Cheap Thrills is the podcast for people who love cars but don’t like spending money. From bargain performance cars and future classics to market place scams, bad-buys and brilliant sleepers. We hunt down the most fun you can have on four wheels for the least cash. If it’s a cheap, questionable, underrated or probably a bad idea.. it belongs here.
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Signup to Generate a PitchCheap Thrills is the podcast for people who love cars but don’t like spending money. From bargain performance cars and future classics to market place scams, bad-buys and brilliant sleepers. We hunt down the most fun you can have on four wheels for the least cash. If it’s a cheap, questionable, underrated or probably a bad idea.. it belongs here.
Cheap Thrills is hosted by Rob Hartman. The show has published 17 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The Mazda MX-5: Hairdresser’s Car? Or the Best Cheap Car Ever Made?" (20 April 2026, 10 minutes), "Ring Run #4: We Fixed The RCZ, Then It Broke." (13 April 2026, 9 minutes), and "They Turned Up in a Van… and Tried to Rob Me: Buyer Beware" (7 April 2026, 9 minutes).
Cheap Thrills publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 8 minutes across 17 episodes.
Booking probability for Cheap Thrills is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Cheap Thrills requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Cheap Thrills's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Cheap Thrills are Car Dealers. Cheap Thrills has a leisure audience.
Rob Hartman hosts Cheap Thrills, a leisure podcast with 17 episodes published.
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Episode #12
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Everyone knows the Mazda MX-5. </p><p>Small. Cute. “Hairdresser’s car.”</p><p>But where did that reputation come from… and is it completely wrong?</p><p>In this episode of Cheap Thrills, we dig...
Episode #11
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>We thought we’d fixed it.</p><p>After everything, the oil leak, the stress, the near disaster, the RCZ was finally right.</p><p>So we took it to Dartmoor National Park to prove it. And for a...
Episode #10
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p><b>BUYER BEWARE is the series where we expose the scams, tricks and tactics nobody tells you about when buying or selling cars.</b></p><p>This episode?</p><p>They don’t message.<br/>They don’t...
Episode #9
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Everyone says the Porsche Boxster is the poor man’s 911… but I think it might actually be better.</p><p>In this episode of Car Park Confessions, we take a brutally honest (and slightly...
Episode #8
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>The £1,600 Peugeot RCZ Nürburgring project hits its first real crisis.</p><p>What starts as a simple warning light quickly turns into a <b>dashboard Christmas tree </b>with faults ranging from...
Episode #7
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In this episode of Cheap Thrills, Rob breaks down the <b>10 biggest car scams happening in Britain right now-</b> from Facebook Marketplace deposit traps to cloned cars and ghost...
Episode #6
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p><b>The Polite and the Furious</b></p><p>We don’t shout.<br/>We don’t beep.<br/>We don’t confront.</p><p>We just sit there… politely furious.</p><p>This week on Carpark Confessions, we’re...
Episode #5
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>You get an email from the DVLA saying you’re owed £47.81.</p><p>It looks official. It feels boring. And that’s exactly why it works.</p><p>In this Buyer Beware episode, we break down how the...
Episode #3
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>It had zero miles of fuel.</p><p>Four warning lights.</p><p>A parking sensor that wouldn’t shut up.</p><p>A clutch with anger issues.</p><p>And, for reasons still unclear, a bulldog sticker on...
Episode #3
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Every car meet has that guy.</p><p>The one whose car is “nearly finished.”<br/>The wheels are temporary.<br/>The bumper’s coming off again.<br/>The map is booked.<br/>Always next week.</p><p>In...
Episode #1
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>I bought a £1,600 Peugeot RCZ with the aim of driving it to the Nürburgring.</p><p>In Episode 1 of our Cheap Thrills road trip to Germany , I explain why the RCZ beat the sensible option — a...
Episode #1
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>This is a podcast about cars that are fun, affordable, and usually a bad idea in the best possible way. Not supercars, not finance deals but real cars, real money, and real decisions.</p><p>In...
Episode #5
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Facebook Marketplace is full of bargains, and full of scams.</p><p>In this episode of Cheap Thrills, we expose one of the most common car scams online: <b>private sellers asking for deposits on...
Episode #4
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Join me as I take our chosen Nurburgring steed, the Peugeot RCZ 200 THP out for its first run. </p><p>It kicked out a whole host of fault codes in the cold weather and has some suspect tyres...
Episode #3
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>“Good paperwork doesn’t impress you — it tells the truth.”</p><p><br/></p><p>In this episode of <b>Cheap Thrills: Buyer Beware</b>, we break down what <b>good car paperwork actually looks...
Episode #2
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Selling a car on Facebook Marketplace? This episode could save you money.</p><p>In this episode of <b>Cheap Thrills</b>, we expose one of the most common car-selling scams online — the...
Episode #1
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p><b>Is the Ford Mondeo actually a bargain hero, or just… boring?</b></p><p><br/>In this episode of Cheap Thrills, we take a no-nonsense look at the Ford Mondeo and work out if it's good for a...
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