G’Day and welcome to Overdrive, a program that roams through the world of motoring and transport

More of our thoughts, ideas and ramblings are covered on our website, podcast or social media – just search for Cars Transport Culture

I’m David Brown

And I am joined by the erudite Paul Murrell from Seniordriveraus.com

In this program (timings in mm:ss)

News Stories

• Melbourne City Council bans e-bikes (00:40)

• Nissan and Honda agree to joint research in fundamental technologies for next-generation SDV platform (13:35)

• A6 Sportback e-tron The most aerodynamic Audi of all time (19:52)

• Nissan trialling cool paint technology (26:38)

• Humans Are Going to the Moon-s South Pole This Is How They’ll Drive There (31:15)

Road Test – Peugeot 408 Fast Back Plug in hybrid (33:42)

Feature Interview (50:33)

Fighting against working from home. Vested interests support current financial structures on the back of making workers toil with commuting.

Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au

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• Paul Murrell

• Prof David Hensher

• Peugeot Australia

• Mark Wesley

• Bruce Potter

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Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

Originally broadcast 17 August 2024

I’m David Brown

Thanks for listening

In this program

1. Car Sales

• Problems with poor data – the curse of Artificial Intelligence (1:06)

2. Second hand car prices (10:44)

• What’s happening in an unstable environment

3. Interview with Terry Thompson – President of the Council of Car clubs (16:31)

• the upcoming 25th August Shannons Classic

• 1500 classic cars on display at Sydney Motorsport park

• Includes a story of a car club member chucking a hissy fit

• How the passion for cars through the car clubs results in a $9.9 billion turnover per year from NSW alone

4. Road Test Mazda BT 50 (33:25)

• We took it to a Cars and Coffee car show – it seemed out of place amongst the little Fiat 850 and Lotuses etc

5. Feedback (47:59)

• A listener sent in some pictures of Goggomobils they saw in Mataranka (421 south east of Darwin – township population 350

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• Paul Murrell

• Terry Thompson

• Mazda Australia

• Listeners and their comments

• Mark Wesley

• Bruce Potter

for their help with this program.

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Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

Originally broadcast 10 August 2024

In this program

• Should we teach young learner drivers to be courtesy

• Priorities for Sustainable transport

• Road test of the Abarth EV

• Feedback

• Car Names as Acronyms

• Karmann Ghia

• Songs for autonomous/electric/Classic vehicles

• Autonomous cars – what happens if two crash – is there a programmed road rage function

Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au

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And this has been overdrive

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• Paul Murrell

• Abarth Australia

• Listeners and their comments

• Mark Wesley

• Bruce Potter

for their help with this program.

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Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

Originally broadcast 3 August 2024

I’m David Brown

Thanks for listening

In this program

• Joke of the week – country and western songs that could relate to classic car ownership

• Social Media

• Feedback on the Nash/Austin post

• Feedback on the Lotus (with Chev V8) post

• Reference to the video on the Vauxhall we posted

• Road test on the Patrol (non the warrior)

• Helpful Hint - Don’t leave your medication at home

• Interview with the guy from Directed Technologies – how we interact with our cars and what information we can get and use.

Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au

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And this has been overdrive

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• Paul Murrell

• Nissan Australia

• Brent Stafford and all the Directed Technology staff

• Listeners and their comments

• Mark Wesley

• Bruce Potter

for their help with this program.

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Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

Originally broadcast 27 July 2024

Program

Listeners joke

An extended discussion on the feedback from our story on unusual gear stick knobs

• A gear knob as an element of sculpture

• Aussie gear stick knobs

• Extreme examples including from a taxi in Fiji

• Did you know it is illegal to not have the gear selection pattern on your gear knob

• What should a car tell you other than the gear selection pattern

Road tests

• Subaru BRZ manual transmission sports car

• What’s happening with sports car sales in Australia

• Peugeot 2008 Small SUV

• Is there value in being different with a hint of prestige

Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au

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Outro

And this has been overdrive

Thanks to

• Paul Murrell

• Alan Zurvas

• Paula from Randwick

• Subaru Australia

• Peugeot Australia

• Mark Wesley

• Bruce Potter

for their help with this program.

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Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

Originally broadcast 20 July 2024

I’m David Brown

Thanks for listening

In this program:

News stories

• Fisker bankruptcy: SUVs for $3700 each – report (0:45)

• Holden’s Hero Torana to be resurrected at a price (3:15)

• Private e-scooters to get legal green light (8:06)

• Learners falsifying logbooks in significant numbers, survey reveals (11:27)

Unintended consequences

• High Occupancy Vehicle lanes – fudging the number of occupants (15:55)

Feedback – comments from listeners on pictures in social media

• BMW Isetta (17:12)

Brian Smith takes a wonderful wonder through his memory on some of the motoring fads from the past including (20:52)

• Rubber strip hanging down from the car

• Steering locks

Road tests – the new design and the old design

• Subaru Solterra EV (40:09)

• Mitsubishi ASX – still being built but was first launched in 2010 (47:20)

Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au

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Cars Transport Culture

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You can get more of our work including longer versions of the program on our website, through our podcasts, or Facebook, Instagram or YouTube by searching for cars transport culture.

And this has been overdrive

Thanks to

• Paul Murrell

• Brian Smith

• Subaru Australia

• Mitsubishi Australia

• Mark Wesley

• Bruce Potter

for their help with this program.

Our web site is drivenmedia.com.au or search for cars, transport, culture for our longer version of the program as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify podcasts or for information including pictures on Facebook, Instagram or youtube.

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Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

Originally broadcast 13 July 2024

In this program:

Interviews

• Car sales figures for the first half of the year especially electric vehicles

• Road test the Nissan Qashqai – hybrid – it’s a bit different

• Clear up some of the frustrations we had with the Great Wall Motors Tank 500

• Discuss some of the crazy trends we have seen in motoring

• Comment on some of some great quotes about motoring and travel from the Bill Bryson book “Down Under”

Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au

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Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

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And this has been overdrive

Thanks to

• Paul Murrell

• Brian Smith

• Nissan Australia

• Mark Wesley

• Bruce Potter

for their help with this program.

Our web site is drivenmedia.com.au or search for cars, transport, culture for our longer version of the program as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify podcasts or for information including pictures on Facebook, Instagram or youtube.

You can always make a suggest, comment or offer help by sending an email to [email protected]

Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

Originally broadcast 6 July 2024

G’Day and welcome to Overdrive a program that bounces through the world of cars and transport

In this program:

Listener feedback on

• Unexpected consequences of transport projects. Paris is implementing high occupancy lanes – good idea but some experience in Sydney would be helpful to consider

• Oil leaks in Morris minors

• A unique clock with the face like an old-style Jaguar dial

Interviews

• Guys Who Like Loud Cars Have Sadistic Psychopathic Tendencies: Study

• Road test of the Fiat 500 electric vehicle

Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au

Podcasts

iTunes: Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

Search for Cars transport culture

You can get more of our work including longer versions of the program on our website, through our podcasts, or Facebook, Instagram or YouTube by searching for cars transport culture.

Originally broadcast 29 June 2024

And this has been overdrive

Thanks to

• Paul Murrell

• Fred and Pamela Brain

• Fiat Australia

• Mark Wesley

• Bruce Potter

for their help with this program.

Our web site is drivenmedia.com.au or search for cars, transport, culture for our longer version of the program as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify podcasts or for information including pictures on Facebook, Instagram or youtube.

You can always make a suggest, comment or offer help by sending an email to [email protected]

Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

I’m David Brown

Thanks for listening

In this program:

• Taking a long time to overtake: The Cruise Control Creep

• Noise from windscreen wipers

• Original Mini versus modern SUVs – Listeners play homage to Monty Python

• Road test – Patrol Warrior

• Road test of Genesis GV70 – 3.5 T

Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au

Podcasts

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Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

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And this has been overdrive

Thanks to

• Paul Murrell

• Nissan Australia

• Genesis Australia

• Mark Wesley

• Bruce Potter

for their help with this program.

Our web site is drivenmedia.com.au or search for cars, transport, culture for our longer version of the program as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify podcasts or for information including pictures on Facebook, Instagram or youtube.

You can always make a suggest, comment or offer help by sending an email to [email protected]

Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

Originally broadcast 15 June 2024

I’m David Brown

Thanks for listening

Overdrive: Past car ads - the good, bad and ugly; Hyundai Kona EV; Misleading hybrid sale figures

1. Joke from a listener

2. An engineer turned comedian gives an example of the poor use of statistics

3. Why two-wheel-drive utes sell in small numbers

4. We review a historic film of road construction. How has the presentation of transport projects changed

5. A review of some specific aspects of the latest car sales figures

6. A road test the Hyundai Kona EV

7. An interview with Bruce Potter on past car advertising headlines that worked really well and those that did not.

Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au

Podcasts

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Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture

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And this has been overdrive

Thanks to

• Paul Murrell

• Bruce Potter

• Listener Alfie

• Hyundai Australia

• Mark Wesley

for their help with this program.

Our web site is drivenmedia.com.au or search for cars, transport, culture for our longer version of the program as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify podcasts or for information including pictures on Facebook, Instagram or youtube.

You can always make a suggest, comment or offer help by sending an email to [email protected]

Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

Originally broadcast 15 June 2024