Podcast 57 - The wheeltrim fairy
Added 2021-05-16 18:00:04 +0000 UTCHow to bring Christmas cheer armed only with six sets of plastic wheel covers.
Also in this episode, spotting a Triumph Stag in a hurry, what happens when your throttle gets stuck open, why Jonny is the king of engine death coasting, the classic car equivalent of flying ant day, and the sinisterness of four adults in a car.
Plus, spindly helicopters, parachuting light aircraft, DSG exhaust parps, another Des plate sighting, Bert from Bert & Ernie being a berk, and what's up with the movie Drive.
Finally, last week's podcast wondered what Sade might drive. This week we have answers. Oh boy, we have answers.
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βSade hates a B-pillar.β π€£
autoscribe74
2021-05-22 18:50:06 +0000 UTCNot particularly car relevant but back in the day when I worked in Hill search and rescue we had to be trained up on those airplane parachute thingies - called "Ballistic Recovery Systems" or BRS - as they were just starting to come into use in the UK. Previously they were a US-only thing. In the US you don't need a full pilots license to fly certain light aircraft; just a Sports License which is easier and cheaper to get. But if you only had a sports license then insurance was hefty. You could bring down your insurance considerably with a BRS fitted, making them very popular over there. However, they are only of use if you are over about 1500ft, otherwise the 'chute doesn't have time to deploy. So you might have a crashed aircraft with an un-deployed, live rocket sat in the nose waiting to slice through unsuspecting rescue personnel should an electrical fault or fire cause the rocket to suddenly go off. Official advice to us was to approach any light aircraft from the rear as the rocket is always in the front. Unofficially we were told to go nowhere near the damn thing and leave it for Trumpton to deal with.
James Bassett
2021-05-21 10:54:39 +0000 UTCFinally some people who admit the Drive movie is a steamer of a movie.
Peter Agius
2021-05-18 12:12:53 +0000 UTCYour Xmas Eve hubcab kindness might result in a collection of mismatched or damaged removed ones. I suggest donating to https://www.hubcapcreatures.com/ :)
Robin Capper
2021-05-18 07:56:28 +0000 UTCWill we get a feature dedicated to finding out if Kylie is a Ford or a Holden fan
Scott Boulter
2021-05-17 23:55:00 +0000 UTCI met Bernard Cribbins once. He came to the garage where I work to see Peter Sellers' Austin Heavy Twelve and he drives a metallic red Subaru Legacy Outback.
Fergus McIver
2021-05-17 20:36:25 +0000 UTCAbsolutely right about a car fully loaded with adults. Excluding late teens obv where you used to be able to get 7 lads in a mk2 XR2. Carwow reviews always demonstrate fitting 3 x 6ft adults in the back. I always think why.. who.. When does that happen
Martin Stephenson
2021-05-17 16:25:57 +0000 UTCI think Aneka drives a Ford Focus CC. She probably spent a lot of the late 80s and 90s driving around in Ford Escort cabriolets as that's about the extent to which the royalties from Japanese Boy would cover. She decided to stick with Ford, having received great service from her local dealer, and upgraded to the CC in 2004. Aneka is now 74 and still enjoying open-top motoring for a very reasonable price.
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2021-05-17 12:26:07 +0000 UTCBrake light kill switches are still a thing on some cars used by "Cannonballers" in the US. I believe the last car that broke the record was an Audi S6 made up to look like a Ford Taurus police car. It had a brake light kill switch and a roof mounted thermal camera among other things.
Lloyd Morgan - Moore
2021-05-17 09:15:08 +0000 UTCIt's worth noting that swear engine metro is just outside New York, not Leeds, as John Peel claims erroneously. https://what3words.com/swear.engine.metro
Ronnie Whelan
2021-05-17 08:40:56 +0000 UTCDo you not have an RX-8 racing series in the UK? Another great grass roots category in Australia, along with our E30 Racing (325i based) series...
Rors Plant
2021-05-17 07:04:39 +0000 UTCThis could be an occasional series of 80/90s pop divas and what they drive. How about Tanita Tikaram or Tasmin Archer, or maybe even Sonia
Graham Dallas
2021-05-16 19:33:06 +0000 UTCBrilliant podcast guys. Is sadeβs rx8 rotary bridgeport or streetport?
zain ali
2021-05-16 19:30:13 +0000 UTCPinstriping fairy? Even if they don't have anything missing.
Maurice Barnes
2021-05-16 19:12:44 +0000 UTCThat copy is absolutely brilliant. How the hell am I meant to wait until tomorrow morningβs dog walk to listen? Iβm 27. I donβt know who the fuck Sade even is, let alone what she drives. But after last week I simply need to know.
Ryan Barnes
2021-05-16 18:06:24 +0000 UTC
