About this episode
Jonny Smith and his co-host dive into a lighthearted discussion about winter fashion, particularly the controversial gilet, and its association with wealth. They share amusing anecdotes from the Goodwood Revival, including Jonny's mishaps with a borrowed Volkswagen camper and a chance encounter with DJ Carl Cox, who unveiled his stunning RestoMod 911. The episode also touches on the quirks of modern cars, including a surprising feature of the Porsche Macan's windscreen washer jets, and concludes with a humorous take on the absurdity of car prices and features.
Jonny has had two celebrity encounters at the Goodwood Revival. Also in this episode, gilet season, a campsite error, a VW van parade, an update on clothing magnate Jenson Button, Gordon Murray’s secret sax playing, Billy Ocean sounding threatening, an insane student car to beat them all, Porsche induction charging and something alarming about the Macan EV.
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Jeep Compass
"...'s mess Jeep that we often laugh about. Is it the Compass? It just looked like it was very bloated body ov..."
Jeep Commander
"...r small wheels. Yes. As also, do you remember the commander, which was, I think, more of a discovery rival b..."
Dodge Journey
"...it of a sense of humour failure after a very long journey and obviously a lot of stress of packing up a va..."
Volkswagen Bus
"...n gearbox crash first and second 30 horsepower VW bus is quite a quite a challenge to get some somethi..."
Mercedes-Benz Xclass
"cool? But if you look at the experience of Mercedes, they put their toe into the pickup truck water, didn't they, with the X-Class and it tanked and they deleted it really quickly. Yeah, is it because they did a shit job though, Rich?"
Gordon T50
"then just like, you know, accidentally jab the drummer in the ear or so. It depends on where you're sitting. Imagine if you were in one of the left or right hand seats of a T-50 and there was some serious track work going on, but you wanted to play well because the driver"
Porsche 911
"Did you? Yeah, he invited me over to see his, the unveiling of his RestoMod 9-11 and we had the greatest chat about the car, but also just about other cars and him. He is the chattiest, nicest guy."
Nissan Leaf
"...nt to Japan and drove the precursor to the Nissan Leaf, which I've talked about before, which was a cub..."
Tesla Model
"...s quite interesting to drive it getting out of my Tesla Model Y and you realize that Porsche is extremely good..."
Lotus Cortina
"...d Lotai and other Jim Clark cars, like the Lotus Cortina. It was really quite moving. Oh, I'd have gone ju..."
Toyota Land
"... latest iteration of the brand new old fashioned Toyota Land Cruiser, the one you can't get in the UK, but the..."
Ford Fair Lane
"...ome other things on the channel as well, like the Ford fair lane 500 bar find factory right and drive, which went..."
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