i cant be the only one missing P.B. Crisps? That peanut-shaped snack filled with peanut butter was the bomb! Nothing comes close to it now, sucks they're gone.

Ah, sweet memories... but might you be on about 'Chocky'? Now that was a show that had some trippy elements. Not quite a talking car scenario but involved an alien intelligence, and that's bang on in the 80's timeline. Bit of a long shot, but it came to mind reading …