We're joined for this episode by a fellow podcaster, one half of the Tyre Kickers!
Matt shares podcasting notes, but also delights in sharing with us his earliest car memories.
From playing in Dad's Citroen and Bedford van through to a play shed complete with the interior of a Bedford van, we also touch on Alfa Sud's, getting insurance quotes as a newly qualified driver and then finish on driving the local Milkfloat every week aged only ten!!
This is a great light hearted chat, and we hope you will enjoy it as much as we did making it.
Please do check out the Tyre Kickers podcast in all the usual places, it's a great listen.

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A very quick reminder that the NEC Classic Car show is only a few weeks away now. We've been dropping the somewhat snazzy Mike Brewer ad throughout our back catalogue, but here you can enjoy a few minutes of us chatting about the event.

To get an extra £2 off your advance ticket booking please use the code MYDADSCAR3 at the checkout.
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Also check out our Social Media this week for a chance to win a pair of Adult tickets for your day of choice.

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Welcome back to season 5 of My Dad's Car!
We are joined by Paul Gardner from SpeedBroker who found us through our popular social media game 'Car Spotting Tennis' in which we trade interesting vehicle spots with a racquet sports twist.
It was a black Citroen BX that Jon spotted that used to belong to Paul's Dad.
He had a run of mundane cars Paul recalls...
Boring stuff - Toyota Corolla, Citroen BX (boring at the time), Nissan Primera, Almera, Mum's Mini, Morris Minor the list goes on...
Along with the rebellion from his parents bade taste was his Uncle's taste in motor vehicles that lit the spark, firstly a pair of matching Tornado Red Mk2 Golf GTI's, then his Mk3 Cavalier GSI 'was the fastest car in the world' when he was a kid!

We also explore music (Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen) breaking down in a tunnel in a friends Skoda Rapide...

Follow Paul's business online here: Vehicle Listings - SpeedBroker and on Instagram here: Speed broker • Complete Vehicle Concierge (@speedbrokers) • Instagram photos and videos

Hope you enjoy this episode, and join us for another in a few weeks time.

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Join us for a lighthearted look back at Goodwood Revival 2024.
Andy was there on a very damp Friday, and Jon enjoyed a slightly drier visit with his wife on the Saturday.
Talk wafts from first impressions, through to ticket touts, the use of cigars as a celebratory token, our friend Tim Crighton (previous guest) scoring pole position in an Austin Healey, and following that up with a stellar battle on track in the race, bagging a frustrating second place (as the race was red flagged whilst he was leading).
We take a tangent on Oasis, and have a foray into F1 too.
We hope you enjoy it!

Join us on Tuesday 15th October when Season 5 gets underway!

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Join us for a quick chat 'off topic' on the subject of number plates.
This came up when we spoke to Danny James, and this bonus episode was born out of the out-takes from that recording session, along with a more structured secondary discussion to fill in the gaps.

We hope it keeps you mildly entertained!

Stay tuned, Season 5 will be with you shortly!

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Join us for a great chat with Sheridan from We Blog Any Car for a trip down memory lane.
It starts with his Dad's Vauxhall Viva in bright metallic green (with the obligatory vinyl roof), and in juxtaposition, his colleagues and customers Audi 100s with their 5 cylinder engines.
His Dad didn't drive fast (whilst listening to country music or Boney-M on his Pioneer radio cassette with electric aerial) but he was fond of a wheelspin in the wet, and once tried to race a Mazda RX7...
After the Viva came a brown Mk2 Cavalier saloon, which he later 'facelifted' with parts from work. A bit like the 'One bit at a time' song by Jonny Cash.

Much to our joy, the Citroen BX comes up in discussion, belonging to a teacher at school. Likewise a Mk1 Golf GTI with which the keys were trusted to Sheridan to go and retrieve things by his teacher, should any school stuff be left inside during lessons.

Talk then changes to suggestions for classic cars and investment cars of the future. The Mk1 Audi TT is Andy's choice, Sheridan albeit with bias is backing the Alfa GTV and Spyder of the late nineties.
We discuss what cars need to have or not have to make the cut, and we feel part of this is a lack of availability, perhaps having fallen out of favour or been a bit rubbish when first available. The MG ZR or the Proton Satria GTI might just make the mark.

We hope you enjoy this episode (one of our longest to date) and if you do, please consider supporting us by buying a coffee or donating on a monthly basis.

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We're joined for this episode by Andy's cousin Sally Alington. By day she is the Founder and CEO of Ethos Farm and high flying business woman, at the weekends she loves going for a drive in her Ford Mustang... A car that was not at all influenced by her parents choices, except perhaps for the fact they named her Sally!

Expect stories of matresses in the back of Mini vans, a Citroen 2CV with a roll back roof (which Sally and her brother Luke would stand up and look out through).
There's talk of a carpet cleaning business (hence the mini Van) and Sally's Mum Angela gets lots of airtime, having previously worked as a London Taxi Driver.

Her Nan is also a key part to this episode, choosing to leave her keys in her car so she wouldn't lose them in the house - in fact leaving them in the ignition, but hiding them behind a winter glove!

Lastly we finish on tales of holiday hire cars, a free Porsche wedding car and a Business Class day trip to New York with her Dad for her 13th birthday.

We hope you enjoy this one, and please leave us a review if you do.

Find out more about Sally's work here: Ethos Farm

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Jamie Orr joins us for a chat about all things automotive from his younger years. Growing up in Scotland there were Minis, Metros and Ford Sierras. Later on, he moved down south and was taught to drive at the legendary TRL (home of GTI International).
His Dad used to restore motorbikes in a high rise flat, had a manual lathe from a submarine, and bought a Lotus Elise as his company car! But both of his parents are petrol heads - now driving a VW Beetle and Mk4 Golf with BBS alloys!

We touch on the DVLA in Swansea, how this may have been a 'gift' from the Government in lieu of closing the coal mines. In fact the DVLA was formed in Swansea in 1965 and the mines closed in the 1980's but it was a nice theory!

We also speak about how Jamie got into VWs (his grandparents Scirocco Storm may have been a slight influence) but he bought his first when he moved to the USA.
We hope you enjoy these tales and many more in this great episode.

Find Jamie Orr here: Jamie Orr – Traveling the world looking for cars and adventures

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