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
8 episodes
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
Episode 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
Episode 0: 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 Episode 0, I explain what Cheap Thrills ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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1:03
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 Peugeot RCZ - £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
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
If They Ask for a Vehicle History Check… 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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Episode 2
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5:47