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| Titre | Date | Durée | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flipping Bangers (with Gus Gregory and Will Trickett) | 12 Nov 2025 | 00:46:17 | |
Flipping Bangers' Gus Gregory and Will Trickett are treated to unsolicited car facts by Tony and historical stalking by Mike. That's Car-Chum for you. | |||
| Rules, Rules, Rules: The Madness of ULEZ and Tax | 31 Jul 2025 | 00:27:40 | |
One in, one out: that's Car-Chum's new mantra. Not Tony and his Car-Chum, Mike, obvs - rules! Make a new one; get rid of an old one. And please, please, please make sense of Road Tax and City Emissions rules; they're both madly complex and self-defeating. If you read that, you just saved yourself 27 minutes of listening. | |||
| F1 & Gutter Talk | 27 Feb 2025 | 00:22:20 | |
Tony’s been to the F1 Experience and his Car-Chum, Mike, has had an experience. In a gutter. On the plus side, he got a badge for doing it. | |||
| Just a Decade Ago... | 04 Nov 2021 | 00:53:13 | |
Just a decade ago the sky was blue, the sun shone every day and you could buy any car you wanted for sixpence. So why didn’t we? This week, Mike joins Tony again to kick off the new series by dwelling on the recent past! All the cars we could have bought – nee should have bought and a few that we’re glad we didn’t. That, plus much more of course, in this week’s Car-Chum. | |||
| Behind the Scenes...sort of | 29 Oct 2021 | 00:19:51 | |
Well, it was supposed to be a sneak peak behind the scenes, but we soon discovered there wasn’t much to see. So Mike talked about models and car chases while I went for car brochures and press cars. I’d like to say it’s better in reality than description… | |||
| Close But No Cigar. Second attempt | 17 Oct 2021 | 00:51:49 | |
How we dart seamlessly between a humble 1.3litre Cavalier and a mighty seven hundred horse Hellcat has to be heard to be believed. Chuck in a couple of Matras, a Manta, Mercedes and an M1 and you have this week's Car-Chum. | |||
| Close But No Cigar. First attempt | 08 Oct 2021 | 00:44:36 | |
A new take on a variety show this week for CarChum. It started out as cars that just missed the mark, but ended up with a Skoda Felicia Pickup and a couple of average travel guides. And then there’s motorbikes, trains, busses and lorries. Probably the only things missing are planes. | |||
| The Engine Size Quiz | 01 Oct 2021 | 00:38:32 | |
I name a capacity; you name a car, model and preferably a fact that is both a fact and interesting. Add to that a no-Google guarantee.Sounds like fun, no? If you like that sort of thing. Luckily Tony and Mike do like that kind of thing and even accidentally displayed a hint of knowledge. Loads of brands, loads of models, a few things you might not have known before. That’s this week’s Car-Chum. | |||
| Trash on the Dash | 24 Sep 2021 | 00:41:26 | |
A pet peeve of mine – jumbled junk in the car – particularly stuff that doesn’t really do anything useful. It’s not just accessory shops that are guilty; manufacturers, too, can get a little carried away. | |||
| Mark II | 15 Sep 2021 | 00:52:16 | |
If you’re looking for the most complex description of Saab’s model line up and numbering system or you enjoy questionable renditions of ‘Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off’, allow me to recommend this week’s edition of Car-Chum. If you want a considered and serious digest on second generation car models like Ford’s Capri, the C2 Corvette, Mercedes W210 E Class and the Jaguar MkII…you’re still in the right place. Sort of. | |||
| Influencers | 08 Sep 2021 | 00:44:21 | |
The height of fashion and cutting edge social media trailblazing for Tony and Mike this week as the chums reveal the cars that influenced their formative automotive years. From the Ford Country Squire to Fiat 131 Mirafiori, from the Vauxhall Senator to the DeLorean DMC-12 – this episode has it all. | |||
| Love at first sight | 31 Aug 2021 | 00:42:04 | |
Mike teaches Tony how to say Alpine (as in A110), Tony teaches Mike how to say Pallas. And was Marcus Tandy’s A610 really an Alpine when it blew up in the last episode of BBC’s Eldorado? | |||
| I wish I hadn't sold that | 31 Aug 2021 | 00:25:49 | |
Swedish-square design, dependable dating and tiny wheels all feature along with an unbreakable Range Rover Classic and the marvellously mundane Sierra, Montego and Volvo 240. | |||
| Car-Chum's Centenary Edition. Or is it? | 13 Feb 2025 | 00:34:41 | |
Tony has totally lost confidence in whether this is actually the 100th episode. And his Car-Chum, Mike, has no idea either. Regardless, the chums treat it with all the reverence you would expect. | |||
| The Car's the Star | 31 Aug 2021 | 00:22:19 | |
Tony accidentally stumbles on Mike’s favourite subject – cars of TV and Film fame. Turns out, he knows rather a lot about it. | |||
| Pilot of the Roadways | 31 Aug 2021 | 00:21:50 | |
Exploding aircon, taped-over service lights, dogleg gearboxes and stationery Rover P6s. It’s a quality start for Car-Chum. | |||
| Snow Day, not Slow Day | 30 Jan 2025 | 00:15:59 | |
Grab a Slushie and listen to this old slush about slush. But wait, there's more! A broken Jimny Dipstick and...well, there must be more. Surely. | |||
| ICE ICE BABY | 16 Jan 2025 | 00:52:13 | |
It's cold outside, so what could be more appropriate than Tony and his Car-Chum, Mike, delving into ICE? Oh! Hang on. In Car Entertainment. Kind of like Car-Chum itself: entertainment in your car. Enough! Get on with it! | |||
| Dead Brands & Motorcycles | 02 Jan 2025 | 00:25:39 | |
In this edition of Car-Chum's Car Share Tony muses on why his driveway is populated by dead brands and Mike drops the mic by saying he wants to go two-wheelin'. | |||
| Genesis & the Pursuit of Perfection | 19 Dec 2024 | 00:22:02 | |
How very festive? Not. In this edition of Car-Chum's Car Share, Tony and his Car-Chum Mike deliberate the future sales aspirations of niche brands like Genesis. They also discover differences in their willingness to compromise on functioning features. Happy Christmas. | |||
| History Lesson 1: Pre-1900 | 05 Dec 2024 | 00:59:17 | |
A rip-snorting 12-part blast through the history of the automobile. Decade by decade, the Car-Chums pick their choice moments of development, innovation and dead ends. Tony and his automotive journalist chum Mike also tell their personal tales from behind the wheel (or tiller) and choose a standout product from each period. | |||
| Car Shopping & a Naughty Knob | 21 Nov 2024 | 00:17:53 | |
Car-Chum host Tony goes Polestar shopping in Battersea and his car chum Mike wrestles with a forty year old knob in his BMW. The usual fayre. | |||
| Live at NEC Classic Motor Show | 08 Nov 2024 | 00:46:52 | |
Car-Chum took to the stage live at the NEC Classic Motor Show 2024. Join Tony and his Car-Chum Mike in the Podcast Lounge. They're joined by award winning author Simon Charlesworth for a ramble around motor shows past and present. | |||
| Mongolian Maestro & Blinged Up Boxster | 24 Oct 2024 | 00:17:04 | |
Should a round-the-world Maestro be left in peace asks Car-Chum host Tony? And should a Porsche Boxter be taken to pieces wonders his Car-Chum Mike? | |||
| History 3: 1910 - 1920 | 10 Jul 2025 | 01:07:34 | |
In this episode, the Car-Chums offer you the chance to experience the decade in realtime with them. Find out all about hand-cranking, ghosts and vixens. It’s a jam-packed, fun-filled frolic through the decade that gave us the Model T and an hour of Car-Chum. | |||
| NEC Classic Motor Show Shameless Plug | 15 Oct 2024 | 00:08:04 | |
As per the title! Car-Chum is off to Birmingham again in November...but this time we're on stage. (Quick: think of something interesting to say.) | |||
| Simply British at Beaulieu | 10 Oct 2024 | 00:49:15 | |
It’s showtime again and Car-Chum was invited to cover Beaulieu’s Simply British event. Join Tony and his Car-Chum Mike demonstrating what they don’t know as they take a leisurely wander around the show. | |||
| Rustival 2 - The Sequel - The Return Of | 28 Sep 2024 | 00:24:33 | |
If you liked Rustival 1, you'll love Rustival 2. And this time Car-Chum made it onto the stage. With permission! Here's Tony and Mike's doing what they do - all hosted by Practical Classics' Danny Hopkins. | |||
| Concepts | 26 Sep 2024 | 00:52:43 | |
Ever been faintly disappointed by the reality after the Concept? Just wait until you hear this episode. | |||
| Dignitary for a Day and Chepstow Club | 12 Sep 2024 | 00:13:21 | |
Welcome to Car-Chum’s Car Share – a monthly update on what’s happening. And what’s not happening. And what should be happening. And might have happened if only… | |||
| Complete One Car | 30 Aug 2024 | 00:56:11 | |
It wasn’t Tony; it was his Car-Chum Mike. The episode title is his work. | |||
| Toys | 04 Jul 2024 | 00:46:27 | |
| Supermodel | 20 Jun 2024 | 00:52:06 | |
Fancy listening to two men with no hands-on experience of the subject talk about car design? Great! Here's your chance. It's the latest edition of Car-Chum where auto journalist Mike Renaut joins Tony to impart great wisdom and 'humour'. There's also a fascinating critique of the Jag E-Type's design. All to look forward to then... | |||
| An Inside Job | 16 May 2024 | 00:49:23 | |
They say it’s what is inside that really matters. Just ask the designer of the Ssangyong Rodius. Tony and his Car-Chum Mike set about finding out if interiors are the deciding factor for 38.6% of new car buyers. | |||
| A Rally Good Episode | 02 May 2024 | 00:53:54 | |
Tony and Mike go Rallying …from the comfort of their studios. Join Tony and his Car-Chum Mike as they delve sideways first into the hedge via the ditch. | |||
| Woodlice Cars and The New One-Door Bentley | 05 Jun 2025 | 00:25:01 | |
Give Car-Chum twenty minutes of your time and it will give you the collective noun for a group of Woodlice. Add to that, some design language, no bad language and some learned discourse and you have this fortnight's quickie catchup with the Chums. We call it Car-Chum's Car-Share. | |||
| Mustang is 60 | 19 Apr 2024 | 00:54:32 | |
Happy Birthday Ford Mustang! Sixty years ago this week – well, the week we made this edition of Car-Chum. Join Tony and Mike as they saddle up and talk Pony. Whatever that means. | |||
| Testing Testing (With Vicky Parrott) | 28 Mar 2024 | 00:50:21 | |
What’s it like to be a roadtester? Imagine a different new car on your driveway every week, endless track-time and glitzy trips to launches in Monaco. Now imagine if Tony and his Car-Chum Mike had thought to ask some of these questions of Vicky Parrott - roadtester, editor, writer, presenter and rather good driver. Instead they did this. Testing Testing from Car-Chum. | |||
| What a Tool! (Practical Classics Resto Show Coverage) | 23 Mar 2024 | 00:21:42 | |
Car-Chum’s on the road yet again this week, this time to the Practical Classics Restoration Show at the NEC. Tony and his Car-Chum, Mike, have tools on the mind… | |||
| Rustival Show Coverage | 11 Mar 2024 | 00:43:52 | |
Car-Chum heads to the British Motor Museum in Warwickshire to cover the inaugural Rustival car show. Tony and his Car-Chum, Mike, bump into to some familiar faces and new characters from ‘the scene’. | |||
| A-T, A-T, ATV | 07 Mar 2024 | 00:41:19 | |
Tony and Mike head off the potholed tarmac to explore All Terrain Vehicles. From Mars to Iceland and EVs to tractor pulling, this is the Car-Chum episode that doesn’t need roads where it going. | |||
| Out with the New; In with the Old (with Matt Richardson from Furious Driving) | 22 Feb 2024 | 00:54:36 | |
Youtube sensation(!), Matt Richardson from Furious Driving fails to learn from his mistake in joining Car-Chum years ago, by turning up again. On this edition of Car-Chum, Tony and Mike cross-examine each other – and Matt – on the vexed question: Old or New? | |||
| Autonomous for the People (with Noah Gedrimas, VP Strategy at GPR) | 08 Feb 2024 | 00:52:43 | |
Car-Chum opens the door to the future in this episode…and finds someone rather knowledgeable on the other side (of that door). Noah Gedrimas, VP of Strategy at GPR (Ground Positioning Radar), joins Tony and his Car-Chum Mike to autonomously talk auto autonomy. | |||
| Crime Cars | 25 Jan 2024 | 00:54:37 | |
Car-Chum feels the long arm of the law in this episode. Tony's joined by his regular Car-Chum and motoring journalist, Mike to tell the stories of cars and their drivers getting nicked! From Bonnie and Clyde's letter to Henry Ford, through the-most-stolen Ford Capri, to modern-day dodgy data dealings, it's all here on this edition of Car-Chum. | |||
| Here is the News 🗞️ | 11 Jan 2024 | 00:46:19 | |
Just occasionally, something car-ry happens that’s deemed interesting enough to bump celebrity tittle-tattle out of the news. Tony and Mike mine the archives to find such car news that made it…to the news. So, Here is the News. | |||
| Wintry Tales and Winter Tyres (with Ben Field, MD Vintage Tyres) | 28 Dec 2023 | 00:52:43 | |
Tyre expert Ben Field – Vintage Tyre MD – joins Tony and Mike on this episode of Car-Chum. They tell tales of great winter driving bravery. Well, getting stuck on the driveway anyway. Also, there’s a free winter tyre fact buried in all the fun, too. Get a grip and join Car-Chum for this winter wonderland special. | |||
| Named and Shamed | 22 May 2025 | 00:48:39 | |
Do you love cars? And do you love the thought of Etymology? Great! You've come to the right place. Tony and his Car-Chum Mike - noted car writer and something else - take a deep and intellectual dive into the world of car naming. | |||
| On Tow! | 14 Dec 2023 | 00:45:37 | |
Grab your high-viz and join Car-Chum in its favourite location – bonnet up by the side of the road. This time, Tony and Mike unravel the knot in the tow rope, search for the missing trailer ramp and get creative making a ‘temporary’ number plate. Caution: Car-Chum’s On Tow! | |||
| Take a Break | 30 Nov 2023 | 00:52:32 | |
Don’t fast forward, don’t walk off, don’t start scrolling! Car-Chum’s taking a break for ad breaks. In this episode, Tony and his Car-Chum Mike delve deep into the world of automotive advertising. | |||
| Brum Brum! NEC Classic 2 (Show Coverage Special) | 15 Nov 2023 | 00:42:55 | |
More from the Car-Chums as Tony and Mike finish their weekend at the Classic Motor Show 2023. | |||