Carfessions

Carfessions Podcast
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Step into the Carfession booth where each week, Jack Scarlett and Cam Tait will invite guests to confide their deepest loves and most burning hatreds from the world of cars. Whether it's a loathing of fake performance car badges or a fixation with metal gear knobs, an outrage at lane etiquette or an obsession with service stations, we listen and we don't judge. The floor is all yours, what will you bring to the Carfessions booth?

  1. 09/24/2025

    Steve Fowler and the hypnotic Lexus vents

    This week, Jack and Cam are joined by legendary car journo, Steve Fowler. The former Editor of Whatcar, Autocar and Auto Express brings to the Carfession booth his adoration of automotive theatre, cats eyes and - perhaps surprisingly - self-driving cars, before delving into his hatred for temporary traffic lights, improper indicator etiquette and car design w*nk (his words). Got something to Carfess? Message @Carfessionspod on Instagram for a chance to be featured on the pod!

    1h 1m

  2. 09/17/2025

    Car's James Dennison has had enough of launch control

    Car magazine's James Dennison steps into the Carfessions booth with three loves and three hates for Jack and Cam to mull over. James kicks things off with his love for sim racing (if it's good enough for Max Verstappen, right?), which fuels his second love: his MG ZR racing car. His final love, however, is entirely different, and that's the clever ways manufacturers implement buttons to turn off ADAS. Then, it's onto the hates, starting somewhat controversially with his dislike for launch control. That moves neatly onto his hatred of half-arsed car mods, before ending on everyone's obsession with manual cars. Finishing off, James takes us through his dream daily, weekend car, once-a-year drive and the car you'll drive just once in your lifetime. Enjoy the pod? Follow us on Instagram @Carfessionspod and leave us a five star review!

    1h 1m

  3. 09/10/2025

    Jack, Cam and the Mercedes G-Wagen thunk

    Jack and Cam step back into the Carfessions booth with a fresh batch of loves and hates. It's Cam turn to kick off the loves, now that he's finally able to talk about his secret trip to Germany to see the new Porsche 911 Turbo S (that's the 992.2 for geeks), talking about all the secret cars he saw testing there. Jack, meanwhile, feels good about the direction of car interiors, and has brought along a list of listener-picked concepts to go over. The hates kick off with a love, as Jack's not sure whether he's a fan of the Mercedes G-Wagen or thinks its pants. Cam, on the other hand, proclaims his hatred of people willing to risk parking fines so that they can put their car wherever they want. And while he doesn't hate concours events, he's not sure if he's all that keen on them. Want to carfess something: DM us on Instagram @Carfessionspod and be sure to leave a 5 star review if you enjoy listening!

    59 min

  4. 09/03/2025

    James Engelsman's car auction addiction

    The Canada-based Brit and one half of automotive superchannel, Throttle House, James Engelsman joins us in the Carfession booth this week to share his loves of pairing music with driving, the drive to a car event and online auctions. We then explore his deepest loathings: the utter randomness of bonnet latch placement, the stabby thing cab drivers seem to do with the accelerator, and the "ensh*tification" of everything. Enjoy the pod? Follow us on Instagram @Carfessionspod and leave us a five star review!

    1h 2m

  5. 08/27/2025

    Jack, Cam and the VW Cali camper van

    This week's episode is brought to you by Jack and Cam with a fresh batch of loves and hates for you to sink your teeth into. Fresh from his holiday, Jack's now a camper van convert having spent the last week and some 1,200 miles in the Volkswagen California. Cam, meanwhile, has fallen in love with the TWR Supercat and screaming V12 it's housing up front. Jack's noticed that Brits are properly good at passing each other on a narrow country lane, and Cam's finally found something he likes about Vauxhall. Onto the hates, and Cam's fed up with the lack of service stations (well, toilets) outside of the UK's motorway network and both are more than a little cheesed off that they didn't get to visit this year's Monterey Car Week. Want to carfess something: DM us on Instagram @Carfessionspod and be sure to leave a 5 star review if you enjoy listening!

    1h 6m

  6. 08/20/2025

    TopGear’s Ollie Kew & the joy of vapourware supercars

    This week, Jack and Cam chat to TopGear mag’s deputy editor, Ollie Kew - a man so filled with outrage that we had to adapt the format especially. Ollie declares his love of vapourware supercars and a certain stretch of A-road, before launching a tirade on an eclectic spread of automotive hatreds ranging from variable steering weight to Instagram “hot takes”. Want to carfess something: DM us on Instagram @Carfessionspod and be sure to leave a 5 star review if you enjoy listening!

    1h 10m

  7. 08/13/2025

    Jack, Cam and the arbitrary tuning stage

    Jack and Cam take to the Carfessions booth this week with a fresh batch of loves and hates to chew on. For the loves, Jack comes in strong with seeing cars from defunct brands on the road, which swiftly turns into a Saab love-in, while Cam admits to creating mini rivalries at traffic lights. Jack then comes back in with a love that, surprisingly, hasn't appeared on the podcast yet: steel wheels. As for the hates, Jack can't see the point of passenger screens (who else needs to know your rpm, anyway?), Cam's fed up with arbitrary tuning stages and being caught out by used cars that aren't all that accurately described. Got something you'd like to Carfess? Drop us a DM on Instagram @carfessions or write to us at carfessions.info@gmail.com.

    54 min

  8. 08/06/2025

    Derek Reilly wants boxy estates back

    In this week's ep, Jack and Cam are joined in the Carfessions booth by the founder and face of Ireland's #1 EV outlet, NEVO: Derek Reilly. Derek shares his appreciation for the boxy estate cars he grew up in the back of and laments their dwindling numbers, while crossover coupes continue to surge. Next he discusses the wonders of one pedal driving, and reveals the strange secret car game he plays only when alone. Moving onto the hatreds, he expounds his outrage for crappy car keys, EVs with start stop buttons and - worst of all - people who use their phones while driving, before sharing his wonderfully eclectic dream garage. Be sure to leave a five star review and tell a mate if you enjoy the episode!

    59 min
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Step into the Carfession booth where each week, Jack Scarlett and Cam Tait will invite guests to confide their deepest loves and most burning hatreds from the world of cars. Whether it's a loathing of fake performance car badges or a fixation with metal gear knobs, an outrage at lane etiquette or an obsession with service stations, we listen and we don't judge. The floor is all yours, what will you bring to the Carfessions booth?

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