Podcast 206 - Smith and Sniff and Greg

POV;-) My daily is a MG ZS 2004 MK2 V6 Xpower grey.. Nobody really talks about them? 8 years ownership can’t bear parting with that such a good Car doesn’t owe me anything I’m winning. I’m obviously always tinkering with it… also who remembers the football advert with the new rover MGs. cheers mate, thanks mate bye mate. Cheers thanks bye mate. https://youtu.be/uTzGbqrwGaM?si=Zg5J5VIoSDhsE2nu

Rich long

Has to be a Mazda Xedos 9 for me

Matthew Ryan

Sorry guys but I didn't care for this episode. I felt you showed a level of disrespect towards your supporters. You wouldn't do a professional show this looped. Why are we that different? Please give it a bit more thought before doing drunk podcasting in the future.

Darren B McLellan

Corrections: Switzerland is not a tax-free country, sadly. Geneva is actually the highest tax canton. I also know of people who have expensed prostitutes, they give you a "gastronomie" receipt. Not me though, I'm against expenses fraud 👀

Andy

Ffs this is hilarious, alcohol infused podcasts are the way forward 👍🏻

mark bacon

My next door neighbour is a professional cricketer and he drives a VW Tiguan. It's white, like his cricket whites, and it's his second one. His first one was silver, not like cricket whites.

Andrew Armstrong

Could the 2.0 exec race have two parts - longer distance dad race then a break for a Harvester lunch where dad has too many beers, so mum has to drive for the sprint race. However, mum has never driven on track so has to be directed by pissed-up dad. BRAKE NOW WOMAN!!

MarkWilliams

laughing along with you at this, you three need to do a back to basics stripped back reboot of topgear. pissed. brilliant stuff PTG

StokeyNick

Speaking of a shirt with epaulettes... My wife and I used to be in The Salvation Army - a church known for being pseudo-military, but the uniform, when just wearing a white shirt with epaulettes looks like you're either a bus driver or police officer. In the noughties, I drove a few bottom-of-the-range Astra's. My dad worked for the SA and it was the "company car" everyone got at the time. It was also the car used by police in our area for detectives and such. So I'd be driving a diesel Astra 'Life', in white shirt and epaulettes, and encountered many boy-racers-types slowing down and looking suspiciously at us, wondering who and what we were!

Stephen Hollingsworth

By the way Pablo Picasso owned a Hispano-Suiza J12

Peter Heamon

I started laughing as soon as I heard Richard speak, just knew it was going to be one of 'those' podcasts and it certainly didn't disappoint! A new definition of podcast gold? Listening to Greg James counting Jonny Smith's pissed-up press-ups in a tiny hotel room.

Peter Heamon

This episode should’ve really been titled Bum Tricks. In fact, why don’t you set up a second podcast, Jonny, Richard and Greg, titled ‘Bum Tricks & Two Strokes’

Ollie Horsley

That was my first thought too.

Jim Galbraith

This is phenomenal.

Alex Packer

Half-pissed episodes for the win I say. Only thinking add is there needs to be a height difference of let’s say half a foot between dad and mum to force a seat position change. And you don’t want us Aussie’s there - we’d be hosing you with our 4-litre Falcons. With the promotion you’d be sitting pretty in an XR6, baby, with the spowwwwaaaahhhhhttt-ah suspension and all

Jeremy Cheah

Laughed and laughed.

Cy Turner

Cars and cricketers- many years back Graham Dilley had his name all over an Austin Allegro Equipe.

Chris

If we are allowing a pair of pro drivers in our 4-speeders, then my money would have to be on the Omega being piloted by retro-team Vauxhall with John Cleland and Louise Aitken-Walker for a top driver duo! Cleland might even give his famous sign-language to show he is “going for first”…

Gareth Brown

Theres another Podcast I sometimes listen to called DrinkChamps, basically they get rappers/DJs/other music artists on their show and get drunk. This is what I imagine a car nerd version would be like, Greg James being the Radio DJ in this situation.

Julian Hale

I did not mind the Interloper at all, having Greg in for 1 episode was like three mates together having a great chat about nonsense all having a good time. (Obviously you don't want this type of episode all the time but this type of thing now and again if Podcast gold!!) Really enjoyed it, Greg was great!! Clearly gets Smith & Sniff and love the Goodwood Dad's Promotional Car Race - Sponsored by 'Granddad Turismo 2' One of the best ideas ever!! Let's make it happen. My Mum driver nominations would be Lella Lombardi or Angela Rippon. Thank Jonny & Richard 👍🏻👍🏻

James Hughes

Bit harsh Paul. It's just a bit of fun .

James Hughes

Nice big comfy Rover 75 🥰

Kev Mackintosh

My favourite episode yet!

Tom Howroyd

Fabulously ramshackle. If this was every week we might have to stage an intervention but as a special guest ep it's excellent.

Rick Bean

Paul Fargher

Mum driver recco HAS TO BE Paula Cook from off of DC Cook, BTCC super tourer era. Her credentials are exemplary

Tom Elliott-Mell

The best one yet! It's like a recording of me down the pub with a few mates waiting for the rest of the crew to turn up and we've over extended out drinking capacity before 9pm. I suggest you sober up a little before you talk to the Lord of Duke of March of Richmond. I think it will slightly improve your chances.

Zac Chandler

Picking up on the tyre chat from a few episodes ago… I recently went to view a Golf estate which had Luckyland Happygalop tyres on it, I decided not to bother with the test drive after seeing that. I just wish that with a name like that they were a premium tyre, imagine how much better it would be if a new Porsche or BMW came with Luckyland Happygalop tyres over Michelin PS5s!!

Daniel Hadnum

Congrats Rich, you finally got your man-crush in your bed.

Alec Hall

V.B.H. for my mum driver please

david marden

Best podcast ever! I can only imagine Richard listening to this back thought ‘what a pair of absolute strokers’

Kieran Nash

He's got a lovely Sheen, or Esteves....

david marden

Surely your call and response should be a simple: "FAWDS" "TRAANSSIIT-AH" One and done.

Joshua Thiel

I can’t for the life of me explain why I remember seeing this, but according to the DailyMail, Sue Barker does indeed like a dynamic car… https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/wimbledon/article-12256691/amp/Sue-Barker-takes-Porsche-spin-Cotswolds-Clare-Balding-limbers-Pilates.html

Nathan Rogers

Did Richard not have three things he needed to tell us?

Adam Russell

OTT Smith & Sniff, balloon dance on video next time. Scorpio Ghia X 2l version. VBH for my mum driver please. Man City were sponsored by SAAB in the early 80's, the photo in this link has far too short shorts, bouffant haircuts, David Cross with his hands down his shorts and Joe Corrigan wondering WTF he's doing there. https://www.reddit.com/r/MCFC/comments/1510fy3/ladslads_stand_round_the_cars_and_look_sexy/?rdt=45880

Mike Taylor

That used to happen ... along with condoms and other things... again.. someone somewhere told me that... ;-)

Andy Pinchock

That is actually a thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_by_region#Europe (I was told that by someone somewhere.. I swear guv...)

Andy Pinchock

My entry for the executive cup; 850 T5 auto 4 speed, my favourite ever car. CD deceased spec estate with the RICA remap. I miss the old girl, replaced with a remapped Saab but not the same with the 4pot

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I know a decent football manager, normally manages lower Premier or decent First or Second league teams. He gets paid loads but always gets most excited about getting a free car with his name and the club name on the side, usually something dull by our standards. He's sometimes dismissive of clubs that offer him a job with no club branded car. His own car is much better and more interesting.

Battles

Can we get a petition going for a proportion of all S&S podcasts to be done half-cut. I'd also happily participate in a 'drink along' concept.

John Millington

You'll be hearing from Greg's solicitor after this heinous insult.

Battles

Jonny if you fancy stepping outside of Jan’s 80s Miami infused world into something a little more early 90s try ‘Knight Rider 2000’ from Jan’s Drive album. Not a great attempt at a reboot of the show but Jan’s haunting piano-led theme is one of the better features. Although it doesn’t make up for turning KITT into a cherry red Pontiac Banshee.

Newark Jr

They collaborated with Toyota only for a few years and released a few models apart from the Vi.

Daniel Pronto

The “Will” in Toyota Will is the name of a company that was created to design and produce goods for a demographic of a younger age. Their old website: https://web.archive.org/web/20021201075347/http://willshop.com/

Daniel Pronto

I think we definitely need a regular "On That Drunk of Things" edition of this. Maybe combined with On That Live of Things for extra 'bants'

Jim Maher

YES!

Smith and Sniff

How strange. Not deleted by us, I promise.

Smith and Sniff

Have some of my comments been deleted? Unless I’m being blind they’re not there anymore. I don’t think anything vital to the discourse has been lost but it’s a bit odd.

Dandydandan

https://youtu.be/aysUto0dLPI?si=t-iRBlOqCbl7n0bW

Smokey Wilson

One of the best yet. SO good.

will beresford

Quite enjoyed that indeed, though no Aussies in the Dad’s Promotion Four-Speed Auto Executive Car Cup, was thinking an Ford AU with the inline 6 maybe with factory LPG would be a decent shout. Maybe a station wagon too, so it's easier to throw stuff in the back. Interesting started talking about Kia Stingers and ended up talking police pursuit cars, after Holden and Ford stopped local production have been all sorts of cars used here as cop cars, typically dual cab rangers, but Tasmania police was very proud of their Kia Stinger pursuit car.. it only lasted 2 days before they wrote it off... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-13/tasmania-police-launch-new-kia-stinger-highway-patrol-car-crash/101330634

Stephen Voss

Brilliant as always. Worryingly, for Greg, he fits in seamlessly! Excellent, if rather tipsy, work, on that side of things!

Michael Lyth

I must admit: upon discovery of inebriation, I thought “High risk of this being a tad annoying”, but I needn’t have worried. Before long, I was both swimming in Richard’s ‘stuck in cold-start mode’ voice, and revelling in the anticipation of next week’s embarrassment and profuse apologies… Quality work, gents.

Angus Greene

A classic...more guests? more wine?

Karl Moltrecht

Dammit, just tried Jonny’s get up in the morning routine and I’m almost dead - i guess, at 72 it’s not for me. Really enjoyed the episode although, when i saw the title, i was wondering how you got big brother involved.

Sean O'Neill

Very enjoyable, I agree that you should do them at least a bit tipsy.

Ed Nicholson

DJ Khalad nuff said https://www.facebook.com/share/p/rt1B8q8XUXF8dsXp/?mibextid=K35XfP

Swanger

Anneka Rice for Rich’s mum driver

Jonathan Knight

If you come to Ireland 🇮🇪 myself and Cormac (off of the Enya’s one owner Maybach email) will collect you in either a carina e or an omega. Both of which are prevalent here. 🙈

Nathan English

If Carlsberg did podcasts.... Probably the greatest episode ever... You should do this once a month.. OTSOT... 🏁

Kevin Cochrane

There were two professional footballers living on my suburban street as a child. Former Coventry, Man City and Scotland player Tommy Hutchison had a Yugo with his name on it, albeit he owned a W123 as well. QPR, Stoke, Leicester and Welsh international Robbie James had a white bodykitted Skoda Estelle with his name down the side. A lady round the corner worked for B.A.T. and drove cars fully painted up in cigarette packet livery. I remember a Rothmans Vauxhall Cavalier but there were others too. This was well before vinyl graphics so they must have been painted.

Tim C

Genuinely sensational. I quit drinking alcohol just over a year ago and this almost makes me want to start again, and I mean that in the best way. My uncle would probably have to be banned from the new event due to excess experience. He went from a Renault 25 to a Laguna, then to a V6 Legend which he hated, so managed to get back the exact same Laguna, then finally to an Omega. At that point he left his job but Vauxhall had obviously left a good impression because he bought a new Zafira which he still has 25 years later. Last I heard it was closing in on 300,000 miles. I’ll be amazed if the beloved Laguna made it to this century, because he drove it with whatever the opposite of mechanical sympathy is.

Daniel Thorn

That was the best Podcast I have ever listened too. Genuine glad I wasn’t driving at time of listening

MATTHEW BUCHANAN

🧐🤣😁😭 🦵ends

John Lynch

There's something about Goodwood that just invites heavy drinking for these two, brilliant. I'm all about the fun of racing and not the winning, so I would probably be lolloping around in a V6 XM.

Matt Tester

Also every competitor must put all coats belonging to team members on the parcel shelf before setting off

Jim Galbraith

I was just thinking what sort of time would Tony Pond have managed on the TT course if his Rover 800 had been an auto locked in D. And he’d stopped for a fried breakfast half way.

Jim Galbraith

I am so relieved that my alarm set at 6:43 and 6:51 is completely normal… on that side of things…

Andy Pinchock

A new guest rule… Any eps that include a guest all participants must be drunk.

James Hounslow

You should do these drunk more often

Alex Shorrock

Very funny

Chris M

Can't decide...classic of the genre or genre defining?

Calum Fraser

Probably best we don't go there.

Smith and Sniff

Imagine these on mushrooms 🙄

Andrew Barnes

More drunk Smith & Sniffs please. That was brilliant

Tim Organo

Great episode of Sniffed and Smithed.

Graham Dallas

Smith and Sniff … after dark

Jim Galbraith

Imagine your accountants face when you hand him those receipts

Paul Harlick

V.A.T Registered Prostitutes 😎

Paul Harlick

Pissed up podcast. Definitely the way forward 😂

Paul Harlick

I get the feeling this could be a hilarious episode.

George Wade

I’m in just for bum trick tips.

TD

Second lol

Rich long

First

Andrew Barnes