Car Chat

Henry Catchpole ( @Henry Catchpole )is an automotive journalist writing and producing videos for various magazines and websites. We have a chat about all things cars and Henry's journey to date. Check out the video: https://youtu.be/4_3Rfu-gsrc

https://instagram.com/henrycatchpole

Hope you enjoy,

Sam

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Show Notes:

00:00 - Intro 

11:46 - What were you doing when you first started at Evo? 

16:32 - What are some memorable moments when testing? 

23:43 - What was the review process at Evo? 

35:43 - Starting to host videos at Evo 

40:24 - Hosting videos on Carfection 

42:20 - What is Carfection? 

46:47 - What is it like driving high-value cars? 

54:14 - Thoughts on RestoMods? 

1:02:37 - Evo vs AutoCar on the M2 CS in COTY 

1:05:59 - Have you had RestoMods on COTY? 

1:07:31 - Old cars on new tires 

1:13:02 - Experiences in Rallying 

1:17:28 - What is it like driving a rally car on the road? 

1:22:31 - 5 Questions 

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David is the founder and CEO of Rodin Cars (@rodincarsofficial), a successful business man that has turned his attentions to building the fastest track car on the planet. A single seater that will be faster than an F1 car. They currently make 2 cars. The Rodin Fzed and the Rodin FZero.

Watch the video podcast here: https://youtu.be/tgh9F1ZbkTg

https://rodin-cars.com/

Hope You Enjoy,

Sam

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Show Notes:

00:00 - Intro

04:32 - The start of Rodin Cars

08:51 - Ferrari Challenge

10:14 - Racing History before Rodin

13:24 - In-house Engineering

14:45 - Setting the Goal for Rodin Cars

19:08 - How Have the Cars Evolved?

23:25 - The Engines

27:42 - Reliability

34:11 - How do they compare to Road Cars?

44:30 - Living in New Zealand

45:16 - Buying a Rodin

50:57 - Downforce & Driving Aids

58:38 - 5 Questions

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I got Mark Lyon - Director of GTO Engineering on the line to discuss their new vehicle, codenamed "Moderna". Mark tells us all about this exciting new car.

Check out the video on youtube: https://youtu.be/52_7Oizm0OY

Mark's first episode: https://youtu.be/C_bbRmNb9uM

https://www.gtoengineering.com/

https://www.instagram.com/gto_engineering/

Hope you enjoy,

Cheers,

Sam

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Show Notes: 

00:00 = Intro

01:32 = Where did the idea for the project come from?

03:48 = Under what regulations is the car being built?

05:22 = How far are you through the process?

06:15 = The engine

08:28 = Weight

09:24 = The interior

11:12 = What will people use it for?

12:02 = Luggage space? + Are there customers already?

12:52 = What has the feedback been like from customers?

14:09 = Gearbox and the joys of 3 pedals

15:11 = What do you love about driving a car that this will deliver?

16:00 = Is it quite a difficult long process to make something that lives up to modern standards, doesn't leak, everything works etc. 

16:59 = The price

17:18 = When will see that first car?

19:20 = Modern cars only being tested on track because they don't work on the road

21:22 = Suspension

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Matt Prior (@autocarmatt) is an automotive journalist and the Editor At Large at Autocar. We have a chat about his journey and a tonne of topics along the way.

Check out the video podcast: https://youtu.be/16tJRGNFgt0

https://instagram.com/autocarmatt

Hope you enjoy,

Sam

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Show Notes:

00:00 = Intro, the beginnings of Autocar and what do you do?

08:16 = Do you get a level of enjoyment out of reviewing the more boring cars?

13:00 = Road testing and silly behaviour

18:40 =  How fun do you find electric cars?

23:52 = Tyres sometimes emit more particulates than the engine. 

25:54 = How do you feel about Restomods vs Modern Supercars

34:40 = GT86

38:41 = C1 Racing and driving slow cars fast

47:54 = Car of the year and mismatched competition

53:45 = Quickfire best car in each category

58:08 = Fixing a broken car and then selling straight away

59:38 = Do many journalists buy new cars vs second hand?

1:04:20 = Finance

1:19:01 = 765LT vs Ferrari

1:21:33 = McLaren Artura and Turbo Hybrids

1:27:20 = Modern cars are still better but they just don't get made how I'd like them. 

1:31:30 = How fast does a car really need to be?

1:37:10 = Toyota is cool

1:40:00 = 5 Questions

1:52:56 = Buying spitfires over hypercars

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Robert ( @Robert Mitchell ) is the owner of Apex Nuerburg, a rental car company and experience centre based at the Nurburgring. He's an interesting guy who pretty much only drives his supercars on the Nurburgring. We have a long discussion about business, renting cars at the ring and what it's like to run the cars that he does.

Check out the video: https://youtu.be/7NuYcpHu-NA

https://www.apex-nuerburg.com/

https://www.youtube.com/user/rmitchell248

Hope You Enjoy,

Sam

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Show Notes: 

00:00 = Intro + Backstory + America

17:58 = Over to Germany

19:28 = Mitchell Consulting

26:15 = Finding the Nurburgring

30:36 = A business at the 'Ring

33:51 = The first rental car

39:55 = What is it like running cars only on the 'Ring?

43:10 = Porsche vs Ferrari vs McLaren running costs

48:24 = Current cars...

53:36 = Introduction to Schirmer builds and the BMW collection

1:01:32 = How much have you had to adjust the Supercars for Nurburgring life

1:07:04 = The 620r and why it was nearly amazing but not quite

1:13:45 = 'Ring Taxis + Manthey Racing

1:30:25 = High speed runs, world records and SSC Tuatara

1:42:02 = How do we define a production car

2:01:10 = My track car dilemma 

2:14:30 = 5 Questions

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I did a little bit of digging and thought you might be interested in the results.

Hope you enjoy,

Cheers,

Sam

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Sam ( @Seen Through Glass ) is an automotive youtuber and back on the podcast for the second time. We have a chat about what he's been up to including his purchase of a 40th Edition 911.

Check out the video version: https://youtu.be/dfNvwZj5Ek4

Sam's Youtube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/user/seenthroughglass

Hope you enjoy,

Sam

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Show Notes: 

00:00 = Intro

03:32 = The new studio

12:08 = New cars + Litchfield 911 T

15:08 = The new 911 (40th edition) and buying used cars

37:08 = Have you been driving it much

39:34 = Reviewing cars

47:57 = Alpine A110

55:48 = 550 Barchetta

57:45 = 812 GTS

1:02:53 = SF90

1:18:52 = Yaris GR

1:35:11 = Restomod vs historically accurate

1:41:40 = 5 Questions

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Scott is a professional driver coach and racing driver. His platform Driver 61 has grown massively over the last few years providing in-person and over the internet driver training. Alongside all of this Scott's youtube channel has grown massively providing entertaining engineering based videos. Enjoy!

Check out the video version: https://youtu.be/_BOqOO5NZN8

Scott's Youtube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtbLA0YM6EpwUQhFUyPQU9Q

Driver61

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Cheers, 

Sam 

Show Notes

00:00 = Intro + what have you been up to?

09:54 = How has the driver training changed over the last 2 years?

14:00 = Moving from Bruntingthorpe

19:11 = Teaching psychology

22:07 = The sim training business? 

26:34 = High end sim vs low end with world's fastest gamer

31:00 = Taking someone from novice to advanced

35:10 = The YouTube videos

38:05 = The studio

44:02 = Driver 61 track days

53:29 = Have you got any racing lined up?

1:01:03 = 5 Questions - take 2

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James Cottingham from DK Engineering joins me for a quick discussion about these two cars that have been found rocking the same VIN number.  This was a livestream over on youtube: https://youtu.be/2GzMEdEIOjA

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Sam

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Show Notes:

00:00 Intro

02:15 = 2 F40s for sale with the same VIN

03:33 = Different colour VIN plates

06:30 = What we know

07:30 = The various places for chassis numbers

16:00 = Why two cars might have the same numbers and a 250LM

32:00 = Auctions

32:40 = Posting chassis numbers on websites and POA

45:30 = Incorrect facts

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