RoAb #74 - The 'RoundAbout RearView' Episode
Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 1:38PM 
I say dear listener, won’t you take a seat and spend a moment? This week’s marvelous episode of the new RoundAbout show is ready for your enjoyment, and let me tell you something, it’s a real humdinger. Join your favorite troupe of audio entertainers for a misty-eyed look back in time. That’s right; the theme this week is “RoundAbout RearView.” Find out what automotive monitor is dying a slow, unmerciful death. Learn which surprising vehicle General Motors is bringing back from the dead. You won’t believe your ears. Special guest Mirko Reinhardt – a genuine German – shares all the thrills and chills of his recent trip across the treacherous European continent. Enjoy these stories and more – the Brothers Grimm couldn’t come up with better ones – on this week’s installment of RoundAbout, #74, the “RoundAbout RearView” episode.
Play RoundAbout Episode 74
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Featuring: Mirko Reinhardt, Michelle Naranjo, Jeffrey Ross, Steven Ewing, Eric Trytko and Ben Sanders
Show notes and Ustream video after the jump!
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Show Notes:
Yesterday’s cars . . . of tomorrow
Historic gas station photos
Motion picture: The Wages of Fear
The cassette deck is dead!
Chrysler drops the f-bomb in tweet
Temperature gauges disappearing
L.A. sheriff turning guns into roads
Saturn Vue coming back as Chevy Captiva Sport
Audible Pick of the Week
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy, narrated by J. Charles
Blind Spot
In the Garage
2011 Scion tC
2010 Opel Meriva
2011 Volkswagen Golf R
2011 Jaguar XJ
Autobahn Anecdote
Mirko's travels through Europe
His speeding ticket in Hungary
And his close encounter of the Trabant kind
Stupid Car Trick
Ustream Video
Jaugar, Road Trip, Saturn, Scion, Volkswagen, Vue, XJ, cassette tapes, f-bomb, future 
Reader Comments (2)
Very funny show, though the slow, low voices was hard to listen to...but I hope the MP3 version is better!
Ben, that has been an awful long time since you played the catheter bit.