Overdrive David Brown

Program
Listeners joke
An extended discussion on the feedback from our story on unusual gear stick knobs
• A gear knob as an element of sculpture
• Aussie gear stick knobs
• Extreme examples including from a taxi in Fiji
• Did you know it is illegal to not have the gear selection pattern on your gear knob
• What should a car tell you other than the gear selection pattern

Road tests
• Subaru BRZ manual transmission sports car
• What’s happening with sports car sales in Australia
• Peugeot 2008 Small SUV
• Is there value in being different with a hint of prestige

Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au
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Outro
And this has been overdrive

Thanks to
• Paul Murrell
• Alan Zurvas
• Paula from Randwick
• Subaru Australia
• Peugeot Australia
• Mark Wesley
• Bruce Potter

for their help with this program.
Our web site is drivenmedia.com.au or search for cars, transport, culture for our longer version of the program as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify podcasts or for information including pictures on Facebook, Instagram or youtube.
You can always make a suggest, comment or offer help by sending an email to feedback@drivenmedia.com.au

Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

Originally broadcast 20 July 2024


I’m David Brown
Thanks for listening

In this program:
News stories
• Fisker bankruptcy: SUVs for $3700 each – report (0:45)
• Holden’s Hero Torana to be resurrected at a price (3:15)
• Private e-scooters to get legal green light (8:06)
• Learners falsifying logbooks in significant numbers, survey reveals (11:27)

Unintended consequences
• High Occupancy Vehicle lanes – fudging the number of occupants (15:55)

Feedback – comments from listeners on pictures in social media
• BMW Isetta (17:12)

Brian Smith takes a wonderful wonder through his memory on some of the motoring fads from the past including (20:52)
• Rubber strip hanging down from the car
• Steering locks

Road tests – the new design and the old design
• Subaru Solterra EV (40:09)
• Mitsubishi ASX – still being built but was first launched in 2010 (47:20)

Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au
Podcasts
iTunes: Cars Transport Culture
Spotify: Cars Transport Culture

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Cars Transport Culture
Instagram
Cars Transport Culture
Or YouTube site
Cars Transport Culture

Search for Cars transport culture


You can get more of our work including longer versions of the program on our website, through our podcasts, or Facebook, Instagram or YouTube by searching for cars transport culture.

And this has been overdrive

Thanks to
• Paul Murrell
• Brian Smith
• Subaru Australia
• Mitsubishi Australia
• Mark Wesley
• Bruce Potter

for their help with this program.
Our web site is drivenmedia.com.au or search for cars, transport, culture for our longer version of the program as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify podcasts or for information including pictures on Facebook, Instagram or youtube.
You can always make a suggest, comment or offer help by sending an email to feedback@drivenmedia.com.au

Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

Originally broadcast 13 July 2024

In this program:

Interviews
• Car sales figures for the first half of the year especially electric vehicles
• Road test the Nissan Qashqai – hybrid – it’s a bit different
• Clear up some of the frustrations we had with the Great Wall Motors Tank 500
• Discuss some of the crazy trends we have seen in motoring
• Comment on some of some great quotes about motoring and travel from the Bill Bryson book “Down Under”
Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au
Podcasts
iTunes: Cars Transport Culture
Spotify: Cars Transport Culture

Or our social pages
Facebook
Cars Transport Culture
Instagram
Cars Transport Culture
Or YouTube site
Cars Transport Culture

Search for Cars transport culture


You can get more of our work including longer versions of the program on our website, through our podcasts, or Facebook, Instagram or YouTube by searching for cars transport culture.

And this has been overdrive

Thanks to
• Paul Murrell
• Brian Smith
• Nissan Australia
• Mark Wesley
• Bruce Potter

for their help with this program.
Our web site is drivenmedia.com.au or search for cars, transport, culture for our longer version of the program as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify podcasts or for information including pictures on Facebook, Instagram or youtube.
You can always make a suggest, comment or offer help by sending an email to feedback@drivenmedia.com.au

Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

Originally broadcast 6 July 2024

G’Day and welcome to Overdrive a program that bounces through the world of cars and transport

In this program:

Listener feedback on
• Unexpected consequences of transport projects. Paris is implementing high occupancy lanes – good idea but some experience in Sydney would be helpful to consider
• Oil leaks in Morris minors
• A unique clock with the face like an old-style Jaguar dial
Interviews
• Guys Who Like Loud Cars Have Sadistic Psychopathic Tendencies: Study
• Road test of the Fiat 500 electric vehicle

Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au
Podcasts
iTunes: Cars Transport Culture
Spotify: Cars Transport Culture

Or our social pages
Facebook
Cars Transport Culture
Instagram
Cars Transport Culture
Or YouTube site
Cars Transport Culture

Search for Cars transport culture


You can get more of our work including longer versions of the program on our website, through our podcasts, or Facebook, Instagram or YouTube by searching for cars transport culture.

Originally broadcast 29 June 2024



And this has been overdrive

Thanks to
• Paul Murrell
• Fred and Pamela Brain
• Fiat Australia
• Mark Wesley
• Bruce Potter

for their help with this program.
Our web site is drivenmedia.com.au or search for cars, transport, culture for our longer version of the program as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify podcasts or for information including pictures on Facebook, Instagram or youtube.
You can always make a suggest, comment or offer help by sending an email to feedback@drivenmedia.com.au

Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network


I’m David Brown
Thanks for listening

In this program:
• Taking a long time to overtake: The Cruise Control Creep
• Noise from windscreen wipers
• Original Mini versus modern SUVs – Listeners play homage to Monty Python
• Road test – Patrol Warrior
• Road test of Genesis GV70 – 3.5 T


Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au
Podcasts
iTunes: Cars Transport Culture
Spotify: Cars Transport Culture

Or our social pages
Facebook
Cars Transport Culture
Instagram
Cars Transport Culture
Or YouTube site
Cars Transport Culture

Search for Cars transport culture

And this has been overdrive

Thanks to
• Paul Murrell
• Nissan Australia
• Genesis Australia
• Mark Wesley
• Bruce Potter

for their help with this program.
Our web site is drivenmedia.com.au or search for cars, transport, culture for our longer version of the program as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify podcasts or for information including pictures on Facebook, Instagram or youtube.
You can always make a suggest, comment or offer help by sending an email to feedback@drivenmedia.com.au

Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

Originally broadcast 15 June 2024

I’m David Brown
Thanks for listening

Overdrive: Past car ads - the good, bad and ugly; Hyundai Kona EV; Misleading hybrid sale figures

1. Joke from a listener
2. An engineer turned comedian gives an example of the poor use of statistics
3. Why two-wheel-drive utes sell in small numbers
4. We review a historic film of road construction. How has the presentation of transport projects changed
5. A review of some specific aspects of the latest car sales figures
6. A road test the Hyundai Kona EV
7. An interview with Bruce Potter on past car advertising headlines that worked really well and those that did not.

Web Site: Driven Media: drivenmedia.com.au
Podcasts
iTunes: Cars Transport Culture
Spotify: Cars Transport Culture

Or our social pages
Facebook
Cars Transport Culture
Instagram
Cars Transport Culture
Or YouTube site
Cars Transport Culture

Search for Cars transport culture

And this has been overdrive

Thanks to
• Paul Murrell
• Bruce Potter
• Listener Alfie
• Hyundai Australia
• Mark Wesley
for their help with this program.
Our web site is drivenmedia.com.au or search for cars, transport, culture for our longer version of the program as a podcast on iTunes and Spotify podcasts or for information including pictures on Facebook, Instagram or youtube.
You can always make a suggest, comment or offer help by sending an email to feedback@drivenmedia.com.au

Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

Originally broadcast 15 June 2024