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It lets you change how high or low the car sits, often for a super-styled look.","sourceStartTime":5012.3,"sourceEndTime":5020.0}},{"id":479675,"startTime":5021.6,"endTime":5026.0,"type":"brand","title":"Level air ride","quote":"Yeah, you know who I want to hook up with is the level air ride, dude\n[5025.2s] Level ride for the controller for just once I get everything done for making everything control","canonicalId":"brand:level-air-ride","priority":0.35,"confidence":0.6,"source":"gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"Level air ride appears to be a specific air-suspension brand or product line the host wants to work with. In air-ride setups, the brand matters because controllers and components affect how reliably and smoothly the system can control ride height.","sourceStartTime":5021.6,"sourceEndTime":5026.0}},{"id":479676,"startTime":5025.2,"endTime":5030.0,"type":"term","title":"controller","url":"/glossary/controller","quote":"Level ride for the controller for just once I get everything done for making everything control\n[5029.8s] Right like to do all the control work.","canonicalId":"term:controller","priority":0.4,"confidence":0.75,"source":"gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"In an air-ride system, the controller is the electronics that manage the valves/air management to raise or lower the car. It’s the part that turns your inputs (buttons/app/remote) into actual suspension height changes.","simplifiedExplanation":"The controller is the electronics that tell the air suspension what to do. It’s what lets you adjust the car’s height using switches or a remote.","sourceStartTime":5025.2,"sourceEndTime":5030.0}}],"speakers":[{"id":"s1","name":"Bill Tsagrinos","role":"host"}],"transcripts":[{"url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/ep-365-eurotrip-2025-hessich-ebi-in-2-weeks/transcript.vtt","type":"text/vtt"}],"alignmentMode":"scalar","fallbackOffset":0.0}