Episode description

James Ruppert is the man with the pen behind the Bangermonics movement. As an automotive journalist, James has written for all the big names and still writes for car magazines today. However James also runs a business selling fly screens. Yup, fly screens...! In this podcast style James and Geoff sit down in a Mini to discuss old cars, the lack of flies, the weird skies, favourite shirts, three piece suits and amongst other things, Opel Asconas and Ford Taunses. Tauni? Tawny? Anyway, enjoy. And see more of James at https://www.jamesruppert.com/ TIME STAMPS 00:09 it’s hard driving an old car 00:54 modern alloy wheels are too big 03:10 nobody test drives cars anymore 05:32 where have all the pretty cars gone? 07:07 why don’t kids draw cars anymore? 11:03 where have all the flies and bugs gone? 18:30 the three piece suit and geoff’s lack of shirts 21:10 let’s play top trumps 24:39 NSU RO80 engines and design 29:35 the odd Mercedes-Benz SLC 30:40 Porsche 911 turbo and Geoff Slides Beetles 32:27 the Audi we never heard of 34:34 why are the British so happy buying Chinese EVs? 38:06 the decline of the true DNA of volvo 39:08 the vw scirocco, corrado, T roc debacle 41:17 the BMW no one wanted (that we now all want) 43:24 the diesel taxis of the scam of road taxation 46:47 what is a cockroach car…? 50:06 why hasn’t geoff run a car show yet?