Automotive Myth or Fact!?
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Automotive Myth or Fact!?
i got a couple things my friends have told me over the years that could use some help clearing up...
#1 - It hurts/wears-down/damages your suspension when you park with your wheels/tires turned to the side (not straight with the car) - doesn't count when your on a hill!
#2 - When you drive with less than 1/4 tank of gas, your car is running on gas fumes and not gas liquid
#3 - Charging your cell phone in the car shortens the battery life (the cell phone battery)
#4 - Revving the car engine before you shut off the engine gives the engine one last breath of air before it's shut off - cleaning out the carbs/exhaust or whatever is involved from tiny particles
#5 - Riding the clutch (such as driving the car very slowly, with the clutch depressed partially) will wear down the clutch. (even if it does wear it down, would it wear it down significantly enough for me to start changing my driving habits)?
#1 - It hurts/wears-down/damages your suspension when you park with your wheels/tires turned to the side (not straight with the car) - doesn't count when your on a hill!
#2 - When you drive with less than 1/4 tank of gas, your car is running on gas fumes and not gas liquid
#3 - Charging your cell phone in the car shortens the battery life (the cell phone battery)
#4 - Revving the car engine before you shut off the engine gives the engine one last breath of air before it's shut off - cleaning out the carbs/exhaust or whatever is involved from tiny particles
#5 - Riding the clutch (such as driving the car very slowly, with the clutch depressed partially) will wear down the clutch. (even if it does wear it down, would it wear it down significantly enough for me to start changing my driving habits)?
Originally Posted by alongcamepeter
#4 - Revving the car engine before you shut off the engine gives the engine one last breath of air before it's shut off - cleaning out the carbs/exhaust or whatever is involved from tiny particles
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I could be wrong, but I think this was for car's before they had fuel injection. I believe the idea was to get some gas in the engine before you shut down, so you have a smooth start up the next time. I am not sure tho, could be wrong.
I could be wrong, but I think this was for car's before they had fuel injection. I believe the idea was to get some gas in the engine before you shut down, so you have a smooth start up the next time. I am not sure tho, could be wrong.
Originally Posted by alongcamepeter
i got a couple things my friends have told me over the years that could use some help clearing up...
#1 - It hurts/wears-down/damages your suspension when you park with your wheels/tires turned to the side (not straight with the car) - doesn't count when your on a hill!
#2 - When you drive with less than 1/4 tank of gas, your car is running on gas fumes and not gas liquid
#3 - Charging your cell phone in the car shortens the battery life (the cell phone battery)
#4 - Revving the car engine before you shut off the engine gives the engine one last breath of air before it's shut off - cleaning out the carbs/exhaust or whatever is involved from tiny particles
#5 - Riding the clutch (such as driving the car very slowly, with the clutch depressed partially) will wear down the clutch. (even if it does wear it down, would it wear it down significantly enough for me to start changing my driving habits)?
#1 - It hurts/wears-down/damages your suspension when you park with your wheels/tires turned to the side (not straight with the car) - doesn't count when your on a hill!
#2 - When you drive with less than 1/4 tank of gas, your car is running on gas fumes and not gas liquid
#3 - Charging your cell phone in the car shortens the battery life (the cell phone battery)
#4 - Revving the car engine before you shut off the engine gives the engine one last breath of air before it's shut off - cleaning out the carbs/exhaust or whatever is involved from tiny particles
#5 - Riding the clutch (such as driving the car very slowly, with the clutch depressed partially) will wear down the clutch. (even if it does wear it down, would it wear it down significantly enough for me to start changing my driving habits)?
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#1: Not sure, but I'd guess... false. Plus it would seem that parking on a hill with the wheels turned would hurt it more, if hurting it at all. Just set that E-brake! Specially with the auto [well..with a 6spd also] so you don't get that horrible, harsh, jerky shifting from P to D [or R]!
#2: Think about how the gas meter measures gas. I think it is possible for a car to "run on fumes" for a short while...
#3: Anything that uses power up in a car will shorten the life of the battery. I know in my G it won't let anything plugged into the cig lighter work if the car is off. The amps/volts taken away from the battery/alternator is so insignificant it would probly take quite a while... I don't think anyones battery has ever died from leaving their cell plugged into the lighter over night.
#4: Iono.
#5: Riding the clutch is never a good thing. The clutch is slipping anytime your foot isn't all the way off the pedal, or all the way to the floor [assuming everything else is working right]. Remember also, that riding the clutch can wear out the "fingers" on the pressure plate. Can cause some heat to biuld up and may warp or damage other parts in there. Would you ever want to be going down the freeway with your foot hovering or "barely" touching the brake pedal? The clearences between the actual pads and rotors isn't much these days... so that would probly wear down your pads... and also decrease gas milage, would that change your driving habits?
#2: Think about how the gas meter measures gas. I think it is possible for a car to "run on fumes" for a short while...
#3: Anything that uses power up in a car will shorten the life of the battery. I know in my G it won't let anything plugged into the cig lighter work if the car is off. The amps/volts taken away from the battery/alternator is so insignificant it would probly take quite a while... I don't think anyones battery has ever died from leaving their cell plugged into the lighter over night.
#4: Iono.
#5: Riding the clutch is never a good thing. The clutch is slipping anytime your foot isn't all the way off the pedal, or all the way to the floor [assuming everything else is working right]. Remember also, that riding the clutch can wear out the "fingers" on the pressure plate. Can cause some heat to biuld up and may warp or damage other parts in there. Would you ever want to be going down the freeway with your foot hovering or "barely" touching the brake pedal? The clearences between the actual pads and rotors isn't much these days... so that would probly wear down your pads... and also decrease gas milage, would that change your driving habits?
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Originally Posted by alongcamepeter
#1 - It hurts/wears-down/damages your suspension when you park with your wheels/tires turned to the side (not straight with the car) - doesn't count when your on a hill!
Originally Posted by alongcamepeter
#2 - When you drive with less than 1/4 tank of gas, your car is running on gas fumes and not gas liquid
Originally Posted by alongcamepeter
#3 - Charging your cell phone in the car shortens the battery life (the cell phone battery)
Originally Posted by alongcamepeter
#4 - Revving the car engine before you shut off the engine gives the engine one last breath of air before it's shut off - cleaning out the carbs/exhaust or whatever is involved from tiny particles
Originally Posted by alongcamepeter
#5 - Riding the clutch (such as driving the car very slowly, with the clutch depressed partially) will wear down the clutch. (even if it does wear it down, would it wear it down significantly enough for me to start changing my driving habits)?
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#3: Anything that uses power up in a car will shorten the life of the battery. I know in my G it won't let anything plugged into the cig lighter work if the car is off. The amps/volts taken away from the battery/alternator is so insignificant it would probly take quite a while... I don't think anyones battery has ever died from leaving their cell plugged into the lighter over night.
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Originally Posted by alongcamepeter
i got a couple things my friends have told me over the years that could use some help clearing up...
#1 - It hurts/wears-down/damages your suspension when you park with your wheels/tires turned to the side (not straight with the car) - doesn't count when your on a hill!
#2 - When you drive with less than 1/4 tank of gas, your car is running on gas fumes and not gas liquid
#3 - Charging your cell phone in the car shortens the battery life (the cell phone battery)
#4 - Revving the car engine before you shut off the engine gives the engine one last breath of air before it's shut off - cleaning out the carbs/exhaust or whatever is involved from tiny particles
#5 - Riding the clutch (such as driving the car very slowly, with the clutch depressed partially) will wear down the clutch. (even if it does wear it down, would it wear it down significantly enough for me to start changing my driving habits)?
#1 - It hurts/wears-down/damages your suspension when you park with your wheels/tires turned to the side (not straight with the car) - doesn't count when your on a hill!
#2 - When you drive with less than 1/4 tank of gas, your car is running on gas fumes and not gas liquid
#3 - Charging your cell phone in the car shortens the battery life (the cell phone battery)
#4 - Revving the car engine before you shut off the engine gives the engine one last breath of air before it's shut off - cleaning out the carbs/exhaust or whatever is involved from tiny particles
#5 - Riding the clutch (such as driving the car very slowly, with the clutch depressed partially) will wear down the clutch. (even if it does wear it down, would it wear it down significantly enough for me to start changing my driving habits)?
#2. lol, much as we'd love it, cars won't run on fumes.
#3. far as I know, charging the cell battery from the car will be the same as charging from home.
#4. Revving the engine b4 shutting it down leaves an abnormal amount of fuel in the cylinders, thus washing the oil off the walls. Not good. Let it idle as low as possible b4 stopping.
#5. Riding the clutch any time is bad and will cause premature wear.
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#3. I know I read this somewhere like a manual for one of my old phones. I think the problem is when you start the car with the phone plugged in. The starter draws amperage from everything it is wired to...this means the starter is indirectly wired to the phone and will pull current from it while starting the car. That will kill the battery in the phone.
Originally Posted by alongcamepeter
#5 - Riding the clutch (such as driving the car very slowly, with the clutch depressed partially) will wear down the clutch. (even if it does wear it down, would it wear it down significantly enough for me to start changing my driving habits)?
Sit there in your car with the engine off. Depress the clutch a few times. Chances are you will be able to hear the light click-click as you press/release the clutch pedal. There should be plenty of dead-space at the top of the pedal before you are at all close to activating that switch.
So in theory, resting your foot lightly on the clutch pedal will not slightly disengage the clutch causing premature wear. But who the heck rests their foot on the clutch pedal anyway?
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Originally Posted by GonSpeed
Cars WILL run on fumes for a short while.