{"id":3701,"date":"2016-09-24T03:23:15","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T03:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.carro.sg\/?p=3701"},"modified":"2025-11-05T17:23:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:23:58","slug":"ultimate-car-expert-cheatsheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/ultimate-car-expert-cheatsheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultimate Car Expert Terminology Cheatsheet (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"We bring you through this two-part special of the technicals of every car terminology you should add to your vocabulary from A to Z.\r\n

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            1. A-line<\/strong>: This line traces over the roof, from the front to the back, and forms the shape of the\u00a0vehicle.<\/li>\r\n \t
            2. ABS<\/strong>: Anti-Lock Braking System. This is a system to prevent skidding, especially in wet conditions.<\/li>\r\n \t
            3. ARF<\/b>:\u00a0The Additional Registration Fee is a levy the buyer has to pay when buying a new car. The higher the OMV of the vehicle, the more cash one will have to fork out.<\/span>\r\n

              B<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
            4. Beltline<\/strong>: This line can be found extending under windows from the front to the back.<\/li>\r\n \t
            5. Brightwork<\/strong>: These are any functionals or aesthetic reflective additions to the car.\r\n

              C<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
            6. CEVS<\/b>:\u00a0Carbon Emissions-Based Vehicle Scheme (CEVS) was introduced in 2013 to encourage the purchase of low carbon emission vehicles. Depending on the car\u2019s carbon emission volume, one can either receive a rebate or a surcharge.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
            7. COE<\/strong>: Certificate of Entitlement (COE) is a document that one requires to register for a new car.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
            8. Carburettors<\/strong>: Used in petrol engines to mix the petrol with air for delivery to the combustion chamber.<\/li>\r\n \t
            9. Character line<\/strong>: A strip around the vehicle that generally features to give the car a distinctive and notable appearance.<\/li>\r\n \t
            10. Cladding<\/strong>: These are panels around the car edges that can be aesthetic or functional.<\/li>\r\n \t
            11. Combustion chamber<\/strong>: The area at the top of the engine cylinders where the fuel is introduced and either ignited (petrol) or compressed (diesel).<\/li>\r\n \t
            12. Compressor<\/strong>: A system used by some manufacturers to improve the power of engines by forcing air into the combustion chamber at greater pressure.<\/li>\r\n \t
            13. Cylinder<\/strong>: One of a group of chambers in the engine within which the combustion process takes place. Most configurations are either 4, 6 or 8 cylinders.\r\n

              D<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
            14. Disc brakes<\/strong>: A disc rotates with the wheels, straddled by a caliper that can squeeze the surface of the disc at the edge to slow the wheels.<\/li>\r\n \t
            15. Drive train<\/strong>: All parts of a vehicle that create power and transmit that power to the wheels.<\/li>\r\n \t
            16. Drum brakes<\/strong>: A braking system that uses a metal drum. Brake shoes press against the drum to slow down or stop the car.\r\n

              E<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
            17. Engine management system<\/strong>: An extremely sophisticated computer which monitors the condition of the engine at all times.<\/li>\r\n \t
            18. ERP<\/b>:\u00a0During certain hours of the day, the Electronic Road Pricing system vacuums money from a stored-value CashCard that every car owner must insert into a beeping grey device.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
            19. Exhaust<\/strong>: The pipe through which the waste gasses from the combustion processes are removed from the engine and the car.\r\n

              F<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
            20. Front wheel drive<\/strong>: The power of the engine is transmitted to the front wheels by driver shafts.<\/li>\r\n \t
            21. Fuel injection system<\/strong>: A fuel pump sends the petrol to the engine bay, and it is then injected into the inlet manifold by an injector, for the engine<\/abbr> to run smoothly and efficiently.\r\n

              G<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
            22. Gearbox<\/strong>: Transmits the power from the engine to the wheels. It acts to transmit different levels of power.<\/li>\r\n \t
            23. Glow plugs<\/strong>: Used in diesel engines to heat the combustion chamber so that the diesel compresses and expands rapidly.<\/li>\r\n \t
            24. Grille<\/strong>: The metal grate at the front of the car which provides cooling and also gives the car its signature look.\r\n

              H<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
            25. Hip point<\/strong>: The distance between the pivot point of a person's hips, the\u00a0vehicle floor and the ground.<\/li>\r\n \t
            26. Horsepower<\/strong>: The common unit of engine\u00a0power. One horsepower equals to approximately 550 foot pounds per second.\r\n

              I<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
            27. Intake charge<\/strong>: The mixture of fuel and air that combusts in the engine to create power.\r\n

              L<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t
            28. Leaf spring<\/strong>: Suspension made from thin, curved steel. Absorption of bumps is increased by the curved shape.<\/li>\r\n \t
            29. Live Axle<\/strong>: A solid axle that means when one wheel turns, the opposing wheel must also turn.<\/li>\r\n \t
            30. LTA<\/b>:\u00a0The Land Transport Authority\u00a0collects vehicle taxes, including the majority of what an individual pays for a new car including the ARF, COE and road taxes.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nLook out for part two coming out next week!","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              We bring you through this two-part special of the technicals of every car terminology you should add to your vocabulary from A to Z. \u00a0 \u00a0A A-line: This line traces over the roof, from the front to the back, and forms the shape of the\u00a0vehicle. ABS: Anti-Lock Braking System. This is a system to prevent …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[725],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-car-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3701"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16441,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3701\/revisions\/16441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}