MOTORING NEWS - My cousin told me it's totally okay to shift an automatic transmission from R to D without coming to a complete stop. They design them to do this. Never followed this advice and also never lent my cousin my car either.
He also said cruise control is not made for hills, only to use on level roads.
My mother told me when driving down mountain roads, to slow down to 50km - then let the car coast, then brake again to a low speed and then coast again. She actually yelled at me when I was just maintaining light braking to keep my speed. I've never seen any other cars on the road following this advice. Later I found out you shift down and don't use only the brakes going down a mountain.
My sister's best friend maintained it was okay to drive through a four way stop, because the other three drivers were probably paying attention.
How this girl survived to adulthood is a mystery to me.
My friend was adamant that a turbo-charger worked by taking exhaust gases that weren't fully burnt and putting it back in the intake to re-combust in the engine.
Source: Jalopnik
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