Some things to go with the latest show. Pics this week are of Jonny's temporary home, Freddie Flintoff's retro pest glasses, some Snap On trousers, and Ford's strange press release headline for the new Ranger Raptor special edition.
DJ Khaled, in case you're not familiar with his work: https://youtu.be/QRZJNqoJQFY
Robbie Coltrane and the V8-powered air raid siren: 2021-05-30 18:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Like that Tom Hanks movie but in German, Jonny explains how he lost his passport and ended up living in Frankfurt Airport.
Also in this episode, the daftness of sheep, the even greater daftness of DJ Khaled, the problem with Aviator sunglasses, and what's going on with Freddie Flintoff's spectacles?
Plus, Robert Plant car buying news, a censored story about a mystery rock star's terrible driving, and Richard's new musical game of 'replace heart with Saab'.
2021-05-30 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Quite a free-wheeling episode, this one. The lead image is, of course, of Jonny with the two Sierras about to feature in the latest Late Brake Show video.
News of the Alfa Giulietta's demise: https://bit.ly/3oytCp0
But it's still on Alfa's Italian website: https://www.alfaromeo.it/giulietta#_
Lancia, the one model, one country car co...
2021-05-23 18:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostJonny has been driving an amazing 1980s Ford with just one thing missing.
Also in this episode, American podcast plum shaving promos, vasectomy memories, changing your wiper blades, a love of beading, smoking in cars with the windows up, the Lancia that looks like Norman Lamont, how to say spowaahtaaaaaaaah in Italian, the hilarity of MIDI music, absolute nonsense from hifi nerds, and a stereo shop man with some very unfortunate lavatory habits.
Plus, Cold War fears, c...
2021-05-23 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Lead 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 c...
2021-05-16 18:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostHow 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 ...
2021-05-16 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
A particularly freewheeling show this week, even by Smith and Sniff standards. The second pic here is genuinely one of the photos from the accidentally mucky Ford Thunderbird ad talked about in this show. The first pic is Sade, obviously.
Here are some links;
One Week by Barenaked Ladies - https://youtu.be/fC_q9KPczAg
Tek Me Oout, in case you've never seen it - 2021-05-09 18:01:59 +0000 UTC View Post
An amazing story from a listener has Jonny and Richard wondering what a sophisticated singer might have in her garage.
Also in this episode, Monty Don's car theft gardening, a song that name checks The Smoking Man from The X-Files, the secrets of selling TV shows, an unexpectedly smutty classic car advert, awful scraping noises on the North Circular, and the things you find in a second hand car CD changer.
Plus, unnoticed head scum, fake rabbit monorail, militant Ken B...
2021-05-09 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostJonny wants Richard to spend a weekend at a drag strip sleeping in a van. Richard does not want to do this.
Also in this episode, Quentin Willson's palm parking masterclass, power steering reservoir like an Alka-Seltzer, listeners' cockcroach cars and deceased spec purchases, trying to pressure wash your car during a Zoom call, and the insane prices of XJ-shape Jeep Cherokees.
Plus, driving a second-hand hearse, accidentally buying a fully-stocked mobile library, remem...
2021-05-02 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi gang.
A load of photos for you this week. First of all, a brief sense of what Santa Pod is all about, as if you didn't know. Then we have a pair of listeners' excellent Deceased Spec cars, Ashley's Xantia and Mike's Civic. Next, the Nissan Elgrand Rider and the Honda Element, then new and old Jeep Wagoneers together, and finally some Wolfrace Slot Mag wheels, as modelled by Jonny's Flux Capacitor street legal EV drag car.
In this show we made reference to a Jeep Wagoneer ...
2021-05-02 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A load of pics for you this week, starting with the brown Audi A2 that Jonny was perilously close to bidding upon. We recorded the show at the end of last week and there's always a chance some of the cars we talked about have sold by now so we haven't bothered to include direct links to them but here are screen grabs of four of the best. Or worst, depending on your point of view. Finally, here's the Applejack early Metro mentioned by Richard. Yes, it is missing its wheel centre caps. Yes, tha...
2021-04-25 19:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostJonny is distracted by a bargain-priced Audi A2 auction about to end. Also in this episode, talking to previous owners of your car, Bluetooth phone dramas, classified ads that give too much information, saying Cossie correctly, what Americans make of the Austin Metro, the delights of a cockroach Corolla, why Jonny's brother is the king of the snotters, bad news for the Sultan of Brunei's clock guy, and a game of dead person's unwanted old car roulette.
2021-04-25 18:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,*
No show notes for this week's double bill of podcasts because hopefully they provide answers in and of themselves. Sort of. Instead, we'd like to check in with you, our fine and noble Patrons. Are you happy with the Smith and Sniff podcast? Are there things you'd like more of? Things you'd like less of? Are you satisfied with what you get for your Patreon support? Does receiving each new show 12 hours early work for you? Do you enjoy the show notes? Is there anything els...
2021-04-22 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostIn a special bonus episode we answer some more of your questions.
Topics include disappointing cars, 500 quid snotters, how to improve F1, explaining SPOWATAAAAH man, upsetting car company PRs, Christian's Koenigs-eggs, Jonny's resistance to multi-car insurance, what we think of influencers, and our favourite car journalists. Plus, Jonny seems to think Bono is a type of sport.
Thanks again to everyone who submitted a question or two. Sorry we couldn't get through all of them...
2021-04-22 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostJonny and Richard answer questions from Patrons covering topics such as their chosen BL car for life, dodgy car buying transactions, things that don't fit on lorries, the Sultan of Brunei's car key storage nightmares, stuff found in second hand cars, how they first met, and an awkward golf buggy incident.
By the way, the Jaguar XJ6 series 3 estate that Jonny was thinking of was the Avon.
2021-04-18 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostJonny has an idea for spreading a little kindness and Richard now lives in a noisy Kia neighbourhood.
Also in this episode, vehicular Vocoders, unexpectedly good heel and toeing cars, racing driver yoga, Helmsman's mayonnaise, the Die Cast Donor, and once-a-year irritant Flant Flanstead.
Plus, falling down a wormhole with the Knight Rider Historians, putting the General Lee in context, how a train crash made for better eighties action show stunts, and a strange spin-of...
2021-04-11 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again. Some Knight Rider themed pictures this week, starting with K.I.T.T. in 'super pursuit' mode. The other two pictures are of a Californian train derailment which damaged a load of cars, to the benefit of Knight Rider's producers. Full explanation in the podcast, in case you haven't heard it yet.
What the petrol-powered Audi SQ5 sounds like: https://youtu.be/yV4HQc2wLEs
And the old-shape diesel SQ...
2021-04-11 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostQUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, SO MANY QUESTIONS!
Thanks ever so much for all the questions so far gang. We're overwhelmed by the brilliant response. We're going to get through as many as we can in the next podcast but there are now so many we won't get to them all so we might as well say now, put that well-turned question back in its velvet-lined bag and save it until next time.
Thanking of yous.
Jonny and Richard
2021-04-06 10:29:10 +0000 UTC View PostJonny has been driving the Peugeot 508 Sport Engineering while Richard has been having gin-fuelled thoughts about the GR Yaris.
Also in this episode, conversational ticks, reading car manuals, the anti-corrosion warranty demands of early ‘00s Mercs, Porsche 964 purism, and what’s the point of the Cupra Formentor?
Plus, Martin Brundle’s superleggera necklace, a confusion at the Singer factory, tricking a horrible grandma with a seatbelt, and thoughts on the Voltsw...
2021-04-04 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello hello. Here's some more supporting evidence to go with this week's audio drivel. In our photo section we have a Peugeot 508 Sporrrrrr (it's actually called the 508 Sport Engineered), Martin Brundle's superleggera necklace, and what happens if you don't pat dry your early '00s Mercedes. In the link department we have...
The inexplicable Cupra Formentor: https://bit.ly/3sMkCOl
An example of wrong mirrors, wro...
2021-04-04 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, pictures of the Mitsubishi RVR Open Gear and the Citroen e-C4. But not Jonny's Jackie Stewart-endorsed Allegro bumpers because he can't find them.
More MRI scan info from the NHS, if you're interested: https://bit.ly/3vZGIzb
Expensive Knight Rider watch on eBay (auction ends 30 March): https://bit.ly/3ucyaDp
Jackie Stewart (and Frank ...
2021-03-28 18:16:00 +0000 UTC View PostJonny has been offered some rotten weirdness. Also in this episode, sending Sir Jackie Stewart a Ford Scorpio full of tat for his birthday, mice treating dead insects like crisps, why The A-Team was better than Knight Rider, the return of a missing tortoise, and would you rather have a car full of wasps or locusts? Plus, the Citroen e-C4, some Renault Avantime facts, how Supergrass came to perform Richard III on Top Gear, Jonny's deranged house demolition plan, and why Richard's new Range Rov...
2021-03-28 18:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Sabine at her finest: https://youtu.be/BQJKQjXpGQA
That Confused ad. Note the wonky damping on the Merc at the end: https://youtu.be/Axt9OlkddDA
The Nissan 370Z, still on sale in the USA: http://bit.ly/3tMA0ut
Maximum Overdrive is a real film. A Stephen King film, no less: 2021-03-21 19:16:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We start this episode by paying tribute to Sabine Schmitz and Murray Walker.
Later, talk turns to a Mercedes with knackered dampers in an advert, getting injured by a SEAT Marbella, the stern warnings from parents on foreign holidays, a camper top catastrophe on the Severn Bridge, driving on the wrong side of the road disasters, the new Kia EV6 being a mullet car, Steve Backshall keeping snakes away from Bon Jovi, why the Nissan 370Z is like a Pizza Express vase of ice cream, a game of ...
2021-03-21 19:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Lead image this week is of what Jonny calls a "showboating" ride-on lawnmower, the British Anzani Lawnrider. The other images are of Richard's new Range Rover, and the dashboards of the VW ID.4 and Skoda Enya. EDIT: Added two additional images of Jonny's actual Lawnrider, complete with saucy grassbox action.
This podcast was recorded before we heard the sad news about Murray Walker, hence he's not mentioned in this show. We will of course pay tribute to him in next week's pod...
2021-03-14 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostJonny has been mowing the grass and driving some new cars. Also in this episode, the exploding Megabus of rockets, splashing on the Brut, the great smells of summer, things you see from trains, the story of a lost GoPro camera, the perils of light coloured steering wheels, and how are animals still alive? Plus, thoughts on the VW Golf GTE, the Skoda Enyaq, and the current Porsche 911 with a manual gearbox, and Richard has collected his supercharged Range Rover.
2021-03-14 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Some additional info and pics to go with the latest podcast. The main photo this week is of Bon Jovi in full eighties pomp. The bracelet budget alone must have been enormous. Other pictures are of a classic 1980s Head bag, the new Peugeot logo, Jonny's favourite shape of Audi A6, one of the new EV number plates clashing horribly with the paintwork, and the Openometer from an old Mini convertible.
Richard's bile-sodden final report on his hated Evo X long term test car: 2021-03-07 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
That chap you always see at real ale events. He probably has a mark 1 Discovery. Also in this episode, more on F1 drivers trolling track days, the badly advertised bounty of Gumtree, failing to address Peugeot's new logo, accidentally treading dog muck into your car, and Richard's dislike of the Mitsubishi Evo X. Plus, why the base-model Porsche Taycan is a brilliant four-door gecko, which car The Scorpions Wind of Change make you think of, Morgans that won't start unless you're wearing a twe...
2021-03-07 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again. A few bits and bobs to go with ep45 of the podcast. The pictures this week are of Gordon Murray's T.50s, the McLaren Atora, the Land Rover Defender V8 (note the blue front brake callipers and V8 badges on the front doors), and the Hyundai Isotonic 5. But you knew that.
Smith and Sniff's most successful YouTube video (still not that successful): https://youtu.be/EqRGqja-RGI
Ulysses 31: 2021-02-28 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
F1 drivers terrorising track days in totally unsuitable cars. Also in this episode, the stress of waiting for an MOT result, the relentless underachievement of the Smith and Sniff YouTube channel, commissioning bespoke supercars with ordinary shells, the dark world of Ulysses 31, having to explain the modern world to someone from the 11th century, and Jonny's strong views about valet parking. Plus, some actual car content for a change including discussions about the Hyundai Ioniq 5, the Land ...
2021-02-28 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post