Car-Chum

Send Car-Chum a Text What’s the best way to pass a long Car-Chum?  A car journey.  What’s the best way to combine a long Car-Chum and a car journey?  Sleep through it.  And today should send you right off.  Take a break and have a nap through this edition of Car-Chum Podcast. Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Blues and twos – not number twos is the subject of this week’s Car-Chum.  All motoring  things Emergency related: Police, Fire, Ambulance and…the other ones.   If podcasts had packaging, this one might read: ‘Surprisingly fact-full and curiously entertaining”.  There are, of course, other things it might read, too, but let’s stick with that.   Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Unbelievable really that it’s taken so long for something as cultured as Car-Chum to enter the world of art.  It’s happened in style now though with an automotive artist to the stars.  Share in Art by Bex’s enthusiasm of painting cars for drivers like Sir Jackie Stewart and Mark Blundell.  Join culture-vulture Car-Chums Tony and Mike in the gallery with Bex on this edition of...

Send Car-Chum a Text It’s been said that American, Swedish, German, French, Spanish and Australian cars have made it to the Car-Chum hall of fame, but Italian’s finest have been conspicuous by their absence.  This is the episode that rights that wrong – in spectacular style.  Former Alfa PR boss Angie Voluti joins Tony and Mike for forthright views and downright fun.   Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Did you know that the ‘rod’ of Hotrod comes from the word ‘roadster’?  Well you do now, so I’ve saved you listening to this episode of the Car-Chum Podcast.  Unless that is, you want more facts and more fun.  Yes that is possible and you’ll find it in this edition. Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Car-Chum ushers in another year in the best way it knows how:  talking about paint, obvs.  What else?  Join Tony and Mike as they lift the lid on colour changing tech, silly names and bodged repairs.   Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text It’s gameshow time at Car-Chum.  Three cars each, a few factual and anecdotal clues, some searching questions and iffy answers are the essential ingredients in this edition.  How many would you have got?  Join me and my car-journalist  Car-Chum Mike Renaut as we sit poised with our fingers on buzzers. Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text If you’re not familiar with the title, it was a term used to refer to the options dealers could upsell you when buying a new car.  A more accurate title for this edition of Car-Chum might have been “When Did You Last See…?”, but Mats and Flaps made us smile.  Anyway, here it is, the latest Car-Chum Podcast. Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Sorry about the title: couldn’t resist – it just seemed to flow so well.  And it does desscribe the contents quite well.  A chance viewing of  James Bond in A View to a Kill – with Roger Moore, of course – led to a whole Car-Chum dedicated to it.  More specifically, the cars in the film.  Even if I do say so myself, it was a bit of a laugh.  Just a bit.  Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Ever heard a motoring journalist hum Abba?  Ever wondered what a Dodge Charger Hellcat is really like?  Ever needed to pass an hour with no effort at all?  If the answer is yes to any of those, try the latest Car-Chum podcasts.   Tony and Mike crank out a few of the cars they’ve yet to drive.  Horsepower and horsing around:  it's the usual Car-Chum Podcast fayre. Support...

Send Car-Chum a Text ...…a Car-Chum Podcast downloaded was the obvious line there.  And I missed it.  Never mind, the content is all the better for it.  Loads of cars, loads of accessories, loads of stories – it’s all here for your pleasure.  It’s the latest edition of The Car-Chum Podcast. Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday 8th September 2022, Car-Chum looks back at a selection of state and personal cars associated with and owned by the former Queen. Classic car journalist Mike Renaut and author and columnist Dr Andrew Roberts are guests on this special episode of Car-Chum.   Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text A straightforward concept:  take a fun game and then add Car-Chum.  What do you get?  A sort of game of Tag or It with cars.  And there is a lot of car in the latest Car-Chum Podcast.  So sit back, relax and learn – my Car-Chum Mike is in a knowledgeable mood. Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text World Leaders as cars; that’s the premise of this edition of The Car-Chum Podcast.  Important questions will be answered: what car would Joe Biden be…if he were a car, what comes after A6 and is there such a thing as a Mini Clubvan?   The Car-Chum podcast is back with a bang after it’s summer holidays.   Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Happy holidays!  Car-Chum’s on a quick summer break, but we made sure to leave you with a few memories before I left.   I was tempted to cut out all the good bits and leave the rest, but it was too difficult to find them – so instead, here are a few other prime cuts.  Back soon! Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Time for the second leg of Car-Chum’s lap of the UK.  This time Tony, Mike (aka the Chums) and Dr Andrew Roberts (aka someone who actually knows something useful) head west, then north then south again.  There’s a heady mix of cars, Littlechef, The Prisoner, George Fornby and Get Carter to look forward to here.  Buckle and up and join us! Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text It’s roadtrip time for The Car-Chum Podcast!  Author and automotive historian Dr Andrew Roberts hitches a ride around the UK with Tony and his journalist Car-Chum, Mike.    It’s a two-parter; there’s so much to see.  Cars, sites of significant interest, sites of absolutely no interest, Benny Hill, a Hovercraft and melon are the highlights of the first leg:  Norwich to Eastleig...

Send Car-Chum a Text In this episode of The Car-Chum podcast Tony and his automotive journalist chum, Mike, truffle out the annoying quirks that afflict some cars; unbelievably, sometimes by design.  Gear and radio select buttons that look and feel the same, sunroofs that tickle hair and mysterious faults that are never fixed.  It’s all her on this edition – welcome to Car-Chum’s Princess and the...

Send Car-Chum a Text Car-Chum pulls over to the hard shoulder of the motorway – if there is one, that is -  and savours the joys of a good breakdown.  Tony talks of missing gearsticks, holey pistons and head gaskets, while Mike splits discs and cracks screens.  All the bills and all the hassle – that’s this episode of Car-Chum in a recovery truck.   Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Reading.  Not the place in the Berkshire; the activity.  Reading about cars in particular:  that’s the subject of this edition of The Car-Chum Podcast.  Books, magazines and brochures.  Tony and his Car-Chum (and automotive author, Mike Renaut) barely scratch the surface of this massive industry, but they do reveal a few facts along the way…like who invented the 0-60 metric. S...

Send Car-Chum a Text Tony and his Car-Chum / journalist Mike are joined by someone who actually knows what he’s talking about.   This week, Furious Driving’s Matt Richardson drops by to tell tales of driving, photographing, reviewing, Youtubing and importing.  Cars that is.   Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text As crazy as it might sound, I thought it was a good idea to have a guest on Car-Chum this week who knows absolutely nothing about our subject.  Luckily, he has a good way with words and has a tale or two to tell.  So here it is: the episode of Car-Chum with a knowledge-free guest.  (You * should get a laugh though.) Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Car-Chum heads to Portugal for a classic car rally featuring everything from a 911 to a Micra. Tony is joined by auto-author Mike – accidentally showing a byte or two of knowledge, the chums give a bit of context and history on each entrant.   It’s all sun and fun in this week’s Car-Chum podcast. Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Car-Chum Aims and Objectives:  Make sense, make fun, make money…maybe, maybe not.  We’re not the only ones making – or trying to make – things:  seems that car manufacturers are at it, too.  Try artificial hearts, watch movements and bras.  Widen your retail horizon with this week’s Car-Chum. Support the show

Send Car-Chum a Text Be honest: everyone loves a van.  Well, loves driving one – a hired one – anyway.  Today Tony asks Mike to join him in a commercial free, commercial episode of Car-Chum.  Everything from the humble Transit to the Espace F1 is here – not forgetting the Supervan, something promiscuous from Alfa and those strange conversions from normal cars.  Join us, arm out of window, on this...