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In this episode: Cars and driving (we’re going to help you expand your vocabulary)
Listener Feedback: Nelson Garanhani, Brazil
Dear Craig and Reza. I come from Brazil and I started to learn English two years ago.
I’m a doctor and I have a son that is veterinarian. Yesterday, after listening to this episode, inglespodcast.com/97
I sent it to him and later he told me that the podcast was really interesting, useful and he had fun, too!
I’m feeling happy for having (to have) the opportunity to listen to your brilliants (brilliant) podcasts. 
Many thanks!
Nelson, Garanhani, Brazil
p.s. Sorry (for) my mistakes
Audio Feedback Antonio (for the 100th episode)
I Xmust toX say (I must say)
I want to Xmake you a questionX (ask you a question)
Will handwriting disappear in 60, 70 years from now?
Cars and driving
driving license (driver’s license US) – to take/pass a driving test
brake, handbrake, clutch – embrague, accelerator, gas pedal (US), baby seat, seatbelt, boot (UK)/trunk (US), bonnet (UK)/hood (US), steering Wheel – volante,
windscreen (UK)/windshield (US), rear window, rear-view mirror, wing mirror, number plate (UK)/license plate (US), jack – gato, puncture – pinchazo, tyre (UK)/tire (US) – neumático, airbags, GPS (Global Positioning System), bumper (UK)/fender (US) – parachoques/paragolpes, to reverse – dar marcha atrás, to put it in gear, gears, stick shift (US) – cambio manual, exhaust (pipe) – tubo de escape, (spare) tyre, headlights – faros, indicator – intermitente, car horn/hooter – claxon
To double park
To give someone a lift/ride
to run someone to the station/To run someone over
Back seat driver
To put the peddle to the metal – to put your foot down – to step on the gas – to sink the boot – to give it some wellie
Expressions with drive:
To drive someone round the bend/mad – up the wall!
to drive a hard bargain
to drive the price up/down
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to drive a point home
to be the driving force (the community of inglespodcast is the driving force behind our podcasts) 
What are you driving at?
to be in the driving seat
drive the porcelain bus – To vomit profusely into the toilet, usually as the result of drinking excessive amounts of alcohol.
“John was driving the porcelain bus for the rest of the night after his seventh tequila shot.”
“My wife drove me to drink and I didn’t have the decency to thank her!” – WC Fields
Discussion
How old were you when you got your licence? – How long have you been driving?
What do you remember about your driving test?
Have you ever had an accident?
Which countries drive on the left? India, Ireland, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand, Malta (more than 50!)
Romans drove on the left. France changed to the right first. The British Empire influence many countries to drive on the left.
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On next week’s episode: Lifestyles
The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called ‘See You Later’
Second-hand car dealers (people who sell second-hand cars as a profession) have a stereotypical image of being untrustworthy (=no de fiar) in the UK. The fear is that they’d sell you an unreliable car but tell you it’s fine! Is it the same in your country?
Reza, in Spain is the same as you know, I am sure, (te enrollan hasta que te lo venden), jajaja
Dear Reza and Craig,
Firstly I’d like to thank you two for having included in this podcast the message I’ve sent to you, and also the corrections you’ve made to me.
I felt very moved for that.
Regarding on the second-hand car dealers, in Brazil is the same, most of them are seen as a untrustworthy, for this reason, you always have to be careful when you want to buy some car from them.
Receive a friendly hug from Brazil!
Hi
This is a tricky issue. If you buy a car from a professional salesperson who works in the shop of used cars, it’s trustworthy I believe.. and we have quite a good consumer protection law for these things, too. So at least you can claim compensation if the “tin cow” was a disaster 😉
I’ve been lucky with cars so far, and even though I’ve bought many cars second hand, I haven’t been cheated or ‘done over’ as we say in London. Not yet, anyway!