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Email your questions, topics, stories: clutchculturepodcast@gmail.com If you're a parts manufacturer or supplier that want's to be apart of either the 2003 LX470 or 2014 Gen 1 SVT Raptor, get in touch with us via email at clutchculturepodcast@gmail.com Follow the show on social @ClutchCulturePod on Instagram & TikTok Watch the video version on YouTube @ClutchCulturePod"},"annotations":[{"startTime":122.0,"endTime":136.3,"type":"term","title":"moped","url":"/glossary/mo-ped","quote":"...if you had a scooter capable of going to speed limit, would have been called moped back in the day, Vespa has a whole business around this.","canonicalId":"term:mo-ped","priority":0.9,"confidence":0.9,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"A moped is a low-power, small-displacement motorized vehicle that’s typically regulated differently than motorcycles. 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