Just Going For A Drive

Top speed talk. Real talk. Don't speed, people. Don't top speed, bottom speed, side speed. Anything. Just settle into the slow lane and listen to Nick and Sam dance carefully around claiming any sort glamour around whether going fast is really the point of driving. Plus, we get into the strangely slow death of music in cars. Where are the pumping subs? The teenagers with definite hearing problems?...

WELCOME to Season 2 of your favourite podcast. The driving one you can listen to while driving and thinking about driving. In this blockbusting, bumper-to-bumper episode, we boggle our minds at the thrills, spills and dills that are Australia's holiday season streets. We eulogise the dead (yes: DEAD) icon of holiday motoring: the humble, practical station wagon. Sam pays tribute to the multi-gener...

Worry not, dear Just Drivers! We are back. Sam and Nick stagger from the post-Xmas pit stop to give the latest on car races, proper meet manners, and whether we just might do a Xmas episode. We warm up the vocal chords and moan about petrol prices. Set a new lap record on our latest bonus episode. And tell us: do you have a car tat? Insta: @justgoingforadrive Email:justgoingforadrive@gmail.com Hos...

Burning rubber! Slowly. And unevenly. Damn. How are wheel-alignments where our lives are at now? Sam and Nick tread carefully through the sticky world of tyres, and teach you how to change a flat, as well as how to avoid the embarrassing tutting of the Mobile Mechanic who has to come and torque off that last nut. Come and find out what the hell we're talking about, and decide whether you are reall...

First released in 1963, almost immediately re-named because of French people, and mostly driven by the elderly, it's ... a very special episode of Just Going For A Drive. Sam and Nick straighten their cloth caps, comb their beards, and record the starting mileage in a small, leather-bound book using a Porsche-branded golf pencil, before clattering off into the hills and autobahns in possibly the w...

Everyone wants one, but have you ever seen someone actually smiling in a Ferrari? Have you? Like Batman and Bruce Wayne, a grin and a Fezza are never seen together. On this episode we ask (and answer) the big question: does owning a Ferrari make you unhappy and how can I get one as soon as possible so that I can also feel this feeling? (We told you it was a big question.) Then, to lighten things u...

TEN! Ten. Ten episodes. Can you believe it? We can. We can believe it because we're there. And we celebrate this milestone (another driving term!) with a bumper episode dedicated to our beautiful listeners who write in. Nick and Sam answer Hannah's question "Why the hell are you zooming across all of those lanes? And why don't you know about indicators?". We shout-out to long-time supporter, Steph...

If you heard "Mighty Subaru" and thought "Mighty Boy", then this is the podcast for you. Somehow we forgot all about the world's tiniest ute, and went for the world's tiniest van. The incredible Subaru Sherpa stars in our Stories of Cars segment as a young Nick learns about rally driving, again forgetting about the most obvious Subaru rally machine, the WRX, until later in the episode. Rounding ou...

Where have we been?!? Where haven't we been. Nick and Sam pull over for a quick chat after an extended break. We farewell the much loved Horizon Saturdays car meet at the Brickworks Market, and bring you the latest trends in Moron Behaviour on Interstate Roads. You wouldn't believe what's out there. Or maybe you would. These people, I tell ya, one time-- wait. Just press play. In these mini-episod...

"Monsieur. Just put on your indicator and go." This eternally decent advice both informs and terrifies as Nick and Sam rush bravely screaming into Parisian traffic, bunny-hopping around centuries-old landmarks, and discovering what real mountains have to teach about real driving. If you've ever been involved in backing a trailer, either on the supply or demand side, you'll recognise the cross-hand...

Nick and Sam hit the road ... in someone else's brand new car! How DO you drive the finest metal around without actually having to hand over your life savings? Our handsome young reporter at large, Nick, hit the dealerships to discover the ins, outs and definitely-nots of booking a test drive. The boys share chilling tales of hitches hiked, hiking hitchers and everything in between. And our featur...

Just follow me, but make sure you keep up. You can definitely make that orange. Come ON! Just make sure you don't let anyone cut in front when you join Nick and Sam as we analyse another listener suggestion: the convoy (thanks, Dan!). You've both got to get there, but only one person knows where it is? Sounds like the Just Going For A Drive boys are hitting record on another smashing episode. And...

We're back! After the kind of disaster that only happens if you attempt to record a podcast in an open-top Captiva, Nick and Sam return in triumphant form (as always). On this episode we answer the urgent email from long-time listener, Graham, demanding the last word on The Rules of Car Parking. Who gets the park? What is the right way to park? And how do you avoid the shame of The Wrong Way To Pa...

How do they steer? No, really: HOW? They have no leverage! Nick and Sam dissect what should be the simplest thing in driving: holding the steering wheel. We move carefully and respectfully onto what makes a true Gangster Car. Is it machine guns? The sound of muffled pleading from the boot? We lay down the definitive factors that make a car truly a Made Car. And, lastly, we pay tribute to the first...

Sunday driver! [shakes fist] Calm down, and we'll talk about the people who you find careening down the b-roads of your local tourist spot. We explain the secrets of how to secure that glorious park out the front every time, and, we don't like to reveal too much in these write-ups, but we do give our measured and objective thoughts on the magnificent Toyota Corolla, Chariot of the Gods (Hey! I had...

What's that guy doing? Why is she swerving into that parked car? What's so interesting in his lap? Ahhhhh ... they're on the phone. You know who we mean, and we mean pretty much everyone. Join Nick and Sam as we shake our heads and tut at the social media addicts with which we share our roads (Like and subscribe! Tell your friends!) We find out exactly why the law had to change because of Sam's fi...

We all know them. Those people who cruise along in the overtaking lane, 4 ks under the speed limit, oblivious to everything from their own mirrors to the outside world. Join Nick and Sam and as they get to the bottom of exactly why they exist, what their deal is, and how you can bloody get around them. We also relive the horrors and delights of Nick's first car, and explore the Lamborghini Urus, a...