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Disaster in a VW Grand California

Ep. 122

Jonny has been away camping and Richard has a new reason to stop swearing in the podcast. Also in this episode, meeting a seal, forgetting how to behave in London, craving a Panda 100HP, buying a car for RADwood, the thinking person’s Piaggio Ape, Jonny’s festival of musicians he hates, Imperial cars of the 1960s, the van-car that looks like Dougal from Magic Roundabout, a love of JDM MPVs, the Geneva Motor Show in Qatar, Jeff Goldblum and Gordon Murray chatting shirts, news from yoghurt corner, random Smith and Sniff merch spotting, and a haunting story from the lavatories at a motorhome show. Also, some inept promotion for the first Smith and Sniff live show even though it's sold out.

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