Car-Chum

Send Car-Chum a TextDo 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.  Support the show

Send Car-Chum a TextDo 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.Support the show

Send Car-Chum a TextThe 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.  Support the show

Send Car-Chum a TextIf 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?Support the show

Send Car-Chum a TextWho 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.Support the show

Send Car-Chum a TextRecorded 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.Support the show

Send Car-Chum a TextTony'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.Support the show

Send Car-Chum a TextTony 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.  Support the show

Send Car-Chum a TextGrab 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.  Support the show

Send Car-Chum a TextIt'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!Support the show

Send Car-Chum a TextIn 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'.Support the show

Send Car-Chum a TextHow 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.Support the show

Send Car-Chum a TextA 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.   This episode: where it all started.  Maybe a little bit before, but not too much horse. Support the show

Send Car-Chum a TextCar-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.Support the show

Send Car-Chum a TextCar-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.Support the show

Send Car-Chum a TextShould 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?Support the show

Send Car-Chum a TextAs 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.)Support the show

Send Car-Chum a TextIt'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.Support the show

Send Car-Chum a TextIf 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.Support the show

Send Car-Chum a TextEver been faintly disappointed by the reality after the Concept?  Just wait until you hear this episode.  Join Tony and his Car-Chum and auto journalist, Mike Renaut, as they analyse the details in pitiless detail.  Wait, that can't be right. Support the show

Send Car-Chum a TextWelcome 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…Support the show

Send Car-Chum a TextIt wasn't Tony; it was his Car-Chum Mike.  The episode title is his work.  Regardless, join the Chums as they attempt to choose a car for life.Support the Show.

Send Car-Chum a TextToys.  This one's about toys.Support the Show.

Send Car-Chum a TextFancy 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...Support the Show.

This is NOT an episode.  We're on holiday.Support the Show.

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.  Support the Show.

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.  Support the Show.

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.Support the show

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.Support the show

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…Support the show

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'.  Support the show

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.Support the show

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?Support the show

Car-Chum opens the door to the future in this episode…and finds someone rather knowledgeable on the other side (of that door).  Noah Gedriamas, VP of Strategy at GPR (Ground Positioning Radar), joins Tony and his Car-Chum Mike to autonomously talk auto autonomy.Support the show

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.Support the show

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.Support the show

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.Support the show

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!Support the show

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.  Support the show

More from the Car-Chums as Tony and Mike finish their weekend at the Classic Motor Show 2023.Support the show

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.  Support the show

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.  www.car-chum.com Support the show

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…Support the show

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. Support the show

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.  The Chums mange to agree on quiet a few in the end though – even a winner.  Of sorts.  So download a copy, pop it in the 8-Track, cassette deck or CD changer and relax to the sounds of Car-Chum.Support the show

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.Support the show

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.Support the show

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.  Support the show

The Golden Hour, The Mystery Year, The Time Tunnel, The Time Machine:  I was spoiled for choice when naming this edition of the Car-Chum Podcast.  Any of those would have done.  In summary, my Car Chum Mike and I pick a year and describe the significant cars, entertainment and events, while you play along with us trying to guess.  Fun, fun, fun.  That's Car-Chum for you.Support the show

Car-Chum pays visits and respect to Le Mans Classic and Thruxton Historic in this episode.  Join Tony and his Car-Chum Mike on the Leading Light Entertainment Automotive Podcast as they hurtle towards the chequered flag.  Support the show

I reckon Car-Chum listeners are more likely than average to have a collection.  What do you think?  In this episode, Tony and Mike delve into the art of collection curation and try to pinpoint what works – and what doesn't work – when it comes to displaying it.  Or them.  To collect or not to collect? That's the question for this episode of Cr-Chum.  Join us, do.Support the show