Freelance car journo. @TeleCars contributing editor; @CarGurusUK columnist; @overborepod co-host; @UKCOTY juror; questionable vehicle purchaser
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And so our first series comes to an end.
We’re taking a few weeks’ break, but we’ll be back soon.
In the meantime, we’ve decided which was the best facelift ever.
(The answer won’t shock you, but go and listen anyway.)
🚨 EPISODE 12 🚨
The last in the series!
- Facelifts: ones that worked, ones that didn’t, and the one we think was the best ever
- 21 years in a Citroen Saxo
- Baps
- Gordon Keeble excitement
Get it here! linktr.ee/overborepod
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This week’s episode comes to you from this rather lovely Volvo V60.
Kitch judged it ‘not bad’ - praise indeed - and said it was the first new car Scrof’s brought in that he could see himself owning.
(Scrof quite likes it too.)
But was Volvo right to reincarnate its estates?
Just listened back to this and now I’m craving Chinese food and chips. Stupid pod.
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
(slightly delayed)
This week:
- Poppadoms
- Why we like odd-fire V6s (and what they are)
- Why Volvo stopped selling estates (then started again)
- Hot male (and female) tools
- What makes Kitch make this face
Only on Overbore: linktr.ee/overborepod
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If you’re wondering where this week’s Overbore is, well, it’s coming.
Just not today. Sorry.
What with a family funeral this week, we’ve had to push things back a little, but we’re hoping to get the latest ep out to you tomorrow or on Monday.
Hang tight - it’s coming!
I think I’d have to have the Xantia.
Or the Laguna.
Mind you, the Mondeo was brilliant too.
Or maybe the Primera…
Tried not to talk about the Citroën Xantia.
Talked about the Citroën Xantia a lot.
🚨 OB10 OUT NOW 🚨
This week:
- Why 90s cars are the best cars
- Why the Citroën Xantia Activa sometimes falls over at traffic lights
- Kitch’s short car sales career (very short. He got fired)
Go! Listen now! linktr.ee/overborepod
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WE’RE BACK!
After our brief hiatus we’ve moved to publishing our new episodes on Friday mornings, because it felt right.
(It has absolutely nothing to do with the fact we couldn’t get our act together in time to record for Thursday…)
OB9 drops at 10am. See you then!
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End of life care has been overstretched, underfunded and overlooked - and terminally ill people are paying the price.
It's time for @dhscgovuk and @hmtreasury to work together to #FixEndOfLifeCare!
✍ Please sign the petition: campaigns.mariecurie.org.uk/…
New episode out today, in which I get a little bit agitated about touch-sensitive stuff in cars. And Rich pulls my long-termer to bits, both literally and metaphorically.
🚨 THURSDAY ALARM 🚨
On this week’s episode:
- Why touchscreens suck
- What’s happened to Volkswagen?
- A Mini adventure
- Kitch breaks Scrof’s car
Out now! linktr.ee/overborepod
Give Mum a treat this Sunday by introducing her to Overbore.
I promise you her gratitude will know no bounds.
This lunchtime, why not let us tell you all about a particularly iconic car?
This one.
Yes, the one covered in moss.
Yes, it’s the same one in that barn, covered in part of Hampshire.
Hello? Is this thing on?
Would you like to hear a bald man absolutely lose his s*** talking about fish? Well, then. You know what to do.
🚨 OB7 IS HERE 🚨
This week we’re coming to you from a small Daihatsu, to talk about small cars, and why they’re dying.
Also:
- the best estate ever
- cars we liked but didn’t really love, and
- dashboard fish.
Get it while it’s hot, right here: linktr.ee/overborepod
£7,000 off a Sportage. £8,000 off a Puma. And a whopping £10,000 off a Qashqai. All less than a year old, all with just a couple of thousand miles on the clock, if that. Why wouldn’t you?
Buying one of Britain’s best-selling new cars a year later could save you thousands. @Scrof shares tips from his latest search through the CarGurus classifieds. bit.ly/4iZpI3A
Hello, old friend!
Here are some suggestions for scintillating sports cars that are perfect for summer driving, courtesy of @Scrof. bit.ly/41WXboj
Here’s an offer for your Friday lunchtime: Come and listen to me prattle on about stuff, ably aided by my lawnmower, some gardening implements and a rusty old toolbox.
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
This week, Scrof answers your questions:
- How do you become a motoring journalist?
- Why does anyone buy a new car?
- Can we put test cars on the dyno?
Plus: how not to buy a cheap classic Citroen (like he did).
Find us here! linktr.ee/overborepod
