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Iffah Hazrina Zamri, 29
Executive �Body roll: How a car curves as it turns corners. �Torque: I somehow think it’ s a car that is going in a circle, but it has something to do with speed, right?
�A-frame: The body shape of a car.
�Kerb weight: Weight of the car.
�Fhisker Karma: Luck? I don’ t know, it makes me think of fate.
�ABS: Air brake system... a system that uses air rather than fluid.
�Turbo blow-off: How fast the car shifts speeds to the next level.
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Tursina Abd Rashid, 30
Project manager �Body roll: Yoga. �Torque: Force of rotation, like an axle. �A-frame: A beam to support load. �Kerb weight: Sounds like crustacean animal weight. �Fhisker Karma: Bad karma? �ABS: Air bag system. �Turbo blow-off: Off the turbo... there’ s a valve, I think.
Sarah Hardie Augustine, 34
Housewife �Body roll: Hinges of the cars? �Torque: Exhaust thingy. �A-frame: Body kit at the front of the car.
�Kerb weight: Balances the car movement.
�Fhisker Karma: Suspension thingy.
�ABS: Emergency brake doing something with swerving. �Turbo blow-off: Controls turbo.
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Nur Asyikin Md Isa, 25
Student �Body roll: Turning the body. �Torque: Torch + que? �A-frame: A frame... shaped like an A.
�Kerb weight: Weight of the kerb?
�Fhisker Karma: This sounds like a kind of fish food. �ABS: Air Bag System. �Turbo blow-off: Blowing the turbo.
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Wan nur azafira Wan ariffin, 25
Student �Body roll: What’ s that? �Torque: I know that, it’ s the measurement of rotation. �A-frame: The car’ s frame... the moulding.
�Kerb weight: Weight of the car with standard equipment, not including passengers or cargo.
�Fhisker Karma: A Fhisker Karma is my car. Well, I wish it was anyway.
�ABS: A classification survey for the marines... but for cars it can be for brakes or airbags. �Turbo blow-off: Turbo’ s compressor( BOV).
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Erna Reedfrost, 26
Assistant Producer �Body roll: It sounds like an exercise tool. �Torque: Torque sounds like something to do with buildings. Is it a term in building design?
�A-frame: That’ s a frame for the rooftop.
�Kerb weight: Is that a term in physics?
�Fhisker Karma: That’ s the punishment for cats if they steal fish during the day.
�ABS: Oh, that’ s my favourite! That’ s where the six-pack is on a muscular man.
�Turbo blow-off: Turbo. Makes
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the car go faster.
Surinah Mat, 41
Insurance agent �Body roll: Deodorant. �Torque: Something to do with the car... how fast the car accelerates from the idle position to the desired speed? �A-frame: A frame? �Kerb weight: Someone named Kerb who discovered some kind of weight?
�Fhisker Karma: Fat Whisker Karma.
�ABS: The anti-braking system in a car.
�Turbo blow-off: Does it have something to do with a new hairdryer?
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Safwah Balqis, 24
Student �Body roll: Balancing. �Torque: Spanner. �A-frame: House. �Kerb weight: Total weight of the car.
�Fhisker Karma: I think this has something to do with a John Fhisker? �ABS: Air bags. �Turbo blow-off: A car’ s turbo.
Suza Yusoff, 32
Finance Executive �Body roll: The steel that supports the car. �Torque: Like horse power. �A-frame: A kind of frame.
�Kerb weight: Related to cornering... something near the tire, I guess.
�Fhisker Karma: Related to the engine. �ABS: Anti-lock brake system. �Turbo blow-off: For turbo power.
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Lavanya Jeyulatham, 22
Radiographer �Body roll: Something to do
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with cars. �Torque: Something used to tighten and loosen bolts. �A-frame: Something that holds the vehicle’ s tires. �Kerb weight: Weight of the vehicle including the engine. �Fhisker Karma: I think it’ s a hybrid sports car. �ABS: a sort of chemical for the car. �Turbo blow-off: something for. the engine
Fiona Zuzartee, 25
Baker �Body roll: Something to do with the structure of the car. �Torque: Perpendicular distance multiplied by force. �A-frame: A frame that holds a moving part in place. �Kerb weight: A counter weight? �Fhisker Karma: A gear ratio? �ABS: Anti-lock Braking System. �Turbo blow-off: A cut-off for the turbo
Based on this small survey, we can conclude that it might be true women really don’ t know that much about cars. Some know more than others, some... well, much less( sigh). In their defence, at least most of them knew these words were in some way related to motoring, right? And who’ s to say the average man knows more? That’ s another survey for another time, I guess.
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