The Ideological Function of Cars A car is a personal tool for transportation that can be used whenever and for whatever reasons. Its role in everyday life varies across public and private spheres of society and carries with it various ideological assumptions. A car is understood to serve the basic universal purpose of travel in the modern world; however‚ it’s insertion‚ absorption‚ and appropriation into the ideological realm of society transforms cars into extensions of people’s relational identities
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A hybrid vehicle is one that combines the best features of two different energy sources‚ one of which is electric power. The three vehicle I would choose is a Ford Escape‚ Chevrolet Tahoe‚ and a Honda Insight. Hybrid are a viable option than other cars because owner will never have to buy gasoline. Also‚ driving a hybrid is good for pollution levels. There are no emissions to harm the environment. The pros for the Ford Escape it is the most-fuel efficient SUV‚ very smooth between gas and electric
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design of a Formula Student race car: a case study A Mihailidis*‚ Z Samaras‚ I Nerantzis‚ G Fontaras‚ and G Karaoglanidis Department of Mechanical Engineering‚ Aristotle University of Thessaloniki‚ Thessaloniki‚ Greece The manuscript was received on 28 November 2008 and was accepted after revision for publication on 5 March 2009. DOI: 10.1243/09544070JAUTO1080 Abstract: This paper presents the procedure followed in order to design the first Formula Student race car of the Aristotle University of
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have the opportunity to purchase‚ with the willingness and ability to buy a product or products. The family 4x4 car market is an example of a business market‚ in particular subdivided into a producer market title. Within this business market‚ market segments occur as the subgroups within the producer market of family 4x4 cars have very similar characteristics. The producers of these cars have a similar target market‚ whereby they identify the elements needed by families and offer the segments needed
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Refrigerated rail cars‚ also known as reefers‚ are insulated boxcars that keep their cargo at a regulated temperature‚ usually around 2 or 3 degrees Celsius. The first reefers relied on ice to cool their load‚ but now diesel-powered refrigeration units have replaced the ice as a more effective way to cool the load. The refrigerated rail car was patented by J.B. Sutherland in Detroit‚ Michigan in 1867. He designed an insulated car with ice at either end. This allowed air to come in from the top‚ pass
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Muscle Cars: Past and Present There have been many different car designs throughout the years but none as popular as the muscle cars of the 1960’s. The 1960’s was a golden era for American automakers with the creation of the vintage iron. With that era long gone‚ the automakers were driven to recreate visions of the past. The 1960’s muscle car is the inspiration to the newly resurrected models of 2010 with great style and performance. Muscle cars are an American icon‚ and it still holds true with
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reference This report is written by Susan White‚ for the purpose of investigating the type of transport used by students and car parking issues at MIT. 3. Introduction The purpose of the survey was to discover the different means of transport used by Non English Speaking Background students (NESB) covering issues like time taken to travel‚ availability of car parks and Parking tickets. 4. Procedure 4.1 An instant survey was conducted by means of questionnaire given to 120 NESB students
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My First Car Accident First of all‚ I must say that I could never imagine how ten seconds of life could change a person’s view on his whole existence. Three weeks ago my whole life changed because of one drunk driver. I own a small‚ two door vehicle‚ which is called Toyota Celica. This car is good if you like a nice smooth ride with outstanding mileage. That day‚ I was going north on I-95 through a heavy traffic. I stopped with the traffic in an enormous line of cars. I wanted to call my friend
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Air Powered Car A compressed air car is a car that uses a motor powered by compressed air. The car can be powered solely by air‚ or combined (as in a hybrid electric vehicle) with gasoline‚ diesel‚ ethanol‚ or an electric plant with regenerative braking. History Compressed air has been used since the 19th century to power mine locomotives and trams in cities such as Paris (via a central‚ city-level‚ compressed air energy distribution system)‚ and was previously the basis of naval torpedo propulsion
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Peter Deng Professor Fischer English 101 24 February 2013 How I Properly Wash My Car In the years that I have owned my car‚ I did not necessarily know how to properly wash it. I never realized the damage I have done to my car. Without the proper equipment‚ I have continuously damaged my car over time. Using just any equipment to clean my car will slowly cause swirls or spider webs on the surface of my car‚ which are thousands of micro scratches that have a negative impact on the overall appearance
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