TV presenter Jonny Smith and Sniff Petrol creator Richard Porter are two friends who talk about cars, and many other things. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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THE podcast for petrol-heads, by Gareth Jones (of ITV1's Speed Sunday & How2, and A1GP pit lane reporter), his car-mad uber-geek mate Zog, Alex Goy (Road And Track, Carfection, GQ) and Aussie sports journalist Sarah Leach. On Speed covers everything on 4 wheels, from Audi to BMW; Ferrari to Williams; Renault to McLaren; Ford to Porsche; Alfa to Mercedes; VW to Jaguar; classic cars; concept cars; road cars; race cars. There's every kind of motorsport Formula One, WRC, Le Mans, F2, Indy Car, a ...
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Just breaking down Moves.
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A sighting of a funny company name on a lorry sends Jonny and Richard down a food industry rabbit hole. Also in this episode, stage 3 Lemsip, a dull story about a broken train, short journeys kill diesels, submersible drones and magnet trailers, RIP Marcello Gandini, the pointlessness of tank turning cars, Jonny’s running challenge, garaging worthl…
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Gareth Jones On Speed #486 for 14 March 2024
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#486 The Leaving Of London. In an emotional edition of the podcast Gareth rents a van to drive and move house to north Wales. Driving in ULEZ & LTN. What will Gareth’s next car be, can you help him choose? Plus Gareth gets into commercial vehicles.By www.garethjones.tv
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174 - Building a Heli Pad in Your Garden Even Though You Don’t Own a Helicopter.
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- Building a Heli Pad in Your Garden Even Though You Don’t Own a Helicopter. - Grab a Couple Bikes and Ride Around Your Hometown Neighborhood With Your Boys Like You Used to When You Were in Middle School. - Snow on Beers. - Learning an Entirely Different Language Without Telling Anyone. Wait for an Opportune Moment To Reveal Your Hidden Ability. -…
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In the second Glasgow live recording Jonny and Richard answer questions from members of the audience. Topics covered include where to Woollard in Japan, how to pronounce auction, what sort of classic car DJ Khalid would be, dream road trips, cars you will never own, the perfect car for the North Coast 500, sleeping in boots, getting trapped in cars…
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173 - Hitting a “Too Small” Celly on Your Professor After Turning in an Exam.
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- Hitting a “Too Small” Celly on Your Professor After Turning in an Exam. - “I Was Overserved.” “Asking the Boys if They’ve Seen Any Good Pornos Lately.” - Theragun Toothbrush. - Getting in and Out of Your Car Through the Window. - Intense Martini Shake.By All Things Comedy
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For their 200th episode, Jonny and Richard record in front of an audience in a theatre, basically in Glasgow. Topics covered include a drum ’n’ bass version of the Taggart theme tune, the trouble with the Tesla yoke, Billy Connolly shirts, people who grip the wheel too hard, dot matrix nonsense, listeners’ coach driver memories, actual information …
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Gareth Jones On Speed #485 for 29 February 2024
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#485 R5 & F1 2024. Gareth's away, so Zog & Alex talk about the new electric Renault 5 and other potential EV retro car name revivals. The delightfully positive and excitable Stevie Sackin looks forward to the Bahrain GP and imminent 2024 F1 season.By www.garethjones.tv
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172 - Go to a Rage Room and Lie on the Floor in Perfect Silence.
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- Go to a Rage Room and Lie on the Floor in Perfect Silence. - Buy Some Stock in the Companies That Your Buddies Work For. - “Did You Do Chores When You Were Younger?” - Comment, “So True.” On a Post That’s in Another Language. - Solo Beer To Go.By All Things Comedy
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Richard remembers a great Muppet Show line from Sam the Eagle and Jonny has been on a business success podcast. Also in this episode, what sort of dog the BMW X6 resembles, a weird car wash, mismatched wheels, cars with hubcaps, the joys of Brent Cross, Boxster coil pack issues and Panda 100HP woes, ordering an odd number of tyres, unreasonable fea…
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171 - Tipping the Sound Engineer at a Concert.
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- Tipping the Sound Engineer at a Concert. - Hat Movie Holder. - What Floor? Then Just Stand There. - The Ol' Wheel of Destiny. - Newspaper Mid Rep.By All Things Comedy
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Jonny and Richard dredge up some childhood transport memories. Also in this episode, how sportspeople speak in interviews, old and new Renaults, a small Dacia trouser disaster, farewell to Steve Wright, taking the long way round to look at an interesting car, snow day skyving, and slightly too much information about islands. patreon.com/smithandsni…
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Gareth Jones On Speed #484 for 15 February 2024
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#484 Lewis, Ferrari, Porsche & Dacia. Zog & Gareth react to the news of Hamilton's shock move to the Scuderia. Alex Goy argues that a Dacia Duster is better than a Porsche 356/2-32. Plus what is the SF24's USP? And when is a Red Bull not a Red Bull?By www.garethjones.tv
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170 - Sniff the Petrol Nozzle Before Pumping Gas and Slightly Nod Your Head Like a Wine Connoisseur.
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- Sniff the Petrol Nozzle Before Pumping Gas and Slightly Nod Your Head Like a Wine Connoisseur. - Putting the 4s Up on a Plane When the Pilot Says We Are Going to Begin Landing. - Practicing the Tush Push With Your Boys. - Starting Your College Essays With a Big Fancy Letter Like They Do in an Old Book. - Wine on the Lamb?…
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I got me a Chrysler, it’s as big as some kind of whale
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Jonny is still giggling about a strange B-52s reference. Also in this episode, old Skodas, car sellers who have unnecessary opinions about paint colour, the imminent return of the Vauxhall Frontera, a manual gearbox with an amusing name, the BMWs you wouldn’t miss, a listener’s experiences of the Eagle Quest limousine, Richard’s attempts to fence a…
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169 - Calling Shotgun in Your Own Car and Making Your Buddy Drive.
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- Calling Shotgun in Your Own Car and Making Your Buddy Drive. - Taking a Seat and Having a Snack in Target. - Using a Retired Bacon Cheddar Wendy’s Billboard Banner for a Boat Cover. - Buying 27,000 Pong Balls. - Saying, "That's a Cute Top" Next Time Your Buddy Breaks Out a New Shirt.By All Things Comedy
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Smashing up a Lexus with a drainpipe
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Jonny’s kids have been playing Street Fighter 2. Also in this episode, a listener sends in sensational info about the cars of the Corrs, intrigue about the new Lexus LM, an alternative meaning for Alphard, showing love for the MX-5, mishearing Bob Marley, nocturnal Beetling, Enya’s Maybach, how they made mk1 Twingos, the state of facilities on the …
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Gareth Jones On Speed #483 for 01 February 2024
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#483 Richard Porter Returns. A brand-new "old-skool" style special edition with the classic On Speed team. Has Richard gone to the darkside? Where are the exciting cars? What’s going on at Ford? Plus Sniff Petrol on Williams F1 and AI in the Golf.By www.garethjones.tv
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168 - Pre-Chill Your Pillow in the Mini Fridge.
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- Pre-Chill Your Pillow in the Mini Fridge. - Ripping a Jeopardy Episode After a Night Out. - Showering at Halftime While Watching Sports. - Pringles Can as a Beer Transporter. - National Anthem To Start a Road Trip.By All Things Comedy
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After last week’s podcast, we’ve been inundated with suggestions for interesting cars to splice with a Tesla Model 3 floorpan. This week we read out some of the suggestions while also discussing retro vans made by an Austrian pop star, the strange theft of a Ford Flex, Jonny’s thoughts on the Polestar 4, Richard’s brief review of the Volkswagen ID.…
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Jonny has learnt of a bizarre misheard lyric. Also in this episode, long distance Tesla travel and floorpan bop, what retro car to drop onto a crashed EV chassis, a strange French shopping centre and the poo bouncer, having a dismal time in a low quality hotel, a suggestion for the Eurotunnel, throwing apple cores from cars, letting your kids eat i…
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Gareth Jones On Speed #482 for 18 January 2024
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#482 The New Moon Race. Space journalist Sue Nelson joins us to discuss the latest developments and setbacks for both robotic and crewed missions attempting to land on the Moon. Will China beat the USA to putting new human footprints on the lunar surface?By www.garethjones.tv
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Jonny has been receiving some very strange emails. Also in this episode, an update on a household of Fiat Idea enthusiasts, cars seen from trains, pin-dropping interesting things, a Honda PAS nightmare, having a healthy obsession with tyre pressures, a selection box of batteries, getting mixed reviews for a new hat, Richard’s recent trip to the Bic…
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- “My Dog Eats All His Meals Laying Down.” - Decoy Sweatshirt. - Upside Down Airpod. - “This Guy’s One of the Best in the Business.” - Cooler as a Carry-On.By All Things Comedy
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Richard gets an early Christmas present and Jonny has been driving a Bjentjly Flying Spur hybrid. Also in this episode, the Gary Barlow of cars, Jonny’s unusual coffee preferences, deliberately watching Die Hard 2, the disappearance of the badge bar, Jeep Gladiator model names, an unexpectedly swan enthusiast, the late Queen Elizabeth II and her fo…
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Gareth Jones On Speed #481 for 04 January 2024
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#481 Ferrari The Movie. Gareth and Zog review the epic Michael Mann feature film about Enzo Ferrari. We have high expectations for this release, does it meet them?By www.garethjones.tv
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Audience questions live from Coventry
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In their second live recording at Stellantis HQ, Jonny and Richard answer questions about automotive heroes, banned number plates, future terms for car enthusiasts, that Top Gear Peugeot film, what to buy for a rally to Croatia, unexpected features in used cars, peak old money models, Collins v McCarthy v Needell, amazing Max Power cars, terrible i…
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166 - Standing on the Squatty Potty When You Pee.
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- Standing on the Squatty Potty When You Pee. - Toothbrush Tucked In. - Recommending a Show to a Friend That You Haven’t Watched. - Fantasy Players Group Chat. - Loitering.By All Things Comedy
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In the final episode of 2023, Jonny and Richard are together in a hotel room in Coventry to discuss Britain’s swollen waterways, misfire versus leak, why the word ‘damp’ is never used in a positive way, Keith Moon’s transport shenanigans, Senna and Tamiya, top-of-the-range cars with smaller engines, Merc slogans, starting engines with shotgun cartr…
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Gareth Jones On Speed #480 for 14 December 2023
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#480 Yuletide Special. Xmas gifts for people in the car world. We play “Who Wants To Be A Mastermind”. Our best & worst bits of 2023 and our hopes for the future. A sustainable message from Santa. Plus “Green Jay” perform A Car Called Christmas.By www.garethjones.tv
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165 - Always Carrying and Paying With $2 Bills.
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- Always Carrying and Paying With $2 Bills. - Keeping Tank Dell in the IR Spot To Give Him a Shot at a Ring. - Bob Ross at the Gym. - Dry Cleaning the Darty Jersey. - Using the Instrumental Break on Your Karaoke Selection to Order Group Shots.By All Things Comedy
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Jonny and Richard record in front of an audience at Stellantis HQ in Coventry where topics covered include companies that are or aren’t Stellantis, the Tesla Cybertruck, Mansell-themed eBay buys, the amusing names for types of bowler, other things called SD1, in-car cutlery, terrible uses for socks, good news about Natalie Imbruglia, bad news about…
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164 - Throwing Your Spotify Wrapped on Every Group Text.
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- Have Your Funeral at a Smaller Church So There’s Not Enough Seats for Everybody and People Have To Stand So It Looks Like You Were the Most Important Person in the World. - Hanging the 6 Pack Off the Belt. - Swiping Everything Off the Dinner Table and Putting Down a Big Map to Explain the Plan. - Throwing Your Spotify Wrapped on Every Group Text.…
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Gareth Jones On Speed #479 for 06 December 2023
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#479 F1 2023 & 2024. Gareth and Zog wrap up the astounding 2023 F1 Season. Which was the best race? Who were the stars of the year? You might be surprised at our answers. Plus, we look forward to 2024, what do we want to happen, but what will happen?By www.garethjones.tv
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Threesomes and biscuits with Chris Harris
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Jonny has been receiving some strange offers while Richard has been discussing Clubs. Also in this episode, a can of Mansell soup, Jonny’s dim view of Genesis and DS, the new Dacia Duster, annoying Sierra gearknobs, the resurgence of the Toyota Land Cruiser 70, headbutting a worktop because of your dog, getting knocked out by a door frame, Funky Ca…
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