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There is No Fire Suppression System in a Car

I thought when your car lights ablaze the vehicle’s built-in automatic fire suppression system kicks on and saves you but was I ever wrong, because there isn’t one.

Read it online at Autonet.

Favourite line:

A car lighting on fire is a rare event, but a smoking engine is more common. Check the colour of the smoke – white is water, black is rubber, and blue is oil. White is the colour you’re hoping for – steam – as it’s the least damaging and dangerous.

If your car lights on fire:

Don’t open the hood, and never open the coolant cap – hot liquid will shoot out and burn your face off.

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Arty Mustang Photos

Last week’s car was a 2015 Mustang GT.  That was very yellow.

The Mustang engine note is one of the best out there, a good deep growl I’m surprised doesn’t get copied more often.

“Ground speed“… what else would it be?

Apparently it’s a reference to a movie I’ve never seen, still eye roll.

Although the Mustang has a reputation of a “guys car“, women have been behind its creation its whole 50 years. Wrote a column about it.

The toggle switches are neat eh.

Ford is bringing back hard buttons, gone is all that touch nonsense.

Blog tag = Mustang

 

 

Review the Reviewers

Before relying on the opinion in a car review, check the source. Like, why read about a minivan from someone who usually drives performance vehicles? I prefer minimal and don’t like autonomous aids, so if you do, you probably won’t like my stuff.

Read reviews by both genders, and all ages too.

Because auto journalism is a game of history (I’m at 2.7 years now, and am still considered the new kid.)

Read it online at Autonet.

Favourite line:

The nature of a car guy is to document, share, and debate; that’s why car forums remain one of the largest, most popular genres online. Don’t be shy about asking questions – car guys are an enthusiastic, gentlemanly group! Post precisely and concisely, and you’ll get back some great advice.

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How to Cheat a Tire Test

Let’s say I want you to test my tires, versus my competitor’s.

Sure I’ll send you around the same track, in the same car, on comparable tires… except…

… I’ve secretly deflated the competitor’s tires, which ensures they under-perform and makes mine appear even better.

Learned this trick when BFGoodrich invited me to test their all-new g-Force COMP-2 A/S tires.

It was one of the first things they said in the morning press conference, ” go ahead and test ’em, we inflated everything identically.”

Over the years I’ve attended hundreds of press events, and never once have I heard a company be this upfront. That’s good integrity, nice one BFGoodrich.

Cool eh.

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See also – How to cheat at motor-sports