Pod 94 - All the bells and whistles
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2022
- Jonny and Richard wonder about a forgotten and very noisy part of the Mod scooter scene. Also in this episode, the cars of A Touch of Frost, annoyingly needless idling, a BMW problem that only affects police cars, meeting someone from The Bill, seeing a Toyota Blade and wondering if Gordon Murray is getting taller. Plus, Agnetha from ABBA running a Volvo parts warehouse, the weird noises made by Teslas, the price of second hand Alfa Giulias, the meaning of Cat S, the agony of slow overtaking, the joy of an old Tatra and the absence of young Bernards. Oh, and also some stuff about goats.
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If they knew the Toyota Blade has a top spec model called the 'Master G' we probably would have had a 20mins of how 'Blade Master G' sounds more like a rap name, which would turn into which other car names would also make a good rap name.
Definitely a 90’s rapper, old school. There’s a rare EP with Blade Master G, Ghostface Killa, and Del the Funky Homosapien.
Master G is actually the name of a rapper from The Sugarhill Gang. But it's spelled 'Master Gee'.
"… You see, if your girl starts acting up, then you take her friend
Uh Master Gee, my mellow?
It's on you so what you gonna do?
Well it's on and on and on, on and on…"
Makes my Monday morning that little bit brighter 👍
Guys, guys, The Bern Hardt and Irmscher Sideskirtz bits are absolute S and S gold. Wonderful stuff, guys.
Cheers chaps, fab as ever. Jonny reminded me why I studied German over Latin, a weekend at Hadrians Wall with the rather dry Latin teach, or a weekend in Germany with the very lovely lady German instructor, which also included the bonus of buying beer underage and meeting a gaggle of Irish girls at the hotel. Nichts ist unmöglich.
My gf's former neighbour had a C63 AMG of the true 6.3L vintage, and he also used to get up early for work.
I never begrudged it firing up, but I will say you could definitely hear him reversing...
Look forward to this every Monday! So bloody funny!
Definitely the first thing I listen to after work here in Australia each Monday 👌👌👌
One of the very finest pods for some time. And considering they're always great, this is high, high praise.
"Dear Smith & Sniff. I am German, and imagine my shock when I tuned into your podcast 94..... 😡"
DCI Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren) drove a Citroen BX 19 GTI 16v
Chief Inspector Jack Frost's first wheels were an A reg Volvo 240 estate in doom blue. That was changed without explanation for the D reg mk2 Sierra after a few series. Superintendent Mullett had an R17 Rover 827.
The old Pugs with GRDT badging always looked like they said GROT from a distance
Hahah exhaust whistles...Jonny, please look up "Bubb Rubb and Lil Sis". It's an early 2000s american news report about people putting exhaust whistles on their cars and how it's a public nuisance, the guy they find to interview is 'Bubb Rubb' and he's a legend!
Half German here with half German wife - we loved the German mockery!
Great stuff guys
TD5 Frost, the last hurrah before being replaced by a supposed more efficient but inferior copper.
18 month over due and i thought i was bad at 6 month over due 🤣 . Great pod as always
Police BMW problem is obviously down to the lights obscuring the grill (radiator) - BMW have re-engineered this and have quadrupled the size of the grills across the range going forwards ;)
Haha! Yeah the buck teeth now protrude above the hood and below the splitter to compensate
When my E90 320d turbo went the garage told it because I wasn't letting the engine warm up before hitting the work commute and was told to let it idle for a while before driving off. Same when switching it off, let it idle but for a shorter time just so the oil is not cut off whilst the turbo is still spinning.
It's the N57 lump used in the Police Beemers. Egr coolers overheat and the cars catch on fire, crank main bearings barely last 100k and the timing chains on them are weak and are prone to snapping at anything above 80k - and in BMW's infinite wisdom the chain is at the rear of the engine and it's a gearbox out job to swap it with the engine in situ.. They're great to drive but quality wise they are a total no no - a motoring equivalent of cheaply veneered teeth.
N57 was phased out and replaced by the B57 between 2015 and 2018. G2X and G3X 3'd and 5'd use the B57 (now B57Tu). F1X and F3X used the N57. N57Tu to be precise. So this is only for older police cars now anyway.
A police chase between 2 BMWs comes down to who breaks down or goes into limp mode first.
Gama Goat confirmed for future TLBS? Drive in the Quarry?
A few weeks ago I was driving behind an NYPD police car with all the bells and whistles (not making a sound or lights on) in Dinas Powys of all places. Reminds me there is also a house I know of that has 3 Polish fire engines. I keep wondering whether to drop a note in asking them to contact TLBS.
As I'm sure Mr. Porter will confirm, there is an art to matching a car to a TV character and I think that a used ho-hum mid-range Sierra or Mondeo was pretty much the sort of motor DI Jack Frost would've had. What else would Regan and Carter have been in other than a Granada? Or Morse and an old Mk2 Jag?
Re: BMW model codes, they started assigning blocks of numbers to one model line (each number getting different body styles) starting with the E90, which was actually the E90 (sedan) 91 (wagon) 92 (coupe) and 93 (convertible). So where they used to use one "E" number for all the body styles and types of a model for an entire car model lineup, now they seem to use an entire block of 10 for one model and use individual numbers for body styles. Something like that. That's why they churned through the F codes so fast.
That last Bristol Blenheim - with the Audi rear lights and VW Mk5 Golf wing mirrors - is currently for sale. (SLJ Hackett) ...£150k to you, Sir.
Oh and fun fact: Taki Inoue was run over by a Tatra 613 medical car in the 1995 hungarian GP.
Bang on form this week guys. Too many references to comment on but if hangovers and tiredness produce this content then carry on drinking and over-working please!
I saw a Vauxhall Cascada today. Not a common sight on the roads.
What BMW dont tell anyone is some poor policemans 330d burst into flames on the M6, left the road out of control and the poor man died as a result. Thats a little more than maintenance issues
22:03 reminds me of the character from Phonejacker.
The sound of a Tesla in reverse right at the end is a tad disconcerting while you listen to the podcast driving your Tesla and frantically search the screen to see what on earth is happening.
Humourless German here:
Whether you're allowed to wash your car in front of your house depends on the city you are living in. In most places however it is banned for pollution reasons. This is also why there is a huge array of pay-by-coin jetwash places around. UK detailing videos of people degreasing their engine on their drive would give many people a heart attack over here.
So obviously I wander off to find youtube videos of Tatras as you do. Strangely I find a 1962 12 minute promotional film featuring three lunatics hooning around Czechoslovakia in a 603. Strangely because you couldn't actually buy them you had to have one assigned but it was a very good film anyway. To prove that syncronicity is a thing I go to check (see what I did there?) what else the Czech youtuber had posted and discovered along with many films of Tatras and Skodas a film featuring a bronze Grandad coupe. Funny old world isn't it?
I had an old saxo for a site vehicle. I'd start it at 8am and only turn it off for lunch and home time. When you not paying for the fuel, stopping and starting is a bit of a faff
I had a 530d touring full leather ex police car and it was the best car I’ve ever had. Did 30k in a year with only needing new tyres. Great car.
I reckon I drove one of the first 530d when I got it from Hertz rentals in Paris. Driving was brutal, it was all on or all off. I had it for 1 day, and took it back in the morning to Hertz with the window smashed and the bonnet missing. The police said that this was a thing in Paris at the time, where somebody with a damaged BMW would pay a couple of goons to score components from cars in hotel car parks.
14:10 - Toyota Blade Master G is the top spec. They have a 3.5L 2GR V6 and hyperactive traction control.
I have a strange desire to own one
Me too.
Ugh, I bet the traction control is the worst! I bet the torque steer is pretty savage without it too though.
This 100 times. Weirdly saw one on the road first time ever in aus as I was listening to the podcast. Also G8 was the VE commodore SS rebadged as a Pontiac, G6 was fwd famous as being the Oprah "you get a car, you get a car etc" give away car
My car is called bernard, happy monday!
One Aus spec police 5 series diesels apparently caught fire idling on grass during a dpr regen
Just started listening. Could the police BMW thing be to do with if they chip them for a bit more power? I'm in the fire service and some of our cars are chipped like that- I've driven an Octavia scout the went like a stung cat
I think I have Bernhard's first album here somewhere...🤔
Question: did Chris Evans have his eyes lasered by Auris Goldfinger??? (Sorry, been a long day...!)
Alpha Romeo Brera is the mutts nuts
G'day.
In all of the British police shows I have seen (with actual police driving, not actors) they tend to use ALL of the engines rpm band even if they are just driving around, going 500-1000rpm from the redline before shifting. Maybe that's what's causing the BMW issue and a carry over from most of their police cars being/used to be small underpowered engines and that's just how you make them accelerate at a decent pace.
That one off Blenheim is for sale atm
Surely the bells and whistles 'inspired' the noises made by the Kia Nero and t'other elec-trick-uwal carz?
Apart from BMW who hired John Williams or sommit.
Time and a place for wrap around shades, just as with specific shoes and less desirable cars.
Tastefullnes and wholesomeness both exist in the mind eye of the beholder. Which is subjective to viewpoint.
Who cares anyway, it's not what ya got but rather how you hoon it.
Cat S = Structural Damage
Cat N = Non Structural damage
Cat A = burnt out or severe Structural damage, certificate of destruction issued and nothing can be taken off
Cat B = Bodyshell must be scrapped but parts can be reused
bmw issue might be something to do with extra electrics for police useage maybe?
Volvo reinforced there response vehicle chassis. Polestar maps where the only engine mods.
Had a black S40 T5 ex police.
Their is a ex police car dealer on ebay and the vehicles he gets are amazing......a ex undercover MINI cooper S with the lock box for arms in the middle
Jonny, the old Diesel had to keep running because they didn't had any glowplugs and, if they cooled down, it would be a pain to get them started again. Before glowplugs, the diesel engines had a diesel burner on the intake manifold that would literally set manifold conduits on fire to warm up the air until it was warm enough to the engine be able to start. There are storiees of truck in Russian winter needing to setup a fire underneath the engine to warm up the whole thing to be able to start... 😅 see this: ruclips.net/video/NeDvCVS38hk/видео.html
Adolf Das. His brother started Puma
Adolf and Rudolph Dassler.
@@conkerman01 I stand corrected
Police vehicles are modified for performance
As discussed in the podcast, generally they are not.
@@Bob-kt4yz @Smith and Sniff This is only true for the UK. In North America police vehicles have been available to varying degrees with unique tunes and hardware since the 1930's, and on to today. I'd be interested to learn the status of law enforcement cars in regions such as Australia, Japan, and the rest of Europe. Is the "cop tune" a strictly North American phenomenon? Maybe...
Tatra T600 1953 are much better VW beetle, 4 door 2 litre if all your world is aircooled rear engined cars.