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The cars of The Gold
Ep. 149
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Richard has been suffering MOT day nerves while Jonny’s experienced a frost-damaged hose humiliation. Also in this episode, what’s wrong with the cars in BBC true crime drama The Gold, the extreme shouting at hand car washes, a shady car park encounter with a man in a tidy XC90, the eye-watering cost of going to the fair, fear of transportable rides going wrong, a dissection of 50 Cent’s Ayo Technology video, losing friends in a club and drinking a whole round of drinks to yourself, garages based on cocktail bars, the influencer Zeus, more zany Instagram posts from the CEO of Fiat, kestrel-faced singers, Jonny’s new idea for Puber, a cruise control in reverse update, and what happens when cruise gets jammed on.
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