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What Kind Of Protection Does The Presidential Limo Have?

February 23, 2024

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The presidential state car – also called The Beast and Cadillac One – is the President’s go-to vehicle for safe traveling.

It has five-inch thick bulletproof glass and polycarbonate windows that don’t roll down, except the driver’s window which rolls down just a few inches. It makes sense that if you are going through such measures to add a window that can stop armor-piercing bullets that you wouldn’t want to ruin the protection by having the windows rolled down.

Why Does The Nissan CVT Transmission Have Such A Bad Reputation

September 6, 2023

The automotive world is no stranger to innovation. One such innovation that has been the topic of much debate is the Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT). Nissan’s implementation of the CVT, known as the Xtronic CVT, has been particularly contentious. Let’s delve deeper into what the Nissan CVT is and why it has garnered such a reputation.

What Does A Catalytic Converter Do And Why Are They Constantly Being Stolen?

August 10, 2023

catalytic converter theft

Burning fuel can produce several toxic gases. A catalytic converter is a device that takes those toxic gases and converts them into less toxic gases.

For example, it converts Carbon monoxide into Carbon Dioxide, and Nitric Acid into Nitrogen and Oxygen (and a few other reactions).

In order to do this, it needs some precious metals which act as catalysts for the reactions. These metals don’t get consumed, but their presence helps to trigger these reactions. A catalytic converter will contain Rhodium, Platinum, and Palladium.

Why don’t school buses have seatbelts?

June 23, 2023

why dont school buses have seatbelts

School buses are designed in a compartmentalized fashion, that is the seats are close together with high backs, which keeps passengers relatively restrained in a crash, even without seat belts. The NHTSA has spent a fortune studying this, and has found that adding seat-belts doesn’t increase the safety of school buses enough to warrant a full refurbishment or re-design of buses.

What Are Some Crazy Facts About Top Fuel Dragsters?

March 24, 2023

One Top Fuel dragster 500 cubic inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower than the first 4 rows at the Daytona 500. They have over half as much horsepower in one cylinder as a Dodge Viper has in all ten. No one has ever successfully run one long enough on a dyno to get a horsepower reading. Current estimates are right around 11,000 horsepower.

Why Do We Buy Cars From Dealerships And Not Directly From Automakers?

June 13, 2022

In the early days of the automobile manufacturers did sell directly to the consumer. Then automobile sales began to boom. Manufacturers didn’t have the capital to create enough dealerships to sell all their cars in every city across the nation so they franchised out to dealerships.

Why Do Electric Car Not Need Multi-Speed Transmissions?

March 2, 2022

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(photo: Oleg Alexandrov)

With a gas or diesel engine the engine has to spin to provide any power at all to the wheels. If you want more power then you can only add more fuel up to a point.

At some point getting more power out of an engine means you have to have the engine spin faster.