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4 Unusual Ways to Make Your Car Last Longer
Every driver knows the importance of oil changes and routine maintenance help keep any car ticking, and air filters clog, brake pads wear out, and serpentine belts stretch as the miles add up. Usually there are warning signs that let you know something is off, but there could be things you’ re doing— or not doing— that will make your engine sputter to a stop.
If you’ re the type of driver who wants to keep your car for as long as possible, these are the four things you need to know. Keep It Clean: Washing your car does more than make it look nice. It aids longevity by cleaning away contaminants that cause corrosion. Paint protects your car’ s body panels from the elements, but the underside has it rough as it’ s continually exposed to water, dirt, and grime that forms rust. Most cars have drainage points so rustcausing water can drip out from the chassis, exhaust, suspension and other hardware under your car, but that doesn’ t mean you don’ t need to give it a good wash every so often. Lighten Up: Colin Chapman, creator of the legendary Lotus sports car brand, summed up his engineering philosophy as“ simplify, then add lightness.” What he meant is that the less a car weighs, the better it will drive. If you have kids to shuttle to school, materials to haul to a jobsite, or outdoor gear to take to the trail, you probably don’ t drive a lightweight sports coupe. Still, Chapman’ s words apply whether you have a minivan, pickup, or SUV.
The more a car weighs, the harder the engine, transmission,
The recent announcement that the Quant e-Sportlimousine, which is a salt water powered car, has been certified for use on European roads is a big sign that the oil cartels are losing the energy war.
Since the early 1900s, the oil cartels have been harassing and silencing alternative energy inventors who pose a threat. One of the greatest alternative energy inventors that they silenced was Nikola Tesla.
Unlike traditional cars that run on gasoline, the Quant e- Sportlimousine runs on an electrolyte flow cell power system made by NanoFlowcell that has the ability to generate an astonishing 920 horsepower( 680 kW).
This salt water powered car can go from 0-62 mph( 100 km / h) in 2.8 seconds and has a top speed of 217.5 mph( 350
Lighten the load for a longer lasting car.
brakes and suspension have to work. While cars are designed to carry extra weight, over the long term any unnecessary strain will take miles off its life, so remove excess stuff and only drive with the essentials. If nothing else, you’ ll get a few extra MPG out of it. Start Slow: Between breakfast, cleaning up, and checking your online life, it’ s always a rush to get out the door in the morning. When you finally hop in your car, you drive off right away hoping to beat traffic. However, like you, your car needs time to get ready to roll when it’ s been resting for a while. After a few hours of sitting, motor oil, which lubricates the parts in your engine, cools and sinks to the bottom. When you fire up your car, the oil pump distributes oil through the engine, but it takes time for all the parts to get oiled up.
Driving immediately after start-up increases friction between tightly-packed engine components, wearing them out faster. Let your car idle for 30-60 seconds after you start it to allow the oil to get up to temperature and flow through the engine. Waiting a minute for this to happen prolongs your engine’ s lifespan, but if you absolutely must hit the road, drive gently for the
New Car Powered by Salt Water
km / h). The Quant e-Sportlimousine is built by the German company Quant.
Alternative energy technologies, such as the electrolyte flow cell system, will become more mainstream as the new paradigm first mile or two. Floor It: Most cars redline at above 6,000 RPM. But in everyday driving, it’ s not often that you crest even half that. Modern drivetrains are programmed to keep engine revolutions low in the name of efficiency, and while it’ s indisputable that high RPMs burn fuel faster and increase strain on components, it’ s actually good for the engine to run through its RPM range on occasion. This helps clean out carbon deposits that can foul the valves, throttle body, intake manifold and the combustion chamber itself.
Untreated carbon buildups can cause misfires, reduce performance, and require extensive work to clean. Prevent carbon gunk building up in your engine by letting it reach the redline every few hundred miles. Never do this unless the engine is fully warmed up, and you’ re somewhere safe, like a wide-open parking lot or merging onto the freeway. Yes, it will waste some gas, but it’ s an easy way to make your engine last longer.
Even if you take great care of your car, parts are bound to wear out and need replacement eventually. When that happens, don’ t skimp on paying for a qualified mechanic to make repairs with high-quality components. Using cheap parts or ignoring your car’ s maintenance needs is only going to damage it in the long run, and investing in repairs is almost always going to be less expensive than buying a new car.
If you want to make your car last longer, keeping it maintained is a guaranteed way to do it.
( Courtesy: Popular Mechanics)
Quant e-Sportlimousine
emerges. These types of alternative energy technologies will help solve the so-called“ energy crisis” and usher a new age in which we can live without worrying about not having access to cheap and clean energy.
“ Whoa” is the first thing that comes to mind when looking at Range Rover’ s newest model, the 2018 Velar. It’ s as if you drove a Range Rover through a pool of lava and somehow emerged with this silken SUV, a window into the future. The Velar is all-new, and will feature three engines for America, including a top-of-therange supercharged 3.0-liter, 380- horsepower V-6, mated to an eight-speed ZF transmission.
Velar was the name given to the original 1969 Range Rover prototypes, in part because‘ Velaris’ in Latin means to disguise or hide. While they may have worked in hiding Range Rover’ s name and purpose back then, for this new model, Velar comes off as somewhat ironic as there’ s no way this steed’ s going to blend or be disguised on the street. By intention it’ s meant to be the avantgarde Range Rover, design director Gerry McGovern tells Men’ s Health at a preview in the Land Rover design studio.
The visually reductive aesthetic is“ futured, pushing the Range Rover DNA ahead.” The boxy lines are removed, the full- LED headlights are the thinnest yet on a production Land Rover, 22-inch wheels are available, the door handles are flush, and the Minority Report-like interior will make stepping into most any other new SUV feel like you’ re piloting a classic.
Part of the smooth interior rests in two high-def 10-inch touchscreens which will feature a new infotainment system, the Land Rover InControl Touch Pro. Both screens will have dual-functionality, meaning you can switch things like the navigation screen from one to the next, so it’ s not interrupted while you’ re using other functions on another screen. Noticeably absent are the usual knobs and buttons, in this case
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The Range Rover Velar
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2018 Range Rover Velar
those functions have been made part of the touch screen menus. If they’ re anything like the ones we’ ve played with in the Jaguar F-Pace— Jag is Land Rover’ s sister brand— they’ ll be intuitive.
The aluminum-intensive SUV is meant to slot between the Evoque and Range Rover Sport, and when physically positioned between the two, you can see visual cues from both. Range Rover’ s newest looker will come with an air-suspension on the supercharged V-6 models, and all Velars will be all-wheel drive. While this model will likely see little off-road time, it still has plenty of capability to live up to its badge, and tackle various terrain we’ re told. It will still be able to ford more than two feet of water, and that air suspension can lift and lower 10 cm for added versatility.
The Range Rover Velar will be available in Standard, S, SE, and HSE trims, and technically starts at US $ 50,895 after delivery, though the models you’ re likely to see in showrooms will be more in the US $ 65,000 range. Kicking things off will be a fullykitted First Edition, priced at US $ 90,295, that boasts a full extended leather interior, a copper weave carbon fiber trim finisher, Windsor leather seats finished in two-tone Oyster / Ebony, a 1,600W Meridian Signature Sound System, and special 22- inch split-spoke wheels with a diamond-turned finish.
First Editions are available in three unique colours, Corris Grey, Silicon Silver, or Flux Silver— a special satin finish that will be hand-sprayed at the Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations facility. With its sleek looks and modern interior, Range Rover’ s new Porsche Macan-fighter will have product planners around the industry scrambling to keep up.