Show notes 204
Added 2024-04-01 17:00:11 +0000 UTCHello again, and welcome to the late-running show notes for the latest podcast. In pictures this week, we start of course with a Bova Futura coach. Small child balled up like a hedgehog, not pictured. Then we have the collapsed Discovery 3, as spotted by Richard near Bristol, the Eagle Quest limo that so haunts Smith and Sniff’s dreams, what Smith and Sniff reviews look like these days, and the DS 4 in case you don’t know what one of those looks like. Next, some pics of Jonny’s Picanto trials car, proof of the economy of the Range Rover PHEV (very slightly mis-remembered by Jonny), an enormous maritime turbo, and the poster for Licence to Drive (thanks to listeners Benedict Newman and Tom Elliott-Mell for those). Finally, what Jonny claims is his favourite screengrab from the original Roadhouse. Now, some links…
The Three Peaks Challenge. No mention of doing it in jeans.
Richard's Range Rover turned out to be a bit of a steal
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Apologies for the late response, I saved the latest episode for a trip I was taking at the weekend whereas I normally listen the day new episodes are available….The back story of the fraught Clark vacation is related to cars but not as you thought. My mum was the finance administrator for a local family run Mazda dealership who owned a caravan in the south of France, one of the perks of working for said company was for employees to be able to use the caravan if they were able to make their own way there. It was decided this would be a great destination for our first family holiday abroad but with my dad also feeling that our Morris Oxford ( with klaxon horn?!?) was not up to the trip. Based on this realisation it was decided it would be better if we made our own way there over land and sea. After vastly underestimating the stress involved in herding 2 young kids and an equally stressed wife across the continent involving coach, train, ferry and French taxi with a chicken in the boot!, not speaking French and discovering that heat was a new and unprepared for experience my dad found himself hurtling towards the edge of sanity. Upon seeking refuge in a cafe for a much needed break from the midday sun it was here that my dad spotted the poster and enough was enough and the Leyland based out burst occurred. The holiday did pick up but it was the first and last one where my dad didn’t drive. The Oxford was swapped for a Yellow VW camper for a Yorkshire and Lake District touring holiday that ended up being during monsoon season… but that is a whole other equally fraught story for another time!
Rus Clark
2024-04-13 14:35:04 +0000 UTCKen Bruce’s routemaster https://x.com/gvvtglasgow/status/1776978562207158514?s=46&t=9nVWFHt1GRMiTQEjd9Ittg
jack
2024-04-09 09:07:47 +0000 UTCRecording studio of course for recording outside dismal motorway services.
Ross Hetherington
2024-04-07 15:55:00 +0000 UTCMy brother in law once came back from the tyre shop with Triangles on. I laughed him out of town.
Pete Young
2024-04-06 12:23:30 +0000 UTCHi Patrick, it’s a new product from us at Nielsen coming very soon but check out the rest of our range here https://www.nielsenretail.co.uk/
James Lomas
2024-04-06 07:53:01 +0000 UTCI went to look at a 996 about 8 years ago. It had been 'much loved' by the owner, who was not there. Her parents were selling it, as she had 'gone travelling'. It had Triangle brand tyres on it.... Why name your brand of tyres... Which are a literal circle, after another actual shape?! 🤷 The rest of the car had been treated with the same level of care and respect. It says an utter shed.
Thomas Cowley
2024-04-05 21:03:44 +0000 UTCJONNY, BUY THE QUEST, YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER.
Michael Lyth
2024-04-05 20:01:14 +0000 UTCDid you know that “Allday and Onions” are a really famous maker of bellows for blacksmiths?
Simon Edwards
2024-04-05 13:22:10 +0000 UTCTalking about tyres, it always gives you a good idea if a car has been looked after well if it has good tyres, and not something from an Eastern block country. In the late 90s my Brother had a white Fiat Uno Turbo. Hot hatch. Good tyres you'd presume, no, the local garage fitted the Woosung Darkhorse tyre, needless to say it was shite
Richard Matthews
2024-04-05 11:22:56 +0000 UTCA TV advert just made me think of an opportunity for Jonny. He could be a brand ambassador for Go Outdoors.
David Edmondson
2024-04-04 20:23:37 +0000 UTCI am happy to donate an extra £1 for the Eagle Quest! Make it happen.
Ross Hetherington
2024-04-04 19:29:03 +0000 UTCI’ll chip in a quid to the eagle. It’s got so many followers on eBay now. Haha. Also, that new outro music is bloody lovely, bang it up on Spotify lads 😉
Sam Hopwood
2024-04-04 14:39:16 +0000 UTCThe McLaren F1 rear tail lights are from the Bova Futura
Hamza
2024-04-04 11:03:21 +0000 UTCGuys, Guys, listen. We are 3,351 members strong. The dude only wants £2,295 for the Eagle Quest if we all pitch in £1 we can buy that bad boy for Rich and Jonny and still have money for pints.
david marden
2024-04-03 23:30:12 +0000 UTCeagle quest!!! 😍 I feel so tempted to buy it. but somehow I think I would be the designated driver. FTS!!! POV.,?!’’ 🍺🍺 I’m no chauffeur 😊
Rich long
2024-04-03 22:14:21 +0000 UTCUpon my arrival to the Cancun MX Aeropuerto, I stumbled past what is only described as greatness: a 2-5 year old-ish Honda accord stretch limousine! I’ll email you the pic in all its glory
David Stafford
2024-04-03 18:21:06 +0000 UTCI was very disappointed in the infotainment of my wife’s company Ioniq 5. Then I drove some other cars that were even worse!
Ed Storer
2024-04-03 16:13:37 +0000 UTCSame here on our Skoda Enyaq. In a car that is a rolling computer it is very unnerving when it just turns things off on its own...
Andy Pinchock
2024-04-03 07:39:54 +0000 UTCGreetings Richard & Johnny I sent this Smith & Sniff movie concept a while ago via email but you probably overlooked for very good reason, or you really are as S€$t at responding to messages as you claim! Cider Kings/Cider House Fools: Here goes! Imagine a post apocalyptic Britain. Covid Spec amplified by 10,000. Things have got very bad, a state of prohibition has been enforced. Big alcohol producers are plying an illegal trade in moonshine to make ends meet. You are both cast as the young and ambitious frontmen of two of the most famous British Cider houses, locked in a bitter an illegal feud. Johnny as the heir to the Thatcher’s throne. The Somerset based Cider merchants have gone underground, and Johnny is the wisecracking young pretender with everything to prove. Richard as the helmsman of Weston’s Cider(you do have a slight resemblance to Henry!). As the future of Herefordshire’s powerhouse of Cider manufacturing, you’re not going to take any shit from your biggest rival. After all, your reputation is sacrosanct. In the film Johnny’s character is akin to a West Country “Joe Exotic”. He favours a trucker cap to accentuate his mullet/ponytail hairstyle. Ripped jeans and tightly elasticated leather bomber jacket, are his signature attire. He is edgy, unpredictable, and often seen popping out from behind trees singing country songs with his lover. Richard on the other hand couldn’t be more different. He is a bit of a country gent, slash posh farmer. Yet he has a rebellious streak. This is why he usually rocks a pair of Tim Wannacott/Michael Portillo spec outrageously coloured trousers. Teamed with just a wax gilet, no shirt!!! Here you must decide your choice of moonshine running vehicles…. They must be capacious, fast, and discreet. You can also choose your close knit crew of moonshine cider runners. They can be actors or real life people. Choose carefully! An ongoing war rages between you, cue lots of 80’s style car chases and montages. Gloucestershire is the county that separates your respective houses, and this is where most of the brutal action takes place. Terrifying gun battles in Stroud, punch-ups in Gloucester dive bars, and police blockades in Frampton. Okay, so the movie is reaching the final act. Your crews are either dead, imprisoned, or have turned informants. Your moonshine vehicles are spent, in the tumultuous and violent vagaries of illicit moonshine running. Illegal cider production in both your houses has all but ground to a halt, due to a scarcity fruit. Things are getting desperate. You have both managed to evade death and incarceration. You are both hanging on by a thread, but in with your last ounce of strength you realise you must claim victory. A canny “no-name full suspension mountain bike guy” has opportunistically, tipped you both off. As to the whereabouts of the last remaining fruit bearing tree in existence, in exchange for some weed and the promise of scrumpy. With your moonshine vehicles broken beyond repair, you both have to find a way to harvest the last apples and claim victory for your house. You both know that losing is not an option. Johnny’s father who is played by Phil from Time Team? Comes to him in his hour of need, with a game changing piece of information. (Real life & fiction blur in a kaleidoscopic mindfuck at this point) Around the back of the Thatchers factory, in an old prefab garage. Time Team Phil laid down a beautiful ex Time Team Bedford Rascal many years ago. The only problem is the garage is shrouded in an impenetrable thicket of brambles and detritus. At this point Jonny’s mind begins to work like that of Tom Hanks in the Da Vinci Code. Crazy equations and ‘Barn Find’ scenarios float in the ether before his eyes. Annoyingly, Phil is breaking Johnny’s concentration, by constantly suggesting plans to trench his way into the garage. Johnny dons the BFF and says “Your days of trenching are over old man, now fuck off and find me some jump leads” Meanwhile in Herefordshire. Richard whose Dad is played by none other than Tom Selleck. Reveals that deep within the Weston’s cellars, amid a collection of old steam engines, lies an old Ferrari 308 GTS. However, it is only running on five cylinders. Unperturbed, Richard fires up the fezza and makes his way toward the tip off location. The 308 is running badly and progress is agonising. By chance he sees Iain Tyrell, driving a tractor carrying a load of potatoes through the Herefordshire countryside. Post apocalyptic Iain discovered that he was related to the Herefordshire crisp tycoons, and went back to help out with the family business in these unpredictable times. With his excellent hose pipe skills, he is able to gauge the ripeness of a potato with alarming accuracy. He has subsequently invented the dark art of ‘Potato Tuning’. Richard notices Iain and a length of hose pipe in his tractor cab. Should he stop and get the 308 tuned by the maestro or is there just no time? Johnny, sweating like beast has made his way to the Rascal. It fires with a little bit of barn find persuasion, but he notices that it’s shod with slicks and it’s just started to rain. In the corner of the garage he notices three stock wheels and tyres, lying beside them is a space saver in questionable condition. How does this play out? You decide…… If you ever get this far, fucking congratulations!!! I love the show, it has got me through many a tough time, and given me many laughs along the way. Apologies for my appalling use of the English language and terrible grammar. P.S Do very angry people like Gordon Ramsay/Hitler have massive intercooler’s to cope with thermal load? Or is it the opposite? They have very weak cooling systems, thus they have a proclivity for overheating? Thanksmatecheersmatebye.
Richard Parkinson
2024-04-02 22:02:17 +0000 UTCBuying the Eagle Quest isn't really about the money, is it? It's less than $3k
david marden
2024-04-02 19:10:08 +0000 UTCOfficial Staff Car of Smith and Sniff. All podcasts will be recorded in the back seat in the future 😜 They'll hire TV's Tiff Neddell, (or Plato, or Harris, or an Ex Stig) to chauffeur them around....
david marden
2024-04-02 19:05:39 +0000 UTCEagle Quest
david marden
2024-04-02 19:01:19 +0000 UTCPreviously owned by a MANIAC!!
david marden
2024-04-02 18:52:39 +0000 UTCInfotainment systems: I love my 2018 Skoda Superb but strongly dislike the infotainment system. It freezes, crashes and reboots on a regular basis and the voice control is unusable. I’ve had the car from new and I’ve never managed to get it to do what I ask. Every year I ask Skoda to update the software and it’s still as rubbish as the day I bought it.
Alison Dummer
2024-04-02 18:39:47 +0000 UTCMy family was on holiday in France when Licence to Drive was released. The holiday was not going well, and tempers were fraying, to say the least. On spotting the poster, my dad, who was at the limit of tolerance, could take no more on noticing the Ferrari and the incorrect key and announced to the entire packed shopping area that "FERRARI ARE NOT MADE BY BRITISH LETYLAND, For F**** Sake!!!!!!. I remember the moment to this day, and every time I see a Ferrari, I think of the poster and my dad's outburst!
Rus Clark
2024-04-02 12:53:50 +0000 UTCNot that I know of. Richard
Smith and Sniff
2024-04-02 12:00:38 +0000 UTCProduct name is One Shot, made by Nielsen.
Smith and Sniff
2024-04-02 12:00:22 +0000 UTCFar too late, I realise it was the latter. Richard
Smith and Sniff
2024-04-02 11:59:52 +0000 UTCThink it was 'Nielsen' - not available in Halfords though
Tim Robson
2024-04-02 11:25:07 +0000 UTCAt least they're partially designed to drive through the ditch when they find it!
Matt Tester
2024-04-02 09:45:22 +0000 UTCOn the subject of budget tyre names, I had a set of 5 linglong all terrains (matching spare) on my disco 1 at one point. Basically a general grabber copy. Surprisingly good to be perfectly honest.
Alex Miles
2024-04-02 09:32:50 +0000 UTCAlso I think at Old Trafford cricket I think there was more believable fights. One year there with my dad and uncle. Like most of the nearby crowd we watched the on going fight whereby by mid afternoon in the 90's they were going at it better than the new Road House film
Paul Smith
2024-04-02 09:09:02 +0000 UTCNew Road House film no roundhouse kick in the film.
Paul Smith
2024-04-02 09:06:32 +0000 UTCHas Richard finally explained the origin of the ‘fizzy yoghurt’ note from years ago, without even realising it?!?!
Jack Jennings
2024-04-02 08:09:16 +0000 UTCWas the European release of Licence to Drive spelled correctly?
Misteralz
2024-04-02 07:27:16 +0000 UTCRechargeable dildo in the passenger footwell in the first pic, too.
Misteralz
2024-04-02 07:24:30 +0000 UTCWhat make was the Con Bomb ? - I'm inspired to try one
Patrick Rennison
2024-04-02 07:08:17 +0000 UTCA few possible "Tire Game" / registered offender names Pro Full Contact Tiger Paw Super Stud
Robert Murdoch
2024-04-02 01:41:35 +0000 UTCThis car is gangster rare should I buy it for my wedding? @roverrichy ?
Rich long
2024-04-01 23:39:30 +0000 UTCThe front of the bus looks like it has a beer gut
Stephen Voss
2024-04-01 22:25:09 +0000 UTCWhat the actual F?!
Adam
2024-04-01 21:29:08 +0000 UTCI never heard them referred to as Hochdecker, I think that was a curious add-on in German for the Top trumps. Bova were a Dutch company. The V engined Merc engines were used in the Setra, Neoplan and some VanHool integrals.
John Hammond
2024-04-01 21:21:13 +0000 UTCThats the one...! Ta..P6 too. That'll get Smith interested!
Paul Bolton
2024-04-01 21:16:39 +0000 UTCRichard, do you think saying that it was yours raised or lowered the value? 🤔😜
david marden
2024-04-01 21:12:21 +0000 UTCGuys check out the passenger. In the final photo of this advert. https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202403298104517?atmobcid=soc5
S Carter
2024-04-01 20:42:47 +0000 UTCSo, what will Richard do with his newly acquired wealth? Will the Eagle Quest tour limo happen? Will Jonny buy another broken car for his growing fleet? Find out these things and more, next week on Britain's favourite car based podcast, Fuelling Around. 😁
Chris Mackay
2024-04-01 20:18:09 +0000 UTCEagle Quest
Howard Rose
2024-04-01 20:09:35 +0000 UTCI once bought a set of Kingpin Valiants, remoulds. Less grip than a bowling ball going down a bowling alley
Andy
2024-04-01 19:50:53 +0000 UTCBut have you bought the Eagle Quest yet? And will it have Smith and Sniff branding as a Tour Limo? Will it turn up at FoTU?
Fault Breccia
2024-04-01 19:41:58 +0000 UTCLike a prayer also has Guy Pratt, of sometimes pink Floyd playing bass, at least in the second half.
Thomas Hill
2024-04-01 19:40:43 +0000 UTCDon't suppose it was called The Gaffer? Seem to remember opening titles where he chucks another parking ticket on the pile, wikipedia states a Rover P6
andrew philbey
2024-04-01 19:37:00 +0000 UTCI haven't listened to the 'cast yet. I'll save that for my commute. Why has "License To Drive" got a Leyland key on the finger of the star ? 🤣
Fergus McIver
2024-04-01 19:30:49 +0000 UTCThere used to be a TV show, in the 80's I think. It was a TV cop show based up north. The bloke drove a cool car but the dash and every other surface was covered in parking tickets and post. Maybe he upgraded to the Disco! Can't for the life of me remember the programme or car!
Paul Bolton
2024-04-01 18:58:10 +0000 UTCEagle quest
Sparkomatic
2024-04-01 18:15:29 +0000 UTCWhat on earth are you going to do with that crap old senator 😞 dozy barstards
Paul Harlick
2024-04-01 18:03:22 +0000 UTCI am sure I still have my pack somewhere, you always wanted the Merc V8 to ensure the win..
Andrew
2024-04-01 17:44:23 +0000 UTCThat disco 3 is so broken. Up the good end of bath. I wonder if Rich has been to White Way yet.
Robin White
2024-04-01 17:34:11 +0000 UTCI vividly remember the Bova Futura Hochdecker from my pack of coach Top Trumps I had back in the 90s.
Iain W
2024-04-01 17:16:40 +0000 UTCI feared that to be the case too, hence the prompt eBay search!
Ben Aston
2024-04-01 17:12:42 +0000 UTCOops, link must have changed. Fixed now. For a second there we were worried it had sold.
Smith and Sniff
2024-04-01 17:11:39 +0000 UTCThe Eagle Quest has gone from the link… Try this instead: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256454073518?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=SyZARPt2TWe&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Ben Aston
2024-04-01 17:06:39 +0000 UTCThis late Must be a new theme song for something some where
Thinfourth
2024-04-01 17:05:07 +0000 UTC
