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Do you Drive a Gay Car?

Is your car the gayest? Wheels24, a South African website spent 3 weeks running a poll to vest the "Alternative Car of the Year" title. After furious voting online, Wheels24 divulged the 3 new car models that wowed auto crowd the most. From there, the gayest and straightest cars were named. At the finish line is the vivacious Peugeot 207, which was named the "gayest car." Next to it is the muscular Audi RS4, which was tagged the "straightest car." Alfa Romeo Brera was also awarded the...

No Unnecessary Noise for your Drive With the Saturn Muffler

When a car starts once the key turns the ignition, several processes happen all at once. It is not only the engine that comes to life, but other parts and systems start its work at once, too. But if one has ever heard of a car engine running without a muffler, one will notice the huge difference a muffler can make to the noise level. Inside a muffler, one will find a deceptively simple set of tubes with some holes in them. These tubes and chambers are actually as finely tuned as a musical...

Cold Air Intake: Key to Flat Out Saturn Performance in Lung-busting Drive Applications

The cold air intake of a Saturn is like a fresh set of lungs for the car’s engine. It effectively mixes the fuel with the cold air from outside the engine compartment. With more cold air, more oxygen is made available for fuel combustion, resulting in the increase on engine power production. Letting the car breathe in denser oxygen enables it to hypercharge its internal combustion engine through the burning of burn conducive air component of the fuel mixture. Hence, the significant...