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Car care: myths vs reality.(Front Lines - Autos)(Cover Story)
When it comes to maintaining your vehicle, popular misconceptions abound. Among the most common:
Myth: Tires should be inflated to the pressure embossed on the sidewall of the tire.
Reality: The tire-pressure figure shown on the sidewall is the maximum pressure--not the vehicle manufacturer's recommended figure. Always use the manufacturer's recommended pressure, which is determined to provide the best balance of ride, handling, and fuel economy. It's usually printed on a sticker on a doorjamb, the glovebox, or the fuel-filler door. Check your tires against the recommended pressure when your car has been at rest for a while.
Myth: If regular-grade fuel is good, premium must be better.
Reality: Most vehicles are designed to run just fine on regular-grade (87 octane) fuel. A higher octane number doesn't mean that your vehicle will perform better. It simply means that it's more resistant to engine knocking or pinging. Use the octane grade that's recommended in your vehicle's owner's manual. Filling up with a higher grade is ...
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- Magazine article from: Newsweek Gordon, Devin March 3, 2003 700+ words
Byline: Devin Gordon The moment in "Profiles From the Front Lines"--ABC's new reality show about U.S. forces in Afghanistan--when I realized I wasn't cut out for combat was the moment in which members of the...
- U.S. Microbics Offers an Environmental Reality Check from the Front Lines...
- Press release article from: Business Wire April 25, 2007 700+ words
...accurate about environmental issues we've decided to build a site that delivers pertinent, factual information from the front lines of today's environmental problems - which is where we live every day," states Brehm. "The site at www.usmicrobics...
- 'Tabloid Wars' Lowell native is on the front lines in reality TV series about...
- Newspaper article from: Sun (Lowell, MA) August 4, 2006 700+ words
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- EARLY STAGE BUSINESSES: Why taking risks now will bring future rewards; This...
- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) November 23, 2005 700+ words
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- Women increasingly on front lines for U.S.; Women on front lines change face of...
- Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune LIZETTE ALVAREZ August 17, 2009 700+ words
...2009 Women increasingly on front lines for U.S.; Women on front lines change face of military...Commanders also confront a new reality: that soldiers have sex...will be adjusted to meet the reality forged over the last eight...
- Beyond the Front Lines: How the News Media Cover a World Shaped by War.(Book...
- Magazine article from: Parameters Riedler, Kevin September 22, 2005 700+ words
Beyond the Front Lines: How the News Media Cover...procedure. Beyond the Front Lines is his latest in a series...level need to work this new reality into their scheme of action...depth study. Beyond the Front Lines offers clarity into the...
- Christians are on the front lines everywhere--first: it is a myth that the...
- Magazine article from: Presbyterian Record Stewart, Brian October 1, 2004 700+ words
...The notion is a serious distortion of reality. I have found there is NO other movement...good. These Christians are right on the front lines of committed humanity today and, when...I have never been able to reach these front lines without finding Christian volunteers...
- America's War on Poverty: Untold Stories From the Front Lines
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Citizen Sunya Walls January 15, 1995 700+ words
...Poverty: Untold Stories From the Front Lines. On January 16, 1995, as America...offers firsthand accounts from the front lines of this "war." Sargent Shriver...poverty programs that speak to the realities of poverty today. The Community...
