It was back in time when horses were heavily polluting the cities with manure. To give you an example, the city of Milwaukee in the USA, with its 350,000 citizens had a horse population of 12,500, which produced about 133 tonnes of manure a day! Cleaning all this was a huge problem and that’s why […]
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Did you know that average car spends about 95% of its time parked? In some big cities, it drops to about 92% due to increased traffic and extended commuting time. And maybe it also takes longer to find a parking place Even if you count only the daytime, by subtracting the 8 hours of sleep […]
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Did you know, that the highest car mileage record is 4,890,992 km? It was made by Irvin “Irv” Gordon from the USA with his 1966 Volvo 1800S. Irv drives his car on a daily basis and covers an estimated 140,000–160,000 km per year. Recently he decided to move on and now drives a new Volvo […]
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You may find it interesting, that Volvo Gave Away Their Three-point seatbelt patent for free to improve worldwide driving safety. Although they might have earned millions on this invention, they’ve decided that saving people’s lives is more important. Before that, seat belts were simple two-point waist restraints, and in crashes, they often did more harm […]
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If you have a turbocharged engine and turn it off right after an aggressive driving, you leave the turbine at a very high temperature. Since there is no flow of the oil in the turbine after you switch it off, the oil will start breaking apart in the hot spots. Thus you will need to […]
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