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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

🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In the latest episode of their weekly Q&A spin off, Jonny and Richard answer questions about car brand themed pubs, the planning that goes into this podcast, car things lost to the past, and selfless acts in the car community.

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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.
0:12.9	Can I start with a listener who signs off as can?
0:19.8	Okay.
0:20.6	Although their email address suggests that's not there their name, but we'll run with it.
0:24.0	They say, evening, gents.
0:26.2	I hear that successful car jernos are buying pubs these days, but I reckon they're missing a trick.
0:32.0	Well, yes, Jeremy's got a pub and James May has a pub.
0:36.4	So that is true.
0:38.4	I don't know anyone else, but that's it.
0:40.8	Well, I guess Chris Evans, when he was presenting on top gear, he had a pub or he still has one.
0:48.3	Yeah.
0:49.5	Yeah, I suppose so.
0:50.8	I suppose.
0:52.5	Anyway, yeah, Ken says they're missing a trick.
0:55.3	They should be going for a car brand-themed boozer to guarantee a loyal clientele.
1:00.7	My question to you is, if you were to open a car brand-themed pub, what would it be?
1:06.9	Your pub name must, and he's put that in bold, must be a car journal nickname for the brand.
1:15.0	What will it be, gents?
1:16.6	Pull in the chevette and Nova owners at The Griffin or go upmarket with the three-pointed star.
1:24.2	Oh, these are good.
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