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Top Five Misconceptions About Tires
By Mac Demere/autoMedia.com
Are You Flat Wrong When it Comes to Tire Truths? -
People know very little about tires. And a lot of what they think they know is flat wrong. Here are five commonly held misconceptions about tires.
Maintaining the Inner Workings of Your Turbo - The first big wave of automotive turbocharging came to auto showrooms during the Eighties. Everything from grocery getting Chrysler K-car station wagons to high-end Porsche sports cars packed a turbocharger under the hood. It seemed a requirement that these turbocharged cars of the '80s could not leave the factory without the word TURBO emblazoned somewhere, if not all over the car. The fact is that a turbocharger can add performance on demand to an otherwise economy minded engine. Turbochargers are again becoming more common as consumers demand more horsepower along with better fuel economy. With this ever-increasing number of cars and trucks using turbochargers as part of their power equation comes an equal number of turbochargers that will wear out and require replacement.
Nine volunteers from the Drive Around the World Expedition began a 16-month intercontinental journey on November 1, 2003, to raise funds to help cure Parkinson’s disease. The LONGITUDE expedition traveled 28,000 miles, almost two-thirds of its 41,000-mile journey, before changing the engine oil. Their Land Rovers were using Mobil 1. Read more ...
