Overdrive: Racing a little Mini on a big track; Free Public Transport? Peter Brock’s driving advice

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that ponders the philosophical and the practical aspects of motoring and transport. I’m David Brown News 1. Could your car keep you safe from COVID-19? (1:54) 2. 3 star safety carries through to Jeep Gladiator (2:57) 3. Someone Volkswagen sells $26 million in new vehicles YTD via online ordering (4:05) 4. paid nearly half a million for a Ford Falcon with no engine (5:08) 5. Free Transit for Riders Under 18? In Paris, It’s Here (6:13) Interview Our colleague Fred Brian is racing at Bathurst in the historic category in his 1969 Monaro but we caught up with one of his competitors, Chris Collett who is at the other end of the car sizes; he is racing a mini. (7:23) Feedback With Fred racing a Monaro we reprise a comment we recorded from Peter Brock on how you should drive this type of old classic (15:17) Interview Last week we raised the problem of complicated infotainment systems on new cars. This week Dean Oliver and as owner of older cars but a tester of new cars gives us his perspective of coping with the new. (17:38) You can find more information at Driven Media or previous programs are available as podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ah6JZN8LTYURIfNs1IIBs iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/overdrive-cars-transport-and-culture/id1001084679 Go to Our Facebook page OverdriveCity https://www.facebook.com/OverdriveCityDrivenMedia/?modal=admin_todo_tour or Our YouTube site https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKyx5sv6cgF4URRmNq2JiXg/videos So, let’s start with the news Originally broadcast 17 October 2020