Automobile

Automobile

Of or relating to any vehicle, usually designed to carry passengers, that operates on ordinary roads and typically has four wheels and a gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine.

Industry: Automotive

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Automotive; Automobile

A colloquial term for a police car with its emergency lights flashing.

botched-up job

Automotive; Automobile

A colloquial term for a poor repair which will not be permanent.

banger racing

Automotive; Automobile

A competition of speed on small racing tracks where older cars are driven as fast as they can go and where bumping other racing cars is permitted (encouraged??)

air cleaner bi-metal sensor (ACL BI-MET)

A component of a thermostatic air cleaner system. It senses the temperature of incoming fresh air and bleeds off vacuum when the air is warm. When the air is cold, the sensor directs vacuum to the ...

air cleaner duct and valve vacuum motor (ACL DV)

Automotive; Automobile

A component of thermostatic air cleaner systems. It opens and closes the air duct valve to provide heated or unheated air to the engine in accordance with the temperature of the incoming air.