What’s happened to AMG? | The Car Podcast #92
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hello and welcome to the Car Podcast with Chris Harris and his friends. This is episode number 92. If you're a batsman, you'd be getting very nervous and looking at the scoreboard regularly because we are right into the 90s. I'm not going to tell you any factoid about 92 because actually it makes up one of our points on the agenda this week because it's that important. So I'm going to leave it alone until we reach that point in the podcast proceedings. Now...
What happened to AMG and why does it matter?
Nice. This point I'm about to raise at the beginning here.
Could I just chuck in a little fact, Wade, about 1992? Of course you can. I became a doctor that year. Did you? Did you? And, you know, in those days you started your house jobs. Everybody started them on August 1st, and it was a Saturday. And I remember thinking, you know, some poor git gets a short straw, gets a weekend, and it was... But it was actually... It was literally, looking back on it, one of the best years of my life, that first year. Suddenly, the long white coat, actually doing it rather than reading about it. And you never went to bed thinking, oh... Do I do a worthwhile thing? Went to bed every night, mostly actually when I could go to bed because there were two nights out of three where I could and one night out of three then that I couldn't.
But went to bed thinking, yeah, this is pretty worthwhile stuff.
Where were you? Where was this doctoring starting?
So the first hospital I was at, unfortunately they demolished the hospital, but it was the Middlesex Hospital, which was on Burners Street, just behind Oxford Street.
Oh, nice.
Yeah. I was on Burners Street in 1992.
How does the feeling of relief impact car buying decisions?
On Bond Street Ward, which was an orthopaedic ward. And it was amazing.
I was on Burners Street in 1992. Doing what? I was head of merchandising for Champion Sport. above the head office on, yeah, the Burton Group.
We probably walked past each other.
I did. Yes, I did. I do remember you, actually.
OK. The first point on the... Yes, congratulations, man. If you want to go through it, I can tell you that in 1992, I passed my driving test, which I think is probably the most transformative thing that's ever happened to me. Anyhow, let's move on to... This came up during our live podcast at Bruxton. Just to let anyone, one of the few people that messaged me about these live podcasts, was saying, where's the recording? Why have you not put it up? We've decided that we're not a brilliant live act when it comes to recording. We very much like entertaining people, but what tends to happen is that when we review the results... It's like sort of four chimps screaming into a microphone. And we don't film it very well.
And it costs lots of money to do it. So we've decided... That's nothing to do with the reason we decided not to broadcast them. We decided not to broadcast them to keep them special and private for those that attended the events live. And paid money.
What should you consider when giving car advice to friends?
Yes, and they gave us some beer tokens as well. So those live events will never, ever surface. And what's said within them will die with the air that day.
And talking of live events, our next one... Oh, what a link. Our next one is when this goes out four weeks today, Friday the 17th of July. It's at the Clapham Grand. Go to the website. Tickets are extremely well-priced because it's kind of our third thing this year so far, and you've been very supportive. So, yeah, it is live and unrecorded because otherwise we get sued.
What is the significance of Nigel Mansell in F1 history?
There is that bit as well. But there was one point on that live podcast that I thought we should throw – into the open forum of the natural recording environment, and that is this. What the fuck happened to AMG? I just... I sit there at night. I feel like one of those great characters in literature that's pondering my inner self, gazing into my navel, thinking the existential thought that is, AMG used to be great, and I don't get it anymore. So, Chris Cooper, what happened to AMG?
How has F1 evolved over the years?
I think it's a great question, because there was... They went through an absolutely classic curve, didn't they? Some of us remember very, very early AMGs.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:09–0:39
2
What happened to AMG and why does it matter?
0:39–1:51
3
How does the feeling of relief impact car buying decisions?
1:51–3:17
4
What should you consider when giving car advice to friends?
3:17–3:54
5
What is the significance of Nigel Mansell in F1 history?
3:54–4:27
6
How has F1 evolved over the years?
4:27–4:51
7
What is the role of 2CG in the car community?
4:51–5:26
8
How does music influence the car culture?
5:26–1:30:08
Speakers
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