Ferodo, reel and bagel: outdated automotive terms that have received new life
The sweet word "radio tape recorder" today has completely lost its original meaning, although it…

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WHAT IS A WEBASLE IN A MACHINE AND HOW DOES IT WORK?
Early morning, winter, snow and cold outside. But you have to get up and sit…

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Trump is in a frenzy: GM turns off the production of cars in the US
On the eve of the Los Angeles Motor Show, General Motors announced a large-scale restructuring…

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WHAT MATERIALS USE FOR SALON TUNING?
ALCANTARA FOR TUNING OF A SALON Alcantara or artificial suede, a new unusual and popular…

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HOW TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MACHINE PERFORMED?
TIPS 1. The fact that the car was repainted is evidenced by the difference in…

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They went horseback. Peugeot e-Legend

This time, the Peugeot brand did without loud presentations at its home salon, where journalists, it must be admitted, are often driven away by force. Meanwhile, it was Peugeot from the entire bush of French brands that performed at the Paris Motor Show more successfully than the rest. On the one hand, demonstrating a practical 508 SW wagon, which, according to the company’s managers, will account for 60% of model sales in Europe. On the other hand, showing the retroconcept e-Legend, which, according to our observations, has become the most popular car in the cabin among all the “French”. And so that the visitors did not miss, they did not get lost in the large pavilion and certainly found e-Legend, the big lion pointed the way to the new product.
The retro theme in concepts, of course, is not new, but artists do not often turn to a specific model of the brand. Continue reading

Always fresh: why you can not constantly add oil instead of replacing?

With an oil appetite of more than a liter for a couple of thousand kilometers, a normal driver thinks about piston repair, and the abnormal stops changing oil at all, limited to refilling it. Of course, in the most extreme case, the presence of oil in the crankcase is more important than its quality, but during operation it is actively changing under the influence of aggressive chemistry and wear products. Cleaning with a filter does not ensure full restoration of its quality: it changes as the very basis of the oil, which causes it to become more liquid, and it works or drops out in the form of ash and soot in the places of overheating the additives present in it.
Topping up with new servings of oil slightly restores the amount of additives and fractional composition, but this measure is not enough for long. Quickly enough, the volume of new components is simply lost in the volume of the sludge accumulated in the engine crankcase, and the base number does not recover at all to a normal level. Continue reading

LOW-PROFILE TIRES FOR CAR

In this article we will talk about low profile tires, their main advantages and disadvantages. Should I switch to these tires, if there is a modified or ordinary car?
WHAT IT IS? If you ask a tuning enthusiast what distinguishes a “cool car” from a usual one, then low profile tires will be named among the first signs. Indeed, the wheels of the car with a large radius and a narrow strip of rubber look much more aggressive and more beautiful. But how does this affect the car itself, which should not only please the eye, but also go safely? As we know, the standard marking is: 235/45 R20. Continue reading

Copying headlong: the secret three-axle all-terrain vehicles of the 1930s in the USSR
By that time, in the Soviet automobile industry, according to the principle “they are getting…

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Five reasons to love and hate Skoda Yeti
Leaving the main design solutions, the engineers were forced to use the larger Volkswagen PQ35…

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