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Added 2023-11-19 18:01:02 +0000 UTCIn pics this week we start with the actual scene of the ram raid crime, as described by Jonny in the podcast. Then we have Stephen King’s face, Jonny’s new specs, the all-you-need Skoda Octavia vRS estate, a Volvo 240 GLT in red, a Class 70 locomotive that got dropped and bent, and an example of the kind of train ferry Jonny and Richard didn’t know about, somehow. Now, some links…
Stephen King almost got divorced over Mambo no.5
Stephen King can’t remember making Maximum Overdrive
And Sepheryn, the folk song it’s based upon
Torn by Natalie Imbruglia. Heated bathroom floor, not featured
Torn, as first released in Danish
And in English, by the people who wrote it
Boring Car Trivia 4 is on sale at last
Comments
I’ve read Stephen King’s “On Writing”, and the best line I took from it (can’t remember exactly how it related to writing) was, “It’s okay to prick your finger, but very bad form to finger your prick”.
James Harris
2024-05-03 12:25:04 +0000 UTCRam raids are pretty common in Cambridgeshire at the minute, we've had loads occur in the Fens over the last few years. Someone in my home town tried to nick a cash machine from the post office wall using farm machinery a few years back. Unfortunately the machine ran out of diesel half way through their robbery so they just left it parked across the road and legged it.
Lloyd Morgan - Moore
2023-11-27 09:19:57 +0000 UTCI know that bargain booze my ex's parents used to order from that Chinese 😂
Rob winter
2023-11-26 18:23:58 +0000 UTCFunnily enough, Mike F has been in touch to offer a loan of the Ram. He warns that it's almost unusable in Bath/Bath, mind you. Richard
Smith and Sniff
2023-11-24 14:41:02 +0000 UTCIf you've tried to drive an X1/9 in normal shoes you'll know you can over all 3 pedals with one shoe. Hence I use flip flops in the summer but take them off to drive.
Mike Taylor
2023-11-23 18:34:41 +0000 UTCAs a wholesale supplier of greetings cards I can assure you that in a proper card shop you can get personal help in choosing a card as the owner will know their stock and what will suit your needs. The DriveTribe Challenger went back a few months ago. You could ask for a loan of the replacement vehicle - a Dodge Ram TRX. I’m sure Mrs Porter would love running around in that for a while. Definitely not a Mum car! And on that note, Estate cars rule!
Gill Pile
2023-11-22 14:09:28 +0000 UTCMy friends dad had a Volvo 240 estate in the 80s, it was fairly new at the time. He had reversed it out of the garage and was cleaning it- the keys still in the ignition. Two blokes walked up the drive, one grabbed my mates dad and the other one jumped in the car and then the two guys drove off together. The car was never seen again.
Jon Parry
2023-11-22 09:25:11 +0000 UTCFlip-flops and barefoot driving.... I'm a traffic Bobby and whilst there is no specific offence, the glorious catch all offence of 'not in proper control' could be used'. That's usually if there is a driving issue observed at the same time. Riveting I know!
Paddy
2023-11-22 06:48:42 +0000 UTCLooks like the Ram Raid involved a yellow JCB of some description and a White Nissan Navara getaway vehicle (presuming this is the correct incident!) https://www.lincs.police.uk/news/lincolnshire/news/2023/nov-2023/appeal-ram-raid-of-atm-stamford/
Jack Morton
2023-11-21 21:52:41 +0000 UTCAt Uni we had a '69 Cadillac hearse as a daily driver... Officially only seated 3 but there was lots of space in the back... The pull-out slab made for great "tailgate" parties and resetting after a night out... Though people tended to freak when we opened the shades from the inside...!
Andy Pinchock
2023-11-21 14:04:39 +0000 UTCAfter many Estates over the years Saab, Volvo, Audi and Mercedes now have a late VRS 245 Manual as had deepest load bay for my Hound that won't stop growing, despite low spec it's the most rewarding and complete catr I've ever owned, will be running it into the ground.
Cornish Rider
2023-11-21 08:33:59 +0000 UTCThat was monochromatic people. More from them later.
Harry Panther
2023-11-21 08:20:55 +0000 UTCMy other half hates estates too, she says they look like hearses. I think a hearse looks cooler than an SUV.
Peter Bell
2023-11-21 07:47:24 +0000 UTCStephen King does look like Dicky Davis. But with Dark patch
Paul Smith
2023-11-20 17:44:03 +0000 UTCJonny's going evil universe Steve Jobs look....
david marden
2023-11-20 16:15:40 +0000 UTCSee what you mean about the Shogun Pinin being almost enveloped by vegetation, the house too!
Peter Heamon
2023-11-20 15:42:58 +0000 UTCLindberg glasses Jonny?
Owain Kelly
2023-11-20 11:38:12 +0000 UTC1. I owned a red 240 GLT (one of many Volvos including two V70Rs and an 850 T5-R) and it's a wonderful brick! Anyone would be proud to be seen in one. The black side trim alone is a lesson in fine art. 2. I used to coach ice driving and of all the cars we drove on a frozen lake, my favourite was a 240 estate. Perfectly weighted for drifting. 3. I once went on holiday in the Maldives and noticed that the pilot of our seaplane was flying barefoot... After that, today I often drive barefooted! 4. The flipflop hinge thing is a thing. Only, it also applies to floor carpets on old Ford Explorers. Mine tried to kill me. More (if desired) on December 7th.
Bruce Fielding
2023-11-20 09:08:43 +0000 UTCLou Bega is the stage name of a German guy called David Lubega Balemezi. The irritatingly catchy “Mambo No.5” (what happened to the previous 4 Mambos?) was a jazzed up remix of a instrumental track by Pérez Prado dating back to 1949. Perez had brief UK success posthumously with two tracks, "Guaglione" famously used in an iconic 1995 Guinness Advert and then then with Mambo No5 in 1998 when it was used in yet another Guinness advert. The following summer Lou Bega took it to the charts again.
John Hammond
2023-11-20 08:56:01 +0000 UTCYou should be calling flip flops their correct name of thongs, like we do in the more civilised world. Nothing like popping down to the shops after the kids have blown a thong for a replacement… And if I ever happen to be wearing thongs and need to drive, off they come. Can’t stand driving in thongs. Yes, I will repeat thongs as much as I can. Also, trackie bottoms is cute. Makes them sound like little kid’s clothes. You should try to introduce trackie daks to the UK…
Jeremy Cheah
2023-11-20 07:51:36 +0000 UTCIn 2019 Natalie Imbruglia released an album called „Fiebird“ which as a two-time Pontiac Trans Am owner made me curious…. The song „Build It Better“ might reference the quality issues of the late 80s …. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebird_(album) :)
Andy Pinchock
2023-11-20 04:47:33 +0000 UTCMaybe John Major... https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640x360/p05tpqw7.jpg
Peter Heamon
2023-11-19 22:02:59 +0000 UTCAlso, bit surprised you didn't just go for a cock'n'balls cover on BCT4 Richard, would save you & Jonny having to draw one on demand. Could've call it Boring Car Trivia 4-skin.
Peter Heamon
2023-11-19 21:35:50 +0000 UTCSurprised you didn't go to Luxembourg Jonny, for some truly eurospec specs. https://www.tigerspecs.co.uk/products/2001024/detail2.jpg
Peter Heamon
2023-11-19 21:28:22 +0000 UTCAlso Jonny, you've clearly got Saab 9-2X Aero glasses.
Brendan McAleer
2023-11-19 21:19:56 +0000 UTCThis has got to be one of the best S&S opening lines in recent memory, and yes, Stephen King has a bit of a USDM bumpers face. Still the best opener thought: I've been seeing a lot of Magnus Walker stuff advertised as he has various projects going on, and while he's a lovely fellow & etc., I can't help muttering "What's the point of Magnus Walker?" under my breath every single time.
Brendan McAleer
2023-11-19 21:04:00 +0000 UTCMy brother, Jim, sold his poorly Volvo V70 to a friend who was going to fix it. 2 weeks later, Jim gets a knock at the door only to be greeted by the local plod. They want to speak to him about his car being used in a ram raid. Turns out the friend had quickly given up and sold it to some local wrong’uns who then took his Volvo with a ropey head gasket for a warriors death. Of course the Volvo was stereotypically unscathed but left a path of epic destruction.
Pete Lonsdale
2023-11-19 20:55:47 +0000 UTCBooze 4 less …. Wonder what they sell there? :D
Andy Pinchock
2023-11-19 20:10:49 +0000 UTCExactly, he has way more face there than most people do.
Ed Nicholson
2023-11-19 19:12:47 +0000 UTCI’ve said for many years the Skoda Octavia is all the car you’d ever need, they tick every box. My gran (93) has two rapids, one 1983 (y reg) and the other (E reg) my grandfather bought them new. He always unusual taste in cars. He’s 1962 studebsker is still in the garage.
Joe Brudenell
2023-11-19 19:12:22 +0000 UTCJim Carrey's Grinch-face always reminds me of Stephen King. Loved the "Dukes of Hazzard" post-jump-spec Freightliner on the back of a lorry.
Tom Lanigan
2023-11-19 19:01:52 +0000 UTCBefore Natalie Imbruglias version came out, Norwegian Artist, Trine Rein also did a version. Here: https://youtu.be/47Z2AiQqsD8?si=ng32JvDVGPN_5rSg
Robin Johnsen
2023-11-19 18:33:19 +0000 UTCI think it's the large gap between Stevie K's nose and mouth. It almost looks as big as the length of his nose.
Spartacus Mills
2023-11-19 18:18:57 +0000 UTCIt was me that told you about stephen king being so coked off his face he has no recollection of filming it at all. We spoke about it at the late brake show live in Kent
Russ Hill
2023-11-19 18:04:56 +0000 UTCSeeing the title of this week's episode, I was hopeful it would be sheep-related. I'm not Welsh or owt. Just a preference.
Andy Laurence
2023-11-19 18:04:05 +0000 UTC
