Manta, Manta
Smith and Sniff
Jonny Smith and Richard Porter
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2022
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Jonny discovers a new genre of German cinema and Richard has been inundated with hill parking advice. Also in this episode, countries where the moustache is acceptable, Tom Selleck's control of a tank slapper, passing your driving test in extreme conditions, men who wear shorts a bit too much, Skoda Estelle versus Lancia Delta S4, a Reliant Kitten in the neighbourhood, travelling back in time to save the Metro 6R4, bad stereo volume controls, the sound of spoken German, mountain climbing in Crocs and an expensive watch, the Jet Towel action movie, flatulent econometers and quoting builder central locking, getting money back on car insurance, barricading in old Defenders, commuting in a hot air balloons, the sadness of The Littlest Hobo, and an e-Up update.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Richard Porter. I'm Johnny Smith, and this is Smith and Smith, a podcast to which two friends talk about cars and many other things. |
| 0:13.0 | Hey, one thing I've discovered this week is Manta-related banter that is... |
| 0:23.0 | I didn't realise that it's part of German humour, a term called Manta Fahra, so Manta Driver. |
| 0:33.0 | You know like we have white van man here in the UK. In Germany I believe that Manta Driver in inverted commas is a thing which is sort of tickled me a bit because there is a type of joke called Manta Vits as in a Manta wit. |
| 0:53.0 | Which again, I find a little bit funny. |
| 0:57.0 | It would be sort of the way that we would have joked about... Capri people. |
| 1:02.0 | Capri people, maybe then sort of like XR3 people. |
| 1:07.0 | Yes. |
| 1:08.0 | It's like it's a certain sort of... |
| 1:10.0 | It's a staring fish. |
| 1:12.0 | Out of date man who is probably meant to be a bit stupid, I think isn't that part of the Manta thing? |
| 1:20.0 | Yeah, it's thick as well. |
| 1:22.0 | It's quite cruel. |
| 1:23.0 | I don't... |
| 1:24.0 | And it is cruel that I don't use Wikipedia as gospel. |
| 1:27.0 | But Wikipedia says... |
| 1:30.0 | It says... |
| 1:32.0 | The male owner of an opal manter is aggressive driver, dull, lower class, macho and infactuated with his car and his blonde hairdress and girlfriend. |
| 1:44.0 | Jokes poke fun at the stereotype of a working class owner of a second tier muscle car. |
| 1:53.0 | Second tier, I think that's quite generous isn't it? |
| 1:56.0 | I was going to say it was a bit further down. |
| 1:58.0 | No disrespect to Manta. |
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