OTOSOT 19

This week Jonny and Richard answer listeners’ questions about cars that cost more to maintain than to buy, Jonny’s Matra Rancho, untraceable car faults, and food-related driving incidents.
End music: Stellantis by Polonez Skyline feat. Arna
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[@dj_paultuk7052]

On the Car issues that have baffled mechanics. Ive mentioned this before (Probably).... When i was about 13 i went with my dad to look at a R25 Monaco V6 that was a non runner. It had a AA mechanic out and also a specialist auto electrician. Both had given up on it. Car was up for sale as spares only. We got it onto a trailer and got it home. My Dad had "seen" what the issue was but kept silent. He popped the battery out, flipped it around. Terminals back on, and it started. Some numpty put the battery in backwards. That was a lovely car. The seats were amazing, even as a kid, and i shall never forget the 1050 buttons on the dash.

[@jeremywilliams5107]

I had one in a 2.5 gen Opel Zaf with the 1.7 diesel engine. Starts up fine, toddles around town, starts up the motorway ramp and then suddenly goes into limp-home mode. Also happened at other times. 2 mechanics baffled. Nothing on the Opel or Vauxhall groups, but luckily the engine had been used on Hondas, and that means their user groups knew the ins and outs of EVERYTHING on the car. It was a sticking valve on the air inlet, which permitted the sensors to detect a loss of pressure and declare that summat was wrong, causing the limp-home mode to be activated. The solution from the user groups was to drive like an idiot for half an hour - high revs, full throttle, on and off the accelerator from time to time. This freed it up nicely. So thanks to Honda...

[@paraplegictwat6708]

Another quality load of waffle from the massive pair of flutes

[@Trendyflute]

Jonny "Two Ranchos" Smith. He doesn't use it himself, it's just a few of his friends call him two Ranchos. He's only one Rancho, but he was thinking about getting a second Rancho and since then people have called him Two Ranchos.

[@Munkenba]

25:30 Hangar Lane roundabout continues to be London's worst intersection, by a long way. One of those where it's incredibly difficult to judge the right lane to be in, so inevitably everyone is frantically merging into one another at the last second and logjams are a permanent feature. Unfortunately they're building a massive block of flats on it at the moment too, so some poor souls are going to have to live on it, listening to the permanent soundtrack of horns and low speed accidents whilst enveloped in the fumes of all day standstill traffic.

[@dj_paultuk7052]

I drive all over london every week, and i concur. Hangar Lane is a S$%t show.

[@JoosieBeeb98]

I really liked this pisode.

[@KurisuBonsai]

So, guys... What with Jonny's need for a vehhhhicle collection in that off of Cornwall area... Why not get a tow bar fitted to the Eagle Quest and have a ludicrously long setup enabling the front of the car to get to the destination at least an hour before the rear? OTSOT.

[@Hangoversteer]

Hello from Texas as I work on my Miata. Just pistoning.

[@PluckinA_Connor]

6.9 Syndrome - my immediate thought was 'RX-8'.

[@nathanchildress5596]

Thank goodness I didn't have enough spare cash before learning what a disaster those engines are.

[@Mr037rally]

Morning everyone 😎

[@trenttrevorrow5648]

Two more from 'Dirty Nose Omelette' later...

[@ColinCarFan]

This bit made me laugh - a lot! Let's admit, we've all been there.

[@316CactusJack]

Trannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnsitt otsot

[@nickthehippy1392]

G'day! 😌