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Smith and Sniff

Jonny Smith and Richard Porter

Top Gear, Road Trips, 5th Gear, The Grand Tour, Leisure, Cars, Automotive, Improv, Comedy

5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In their Friday Q&A spin-off, Jonny and Richard answer questions about confusing other road users, phrases you can’t help saying while driving, albums that suit certain cars, a car project dilemma, and unexpected number plates in unusual places.

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0:00.0	I'm Richard Porter.
0:02.7	I'm Johnny Smith.
0:04.1	And this is on the other side of things, the Smith and Sniff spin-off in which we answer your questions.
0:12.8	Here we go again with some questions from listeners.
0:16.9	Can I start with this one from a listener called Paul?
0:20.2	Do it.
0:21.0	Who says, hello, you pair of meaty sleeves.
0:25.2	I'm a proud Generation 1 Nissan Leaf owner.
0:32.7	The car is approaching 100,000 miles and still going strong.
0:36.5	I was driving around in it recently. I was in a
0:39.3	good mood. I'd engaged in some retail therapy buying a new camera or something and coming towards me
0:44.2	with another leaf. A 2016 sonic blue, it was even an assenter. There's a trim level, isn't it?
0:51.8	Identical to my car.
0:55.8	"'Filled with the joys of life,
0:57.9	"'I gave the driver a cheery wave,
1:00.3	"' slowed down and lowered my driver's window.
1:02.0	"'The other driver stopped alongside "'with a slightly quizzical look on her face.
1:04.4	"'Can I congratulate you on your choice of car and colour?' I said.
1:08.4	"'She sort of mumbled agreement and still confused. "' drove off. It was then something became clear. I was in my wife's M.G. And not in my leaf. Oh, no. Really? Oh, that said wasn't, I did not see that coming. I did not see that going. It really amused me. They thought it was just, yeah, it's just, this doesn't,
1:30.4	it's robbed of a certain context that makes it all quite,
1:31.4	oh no.
1:32.5	It starts to seem weird.
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