A pod in two segments. Rory gives one last update on the Lada before the Empire Hill Climb, and revisits its previous outing at the 24 Hours Of Lemons. With Rory departing to thrash and our trio down to two, Peter and Matty explain how we got here, what we'll be doing on the pod going forward, and what it means for a car enthusiast to say that cars are bad.

Our report from the Empire Hill Climb will be a Patreon-exclusive episode, and we'll have an exclusive episode every week from here on out. Subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/tiredpod to get both instead of just the free episode every week!

In our first formal episode: Rory revisits our tool safety chat from episode 0, Peter yearns for a garage that preserves his sense of order, and Matty suggests a Twitch emote of a dancing angle-grinder. Also discussed: Action Pants and a Saab up for adoption.

It's the podcast equivalent of Free Practice 1. We get out on track and take a few warm-up laps, compare notes about traditional September gatherings of vintage machinery on both sides of the Atlantic, and puzzle over some lingering questions about World War II, chief among them: Which one was that again?