Autos & Vehicles

Promoted – Embarrassing car care fails: the new engine with no oil

Posted by

PROMOTED CONTENT: Cars. They’re pretty simple inventions, but they’ve moved on from the days of having three wheels, a one-cylinder two-stroke unit and no roof. Now they’re intelligent, powerful driving machines.

Read more, and watch more videos at http://www.rightcar-rightcare.co.uk.

Easy to run, easy to look after. Right? In principle, yes. Sometimes, though, it’s worth remembering that your cars needs a bit of TLC, and sometimes that TLC needs to come from someone other than yourself. Someone in overalls who happens to be a qualified car technician, perhaps.

Many of us fancy ourselves as car gods who can fix any problem, little or large, that arises in our cars. The reality can be very different from the fantasy though, and it afflicts all of us at some time. And when we say us, we really mean us. So us and our friends at PistonHeads and What Car? put our lovely mugs on camera to reveal our darkest, most embarrassing car-care fails.

From changing the oil incorrectly to unfortunate wrench-related injuries, via a smoking engine and other ignominious disasters, we prove beyond reasonable doubt that even the pundits and experts can get it wrong.

Enjoy this first look at one of our fails. And please be gentle with us…

BTCC preview – Jason Plato and Colin Turkington set hot laps at Brands Hatch

Posted by

Subscribe to the channel now: http://smarturl.it/autocar

Ahead of the final rounds of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship this weekend, Jason Plato and Colin Turkington show us how to set the ultimate hot lap at Brands Hatch.

Autocar, the world’s leading motoring magazine and website, delivers industry-leading news, the most in-depth car reviews and opinion from our team of experts. Our presenters include some of the world’s top motoring journalists who have unrivalled access to the world’s fastest, rarest, most exotic and most exciting cars on some of the world’s best roads and race tracks.

Visit http://www.autocar.co.uk for the latest news, reviews and analysis

New videos are uploaded to Autocar’s YouTube channel each week. Don’t miss a single one. Subscribe to the channel now: http://smarturl.it/autocar

http://www.youtube.com/autocar

LIKE Autocar on Facebook: http://www.autocar.co.uk/facebook

FOLLOW Autocar on Twitter: https://twitter.com/autocar

+1 Autocar on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+autocar