What's In A VIN? Your Car's Vehicle Identification ...
Imagine you're at a crowded shopping mall on a hot summer day. You finish shopping, and head out to the parking lot to your car, only to find it missing. You call the police to report the stolen car, giving them the make, model, color and license ... [... more]
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Welcome to the Cars Site at BellaOnline - Cars
Hi and welcome to the Cars Section of BellaOnline! My name is William Charles Vetter. My friends call me Charlie or Chuck, I am your new "Cars" editor. My primary experience with cars is mechanics and design. I have a history with vehicles of [... more]
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Go Green with alternative fuels 1, Flex Fuel Alcohol ...
Traditionally all cars or generally all combustion engines have been powered by some form of a petroleum based fuel. In these days of greater environmental awareness and political correctness, so called "Green" fuels are all the rage. No actor [... more]
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Oil Futures Trading Good or Bad - Cars
I have done several articles on the price of gas actually more than I had planned. However, as I read some of the comments from people and even some of the email that I have received; I realize that there is a lot of misunderstanding on the part ... [... more]
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Go Green with alternative fuels 6, New Legislation - Cars
The United States Congress by a vote of 314-100 passed landmark legislation, a 13 year plan to raise minimum fuel standards for US cars, for the first time since 1975, and more importantly, offered massive support for renewable bio-fuels! This ... [... more]
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Car Suspension Systems Guide - Cars
Besides your car's tires and seat it is the suspension system that keeps your butt from contacting solid surfaces. If you have ever ridden a skateboard or been on roller skates then you are painfully aware that with a solid system of mounting ... [... more]
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ABS Brake Systems - Cars
In 1986 I had a new BMW; at the time it was the absolute pinnacle of automotive innovation. I used to love taking people for rides and then demonstrate the amazing abilities of my new car's ABS brakes. My favorite trick was to drive about 40 ... [... more]
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Brakes, how and why they do what they do. - Cars
In previous articles I provided a primer on tires and now moving in and up we get to the next component; your brakes. In this next series of articles I want to explain how brakes work and what they do. The types of brakes on modern cars varies ... [... more]
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How to fix a flat tire - cheap - Cars
Last week I noticed that I had a nail in my rear tire. I planned on fixing it so that it wouldn't go flat on me. I'm the worst person when it comes to procrastination so per my normal modus operandi, I didn't fix it. While sitting in heavy ... [... more]
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What does a car transmission do? - Cars
From my previous article on piston engines you know that the pistons drive the main crank in your engine so that it spins. Idling, it spins around 900rpm. At speed it can be anything up to 7,500rpm. You can't simply connect a set of wheels to the ... [... more]
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Go Green with alternative fuels, Vegetable Oil - Cars
In previous articles I focused on alternative fuels such as alcohol, hydrogen, natural gas and biodiesel. Based on the article on biodiesel, how you can brew your own fuel from vegetable oil but surprisingly, if you drive a diesel car or truck it ... [... more]
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Alternative Cars, Fuels and Skiing in the Desert - Cars
We now find ourselves in an unprecedented point of time in history, for the first time ever the United States is seeing and living the reality that much of the rest of the world has been living with since the invention of the car; high fuel ... [... more]
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