Ben and Jon Do Cars

This week as the weather has been so nice we delve into the sunny world of Convertibles - why they're great, why they're not, and why Ben has fallen for a horrible Fiat 500 Convertible. We also discuss the MG ZS180 and why we love them as part of this week's rate or slate and then it devolves into another trip down Rant Alley to discuss the worst kind of convertbiles and convertible owners.Give us a follow!YouTube:Ben and Jon Do Cars - YouTubeFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/BenandjondocarsInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/benandjondocars/Email your Rate or Slate submissions to bjdocars@gmail.comAlso give us a shout in the comments if you enjoyed the episode or if you've got any future video or podcast ideas.Let's Do It! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we have our first ever guest on the podcast! Long term friend and supporter of the channel Ross from Slip & Grip Automotive came down to chat about his life with cars, organising trackdays, doing stupid things as teenagers, working at the Nurburgring and much much more. This is a long one but it was awesome fun and definitely not the last time Ross will be on the show. Thanks for joining us dude.Go and check out Slip & Grip Automotive everywhere on the internet:Website: Home | Slip & Grip Automotive (slipandgripautomotive.co.uk)FacebookInstagramGive us a follow as well while you're at it!Youtube: Ben and Jon Do Cars - YouTubeFacebookInstagramAlso give us a shout in the comments if you enjoyed the episode or if you've got any future video or podcast ideas.Let's Do It! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week an unplanned podcast sees up meandering around the Monaco Grand Prix, the new Fast and Furious movie and a brief update on Ben's Lexus GS430 drift project before settling into a rather philosophical conversation pondering why Aston Martins have such an affect on you when driving them. We've been lucky enough to have access to a 2005 V8 Vantage Manual for the last week or so and we're both just head over heels in love with it even though on paper it doesn't seem like anything special. Why is that?Link to our YouTube:Ben and Jon Do Cars - YouTubeGo and watch our Volvo XC70 video!Bought Another Cheap Volvo - 2004 Volvo XC70 D5 review OFF ROAD LIFESTYLE - Ben and Jon Do Cars - YouTubeGive us a shout in the comments and get in touch at bjdocars@gmail.com to submit your car for Rate or Slate.Let's Do It! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we share a couple of new electric hot hatches that have caught our eye, maybe Electric Cars are finally offering FUN over just blistering acceleration? Also Ben's been to Ireland to watch round one of this year's Driftmasters European Championship, and we finish off with a nice trip down Rant Alley to discuss how discourteous drivers are nowadays and people who hog the middle lane.Go and watch the Volvo XC70 video!Bought Another Cheap Volvo - 2004 Volvo XC70 D5 review OFF ROAD LIFESTYLE - Ben and Jon Do Cars - YouTubeGive us a shout in the comments and get in touch at bjdocars@gmail.com to submit your car for Rate or Slate.Let's Do It! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're going through all of our favourite cars from the first 9 Fast and Furious movies, ready for Fast X to come out this week.Did we miss any good ones out? Do we have awful taste? Are we chatting shit? Get in touch and let us know!Link to YouTube:Ben and Jon Do Cars - YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week is a proper meandering pick 'n' mix of subjects, from an honest Audi A4 cab in for Rate or Slate, through some of our personal history including some dodgy antics in field cars as teenagers and then finishing up with an accidental trip down Rant Alley talking about VW killing off the Golf and people bragging about their car's theoretical horsepower.Get in touch if you want your car featured on Rate or Slate - just email bjdocars@gmail.com to be featured and as always feel free to comment any suggestions you may have for us to talk crap about!YouTube Link:Ben and Jon Do Cars - YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we decided to try and go through the best looking cars of all time - not most beautiful, mind, just the best looking.Clearly our age, generation and personal tastes have given us a heavy bias but we're still pretty happy with the final list. Did we miss anything off? Or get anything wrong? We're sure we did - let us know in the comments!Link to YouTube:Ben and Jon Do Cars - YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're going freestyle again and end up dissecting the exterior design of the new Hyundai Ioniq 6, discussing times we've committed random acts of petty theft and then tried to redeem ourselves with petty reimbursement before taking a slightly tired turn down Rant Alley to discuss a local story of a tracksuited man complaining he didn't get the service he was expecting in a Ferrari dealership.We were both pretty spent recording this and Ben had a pretty bad headache so apologies if the energy isn't quite as high as usual. We'll be back fighting fit again next week!Link to YouTube:Ben and Jon Do Cars - YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're talking about guilty pleasure cars - stuff that we love but don't want to, or feel embarrassed by. It turns into a bit of a therapy session to be honest and there's a lot of rambling nonsense (as per usual). Then we take our usual turn down Rant Alley to talk about smug EV owners - one in particular that's been playing on Ben's mind for the last year or so.Link to YouTube:Ben and Jon Do Cars - YouTubeLink to the Engineering Explained video comparing CO2 outputs for ICE and electric cars:Is Keeping Your Old Car Better For The Environment? - YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we have a chat to try and figure out who is going to buy the new electric Lotus Eletre SUV before going on to wax lyrical about how cool the P38 Range Rover is now. Also Ben tells another motorway breakdown story before heading over to Rant Alley to moan about tailgaters. Link to YouTube:Ben and Jon Do Cars - YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we reflect on some of our grandparents' cars during our childhood and try to guess what we might have when we're older and then an annoying Renault Megane advert sets us up for a chaotic Rant Alley.Link to YouTube:Ben and Jon Do Cars - YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This time we go through some of our worst breakdown stories and take a sideways step into talking about the Rover 200s we both had when we were 17 and the time Ben may have raced a Mustang up the M4 in his TVR...Link to YouTube:Ben and Jon Do Cars - YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This time we try going in without a planned topic and end up talking crap about some interesting cars that have caught our eye on the road lately, Jonny's new man crush on his mechanic with a mental twin turbo V8 swapped Subaru Justy and we take our first trip down Rant Alley to let off some steam, mainly about annoying pop and bang maps.JJ's YouTube to check out his Justy:j&j vehicle engineering - YouTubeLink to our YouTube:Ben and Jon Do Cars - YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This time we discuss the first race of the new F1 season and Alonso's amazing drive, do a deep dive into the time we crashed a car we were supposed to be filming and discuss the cars of Marrakech.Link to YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@BenandJonDoCars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Part 2 of our £1 Million dream car garage discussion after it went far too long for a single episode! A few interruptions from Mabel the dog and an ASOS delivery but hopefully that doesn't affect things too much!Link to YouTube:Ben and Jon Do Cars - YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 2, this time we sit down to discuss what we'd buy with £1 Million and end up rambling on for hours so have split it into two episodes. We have some actual microphones now (sort of) so audio quality should be a bit better too ;)Link to YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@BenandJonDoCars/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

First episode of our new Podcast - this time we discuss Ben's recent purchase of an old Volvo XC70, daily driving a drift car and what we're going to do with the YouTube channel this year.Audio quality isn't the best but will improve in the future, just bear with us!Link to YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@BenandJonDoCars/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.