Motorjournals by PSN Jr.

Chapter 8: As we ended the last chapter, one particular memory came flashing in my head. It was of a particular event that made 'Mumbai' standstill for nearly 4 days. That was the very fateful day of 26th July 2005. Massive floods that had engulfed Mumbai & it's suburban areas in water, some almost neck deep. I was in school when the flooding began & since we were the senior students, we were tasked with taking the kids to safety through almost 2.5 feet to 3 feet of water that flooded our school ground. My Dad was back home from his Project, just a day before, Jetlagged. Even in that situation, he kept is calm & went to pick up my Mom from her office premise near Tekdi Bungalow area in Thane. The office was in an elevated level, hence did not face any trouble of flooding, but that was not the case with the areas around it. Some areas had almost 550-600mm of waterlogged. Such depths are enough to test some of the "so-called" SUV's of the current gen...

Chapter 7: Continued......   Automatic   Most modern North American and some European and Japanese cars have an  automatic transmission  that selects an appropriate gear ratio without any operator intervention. They primarily use  hydraulics  to select gears, depending on  pressure  exerted by fluid within the transmission assembly. Rather than using a  clutch  to engage the transmission, a fluid flywheel, or  torque converter  is placed in between the engine and transmission. It is possible for the driver to control the number of gears in use or select reverse, though precise control of which gear is in use may or may not be possible.   Automatic transmissions are easy to use. However, in the past, some automatic transmissions of this type have had a number of problems; they were complex and expensive sometimes had reliability problems which sometimes caused more expenses in repair, have often been less fuel-e...

Chapter 6: Continued......   Automated manual / Semi-automatic, also called Automated-clutch manual, this is a hybrid form of transmission with an integrated electronic (electromechanical, electro-hydraulic, or electro-pneumatic) control system handling manipulation of the clutch automatically, but the driver can and still may be required to take manual control of gear selection. Most modern automated manuals with automated clutches can operate as conventional automatics transmissions in a fully automatic driving mode, removing the need for the driver to take any manual control of the gear selection. This is sometimes erroneously called a clutchless manual or a semi-automatic transmission.    Modern automated manuals can simply and best be described as a standard manual transmission, with an automated clutch, and automated clutch and gear shift control. Many of these transmissions allow the driver to fully delegate gear shifting choice to ...

  Chapter 5:   Not all of us move at the same pace. Some of us are too quick while some of us take our own time to get moving along. This is nature’s way of programming, which is necessary for us to survive.   Imagine us all programmed to move at the same speed (Top Gear), even though we all have different hearts (Engine). Not everyone is made that Torquey enough to break inertia, even in the highest gear. Some will stall, some will judder, some unique ones will get a move on. But in that process, the fuel consumed will make no sense to our environment, our society.   For our society to function, we required all its Cogs to move in a synchronous, harmonic way. Which means that we need different programming for every one of us, same way each and every Engine requires a transmission suited to its needs. That's how we come to different types of transmission available around us.   Manual transmissions come in two basic types:   ·   ...

  Selling anything in today’s time & age is not a problem. Be it some antiques owned by the family, some gadgets that are barely being used or something big like ‘a House’ or ‘a Car’. The Internet has made it a lot easy for sellers to get in touch with the buyers directly. Cars, for most people, are not just a means of transportation. There are emotions attached, especially when it is their first car. Therefore, in most cases, when selling a car, it is important for us to not only find a good home for it but also to price it correctly justifying all the work put on it during the years of ownership. It is easy to understand why many questions can run through the mind when people start considering selling their present car. But once the decision is made, the next step is to find a good buyer. During the negotiation round, one needs to make sure that he/she does not fall below the minimum price that was have set for their car. Which means that one has to put the “Negotiator ...

Chapter 4:   "Every day is a new day" a saying that makes sense, for us all. Each day we wake up, it requires us to exert different levels of energy, to go about the day. Each task has its own requirement and rewards. Each task takes something from us and puts it to use in our own realities. Each task has its own pace requirement, which is fulfilled by our bodies, by selecting 'the Right Gear at the Right Time'.   What it means when we say that, is that even though our body has the capability to go a lot higher, faster, if going that way unnecessarily, it will wear us out and make us use our energy in a very inefficient way.   Same goes with our Beloved Vehicles. What good is it, if we keep on doing burnouts every time we want to move on? We need some sort of modulation, some form of control between Axle/Differential and Engine.   That is where a transmission comes in play. By definition, a transmission is a machine in a power w...

  First Impression....Coming Soon