RoAb #54 - The 'Huckster' Episode

After flying up to the Mitten State to test-drive the new Chevy Volt, Jefferson Ross joins us LIVE in the RoundAbout studios to record this week’s show, our 54^th installment, the “Huckster” episode.  Also joining us, Mirko Reinhardt makes his second audio “appearance” on the program, Skyping-in from across the Atlantic in Germany.  We’ve got an all-around conniving lineup of stories this week ranging from those confidence tricksters at BMW building engines with defective turbochargers to a group of parking-lot attendants that actually weren’t, and made off with loads of people’s cash.  Fanning the flim-flam flames, that “builder” of luxury EVs, Fisker, launches its online vehicle configuator so you can pick all the options you want in your favorite car that will never be built.  We cover all of these topics and many more including our first-ever “Autobahn Anecdote” as well as a specially themed edition of “The Price is Correct,” the cars that Jonathan Brown would hate.  DO NOT miss out on this week’s installment of RoundAbout, #54, the “Huckster” episode.

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Featuring: Mirko Reinhardt, Michelle Naranjo, Eric Trytko, Jeffrey Ross, Craig Cole and Ben Sanders

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RoundAbout records LIVE on Fridays at 6:30PM ET/3:30PM PT. Visit RoundAboutShow.com and click Watch Live to watch our webcast and look in on all the antics.

Show Notes:

Fisker Karma configuator now online

Class-action lawsuit against BMW for defective N54 engines

Women cited for having 77 cats in two cars

    Conflicting report: 86 cats

Car-locking scheme in Philly

Cars towed after “parking attendants” flee

Mahindra Bolero “Attitude” delivers on name

AUDIBLE PICK OF THE WEEK

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, narrated by Jonathan Davis (or download the German version, narrated by Detlef Bierstedt who dubs George Clooney in most movies).

BLIND SPOT

Homemade aircraft almost ready for maiden voyage

IN THE GARAGE (PARIS MOTOR-SHOW EDITION)

Chevrolet Volt

Ford Fiesta

Fiat 500C 1.3 Multijet

Renault Wind 1.2 TCe

AUTOGADGET

PanaVise camera mount from OnBoard.tv.  Enter promotion code “Duke” for free shipping.

AUTOBAHN HEARSAY

American iron in das Vaterland

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Pic #3

THE PRICE IS CORRECT

And this week we’ve got a special themed-edition of The Price is Correct . . . the cars Jonathan Brown would hate.

Car #1

Answer

Car #2

Answer

Car #3, 3A, 3B, 3C

Answer

Car #4

Answer

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RoundAbout Episode 54