{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Montana Plate Crackdown, Porsche GT Price Manipulation & Tesla’s Cybercab","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/montana-plate-crackdown-porsche-gt-price-manipulation-tesla-s-cybercab","audioUrl":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSN4747205256.mp3","description":"This week on Full Throttle Talk, the original agenda gets scrapped in favor of two stories everyone seems to be talking about: the Montana plate crackdown and whether Porsche GT pricing has become artificially inflated. 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