The Collecting Cars Podcast with Chris Harris Collecting Cars

Prime episode number for a prime number of men in their prime!
F1 in Abu Dhabi, DAB vs FM vs AM radio, smoking in cars and cigar lighters, self maintenance & a two car garage for a controversial individual is all that gets talked about on Episode 43 of Collecting Addicts!
(00:00) Intro
(01:12) Abu Dhabi F1 GP
(19:00) DAB Radio
(30:42) Cigarette Lighters
(42:15) Self Maintenance
(54:52) Two Car Garage
(01:05:35) Driving Tunes

If 42 is the number answering the meaning of life, the universe, and everything, this episode certainly isn't - but as far as car talk goes, it gets pretty damn close.
With brakes, car configurator, test drive shenanigans, Formula 1 in Vegas, 2 car garage, Top Gear news, book chat and more, this is the Hitchhiker's guide to killing an hour and a half by listening to five grown men talk about cars!
(01:08) Ceramic Brakes
(18:39) Car Configurators
(31:28) Best Test Drive Story
(53:00) F1 Las Vegas GP
(1:07:21) 2 Car Garage
(1:20:03) Driving Tunes
(1:22:16) Top Gear News
(1:24:40) Variable Valve Timings

Episode 41 of the Collecting Addicts podcast!
This week our panel talks about how Apple Carplay has become the de-facto infotainment system in cars, decide what car is the happiest looking in history, choose which options they'd tick for their car-inspired loo, chat keyrings, vote for their F1 driver Prime Minister & more!
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(00:00) Intro
(01:05) Apple Carplay
(17:07) Happiest looking car
(27:28) Mancave Loo options
(38:17) Car key rings
(49:54) Racing driver for PM!
(01:01:34) Two car garage
(01:10:38) Driving Tunes

Quite a few important and less important topics for Collecting Addict's mid-life crisis episode. Are SUVs in towns anti-social? Is Bentley cooler than Rolls Royce? What are the best motorway snacks? Is there such a thing as the perfect button? What two car garage a modern F1 driver would pick?
All of these burning questions and more will be mostly answered on Episode 40 of Collecting Addicts!
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(00:00) Intro
(00:53) Are SUVs antisocial?
(20:32) Bentley cooler than Rolls Royce?
(39:08) Motorway snacks
(55:31) Favourite buttons
(1:04:59) Two Car Garage
(1:18:55) Driving Tunes
(1:20:41) CHRIS HARRIS Variable Valve Timing

In 2023, if you're in a specific age group (tickling the underbelly of 50 years old), you may recall the one true automotive status symbol of your childhood: rear head restraints! This topic and many others on episode 39 of Collecting Addicts!
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(00:00) Intro
(00:49) Headrests
(21:55) Winter Tyres
(36:40) This Week With Cars
(47:54) Electric Car Values
(58:54) Two Car Garage

Are Japanese manufacturers only good at making one hit wonders? With Lexus pulling their top limousine to be replaced by a posh van conversion, our panel ponders the thinking behind the Japanese corporate decision making.
This and much more on episode 38 of Collecting Addicts!
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(00:00) Intro
(01:15) The Death of the LS
(19:58) Clear vs Tinted glass
(26:42) This week with cars
(41:53) F1 at COTA
(55:19) 2 Car garage
(1:06:33) Driving Tunes