Podcast 80 - John Travolta restomod
Added 2021-10-24 18:01:00 +0000 UTCStill sounding pretty sickly for various reasons, Jonny and Richard nonetheless manage to talk some nonsense about stopping modern-day John Travolta looking so weird, Ken Block defecting to Audi, films famous for just one scene, WRC cars not looking realistic, and the time Jonny ran with the bulls in Pamplona.
Also in this episode, speccing up a Mondeo Vignale, the size of lungs, matadors' terrible clothes, why the Ferrari Roma has a cheap GoPro knock-off in its front bumper, suggested spin-offs from Harry's Farm, messing with Ken Bruce, and what did Alan Rickman drive in real life?
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Random fact although Richard probably knows it already, which Jonny reminded me of in this weeks podcast: the Mitsubishi Pajero is unusually named, Pajero being the Spanish word for Wanker. I always wonder why cars are given such stupid names (wanker notwithstanding). Who signs off on Kadjar, Quashqai, Adam and Carisma - they should be shot. Get rid of the meaningless non-word names and be honest. Bring on the Audi Tailgater, the BMW Grilletwat, the Honda Dawdler and the Peugeot Lanedribbler
Snowy
2021-10-30 10:05:11 +0000 UTCMost photographs of matadors wearing their ‘Suits of Light’ show clear evidence of their having stuffed most of their socks and underpants into their tight trousers to impress the laydeez.
Chris Rayner
2021-10-28 18:22:26 +0000 UTCI can't seem to find what BMW it was (E46 M3 might be), but Rickman did officially ban Neville Longbottom and Ron Weasley from going within five yards of his then-new BMW during filming of The Order Of The Phoenix, because he'd taken them out for milkshakes the previous movie and they'd spilled them in the car.
Brendan McAleer
2021-10-26 18:50:28 +0000 UTCIf yin is Ken Block then yang should be Ken Barlow. I would welcome a strong marketing campaign from Audi, which featured a tired Ken Barlow becoming increasingly frustrated from driving around a busy John Lewis car park, looking for somewhere to park his senior management spec A6. It would be of critical importance that it IS Ken Barlow enduring this nightmare and not the actor William Roach. The mask can never fall. The finale of the series of adverts would feature Barlow finally finding a space - which is a tiny bit too small but, fuck it, it's taken him the best part of an hour and he's having it - strolling into Waitrose, only to find out that the last two yellowfin tuna steaks have been bought by a smirking Deidre Rashid.
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2021-10-26 11:16:50 +0000 UTCHere's one for Jonny, a warehouse full of abandoned cars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfa0qyxaUjU
Barnogan
2021-10-25 20:19:52 +0000 UTCHere me out Smith and Sniffs farm on amphetamine. Actually reminds me I still want Harry's Garage/Farm on Acid
Benjamin Lawrence
2021-10-25 12:02:05 +0000 UTCOut of all the bollocks you two spout Harry's All Night Garage is still the best. That idea on its own is worth the the quid a month.
John P
2021-10-25 10:19:44 +0000 UTCEx very fast rally driver Marcus Gronholm was a noted mouth open driver, and guess Ken Block's next video will be gently understeering everywhere, also also next door but one to us has a Focus Vignale, looks nice but pointless
Vincent Grey
2021-10-25 09:31:03 +0000 UTCVignale news! I bought one. A mk4 Focus. It was the biggest pile of old guffs I've ever had the misfortune to own. I've always driven Fords but the vast, wobbling cowpat that was the Focus Vignale was enough for me to swear off them for the rest of my life. It developed so many - admittedly relatively minor but still totally fucking irritating - problems and Ford were so shitty about fixing them. In the first six months of ownership, there was 11 identified faults. 4 were fixed, 4 remained the same and 3 were made worse by various Ford dealers around Cambridgeshire. By the time I off-loaded the car to WBAC, 7% of the total mileage I'd done in that car was just driving it to and from Ford dealers. It was total fucking dog eggs. I hated it. It made me hate Ford, Ford dealers and now it even annoys me seeing road signs advising that a river is crossing a road. I implore everyone, with every fibre of my being and existence to never, ever buy one of those poorly-assembled, low-quality rolling flasks of shit and piss, no matter how good the deal is. Absolute toss. I feel better after that. As you were, gentlemen.
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2021-10-25 08:12:21 +0000 UTC"3 big jugs of AdBlue through your letter box" What a very terrible thing to do. 😂
George Wade
2021-10-25 06:15:39 +0000 UTCAnother good open-mouth style driver is Petter Solberg.
Reed
2021-10-25 04:20:57 +0000 UTCMy copy of Richard's new book should be here on Tuesday, should've been yesterday but there seemed to be a SNAFU at Amazon. Watched Pulp Fiction again the other night, love Travolta's work in that. Elf-in Evans' mouth open driving style is incredible.
Matt Tester
2021-10-24 19:42:48 +0000 UTCSpeaking of Bee Gees, here is Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters doing an excellent cover from the Saturday Night Live era ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4DeaXf1FzE
Ed Nicholson
2021-10-24 19:27:58 +0000 UTCIn North America the Taurus and then the Explorer SUV became the new police-spec units. Fusion was the Mondeo equivalent over here, basically one size smaller than Taurus.
Ed Nicholson
2021-10-24 19:13:20 +0000 UTCJust musing - has anyone thought of heated foot pedals for people with rather poor circulation? Gonna patent that methinks.
Peter Heamon
2021-10-24 18:44:15 +0000 UTCAnd now in session: 'Old People's Doorsteps'.
Peter Heamon
2021-10-24 18:37:56 +0000 UTCDidn't Alan have an M3?
Joshua Birkett
2021-10-24 18:26:46 +0000 UTCSkidding about like an oaf doesn't sound very Audi? Have you even seen a 1st gen S3 being driven like a see you next Tuesday? Like, whenever they're being driven at all?
Peter Heamon
2021-10-24 18:21:52 +0000 UTCI was behind a Focus Vig-Nale on the way home from Gouty Goodwood last weekend. Still sounding a little rough Jonny, bit bunged up, but better than last week. Hope you're feeling top-notch for two weeks hence. Sounding a little nasal too, Richard. Not wee Jackie nasal, but nasal all the same. Did you catch Jonny's virus off of the internet?
Peter Heamon
2021-10-24 18:19:13 +0000 UTCI'm sure Harry would disarm me with his warm, brown voice. Like Roger Moore forgiving a gambling debt.
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2021-10-24 18:15:19 +0000 UTCWell, Harry said it was a good-looking car so it looks like you’ve got to fight him now. 4 o’clock by the swings in the park or you’ve lost.
Tim C
2021-10-24 18:11:19 +0000 UTCI have listened yet but I'd just like to say I don't think the Ferrari Roma is a good-looking car. There. I said it.
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