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The Collecting Cars Podcast with Chris Harris

Collecting Addicts Ep 7: Why Neil can't love Japanese cars and the most disappointing cars to own

The Collecting Cars Podcast with Chris Harris

Jonny Bunyan

Leisure, Comedy, Motoring, Classiccars, Chrisharris, Collectingcars, Cars, Automotive

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Talking points this week include where Japanese cars sit on the pH scale of mechanical engineering to outright driving passion, what the panel's most disappointing cars have been & the speculation around Lance Stroll's curious wrist injury.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I double dare you to say that.

0:02.6

Of course I'll say that, I'm happy.

0:04.0

Hold on, Adolf Mann has wrist injury.

0:06.2

Fuck off, don't even be riding a bike.

0:13.8

Hello, and welcome to what I'm told is the seventh installment

0:18.0

of our nerdy chat, which we still call collecting addicts.

0:21.3

With me, Edward Lovett, Neil Clifford, Managed Panda,

0:23.9

and Chris Cooper.

0:25.7

Let's cut straight to the chase here.

0:28.4

Neil Clifford has a problem with Japanese cars.

0:31.2

He says, I quote, I can't love them.

0:36.1

Well, I don't know what to say, Neil,

0:38.0

other than to give you the floor, and tell us why you can't

0:41.1

love Japanese cars.

0:43.5

Well, I've been deeply thinking about this,

0:45.4

and you know what, it's my biggest automotive disappointment.

0:50.4

I've tried so hard, you know, I've been reading these magazines

0:54.0

from the 80s, I've been following religiously people's advice.

1:00.0

I've bought the R32, which obviously I shouldn't

1:03.4

sold, because they're now like a million pounds.

1:05.8

And R34, which I hated, and R35, I even bought the MX5 Lomo

1:13.0

edition, you know, with the crazy paint and the turbocharger.

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