Car-Chum

Send Car-Chum a Text Grab a Slushie and listen to this old slush about slush.  But wait, there's more!  A broken Jimny Dipstick and...well, there must be more.  Surely.   Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text It's cold outside, so what could be more appropriate than Tony and his Car-Chum, Mike, delving into ICE?  Oh!  Hang on.  In Car Entertainment.  Kind of like Car-Chum itself: entertainment in your car.  Enough!  Get on with it! Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text In this edition of Car-Chum's Car Share Tony muses on why his driveway is populated by dead brands and Mike drops the mic by saying he wants to go two-wheelin'. Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text How very festive?  Not.  In this edition of Car-Chum's Car Share, Tony and his Car-Chum Mike deliberate the future sales aspirations of niche brands like Genesis.  They also discover differences in their willingness to compromise on functioning features.  Happy Christmas. Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text A rip-snorting 12-part blast through the history of the automobile.  Decade by decade, the Car-Chums pick their choice moments of development, innovation and dead ends. Tony and his automotive journalist chum Mike also tell their personal tales from behind the wheel (or tiller) and choose a standout product from each period.    This episode: where it all started.  Maybe a litt...

Send Car-Chum a Text Car-Chum host Tony goes Polestar shopping in Battersea and his car chum Mike wrestles with a forty year old knob in his BMW.  The usual fayre. Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Car-Chum took to the stage live at the NEC Classic Motor Show 2024.  Join Tony and his Car-Chum Mike in the Podcast Lounge.  They're joined by award winning author Simon Charlesworth for a ramble around motor shows past and present. Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Should a round-the-world Maestro be left in peace asks Car-Chum host Tony?  And should a Porsche Boxter be taken to pieces wonders his Car-Chum Mike? Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text As per the title!  Car-Chum is off to Birmingham again in November...but this time we're on stage.  (Quick:  think of something interesting to say.) Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text It’s showtime again and Car-Chum was invited to cover Beaulieu’s Simply British event.  Join Tony and his Car-Chum Mike demonstrating what they don’t know as they take a leisurely wander around the show. Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text If you liked Rustival 1, you'll love Rustival 2.  And this time Car-Chum made it onto the stage.  With permission!  Here's Tony and Mike's doing what they do - all hosted by Practical Classics' Danny Hopkins. Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Ever been faintly disappointed by the reality after the Concept?  Just wait until you hear this episode.   Join Tony and his Car-Chum and auto journalist, Mike Renaut, as they analyse the details in pitiless detail.  Wait, that can’t be right.  Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Welcome to Car-Chum’s Car Share – a monthly update on what’s happening.  And what’s not happening. And what should be happening.  And might have happened if only… Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text It wasn’t Tony; it was his Car-Chum Mike.  The episode title is his work.   Regardless, join the Chums as they attempt to choose a car for life. Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Toys.  This one's about toys. Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Fancy listening to two men with no hands-on experience of the subject talk about car design?  Great!  Here's your chance.  It's the latest edition of Car-Chum where auto journalist Mike Renaut joins Tony to impart great wisdom and 'humour'.  There's also a fascinating critique of the Jag E-Type's design.  All to look forward to then... Support the...

Send Car-Chum a Text They say it’s what is inside that really matters.  Just ask the designer of the Ssangyong Rodius.  Tony and his Car-Chum Mike set about finding out if interiors are the deciding factor for 38.6% of new car buyers.   Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Tony and Mike go Rallying …from the comfort of their studios.  Join Tony and his Car-Chum Mike as they delve sideways first into the hedge via the ditch.   Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Happy Birthday Ford Mustang!  Sixty years ago this week – well, the week we made this edition of Car-Chum.  Join Tony and Mike as they saddle up and talk Pony.  Whatever that means. Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text What’s it like to be a roadtester?  Imagine a different new car on your driveway every  week, endless track-time and glitzy trips to launches in Monaco.   Now imagine if Tony and his Car-Chum Mike had thought to ask some of these questions of Vicky Parrott - roadtester, editor, writer, presenter and rather good driver.  Instead they did this.  Testing Testing from Car-Chum. Su...

Send Car-Chum a Text Car-Chum’s on the road yet again this week, this time to the Practical Classics Restoration Show at the NEC.  Tony and his Car-Chum, Mike, have tools on the mind… Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Car-Chum heads to the British Motor Museum in Warwickshire to cover the inaugural Rustival car show.  Tony and his Car-Chum, Mike, bump into to some familiar faces and new characters from ‘the scene’.   Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Tony and Mike head off the potholed tarmac to explore All Terrain Vehicles.  From Mars to Iceland and EVs to tractor pulling, this is the Car-Chum episode that doesn’t need roads where it going. Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Youtube sensation(!), Matt Richardson from Furious Driving fails to learn from his mistake in joining Car-Chum years ago, by turning up again.  On this edition of Car-Chum, Tony and Mike cross-examine each other – and Matt – on the vexed question:  Old or New? Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Car-Chum opens the door to the future in this episode…and finds someone rather knowledgeable on the other side (of that door).  Noah Gedrimas, VP of Strategy at GPR (Ground Positioning Radar), joins Tony and his Car-Chum Mike to autonomously talk auto autonomy. Support the show