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OTOSOT 28

Ep. 265

Richard answers listeners’ questions while Jonny is busy on a Scottish barnfind. Topics covered include old Top Gear screen cars, the best looking motorway services, Jag spy shots, memories of Sherpa V8 ambulances, car buying advice for mid-life crisis cars, the TG mag and TV relationship, things entering the window of a moving vehicle, the Wolfrace Sonic and television audience wrangling. 

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