022-02-06 18:44:49 +0000 UTCWonderful!
Smith and Sniff
2022-02-06 18:17:06 +0000 UTCI forgot to send you this pic of my Weetabix cassettes last week - https://i.imgur.com/gSTr3ZM.png - I found Dunk’s Cassette (Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Level 42 - Something About You, Lloyd Cole and The Commotions - Brand New Friend, Opus - Live is Life) and Crunch’s Cassette (Tears For Fears - Mad World, Big Country - Wonderland, The Jam - Beat Surrender, Status Quo - The Wanderer). I had Bixie’s Cassette too but that seems to have gone missing.
Tim C
2022-02-06 18:15:51 +0000 UTCI look forward to listening tomorrow morning on my way to work.... Roll on Monday 😊👍🏻
Chris Jarrett
2022-02-06 18:12:18 +0000 UTC
