{"version":"1.1.0","producer":"fm.getcarcurious","layer":"official","episode":{"title":"What car do (insert professions here) buy?","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/what-car-do-insert-professions-here-buy","audioUrl":"https://anchor.fm/s/6f85c180/podcast/play/121809818/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-22%2F2afa6d0a-bf7e-1298-ce0e-428d76e7be8d.mp3","description":"On this episode of Car Torque, Matty, Ed, Anthony and David discuss their latest updates. The boys discuss Anthony's new purchase and then try to not do sweeping generalisations on cars people purchased and what professions they have!The boys 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. It really helps!Support us and become a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/cartorquepodcastCheck out our merch here!https://cartorquepodcast.secure-decoration.com/Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCybzrcsj4nhADsyfYKtXPzwhttps://carloop.com.auDavid and Eds Podcast Autoretrohttps://open.spotify.com/show/5aOi9R8WfqOccEfnm2vslQ#Carupdates#2026\n"},"annotations":[{"id":436520,"startTime":166.9,"endTime":170.4,"type":"term","title":"bi-turbo","url":"/glossary/bi-turbo","quote":"a 2020 Everest trend exact same as what Jess currently has, ... which is the two-liter four-cylinder bi-turbo setup on it","canonicalId":"term:bi-turbo","priority":0.55,"confidence":0.9,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"“Bi-turbo” means the engine uses two turbochargers. 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