OTOSOT 104
Smith and Sniff
Jonny Smith and Richard Porter
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Smith and Sniff second show, Jonny and Richard answer audience questions about mangled car names, Smart ForTwo v Toyota iQ v something else, prom cars, quick fixes that didn’t quite work, and a listener wonders why his MX-5 gets so much abuse.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Richard Porter. I'm Johnny Smith. And this is on the other side of things, the Smith and Sniff |
| 0:06.4 | spin-off in which we answer your questions. It's a Friday, unless you're listening to this on a |
| 0:15.3 | different day. So here we are, answering listeners questions to hello at smith and sniff.com. |
| 0:21.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:22.4 | I was going to kick off with a very straightforward one from a listener called Nick, who says, |
| 0:26.5 | Hello, you pair of ball joint dust covers that no longer prevent the ingress of dirt. |
| 0:33.2 | So specific. |
| 0:35.9 | So MOT testacentric as well. |
| 0:39.0 | Yes. |
| 0:41.0 | That's definitely MOT terminology. |
| 0:43.9 | Nick says, I was training a guy the other day and a loud car went past. |
| 0:47.7 | He looked and said, that's a Fiat 500 R. Broth. |
| 0:51.8 | I nearly wet myself, his mangling off the mark. |
| 0:56.2 | What's the worst mangling of a car name you've ever heard? |
| 0:59.7 | Oh gosh. |
| 1:01.0 | There were two people that have recently referred to BMW Alpinas as alpines. |
| 1:07.5 | And it does really annoy me because you're like, |
| 1:09.7 | no, |
| 1:09.9 | you're crossing the streams now because |
| 1:12.5 | it's, that's an entirely other brand. |
| 1:15.1 | Well, two other brands. |
| 1:16.3 | It's obviously the audio equipment, Alpine. |
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