Cheap Thrills
Cheap Thrills is the podcast for people who love cars but don’t like spending money.
From bargain performance cars and future classics to market place scams, bad-buys and brilliant sleepers. We hunt down the most fun you can have on four wheels for the least cash.
If it’s a cheap, questionable, underrated or probably a bad idea.. it belongs here.
Episodes
14 episodes
Porsche Boxster: The Porsche Everyone Got Wrong… Better Than a 911?
Everyone says the Porsche Boxster is the poor man’s 911… but I think it might actually be better.In this episode of Car Park Confessions, we take a brutally honest (and slightly unhinged) look at one of the most underrated sport...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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7:57
Ring Run #3: My £1,600 Nürburgring Car Is Already Leaking Oil
The £1,600 Peugeot RCZ Nürburgring project hits its first real crisis.What starts as a simple warning light quickly turns into a dashboard Christmas tree with faults ranging from turbo pressure issues and camshaft timing erro...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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7:27
Buyer Beware - The 10 Biggest Car Scams in Britain Right Now
In this episode of Cheap Thrills, Rob breaks down the 10 biggest car scams happening in Britain right now- from Facebook Marketplace deposit traps to cloned cars and ghost traders.If you’ve ever seen a car that looks...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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9:57
Carpark Confessions - The Polite and the Furious
The Polite and the FuriousWe don’t shout.We don’t beep.We don’t confront.We just sit there… politely furious.This week on Carpark Confessions, we’re heading to the most emotionally unstable square of...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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7:46
Buyer Beware - I Clicked The DVLA Refund Email.
You get an email from the DVLA saying you’re owed £47.81.It looks official. It feels boring. And that’s exactly why it works.In this Buyer Beware episode, we break down how the DVLA tax phishing scam works, who it really targets, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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5:59
The Ring Run #2: 4 Warning Lights and a Bulldog Sticker
It had zero miles of fuel.Four warning lights.A parking sensor that wouldn’t shut up.A clutch with anger issues.And, for reasons still unclear, a bulldog sticker on the back window.This episode is t...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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10:41
Carpark Confessions - Everyone At a Car Meet Is Like This.
Every car meet has that guy.The one whose car is “nearly finished.”The wheels are temporary.The bumper’s coming off again.The map is booked.Always next week.In this episode of Cheap Thrills, we brea...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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4:27
The Ring Run #1: Croissants Meet Clipboards
I bought a £1,600 Peugeot RCZ with the aim of driving it to the Nürburgring.In Episode 1 of our Cheap Thrills road trip to Germany , I explain why the RCZ beat the sensible option — a Mondeo ST220 — and why this felt like the right kind ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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4:51
The Ring Run - Season 1 Trailer: Cheap Cars. Bad Ideas. Proper Fun.
This is a podcast about cars that are fun, affordable, and usually a bad idea in the best possible way. Not supercars, not finance deals but real cars, real money, and real decisions.In this short, I explain what Cheap Thrills is really ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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1:03
Buyer Beware - Facebook Marketplace's Favourite Car Scam
Facebook Marketplace is full of bargains, and full of scams.In this episode of Cheap Thrills, we expose one of the most common car scams online: private sellers asking for deposits on cheap cars, then disappearing. Lea...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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4:01
The Ring Run - £1600 of Love or Hate? Come along for our first real drive.
Join me as I take our chosen Nurburgring steed, the Peugeot RCZ 200 THP out for its first run. It kicked out a whole host of fault codes in the cold weather and has some suspect tyres, so we reset the codes, cleaned it up and tested...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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13:52
Buyer Beware - Good paperwork and high mileage.
“Good paperwork doesn’t impress you — it tells the truth.”In this episode of Cheap Thrills: Buyer Beware, we break down what good car paperwork actually looks like and why thick folders, confident sellers, and va...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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6:07
Buyer Beware - If They Ask This… It’s a Facebook Marketplace Scam
Selling a car on Facebook Marketplace? This episode could save you money.In this episode of Cheap Thrills, we expose one of the most common car-selling scams online — the Facebook Marketplace vehicle history check scam. You...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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5:47