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Show notes 128

Hello again. In pictures this week we have the amazing JDM VeilSide jacket (Jonny couldn't find pics of the jeans) followed by the Top Gear presenters in the ‘00s being an advert for the bootcut (or maybe an advert against the bootcut). Then there’s the BMW XM, the Ford Flex, the stereo with dolphins on the display and the Queen’s Jaguar hearse. Finally, some shifters from, in order, the Caterham 7, the Mercedes CLK GTR, and listener George’s Mercedes butter churner followed by some s...

Podcast 128 - JDM jeans and Her Majesty's hearse

Jonny remembers a bizarre gift from Japan and Richard has some information about the Queen’s final journey. Also in this episode, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles in trouble on the A1, amusing terms from footballing, DJs having their records nicked, Top Gear as an advert for bootcut jeans, the new BMW XM, Hyundai N Eurobeat, the bagpipes of You’re The Voice, the Ogmios School of Zen Motoring, arriving with fewer things than you set off with, and a chodey shifter update.

Live at Morgan VIDEO

Hello lovely Patrons, 

We promised you a Patreon-exclusive video of our recent live recording at the Morgan Experience Centre and here it is. 

As with the podcast of the same event, the sound quality is a bit ropey in places but hopefully that won't spoil your enjoyment of seeing our stupid faces and other body parts as we talk our nonsense in front of 200 actual people. 

Have a great weekend gang. 

Jonny & Richard

PS News about the next O...

Show notes 127

This week in pictures we start with a series of shifters from, in order, the TVR Griffith (NBA suit spec), mk1 MX-5 and Honda S2000. Then we have - spoiler alert! - Richard’s new car and a black current-shape 911 with the optional gold alloys. Finally, we have a trio of pictures from Jonny’s trip to see Gordon Murray, Ayrton Senna’s shoes and a Renault Trafic wearing BMW alloys. Of course we do. Now, some links…

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Podcast 127 - Hi guys! You won't BELIEVE what I've bought!

Richard has got a new car. You probably will believe what it is, actually. 

Also in this episode, unfortunately shaped gearlevers, ‘90s NBA suit leather gaiters, sorting out cars that don’t ride well, Jonny’s best-ever Beetle, sonic cleaning everything, almost treading dog mess into Gordon Murray’s Escort, a hidden Smart Roadster, buying cars while your wife’s away, Mr Fitzpatrick’s shifting, irrelevant thoughts on your death bed, rubbish time capsules, VW T5 distain by...

Show notes 126

Hello again, dear friends. What do we have for you this time? Well, on the tissue-thin excuse that Jonny and Richard mentioned David Bowie in relation to laptops we lead with this brilliant image from 1975 of him in his maximum ‘original Macbook Air’ era, driving a Merc S-Class in Los Angeles. Then we have the Pagani Utopia looking like a model, the Utopia dashboard and that of the Ford Crown Vic, an official VW publicity pic depicting Jonny’s life with the Caddy California, Richard wat...

Podcast 126 - Maximum Pagani

Managing to stick to cars for once, Jonny and Richard discuss the new Pagani Utopia. 

Also in this episode, living in a VW Caddy California, ongoing badger problems, plaintive security guards, guerrilla stickering, a trip to Telford to collect a V6, moving to Japan when you don’t speak Japanese, the usefulness of engine cranes, trying to make your house nice, a brief stop in book review corner, apologies for the Fiat Uno song, trying to get Jonny’s dad to buy a Citroen C6, gett...

Show notes 125

Not much to add to this week’s show so here are some pictures taken by members of the audience at the live recording (including several of Jonny and Richard adopting the rally driver and co-driver positions with an armchair) and a couple of links;

Busfest. Apparently it’s the world’s largest VW Transporter festival - https://www.busfest.org/busfest/

World’s largest cruise ship is likely to be scrapped...

Podcast 125 - Live from Malvern Link

Sorry about some of the sound quality on this one. It gets better after the first 10 minutes. 

For the first time Jonny and Richard record a podcast in front of a live audience, in this case at the Morgan Experience Centre in Malvern Link. 

Topics covered in this episode include a new encounter with the OTOSOT man, being given things by a neighbour, the most naive thing you've ever said, being unable to wash a car at home, the Busfest event, 1990s bouncer-baiting trouser...

Show notes 124

We lead this week with the knackered Metro pub sign spotted by a listener, followed by the deceased/OAP spec Audi Coupe spotted by another listener. (Thanks to Joe Brudenell and Neil Rapsey respectively). Then we have The Sensational Alex Harvey Band with a textbook multiple feet on monitors demonstration, the don of foot on bumper stance, William Woollard, and an amazing photo of an actual rock god doing an apparent Woollard impression. Finally, we have a Simson Schwalbe like the one our lis...

Podcast 124 - The fast Ford tax

Jonny and Richard discuss an extreme example of spawty Fawds going for crazy money. Also in this episode, what the boss of Mercedes design hated about the ‘90s S-Class, hidden taxes in American shops, listeners’ messages about their local no-name full suspension mountain bike guys, deceased spec versus OAP spec, Woollarding versus rock guitaring, the joy of an outdoor shower, a listener recounts an embarrassing accident on an East German scooter, more info on Robert Plant’s cars, having...

Show notes 123

Hello again, and here we go with this week’s Patreon bonus material. We start, of course, with the amazing Freddie Mercury jacket tribute Jeep. Then we move on to some of Richard’s highlights from Radwood, a man trying to mend a Grand California fridge, and Keith Moon’s nutty house. And, of course, some links…

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Podcast 123 - No-name full suspension mountain bike guy

Jonny has spotted a very specific character in a small town and Richard gives his verdict on RADwood. 

Also in this episode, the MMA platform, how to watch '80s music videos while using an electric toothbrush, elaborate efforts to avoid waking everyone, professional fighters named after rear suspension designs, a Freddie Mercury jacket tribute Jeep, the made-up sounding town of Eaton Socon, DJ Khaled has annoyed Jonny again, the technical limitations of trying to take out hated mus...

Show notes 122

Hello and welcome to the slightly late show notes for episode 122. In pictures we have some scenes from Jonny’s #vanlife holiday (change of clothes not pictured) then a shipwreck near Woodbridge and an seal. Next we have a Daihatsu Midget, the inside of an Imperial Crown Coupe Mobil Director Edition, a ground hugging Toyota Alphard, a Ferrari Daytona SP3 and Jeff Goldblum inside his chamber in The Fly. Finally, we have two examples of random merch spotting. Now some links…

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Podcast 122 - Disaster in a VW Grand California

Jonny has been away camping and Richard has a new reason to stop swearing in the podcast. 

Also in this episode, meeting a seal, forgetting how to behave in London, craving a Panda 100HP, buying a car for RADwood, the thinking person’s Piaggio Ape, Jonny’s festival of musicians he hates, Imperial cars of the 1960s, the van-car that looks like Dougal from Magic Roundabout, a love of JDM MPVs, the Geneva Motor Show in Qatar, Jeff Goldblum and Gordon Murray chatting shirts, news f...

Show notes 121

Hello you. It's us again. In pictures this week we start with the Mazda with the seriously knackered A-pillar. Jonny’s memory was playing tricks on him; it’s a Mazda6 not a 3. Then we have Pitbull looking like an estate agent, as usual, a current-shape Audi A7 looking quite sinister in all-black, and, since we briefly mention Tiff Needell, an excuse to roll out a photo of him in his legendary sun-damaged emergency Skoda rally jacket. As for links, we have…

The Those Damn Crows tra...

Podcast 121 - The severe A-pillar gash

The sight of a seriously damaged Mazda gives Jonny and Richard a brilliant car interior design idea. 

Also in this episode, Range Rover suspension collapse, a challenging local speed bump, carrying a wallet of CDs, a burnt-out combine harvester, driving like a flute because there’s metal on the radio, confusing Japanese tourists in North Wales, Cold War cosplay, apologising to Audi, a Metro full of drums, crashing while waving to a mate, tales from a Norwegian driving instructor,...

Smith and Sniff live - SOLD OUT!

Yes, ON THAT LIVE OF THINGS, the very first Smith and Sniff live podcast recording is happening, just as we threatened. Here are the headlines;

When: Thursday 8 September 2022 at 7:30pm. 

Where: The Morgan Experience Centre, Spring Lane, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2LS.

What: The recording of two hour-long podcasts, one a ‘normal’ episode, the other a Q&A with the audience. There’ll be a half hour break in b...

Show notes 120

Hello again. And this week the big news is SMITH AND SNIFF LIVE. 

Yes, it’s happening, and what we didn’t say in the podcast is that it’ll be on Thursday 8 September at the Morgan factory in Malvern, Worcestershire. Tickets will be on sale very soon and you, our marvellous Patrons, will have first dibs on them. Watch this space…

As for the usual smorgasbord of shite that makes up the show notes, what have we got? Well, in pictures we ...

Podcast 120 - Political cars & coffee crash

Jonny has an idea for making politics more interesting. Also in this episode, Dempsey & Makepeace versus Howard's Way, seeing Henry Kelly at a wake, the lip licking weirdness of Going For Gold, why you can't have a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, crashing into another motorist you were trying to thank, air drumming driving disasters, a '90s F1 jacket, the new Civic Type R, Dacia prices going up, and early news of a Smith and Sniff live event.

Show notes 119

Hello again. We lead this week with a still of Rich Energy boss and all-round ridiculous man William Storey attempting to doughnut his Jag. Link to the full clip below. Then we’ve got one of the original MG3 ‘FUN’ ads, a near-copy of the old money spec Range Rover Sport seen by Richard and a lovely line-up of COE trucks. Now, some links…

Jonny hasn’t made an aftershave ad but if he did it would probably look more like this - 2022-07-31 17:01:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Podcast 119 - E10 and the ruined wetsuit

Jonny's been having trouble with his own car and someone else's dog. 

Also in this episode, the great smell of Relentless Pursuit, that ridiculous Rich Energy understeer video, the E-Transit and MG3, an old money Range Rover Sport, an immaculate brick-shape Volvo S90, the carbon cost of keeping an older car going, a nightmare with locking wheelnuts, Sebastian Coe's favourite style of lorry, and is there something a bit off about Mickey Mouse?

Show notes 118

Hello again. This week we have some actual cars as pictures, starting with what a base model Kia Picanto looks like, followed by what a base model Range Rover looks like. You could have just over eight of the former for one of the latter. Then we have the latest Fiesta and Focus facelifts. See if you agree that one works better than the other. Finally, there’s the new Peugeot 308 which Richard thinks looks weirdly heavy around the front end.

If you’d like to literally follow in the ...

Podcast 118 - How to brush your Hyundai

Jonny has encountered a strangely-dressed car washing man. Also in this episode, how to pronounce car names, the surprising niceness of Watchet, the joys of a narrow car, what you get on a base model these days, chaotic looking 911s, defending terrible clothes because they cost a lot, getting close to a fox, vigilante path clearance, the car for a jazzy man in linen, patting a Jag, shouting at an Up GTI driver, Britain's best allotment cars, the Focus and Fiesta facelifts, the new Peugeot 308...

Show notes 117

Hello again gang. What have we got this week then? Well, in pictures we have a typical 1980s kitchen (portable telly, waste disposal and ‘80s aerobics mum, not pictured) then a crazy valve tube head unit, and two photos from Lithuania courtesy of listener Augustus. Now, some links…

John Michael Jar does his song - https://youtu.be/BznDy7bxl9M

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