{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"What’s the Perfect 4 Car London Garage? | The Car Podcast #60","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/what-s-the-perfect-4-car-london-garage-the-car-podcast-60","audioUrl":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66ab67440913aff5a4615e97/e/690cb43777626ebfbf6bfc2c/media.mp3","description":"Download Car & Classic’s app today to see our 2CG’s, and our weekly pick of our favourite listings: https://candc.li/App_Download_This week, we have a bumper issue for you all! Possibly our longest ever. And it’s a cracker – some great stories from what the team did in cars this week, much discourse and digressing around satnavs, and the team’s new favourite topic – a 4 car garage for a London mews house. This, and much more. We hope you enjoy!(00:00) Intro(00:45) What did we do in cars this week?(26:48) 4-car London mews garage(47:55) How did we survive before Satnav?(1:10:15) Best motoring cliches(1:21:28) 2CG by Car & Classic(1:32:15) MusicGoodwood Marshals Day: https://sites.google.com/goodwoodmarshalsclub.org.uk/web/track-days?authuser=0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information."},"annotations":[{"startTime":116.7,"endTime":124.7,"type":"car","title":"Ferrari 458","url":"/cars/ferrari/458","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Ferrari_458_Speciale%2C_2015_Tour_Auto%2C_Toulouse.jpg","quote":"...I think it would be a 458 or Perta. Because it's still that slightly smaller footprint...","canonicalId":"car:ferrari:458","priority":0.9,"confidence":0.9,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-4o-mini","data":{"explanation":"The Ferrari 458 is a mid-engine sports car that was produced by Ferrari from 2009 to 2015. 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