{"version":"1.1.0","producer":"fm.getcarcurious","layer":"official","episode":{"title":"Great cars undone by one fatal flaw #319","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/great-cars-undone-by-one-fatal-flaw-319","audioUrl":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69cd19c37d4a54c657c2ce3d/e/6a3936f39c43d66bc00a910e/media.mp3","description":"Andrew Frankel and Dan Prosser are joined by Ti contributor Gez Medinger to discuss cars that were foiled in their quest for success by one critical flaw. The discussion to start with Gez's DeLorean, which might just have more than one of those to deal with. Use coupon code pod20 at checkout to get 20% off an annual subscription to The Intercooler's online car magazine for the first year! Listen to this podcast ad-free, and enjoy a subscriber-only midweek podcast too. 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The host points out that the fog-light activation is overly complicated, requiring multiple steps before the lights come on.","simplifiedExplanation":"They’re talking about a Volvo (the ES90) where the inside looks great, but turning on the fog lights is annoying. The point is that the car makes you do too many steps before the lights actually turn on.","imageAttribution":"© M 93 (CC BY-SA 3.0 de)","imageLicense":"CC BY-SA 3.0 de","imageSourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Volvo_ES90_Ultra_%E2%80%93_f_29032026.jpg","sourceStartTime":3804.9,"sourceEndTime":3812.42}},{"id":438103,"startTime":3812.4,"endTime":3820.0,"type":"term","title":"fog lights","url":"/glossary/fog-lights","quote":"it takes five different steps to turn on the fog lights so anything that puts form at so greater distance ahead of function that the car becomes um at best just really annoying to drive","canonicalId":"term:fog-lights","priority":0.6,"confidence":0.9,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"Fog lights are auxiliary headlights designed to improve visibility in heavy fog, mist, or low-visibility conditions. They’re typically mounted lower on the car and aim to reduce glare and light reflection off the fog.","simplifiedExplanation":"Fog lights are extra lights meant for bad weather like fog. They help you see the road better while trying not to blind other drivers with reflected light.","sourceStartTime":3812.4,"sourceEndTime":3820.0}},{"id":438104,"startTime":3864.6,"endTime":3870.0,"type":"car","title":"Alfa Romeo SZ","url":"/cars/alfa-romeo/sz","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/1960s_Alfa_Romeo_2600_SZ_prototype.jpg","quote":"although I don't think there are enough and this is ugly but that was the point right and I think I think that is true of the multiplier and also I was going to suggest a sort of spin-off topic maybe for a future episode although I don't think there are enough and this is ugly but that was the point right and I think I think that is true of the multiplier and also I was going to suggest that Alfa Romeo SZ as ugly","canonicalId":"car:alfaromeo:sz","priority":0.7,"confidence":0.9,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"The Alfa Romeo SZ is a distinctive, low-volume Alfa Romeo sports car known for its polarizing styling. In this segment it’s used as an example of a “great car” that some people consider too ugly to enjoy, tying into the episode’s theme of cars undone by one fatal flaw.","imageAttribution":"Unknown photographer (Public domain)","imageLicense":"Public domain","imageSourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1960s_Alfa_Romeo_2600_SZ_prototype.jpg","sourceStartTime":3864.6,"sourceEndTime":3870.0}},{"id":438105,"startTime":3874.8,"endTime":3889.0,"type":"car","title":"MX-5","url":"/cars/mazda/mx-5-miata","image":"/images/cars/mazda-mx5-press.jpg","quote":"I mean early MX-5s are great but they're you know they rust like absolute bastards don't they yeah because I think I think their drainage holes get blocked up and then the water gets into the stills and stays in it and it eats itself from the inside out","canonicalId":"car:mazda:mx-5","priority":0.6,"confidence":0.85,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"The early Mazda MX-5 (Miata) is praised as a great driving car, but the host highlights a known ownership issue: rust. They attribute it to blocked drainage holes that let water get trapped and cause corrosion from the inside out.","simplifiedExplanation":"They’re talking about early Mazda MX-5s (Miatas). Even though they’re fun to drive, they can rust badly—often because water gets trapped where it shouldn’t, leading to corrosion over time.","imageAttribution":"Mazda USA","imageSourceUrl":"https://www.mazdausa.com/vehicles/mx-5-miata/gallery","sourceStartTime":3874.8,"sourceEndTime":3889.0}},{"id":438106,"startTime":3905.34,"endTime":3911.6,"type":"car","title":"Lancia Beta","url":"/cars/lancia/beta","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Lancia_Beta_1600_Spider.jpg","quote":"I mean my mother had a beautiful beta coupe parked outside her place in London and every time I came home from school it had just you know changed color a bit more and become a bit more sort of brownish and a bit less metallic bluish","canonicalId":"car:lancia:beta","priority":0.55,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"The host describes a “beta coupe,” referring to the Lancia Beta Coupe, a classic Lancia model. 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