Automotive

Automotive

Dealing with vehicles or machines used for travel or motion, especially cars.

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center section damage

Automotive; Automobile

A description of a vehicle after it is involved in an accident when it has been hit on the side somewhere between the front and rear wheels. The frame and body are bashed in at ...

compact car

Automotive; Automobile

A designation no longer used because even "full-size cars" are now about the size of what was the compact car. In 1970, for instance, a Chevrolet Impala was a full-size car, a ...

Comfort

Automotive; Automobile

A designation of some automobiles as a basic or standard line usually abbreviated as "C"

chain scrubber

Automotive; Automobile

A device attached to a chain which rubs away the grime while the chain is moving.

CO meter

Automotive; Automobile

A device for checking exhaust gases for carbon monoxide, a high level indicates an over-rich mixture as well as causing pollution.

bumper jack

Automotive; Automobile

A device for lifting one corner of a vehicle to change a tire. Older cars used a long bar which fitted into a base. A device on the long bar had a hook which was placed in a ...