Fire horse
Smith and Sniff
Jonny Smith and Richard Porter
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Jonny is excited by the Chinese new year. Also in this episode, an appeal for an Audi quattro, Jarvis Cocker’s American car, having a V8 at 19, the return of Vanwall, buying Austin Rover, sponsoring a roundabout, tortoise news, Hairy’s Garage, how Smith and Sniff almost killed a listener, hatred of limited run Black Editions, the cheapest of brown cars, Tamiya brings back some classics, and whatever happened to proper motorsport sponsors?
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Johnny Smith. |
| 0:02.4 | I'm Richard Porter. |
| 0:03.6 | And this is Smith and Sniff, a podcast in which two friends talk about cars and many other things. |
| 0:13.0 | Right. |
| 0:14.3 | Before we go any further with this show, I just wanted to do a slightly serious message slash appeal from our listeners. It's from someone called Jake who says, hello USGs. I hope this email gets noticed in a timely manner, but I also know what you're both like. That's why I'm doing at the top of the show so I don't forget. Jake says not wanting to put a downer on things too much, but we lost my best friend of many |
| 0:39.0 | years recently at the age of 31, and I was hoping you could help out with something. He was a huge |
| 0:44.4 | fan of you both, top gear, and anything cars, but by far his favourite car was the Audi |
| 0:49.3 | Quatro from the Group B days. I was hoping you could use your podcast to see if anyone with such a rare car |
| 0:55.0 | would be happy to come to the funeral procession. I can help with some costs if needed. The funeral |
| 1:00.6 | will be in Medway and we are yet to get a date, but maybe mid-March. Looking forward to hearing this |
| 1:06.1 | in a year or two on the podcast. Jake, you're absolutely right. We are absolute fuckwits, but this did |
| 1:12.4 | only come in the other day and I swore to myself that I would read it out before I forgot. |
| 1:16.4 | So if anyone's listening has an Audi Quatro, I guess it sounds like maybe rally car spec |
| 1:23.7 | would be amazing, but I guess a roadcar would be equally welcome. |
| 1:28.4 | Definitely. |
| 1:29.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:30.2 | So Medway in Kent? |
| 1:32.0 | Yes. |
| 1:33.0 | I'm sure it's Kent, yes. |
| 1:35.0 | If anybody has an Audi Quatro of any kind and they would be willing to take part in the procession for Jake's best friend, then drop us a line, |
| 1:47.0 | hello at smithsniff.com, and we will pass on your messages. |
| 1:50.6 | Maybe Audi UK. |
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