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What shear-thickening material is found in cars or is related to cars?

By ExploringCars on Friday, February 29th, 2008 | 4 Comments

A shear-thickening material is what you get when you mix cornstarch with water. It forms that colloid material. I need to find out what material in cars is shear thickening. Does anyone that knows a lot about cars know what part of the car is like this? I just need to know this for biology class. It’s for extra credit.

Collecting hotwheel cars and noticed a lightning bolt on bottom are different?

By ExploringCars on Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 | 1 Comment

My husband was just wondering what the different lightning bolts mean on the bottom of the cars. Some are gold, silver and others don’t have any at all. Are there some cars better to collect than others? Thanks for your help!

My husband is into cars. What are good sites that I can look at to read up and add to the conversation?

By ExploringCars on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 | 2 Comments

My husband is into cars. Nice cars, fast cars, new cars… He talks about drifting and racing but also just the cars that we pass by on the street. Their stats and price and whatever else. I’d like to be able to impress him with some additional info, mostly on the nice cars we may be passing by on the road. What are good webistes or forums to keep me up to date with new, nice cars so I can add to the conversation?

cars??

By ExploringCars on Monday, February 18th, 2008 | 2 Comments

has anyone seen the new go smart cars? i dont like them. to me it looks like a car that got cut in half.

How should two cars turning left in open intersection place themselves?

By ExploringCars on Monday, February 11th, 2008 | 8 Comments

When the different directions are separated except at the intersection and there’s no stop sign, what are you supposed to do if both cars wait in the middle to turn left…and end up blocking each other’s view ?! How should the cars place themselves? The other car always goes to his side of the middle so he blocks my view to oncoming cars, so I don’t even know when it’s safe to turn.

Can I disconnect jump start cable when the cars are running?

By ExploringCars on Friday, February 8th, 2008 | 6 Comments

Hi all! I think my car has a bad battery. I was successful in jump starting my car with another car. I could get it started and running for a few minutes with jump start cables. I then turned both cars off, disconnected the jump start cable. My car couldn’t start then without the cable. Can I disconnect my jump start cable when the two cars are still running? That way I can drive the car to an auto shop and have the battery replaced. Thanks. Felix.