{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"We Bought the Lowest Mileage Early Porsche 911 IN THE WORLD!","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/we-bought-the-lowest-mileage-early-porsche-911-in-the-world","audioUrl":"https://mgln.ai/e/441/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/prfx.byspotify.com/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/BVLLC7054024987.mp3","description":"Spike and Zuckerman break down their wild acquisition of a 1971 Porsche 911 T Targa with only 4,000 original kilometers. Then, the 'Don't Cross the Mustard' canyon driving controversy heats up, Spike reviews the Polestar 4, and boat car guy Phil rolls in with a street-legal Radio Flyer red wagon built on a Ford Explorer chassis.\n\n______________________________________________\n\n\n\n🫧 Meguiar's - 125 Years of Passion\n\nPremium products to clean, restore, and protect your vehicle\n\nhttps://meguiarsdirect.com/collections/new\n\n\n\n🛠️ RaceDeck - Transform Your Garage\n\nGet 15% off garage flooring!\n\nhttps://RaceDeck.com/SCR\n\n\n\n🛞 Vredestein - Car, SUV, Van, and Light Truck Tires\n\nDemand a better tire. Demand Vredestein.\n\nhttps://vredestein.com\n\n\n\n💧 Pocket Hose - The #1 Expanding Hose in the World\n\nText SPIKE to 64000 to get a FREE Pocket Pivot and 10-Pattern Sprayer with Purchase of the Pocket Hose Ballistic!\n\n\n\n🪙 Acre Gold - Gold Investment Has Never Been Easier\n\n Visit https://GetAcreGold.com/SPIKE911 to start building your gold stash!\n\n\n\nGRAB SOME SCR MERCH:\n\nhttps://spikescarradio.com\n\n\n\nGET MORE SCR ON PATREON:\n\nhttps://www.patreon.com/spikescarradio\n\n______________________________________________\n\n\n\nSpike and Zuckerman just became official California car dealers under the name Morris Solomon's Purveyor of Fine Automobiles. They kick things off with Zuckerman's Panama trip (Miami, but with more suspicious bank buildings), then launch into the story of their newly acquired 1971 Porsche 911 T Targa, a former Dutch police car. It's got 4,000 original kilometers, Zenith triple-throat carbs, vinyl door sills for muddy cop boots, and a story so good Jerry Seinfeld called it 'meant to be.'\n\n\n\nThen things get spicy in the canyons. The hosts unpack the LA car community feud between Evan the Canyon Carver and pro racer Cort Wagner, who got caught on camera crossing the double yellow and didn't exactly apologize for it. Zuckerman delivers the verdict: crossing the mustard is indefensible, and claiming superior skill as your defense just means you're an a**hole.\n\n\n\nSpike then reviews the Polestar 4, a genuinely impressive EV with a baffling flaw: no rear window. Just a camera. He also takes issue with the buttonless key fob, the unreliable kick-to-open trunk, and the brand's insistence on using numbers instead of names.\n\n\n\nThe episode closes with Phil and his masterpiece: a fully street-legal, highway-capable Radio Flyer red wagon built on a Ford Explorer chassis. He's driven it on the 405. He's passed people.\n\n_____________________________________________\n\n\n\n📧 To advertise with Spike’s Car Radio, contact Neon Tiger Media:\n\ncontact@neontiger.media\n\n🌐 or visit:\n\nhttps://scrpod.com/sponsor\n\n\n\nProduced by \n\nSkyview Entertainment\n\n&\n\nQ6 Media\n\nhttps://q6.media\n\n______________________________________________\n\n\n\nTimestamps:\n\n00:00 - Zuckerman in Panama\n\n02:21 - Our untouched '71 Porsche 911 T Targa\n\n20:39 - Canyon Carver Cort Wagner beef\n\n36:30 - Polestar 4 review\n\n46:40 - THE RED WAGON CAR\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"},"annotations":[{"startTime":132.02,"endTime":137.42,"type":"car","title":"Polestar 4","url":"/cars/polestar/4","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/2024_Polestar_4_2.jpg","quote":"And I have the Polestar 4, which is behind us, new electric car, which is kind of cool. 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