{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Buying cars for the fuel crisis","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/buying-cars-for-the-fuel-crisis","audioUrl":"https://anchor.fm/s/6f85c180/podcast/play/117899681/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-3%2F86193715-2d23-d533-0a47-11cb5313f832.mp3","description":"On this episode of Car Torque, Matty, Ed, David, Rob, Scotty, Jim, Chad and Anthony discuss their latest updates. Ed shares his latest purchase and why that might be the best answer for the fuel crisis. The Boys then discuss All Ford Day. The boys then battle it out in the quiz at the end of the show!Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review!Please follow this show on Spotify. 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