Patron-only bonus podcast - Russian Roulette with Metros
Added 2021-12-26 18:00:05 +0000 UTCHello gang, and a very Happy Christmas/Festivus/holidays to you.
For reasons we can't remember, earlier this year we recorded two podcasts in a week rather than the usual single episode. It was probably because one of us was going to be busy in coming weeks and wouldn't be able to record as usual so we thought we should 'bank' a show to be on the safe side. Then, also for reasons we can't remember, plans changed, the extra episode wasn't needed, and it was stashed away on a virtual shelf.
Rather than let this 'spare' podcast gather dust next to two tins of old paint and a Haynes manual for a car we no longer own we thought we should share it with you, our lovely Patrons. It's meant to be a trot through some listeners' messages but, as usual, we get a bit sidetracked and topics covered include teeth brushing incidents, the death of the estate car, checking out minicab mileages, the terribleness of wraparound sunglasses, stories of accidentally opening the wrong car, manual Jaguar F-Types, famous flautists, and Richard getting into a misunderstanding with a Brummie lady of the night.
As an added 'bonus', this episode is illustrated with a 10-year-old, pre-Smith and Sniff picture of us behaving like a duo of flutes. Enjoy!
Jonny & Richard
Comments
Defo recommend a r26 my son has one it’s great
David Tod
2022-03-10 19:41:48 +0000 UTCThanks for reading out my story about the roll caged rental cars. I rang my mum to tell her her story was famous, she then went on regaling more stories about drug dealers renting the cars and then being arrested on the forecourt. Good times in the 80's!
Will Magrath
2022-01-17 17:21:08 +0000 UTCRegarding the wrong mini story imagine if that was a car park today original owner of wrong mini would be fined due to no return within 2 hours rule or they would pay less parking due to being reparked with less time on the clock
John Hempson
2022-01-11 12:32:25 +0000 UTCThe roll cage hire car story, reminded me of when I fitted Tow Bars for a livivng in the early 90s, we fitted a Tow Bar to a Range Rover, My Boss was was suspicous of the owner so made a note of the reg, he was right to be suspicous as the cheque bounced, we had dealings with the Range Rover dealer so my Boss rang them and asked if they knew who the owner was and said we were concerned the Tow Bar wasn't fitted correctly as a ruse to find the owner, The Boss of the dealership rang saying yes he knew who the owner was it the dealership demo vehicle, they checked it and sure enough there where signs a Bar had been fitted and removed, this guy had borrowed it on demo and moved his boat with it, my Boss being scottish and peaved with losing £200.00 so got the address of the guy who borrowed said Range Rover and went to the address in a very posh area, the guy wouldn't answer the door , my Boss could see he was in, so my Boss stood outside his house and started shouting up and down the street what this guy had done within 5 minuets he got the money he was owed.
Simon Rogers
2022-01-06 22:44:35 +0000 UTCI actually own a morris minor and can confirm this. The key for my morris minor fits my friends minor in both the door locks and the ignition. But to be fair you can hot wire a morris minor by using a pair of nails.
Harry Richmond
2022-01-06 09:06:52 +0000 UTCHere's a curious video of a lady in a large artificial flower blowing on increasing large Flutes. The largest being full on weapon grade industrial fluting. https://youtu.be/q1Oo9cwouTE
Phil Griffiths
2022-01-05 13:57:32 +0000 UTCHas anybody had problems with patreon payments not going through this month via paypal? I've just had to change how I pay from paypal to my bank account for some reason. Most odd.
John P
2022-01-02 13:07:31 +0000 UTCIf the Corgi was a blue colour I had one too lol. Same with the Police Car. A lot of pocket money went to Corgi + Matchbox. Sadly old enough to also include Dinky lol
Paul Smith
2022-01-01 10:07:43 +0000 UTCI watched him when I was younger
Classic Britain
2022-01-01 01:22:45 +0000 UTCNow, did you as a child watch Jonny, or did you watch Jonny as a child?
Ian Cleary
2021-12-31 19:55:03 +0000 UTCThe original blue and less spangly wheel combo was a winner. The vinyl roof could have been swerved with a nice black painted roof instead (like my old Corgi XJC, ran that for a good few years in the late 70's / early 80's until another kid pulled its bonnet off. Had a Police version too, never felt the need to paint either a sort of acid-casualty-frog colour...
Ian Cleary
2021-12-31 19:51:33 +0000 UTCYes under the same name
Classic Britain
2021-12-31 17:42:54 +0000 UTCI agree with the cost and depreciation on the F-type. It was a quick comparison lol Also agree he can probably afford the XJC restoration. As I said it's up to people how they spend their money. My dad once had 3 new cars in a little over 12 months. 1979 Citroen GS, then to an Allegro which leaked like a sieve and then to a Citroen GSA. At the time we didn't know how much he lost on 3 new cars depreciation so fast. We had inherited money and as you said could afford it lol. Problem was the spending didn't stop even after he retired with a decent 6 figure package and salary. So I guess I look at somethings with an eye on will you have just wasted money? Or invested it?. With the XJC the originals are nice. I'm guessing we can all suggest a list of cars for £67k
Paul Smith
2021-12-31 12:01:17 +0000 UTCI’m excited thinking about a diesel golf - I would love a b3 Passat but perhaps in modern frenetic traffic not the matching derv of the day 😁
Robert Clay-parker
2021-12-31 11:47:33 +0000 UTCI liked the new colour initially but now seeing the car finished it just doesn’t seem quite right - though as ever my opinion is worthless
Robert Clay-parker
2021-12-31 11:45:37 +0000 UTCGreat channel love the chaos and Lucas - I’m confused have you just restarted it again ?
Robert Clay-parker
2021-12-31 11:44:04 +0000 UTCOoo I love that sort of info - my wife often says I’m not very interesting or positive, I blame it on her making me play that dismal game monopoly every damn Xmas
Robert Clay-parker
2021-12-31 11:42:46 +0000 UTCThe spend on his XJC seems mad, but I guess it’s now worth a good chunk of that £67k and will appreciate, whilst also looking stunning, where as a £66k F Type will continue to plummet in value. Someone able to sink that amount of money into a restoration will already have several cars, I can’t imagine anyone is cross shopping a 2017 F Type and a 1970s XJC, and HM has a project 7 F Type also in his garage/collection. I find it hard to relate to his collection, but he generally wears his obvious wealth quite lightly and I love the videos restoring the XJC and Fulvia Zagato. Agree he’s be a great guest in the brown chairs.
Giant Iain
2021-12-31 10:16:55 +0000 UTCWas talking about this Podcast with a colleague, who informed me that in the early 90's his Mum owned a Honda Concerto and once locked herself out of it with the keys still inside. A recovery man arrived to assist and with him had a massive bunch of keys. He explained that this was a regular occurrence, but an easy fix as you could get into a range of Rover's, Austin's & Honda's all with the same key. He quickly found the relevant key from his bunch, unlocked the Concerto and went on his way 😂 Thanks for the bonus content, "The man with the golden flute" had me creased up whilst on my commute home down the A40. All the best for the new year, Dave 👍
Dave Hughes
2021-12-31 10:06:39 +0000 UTCFellow risk averse tight fisted petrol head here! 👋 I’ll see your 1.6TDi DSG Octavia Estate and raise you my beaten up mk6 1.6TDi Golf L Estate, on steelies with one wheel trim missing, the even more dull cousin to your Octavia. Thanks for all the pods and YouTube content guys. 👍
Giant Iain
2021-12-31 10:05:10 +0000 UTCAlso anyone seen Harry's Garage recently ? His Jag XJC rebuild cost £67,000k . Appreciate and totally agree people can and should be able to do what they want with their own money, but it does feel a bit Triggers Broom. Never been fortunate to drive either car but you guys regularly mention an F-Type. Just checked Auto trader you could get a 2017 , 29000 one for just under £66k??. I know the XJC is a special car but .........I would like to try an F-type to the XJC. Also please try and get him in the brown seats he does look like he has a sense of humour kind regards. Paul
Paul Smith
2021-12-30 17:03:00 +0000 UTCJust following up and saying a thank-you for the extra material
Paul Smith
2021-12-30 17:02:38 +0000 UTCWhat perfect timing, just signed up as a patron and this little bonus gem pops up! Thanks guys! On the subject of cars using the same keys, an old mate of mine bought an absolute dog shit Mk6 Escort diesel as a winter/didn’t give a shit about it, car. It was about the time when you could buy veg oil for about 70p per litre in Costco so most of the time it was run on that. The odd occasion it actually got diesel, he’d fill up leaving the engine running for some stupid reason. He was telling me that one night he was running very low so he pulled in to put some actual diesel in, now, this escort was ropey in every sense, the engine was rattling its tits off, the electrics were a bit unpredictable at best. So, he did his usual of filling up with the engine running. Just as he finished filling, he heard the dreaded lethargic sound of a mid-90’s Ford central locking mechanism. Yep, he was locked out of his running car. Luckily, the police showed up in a Ford of some description to fill up soon after with the same style key. From memory, the old Ford keys from that era for some reason would let you lock any other Ford but not unlock it. He asked the policeman if he could borrow their key to unlock his car. Knowing the door locks were probably so worn, you could probably sneeze on the lock for it to open, he thought it was worth a shot. Begrudgingly, they obliged and sure enough, their relatively new Ford key opened up his car. Apparently it took quite a bit convincing that nothing sinister was going on and that he wasn’t planning on doing a runner without paying.
Mark Sheridan
2021-12-30 12:52:59 +0000 UTCExcellent work and lovely gift for the Patrons. Re the F1UTE McLaren could you perhaps be barking up the wrong instrumental tree and it was actually a Lutenist instead??
Tim Lewis
2021-12-28 18:40:46 +0000 UTCNice little bonus. well worth the £12. keep up the good work gents.
Rex Crawshaw
2021-12-28 16:56:57 +0000 UTCThat was a pleasant surprise, and most pleasingly discovered just before a completely unnecessary cross-country hoon to my brother-in-law across rural Hampshire, which I extended to get the whole podcast listened to. Driving my M135i as I was I was interested to see what the recommendations were for the fella selling the BMW. I agreed with Richard about the Focus ST, it is what I had before the M-Light in 5-pot lightly tuned form. While it did indeed have a prodigious thirst (low twenties overall, but you could get it a lot lower) it is an absolute riot of a car. Loud, obnoxious, fast and handles beautifully, it is 6 months since the podcast was recorded but if you are still looking mate - highly recommended! Thanks for all the content this year chaps, have a good new year
Snowy
2021-12-28 16:23:34 +0000 UTCWell that was weird. I always listen to the podcast (all podcasts) on 1.5x speed. Because this was a download, and not through Spotify, it played at standard speed and so sounded like you were talking through treacle or on a massive come down after a night on the fun powder. Most disconcerting.
James Bassett
2021-12-28 09:48:55 +0000 UTCFor those who want to know I am the cray Rover man they mentioned! It is crazy to me to think that getting my First Rover P6 Kismet would lead me to being in touch with Jonny someone who I watched as a child it's weird and yet amazing at the same time!
Classic Britain
2021-12-27 23:09:49 +0000 UTCI got time for an e39 m5 ute...
JimmyCocks
2021-12-27 22:28:15 +0000 UTCDreadful bore time: Earlier Morris Minors (like my ‘57) used to have their ignition key reference written around the key slot (pull start, so slightly different system to a proper ignition key) but this stopped when it became obvious that having looked in through the side window at the centrally- located speedo and ignition you could just get a replacement key from a main dealer and then steal any Moggy you liked, as the ignition key was always the same as the driver’s side door barrel. Later Morris Minors apparently do not have the number on the central ignition key slot as well as the key for this reason. I’m not an interesting man.
Ant Brown
2021-12-27 20:42:13 +0000 UTCUS Toyota Corollas from the 90s only have about 10 different keys
david marden
2021-12-27 14:45:00 +0000 UTCPeter Gabriel is a flute player who could probably drop a sizeable wedge on a McLaren.
Ronnie Whelan
2021-12-27 11:44:47 +0000 UTCDAMN YOU, FLUTE! Quality stuff as ever. Thanks guys for all your podcasts, you are the 19th emergency service.
Jim Galbraith
2021-12-27 11:36:24 +0000 UTCWhat I wanted for Christmas this year, well one of the things anyway, was for people to realise how awesome the i8 is and what good value they still are used. As I'm picky though, I wanted this to be done in a way that only about 2000 Patreon members would find out about. So I'm chuffed to bits. Thanks chaps.
Ant Brown
2021-12-27 10:58:55 +0000 UTCI often wonder who listens to these is it out and out petrolheads or just interest or whatever, for me I’m a risk averse tight fisted petrol head and I often wonder who loves these but drives the biggest turd of a car I have for eg a 1.6tdi dsg Octavia est surely THE antidote to petrolheadism, anyway great as ever I think my favourite hour of every week is listening to these two spanner’s for off on various subject matter please keep it up 👍
Robert Clay-parker
2021-12-27 09:50:59 +0000 UTCAh, I see! Other podcasts that I patreon for have specific RSS feeds for subscribers. That's why I was confused!
David Pritchard
2021-12-27 09:33:27 +0000 UTCHi. I think it may be because It's a patron only, if it were in the rss feed the normals could listen too. You flute 😁
Martin Stephenson
2021-12-27 09:19:44 +0000 UTCThis one might behave differently because it's not being released through all the usual podcast channels. If all else fails you can listen to it through the Patreon app which behaves like a podcast player.
Smith and Sniff
2021-12-27 09:18:27 +0000 UTCMaybe at one point the person who had the F1UTE numberplate actually had a ute with a F1 derived engine? Stuart Appleby converted a M5 into a ute at one point, so maybe not that out there? https://www.whichcar.com.au/features/stuart-appleby-custom-2003-e39-bmw-m5-ute Cheers for the surprise pod though did really enjoy it. Stephen.
Stephen Voss
2021-12-27 09:11:40 +0000 UTCI think I'm being a bit thick, but I can't get this to appear in my podcast app via the RSS feed... Either way, always glad of an extra episode!
David Pritchard
2021-12-27 08:51:55 +0000 UTCThank you both for all the brilliant podcasts this year it has really kept me going through this mess of a year we have all had hope you both have a happy and healthy Xmas and New year #otsot
Martin Johnson
2021-12-26 23:05:04 +0000 UTCThanks guys for this and for the many, many hilariously great shows all year. Hope you enjoy a well deserved break, on that side of things.
Ian Nagle
2021-12-26 22:42:57 +0000 UTCOh wow what a treat! Thanks guys
Daniel Brown
2021-12-26 22:35:42 +0000 UTCThank you guys.
Steve Morton
2021-12-26 22:13:21 +0000 UTCOh!
Daniel Achterhuis
2021-12-26 22:10:37 +0000 UTCListened to this from my new laptop! Hope you both had a Merry Christmas. Thanks for giving us the show each week; it's greatly entertaining.
Daniel Achterhuis
2021-12-26 22:10:20 +0000 UTCLove to see it, Merry Christmas my fellow Patrons
Fahren Mintah
2021-12-26 22:06:28 +0000 UTCThanks, this will fill the hour gap until the misery of the cricket starts.
John P
2021-12-26 21:51:35 +0000 UTCCheers chaps, just what I need as I've got an actual cold!!! Not that Covid shite an actual cold even have a festive rudolph red knose from all the blowing snot out :(
Nigel Hancock
2021-12-26 20:38:13 +0000 UTCThat's one hell of an episode to be sitting on. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Graham Dallas
2021-12-26 20:13:43 +0000 UTCMerry Piss Flaps everyone! (This message did not go down so well with the in-laws yesterday…)
Alex Foster
2021-12-26 20:05:10 +0000 UTCEarly GT350H cars did have manuals and the regular Shelby finned cast oil sump. Many were getting abused and the later ones had autos only and a standard stamped metal pan. There are stories of the early cars being rented for a weekend and having a roll bar added for SCCA or NHRA competition, then taken back out before being returned.
Ed Nicholson
2021-12-26 19:50:21 +0000 UTCThanks for this! What a great end to Boxing Day!
M JD
2021-12-26 19:41:47 +0000 UTCMerry Christmas chaps! And thank you for feeding my S&S addiction over Christmas!
Dan Thompson
2021-12-26 19:41:00 +0000 UTCOh spiffing. Wife gone to bed early, second glass of whiskey on the go and headphones on.
Noel Huggett
2021-12-26 19:15:15 +0000 UTCMerry Christmas!!! Thankyou for this!!!
Lorne Smyth
2021-12-26 18:53:41 +0000 UTCLike the Red Wings shirt and now for the grievances ...
Bill
2021-12-26 18:15:43 +0000 UTCMerry Christmas gents, hope you had a great one. Love the pic, looking very young. Look forward to listening and all the best for 2022, hope to see you at a Late Brake Show
andrew philbey
2021-12-26 18:12:19 +0000 UTCMerry Festivetime, this will be good to have on in the garage tomorrow, all the best!
Martin McKenna
2021-12-26 18:08:31 +0000 UTCMerry Boxing Day gents, thanks for the bonus content, I shall listen on the way to work tomorrow night🙏🎄
I B
2021-12-26 18:03:02 +0000 UTCThanks guys - driving home from family this evening and it'll be nice to have something new to chuck on!
Ben Payne
2021-12-26 18:02:31 +0000 UTC
