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Richard Porter

@sniffpetrol

2 years

Meanwhile, on a private jet high over the Persian Gulf, Kimi Raikkonen briefly lowers a neat vodka from his lips and mutters, "What? The Dutch guy? Okay, whatever."

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Since yesterday's Top Gear announcement I've heard a few references to "the writers" of the Clarkson, Hammond and May era as if it was a room full of people. Here's a photo of all the people who used to write the show in those days.

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8 years

What America needs is a president who tells them to write the date the right way round.

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3 years

This is the new Mercedes SL interior. Looks familiar…

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2 years

Time to kick Nikita Mazepin out of F1. Nothing to do with the Ukraine situation, he's just fucking awful.

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2 years

Almost exactly 20 years ago this evening the very first episode of 'new' Top Gear transmitted. Sunday 20 October, at 8pm. You can still watch it on iPlayer. Suffice to say, things got better.

Top Gear - Series 1: Episode 1

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and Jason Dawe are joined by Harry Enfield.

www.bbc.co.uk

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4 years

Home schooling going well for our neighbours.

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4 years

I’m sure Land Rover are as surprised as anyone to find a Discovery Sport can do 260 miles on a full tank.

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8 years

Uh-oh. Shit is about to get real.

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7 months

Give an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters and an infinite amount of time and they'll come up with the complete works of Shakespeare. Give four twats some laptops and, between 2002 and 2015, they'll write Top Gear.

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2 years

While it was very sweet to see the Queen's favourite pony and a couple of her corgis watching the funeral procession yesterday, I was just as emotional to notice her old X-Type estate at Windsor.

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2 years

Dammit, these Recaptchas are intense.

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8 years

Ahh, hasn't he grown.

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7 years

Please welcome Sniff chassis no.002. This time it's the girl-type.

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8 years

Hats off to my colleagues, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and the late Richard Hammond.

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2 years

Taken a darker turn this year.

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8 years

May, Hammond and I agreed, our favourite car in the opening sequence was the Vector.

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3 years

Such sad news about Sabine. Not much I can add to the warm words offered by others today save to say she was a true force of nature, gone far too soon. Still one of my favourite lines from Top Gear, totally unscripted of course: "I tell you something, I do that lap time in a VAN"

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6 years

James May’s office flooded. I’ve done quite well out of it.

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3 years

Aw heck, not Murray Walker. What terrible news. I worked with him a few times. A genuinely lovely man with a bottomless passion for F1. Like the coolest, kindest grandfather you never had. May he rest in peace. Or to the sound of DFVs and the Honda RA109E.

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7 years

This is what happens when a flight gets delayed leaving a tiny Laplandic airport.

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2 years

SCOOP! Land Rover's future plans revealed!

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7 years

MAXIMUM ISLINGTON

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2 years

Yeah, it’s a BMW 7 Series.

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7 years

The Renault 21 was available with both transverse and longitudinal engines.

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3 years

Oh come on BBC, you sent this guy?!!

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3 years

The BBC is just taking the piss now.

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4 years

This is the best. Just the best thing.

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8 years

Two pints of Grand Tour please mate.

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1 year

More sad news. RIP a heck of a showman and our generation’s coolest Ken.

Road & Track

@RoadandTrack

1 year

Pro rally driver and Hoonigan founder Ken Block killed in snowmobile accident.

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7 months

Aston Martin referred to the V12 engine in the DB9 as a 6-litre but, since its actual capacity was 5935cc, it was technically a 5.9-litre.

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8 years

Important meeting. #thegrandtour

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4 years

Amazing how many pairs of middle-aged men with trick road bikes and full Sky kits seem to be members of the same household.

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2 years

I like to believe the Queen was a lady we could do business with. May she rest in peace.

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2 years

Yeah, those’ll definitely help, mate.

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2 years

I presume he let five people go before him.

Autosport

@autosport

2 years

Former #F1 race director Michael Masi has left the FIA ➡️🚪

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8 years

I notice Zac Goldsmith's campaign to be London mayor uses the slogan "back Zac". God, I hope he gets a running mate called Crack.

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4 years

To clarify, last tweet was a car nerd gag about a famously un-economical car, not a fact checking exercise about a lying twat and his bullshit excuses. Anyway, I've had a bottle of wine and my vision's gone weird so I'm taking the Cessna up for a 30 mile flight to check I'm okay.

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4 years

I think this might be the most delightful thing I've seen all week.

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2 years

It can be terribly wanky when someone famous dies and people rush to do that "They met me, you know" stuff. But I'm saddened to hear of Robbie Coltrane's passing because he once called me a "cheeky wee shite". In a nice way. He was cool. Knew his cars too. May he rest in peace.

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5 years

Happy birthday to Dave Grohl who turns 50 today.

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5 years

Face ID on my iPhone X suddenly stopped working. Turned off and on again. Tried reset. Done a full clear and restore. Still not working. Any suggestions? If anyone makes an unhelpful 'joke' about Apple shite or suggests Android I'll report them to Twitter as a paedo.

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2 years

The Cupra Born looks like a VW ID.3 that's been modified to appear in a car insurance advert.

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1 year

25 years ago today I started my first job in TV, working on The Car's The Star. Began by researching (and then, unexpectedly, writing) the episode about Lada. Also appeared in it as a bloke swigging from a bottle of vodka which led to my first, and still my greatest, TV credit.

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2 years

I understand that, without my agreement, Chrysler UK have put out a press release late this afternoon that I am driving for them next year. This is wrong and I have not signed a contract for 2023. I will not be driving an Alpine next year.

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3 years

It will forever delight me that Boeing made a 90 version of the 747 as well as the regular 110.

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3 years

Oh my God, I can't believe the BBC sent this guy to cover the petrol panic!

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10 months

What Auto Trader needs is a check box that says 'silver wheels only'.

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7 years

Meanwhile, North Korea says it has successfully tested a Honda engine.

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4 years

Fair enough.

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2 years

In the midst of Toyota's massive electric car fleet announcement they haven't noticed that this Lexus is sinking.

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7 years

Here we see the tea spilling swine trying to fix his wrongdoing.

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4 years

It also tries and ultimately fails to hide the fact that it’s a fucking horrible looking car.

Autocar

@autocar

4 years

The diesel-powered @BMW 2 Series Gran Coupé tries – and ultimately fails – to hide the fact that it's front-wheel drive. But for the target audience, we suspect it won't be an issue. First drive review:

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3 years

New Mercedes SL interior. Not sure the quilted rear view mirror was a good idea.

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3 years

Cheers Nicki. I bought one of your albums and the very next day my car failed its MOT so be careful out there people.

Nicki Minaj

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3 years

My cousin in Trinidad won’t get the vaccine cuz his friend got it & became impotent. His testicles became swollen. His friend was weeks away from getting married, now the girl called off the wedding. So just pray on it & make sure you’re comfortable with ur decision, not bullied

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10 months

You can destroy our public services and fill our rivers with shit but if you really want to feel the unified wrath of our nation, knock down a pub.

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3 years

Pop fact: 40 years ago today Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe met for the first time. To honour this glorious anniversary I’ve spent the day doing my work like this.

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4 years

Thinking now might be the time to finish and release The Sniff Petrol Book Of Quite Boring Car Facts. Would anyone be interested in such a thing? I warn you now, it'll be quite boring.

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4 years

"You have to help, something awful has just happened." "Wait, sorry, my system says the number you're calling from is our design studio..."

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4 years

Managed to get mint shower gel in my eye this morning. It was extremely painful and I would not recommend it. Going to check there’s no lasting damage by firing up the old vision testing machine.

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2 years

Finally got to see the new Top Gun movie last night. Tremendous fun. But, given the car she can afford, Jennifer Connelly's bar must turn over SQUIFTY BAJILLION DOLLARS a week.

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8 years

Not a massive Rosberg fan, but there's something stylish and ballsy about nabbing the championship and then having the guts to fuck off.

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5 years

Sad news about Niki Lauda. You'll have seen words like 'hero' and 'legend' bandied around all day, but it's worth looking up his fight with Boeing over the Lauda Air 767 crash to see how ballsy and righteous he was outside of F1 as well as within it. May he rest in peace.

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4 years

This government guidance is getting very confusing.

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2 years

“I will have more to say in the coming days”. I think we’ve heard enough, cheers.

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2 years

Can't stop watching this video of Rich Energy boss Walter Fizzy 'powersliding' his Jag. Extra points for the accidental beep.

Richard Brassington

@RichBM2Comp

2 years

@richenergyceo Were you able to produce as much understeer as you managed trying to donut your jag?

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4 months

Tip of the taste hat to the owner of this small wheel, clear glass, silver paint Range Rover.

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3 years

It begins...

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1 year

One of Great Britain’s most classically beautiful sights. And the city of Bath.

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3 years

Lots of hubris about that Brundle clip, in particular people going, "Well I'VE never heard of her". That doesn't make her a nonentity. She's a platinum selling artist. You've just never heard of her, grandad.

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2 years

Since we're talking Jags of The Crown, are we expected to believe the Royal Family would tolerate such egregious arch trims on a Series 3, hmm?

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4 years

Replace the clutch on a 1987 Vauxhall Belmont?

The Sun

@TheSun

4 years

Kate Middleton arrives at nursery to serve kids breakfast... Is there anything she can't do?

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1 month

#questlife

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5 months

One of my highlights of yesterday’s @BicesterH Scramble was finding @harrismonkey hawking his satirical influencer sunglasses out of the boot of an old BMW. And what sunglasses they are.

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3 years

They’re here! People are here!

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7 years

Hulkenberg much faster than Palmer but in fairness Hulk's car has been fitted with a more talented driver.

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3 years

I want you to stop leaning on the storage heater, the wall brackets aren't that strong.

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3 years

Sorry to hear Kimi Raikkonen is retiring. Let's remember him this way. #kimi

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5 years

See also, 'supercharger'.

Elon Musk

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5 years

Um @Porsche , this word Turbo does not mean what you think it does

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3 years

Really strong April Fools' joke from BMW this year. Wait... what...?

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3 years

Three Leons on my shirt.

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3 years

NO TIM T #smithandsniffatthemovies

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3 years

Was so distracted by this blue ‘Lotus Carlton’ I almost got run over. Details like badges and steering wheel seemed to check out. Respray or replica?

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7 years

This is Hammond trying on his special arctic coat in the London office and finding it was a bit big.

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3 years

…that he’s a low talent sex pest?

MoneyGram Haas F1 Team

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3 years

The streets will never forget #HaasF1 #BelgianGP

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2 years

Spotted yesterday in Covent Garden; a really lovely branch of Boots. Unfortunately there was some old van in the way when I took the picture.

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3 years

@harrismonkey And I gather the track will be reconfigured for the W Series so that the drivers have far fewer rights.

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11 years

You know what they call an Apple Mac in France? An Apple Royale With Cheese.

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10 years

Photo of the day: http://t.co/E4GkdUvqxJ

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4 years

Europe: Hey America, you don't use the metric system, right? USA: Hell no. Europe: What size is your car engine? USA: 5.7-litre. Europe: Ah-ha! USA: Oh hey, what size are your rims? Europe: 17-inch... DAMMIT.

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6 months

Well that’s next year’s mission statement sorted.

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5 years

I admire Tesla's ability to do things differently but come on, this is just a big wedge of made-up bullshit for people who shop in Forbidden Planet.

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11 months

20 mins until OTLOT7. Crikey, we’ve never had road signs before.

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6 months

Statements now confirm that no official complaint about Toto and Susie Wolff was made by Fondmetal, Simtek or Leyton House. Mastercard Lola conspicuous by their silence.

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1 year

Fun fact; JLR isn't binning Land Rover at all. Name and badge will stay on cars and dealers as umbrella while pushing model names will acknowledge that no one says "I drive a Land Rover Range Rover". I clarified with a company representative. I know, actual journalism! Who knew!?

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2 years

Kudos to the person casually driving a Porsche 959 through sluggish central London traffic this evening. (I couldn't get a pic because I was driving. But not in a 200-off Porsche, sadly.)

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1 year

Every once in a while I remember this exchange from a Rover 75 Facebook group and start giggling like an twat.

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4 years

Sad to hear Stirling Moss has left us. Saw him speak at various events over the years and no matter how corporate he always managed to work in talk of ‘crumpet’. An incorrigible legend. May he rest in peace.

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3 years

Another lovely day at the Goodwood Vestibule of Speed, on that side of things. #otsot #smithandsniff

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1 year

There is chap who regularly drives one of these around Bath and I want to buy a new hat just so I can doff it.

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