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What Do Car People REALLY Want for Christmas?

Season 1, Ep. 45

It’s Christmas at The Radiator Arms, which means one thing: car-enthusiast gift chaos. James, Ant and Will go through the best, worst and most confusing Christmas car gifts — from genuinely useful tools and model cars to the presents no petrolhead actually wants. They also talk about nostalgic childhood gifts, bargain ideas, and the things you should probably avoid putting under the tree.


Ant also mentions the Antigravity A1 360° Drone — more info here:

https://www.antigravity.tech/drone/antigravity-a1/buy?utm_term=AGRIHT8


★ Featuring:

• James: https://youtube.com/@JayEmmOnCars

• Ant: https://youtube.com/@sportzntouring

• Will: https://youtube.com/@WillThePlank


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