We continue our land speed record series with a closer look at the jet propulsion cars era, who pushed the records way beyond what we’ve seen in the first part of the series, with the pioneering internal combustion engines. Craig Breedlove was one of the iconic record setters of the 1960s-1980s. He set the land …
We’ve seen in the last article that the 200 mph (320 km/h) land speed record was set by Segrave’s Sunbeam 1000 HP Mystery nicknamed The Slug. Between 1924 and 1935, Sir Malcolm Campbell set no less than 9 (nine) land speed records and 4 (four) water speed records. He was one of the few record holders to …
We continue the land speed record series with the beginning of the thermal engine supremacy. The electric or steam powered cars were blown away by the internal combustion engine and the rocket engines. After the Stanley Steamer, the land speed record was set by Ernest Arthur Douglas Eldridge in a Fiat Mefistofele. He reached 243.97km/h and …
You’ve seen in our last articles how the frenzy of internal combustion engine powered wheeled vehicles started. It was only a matter of time for the man to see the potential of the car and try to make it go faster. Thus, the race of achieving the land speed record. You should know a thing …
As promised last week, today we’ll analyze the first from a series of ten common accidents caught on camera. We’ll show you the movie, courtesy of youtube, and we’ll tell you: 1) Why did the accident happen 2) How the accident could have been prevented 3) How to react if the accident happens This week’s …
Winter is already here and for the ones caught by surprise, hereare some simple advice for driving safely in cold conditions: – Check the working condition of the battery: you can do this two ways. The simple check is by starting the engine at low temperatures and by measuring how long it takes for the …
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This is not a very usual problem but many daily drivers may have encountered it. The situation where the car develops on short notice this issue is not that often and it can have some precise causes. I have encountered this problem on every type of engine and I have some advice regarding the detection …
As you remember, at the beginning of this week we discussed a few basic methods of reducing the fuel consumption. As you could previously see, the methods described were pretty simple to follow but just by following them the decrease in fuel consumption wouldn’t be significant. Now it’s time to discuss some extreme ways of …
The discussion about driving to save fuel goes on and on for a very long time. There are a lot of tips on the internet about saving fuel and there are also a lot of magical devices that will definitely decrease by half your fuel consumption. Yes, of course… The truth is only one with …
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