Autoblog Podcast #120
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UPDATE: Episode 119 has been moved to its own post in an attempt to appease iTunes.
Some of you may have noticed that we broke our streak of podcast production last week when we failed to publish Episode #119 of the Autoblog Podcast. That doesn't mean we didn't record one, it just lost out to other responsibilities. Rather than relegate it the digital dustbin, we're bundling it with Episode #120 of same said Autoblog Podcast, all new this week.
#119 was mostly a wrapup of the Geneva Motor Show with Sam, Chris and Dan chatting about hits and misses in Switzerland. Excitingly, Autoblog Podcast #120 is another all-questions episode, with Chris and Dan attempting to offer acceptable responses to all the excellent queries sent to podcast at autoblog dot com. You can listen, subscribe, or download after the jump, see you next week!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
NeoMoose 5:41PM (3/18/2009)
episode 119 is a busted link :(
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MixiM 5:56PM (3/18/2009)
Here is a correct link:
http://stadium.weblogsinc.com/autoblog/podcasts/auto20090318_0119.mp3
Andrew 6:26PM (3/18/2009)
I love that you guys started doing this again!! Thanks and keep up the great work.
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blue3874 6:52PM (3/18/2009)
Kick-ass!
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Michael 8:16PM (3/18/2009)
It's not updating on iTunes. I usually download each podcast through iTunes, but it doesn't see that there are new podcasts, could someone fix that?
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Joe Mauch 9:49PM (3/18/2009)
Fantastic!
Thanks autoblog, we need our fix! :)
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Dicey 3:40PM (3/19/2009)
I'm suprised that you guys didn't recommend a G8 GXP for the $60,000 to spend on a car, but I can understand recommending the A6.
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Jesse Fuller 12:52PM (3/19/2009)
Hey guys... Audi S6 isnt $60,000... more like $76,000...
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FThorn 10:57AM (3/20/2009)
I had three minivans at one time two years ago. They are great. I would pass many cars in mine, up to 115 mph.
Plenty of room for batteries, imo.
S2000 is not a great car, imo.
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jeff 11:22PM (3/20/2009)
thanks for the groceries tips...
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Neworderrr 3:40AM (3/21/2009)
Notes on hitting the NY Auto Show.
--Parking near the Javits Center will be expensive, and city tow trucks are often roaming around picking up illegally parked cars. Better to take a bus or subway to the Port Authority bus terminal then walk a few blocks or take a cab.
--If coming from Jersey or parts south, you can take the Waterway Ferry from Weehawken (near the Lincoln Tunnel) where you can park for 10 bucks. You get dropped off behind the Javits and can walk or take a shuttle bus. The show used to be in the end of March, it should be warmer weather now that it's a few weeks later, so a light jacket should suffice. Check the weather before you go.
--I agree about going early in the day. After 2-3pm parents come in with kids, and it gets crowded. You can walk the two floors and side halls casually in about three or four hours and see everything0
--Get a handstamp when you first walk in to the show floor and give your ticket, you will need a stamp or ticket to get into the various areas. And trying to smudge one stamp from one hand to another's usually wont work.
--Don't bring a napsack (not allowed), just grab a few brochure bags to hold the stuff you pick up. A smallish camera bag should be ok to bring in though.
--Don't forget to see the exotic cars that are usually set up on the left side as you walk in the main hall, and you can buy nick-nacks like die-cast cars, t-shirts and car wax from the galleria upstairs in the back.
--Food & drinks at the show will be expensive.
--By the last days of the show, you start finding bits and pieces missing from the cars, like gearshift knobs, antennas and radio knobs, which can lead to the cars being locked so you can't sit in them.
--Politely ask the auto reps there and they may let you behind some ropes for better photos.
--Do NOT touch cars that say 'Do Not Touch', it's a sure fire way to get people really pissed at you. Some custom cars are privately owned and have 'handlers' watching them.
--Annoyed with little kids sitting too long in the front of a Camaro or 370Z? Try opening the back doors of a nearby Malibu or Altima and Oohing and Ahhing at the rear armrests, and when they jump in the back seat to see whats up, close the doors on them with the child locks set.
--Try and snag brochures for 'special' cars. Having a brochure from the last year of car X (Saab? Chrysler PT Cruiser?) could be worth something, at least to look at years later to laugh at.
--Have fun.
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Ari 8:55AM (3/22/2009)
Note!
Saab (and some of the Volvos) are built in Sweden, which is not a Euro-country.
Sweden has it's own krona-currency which has slipped down, it's not as strong as Euro.
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