2 myths about cars - true or false?
17 Dec 07 Filed in:cars
We were pottering around the countryside in our Camry and I teased Mrs Ed about the plate of porridge sensation when you press on the accelerator. She decided she was going to show me what it could do, and of course, standing on a pedal linked to a 2.2 liter fuel injection engine, the car took off and we had a lot of fun squealing around hairpins.
It reminded us of a couple of car myths and we wondered if they was any truth in them. Any ideas?
If you get in a new car and beat the engine to death from day one, it will be able to handle being thrashed all its natural life. If you always potter around in a car, it will always be slower than its thrashed brother.
As a younger idiot, I used to thrash my cars and they lasted 140k plus miles. So for me, the myth makes sense, but is this in fact true or complete BS, coincidence?
The paintwork of a car kept in a garage at nights will deteriorate faster than the paintwork of a car kept outside.
I had a van that I never washed, and by its 15th year it ended up looking like crap. However, I don't know if I contributed to its demise, or it would have deteriorated regardless of its treatment? (To spruce it up, I rubbed the paintwork down and resprayed it!)
What do you think? Myths or reality?
It reminded us of a couple of car myths and we wondered if they was any truth in them. Any ideas?
Myth one
If you get in a new car and beat the engine to death from day one, it will be able to handle being thrashed all its natural life. If you always potter around in a car, it will always be slower than its thrashed brother.
As a younger idiot, I used to thrash my cars and they lasted 140k plus miles. So for me, the myth makes sense, but is this in fact true or complete BS, coincidence?
Myth two
The paintwork of a car kept in a garage at nights will deteriorate faster than the paintwork of a car kept outside.
I had a van that I never washed, and by its 15th year it ended up looking like crap. However, I don't know if I contributed to its demise, or it would have deteriorated regardless of its treatment? (To spruce it up, I rubbed the paintwork down and resprayed it!)
What do you think? Myths or reality?
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