Jonny has been served some unusual Instagram content and Richard has seen his local no-name mountain bike guy. Also in this episode, reaction to last week’s Miami Vice chat, Don Johnson goes Woollarding, the Skoda cake we forgot, how to say Rostyle, disagreement about the third generation Toyota MR2, spending time in a high tech scrapyard, a broken Smart Roadster Brabus, CSI hot cross buns, an annoying Volkswagen, for the love of small cars, and news of a Smith and Sniff live show in London...
2023-05-07 17:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Hello you.
Yes, as darkly hinted on social media, the next Smith and Sniff live recording is going to be in London. Specifically, it's going to be during the London Concours event which takes place at the Honourable Artillery Company in the City of London. Here are the headlines;
When? Wednesday 7 June
What time? 6pm sharp. Wrap up about 7:45pm because some scary military types want us off their property by 8pm.
Where?
2023-05-05 17:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Hello again. This week in pictures we start with some classic Miami Vice fashions then move on to a classic BBC radio car, a Rolls-Royce Camargue (Jonny’s sacrilegious LS swap, not pictured), a Dutch police 1st gen Touareg on weird wheels, that Rover 3500 S Estoura, and what a £375 MG TF looks like.
Foley 6x6 Defenders
The Miami Vice the...
2023-04-30 17:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Just four decades late, Jonny has been watching a top American TV show. Also in this episode, a shameless plug for the next Smith and Sniff live show, bad smoking on television, going to the Sunday Scramble in a radio car, how your memory works (or doesn’t), wanting a Rolls-Royce Camargue, TV cops getting tangled in fly tipping, Phil Collins drumming on a trailer, Dutch police car strangeness, Paul Hollywood’s new car repair show The Great British Bodge Off, thoughts on the BMW Z8, owning...
2023-04-30 17:00:14 +0000 UTC
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What have we got in the show notes this week? Well, we start with Jonny looking furtive in a Bentley for reasons that will become clear. Then we have the Biro and Canta small cars, as seen by Jonny in Amsterdam. After that, the Maturo Stradale restomodded Integrale followed by the Lego piece its gearlever resembles and a period ad for the Strada Abarth 130TC. Finally, there’s the line-up of sweet, sweet Bentley heritage fleet cars from which Jonny and Richard chose the Brooklands and disgra...
2023-04-23 17:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Jonny has spotted something local and peculiar in the Netherlands and Richard has remembered a sporty Fiat from the ‘80s. Also in this episode, the world’s finite supply of Biros, car tipping, Panda 100HP love, finding yourself on the Harry Metcalfe highway, driving old Bentleys, the Goodwood Members’ Meeting, the Ohlins Invitational Cup, Nic Cage surfing for Studebakers, and what’s actually happening at Land Rover.
2023-04-23 17:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Hello lovely Patrons,
We come bearing good news. The next Smith and Sniff live recording is happening next month in our favourite ‘90s city, Bristol. Here are the headlines;
Date: Friday 19 May
Time: 7:30pm
Place: The Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, Bristol, BS3 1TF.
As with previous OTLOTs, we’ll be recording two podcasts on the night, separated by a short interval. The first will be a normal show, the second...
2023-04-21 16:37:54 +0000 UTC
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In pictures this week we start with Jonny sporting a textbook curtain hairstyle in the ‘90s. The other kid on the motorbike is his German exchange partner. Note the purple Champion trackie bottoms. Then we have a gunty 1 Series, the curvy sill of a mk1 Range Rover, Craig David and his very thin facial hair, Jonny in his prime mascara pencil beard era (while driving Goldie Lookin Chain’s Chavalier in 2004), and Shaun Ryder being the high priest of Curtonia. Now, some links…
2023-04-16 17:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Jonny explains how his dad retrieved a broken Avenger key. Also in this episode, drunk Olympics, the gunty cat 1 Series, scraping floorpans, scratching matt paint, the return of the boot cut, alternative superhero Nigel Mansilk, very thin facial hair, the unnecessary speed of Green Day, the ‘90s curtonian movement, the Stone Roses stealing back their second album, people who lose car keys, magnet fishing with Harry Metcalfe, losing track of VW Group cars, and Sophie Ellis-Bextor spoils a rh...
2023-04-16 17:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Jonny's still in shock from his visit to the autojumble so there aren't proper show notes this week, just the few pictures he took during his weird day out in a damp field. Enjoy.
2023-04-09 17:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Jonny has been to a very special car event and, oh goodness, he has seen some things. Features inexplicable statues, a grand wizard, a box of marionettes, anaphylactic Paul Young, red meat ghosting, miniature steam engines, retro grumble mags, a greyhound in a puffa jacket, an owl rescue van, an airbrushed Sprinter, and an awful, awful discovery in a bag for life. Also in this episode, Lionel Richie’s woo, chenille armchairs, Roseanne phones, badly placed hotel plug sockets, and the lost ar...
2023-04-09 17:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Hello again. Quite a car-y episode this week. Sorry about that. So, in pictures we have the new Lamborghini Revlon or whatever it’s called, a Matchbox Superfast Ferrari, the excellent Triumph 2000 mk2, an Esso tiger T-shirt, the SEAT Toledo V5, and the Pembleton T24. Now, some links…
This is what they now sell in Wagamama. Punchy.
2023-04-02 17:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Richard isn't bothered about the Aventador replacement and Jonny has been hanging out with Gordon Murray. Also in this episode, collecting Rileys on your deathbed, unexpectedly strong beer in Wagamama, Gloria Estefan’s car sounds, starting work on Boring Car Trivia 4, the word Superfast, what Italian car names sound like if you’re Italian, the underrated excellent of the facelifted Triumph 2000, men with autojumble hair, wearing only clothes you bought at an autojumble, the Pembleton T24,...
2023-04-02 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Hello again. Right then, what’s going on this week? Well, in pictures we have the amazing Mike Brewcelee ornament, including the hands of Mike himself. Then we have a couple of Richard’s related work-avoiding idiotic Photoshops, Jonny driving the 911 Dakar while feeling peaky, some images of early (and frankly disturbing) Bibendum and the Genesis GV60. Note the massive mirror adjuster on the driver’s door. Tunnock’s Tea Cake image included for reference. Now some links…
2023-03-26 17:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Jonny has been sent a statue of Bruce Lee and forwarded it straight to the star of Wheeler Dealers. Also in this episode, driving the Porsche 911 Dakar while feeling ill, busting open an ibuprofen scam, the wonders of Alcantara, the amazing mpg of a 300,000 mile Honda Insight, why the 911 Dakar isn’t called the Safari, getting your haircut by a convicted drug smuggler, the weird history of Bibendum, the puzzling Genesis GV60 and its enormous mirror adjuster, Jonny’s social media storm, a ...
2023-03-26 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Since Patreon demands separate posts for videos, here's a little bonus featuring the unrealistically fast car showroom turntable at Merrivale model village.
2023-03-19 18:02:01 +0000 UTC
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Hello again. Here be some more show notes. In pics we start with Jonny at a model village. Look at his happy little face. Then we have the Algal Ranger, the infamous Tuxedo Princess in Newcastle, an Hyundai Equus being more interesting than a Veyron, Dark Thunder energy drink, one of those road salt storage domes, and the Citroen XM tape from listener Ollie Rix. Now, some links…
Cyclist goes Superman for downhill speed <...
2023-03-19 12:41:01 +0000 UTC
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Jonny has been car spotting in a dismal British seaside town. Also in this episode, 1920s motorcycle speed record stance, an algae-covered Ford Ranger, weak car game at a model village, turntable disaster in a floating nightclub, Veyron versus Hyundai Equus on the streets of Geneva, spotting a new off-brand energy drink, the bizarre story of Four Loko, fishing mishaps, using lingo with builders, easing into nicknames, the nightmare of running a road salt depot when you collect 1970s Italian c...
2023-03-19 12:40:01 +0000 UTC
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This week we start with pics of the BMW M3 Touring and Jaguar F-Pace SVR Edition 1988. Then we have a typical cover of Custom Car magazine from the ‘70s, the muscular Merc 500E, and the abandoned Porsche 989 project from 1991. Now, some links…
In case you haven't seen The Gold yet, it's on iPlayer
2023-03-12 18:01:07 +0000 UTC
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Jonny and Richard have been driving two fast, practical and slightly irrelevant cars. Also in this episode, having to use the facilities in a small independent garage, BMW selling xDrive to people who don’t need it, a ‘90s smoking horse, news from the man who supplied the cars to The Gold, the expression ‘take it for a spin’, seeing a Mercedes 500E, the Porsche 989, the milky second GTI in the mk4 Golf range, dropping one in Simon Le Bon’s boiler room, and behind the scenes on Jonny...
2023-03-12 18:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Right then, in pictures this week we have the erroneous mk3 Granada from The Gold, followed by bonus it’s-too-early-for-the-facelift Orion action. Then we have the influencer Zeus and more from Stellantis Instagram hob-nobber Olivier Francois featuring kestrel-faced and possibly quite funny singer, Michael Bolton.
Official MOT guidance says if your MOT has expired you can only drive to an MOT appointment. <...
2023-03-05 18:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Richard has been suffering MOT day nerves while Jonny’s experienced a frost-damaged hose humiliation. Also in this episode, what’s wrong with the cars in BBC true crime drama The Gold, the extreme shouting at hand car washes, a shady car park encounter with a man in a tidy XC90, the eye-watering cost of going to the fair, fear of transportable rides going wrong, a dissection of 50 Cent’s Ayo Technology video, losing friends in a club and drinking a whole round of drinks to yourself, gar...
2023-03-05 18:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Hello again. Sorry about the lack of show notes last week. There wasn’t much to share we didn’t do one. But now we’re back with, in order, Jonny’s tortoises trying some post-hibernation getting it on, the Merc W126 wheels Richard was thinking of, the Merc W126 wheels Jonny was actually referring to, a modified W126 with obligatory 1980s over-complicated stereo, Pierce Brosnan’s Bond in a holiday shirt (trousers, not pictured), James frontman Tim Booth in some pretty baggy strides, a...
2023-02-26 18:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Jonny and Richard receive news from a listener who has been experimenting on their behalf. Also in this episode, saucy tortoises, intense protein bars, fantasy scenarios involving Mercedes W126s in 1980s Surrey, elaborate graphic equalisers, Pierce Brosnan’s baggy trousers, Tim Booth’s even baggier trousers, Richard’s mate’s dad with a W126 and a mk1 Golf GTI, rave artist Baby Benz, a brief review of the Honda Civic, an amazing story of Ferrari brakes and Take My Breath Away, Austin A...
2023-02-26 18:00:04 +0000 UTC
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In the second show recorded live at Lotus, Jonny and Richard answer questions from the audience. Topics covered include the size of their hands, how much Jonny’s spent on his Allegro, podcast quality control, the confusing ID.3 range, air-con agnosticism in Death Valley, old school trim levels, Tiff driving across Europe in an Aston with broken power steering, car wrecking on Top Gear and 5th Gear, badgers with breeze blocks, a listener making an heroic journey in a Lotus-tuned car, stock r...
2023-02-19 18:00:02 +0000 UTC
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This week in pictures we have some shots taken during the live podcast recording followed by Jonny and Richard doing some trackwork in both an Emira and inappropriately warm jackets. Then there’s those new Dyson dryers, the bit of the Ineos Grenadier design Richard thinks shouldn’t have been mimicked from the Defender, the bottle holder in a Citroen AX door and the surprisingly pleasant Genesis G80.
Jonny’s Arse Gren...
2023-02-12 18:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Jonny and Richard bring their meandering, asinine nonsense to the swanky Brand Centre at the Lotus factory in Norfolk.
Topics covered include the Lotus Emira, a strange smelling friend, developments in hand dryers, the Ineos Grenadier, the weight of car doors, Norfolk's many hand written signs, ploughing competitions, the fightiness of pubs with pool tables, door pocket problems, wine carrier cars, the surprisingly nice Genesis G80, an idea for snacks on the road, well-cleaned num...
2023-02-12 18:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Hello again lovely Patrons. This week we start our pictures with that Hyundai promo CD owned by listener Tom, then listener James’s weird-spec Daihatsu Charade (including, in the last pic, its fate). Then we have that freaky Carlton hearse pick-up, Richard’s massive Senna painting, and Pierce Brosnan about to drive a Z3 across a field. Now, some links…
Bonkers James Brown interview
2023-02-05 18:01:01 +0000 UTC
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In this week’s show Jonny and Richard guiltily attempt to get through their massive backlog of listeners’ messages. Topics covered include a retro Hyundai promotional CD, a strangely specced Daihatsu Charade, a weirdly named car website, the strange story of the Alfa Brera S, the fallout from BMW no longer supplying the police, a Range Rover track day car, a very odd hearse conversion, what happened when Richard won an enormous painting of Ayrton Senna, the deep disappointment of James Bo...
2023-02-05 18:00:59 +0000 UTC
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We start this week with pics of the Wells Vertiginous followed by Richard’s hasty Photoshop of the same car on steelies. Then we have some American shopping mall airbrushing, Gordon Murray’s Alfaholics Junior Zagato, Michelin floor mats, that smutty Smith and Sniff accidental reference, and a Fiat Idea (since it’s unlikely anyone can remember what one looks like).
The ultimate sad banger, it’s Dancing on my own
2023-01-29 18:01:02 +0000 UTC
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