"My car is worth $ 25,800." "I looked up the price of a used car online, and my car is worth 20 grands." I hear quotes like this every day. .. I know ... 80% of car buyers use the internet to research car and used car prices. The internet is perfect for vehicle research! When it comes to car prices, the internet is the worst! It's terrible because the price doesn't reflect the reality of either the buyer or the seller. Car-related websites have caused more confusion than ever: "My car is worth $ 25,800." "I searched the internet for used car prices, and my car is 20 Grand. It's worth it. "I hear quotations like this every day. We hope that our values are genuine for our customers. By “real” I mean a viable number according to market value.As hard as it is to accept, even for me as a dealer, what we think a car is worth, and what it’s actually worth according to “market value” is often drastically different.To find a vehicle’s v...
When people talk about race cars or high-performance sports cars, the topic of turbochargers usually comes up. Turbochargers also appear on large diesel engines. A turbo can significantly boost an engine's horsepower without significantly increasing its weight, which is the huge benefit that makes turbos so popular! In this article, we'll learn how a turbocharger increases the power output of an engine while surviving extreme operating conditions. We'll also learn how wastegates, ceramic turbine blades and ball bearings help turbochargers do their job even better. Turbochargers are a type of forced induction system . They compress the air flowing into the engine (see How Car Engines Work for a description of airflow in a normal engine). The advantage of compressing the air is that it lets the engine squeeze more air into a cylinder, and more air means that more fuel can be added. Therefore, you get more power from each explosion in each cylinder. A tu...