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Smith and Sniff — Automotive
Smith and Sniff

TV presenter Jonny Smith and Sniff Petrol creator Richard Porter are two friends who talk about cars, and many other things.

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Copyright: © Jonny Smith and Richard Porter

Latest Episodes:

Saturday Cambelt Jun 13, 2022

Show notes

Jonny's had a new TV show idea. Also in this episode, the excitement of real life jousting, Honda Insight magnesium sumps, being sick behind an ornamental bush, the old days of boozy car launches, putting onions into an orange juice machine, worrying about parking on a slope, the love of house bricks, a dusty Jubilee, Scandinavian crime fighter Torsen Diff, and a listener has offered to name a mountain after us.

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Group B garden centre Jun 06, 2022

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Jonny's been driving a 6R4 and Richard has visited a garden centre. Also in this episode, challenging fly tippers, getting yanked off DC current, things left in Richard's new house, what car makers call tow bars these days, the perils of a triple layer floor mat, excessively zoomed-in photographs, the Welsh legend of Paul mountain, Jet Towel spotting, a Smith and Sniff guerilla sticker campaign, getting in trouble with the Duke of Richmond, throwing gravy over Burt Reynolds, what it costs to run an old rally car, pitching a bad business model on Dragons' Den, and cars with high foreheads.

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Cars from the year you were born May 30, 2022

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Jonny and Richard pick cars from the years they were born, once Jonny's remembered what year that was. Also in this episode, electric scooter racing, casually flutey behaviour, seeing Andrew Ridgeley, people in Cornish taverns of the '80s, Rick Stein's idiotic breakfasts, a very expensive Mercedes, almost buying old S-Classes, indecisive Nick Mason constantly buying his own Ferrari, Queen at the lathe, and the wonders of a straight six.

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The fastest you've ever reversed May 23, 2022

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Jonny once went backwards up a runway and Richard has been haranguing a member of Blur. Also in this episode, meeting Steve Backshall behind a sofa, refusing to use 5th gear, never checking your oil, over-checking your oil, getting haunted by a ticking 911, a picture of the most Bristol thing ever, feeding a pet bird of prey, wondering what snake owners drive, and Jonny's views on air-con warrant a trip to controversy corner. Plus, very thick waistcoats, Taylor Swift doing an autotest, facts about forklift tyres, dimly remembered information about The Chemical Brothers, and a short notice Kia Pride purchase.

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Base model pirate ship May 16, 2022

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Jonny's been to the Autocar awards and Richard is obsessed with GR86 numbers. Also in this episode, the canals and moveable buildings of Silverstone, the joy of unusual Eurospecs, Gerry McGovern saying 'luxury' too much, car designers buying their own designs, the problem with metallic black, VW bringing the Scout back, Max Power number plate movements, re-inventing the Scimitar GTE, why Jonny doesn't like air-con, future classics, the Kia Stinger, the Corvette C8, Monaco versus VXR8, the new Range Rover Spowaaahhtaaaaaagh, and information about Martha and the Muffins.

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Roll back kicks in May 09, 2022

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Jonny's just got off a plane and Richard has been out drinking so it's a low energy show in which topics covered include Wherever I Lay My Hat lyrical confusion, the hungry horse Porsche, changing oil without turning the engine off, an unstoppable Austin Cambridge, reviews of the Mercedes EQS, Ford Puma hybrid and an excellent new book about the car industry, jabbing a wasps' nest after half a bottle of wine, Nic Cage's terrible jacket in Gone In 60 Seconds, Nick Knowles's motorbike clothes, the fashions of LJK Setright, liking the VW Multivan, Jonny's repeated drives to York, more bloody Marillion stuff, car delivery window mishaps, unlikely banger cars, snooker commentators on the short oval, cliches of car journalism, goth curtains, and smutty insinuations about static engines. She can do this all day!

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Petrol station sunglasses May 02, 2022

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Jonny and Richard wonder why singer Michael McDonald keeps buying cheap foldable fake Aviators from gas stations and then accidentally sitting on them. Also in this episode, the Kia Starmer and Hyundai Bayern Munich football club, Lewis Hamilton buying Chelsea, living in Monaco versus just paying taxes, the boringness of hairpin bends, why the 205 GTI has a claggy throat, hot hatches that feel like John Hurt from Alien, the joy of the Citroen ZX Volcane, Adrian Newey's Custom Car cover star stance, the Peugeot 505 and Ferrari Pinin, Marillion car update, the smell of Jorvik Viking Centre, sunroof mishaps, Jonny getting his hair trapped in a Ford GT, Richard being called a bandit by Martin Brundle, an over-badged Suzuki courtesy car, the official definition of tuning stages, grot mag headline round-up, Quincy Jones spilling wine on a synth, the Tosscars championship, and messages from Jonny's dad. Plus, news about an all-new Late Brake Show Live event.

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Nissan GT-Rs of history Apr 25, 2022

Show notes

Beset with technical problems including crashing software and randomly rebooting laptops, Jonny and Richard finally managed to record this show of nonsense with a few unwanted pops and squelches on the audio. Sorry about that. Topics covered this week include GT-Rs in Peaky Blinders, a trip to the corrections desk, random people on American internal flights, a confusion between 'loo' and 'poo', impersonating a peacock, bold claims in car ads, Japanese sports cars that look good without boot spoilers, Norfolk as the UK hotspot for cars for sale at the side of the road, USAF personnel driving American cars in Britain, giving away a Ford Raptor to an East Anglian grandma, San Franciscans dissolving in the rain, Richard's short review of the new Range Rover, Jonny watching Cliffhanger, the coolness of El Caminos, seeing a Rivian R1T in real life, the surprisingly nice new Toyota Venza, and John Travolta flying himself to the East of England to go on a deranged shellfish binge.

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Mitsubishi Jet Towel Apr 18, 2022

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Jonny has discovered a new type of Mitsubishi and it's good news for your granddad. Also in this episode, hot V versus deep V versus Flying V, Britain's sleeziest alloy wheel, going round the M25 by mistake, slipping Smith and Sniff references into interviews, a cute old couple in a Mazda2, the problem with the boot on a Morris Minor, the Yaris Cross doing something weird with its teeth, the coming trend for safari-style cars, names for off-brand energy drinks, the old pits at Reims, Jonny having an accident in the old pits at Reims, how they end soap operas, terrible emails we have received, and how do linen trousers get on in space? Also, Richard has a small dog in the room again.

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The Conquistadors Apr 11, 2022

Show notes

Richard makes up an '80s American advertising slogan and Jonny has developed a strange obsession with Tiger Woods. Also in this episode, sports people in free cars, Last of the Summer Wine, a bum in the window of an SD1, Alonso Fernando and Hamilton Lewis, the arrival of Richard's new VW e-Up, chamois leather trousers, Alan Bennett in an Evo X, cars with hard drives for music, thinking that Celine Dion might smell weird, the oldest cars you can buy new, Jason Plato's last season of BTCC and the end of the Ford Mondeo.

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