As of this week, the Smith and Sniff podcast is also available on video. Full episode here: youtu.be/_w7uH9wUgEU?...

As I was saying earlier, here's why Smith and Sniff is now also on video. Watch the whole thing here: youtu.be/_w7uH9wUgEU?...

As of today, you'll be able to watch each episode of Smith and Sniff, if that's something that you might like to do. Find our first video podcast here... youtu.be/_w7uH9wUgEU?...

Finished another song. Here's a snippet. (Post-It note artwork by Jonny Smith.)

A little bit of Smith and Sniff news; as of tomorrow, our podcast will be on video. Because apparently that's what you have to do these days. Find the new episode on YouTube in the morning. Or just listen through a podcast app as normal. Either's fine with us.

This old chestnut again. The F1 used off-the-shelf lamps made by Italian parts company Cobo. They just happen to have been used on other things including the Bova Futura coach (and the Lamborghini Diablo).

In this week's Smith and Sniff OTOSOT spin-off show, we answer questions about accidentally folding a head gasket and who got to wear the white coat on Top Gear. And coming on Monday, a big change in the Smith and Sniff world... podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

Whoever left this review of Smith and Sniff has found another car podcast that talks about The Scorpions, Bonnie Tyler and brine tycoons? That's a worry.

A music journalist and an architect (with some bloke who used to be in Modest Mouse). Pure magic.

Going to see Pet Shop Boys tonight. In their honour, my daughter is doing her best Chris Lowe impression (but in a Smith and Sniff cap. Get yours here… smithandsniff.com/collections)

Strangest spot of Easter Monday; a camo-wrapped test car in traffic, heading west near Cardiff. I think it was one of these, an Xpeng X9. A Smith and Sniff listener also spotted one near Chieveley. Chinese car makers clearly optimising bank holiday performance in the M4 corridor.

The extended editions of Failure Is Inevitable and Ambiguous Poems About Death are out on streaming. You've heard most of it before, but there's a quite a few previously unreleased beauties in there, including the new @sniffpetrol.com remix of Hammered In An Airport open.spotify.com/track/1NFHUZ...

Thanks to everyone who came to our Smith and Sniff live show at Beaulieu last night. Although one of the signs appeared to say no exit, everyone was free to leave at any time and we're very grateful that no one seized this opportunity in despair.

Listen to the new Smith and Sniff where I've been driving some surprising old Jags (and the new one, but I'm not supposed to talk about that yet). podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

A couple of weeks ago I posted a new song to my Bandcamp project about those adult shops next to the A1. Quite by chance, Jon from the excellent Auto Shenanigans was working on a vid about those very shops and asked if he could use the track. I was honoured to say yes...

Forgot to mention earlier, it's Friday and that means a new episode of our Smith and Sniff second show in which we answer listeners' questions. This week, strange gauges, special editions, and we learn something new about the Flemish language. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

For last year's Gareth Jones on Speed 20th birthday live show I re-did the arrangement and wrote new words for a song we came up with years ago. Here's a re-recorded version of that updated track. It's about dating someone who reminds you of an F1 champion ado88.bandcamp.com/track/its-ju...

Scurvy copying tuberculosis Gerry McGovern doing the Okey-Cokey & Competitive Dad Syndrome @sniffpetrol.com returns for a BRAND NEW "Old Skool" episode of Gareth Jones On Speed. OUT NOW www.garethjones.tv/onspeed/onsp... #onspeed #jaguar #FordCortina #London #Tesla #McLaren #DVLA #podcast

In case you were wondering, a couple of people with inside knowledge have confirmed this was a test mule for the X350 XJ. The lumps on the bonnet were to accommodate the air suspension. So that's that cleared up then.

After yesterday's X-Type mule, here's another beaut from Jag. No idea what this was testing in 2000. Powertrain for upcoming X350 XJ maybe?

Forgot to say, the mystery mule I posted earlier was allegedly testing mechanical bits for the Jaguar X-Type. Seems to be a hacked-about Mondeo, but in the windscreen there's a British tax disc. What a giveaway.

Test mule Tuesday. What do you think this was used to develop in 1999?

I recently vowed to myself that whenever I was bored / trying to avoid doing proper work I would finish one of the dozens of bits of half-completed music I have knocking around rather than starting something new...

Good news! Tickets for our Smith and Sniff live show in Belfast are now on sale. It's on Friday 15 May at The MAC and you can buy your ticket here... themaclive.com/event/smith-...

Start your weekend with a song about those specialist shops next to one of Britain's main arterial road. This is called Next to the A1. ado88.bandcamp.com/track/next-t...

The A1

If you've heard the new C.R.E.A.M. podcast you'll know I sent them some music, after thinking that one of their previous conversations would work quite well over this 80s-ish track I had lying around...

Never mind that new BMW i3, look at the wheeltrims they're putting on the base model Twingo. Pamplemousse superbe!

TV's James May urged me to bid on this Toyota Century. I wavered because there seemed to be a lot of interest and I assumed bidding would soar into the teens. But no. Someone got a bargain. And it wasn't me. Bah!

You just keep your distance, coaching team.

That's weird, I don't remember giving an interview to anyone recently, and certainly not anyone from an open sewer of bile and spite like The Daily Express...

Forgot to say yesterday, rather than being the product of trad work avoidance, this was mostly made on a train. ado88.bandcamp.com/track/the-dvla

Full version of The DVLA song: ado88.bandcamp.com/track/the-dvla

The DVLA

Flat mirrors, gingicators, Design 90 wheels. FNNNNRRRK. philipraby.co.uk/product/pors...

Deep joy

A while ago @spraypopmusic.com invited people to remix their track Hammered In An Airport and I started to have a crack at something. Can't remember why I was aiming for a sort of 90s generic dance anthem but anyway, here's a snippet. Should have sent this to @ricardoautobahn.co.uk at the time.

If you own a 1980s Audi quattro, or you know someone who does, please listen to the start of today's new Smith and Sniff. We're appealing for help on behalf of a listener.

Some people have asked for refunds on their tickets to our Smith and Sniff charity show this week so we've got three places going spare. Go here to bag one of the spaces... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982768765...

Earlier this week Smith and Sniff was sitting at number 129 in the chart of all podcasts. All podcasts. Every single one. And our shite. Considering Gary Lineker's company alone makes about 128 different podcasts, we're quite proud of that. Thank everyone.

There is just ONE ticket left for next week's special Smith and Sniff live show in aid of Mission Motorsport. ONE. Also, five tickets left for our Beaulieu show in April. Links to tickets here... smithandsniff.com/pages/live

More aerodynamic if you go down it backwards.

While blithering on about suspicious spy shots of the Freelander earlier, I forgot to include a link to the episode of When Rover Met BMW featuring the night time test driving. Here it is. youtu.be/w4q1Jr3r7c0?...

Browsing the excellent @autocarofficial.bsky.social digital archive I found this scoop of the original Land Rover Freelander, published a year before the car was officially announced. But there's something fishy about the pics...

There's a new Smith and Sniff out today because it's a Monday, but it's not a recording of last week's Glasgow live show because we messed up and it wasn't recorded. Shame, it was a fun show. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

There's a new Smith and Sniff Q&A show out today in which we signally fail to mention our two upcoming live shows, one of which is in aid of a very good cause. Links here: smithandsniff.com/pages/live

Thanks to everyone who came to our Smith and Sniff live show in Glasgow last night. You were a fantastic audience. If you’ve ever wondered what goes on before the doors open, I can reveal that Jonny likes to eat a baked potato off the edge of the stage.

Mmm, lovely refreshing LEM NADE.

Our next Smith and Sniff live show will be a special one. It's at Great British Car Journey in Derbyshire and it's to raise money for Mission Motorsport. There'll be a pub quiz, a raffle and many other things, all for a great cause. Get tickets here... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982768765...

Did we mention on today's Smith and Sniff that we're doing a live show at National Motor Museum in Beaulieu? No. We did not. Because we are useless. Anyway, it's on 2 April, it includes private access to the museum and you can get tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982006830...