In this part of the show, they talk about how Porsche fans use a ton of abbreviations. The question is whether that acronym-heavy way of talking is fun or annoying.
This is an engine swap where they put a GM LS1 V8 into a different car. People do it because the LS engines are common and have lots of parts and tuning options.
PCCBs are Porsche’s ceramic brake system. Ceramic rotors can help with heat and brake fade, and they usually produce much less brake dust than normal brakes.
PSC is an acronym Porsche fans use for a specific exhaust option. The speaker’s main point is that people talk in shorthand instead of saying “sports exhaust.”
The Porsche 911 is Porsche’s most famous sports car. It’s known for having its engine in the back and for being the car people usually picture when they think “Porsche.”
The Porsche 356 is an older classic Porsche from the brand’s early days. It’s a very famous collector car and helped define what “Porsche” became.
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strokeers
“Strokeers” is slang for people who modify an engine to make it bigger by changing the crank/engine internals. The speaker is basically saying they think some Porsche buyers are more focused on bigger numbers than the car itself.
Cylinder capacity is the engine’s size—how much space the cylinders move through. Bigger capacity often means the engine can make more power, but it can also change the driving feel.
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buying and selling
“Buying and selling” here means how cars are traded between people and dealers. The speaker is saying Porsche’s rules can influence who gets a car and what happens next.
A “limited run” means only a small number of those cars are made. When that happens, more people want them than there are cars, so dealers may control who gets one.
The “dealer principle” means the person in charge at the dealership. The speaker is saying that access to limited cars can depend on relationships with the dealer.
The Porsche Panamera is Porsche’s bigger four-door performance car. Here it’s mentioned as one of the cars people might buy to improve their chances of getting a more limited Porsche.
Population density just means how many people live in an area. The speaker is using it to say that in less crowded places, there may be less competition for limited cars.
PASM is Porsche’s suspension computer and control system. It helps the car change how stiff the suspension feels, so it can be smoother for normal driving or firmer when you’re driving hard.
PSE is Porsche’s “Sports Exhaust” option. It’s meant to make the exhaust sound more aggressive and can change how the exhaust behaves depending on the mode.
ZASM is an acronym for an active suspension system. It helps the car “control” how the wheels move over bumps and during driving, instead of just relying on fixed springs and shocks.
Active Suspension Management refers to suspension systems that use sensors and control logic to change suspension behavior in real time. The goal is to reduce body motion and improve grip by adapting to driving conditions.
The BMW M5 is a fast, sporty version of BMW’s regular 5 Series sedan. It’s designed for strong performance while still being a normal car you can drive daily. People talk about it a lot because it’s known for being very quick.
Term
TV M5
“TV M5” is being used like a shorthand code for a paint color. The speaker’s complaint is that it’s unclear unless you already know what the code means.
A “track-focused car” is set up to drive hard on a race track. It often rides stiffer and feels rougher on bad roads because it’s built for grip and control, not comfort.
JDM means “Japanese Domestic Market.” It’s the version of a car that was originally sold in Japan, and it can have different features or even different model names than cars sold elsewhere.
The Chevrolet Express is a large van made for carrying passengers or cargo. It’s commonly used for work because it has lots of space and can handle frequent driving. The podcast is likely referring to it as a “work” type of vehicle.
The Toyota RAV4 is a compact SUV, meaning it’s a small-to-medium vehicle with higher ground clearance than a car. It’s designed to be practical for everyday driving and family or errands use. The podcast is referencing the older, 1990s look of the RAV4 as a comparison.
A bonnet scoop is a raised “hump” on the hood. It can help bring air to the engine, and on rally-style cars it also looks like a performance modification.
A bull bar is a sturdy guard on the front of the car. It’s meant to protect the front lights and grille when you’re driving off-road or on rough roads.
It means the engine has four cylinders laid out flat, and it also has a turbo that helps it make more power. The turbo pushes extra air in, so the car can feel quicker.
Term
rally bread
They’re talking about suspension that’s made for rally roads. It’s meant to handle bumps, ruts, and rough ground without the car feeling out of control.
Prototype testing is when a car maker drives early pre-production cars to see how they behave. Here, they’re saying Porsche would test new 911 prototypes on Irish roads that are fun but also unpredictable, without bothering other people.
A “spy photographer” is someone who tries to photograph a car before it’s officially revealed. Companies sometimes test prototypes in quiet places to avoid getting caught on camera.
The McLaren P1 is an extreme supercar from McLaren, and it uses a hybrid setup. They’re using it as the “most serious” yellow car in their made-up punishment scale.
The Jaguar E-Type is a classic sports car, and the “3.8 straight six” is its original 3.8-liter engine with six cylinders in a straight line. The host is saying the engine bay looks especially nice in the stock, unmodified form.
The Aston Martin V8 Vantage is a sporty Aston Martin with a V8 engine. In the discussion, they’re talking about whether owning one is realistic or worth it, especially compared to the more expensive V12 version.
The Aston Martin V12 Vantage is a Vantage with a V12 engine, which is a more powerful and more expensive setup than the V8. The host mentions it to clarify that they do own an Aston Martin Vantage, just the V12 version.
The Jaguar F-Type is a Jaguar sports car. The host is bringing it up as a possible alternative when talking about what kind of car ownership makes sense.
The Alfa Romeo 156 is a car the host remembers seeing when it was new. They’re using it as an example of a brand that showed off nice-looking engine-bay details.
The Alfa Romeo 147 GTA is a sportier version of the 147. The host is saying that when it was new, the engine area looked really nicely made and cared for.
The inlet manifold is part of the engine that routes air to the cylinders. The host is pointing out that on some cars—like the Alfa Romeo examples—it looks especially nice, not just functional.
Front-wheel drive means the front wheels do the steering and the driving. The host is saying that even cars like this can still have a really well-presented engine bay.
The engine bay is the space under the hood where the engine sits. People who care about cars look at it for how clean and well-organized everything is.
The throttle linkage is the connection that turns your gas pedal movement into the engine’s air-control valve opening. On some cars it’s mechanical and you can actually see it, so people judge how solid and well-made it looks.
This is a Jaguar XJ40 with a V12 engine. The speaker is basically saying the engine bay doesn’t look as neatly arranged as it could, which is something car people notice a lot.
A wiring loom is the car’s main bundle of wires. If it looks messy in the engine bay, it often means there isn’t much room to route everything cleanly.
Vacuum pipes are small tubes that use suction from the engine to run certain systems. On older cars, there can be many of them, which makes the engine bay look cluttered.
Four-wheel drive means the car can send power to all four wheels. It can require extra parts underneath or around the drivetrain, which can affect how the engine fits and lines up.
Term
drive chain
A drive chain is a chain that transfers power from one part of the drivetrain to another. In cars with 4WD, extra drivetrain parts can take up space and affect how everything fits together.
A mid-engine layout puts the engine in the middle of the car, behind the driver. Because of where it sits, you can often see more of it, so the engine bay can be designed to look especially good.
Velocity stacks are shaped intake parts that help air flow into the engine more effectively. They also look like little trumpets, so they’re a common visual cue on performance cars.
A red crackle finish is a special paint or coating that looks cracked and textured. It’s mainly for the look—making the engine area feel more “race car” than plain metal.
The Ferrari 250 GTO is a famous old Ferrari race car from the 1960s. It’s known for being very fast and for having a special shape on the hood that helps the engine take in air.
A “Colombo V12” is a classic Ferrari-style V12 engine design. It means the engine has 12 cylinders arranged in two banks, and it’s known for making power at higher engine speeds.
Webers are carburetors, which mix fuel and air before it goes into the engine. “Twin barrel” means each carb has two openings, and using six of them helps the engine get the right mixture when you rev it.
Carburation is the process of mixing fuel and air in a carbureted engine. The “carburation” setup matters because it affects throttle response, drivability, and how well the engine performs across the rev range.
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I'm Richard Porter. I'm Johnny Smith. And this is on the other side of things, the Smith and Sniff
spin-off in which we answer your questions. Once again, here we are answering questions. Okay,
here's a podcast where we're going, we're just going to just answer. I let you dive in these
days. I think I feel like we've developed this habit where you're quickest off the mark,
your clutch controls better than mine for the questions and answers thing.
So this one I'll start with is from a listener who signs themselves Dave, 47 and a half. Good
extra context there. Yeah, nice. It says, good evening, you pair of leaky Cummins governess.
With reference to your recent chat about whether to pronounce Porsche as Porsche or Porsche,
I mean that's quite hard to read out now, it works better written down.
I am on the fence and use both. So he's like you. Yeah. What does bother me is the number of
people who have decided to refer to them as P cars. I don't know where it came from, but it's
ridiculous. It's probably Magnus Walker's fault. I don't, is that a thing then? P car. P cars. Yeah.
I've never heard, I mean, I've heard of porker, which is, you know, age age old and I don't really
like it. But P car. P car, I've not heard of that. That's terrible. Posh beat, Posh beatle, obviously
is. Oh yeah. Oh yeah, all of those. But no, no, that's, Dave says I own a couple of Porsches,
a 996 C2 with a dead engine. It's currently undergoing a Chevy LS1 conversion. Interesting.
Really? Wow. Okay. Yeah. Interesting. And a 987 Boxster S, which could die at any moment.
So I'm on a few Porsche Facebook groups. It astounds me how many acronyms are used.
It's not a dealer. It's an OPC. It doesn't have carbon brakes. It has PCCBs. It doesn't have
a sports exhaust. It's got a PSC. There's a massive list. It's all hugely cringe. I like
to interrupt people talking about their own cars and ask them what the acronym means every time
they use one. But I am a bit of a dick like that. Are there any car groups, manufacturers,
or subcultures that can beat the P car fanboys? I'd imagine the BMW community are not far behind.
For obvious comedy effects, I have to sign off with CMTMB, Dave, 47 and a half.
This is a good point. I went down to my local OPC. It's rife. I've noticed in Porsche circles and
is a bit trotty, if we're honest. Yeah. I don't really subscribe to any of that, I have to say.
Do you know what I mean? I worry with Porsche because it's a brand that I've always aspired to
ever since I got my leg in the car door with my Beetle and wanting a 911 or a 356 of some sort.
But I worry that there's an increasing number of strokeers in the Porsche game. That's what I
really worry about. Not as in people who've increased the cylinder capacity.
I do worry about it. Honestly, and I think I can pinpoint where it started to go wrong.
I'll be very brief because this doesn't answer this question that we've been asked.
I think it started to go wrong when Porsche started to adopt that behaviour that I cannot bear
of making people buy Porsches they don't want in order to buy the one they do want.
As soon as you start that wanky behaviour, you encourage wanky behaviour.
And thus? I think if you asked Porsche if they do that, they would say that they don't.
But empirical evidence says that you have to befriend your OPC to get on the list.
It doesn't work for Porsche but it knows their Porsches and the buying and selling of.
I did say to me that sometimes you get these people online who are getting all hysterical
because they desperately want the next limited run GT 3, 2, whatever it might be.
And they've walked into the nearest Porsche garage to the city of London and been told no,
there's no chance unless you've bought six McCanns and become one of our favourite friends.
And this person said to me that people are sometimes a bit thick about this.
It's like if you went to the nearest Porsche dealer to Exeter or somewhere,
there's just probably less demand. Yeah, just less demand because there are fewer people
ready to spunk their city bonuses and you don't have to become best mates with the dealer principle
and buy 19 Panameras. You just have to be lucky with your timing and not be an entitled twat
about it. Just ask nicely if possibly you could be on the list. And I hadn't really thought about it.
It's the same way that if you want to pass your driving test with a higher degree of probability,
look at population density and book it in a town where there's less population.
Yeah. Which is what my brother's kids did and it makes total sense.
To answer Dave's question, though, in terms of, I think you're probably Porsche, I mean,
I don't, I've done the really frequent Ferrari forums, but I'm sure there's lots of,
because I think part of it is also when there's cars with a great deal of options availability,
it's not a given that a car has certain things. There is more discussion around it and Porsche,
they use those acronyms in their brochures and what have you online. So he encourages
people to use them, but it's, though it is irritating. And you know, you see it on other
manufacturer forums and Facebook groups and stuff where people sort of think,
PDC for park distance, parking sensors, and then everyone knows you mean, but the one that gets
me, PASM, Porsche's PASM, PASM, which is, it's the suspension, it's the adaptive suspension
management. But all I ever think of is either Plasm, like Ecto Plasm, because I read it as Plasm.
Or I think of P, because PAS is Paracistus Steering. So I just think it's Paracistus Steering Module
or something. You go, oh, it's got the ability to have power steering if you want it.
I always just think in my head, it's like, you just, you know, you set it sort of the stiffer
setting to go on some track work and then you're so happy with the way it works, you'd have a
PASM-gasm. Oh, PASM-gasm. I realise as we're talking about this, that, like the one that Dave
cited, PCCBs, that's Porsche Carbon Ceramic Brakes, I think, isn't it? And so, yeah,
Porsche is the adjacent to Rulo of car manufacturers because they put their own name at the start of
everything. Because PSE is Porsche Sports Exhaust, I think, and it's Porsche Active Suspension
Management. It's like, there's no need for the P. But you are just like Jason Derulo. Just go,
Jason Derulo at the start of all of his tracks. And you just go, yeah, we know. We know, mate.
Yeah. Well, it's for search engine optimisation. That's why Derulo did it.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it is. But I, so, because it'd be quite funny if Porsche went, yeah, you
could option it with the Dihatsu Sports Exhaust, of course, if you want to.
It's pretty small. We took it off a charade. It strangles the engine, but it makes a funny noise.
But it's unique. And you might have a one-of-one if you order it with this.
So, well, why has this car got ZASM? Oh, yeah, that's Zastava Active Suspension Management. So,
it's basically, it's got some rusty coil springs off a shit old car from the 90s,
mostly Fiat based. Yeah. The one, just to wrap this up, the one thing that I
does, and this is not exclusive to Porsche, but wherever it happens, it really annoys me is
people sort of super, super into paint colours. Oh. And so, if it's something like, you know,
B&W and they'll go, oh, yeah, Daytona Blue. Well, that's, yeah, you know, I got a Techno Violet.
But then someone will go, yeah, so I bought a TV M5 and you're like, TV, television? Oh,
it's a Techno Violet, but there's no need. No. Write it out, you lazy twats. No.
Because it's infuriating and impenetrable. It's only the same as, if you ever go on
sort of like discussion groups for bands and musicians, people abbreviate song titles. But
if you're not absolutely out there with them and you're going, yeah, so when I saw them live,
they didn't perform S, L, 6, 1, 4. And you go, what is this? Some kind of arcane code.
Just write out the title or at least an abbreviation of it.
Yeah, I'm not down with it. It's very, very frustrating.
I'm too busy. I've not got the bandwidth for that anymore.
I know. But also, you know, I am an adult human. I can read, so write out words in a way that is
comprehensible to me and others, please. This is from Jackson Knowles. Now then, gents, hope
you're having a good week. This was back in April. So not that long ago, really, for us.
Um, yeah, having merely listened to the podcast whilst at work in brackets,
building a beer garden in North Shields, which I should think is heaving by now,
I then arrived home to see a clip of the new visual Smith and sniff podcast on Richard
socials. Firstly, the split screen making the Smith sniff come together as chef's kiss.
Secondly, a question has arisen being that he was wearing a kimono style robe. Does Johnny
refer to his office as the dojo? If so, does Richard have a name for his office? I don't
refer to this as my dojo, because I think that would be too much with the thing you're referring
to is actually just off camera. I think it was the first of these visual podcasts we ever recorded.
I just slipped on a terrible, um, Chinese kimono that I bought from a website which
claimed that it was going to be good quality. There's actually total shit, so I didn't wear it
again. I'm really annoyed about it, but I didn't send it back. Um, what do you call your office,
Rich? Well, this place is the shed. It's shed at the end of our garden.
And, um, yeah, it's just the shed. I would say to anyone else in my house, I'm just going up to
the shed to record a podcast because that feels accurate. I always feel like dojo
is one of those words that perhaps Ross Kemp uses quite a lot to describe any
room in his house that he sees fit. And, um, without, like, I don't even know what dojo
really means. Is it like a sort of martial arts studio? Well, I don't. I was hoping you, is it,
is it like a place where there's, there's no furniture? It's just a sort of semi padded floor
with nothing else going on in it. We can meditate or do some tai chi or,
I don't know, lie on your back and do some texting. But, um, funny, you should mention Ross Kemp.
But according to this, a dojo is a hall or place for immersive learning,
experiential learning or meditation. The term literally means place of the way in Japanese.
Well, this is a corner of sort of an alcove slash cupboard in my house, which I converted
for podcast purposes. I was going to use my garden shed, but I thought it might get too cold in the
winter. And I couldn't be asked, so I just used the corner of the house. I might live to regret this.
Thanks, Jackson. Um, no, Joe, Joe's here. Don't, don't,
No, no, no, which, but, you know, if it's Ross Kemp got a podcast, it feels like he should have a
podcast.
Ross Kemp.
Yeah, I don't know. But what's weird is I went this morning when I
went for a walk to pick stuff for my tortoises to eat. I looked
in the phone booth, which has been converted to a defibrillator
unit and a sort of free bookstore thing. Yes. And there is
right on the top where the phone used to be is a Ross Kemp book
Ross Kemp on Afghanistan. And I was going to borrow it. Oh, I was
interest doesn't answer Jackson's question. Well,
though he answered the question. You don't call your
podcasting space a dojo and no one is just called the shed I may
at some point start calling it a dojo. If I don't know, I lose
my mind. Let's go with I know I had one here. This is quite a
recent one. Actually, this is only came in last week from a
listener called Rob. He says hello scratch and sniff. Not a
bad piss Vista in a holiday cottage in Donegal watching
Johnny and Carl Cox keeping it real. And he sent a photo of a
very beautiful view of some landscape in Ireland through a
window. Yeah, there's a TV visible on one side. Yeah, it's
you and Carl Cox having a chat. Oh, great. Thank you for that.
I mean, there's what looks like probably a sort of kitchen
table and as a you know, trad nice wooden kitchen chair there.
So I wouldn't actually have a piss while looking at that view.
I think I just go to the bathroom, which I'm assuming is in
the house there somewhere. But because he's in Donegal, Rob's
question is thoughts on the best car for the wild Atlantic way.
If it's the wildest weather gales downpours hail fog et al.
Cheers boys, Rob. Have you ever driven the wild Atlantic way?
No, I was about to say something I would very much love to do. I
would love to do that because I haven't done much driving in
Ireland, really. And it's something no, I'm looking forward
to knocking off the list. So the weather's appalling. Is this
right?
Yeah, and I imagine that the roads are really good as in sort
of fun to drive quiet. But I wonder if they're not sort of the
best surface roads. So yeah, you wouldn't take like a real kind
of like track focused car because it would just shake all your
teeth out. So I only discovered this car a couple of weeks ago.
And I've suddenly become really enthused by it. And I've
actually just found one on car in classic because I just thought
is it what I is it the name that I thought it was because it's
got such a weird JDM name. I'm going to go for a Subra and
Pretzer WRX gravel express. Oh, have you heard of the gravel
express? I'm sure you have because you're a nerd.
No, no, no, I haven't look up the Impretzer gravel express. It
was a domestic market version only of the of the Impretzer
estate. I think it's that thing. Yes. Okay. Oh, gosh, I have
seen I didn't know it was called the gravel express. I have
seen pictures of these before. But yeah, it's genuinely the
gravel express like that's not just a nickname for listeners.
This is a first gen Impretzer wagon. Yeah. In I mean, I've got
a picture here of two of them and they're both sort of dark red
upper body and then the lower body is so I could gray on one
and kind of silver on the other. Yeah, that's right spare
wheel holder. Yeah, it looks quite lashed up sort of bolted
to the back of it. Yes, think 90s sort of RAV4 style. Yeah, but
then it's apparently it is. It's got the it's the turbo turbo
flat for with just over 200 horsepower. So you've got the
bonnet scoop like on an Impretzer turbo. Yeah. But then this
one here's got bull bars, it's got extra spotlights on the
front. Yeah, we've got the sort of it's got the the Impretzer
turbo big round fogs in the front bumper, but then it's also
got some extra fogs centrally in front of the grill. The
bull bar is enormous. That's the market thing. The bull bar is
enormous. It's got this graphic very 80s sort of graphic
because it says EX with lines through it in that sort of 80s
style and then gravel with a very distant drop shadow. It's in
a very dated way. And then some writing that says Impretzer
gravel express high speed four wheel drive with turbocharged
flat for factual factual. What an amazing looking thing. Yeah,
so I'm so excited by these because they're sort of
ridiculous as well. But I think the yeah,
Impretzer's will be because they're quite narrow those
classic Impretzer's. I think it'd be good for the sorts of
roads anyway. And they still feel quick. Damn it really,
really quick. So yeah, and they sound great. And again, they
just got something about lovely. It would if the roads are
quite broken and and rutted and what have you. Yeah, they've
got the suspension for it. Very absorbent rally bread,
bloody blah. And they're just lovely to drive. Yeah. And I
imagine in rural Ireland, you'd get a lot of respect for
having a kind of rally ish pedigree car. Yeah. Because as we
know, people in Ireland, big, big rallying history there. So
yeah, shit, that's really good. I can't think of anything
better. I was going to say, I don't know if this is still
true, but certainly for a period Porsche used to do some
testing of prototypes in Ireland, because out in sort of
go, you know, west, more further head west in Ireland, roads
are quite challenging in terms of like their fun to drive, but
also, you know, sometimes surface is not great, but also very
quiet. So there's no one there. So if you've got a couple of
prototypes of the next 911, certainly pre camera phones, the
chances of there being a spy photographer around are zero. So
you and I think they someone told me that they used to have a
unit. I don't know if this again, still true. So a unit at
Dublin airport. So they'd fly in unload the cars, they'd have a
they'd have a little, you know, on the QT unmarked warehouse
there, where they could sort of keep, I don't know, spares, I
suppose, and prep the cars. And then they'd head off and they'd
just head off into the interior of Ireland. Just to do some some
nice sort of testing without getting bothered. Be road work.
Yeah. So it leads me to think, yeah, that Porsches would be
good on rural Irish roads. But then I'm thinking, oh, if it's
very wet and lashy and foggy, once so maybe a 997 gen two, but
career of four. Yeah, okay. Because nice to drive. Yeah, a bit
more grip if it's a bit slippery out there. Yeah. Yeah. And nice
and small compared to more recent 911s, because you're right, I
think some of the roads would be quite narrow, they might be
attracted to coming in the way of something like that. And yeah,
but your imprez is a much better idea. And I'm going to go
with that as well. Come with me. Let's just both go in the
imprez. Yeah, I'm going to. And we can stop at every town and
village and buy memorabilia that we can stick in the windows of
our gravel express. Great. Yeah, I like that question. It's a
good one. This is one from Will from Swansea. Morning, your
pair of generously grease nuts. On any given journey, me and my
girlfriend play the yellow car game where if you spot a yellow
car, you must punch the other person before they beat you to
it. You might be familiar with this. I am. The other day, whilst
walking through the lovely town of mumbles, that's in Wales,
isn't it? We simultaneously spotted a yellow Lamborghini
Gallardo with yellow wheels, and we nearly knocked each other out.
This got me thinking, oh, by the way, I don't condone domestic
violence. So this got me thinking, should you up the power of
your punch, depending on the specialness of the yellow car
that you've just spotted. So for example, a yellow Kia Picanto,
a light thud, a yellow m3, something more purposeful, a
yellow Ferrari 458, Mike Tyson would say a yellow McLaren P1
you're in jail. Your advice, please, your advice, please,
gentlemen, should we keep this standard or evolve this second
generation of the mark? And what is the best way to make this
successful facelift to the game? Punch severity based on value,
rarity, size, and what if you spot a yellow car that isn't
driving? Or if you're not in a car yourself, a minefield, my
girlfriend probably doesn't realize this massive issue
exists. But it's been playing on my mind for months and months
and months. He's now said, cheers, mate. Thanks mate, bye in
Welsh. I'm going to attempt to say it. Lechad da dioch haval
fava. Thanks, Will. That's yaki da, isn't it? It's the first
part. Is that right? Yes, it is. Yeah, yaki da. There you go,
yaki da. You should have done that, Rich. Sorry. Sorry to
only because I've recognized that because that's a yaki da.
Okay. So it's interesting one, the yellow car game, new
refinement of rules. I'm not sure about this intensity of punch
escalator. No, dangerous. I'm going to go with you doing a
simple arm punch, which I guess is the is the original
flavor. Yeah. Yeah. And if that car is either extremely rare,
you know, like a suit, a yellow supercar, like a P1, like he
said, you go for a a beasting as well. So you know, when you
try and whip the person's butt cheek, one of the butt cheeks
for the flail of the fingernail. I love a good beasting. So
satisfied to execute. I'm familiar with that. You know, you
know, if any of the beasting I do it with my kids all the time.
No. We always try beasting one another when you're not because
it because it really takes you by surprise. So you do it, you
do a beasting so be an arm punch, a flail of the on a butt
cheek, which is a beasting. And then I'm thinking if the car has
a yellow interior that you notice, I mean, a yellow
interior is very rare, very rare. So it would have to be
yes, extremely rare, extremely rare activity. I my brother
used to say things in my ear point blank range, which can be
quite shocking. Right.
So you probably so in this instance, he'd probably cut it
he'd funnel his hands and he'd go yellow, really close to my
ear because he's this car not only is rare, and it's yellow,
but he's also noticed it's got a yellow interior. So it's almost
like a triple whammy of events, like pinch punch first of the
month or something.
Yes.
Am I talking absolute bombings?
No, no, I was thinking along some lines, but I was thinking
rather than increase the intensity of the punch, there's a
subjectivity here. But it's the number of punches relates to
the rarity of the car. So what does it keep a can so in yellow?
Yeah, just is one punch. Whereas the yellow P one would be
five punches to the arm. So it's like a sort of top Trump style
almost some some cars higher score than others.
Five punches. Gosh, but they have to be just the general the same
level of punch, you don't get harder or anything like that
because I do feel like that's going to end in tears. But
yeah, you just like it's a yellow P one bump bump bump bump.
Would be my suggestion for what it's worth throwing into this.
But but I urge some caution here either way, because it feels
like that some, you know, this does slightly tip over into
domestic violence. If you're not careful, I thought the yellow
car game was sort of played exclusively between siblings.
Yeah, but adults seem to do it doesn't have to be.
Do you have a year? Do I do I have a yellow car?
No, I would have loved a yellow, my beats to be yellow, but you
know, the red is still suits, I think, but they look great in
yellow. They do. I think that they do suit red, you're right.
So it's
by black beats.
No, they
not officially
that I think they did do in white, you never seem to see them.
You know, obviously Japanese racing whites are very trad
colour for and Honda. But no, they're so red and yellow and
silver. And there was a dark green limited edition, which does
look very nice, actually, but they had they were limited run.
We digress anyway. Yeah, we do. One more question. Go on.
From a listener called who signs himself, I was Jake off of
Kent, Mark 27, which is written in Roman numerals. I don't
understand that. But anyway, he says, Greetings, you pair of
knocking what's linkages?
What car in your opinion has the most attractive engine bay? I'll
attach some criteria to keep it grounded. It must be as it came
from the factory, so no engine mods to spruce it up. And to
capture the spirit of the question, attractive as in for
and not how well packaged the auxiliaries are. I'll go with my
opinion, the 3.8 straight six from the original E type. Yeah,
he's attached to picture for PS rich. When are you indulging
in baby Aston ownership? I'm going to say probably never baby
Aston as in V8 Vantage. Yeah, I see. That's what it means. I
mean, I have a V12 Vantage if that still counts. But yeah, but
but only if they're cheap V8 Vantage. Yeah, just just. Yeah.
This is a just have an F type. Yeah, I would. I would. There's
still good value. Yeah. Yes. This is this is an interesting one.
So the lovely twin cam straight six of the old Jags. It was on
my list because they're a really good engine. You can detail
them beautifully. They're quite symmetrical. Yes. I'm a big fan
of the alpha 156 and also the 147 GTA engines because I
remember when they were new popping the bonnet just out of
curiosity and they have a beautiful polished inlet
manifold. Yes, individual and they that this was when the
Italians even for a car in a like a front wheel drive type car,
they still took great deal of pride under the bonnet and it's
a shocking amount of car manufacturers that sell prestige
cars and under the bonnet is just dismal. It's just a
festival of plastic. Well, everything shrouded now isn't
that's the problem? Yeah. Yeah, but you could at least be
creative with the shrouding. Yes, it's going to cost some money.
But I mean, who cares? So I think the alpha would be up there.
And the problem is, is because we're on the spot, people
listening to this or watching this will be shouting and
pointing and going, you haven't mentioned this engine bay. But
I have to say, yeah, there was when I went to Bianca's heritage
collection, quite recently, the engine bay of W. O. Bentley's
last company car, the Oh, yes. Yeah. The huge what was it
called? It was the it was the eight liter road car, the
engine bay in that car, because they fired it up for me to
prove how amazing it is even on cold start. The engine bay in
that was and the throttle linkage is just unbelievably
pretty and stout. So yeah, really, really like that. I'm trying
to think of others. Damn it.
The I mean, I'd agree with you that alpha one is a is a
definite. Yeah, and delightful. Yeah, the is it in some
Lamborghinis? The engines are sort of quite nicely done and
themselves. But everything doesn't line up properly. And
there's a cross brace on the engine bay. And it's not it's
all it's all slightly skew if and it's always to make my
eyes, I switch a bit. So not that. Also, my absolute
favorite shit show of an engine bay, I think is a trad Jag
v12. They tie them up a bit later that the XJ 40 v12 has had
a XJ 81. So we're going to be done. They had a neater engine
bay. But an old XJ from the 70s of the v12 in it is just no,
it's like it's sort of almost how you'd illustrate a migraine,
I imagine, it's just wiring and stuff everywhere. And it all
just looks like it's been thrown in there with a shovel.
Do you want to remind it reminds me of one of those net guns
that you fire at a crook and try and yes, the wiring loom has
been fired out of a net gun and including all of the vacuum
pipes. And it's landed over this huge engine and just gone
yeah, yeah, we couldn't have done it better. Let's just leave it
there. And it weirdly puts me off those engines because I just
go I just rather have a six that's been tuned. Let's just go
stay still. The six was never slow, was it?
It's just check this by the way, it's the hurricane that I was
thinking of with the weather cross brace and the engine itself
don't quite line up. And it's just how did this happen? I imagine
because the engine just sits very slightly off to one side
probably because the four wheel drive, drive chain or
something, you know, but
I mean, we've we haven't talked much about Ferrari engine bays.
But I mean, look, Ferrari has always had an aesthetically
pleasing engine base, especially the mid engine ones, because
they're visible. So yeah, there's loads, there's loads of
Ferrari engine bays. I'm trying to think of the ones with the
the velocity stacks and the the red crackle finish. Well, it's
probably the 250, it's probably the 250 GTO, because doesn't the
250 GTO have a little clear bubble out of the bonnet for the
velocity stacks, the Colombo V12. It's Am I
thinking? Yeah, yeah, with the bubble on the bonnet on the
I'm trying to think about as a and it's got the six twin barrel
webbers. Yeah, I mean, which is ludicrous carburation ludicrous.
Yeah. But some blessing for doing it. All right, well, anyway,
we should, we should probably wrap this up. But if you have a
question for us, hello at smithasniff.com is the email
address. If you want to put autosot at the start of your
subject line, that helps us to find questions as opposed to the
emails we get. And we will answer more questions next Friday,
normal show on Monday. Until then, goodbye. Cheers, mate.
Thanks, boys. Guys. Thanks. Cheers. Thank you. All right,
now, bye.
About this episode
Richard and Johnny field listener Q&As with a focus on Porsche culture quirks. They debate the pronunciation of “Porsche/Porsh,” mock the rise of “P car” talk, and roast the acronym-heavy way owners describe options (OPC, PCCBs, PASM, PSE) in ways that get confusing or cringe. They also discuss dealer “lists” and how access can depend on timing and relationships, not just entitlement. Later, the conversation turns lighter—dojo vs shed for their recording spaces—plus listener notes about visual podcast setups and a Donegal holiday scene.
In this week’s On The Other Side Of Things question answering show, Jonny and Richard discuss Porsche acronym culture, referring to a normal room as a dojo, best car for the Wild Atlantic Way, the yellow car game, and good looking engines.
