Explore every episode of the podcast Car-Chum
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
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| 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. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Exhausting Stuff | 08 May 2025 | 00:27:38 | |
Do you like exhausts? Do you like listening to two people talk about exhausts? If that sounds like you, join Tony and his Car-Chum, car-journalist, Mike as they talk about...exhausts. | |||
| Clevedon Car Show & Real Cobra Ride | 28 Apr 2025 | 00:19:35 | |
The title I've carefully crafted there says enough, I think. Join me, Tony, with my Car-Chum and auto-author, Mike for this fortnight's CarShare quickie. | |||
| History Lesson 2: 1900 - 1910 | 10 Apr 2025 | 01:01:05 | |
If History Lesson 1 wasn’t enough… Tony and his Car-Chum, Mike, take a meander back through pioneering times just after the turn of the century. Who knew they had hybrids and four-wheel steering then? | |||
| Like it's on Rails | 27 Mar 2025 | 00:20:11 | |
Who knew Alignment could be so interesting and so much fun. Listen to this and find the answer. Tony and his auto-author Car-Chum, Mike, talk Toe in this fortnight's quickie Car Share update. | |||
| The French Connection | 13 Mar 2025 | 00:49:20 | |
Recorded in 2024, this episode sat abandoned at Car-Chum Studio Park and Resort...until now. With the passing of Gene Hackman, the content took on a some sense of purpose, so I dug it out and gave it the briefest of polishes. It's a bit raw, but timing is everything. Tony - that's me - is joined by his Car-Chum and auto-author Mike Renaut. Mike takes his research seriously and watched The French Connection several times in several rooms, on several sofas, in black and white and upside down for this episode. Was it worth it? You judge. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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? | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Brum Brum! NEC Classic (Show Coverage Special) | 14 Nov 2023 | 00:46:17 | |
Car-Chums Tony and Mike head to Birmingham for the NEC Classic Motor Show 2023. They catch up with loads of clubs, exhibitors and show organisers to give you a flavour of this year’s event. | |||
| Fast Cats, Facts and Fat Cats (with Sam Skelton, Classic Jaguar Editor) | 02 Nov 2023 | 00:51:48 | |
Classic Jaguar’s editor, Sam Skelton, joins Tony and Mike on this edition of the Car-Chum Podcast. There’s a bit of Jag stuff, but oh so much more besides. Sam also reveals the most comfortable car on sale – and it is not what you would expect. Go on: take a guess. And then take a listen to this edition of the ever-entertaining Car-Chum. | |||
| Car-Chum's Junkyard Geese | 19 Oct 2023 | 00:50:18 | |
What’s the opposite of a Mini? A Maxi. The opposite of a boring automotive podcast? Car-Chum. And a Main Stealer’s parts counter? A scrap or junk yard. And that’s exactly where Car-Chum has been consigned to today. Join Tony and his Car-Chum Mike as they bathe in oil, balance toppling cars and play with the geese. The geese? Keep listening… | |||
| Pick up a Pickup | 05 Oct 2023 | 00:52:20 | |
They say ‘use it or lose it’ and clearly I don’t. I’ve already forgotten the difference between Fleetside and Stepside. Best listen to this fabulous episode of Car-Chum again to jog the mind. Pickups – that’s the subject of this Car-Chum episode. | |||
| Simply the Best...Road Car | 21 Sep 2023 | 00:50:52 | |
If you set the rules and make up your own criteria, you can argue anything with this one. As Tony and Mike ably prove in this edition, there are so many parameters for what makes a truly great road car. | |||
| Welcome to the Jumble (Beaulieu Autojumble Show Coverage Special) | 04 Sep 2023 | 00:47:17 | |
Car-Chum doesn't do Special Editions; we leave to Peugeot and Ford in 1992. If we did though, this episode would be one such example. And so much more than just a tilt-only glass sunroof to make it special. Join Tony and Mike at the Beaulieu Autojumble 2023 as they rummage for treasure with Matt Richardson from Furious Driving, Steph from Lancaster Insurance (and I Drive a Classic, of course), Danny Hopkins of Practical Classics fame. The Chums also get a guided tour of the Autojumble from Beaulieu's Ben Coleman. Oh - and they also ride the Monorail. Well, it'd be rude not to. | |||
| The Golden Hour Part 2 | 31 Aug 2023 | 00:44:26 | |
I got my Car-Chum Mike to promise he wouldn’t make me guess a year that pre-dates my Bronze Age relatives. To be fair the year was good. Mine was a lot newer, so hopefully there’s something for every taste. And what taste you have in choosing the Car-Chum Podcast. Sit back, savour the delights of the second instalment of The Golden Hour – and guess the year. | |||
| Luxury | 17 Aug 2023 | 00:54:27 | |
What is luxury? Fine wines, fine food and The Car-Chum Podcast. There. Just saved 50 minuntes of listening. Hang on! What about what makes a car luxurious? Join Tony and his motoring journalist chum Mike as they deliver the ultimate definition – with a few laughs along the way. | |||