{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"138. The Pile Up EP24: Extermination of the Clunker","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/138-the-pile-up-ep24-extermination-of-the-clunker","audioUrl":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/hotboxing/The_Pile_Up_Ep24.mp3?dest-id=1059140","description":"Emily tells the chilling story of the government program know as Cash 4 Clunkers. Rose has a vannin breakdown story of epic proportions.  Recorded & mixed by Emdognightmare & Queen of the Vans Editor: Emdognightmare  Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare  Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter  Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!"},"annotations":[{"startTime":108.9,"endTime":112.7,"type":"car","title":"Chevrolet Astro","url":"/cars/chevrolet/astro","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/%2785-%2794_Chevrolet_Astro_SWB.jpg","quote":"...in this Astro actually I had to do the floor I used to be able to see the ground that kind of shocks me it's so new I know you don't have to do the floor in an 88 very often...","canonicalId":"car:chevrolet:astro","priority":0.5,"confidence":0.9,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-4o-mini","data":{"explanation":"The Chevrolet Astro is a mid-size van that was produced by Chevrolet from 1985 to 2005. 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