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Hi all, With more advance ionizers and other car odor removal gadgets available in the market, i do wonder if those traditional ones are still in use such as; 1. Pandan Leaves And Bread (Heard that it will attract pests) 2. Rolls Of Toilet Paper / Charcoal (Some say that your car might catch fire if it was parked directly under the sun, esp for owners who do not drive often such as OPC cars) 3. Turn on the car heater with your windows down (There are claims saying it will spoil your air-con faster) Are these claims fact or myth? Which one is better? The advance gadgets, the traditional methods or both? Personally, i use both charcoal gels/blocks and ionizers to neutralise the smell after a Sunday affair from the market. Your opinions and views. Thanks. Cheers!

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i just got a massive bird poo attack whilst parked at clementi central carpark. not the first time i kena. i do a bit of detailing here and there so my black car was relatively shinier than the cars around me. and they didn't get a single slodge of bird crap. cursed and swore but what to do? LL come home and wash. 'nice' way to spend a sunday night. the dust has just settled and i'm just wondering. is there some truth that birds target more reflective surfaces? perhaps it's an instinct to poo into water bodies? what do you fellas think?

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1st & 2nd pictures - Warped rubber on vertical strip 3rd picture - Large gap in between body and bumper 4th picture - The infamour warped rubber again - on the front wondow frame, where wing mirror is. These problems surfaced on the 1st year, and I got so exhausted sending it back to Borneo Motors. No doubt it is 4 yr+ now, but you are looking at a JAPAN made Toyota, 80% sheltered from rain and sun, with only 10,000km a year mileage. Very disappointing indeed

Power The power an engine develops depends on its design. In general, the more air an engine can process, the more power it can produce. Major design considerations for power are the displacement of the engine, the compression ratio, and the presence of a supercharger or turbocharger. Other factors affecting power are the number of valves per cylinder, valve timing, and spark timing (see Chapter 5, Gasoline Engines). Because different grades of gasoline have essentially the same heating value, they all provide the same power in a given engine as long as their antiknock performance meets the engine

If your car is say.. a 1600cc Matrix running 8km/l compared to Toyota running 13km/l, over the 10yrs you are actually spending $10K more. Interesting facts, posted by NEA http://www.neec.gov.sg/fueleconomy/Compare.htm

Some interesting facts I found off the Mazda Forum posted by someone. I just cut and paste only. History And Overview: Mazda introduced the 323 GLC in 1977. The GLC was the predecessor to the Protege and was nicknamed the "Great Little Car" in some 120 countries around the world including the U.S. It won critical praise from the press and public alike. Ten years ago Mazda dropped the GLC name in the U.S. in favor of Protege, giving it a more upmarket tone. The Mazda Protege debuted in the 1990 model year as the upscale 4-door version of the company's base model, the 323. When the Protege was redesigned for 1995 it became Mazda's entry-level passenger car, after the 323 hatchback was discontinued. All models below are Protege models. http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/used/reviews/photos/index.cfm/id/2068/img/92807071990308 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...92807071990308 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...92807071990308 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...92807071990308 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...92807071990308 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...92807071990308 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...92807071990308 For : Acceleration (LX), Fuel economy, Handling, Ride, Passenger room Against : Road noise, Engine noise, Acceleration (w/automatic transmission) http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/used/reviews/full/index.cfm/id/2200 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...ex.cfm/id/2200 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...ex.cfm/id/2200 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...ex.cfm/id/2200 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...ex.cfm/id/2200 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...ex.cfm/id/2200 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...ex.cfm/id/2200 For : Optional antilock brakes (LX, ES), Passenger room, Fuel economy, Ride Against : Handling, Acceleration (w/automatic transmission), Radio controls (1995-96), Entry/exit http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/used/reviews/photos/index.cfm/id/2385/img/00807071990001 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...00807071990001 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...00807071990001 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...00807071990001 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...00807071990001 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...00807071990001 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...00807071990001 For : Fuel economy, Ride Against : Acceleration (w/automatic transmission) http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/new/reviews/full/index.cfm/id/23279 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...x.cfm/id/23279 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...x.cfm/id/23279 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...x.cfm/id/23279 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...x.cfm/id/23279 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...x.cfm/id/23279 ://http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/...x.cfm/id/23279 For : Fuel economy Against : Noise, Acceleration (w/automatic transmission) It might be interesting to note that the Protege name is a recent addition only to the Singapore models in accordance to marketing strategies. Although all the while it has been marketed effectively as the 323, in its true sense .... all 323 chassis models in Singapore since 1990 actually has a right to the Protege name, and not only the most recent facelifted models only. However, do also note that the rightful owner of the Protege name is actually the 2 litre version which we in Singapore do not have access to. What might also be interesting to note is that all reviews since 1990 has NOISE as a problem but they didnt do anything about it. Automatic Proteges are also no acceleration demons either. They are basically built as standard family cars only.

The octane rating of gasoline tells you how much the fuel can be compressed before it spontaneously ignites. When gas ignites by compression rather than because of the spark from the spark plug, it causes knocking in the engine. Knocking can damage an engine, so it is not something you want to have happening. Lower-octane gas (like "regular" 87-octane gasoline) can handle the least amount of compression before igniting. The compression ratio of your engine determines the octane rating of the gas you must use in the car. One way to increase the horsepower of an engine of a given displacement is to increase its compression ratio. So a "high-performance engine" has a higher compression ratio and requires higher-octane fuel. The advantage of a high compression ratio is that it gives your engine a higher horsepower rating for a given engine weight -- that is what makes the engine "high performance." The disadvantage is that the gasoline for your engine costs more. The name "octane" comes from the following fact: When you take crude oil and "crack" it in a refinery, you end up getting hydrocarbon chains of different lengths. These different chain lengths can then be separated from each other and blended to form different fuels. For example, you may have heard of methane, propane and butane. All three of them are hydrocarbons. Methane has just a single carbon atom. Propane has three carbon atoms chained together. Butane has four carbon atoms chained together. Pentane has five, hexane has six, heptane has seven and octane has eight carbons chained together. It turns out that heptane handles compression very poorly. Compress it just a little and it ignites spontaneously. Octane handles compression very well -- you can compress it a lot and nothing happens. Eighty-seven-octane gasoline is gasoline that contains 87-percent octane and 13-percent heptane (or some other combination of fuels that has the same performance of the 87/13 combination of octane/heptane). It spontaneously ignites at a given compression level, and can only be used in engines that do not exceed that compression ratio. During WWI, it was discovered that you can add a chemical called tetraethyl lead to gasoline and significantly improve its octane rating. Cheaper grades of gasoline could be made usable by adding this chemical. This led to the widespread use of "ethyl" or "leaded" gasoline. Unfortunately, the side effects of adding lead to gasoline are: Lead clogs a catalytic converter and renders it inoperable within minutes. The Earth became covered in a thin layer of lead, and lead is toxic to many living things (including humans). When lead was banned, gasoline got more expensive because refineries could not boost the octane ratings of cheaper grades any more. Airplanes are still allowed to use leaded gasoline, and octane ratings of 115 are commonly used in super-high-performance piston airplane engines (jet engines burn kerosene, by the way).