On Saturday 25th November we’ll be raising a glass in celebration, as our Groove Odyssey night will be 14 years old!

Tickets link:
bit.ly/3PT48ls

Box: Soulful Uplifting House
Louie Vega (3 Hour set)
Monique Bingham - Live
Bobby & Steve
Sean McCabe
Lifford - Live

103: Afro & Classic House
The Journey Men
Hallex M
Billy Cocks
Sol Brown
Davide Fiorese
DJ Anton

Baby Box: RnB, Hip Hop & AfroBeat
DJ Bigger
Sammy Confunktion
Colin Williams
DJ Butch
Paul Bozak Morrissey

Loft: Hosted by House FM
Omotosho
House poet
Miss Ray
Groover Washington
DJ Murrell
DC10
Hosted by Mr Buzzard

Tickets link:
bit.ly/3PT48ls

On Saturday 25th November we’ll be raising a glass in celebration, as our Groove Odyssey night will be 14 years old!

We’re extremely proud of our baby cos it’s not been easy to grow a soulful house night to the level that we have and hold down our residency at the world-famous Ministry Of Sound for 9 years -
especially in these ever-changing musical climates.

But being true to ourselves and what we believe in has always, and always will be, our goal. If it’s soulful or has a vibe, then you’re guaranteed to hear it at our party.

We’ve been blessed to have some super-talented guest DJs and singers perform over the years, and if there’s one man that we’re always excited to welcome, it’s the legendary Louie Vega.

We are so looking forward to seeing you there.

Tickets link:
bit.ly/3PT48ls

DJ Murrell Groove Odyssey 14th Birthday Promo Mix

Road test
•	Nissan X-trail – part of Nissan’s revival – including an interview with Paul Murrell who is the founder of Senior Driver Aus.

Interview

Origin energy now has a department of eMobility. The role is to help people effectively use electric vehicles. They now run a subscription service for some electric vehicles where you can use a vehicle for 30 days to try it out. Then keep it as long as you like or , give it back, swap to another vehicle or swap during the year when you need a different vehicle such as when you go on holidays.
We chat to Origin’s General Manager of eMobility Chau Le.

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Originally broadcast 18 November 2023

Overdrive: Nissan X-Trail helping the company recover sales; Energy company offers EV subscriptions

G’Day and welcome to Overdrive, where we experiment with ideas and activities to do with cars and transport and their impact on our culture.

I’m David Brown

In the program we are joined by motoring journalist Paul Murrell to ruminate on

1.	The gentleman who renovated his house so that he can keep his HQ Holden Monaro in the lounge room 
2.	The Mazda CX-3 and the image of Mazda that has made it successful but will it continue.
3.	Look at executive vehicles and compare the Audi e-tron with the Kia EV9. 
4.	Discuss the carbon footprint of classic cars.

A more detail rundown of the program

Making an HQ Holden Monaro a lounge room feature 

00:01:47
A Queensland man renovates his home and who's put this HQ Holden in his lounge room. 
We tend to sort of put cars on a pedestal, both literally and figuratively. If you're in that much in love with a car, you wanna be looking at it more often. And if it's all locked away in the garage, then you probably don't see it as often as you would like.

Mazda CX-3 How does it fit the Mazda Image 

00:09:48 
Mazda sales o far this year are done a bit, but it has been #2 for a while. 
But they have been the quiet achiever in many ways.
They tend to be well put together. Interiors in particular are nice, so people judge them almost on a on an out of date image if you like. They haven't really changed a great deal. They've had their odd issues here and there, but they present as cars slightly better than their price would suggest.
They have the CX3, they have the CX 30 and then they have the MX30 and you and I of course deal with these things all the time and even we get confused about which is which. 
Mazda owns the elegant small SUV image if you like.

Kia EV9 versus an Audi e-tron – Which is the best executive car

00:19:54 
Driving the Kia EV9. It is a large, some say ugly SUV. All electric with good electric performance and a lot of features to it. Then I hopped into an Audi sedan, a big sedan, the E Tron GT, and it made me think if I was an executive of a large company and wanted to both be pampered and appear to be pampered, I wonder which one I'd take. 
You would never normally put those two cars in the same in the same ballpark, in the same sentence. I mean, the Audi E, Tron GT and the Kia EV9 are, on almost any level, very different vehicles.
But the back seat of large sedans are only comfortable when you push the front passenger seat as far forward as possible. 
Whereas if you sit in the back of the EV9, there’s a lot of room and the top of the range EV9 has heated and cooled seats in the front AND second row of seats.
The EV9 is well suited for the executive trip to the airport. 

In the upper large sedans and it's over $100,000 category, the Porsche Panamera is #1, but don't get too excited about it so far this year (the first quarter of 2024) they've sold 12.
Paul, yes, indeed, David. You should know that by now. I am a great fan of classic cars and.

How much do Classic cars contribute to pollution

00:36:33 
You also know that I've objected fairly strenuously to the barrage of PR we're getting about electric vehicles are going to save the world. Well, not perhaps as much as we would have thought. A recent study by Footman James, who is a UK classic car insurer, has claimed that classic cars are in fact greener than E vehicles.
Its all to do with the amount of energy to produce a new car.



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Originally broadcast 13 April 2024

Overdrive: Kia EV9 vs Audi e-tron; Classic car room feature; Mazda CX3; Do classic cars pollute much

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I’m David Brown 

And once again I am joined by the well-travelled Mr Paul Murrell from seniordriverauz.com 

More of our thoughts, ideas and ramblings are covered on our website, podcast or social media – just search for Cars transport culture

Subjects 
•	Smart Car makes a comeback in Australia, started as a very clear expression of your personality. (1:21)
•	Mazda MX5 – Old style image of driving with grit in your teeth and wind in your hair, but with more modern comfort (33:05)

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Credits 

And this has been overdrive 

Thanks to 
•	Paul Murrell
•	Mazda Australia
•	Mark Wesley 
•	Bruce Potter 
for their help with this program.
You can get more of our work including longer versions of the program on our website, through our podcasts, or more visual information on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. In all cases search for cars transport culture.

Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

This program was first broadcast on 7 September 2024

Overdrive: Smart Car tries again; Mazda MX-5 fourth generation – keeping the image alive

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