In this article, Naijauto.com has compiled a list of 8 common car facts that are actually not true. To be honest, we don’t know why those things have been regarding as “facts” for years in auto world. Some might be true several years ago but for now, they’re already passé. Others, in the meantime, are subreptions. Let’s find out.

Car fact #1. Premium fuel is better for your car.

Premium fuel is not of the essence with regular cars
It is necessary to clarify that premium fuel is not of the essence with regular cars. It’s not cleaner or purer, but rather less combustible. In fact, a less combustible fuel is for high-performance vehicles to prevent the engine from knocking. If you fill your performance car with regular gas, you accidentally do serious harm to the engine and cut power, but if your car is a regular one, premium fuel is no better than the one recommended by the owner's manual.

Car fact #2. Changing oil every 3,000 miles is essential.
This adage is absolutely outdated. Nowadays, most vehicles can go as far as 7,500 – 10,000 miles without an oil change. Mind you, it’s better to follow the carmaker’s recommendation to keep your car in pristine condition.

Nowadays, most vehicles can go as far as 7,500 – 10,000 miles without an oil change
Car fact #3. You should not use engine oil that’s turned black

Your engine oil turning black is just a sign of the oil’s operation
Presently, detergent-dispersant additives are added to engine oils to remove carbon deposits then keeping engine internal parts clean as well as maintaining them in innocuous suspension in the fluid. Thus, your engine oil turning black is just a sign of the oil’s operation. In truth, having carbon deposits in the oil to be drained off is better than depositing them in the engine.

Car fact #4. Hiding behind a vehicle will save you from gunfire.
Do not be completely convinced of Hollywood films. Despite the fact that some bullets is sometimes not powerful enough to cut through steel in old vehicles, we’re unsure what will happen to newer ones. The engine block area is actually a protective cover, yet it’s still a hit and miss. So, be cautious!

The engine block area is actually a protective cover, yet it’s still a hit and miss

Car fact #5. Bullets can make your fuel tank explode.
Hollywood and Nollywood films once again show us that a bullet hitting the car’s gas tank might set off an almighty explosion.
However, it’s is something of an overstatement. There is no ignition in the tank, so how can it explode?

There is no ignition in the tank, so how can it explode?

Car fact #6. Using A/C is better for fuel economy than letting the windows down.
It is horribly wrong. By contrast, a study carried out by GM and SAE figures out that turning the A/C consumes more fuel than leaving the window open. That said, opening the windows may cause the aerodynamic drag and the engine has to work harder. All things considered, it’s advisable to use the A/C while driving in order to keep yourself alert and more comfy.

Opening the windows may cause the aerodynamic drag since the engine has to work harder

Car fact #7. Warming up your car for several minutes before driving is required.

Currently, it just takes around 30 seconds to warm up your car
Warming up the engine is essential to make the heat turn on sooner, reduce emissions and cut down your fuel costs as well. Nevertheless, spending up to several minutes on this job is only needful if you own a car with a carburetor, but it has disappeared since the introduction of electronic fuel injection in 1980s. Currently, it takes just around 30 seconds to warm up your car.

Car fact #8. Old cars are safer than new cars

Key safety features like seat belts and airbags are fully set up in new models
Car fact #4 somewhat tells you that old cars are more protective than new ones. That’s right as their steel frames are more solid to resist impacts than modern vehicles’ economy boxes. However, at the present, cars have been engineered with “crumple zones” that better handle impacts. Beyond that, key safety features like seat belts and airbags, which are absent from classic machines, are fully set up in new models.
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So so true

Nice

Really educative

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This is a wide spread fact but however, one Galadima said people from Daura that beg for 2000 to go to Kaduna now own lots of cars. So there is a contradiction. it's just that most people don't know the right place to buy these cars

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Nice write up. Well done

Let me go and tell that my neighbor to stop warming up his car for 3hrs in the morning and disturbing my early morning sleep

Ok

Good read

So leaving the windows closed actually doesn't save fuel?
Thanks op

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Nice one OP and the MOD that pushed this to FP.

May your water not turn black like engine oil and may your brain not explode like fuel tank

No.6 will forever be debated though

K

Ok

I will find out

No #6. I save more fuel while using a/c to when I leave car windows open

Black oil will make ur car smoke weed.That 'black' comprises of metal,carbon,aluminum fine particles that can wear d engine. Thats why black oil treat hair infections than fresh oil.

You are safe hiding anywhere beside those old Volvo cars.

Bullet can penetrate all these new generation cars engine block cos most of them are aluminium.


Warming cars for several minutes does not only economize fuel but prevent your crankshaft and camshafts from wearing out quickly thus making d engine make some quack sound while accelerating on high gears.

Note: Facts cannot be untrue. Op should change topic to: Top 8 Common Car Myths That Are Actually Not True

On point

please correct the topic. How can you refer to something as a fact and said it's not true again?

That number 7 issa suspect.

Title is ambiguous
Since they are facts, then they have to be true

Common car myths..

nice one op

femiblaze:
Note: Facts cannot be untrue.
Op should change topic to:
Top 8 Common Car Myths That Are Actually Not True

Nope. Facts are either true or untrue, so the topic sentence is logically correct. But you do have a point - for the purpose of common usage, "myth" works better in contexts like this. But it would be tautological to say: "Top 8 Common Car Myths That Are Actually Not True"

so now I know its wrong not to use AC even though its more economical, because it will make the engine work harder . in other words , it's Penny wise ,pounds foolish ..


nice one .

Car fact #6. Using A/C is better for fuel economy than letting the windows down.
It is horribly wrong. By contrast, a study carried out by GM and SAE figures out that turning the A/C consumes more fuel than leaving the window open. That said, opening the windows may cause the aerodynamic drag and the engine has to work harder. All things considered, it’s advisable to use the A/C while driving in order to keep yourself alert and more comfy.

Opening the windows may cause the aerodynamic drag since the engine has to work harder
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Aerodynamic design of car body is enough to counter the drag that maybe cause by rolling down the
car windows, except for a very long journey.
Hence, it's more fuel economical than putting on AC.

JuanDeDios:
Nope. Facts are either true or untrue.

no. Fact are proven proven truth