What do we have in pics this week? Well, we start of course with Andrew Ridgeley and some creative parking of an R5 GT Turbo. Then we have the new Land Cruiser, a very narrow Daihatsu Tanto, the Suzuki Lapin LC, and of course Nigel Havers and Peter Bowles. Finally, the enormous Brut range spotted by listener David Hemming in the shop at his work. Now, some links…
Jonny and Richard remember the racing career of Andrew Ridgeley. Also in this episode, trying to recall the plot of Shaft, a towel-based dilemma, a John Wick theory from someone who’s never seen any of the John Wick films, news about Volvo’s decision to stop selling saloons and estates in the UK, a trip to depreciation corner, the problem with the new Toyota Land Cruiser, the cockroach car favoured by a professional mechanic, a K11 Micra doing a Morgan Aero 8 impression, the wonderful wor...
2023-08-13 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again. Technical of jacket and wrap-around of sunglasses, here we are again with some show notes, starting with the burgundy Caterham Jonny borrowed and its amazingly choady shifter. Then we have the nice cloth bits of a Bentley Flying Spur Edition 12 interior, a Cupra Leon wagon (like the one hired by Richard which he forgot to take a photo of), the Lynk & Co 01 and DR 4.0 generic SUVs, a Golf R with its crappy badge and the similar logo of Regency Enterprises. Finally, we have a v...
2023-08-06 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostJonny has been doing some traditional tillermanning. Also in this episode, leaving your own roof behind, how they make automatic transmission fluid, ETA shaving, entering a Premier Inn like a race winner, nice cloth seats in fancy cars, a surprisingly good Cupra, holiday golf cart incident, unusual hire cars, a listener’s tale of spotting an amazing X-Type, the rubbishness of the Golf R badge, terrible decals on expensive motorhomes, and buying a vehicle from a naturist.
2023-08-06 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Really there's nothing can top the lead image here, of Jonny at his desk in the CAR magazine office after some jocular colleagues had turned his chair into an enormous set of genitals. But, just for fun, we've also got an image of the Simply Saab logo and unwieldy slogan, a no-name full suspension mountain bike being inspected at the Bicester live show, Audi A2 and Honda NSX trailer cars, a couple of shots of the saucy Metro GTa, a Subaru Brat ad, and a bit that didn't make the podcast in whi...
2023-07-30 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostIn their second recording from Bicester Heritage, Jonny and Richard take audience questions and talk SAAB specialists, a new song lyrics game, useless vans, tractor choices, wild horses, ill-advised things to do while driving, a secret Jonny needs to keep from Porsche, the surprise return of British Leyland, right foot clutching, a Metro GTa disaster, strange passengers, trailers made from half a car, good cars with bad passengers, car stitch-ups, and someone’s brought along a genuine no-na...
2023-07-30 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again. First of all, thanks to all the Patrons who came to the Bicester live show this week. Sorry it was a bit echoey. Will find a less cavernous space for the next live show. In pics this week we have one of the yellow signs that guided the audience to the show, the hangar space itself, Jonny and Richard having pre-show refreshments backstage (note Richard’s swiftly jettisoned MG Rover work jacket), the horrible safari jacket Jonny made Richard wear for the recording (with optional ...
2023-07-23 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostIn front of a live audience in a massive hangar at Bicester Heritage, Jonny and Richard talk road signs, a revelation about no-name full suspension mountain bike guy, a note left on Jonny’s car, audience stories about note leaving, spotting Fiat Fullbacks, the sadness of the Fiat Doblo, getting to sit in a scale steam engine, stickers of another car on your car, a listener’s story about undercarriage damage during a test drive, people who’ve never driven an auto, people with wagon wheel...
2023-07-23 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again. A slew of pics for you this week, starting with how episode 168 was recorded (in an old showman's trailer with a creepy shop dummy and a flocked airbed while Jonny tried not to sound like he had a cold). There are captions on the other pics to explain what they are.
In links, we have two of the reasons Smith and Sniff were at Goodwood in the first place.
Smith and Sniff at the Goodwood Bonham...
2023-07-16 17:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostAfter two days’ filming at the Festival of Speed, Jonny and Richard retreat to a large caravan in a field near Goodwood to discuss getting heckled, the art of flocking, BL restomods, the strange restaurant hours of the south coast, an incredible amount of crap nautical art, encountering a Prelude, the Mary Queen of Scots spoiler on an old Porsche, how one of The Intercooler gets mistaken for a movie star, the glories of Auction Trousers, enjoying a base model Citroen C3, an unexpectedly han...
2023-07-16 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Quite a mellow and meandering show this week, and not much to include in the show notes. So we’ve just got some photos of the Ioniq 6 (high speed race to a rural station not pictured). And now some links…
A great example of a clutch slipper train (leaving Bath/Bath)
One of those interesting JDM GR86s for sale ...
2023-07-09 17:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostJonny recounts hard driving an electric Hyundai in a race to catch a train. Also in this episode, the problem with sleeveless T-shirts, picking a racing line through an airport, queasiness on the set of 5th Gear, beeping goodbye, old school stereo security, interesting JDM-spec GR86s, a German taxi driver hangout, giving Tiff a salt block to lick, ill-fitting airport trousers, a different spin on ‘find another!!!’ and some new promotional end music.
2023-07-09 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again.
So, what's going on here, and all that? Well, in pics this week we have Fiat CEO and Instagram enthusiast Olivier Francois after his paint dunking followed by an SLS and a W140 S-Class in German taxi Elfenbein. Next, 911 Carrera Ts in Viper Green and Macademia and a real-life Paint To Sample 911 GT3 Touring in Elfenbein. Then we have five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell doing some 1980s modelling, plus his brief appearance in Miami Vice, followed by a close up of Magnus Walk...
2023-07-02 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostJonny and Richard have an idea for a car-themed stage show. Also in this episode, Jonny’s got a tow rope in his pants, Fiat aren’t making any more grey cars, Instagram’s Olivier Francois has been dunked in orange paint, some cars look like computer mouses, Mercedes painted an SLS in taxi beige, confident people order sports cars in brown, Derek Bell modelled Porsche merch in the ‘80s, Magnus Walker seems to wear hats made of sound deadening mats, there’s an extremely specific Ford M...
2023-07-02 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
In pics, we start with the incredible airbrushed Citroen C6 spotted by Richard at a local car show. Then we have Mika Hakkinen’s excellent hair, the busy Peugeot 408, the moulded BMW M2 and Ken from Blue in some incredible ’00s spec trousers. Now, some links…
Jonny has spotted a famous racing driver (while having lunch with another very famous person that he won’t mention).
Also in this episode, believing Stirling Moss is still with us, Salman Rushdie’s Midnight Club and bongo mag stash, a Honda Beat for sale, cars you want someone else to own, Larry David leisure shoes, pretending BMW M cars look nice, the problem with the Peugeot 408, winding up Elton John, Shaun the Sheep’s heavy trance farmer, opinions on replica Ferraris, an amazi...
2023-06-25 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again. Sorry, the show notes are late this week because, frankly, there wasn't a lot to put in them apart from this lovely illustration of the Simply Norfolk shop taken from their Facebook page and a pic of Simply Coastal. They're both in Wells-next-the-Sea, if you're interested. Oh, and we have an example of an entire county welcoming careful drivers. How are they doing that, eh?
To apologise for this shabby set of extra info we've updated the Smith and Sniff encyclopaedia ...
2023-06-19 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostIn their second London live recording, Jonny and Richard talk about a military plant hire company, Jay Leno’s draughty car port, American model years, judging a supercar competition, turning off hotel air conditioning, and ask if any villages actually welcome careful drivers. Plus, a simply Norfolk shop, the decor in coastal rental properties, dad-style urinal leaning, Jonny’s brush with American police, active aero policy when parked, tiller steering, getting a podcast word into the dict...
2023-06-18 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello gang,
Not much to show you in the notes this week but we’ve got a few pics from the live events in London (including the syntax mangling 'Pod Cast’ sign put up by the venue and the merch stand placement that accidentally made it look like we were selling 19th century rifles), the dryer warning sign mentioned in the show, and the tarp-covered Beetle spotted by Jonny.
A huge thank you to everyone who came to one of the London live recordings. We had a great time and hope y...
2023-06-11 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostIn front of an audience at the London Concours, Richard has a confession about his Range Rover and Jonny wonders what the hell he was doing walking in LA. Also in this episode, confusion about a popular podcast phrase, a listener’s troubling hand dryer story, the manual or auto game, playing CSI Tarpaulin in outer London, things that sound like high spec Peugeots, a fear of horses, people whose first names you never discover, bouncy castle injuries, a listener tells us a remarkable D-spec s...
2023-06-11 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
We start with an illustration of the possible route you’d have to take if you wanted to reverse from Bristol to Whipsnade safari park and that’s followed by pictures of Digby, the biggest dog in the world, and Clifford The Big Red Dog (and 1980s car alarm installer). Now, some links…
Because you can never watch it too much, here’s the Mancunian guitarist again
In the second live recording from Bristol, Jonny and Richard answer audience questions. Topics covered include mid-life crisis cars, stealing road signs, Motley Crue’s last gig, One Life, Live it stickers, the origins of Choady Shifter, the idea car for reversing from Bristol to Whipsnade safari park, the Oasis swimming pool, features you’d like back on cars, clothes for a Woollarding photo shoot, your most ‘90s car, what you learnt to drive in, sweary driving instructors, what DJ Khali...
2023-06-04 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again lovely Patrons. What’s going on this time, eh? Well, we start with a nice period ad for the Allegro Equipe followed by stout soldier of the drizzly rails, Ivor The Engine, and Jonny showing off his ‘cacky Magnum’ look. Then we have old Blippi and new Blippi, Vin Diesel in his groundsman outfit, a DeLorean in Miami Vice, and the actual Allegro Equipe currently for sale.
Now some links…
2023-05-28 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostRichard finds amazing treasure for sale and Jonny has been driving his Charger while dressed like off-brand Magnum. Also in this episode, why Ivor the Engine is much better than Thomas the Tank Engine, the British mis-treatment of the elderly, more hand drier nonsense, the problem with bow ties, the weird evolution of Blippi, a ‘review’ of Fast X, Vin Diesel turning into a groundskeeper, the joy of going to the cinema on your own, looking backwards while driving, going to a beauty spot an...
2023-05-28 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello you!
We come bearing news of the next Smith and Sniff live recording, and this one is in association with our friends at The Little Car Company. Here are the headlines;
When: Wednesday 19 July at 6:30pm
Where: Bicester Heritage
With whom: The nice people of the Little Car Company who will fill the big hangar at Bicester with many of their fine wares including the new Tamiya Wild One MAX lifesize RC ca...
2023-05-26 16:53:27 +0000 UTC View PostLast Friday night Jonny and Richard were in Britain's most '90s city for a live podcast recording. You probably knew that. Maybe you were there. If so, thanks ever so much for coming. If you weren't there, this is (some of) what happened.
No show notes this week because we're knackered from Friday night but here are a few links;
Don't forget, there are still tickets available for the second London live recording on Thursday 8 June. 2023-05-21 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
In pics this week we have the Be Here Now sleeve and some behind the scenes photos, Eurovision MR2 Woollarding and keytar madness, a handryer solution spotted by listener James Boscarini, and Bryan Adams’s Land Rover.
Richard’s Panda key saviours, Birmingham Car Keys
2023-05-14 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostJonny has a great idea for Jim Ratcliffe and Richard’s having trouble with his trousers. Also in this episode, lost wheeltrims, why cloth is better than leather, getting spare keys made, filler flap bung update, barn find clothing dilemma, the lazy Repair Shop and insensitive Car SOS, Jonny’s controversial new TV show, the problem with Oasis’s Be Here Now sleeve, Liam Gallagher is a Mancunian penguin, a keytar on the roof of a mk1 MR2, DJ Khalid at the Miami GP, handdryer solutions, Bry...
2023-05-14 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Guys, looks, guys, listen.
To our amazement, tickets for the London live recording sold out in just a few days so we've decided to add a second date.
It's Thursday 8 June, also at the London Concours.
Hope to see you there (if you're not already coming to the one on Weds 7 June).
Jonny & Richard
2023-05-10 11:44:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again Patron peoples. In pics this week we have Don Johnson Woollarding, actual William Woollard Woollarding, and that insurance write-off Smart Roadster that caught Jonny’s eye. Now, some linkage…
Girl reunited with dump valve donkey
Once more just because we love it, that mad William Woollard closing piece to camera &nb...
2023-05-07 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post