{"version":"1.1.0","producer":"fm.getcarcurious","layer":"official","episode":{"title":"Aura loss in a Japanese taxi","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/aura-loss-in-a-japanese-taxi","audioUrl":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5e9031b840f99ffd144483ab/e/6a37e7b1e88c52614eaacb08/media.mp3","description":"Jonny suffers an embarrassing moment with one of his cars. Also in this episode, party planning with Lionel Richie, northern words, a first car for Jonny’s daughter and a bicycle for Richard, Avenger at Goodwood, the legend of the TVR Speed 12, parental substitutes for swear words and what this means for popular songs, hanging out with Carl Cox, and another fine car from the Car & Classic classifieds. For early, ad-free episodes and extra content go to patreon.com/smithandsniffTo buy merch and tickets to live shows go to smithandsniff.comThis episode is sponsored by Car & Classic https://candc.li/uc1yqz To get 10 percent off any order of Duramat garage flooring go to duramat.co.uk and use discount code SSG10 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information."},"annotations":[{"id":436745,"startTime":405.28000000000003,"endTime":408.92,"type":"car","title":"Ford F-150 Lightning","url":"/cars/ford/f-150-lightning","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/2022_Ford_F-150_Lightning%2C_NYIAS_2022.jpg","quote":"...y. 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