While Jonny's on holiday Richard presents a Smith and Sniff clip show featuring bits of old episodes requested by listeners. Includes a clown in a Rascal, a trip to an autojumble, a very thin jacket, a jig for repairing cheap sunglasses, adult materials on Vauxhall premises, useless childrens' TV characters and a song about Jackie Stewart.

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Richard answers listeners’ questions about Top Gear from back in the day. Topics covered include finding Hammond and May, the logistics of filming road trips, opening a pub, what became of Top Gear Dog, the temperature of the grotty studio office, ideas from other shows, the disappearing Mini from the Restoration Ripoff feature, writing for Top Gear USA, re-making old segments, the terrible pilot shows, Top Ground Gear Force, the photo Jeremy found on the internet, and ideas that never got made.

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Jonny has an idea for a new stadium show. Also in this episode, inflation is at a familiar level, pigeons saying a catchphrase, a listener has an alarming moment in an Audi Allroad, only going to the Isle of Man twice, a motorcycle with a visibly tiny engine, unbranded biking safety gear, a celebrity scooter sighting, having a strange dining experience in Shropshire, the lost art of the lorry driver thank you, and sad news about the Ford Probe concept.

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In this week’s question answering session Jonny and Richard tackle Cayman v 911, the moneyed Celica lady, best looking wheel trims, Grand Theft Auto car names, unusual food delivery vehicles and how to make a modern Aston Cygnet.

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Jonny has an idea for making motorsport more interesting. Also in this episode, Mediterranean-style scooter dismounts, shorts the colour of an ‘80s Vauxhall, Cornish car spotting, a camping chair disaster, a listener’s amazing tale of a Celica-driving teacher, another listener’s narrow lane encounter with TV royalty, Bristol Airport tricky landing info, autocorrect car names, Recaro in trouble, and ‘60s man goes canoeing.

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This week Jonny and Richard answer questions about a car for a Euro road trip, eye-opening 5th Gear crash tests, pit stops in slow moving traffic, a specific switch blank puzzle and a replacement for a broken BMW i3, plus Jonny gets a massive attack of cramp.

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It’s a Smith and Sniff summer clip show in which we put together the first mentions of various things that have become running gags on the show. Featuring on that side of things, Sade, no name full suspension mountain bike guy, basically in Nottingham, Alldays and Onions, Prelude guy and steam rally wrong ‘uns.

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Jonny and Richard answer listeners’ questions relating to continental driving errors, the Acrimonious Rally, 1980s PE teacher cars, how the Malbec mechanic drinks wine and switch blanks. Plus, a listener sets the record straight on Chinese car names.

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