Jennifer here. A few years ago, my husband was travelling back from a funeral with his parents and a pheasant slammed into the top of the passenger door and through the open window into my mother in-law. Blood and feathers everywhere. The bird was pretty much expired and Linda only sustained a scratch on her arm, but this is just one of a litany of automotive accidents where they were never at fault, two which were drunk drivers causing them serious injury. I don't know how they ever managed to keep getting behind the wheel, but living in rural Nova Scotia, you don't have the option of regular public transit. Linda had buzzing in her ear for a year after the 2nd drunk driver incident damaged her leg and broke her back- turned out to be a piece of vinyl from the door card lodged in her eardrum.
Buttery biscuit base reminds me of the Swedemason drum & bass mix "Buttery Biscuit Bass" featuring Gregg Wallace of Master Chef fame. It's available on this here UA-cam.
@smithandsniff he obviously has excellent taste. Perhaps this is another term to add to the Smith and Sniff lexicon and all that. Keep the good work you pair of SSGs from deepest darkest Ashby De La Zouch. PS: Jonny I spotted a Honda Insight in the wild in Woodville. A rare sighting in these parts.
Road tar removal: Microfibre towel and WD40. Dab at it first, then when it starts to soften, wipe it off. Or, google Desolvit Citrus Degreaser. Do not us brake clean or solvent. Paint, wax, plastics etc. make those too risky.
The song playing during an accident part of this podcast reminds me of the time my friend threw his Focus estate hard into a roundabout at a speed far higher than his budget winter tyres could handle. The rear end slid out, he counter steered, great we thought, he's got this... until it flicked us the other way, we span right around ending up facing oncoming traffic just after a roundabout on the A12. What song was playing loudly through his Focus speakers I hear you ask. It was of course, Dead or Alive hit song, You spin me round. A very apt song for our trip around the cars own length.
One of our van, drivers back in the day, had a seagull fly in the open drivers window as he was driving along the bypass... carnage... luckily he didn't crash, but the seagull didn't survive and the remains took some time to clean up.
Laughed out loud on the train from Lancashire to West Yorks on Micra collection phenomenon. Enjoyed the death convo strangely and trust my transport of choice this morning passes through the county borders safely, and indeed back in the car later.
Dearest SSG's. I'd highly recommend a product called 'Sticky Stuff Remover' for tar spots, caressed tenderly with cotton buds. There's also the added bonus it removes other sticky stuff such as the leftover residue of those infernal labels seemingly glued on with now banned epoxy. Anyway, once the tar has been removed, best to then finish treat with wax as Jonny mentioned. You may then proclaim "Cheers mate TAR mate bye".
Generations of various Marks together, I think the Toyota Celica, the 1st Gen is a thing of beauty but then pick any from the 2nd to 6th Gen(7th Gen bit of a weak link) models.
My mate wrote off his mum's Toyota Tercel after pulling out of a junction in to the path of another car. The song playing when everything else fell silent after the crash - BBC/Various Artists' Perfect Day ’97. He was forced to drive his mum's replacement Fiesta 1.1 after that, waaay less cool than the Tercel.
Fatal accident counties and music playing when discovered are not things I've considered before. That's my driving daydreaming sorted out for the next few years. Thanks!?
Driving a bus, once, I had a large bird (I didn't stop to find out what species) fly at speed into my side window with a terrifying bang! If I'd had my window open, there would have been a real chance of bird/temple impact.... sorry Richard....
Richard Porter, here in suburban Australia its nesting season and I have a daily encounter with a fiesty butcher bird who routinely swoops and pecks to protect his nest like it was a contractual obligation. There are no hard feelings. The bird will sit in a shrub and listen to me explaining that I mean it no harm only to swoop and peck again as i walk away and repeat the routine next morning. This would be great bird therapy for Richard. A decent hat and sunglasses are highly recommended for WH&S
Agree. Usually try tar remover or WD40 and gentle wipe first (in case there's grit in there too) but often need to resort to ensuring panel is nice and clean then very mild soap solution and clay bar (which also removes all those tiny rust particle spots).
that's a good place to start. I've always used Tarminator Bug and Tar Remover followed quickly with some quick detail and never had issues with it, though never really used it on older paint. Might be a bit harsh but certainly less tough on paint than brake cleaner!
A mate of mine flipped his dad's Rover 213 on its side on black ice on the back roads of Clitheroe back in the 9 d's with me and another mate traveling in the car be it at fairly low speeds (around 40mph) hanging from the seatbelts, we released ourselves and climbed out of the car and pushed it back on to its wheels, during said event the tunes were still playing on the stez, we fell about pissing ourselves in the middle of the road on a winters eve after what had happened, the only damage was the N/S/F passenger window and mirror which smashed on impact plus some A pillar/door damage which was where i was sat, needless to say we spent the return journey home thinking of an excuse to give his dad on the causes of the slight skirmish lol ;o)
Stamford has a border between Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire so you don't actually have 4 counties meeting at a point. However, at only 20m long it is the shortest border between 2 English counties so that is at least partly interesting if you were to die there Jonny, not that I'm wishing that upon you obviously. Maybe you could have an accident all of the way along the border between the two counties? Start in Rutland, scrape along the border teetering in and out between Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire before grinding to a halt in Cambridgeshire with Marillian still playing?
Jennifer here. A few years ago, my husband was travelling back from a funeral with his parents and a pheasant slammed into the top of the passenger door and through the open window into my mother in-law. Blood and feathers everywhere. The bird was pretty much expired and Linda only sustained a scratch on her arm, but this is just one of a litany of automotive accidents where they were never at fault, two which were drunk drivers causing them serious injury. I don't know how they ever managed to keep getting behind the wheel, but living in rural Nova Scotia, you don't have the option of regular public transit. Linda had buzzing in her ear for a year after the 2nd drunk driver incident damaged her leg and broke her back- turned out to be a piece of vinyl from the door card lodged in her eardrum.
The Tekron ad is perfection. Tekron…Ron…Ron.
Buttery biscuit base reminds me of the Swedemason drum & bass mix "Buttery Biscuit Bass" featuring Gregg Wallace of Master Chef fame. It's available on this here UA-cam.
I think our listener was making a deliberate reference to this excellent track from backintheday.
@smithandsniff he obviously has excellent taste. Perhaps this is another term to add to the Smith and Sniff lexicon and all that. Keep the good work you pair of SSGs from deepest darkest Ashby De La Zouch.
PS: Jonny I spotted a Honda Insight in the wild in Woodville. A rare sighting in these parts.
Road tar removal: Microfibre towel and WD40. Dab at it first, then when it starts to soften, wipe it off. Or, google Desolvit Citrus Degreaser.
Do not us brake clean or solvent. Paint, wax, plastics etc. make those too risky.
The song playing during an accident part of this podcast reminds me of the time my friend threw his Focus estate hard into a roundabout at a speed far higher than his budget winter tyres could handle. The rear end slid out, he counter steered, great we thought, he's got this... until it flicked us the other way, we span right around ending up facing oncoming traffic just after a roundabout on the A12. What song was playing loudly through his Focus speakers I hear you ask. It was of course, Dead or Alive hit song, You spin me round. A very apt song for our trip around the cars own length.
Would love the RX7's back. FD Spirit R Type A in blue with those original BBS wheels is perfection.
One of our van, drivers back in the day, had a seagull fly in the open drivers window as he was driving along the bypass... carnage... luckily he didn't crash, but the seagull didn't survive and the remains took some time to clean up.
Laughed out loud on the train from Lancashire to West Yorks on Micra collection phenomenon. Enjoyed the death convo strangely and trust my transport of choice this morning passes through the county borders safely, and indeed back in the car later.
Dearest SSG's. I'd highly recommend a product called 'Sticky Stuff Remover' for tar spots, caressed tenderly with cotton buds. There's also the added bonus it removes other sticky stuff such as the leftover residue of those infernal labels seemingly glued on with now banned epoxy.
Anyway, once the tar has been removed, best to then finish treat with wax as Jonny mentioned. You may then proclaim "Cheers mate TAR mate bye".
Generations of various Marks together, I think the Toyota Celica, the 1st Gen is a thing of beauty but then pick any from the 2nd to 6th Gen(7th Gen bit of a weak link) models.
My mate wrote off his mum's Toyota Tercel after pulling out of a junction in to the path of another car. The song playing when everything else fell silent after the crash - BBC/Various Artists' Perfect Day ’97.
He was forced to drive his mum's replacement Fiesta 1.1 after that, waaay less cool than the Tercel.
Fatal accident counties and music playing when discovered are not things I've considered before. That's my driving daydreaming sorted out for the next few years. Thanks!?
Lol Buttery Biscuit Bass is a Swedemason reference. The song is around here somewhere
Happy Friday you flutes
Is it just me or did Richard sound very unconvinced by Technical Ronald and magic engine sauce?
Driving a bus, once, I had a large bird (I didn't stop to find out what species) fly at speed into my side window with a terrifying bang! If I'd had my window open, there would have been a real chance of bird/temple impact.... sorry Richard....
Richard Porter, here in suburban Australia its nesting season and I have a daily encounter with a fiesty butcher bird who routinely swoops and pecks to protect his nest like it was a contractual obligation. There are no hard feelings. The bird will sit in a shrub and listen to me explaining that I mean it no harm only to swoop and peck again as i walk away and repeat the routine next morning. This would be great bird therapy for Richard. A decent hat and sunglasses are highly recommended for WH&S
I often think of what song would / wouldn't be good to have playing when pulled over by the police...
'song of the wankles ' playing live on 6 music 😂 Three gens of Granada's for me.
Clay bar and soapy solution would remove the tar spots 👍
Agree. Usually try tar remover or WD40 and gentle wipe first (in case there's grit in there too) but often need to resort to ensuring panel is nice and clean then very mild soap solution and clay bar (which also removes all those tiny rust particle spots).
that's a good place to start. I've always used Tarminator Bug and Tar Remover followed quickly with some quick detail and never had issues with it, though never really used it on older paint. Might be a bit harsh but certainly less tough on paint than brake cleaner!
I was once told - Olive Oil
A mate of mine flipped his dad's Rover 213 on its side on black ice on the back roads of Clitheroe back in the 9 d's with me and another mate traveling in the car be it at fairly low speeds (around 40mph) hanging from the seatbelts, we released ourselves and climbed out of the car and pushed it back on to its wheels, during said event the tunes were still playing on the stez, we fell about pissing ourselves in the middle of the road on a winters eve after what had happened, the only damage was the N/S/F passenger window and mirror which smashed on impact plus some A pillar/door damage which was where i was sat, needless to say we spent the return journey home thinking of an excuse to give his dad on the causes of the slight skirmish lol ;o)
RE: Border death convo, I'd agree with the mile. Half mile sound too bordery?
Stamford has a border between Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire so you don't actually have 4 counties meeting at a point. However, at only 20m long it is the shortest border between 2 English counties so that is at least partly interesting if you were to die there Jonny, not that I'm wishing that upon you obviously. Maybe you could have an accident all of the way along the border between the two counties? Start in Rutland, scrape along the border teetering in and out between Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire before grinding to a halt in Cambridgeshire with Marillian still playing?
3 generations of Ford Escort.
Obvious car choice for three gens of the same model but less obvious choice of generations: R31, 32, 33 Skylines.
Micra trinity has to be K10, K11, K12
You sank a Qashqai
A doesn't matter anymore door.
It would have been Admart Jonny
Are you guys planning a live show in Wales at all soon?
Couple of flippin flesh wounds.
Techron you say ? If only I'd not spent all my money on other products like Redex and Slick 50, none of which are snake oil.
The Song of the Wankels...Wagner?
😅 the Ride of the Wankelry?
G'day! 😋
Dan Dare you - nice (Johnny’s wit is wasted here)