Smith and Sniff

Live on stage at the excellent Festival of the Unexceptional, Jonny and Richard discuss the Raleigh canteen, car names as explorers, swearing on a rollercoaster, some new facts about Marillion, podcast pies, bad wheeltrims, dogs doing drag racing bumps, single make and model garages, stoners and the pudding shop, ordinary cars getting attention, Renault velour, excellent Tonys, thoughtful touches deleted from cars, why Michelin mak...

Jonny and Richard answer listeners’ questions about waving at other motorists, unusual hearses, film and TV cars you could take to Festival of the Unexceptional, and the best dad bodges done to cars. 

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Jonny and Richard admire the excellent locks of a supercar legend. Also in this episode, a strange rollercoaster name, a listener’s back pedal brake disaster, Raleigh Strika vs Grifter, sad theme park cars, RC cars in seaside towns, new info about the clown in a Bedford Rascal, the story of the original Dukes of Hazzard stunt car, an amazing RX-7 result, an excellent new book about secret Rovers, and a look at two excellent cars in...

In another episode of their spin-off Q&A show, Jonny and Richard answer questions about options you’d like to see on cars, the idea of a Carte Blanche special edition, the furthest you’ve driven in a poorly car, and favourite notebooks. 

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On a balmy evening during the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Jonny and Richard sit outside to discuss middle aged man backflips, a robot in a leather jacket, Jenson Button’s 24 hour trousers, massive wasps, Facel Vegas, Carl Cox’s excellent Alpina, a return to Dunsfold, pit stop urinal use, and why Richard wore long sleeves at FoS even though it was boiling hot. 

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Jonny and Richard answer listeners’ questions about the music EVs should play as warning sounds, favourite trainers, Jonny’s air-con threshold, the most astonishing vehicles still in day-to-day use and spurious excuses to buy cars. 

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Jonny has some thoughts about powered scooting. Also in this episode, the history of the bicycle, men who look good in vests (i.e. almost no one), the Dutton Sierra, badly powder coated retro wheel enthusiast Paul Weller, Bill Withers’s old job, why everyone should buy a mk1 Focus before it’s too late, some big news about Fish, the Street Hawk theme tune, Chic at Glastonbury, barbecue apathy, and plants on the dashboard. 

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Jonny and Richard answer listeners’ questions about the worst sound a car can make, what Donna Summer would have driven, unlikely car and owner combinations, Richard’s audio books, and things your dad kept in the boot. 

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A generous listener has given Jonny and Richard a new podcast company car. Also in this episode, that caravan game again, a tale of disaster from Top Gear Live, Des Lynam and Steve Ryder, the BBC’s Wimbledon presenters, Brian Wilson RIP, new info about VW wheel names, the most mouse-y cars, that new AMG concept and a displeased accountant. 

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Jonny and Richard answer listeners’ questions about daft road trips, favourite die cast models, optional extra envy, and songs that remind you of car noises, or vice versa. 

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Jonny has discovered some strangely-named Transformers. Also in this episode, Bill Withers CVT and bite point, the return of Richard’s Defender, in praise of right-hand-side indicator stalks, an Imran Khan lorry, a new Goodwood lap record, wonky exhausts on old 5 Series’, the egomania of having trainers with your own name on them, and two more picks from the Pistonheads auctions. 

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In this episode of their weekly Friday second show, Jonny and Richard answer listeners’ questions about low-cost manual fun, car games, why really cheap used cars seem cheaper in the UK compared to the USA, a Fiat Multipla obsession, and the peak era of pillowy seats. 

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Jonny tries to sell his dad’s old car. Also in this episode, giving away a piece of Smith and Sniff history, the power of an old Metro Turbo, ordering hot drinks in nightclubs, what to do if your son wants to go to an F1 race, an excellent charity effort at Goodwood, endurance drinking with five-times Le Mans winner Derek Bell, Scottish town pronunciation apology, tales from a teenage trader, and stories of a brilliant dad. 

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In front of an audience in London, Jonny and Richard answer questions about strangely named car dealers, being offered dodgy things in motorway service areas, travelling great distances for mis-sold cars, which Porsche should be next for restomodding, what you’d like to see made into a limo, and shirtcocking cars. 

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On stage at the Honourable Artillery Company during the London Concours last week, Jonny and Richard reveal what car Richard has just bought and discuss wicker furniture, banned Australian baby names, the clothing in Narcos, Tiff’s F1 Gogglebox, pavement walking side etiquette, Jenson Button’s trousers, bad ways to dispense cordial and what Donald Duck would sound like if he was a 2JZ. 

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Jonny and Richard answer questions about going camping in a VW Up, cars you’d like to see banger racing, the embarrassment of running out of fuel and old 911 v BMW M5 Competition. 

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Jonny and Richard have a beef with a specific profession. Also in this episode, trying to identify VW SUVs at gunpoint, the decline of the Audi A8, pop stars with mononyms, the cars of the Bourne movies, a brief review of the Hyundai Inster, the confusing new Nissan Micra, and is Pontiac due a comeback?

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In a second Q&A with an audience at the Morgan factory, Jonny and Richard answer questions about what’s in the Eagle, questionable car cleaning methods, regretting letting someone drive your car, weird things seen on central reservations, car names that could be euphemisms for a certain thing, and surprisingly good or bad mpg. 

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Jonny has brought Richard an interesting DIY book. Also in this episode, terrible photos and descriptions in used car ads, disposable cameras at weddings, Jonny Buys Any Car, a quick review of the latest Subaru Outback, motorbikes with faired-in front wheels, Prince in peril and Sixties Man has some car refurbishment tips. 

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