Podcast 87 - James May's terrible dinghy
Added 2021-12-12 18:00:05 +0000 UTCRichard tells the story of James May taking a trip to the pub in a rubbish inflatable boat.
Also in this episode, Jonny and Richard read out some listeners' messages featuring the life of a Bitter owner, news from Bulgaria, a loose goat in Yorkshire and an incredible story of a visit to the Lada factory.
Plus, Jonny's hatred of in-car traffic announcements, Travis Perkins vs the Territorial Army, and Bryan Ferry in a wet-look dinner suit.
Comments
Finally bit the bullet and pulled to trigger on Patreon... Yes. this is me, the guy with the whirlwind tour of the Lada factory... It is all true I swear!
Andy Pinchock
2023-02-27 11:04:20 +0000 UTCI remember going on holiday to Bulgaria in the 80's regularly and every single taxi was a Lada Riva which was a massive issue because every single car was a Lada Riva so knowing when your taxi was outside ready for pick up was a dangerous and risky thing as the Bulgarian mafia would take you on a ride to Sofia!!
Michael k-b
2022-03-07 15:52:21 +0000 UTCHello chaps, after attending Manchestour I have ordered an Alpine to replace my M240i. During the YouTube and instagram rabbit whole that has since ensured, I came across this company https://ravageautomobile.com/ They produce a modified A110 that has retro 70s vibes about it. Would love to see you guys review it on that side of thingsβ¦
Ryan
2021-12-16 21:07:49 +0000 UTCI run a 2005 VW Passat Estate for my business. No modern interface trickery at all. I listen to my music and your esteemed podcast via a gizmo that converts output from phone or iPad to a VHF signal that plays through the radio on an unused frequency. It works surprisingly well.
Gill Pile
2021-12-15 20:43:33 +0000 UTCI had a 2003 Lexus IS200 with a 6 disc multichanger in the dashboard, sounded great but the volume on the TP was the other way round. For some reason it came on much quieter than what you were listening to (weird electrical fault maybe?) so you'd turn it up to hear it and as soon as it's finished, the resultant blast of music would make you soil yourself.....hence this was immediately turned off!
Lee
2021-12-15 16:20:11 +0000 UTCI'm dying listening to Andy's letter about his Russian Lada factory + boating experience ππ Absolutely one of the funniest stories I've heard on this podcast. I also fondly recall James May, on one of his previous TV shows, hosting pirate radio with a chap floating alongside in a coracle. It went about as well as his dinghy excursion.
Ben Lucareli
2021-12-15 15:52:21 +0000 UTCI lived in Italy for about a year. I had a W124 Mercedes 300E-24, with a more modern stereo, OTSOT. I tried to understand Italian TP announcements. They are something else.
Ed Storer
2021-12-14 01:04:08 +0000 UTCRichards piratical 911 reminded me. Waiting for the kettle to boil at work years ago, I was looking down at the street below and noticed a taxi. The entire taxi was covered in advertising for a local hotel and their wedding services. The vehicle wrap included a photo of a just-married couple on the roof of the taxi (presumably so as to cover every potential customer demographic including crane operators and randoms making tea in tall buildings). Unfortunately the base of the taxiβs black aerial was positioned neatly over the brideβs right eye, giving the an unintended impression of a female pirateβs wedding.
Jim Galbraith
2021-12-13 20:59:41 +0000 UTCI want nothing to do with voice commands, gestures, lane departure warnings/ assistance, brake assist. Somehow, my 2019 GTI base has none of this. I guess I'll just have to stick to older cars from now on.
Colin Kao
2021-12-13 20:21:28 +0000 UTCThe Matsui personal CD player sat on the dash of a Toyota Paseo at the Late Brake Show live was a site to behold and a great accident waiting to have them.I miss the in car CD/DVD as it has been a new car day tradition to play the CD of the Prodigy's Fat of the Land at a volume louder than the TP (if possible) and also watching Honk Kong Phooey and Wacky Races whilst taking the Euro Tunnel.
Andy Waterman
2021-12-13 16:23:36 +0000 UTCI had TP switched on in my Smart Roadster for roadtrips, it was quite handy going from the Midlands to Folkstone but strangely enough once I arrived in France it wasn't as useful... My Model 3 used to struggle when signal was low using its built-in 4G, when it lost signal the voice commands would stop working. Quite annoying when you've become used to using voice commands for most things.
Matt Tester
2021-12-13 11:36:38 +0000 UTCI recently bought a 2012 MX-5 and the in-dash changer is still fun, I was a bit disappointed to find that it didn't have double Sade or anything strange in it when I bought it though.
Matt Tester
2021-12-13 11:33:13 +0000 UTCRe: Richard's 997.2 taillight farrago, I knew I recalled a similar issue, it was me who was chatting to you about it at C&M on Monday! I found the rennlist thread, I didn't recall I'd replied to it at the time though! Anyway, from this thread, the OP resolved it, looks like you may be able to cannibalise your old lamp to swap the correct connector to the new one π€ https://rennlist.com/forums/997-forum/1134171-997-2-led-tail-lights-help.html The 6speedonline thread linked from that one has more info...
Paul Sharp
2021-12-13 00:23:12 +0000 UTCThe LADA factory story had me LOLing.
Ed Nicholson
2021-12-12 20:12:07 +0000 UTCMy 2006 MX5 has a front loading multi disc - itβs so retro and I love it! TA/TP is a nightmare and I think I used it once in 2003 and got peeβd off with it!
Rhys Mainwaring
2021-12-12 20:06:25 +0000 UTCJust doing an aimless scroll through Car and Classic, seems there's 2 Bitters for sale...
Bruce Driffill
2021-12-12 19:55:13 +0000 UTCMy base interior 2017 Mustang GT has a CD player as standard which I certainly use.
Ed Nicholson
2021-12-12 19:48:15 +0000 UTCI now have Perforated eardrums from Richardβs TP announcement π€£
Theo Currie
2021-12-12 18:15:30 +0000 UTC
