{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Is your build too nice/expensive to drive?","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/is-your-build-too-nice-expensive-to-drive","audioUrl":"https://podcast.konigwheels.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BTW327-Build-too-nice-to-drive.mp3","description":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen does a build become too nice to daily drive? Is just driving to your local corner store a risk these days? Do you live in fear when driving your pride and joy? This one’s for you!\n\n\n\nIn this episode of the Konig Behind the Wheel Podcast, we dive into the struggle many enthusiasts face: the balance between enjoying your project car and protecting it from damage, wear, theft, and most of all, other drivers on the road.\n\n\n\nFrom pristine show builds and modified daily drivers to high-powered examples, we talk about the gray area where a car might be too clean, too valuable, or too risky to casually take out. Do you risk the potholes and door dings—or keep it tucked away in the garage? Great cars are MEANT to be driven, but where do you draw the line?\n\n\n\nWhether you’re wrenching on your first project or protecting your dream build, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.\n\n\n\nDrop your thoughts in the comments: Do you daily drive your build, or is it a garage queen?\n\n\n\n2025 Behind the Wheel Podcast | All Rights ReservedThank you for tuning in, and if you enjoy our podcast, please SUBSCRIBE! We’re on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and iHeartRadio, and we always upload our full video interviews on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/konigwheels (we’d love for you to subscribe there as well!) Thank you for listening!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://podcast.konigwheels.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BTW327-Build-too-nice-to-drive.mp3\n\n \n\nFOLLOW:\nKonig’s Instagram: @konigwheelsusahttps://www.instagram.com/konigwheelsusa/\nMore on the Konig Behind The Wheel Podcast and to SUBSCRIBE:podcast.konigwheels.com\n\n\n\n\nThe post Is your build too nice/expensive to drive? appeared first on Konig Wheels Behind The Wheel Podcast."},"annotations":[{"startTime":10.96,"endTime":17.36,"type":"car","title":"Ford Explorer","url":"/cars/ford/explorer","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Ford_Explorer_EV_Auto_Zuerich_2023_1X7A1325.jpg","quote":"...is a massive, massive door ding on my wife's 2023 Explorer in black. 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