Podcast 57 show notes
Added 2021-05-16 18:02:00 +0000 UTCLead image this week is of Bert & Ernie from Sesame Street. Of course it is. Next pic is of the Swear Engine Metro plane (it's actually called the Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner) and the third picture of of the Swear Engine involved in a mid-air collision over Colorado last week. Amazingly, no one was seriously injured.
Background on the Swearing Metro aeroplane: https://bit.ly/2RYxsM9
More on that mid-air collision: https://bit.ly/3fnvU6e
Another example of a light aircraft landing by parachute: https://youtu.be/kQyrPVIIQdE
Drive: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780504/
Best song on the Drive soundtrack: https://youtu.be/MV_3Dpw-BRY
Pretend to be Jonny in a Ferrari in Switzerland: https://youtu.be/_UmOY6ek_Y4
Comments
Chaps, you must do a piece from The Great British Car Journey, I'm off there next weekend to look at and drive some good old British Shite
Bob Burr
2021-05-22 23:04:45 +0000 UTCWhen are we going to be getting merch, surely there’s going to be a ubiquitous car sticker so when you start hanging around in car service station car parks you can do spot the nerd 👍
neil bowness
2021-05-22 19:58:57 +0000 UTCGood thinking, yes I think it is an MGB
Barnogan
2021-05-22 13:22:25 +0000 UTCSmith and Sniff detective agency
Bob Burr
2021-05-21 19:13:47 +0000 UTCI usually am - wrong that is
Robert Clay-parker
2021-05-21 12:45:11 +0000 UTCVery good question. I couldn't tell from the video, which is very murky, but I went on Google Maps and found an image of the same covered car on Street View which leads me to think it's an MGB. Richard
Smith and Sniff
2021-05-21 12:09:16 +0000 UTCGreat find and you're wrong, that is a stunning car
Barnogan
2021-05-21 11:53:14 +0000 UTCOn a side note, to be honest it's got nothing at all to do with this post, I'd like to test your identify-the-car-under-tarpaulin abilities. This is an ASMR youtube video, a guy wanders London's streets in the rain and at the start of the link the car is just about to come into view parked up behind a scooter. You have two goes at it because he passes it then turns around and passes it again. https://youtu.be/N787WRdI35A?t=1817
Barnogan
2021-05-21 11:35:40 +0000 UTCCheck out the chaps favourite car https://youtu.be/WGnFZIyo3YY personally I think it’s a dreadful piece of French tat 🙄
Robert Clay-parker
2021-05-21 07:14:30 +0000 UTCWell thanks guys. Thanks very much. Now I'm in a Mazda RX8 classifieds spiral.
Mike Follows
2021-05-19 13:51:21 +0000 UTCThat was my first thought too
Mike Follows
2021-05-19 13:46:39 +0000 UTCDid flying-ant-day coincide with "Drive-it Day 2021" 25th April.
Innes Worsman
2021-05-18 21:29:22 +0000 UTCBest engine death coasting story I know - In 1984 my Dad aged 26 bought a DB5 convertible in London with a broken back (the car not my Dad) no exhaust silencer (He persuaded my mum's temp bank manager who was into cars for the loan as his had refused and her normal bank manager was on holiday). At night he drove north to Bridlington on the A1, fuel gauge didn't work and only one of the fuel tanks held fuel without leaking. The inevitable eventually happened, runs out of fuel, engine starts spluttering, engine death coasted up the off ramp fortunately a petrol station close enough to coast into. Panic then ensues after filling up when he realised the only other car there was a police car. He had coasted in silently with no power and starting it again was going to be very loud. He then spends the next ten minutes trying not to look suspicious and flicking through various magazines till they clear off. Panic over he made it to Bridlington safely where the next day his parents asked why he had bought such a terrible car. The next day driving further north approaching the Tyne tunnel he coasted silently downwards and then proceeded to deafen everybody in the tunnel when climbing up the other side, he continued to drive it home to Aberdeenshire, only to break down 7 miles from home and have to telephone my mum at 3am to get her to tow him home with her Mk1 Astra. We still have the car.
Innes Worsman
2021-05-18 21:14:31 +0000 UTCI had my car related "flying-ant-day" last Saturday. In short succession I saw a ghastly yellow Cayenne GTS (with a yellow submarine sticker on it), an impeccable Porsche 928, a Lambo (Aventador?) and in the distance I spotted what must have been a Ferrari. They were the almonds on my Italian biscotti that day!
Lisa Monsterken
2021-05-18 19:13:34 +0000 UTCMy wife doesn't really understand a lot of my podcasts, sometimes i try to explain a really good episode to her. I try to make her understand why i was walking round our local area laughing out loud. Often she just looks at me and says "i don't understand boys". This week i looked like the village idiot as i laughed loudly multiple times and grinned like a moron. I think if i tried to explain to her "well this week Richard and Jonny spent 30 mins getting behind the mystery of what Sade drove. Did the speak to her? No. " Simply epic work this week gents. Haven't enjoyed a podcast so much in ages.
Martin Thorn
2021-05-18 13:55:04 +0000 UTCNot so much engine death coasting.. but following a failed attempt to tow start my ex gf's Volvo estate we decided to tow it to my fathers (who would have some jump leads to bring it back to life) - cut to tow rope becoming detached at 60 on the A69 in Northumberland and me having to coast.. making frantic "get the ^("**$$ out the way" signals to her in the mighty Nissan Terrano tow vehicle so I could slide majestically into the layby about half a mile away.
Jeff Japes
2021-05-18 07:39:18 +0000 UTCUseless getaway car - Peugeot 2007, with the slow electric sliding doors
Bruce Driffill
2021-05-18 07:15:04 +0000 UTCThis is the sort of mad shit i come here for.
Mat Guest
2021-05-18 04:27:45 +0000 UTCDelighted Sadé owns a modified RX8. I'm now fantasising about her making a cameo appearance in the next Fast & Furious movie. 47 EXT. DISUSED PETROL STATION - DESERT ROAD - DUSK Dominic Toretto's 1970 Dodge Charger R/T is burning upside down at the top of a telegraph pole. Dom looks up and sniffs the air. The faint noise of what sounds like angry bees grows louder. Headlights appear in the distance. Distinctive. Bright. White. The angry bee sound is pure, clattering wankel. A bright yellow RX8 hoves into view, racing towards the camera. It stops inches away. The licence plate reads SMTH OPR8. The window rolls down, 80s pop sensation Sadé grins and winks at Dom. -- DOM -- You! -- SADÉ -- Its been a long time, Dom. You were the best saxophonist a girl could ever want and you swore you'd quite this life and get back to blowing brass with me and the band. You let me down, Dom. Come back to me. -- DOM -- I haven't sucked pipe for years. I can't just roll back into that life. Hell, I can't even remember how to play Baker Street no more. -- SADÉ -- Try, for me, baby. You get those lungs working and we can make some pure magic. We can have success. We can have that... Diamond Life. -- DOM -- I aint promising you the best, Hels but damn, let's see where this road leads. 48 EXT. DESERT ROAD - EVENING The passenger door of the heavily modified RX8 slams shut. The RX8 builds to 9,000rpm. The clutch is dumped and the car screeches up the road leaving thick black elevens as Dom's Charger continues to burn in the background. Symbolism or something. END CREDITS
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2021-05-17 22:08:44 +0000 UTCThat was an absolutely THRILLING conclusion to the Sade saga. An RX8! I'm struggling to think of a cooler result. I was quite disappointed the other day to discover that Enya owns a Maybach 62. I was hoping she'd have something a bit more recluse-oriented. Speaking of Irish things, Jonny's friend's Astra with the blackout taillights might be disappointing. However, the RUC undercover team did use more interesting cars. To whit: there was at least one armour-plated Ford Sapphire Cosworth 4x4.
Brendan McAleer
2021-05-17 20:49:29 +0000 UTCMix of cream and Alan Cantara. Very tasteful as you’d expect from the smooth voiced 80’s poptress
Simon Whittaker
2021-05-17 13:34:15 +0000 UTCWasn't the Evolve with cream leather, would compliment Sade's fondness for white outfits?
Philip Dickinson
2021-05-17 13:01:48 +0000 UTCJust my small input to the Sade saga, an ex girlfriend's son spent the weekend at Sade's house partying with her daughter. No car update I'm afraid as the ex's son was a bit of a useless twat. Come to think of it his mother was too :)
Philip Dickinson
2021-05-17 12:59:24 +0000 UTCLondon Grammar also did a great cover of “Nightcall”: https://youtu.be/OZYw0MQp_fI Video featuring a lovely Mercedes SL, R107 (I think).
James Dilkes
2021-05-17 11:07:52 +0000 UTCI’ll grant you that, he is a bit of a satin-clad bastard. I think it’s a track to be judged on its own merits, independently of the film context.
James Dilkes
2021-05-17 11:01:09 +0000 UTCSurely Sade wouldn’t sully herself with an import ?
Simon Whittaker
2021-05-17 10:45:48 +0000 UTCOne reason cars have switches to disable brake lights is because in the US you can be done for eluding the law if you are found to be braking while the Police do a speed check. Instead of a regular speeding fine it can become a felony offense with prison time.
Mat Guest
2021-05-17 10:43:50 +0000 UTCSkills!
Smith and Sniff
2021-05-17 10:40:29 +0000 UTCExcellent RX-8 special edition intel. If auto, could be Japanese import? Richard
Smith and Sniff
2021-05-17 10:40:05 +0000 UTCAbsolutely. Although that also annoyed me because Ryan Gosling's character isn't a real hero, he's just a twat. Richard
Smith and Sniff
2021-05-17 10:39:15 +0000 UTC“A Real Hero” by College & Electric Youth is another great track from the Drive film: https://youtu.be/-DSVDcw6iW8
James Dilkes
2021-05-17 10:36:55 +0000 UTCYou might be interested in this analysis of the midair collision. A bit long, but YouTube has a fast forward button. https://youtu.be/_Ph7OR6C90w
Chris Rayner
2021-05-17 10:26:12 +0000 UTCRe Sade’s RX8. The 8 was never sold as an auto in the UK . Based on the colour described hers is an Evolve Special Edition which was one of the nicest versions sold. ( I’m an ex Mazda sales guy)
Simon Whittaker
2021-05-17 09:13:40 +0000 UTCWas listening to the Pod whilst prepping work bits and clearly took more on board than I’d bargained for, as I just called someone Sade over the phone.
Elliott Jones
2021-05-17 09:05:38 +0000 UTCThat track from Drive...on the album it's originally from (which is obviously called Outrun) there is a track called Testarossa Autodrive
Owain Kelly
2021-05-17 08:47:56 +0000 UTCFor a change I have read the notes before listening..... I'm not sure if will help! Spookily last week I downloaded the OST for Drive..... God knows why!
Nick Davies
2021-05-17 08:44:32 +0000 UTCHmmm Engine death coasting, my Wife used to have a 1973 Beetle called Bob (1300 , Dark Green for JS info). She was driving over the brow of a local A-road hill and it started to splutter and expired. She coasted over the top of the hill took the right filter lane timed a gap in the traffic to turn into our road then gathered speed down our roads gentle incline, then sharp right hand bend, then a further right turn onto our drive and parked. Total distance a country mile. Very pleased with herself, however not so when I found She had run out of fuel.
Mark Williams
2021-05-17 08:03:03 +0000 UTCGather that the Metroliner is known amongst flighty people, as The Flying Sewerpipe. That one is going to need a new, and very large, manhole cover.
Eugene Ryan
2021-05-16 23:33:37 +0000 UTCAnyone else thought that Bert & Ernie are Ant & Dec? That monobrow fits perfectly. Bloody love Kavinsky too.
Matt Tester
2021-05-16 21:07:06 +0000 UTCHow many times do you listen and wonder what on Earth they've got to do with cars? But that's why we listen. It's fun.
Carl Pickering
2021-05-16 20:13:18 +0000 UTCJan Hammer's Crocket's Theme is absolutely timeless.
Graham Dallas
2021-05-16 19:34:35 +0000 UTCQuite the experience, isn't it? It will slowly begin to make sense, and that's when we all begin to worry.
Guy Sande
2021-05-16 18:56:13 +0000 UTCFirst week as a patron and experiencing the “what on earth can these pics have to do with a car podcast?”
Dave Williams
2021-05-16 18:02:51 +0000 UTC
