Collecting Addicts Ep 11: Favourite Fast Fords

[@dane_76]

First comment? Huzzah….

[@collectingcars]

Congratulations! 🤠

[@josephkelly4893]

You should be proud, ring ya mum and let her know, huzzah

[@dane_76]

@@collectingcars vitally important. Another great @collectingaddicts episode. Although you could up the volume a bit as these are a bit quiet compared to the ads 😂

[@matthewbeeson5612]

Agree. I have to have the volume set to max in my car, then when my daughter asks for Disney songs instead of boring car talk we have “Let It Go” at 130dB.😂

[@DougThrower]

Love that every time the camera is on Edward - he's got the office dog staring him down... pawing the door.. 🐕

[@adogmcdizzle]

Took me a while to realise it wasn’t stuffed

[@brilliantradience]

Aww sad doggo lol

[@adrianmay2970]

😂

[@Pete-z6e]

I was shocked when it moved .

[@nelmur]

A delightful quirk of this show is the fact that there is only about a 40% chance of them putting up a picture of the car they are talking about when Chris says, “We’ll put a picture up of it now…” 😂

[@Revilo403]

Noticed this as well, mostly on the James bond chat last ep 😂

[@samwyatt]

I'm pleased that I have found this. It's like joining five mates down the pub talking about cars.

[@Mykelking16]

Small story about my driving song recommendation. Fairground by Simply Red. I drive a 630hp Toyota Chaser, finally got it re registered after 2 years of being off the road. Wrnt though a whole lot of headache getting all the mods engineered to government standards. Finally got it sorted at the department of transport about 30minutes from my house. I was so excited that it passed inspection and was issued new plates that i forgot to put them on the car in the carpark, I just through them on the passenger seat and left. Driving down a surprisingly empty local highway, 6am, not a car insight and i vaguely hear the chorus of Fairground come in, naturally I turn the volume up, windows down to hear the exhaust note and gently drop back to 4th and roll onto the throttle, back up to 5th and the car is just singing perfectly at a rapid rate of knots! It was a perfect clear autumn morning and that was the perfect song for a perfect moment. Loving the podcast guys. I feel like im chatting with friends around a table after a few beers even though im not participating.

[@Ankur3108]

I hope u guys keep this going,this collecting addicts segment. Enjoying these 5 gentleman very very much.

[@albertperks3476]

Manish Pandey the only person to squeeze Noam Chomsky into a car discussion - legend!🤣

[@davidthegolfer]

I looked as my subs this morning. YES, the Beano has arrived. The excitement of Collecting Addicts arriving is just like that feeling of excitement when I was 6 years old. (A very long time ago). Keep going guys, so enjoy laughing with you. Thank you all.

[@charleswhitfield8915]

I love that comparison! The Beano with maybe a bit of Viz thrown in for good measure.

[@4444aliraza]

Exhaust - M5 - spot on. The diameter, the spacing, the metallic finish, the low set, flush finish. Perfection. The Murcielago was a highlight too - finishes off the stance and look of the car. Could stare for days.

[@belhedizied8937]

These podcast videos keep on getting better, i bet that if they did a whole car-show doing road-trips together and driving different cars around a couple of tracks it would be very cool and successful, hopefully this keeps on continuing and never stops

[@cosmicspanner]

With recent news around Top Gear, you never know 🤔

[@thehumanoid6543]

Manish as an Indian absolutely amazing to hear those stories. That highway has changed since 2011 btw. Now its a full fledged 4*4 cordoned off expressway and its awesome. I can't even remember how many times I've been to the taj mahal. Great place.

[@samieb155]

Brilliant as ever, some hilariously funny moments whereby I nearly fell of the chair multiple times. Can't believe it's 11 weeks already either. AS we're all of a similar generation (there or thereabouts atleast), these Podcasts resonate with me completely. It brightened up a sh1tty day and a worrying time, so thanks again and keep them coming Gents. 👌👍

[@duncangwhyte]

I drove the Route Napoleon last year, all the way from Grenoble to Cannes/Antibes and then along into Moncao. Thanks for mentioning, Chris!

[@josephkelly4893]

Australian 1975 Ford Falcon XB hardtop, John Goss special for me. 302 Cleveland V8, 4 speed manual, two tone green and white with an orange racing stripe. Look it up people, it’s stunning. Thanks for the podcast gents

[@zimcam1]

Never stop doing this please. this is epic fun.

[@RussellMiddleton]

New recording format fixes the sound volume in the podcast feed - thanks! Most enjoyable as always.

[@S18DMW]

Personal reply to the favourite Ford question. The Mk4 Fiesta complete with the Yamaha 1.25 engine. Simply because that was my first car and that's the biggest game changer in any car enthusiasts life

[@caffeine_cars]

Agree! It was my 1st car too - great little car. So many happy memories

[@Revilo403]

As much as I am definitely not being of the same generation, at 27. I don't always know the cars they talk of but sharing the passion is still there, loving these.

[@Andy_Holbrook332]

Jensen Intercepter - can’t be beaten for a car name. Guys, best episode yet. So funny, so original, so natural. Seriously, the most entertaining thing I’m watching on KZbin currently or anywhere else for that matter. Sound and picture quality is better, so whatever you’ve done, it has improved things.

[@harrysunderland6267]

You guys are fantastic thank you. I’m only 21 years young, and i want to break into the car industry at some point in the near future. You guys are giving me great knowledge of cars thanks you. From and English lad in Aus, correct Neil it’s a fantastic country, about to get into a van in early may! Keep doing these episodes. Love them!!!,

[@JohnFromAccounting]

Neil got the road correct. Absolutely stunning. Another great one is the road over the Blue Mountains on the way to Bathurst.

[@tiredgiraffe]

Best episode yet, they've all been brilliant so far but this one takes the biscuit. I've not driven many great roads, as a resident of Canada most of the roads around where I live are dead straight and potholed to heck. A couple of years ago I bought a Mk6 Volkswagen GTI in Vancouver and drove it home to Edmonton via the BC-99 highway, a fantastic winding road that weaves up through Whistler, Squamish and Pemberton. However, there is nothing like a good French back road imho, recently I experienced the D533 from Saint-Agrève down to Valence in the rhône valley. Stunning road, I was sat in the back of a Renault Traffic being driven at high speed which made me feel quite ill, but the entire journey I was constantly imagining what it would be like in a Peugeot 205 GTi or similar.

[@simoncoppingongoogle850]

Richard Parry-Jones was a complete legend. He spoilt the common man and for that I'll be forever greatful.

[@philmorel9861]

Perfect Blue Buildings...what a tune!

[@JohnFromAccounting]

From the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand, drive the State Highway 25 around the Coromandel Peninsula, then take the coastal road on the way to Auckland. Best done in March or April.

[@nelmur]

It says something about this show that, after a full week of working on my laptop, one of the things I am most looking forward to is watching a recorded Zoom call.

[@Littlegreenlightweight]

I left school as a fresh faced 16 year old in 93' and started a 4 year mechanics apprenticeship at a Ford dealer. Being of that age for me its the Escort Cosworth but not for the reason you might think. Again it's the back story and as was typical back then it was a case of Ford doing something without 2 pennies to rub together. They took a Sierra Cosworth floorpan and dropped an Escort 3 door body on top. The width and length difference being the main reason for the flared arches and different front and rear bumpers. Everything was bodged together underneath (don't get me started on the exhaust!) but they knew it would work, because the Sierra Cosworth did. It sold in spades and probably resurrected the RS brand which carried on thereafter.

[@infoGTD]

I have fallen behind with these podcasts and currently playing catch up but wanted to leave a comment to say that they are so entertaining and going from strength to strength. My favourite so far!

[@martynpotter21]

Thanks for the shout-out of my home country (Australia), it is rather lovely here and yes we have gone a bit ridiculous when it comes to speed, unfortunately.

[@markcooper770]

Neil Cliffords tale of travels in Australia was wonderful and I may be mistaken, but I think he was a little watery eyed at the end there. I spent 6 months traveling and camping in Australia in a Toyota Hilux and agree with him, it's a beautiful place, with fabulous people. Recommended to anyone who wants to sell up and get off the treadmill and escape until money or time runs out.

[@jpinternational]

Loved listening to snippets of stories about Peter Sellers, more historical stories like these please

[@jasondurden2803]

This has become my must listen start to the weekend. 5 gents of my vintage talking directly about stuff that interests me. Great stuff. Counting Crows August & Everything After, a truly stand-out 90's album.

[@grahamm6985]

On Neil's recommendation in the podcast, I have just watched the Parkinson - Peter Sellers interview. I have never really paid much attention to Sellers and his work but that was a very insightful interview to what seems to be an extremely complex character. The Richard the 3rd rendition straight off the cuff was outstanding as was the story he re-counted about Peter O'Toole. Thanks Neil, that has been a bit of an eye opener and I think that I will spend some time looking more into Seller's work. The Pod cast continues to be excellent, thanks guy's.

[@sammyb211]

Best road, Highway 17 from Terrace to Prince Rupert alongside the Skeena river and snow capped mountains with not a town for the complete 100 miles. It's pure bliss.

[@darrenkilby5007]

You guys are able to articulate what we feel about so many car emotions, bloody well done

[@JonathanSpain-nf1si]

Bloody highlight of my Friday listening to this ❤

[@stephenpowling]

By far the best podcast I get to listen to every week. Love these, keep them coming!

[@kings3803]

Another great one in the bag. I do enjoy these every week. I hope that you can keep it up as I know you all must be busy.

[@jeremyrigden9200]

Well done Chris, W&P or Radford Minis, de-seamed, oval rear window, square headlights. used to see one when I worked in Marylebone High Street in the late sixties.🙂

[@sresto7943]

The best episode so for, i feel at home with such manic's, yet still in admiration of Manish ! just keep us fulfilled with geekishness.

[@Biggspeed]

Love it. I look forward to this every Friday (NA). Please do not stop.

[@viriatvsoflvsitania5422]

Another great podcast, guys. Here's my picks for the topics you talked about: Favorite (fast) Ford: Escort RS Cosworth. Favorite road: N222 from Peso da Régua to Pinhão in Portugal, or pretty much any road that goes along the river Douro. Best exhaust design: Pagani Zonda. Cars with fast names: MG Metro Turbo (sounds more like really fast public transportation). F1 chat: couldn't care less, skipped that part. Peter Sellers 2 car garage: Bentley S3 Continental Drophead in the UK and a Ferrari 500 Superfast in the US. Driving tune: Primus - Wynona's Big Brown Beaver

[@scottleech9571]

I actually remember walking into Malcom Wilson Ford in Kendal and he had a brand new road version RS200 .. sat in it at age 15 and will never forget it.

[@feliperc4805]

Production of the podcast has improved greatly.

[@JohnFromAccounting]

I agree, it looks really good this week for some reason. Editing magic.

[@napalmhotdog4365]

@@JohnFromAccounting not zoom, different app

[@ardles]

Best automotive podcast series I’ve listened too/watched. Keep it going gents 👍 Regarding exhausts? I’m biased but my favorite is the original xflow exhaust on a 1700 Supersprint. From childhood, the first car exhaust that I noticed was from a Maserati Quattroporte 1968. A neighbour of my parents had one in Hong Kong and I stood behind it as it was started up one morning and my white school socks got spattered in oil but I looked down at those exhaust tips and thought, phwoar! My first Janspeed exhaust purchased from the hands of Keith Rip (Ripspeed) in Edmonton UK fitted to my avo rs2000 was another 😍 moment. The rolled lip at the end of that silencer was magnificent. And lastly, the pair of upturned exhaust tips on a TR6 (at full tilt) are just gorgeous. Tune of the day: Montrose, Bad Motor Scooter 😎👊👍

[@garethsworkshop]

Road/route 1 Iceland. It’s a route that is one of those that just humbles you with the view. Especially this time of year when the east is snowy.

[@Rlee571]

I’m working my way back from episode 28. Thoroughly enjoyable 👍

[@therealairportable]

exhaust technical mini cooper mk1 best seen on the model box by tamiya 1:32.... your podcast is a real inspiration and breaks through the everyday madness in a wonderful way... keep it up!!!! greetings from germany

[@davidthegolfer]

You guys are a bad influence. Manish, after I had listened to this I watched The Party. The first 7 minutes had me wetting myself. Later my wife thought I was having a seizure. Brilliant, and brilliant edition No 11 too. Thank you all.

[@Andy_T79]

For me the fastest sounding name has to be 80s craze... 'TURBO' I used to be mesmerised seeing it written down the sides of Renault 5s, RS Turbos, 911 & 930, Saab 900's Alpina's.... basically any black on black 80s car with red decals and badging is perfection imo.

[@vitaliyyavtukhovskyi5947]

Absolutely awesome, always thoroughly enjoy these! So good to spend time with likeminded petrol heads.

[@stevecarter5084]

Mumbai to Pune, part of my commute to work from the UK,at night… all of Manesh’s experiences but no lights being used! A definite interesting experience

[@wellsyandcars]

I’m on the Spotify playlist it’s great. My fav fast Ford is the Mk1 Escort RS Twin Cam in Ermine White. I still think The Chain is an amazing car tune, not just because the break and the bass is mind blowing but my whole childhood that was the F1 theme and that was my call to the sofa to sit down, shut up and watch the F1 with Dad.

[@gordonsimpson3235]

Yep, the X Pack fitted the Capri and RS2000 Mk 2. But I don't think Bodie and Doyle ever had X packs on their cars....I stand to be corrected. We fitted 3 back in the day - all RS2000's. They were very expensive and entailed equally expensive wider RS alloys too. There was a very tatty one on Arthur Daley's forecourt (back in Terry's day). Capri and Cortina S had Bilstein suspension in the day....all had great handling, great gearboxes and were great driving cars. BDA more relevant to me than the DFV despite the great sound. Mk2 RS1800 was the rarest model (very expensive at the time)

[@endlessrage4062]

Love the cute dog photobombing Mr Lovetts feed. Very amusing! 😅

[@rip4273]

Wonderful podcast, a trip in the automotive history

[@CaptFelony]

Loving the podcast, the banter in this episode was very entertaining

[@donaldsinclair4962]

Cap doffed gentlemen. These are absolutely superb!

[@skygod1067]

Davis to stelvio. I drove when I picked up my 911 from Stuttgart. Absolutely beautiful

[@hughgabriel1]

I completely agree about the feeling of driving off the tunnel for a euro trip - a recent highlight has been the D9 from Dole towards Lausanne.

[@MrAjjm65]

The best Ford for me was the Lotus Cortina. Coupled with the late great Jim Clark circa 1963, hoofing it round Snetterton, at least two wheels airborne! Two legends.

[@nrahim91]

Hearing 'Torrington Road' really threw me off there as I work on Copnor Road in Portsmouth

[@vb-ek2kc]

Peak car podcast. full stop.

[@FLUIDIMAGES1]

Terrific musical choice by CH this week, 'Day At The Races' live at Brixton Academy takes J5's masterpiece and twin turbocharges it

[@johnnyboy114]

Very very very quickly becoming one of my favourite YT? channels.....And I subscribe to a LOT! 😂 Keep this up gents. Bloody brilliant

[@_MasterP]

Did anyone see the dogwatching and trying to paw the door open on Ed's screen 😄 Loving the discussions as always gents, new background very pretty and clear

[@jamesu234]

Gents, bloody love the podcast. Keep them going please! May I politely suggest a great driving tune for the Spotify playlist? Eric Clapton, Bad Love. Listened to it as a kid with my dad in his E34 535i. Calypso red, cream interior, silky straight six. My dad at the wheel with a killer pair of Rayban aviators and a solid early 90’s ‘tache. Used to feel like a god in that car when he bought it new from Altwood BMW in Maidenhead. Thank you!

[@zimcam1]

Don't ever stop doing this stuff please.

[@jamesthomas5714]

Thank you for another great episode not sure it was fast, but my favourite Ford was my first car, a bright yellow, mk1 Fiesta Pop Plus, nicknamed Marigold! best international road, always enjoy the trip to Le Mans from Calais, or a bit closer to me - the road from Mazeirah to Moreeb in Abu Dhabi Emirate - a 25km road that twists and rises and falls through the start of the empty quarter

[@chronologicist]

Great episode thanks v much. Favourite (not best) fast Ford for me was the Mk2 Fiesta XR2 - quite an eye opener as a teenager going from a 1.1 with long gearing. Best exhaust - there is something very iconic about the old (pre 964) exhausts which poked out of the back corner. Not beautiful but somehow very purposeful looking.

[@gmain1977]

Off work today and put this on before I go out. Loves these podcasts. Erm Fav fast Ford for me is Ford Mustang Boss 429 with 375hp and NASCAR engine. GT40 is the best because of its place in History. So many great Fords though. Since I am 45 the Ford Escort Cosworth is upthere that car was the poster child for boy racing. Capri RS3100 and the Perana from South Africa. Mustang Cobra R of 2000 also great shout , RS500 plus the RS200. Best car name for me is Dodge Charger or Plymouth Roadrunner Superbird. Americans have best names as a kid I bought matchbox cars due to names. Amx Javelin, Mustang Mach1 Twister, Mercury Cougar Eliminator to name just a few. Interceptor is great name also .

[@ianhill9800]

Fast ford, I had an old workmate (now retired) who bought a new mk 1 Escort Mexico on the never-never and wrote it off two weeks later.

[@kevingolden5675]

I still have dreams about my h plate 91 series 3 rs turbo. Beautiful cars and the torque steer was unbelievable 😍💚

[@DavidCrack-no7og]

Love this podcast

[@gregbergh6140]

Love it guys. Keep it coming 🎉

[@sail3303]

Once again, great entertainment!

[@vaughnsigal4560]

As someone who lives just down the road from the seacliff bridge (13:50), I felt a strange bit of hometown pride haha

[@tomburton6366]

Cx25 gti turbo. As an 8yr old in 1986 nothing sounded faster than the combination of gti and turbo . Long badge points too

[@Nord_Mann]

My favorite fast Ford, or Ford in general, is my first car, the 1984 Ford Escort RS Turbo❤

[@peaktraveller]

Excellent again gentlemen.

[@ianstretch6815]

Outstanding episode chaps.

[@goku6785]

i have tuned ultimate green rs focus mk2, top 3 fwd car ever.

[@SB-vb8ch]

Bmw broke the capacity / badging alignment way before '99. They had 1800s badged as 316 in E30 & they did some stuff with turbo 7 series in the mists of time too.

[@jasondesborough4002]

It gets better with every week..

[@jefffiles9209]

Fantastic as always guys. Great lol moments. My mum worked at Haynes of Maidstone, I remember many a showroom wander, and dreaming. I wonder if any of you have done something to upset the foreign press.... for instance, (Chris) at LeMans leaning on the bonnet of a VW Sharon so the driver can burn out! Question, what car has the longest name and best abbreviations. Question, which is your favourite and worst car badge.... Ferrari & RR, worst Vauxhall and Skoda imo.

[@kevincoombs7348]

For my 60th birthday my daughters bought me seats for all of us to see Senna at Bristol Docks. It was the premier and after a Q and A with the director, Asif Kapadea. What is Manish connection to this film ? PS I have to totally re arrange my Fridays as I have to watch Collecting Addicts before I do anything!

[@IainTrice-fh2im]

Favourite road is the B6, Limassol to Pathos in Cyprus along the coast.

[@richardharrison8249]

Well done once again.

[@RustyBonnet]

So I listen to this on my journey home so don't see your fabulous faces. However, the talk of the road to Formentor made me tingle. I was on said road 2 weeks ago driving some shitbox Chinese SUV (a dr 4.0, €20k of Chinese reasonableness) rental, trying not to kill the bloody cyclists and listening to a squealing wife who really wasn't enjoying it one bit. Loved it. An empty road and my M140i would have been great fun for sure. Agreed, great camber, good surface, hairpins. Absolutely fantastic. Another fav was a loop I did in Cyprus once from Paphos up to the ski resort and back down. Landslides, snow, sun and all in a Nissan Note Auto that had seen far better days that's for sure.

[@andrewhurstcars]

The Pagani exhaust is made in Germany by MHG-Fahrzeugtechnik

[@clarkey140]

Great improvement on the video quality, but audio is very low this week.

[@adrianmay2970]

Awesome podcast as ever.. the dog watching Edward 😂

[@gordonconn6972]

White is not the inconel, its the ceramic coating on the exhaust to keep temps down

[@lukewaring2832]

Clowns on cats.. Epic.. Alfa 33, nailed it. Rules only to be broken😅 Keep it in lads epic.😂

[@robinjeffery1588]

Best one yet.

[@Hythe01]

Exhaust tips - for me, the 850CSi might just beat the M5 - there’s just an extra subtle bit of stagger to the tips…. Re: F1 practice - keep the free practice, bring back Procar, make it entirely optional for the current F1 drivers (AND reserve drivers), but give a lowish level of F1 drivers (only) championship points to the top, say, 5 finishers!

[@stevemetlitzky9230]

Loving these 😊😊

[@hondansx1000]

Call me a pikey, but my favourite fast Ford is the Gen 2 Focus ST with the 2.5 Volvo T5 engine in it. I was thinking about it on the way home. The newer ST's maybe more capable, faster and handle better etc. But that 5cyl imo is full of so much character and sounds like a Quattro and how often do you hear a turbo'd 5 pot being sent down the local dual carriage way. I'd buy one just for the sound haha

[@Cypress_green]

Discuss your favorite door handles please.

[@MrDolan1971]

Focus RS Mk1 FTW 👊🤩