{"id":340,"date":"2012-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-04-29T09:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:53:00","slug":"the-new-guy-speaks-call-me-131","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micksgarageblog.org\/the-new-guy-speaks-call-me-131\/","title":{"rendered":"The new guy speaks, call me 131"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">It\u2019s the new guy from the MG team &#8211; not so much a petrol head, more a Diesel man, the clothing company that is. From fast fashion to fast cars, It\u2019s a step change. My contributions to the blog will be the written equivalent to the inner workings of James Mays\u2019 head \u2013 a melange of thoughts, observations, open questions and more. All presented with go faster racing stripes, matching seat covers and the introduction of new vernacular to you non motor heads. Yes, my journey on this will be \u201cinteresting\u201d.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">New Word of the week<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><b>Word 1 \u2013 Gummi &nbsp;Pflege (pronounced \u2013 Gum-me-Fledge &#8211; apparently debatable)<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">If you\u2019re German, you know what it is, if you\u2019re not, then let me enlighten you. A simple little piece of kit that softens rubber seals on car doors and is really good at keeping out the wet. So those of you with convertibles leaking during the winter would benefit from a rub of this stuff. On the car I mean. I noticed that during the freezing conditions there was a lot of water build up on the inside of the door, blaming it of course on condensation. A touch of Paul Daniels, magic was all it needed \u2013 Gummi Pflege, be the magic words. The rubber is softened and therefore isn\u2019t as subject to the harsh conditions. Genius I thought, if only Gummi Pflege do a product for male pattern baldness, then I\u2019ll be really happy. But for less than \u20ac10 bob, there is nothing that says I love you more than GP this Valentine\u2019s day!&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">Fill you Snow socks with this. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1TXP2F4CDrA\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">Bag yours here<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micksgarage.com\/search?keyword=1140591&amp;pk=795A2\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">Gummi Pflege<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">Alternatively, if like me you like the convenience of not using your hands, then maybe the Parrot or some equivalent is for you. Being an iPhone man, I&#8217;ve fallen foul of the white headphones and trying to drive at the same time.&nbsp; Not cool and to be honest a royal pain in the ass. Does anyone else understand why more than any cable I have ever seen, these headphones get tangled like nothing else? It beggars belief. What are the alternatives? <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">Given that the norm in Ireland is to drive with impunity and call and drive regardless of the consequences it may be a hard sell to convince people that there needs to be precautions taken. The honest truth should be just don\u2019t do it. But there are occasions where it may be necessary or you may need to use the smartphone as a Sat Nav.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">It brings me to a reasonably cost effective method of phone holding device and also my favourite video by our man Rob too, clearly loses a line somewhere but like Michael Parkinson, pulls it back and carries on. If it was basketball it would be counted as a double dribble but about 1.30 in watch for it. There are a few moments like this, I can\u2019t wait for the blooper reel. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/43aAUiDH_wU\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">Now this&nbsp;doesn&#8217;t&nbsp;answer calls etc but it keeps the phone out of reach of your pocket and stops you being distracted. Also no ridiculous cables either. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">Now I&#8217;m no &#8216;Arry Redknapp, but this was my transfer deadline deal &#8211; get yours on this link<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micksgarage.com\/car-phone-accessories\/tetrax-phone-holders\/\">https:\/\/www.micksgarage.com\/car-phone-accessories\/tetrax-phone-holders\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">A little note to the video production \u2013 Rob, our resident actor and in house expert brings a great homeliness to our video content. Very un-intrusive manner, very well dressed and with impeccable diction, yes this is the man I\u2019m sure you will be welcoming onto your screens with glee each time you view a product. I personally cannot wait to start looking at the brake pad videos and getting a steer on how to do it myself. The sort of guy you would imagine to have a lovely jumper collection. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">A little inside knowledge \u2013 he does each little segway in one take. This is impressive and makes me wonder if we will be able to afford to hang on to the entire Top Gear crew rolled into just one man. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">Next week \u2013 ill be exploring my own inadequacies with cars and looking at how to continue to lo<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">ok manly to girls whilst not knowing how to change a tyre. The beginning of my auto awakening!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">Enjoy the weekend<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new guy speaks, call me 131<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The new guy speaks, call me 131 - The Filter Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/micksgarageblog.org\/the-new-guy-speaks-call-me-131\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The new guy speaks, call me 131\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The new guy speaks, call me 131\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/micksgarageblog.org\/the-new-guy-speaks-call-me-131\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Filter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-11-30T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-29T08:53:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Filter Blog Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Filter Blog Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/the-new-guy-speaks-call-me-131\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/the-new-guy-speaks-call-me-131\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"The Filter Blog Team\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/80eb1fc10f37196ea99491bd7ba63323\"},\"headline\":\"The new guy speaks, call me 131\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-11-30T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-29T08:53:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/the-new-guy-speaks-call-me-131\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":729,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/the-new-guy-speaks-call-me-131\\\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2012\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/the-new-guy-speaks-call-me-131\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/the-new-guy-speaks-call-me-131\\\/\",\"name\":\"The new guy speaks, call me 131 - The Filter Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-11-30T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-29T08:53:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/the-new-guy-speaks-call-me-131\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/the-new-guy-speaks-call-me-131\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/the-new-guy-speaks-call-me-131\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The new guy speaks, call me 131\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/micksgarageblog.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Filter Blog\",\"description\":\"Discover all about Car Safety &amp; 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