Happy one-year-one-month-ten-day-iversary! Well, folks of the Internet, it’s been a little over a year since I published the first official post on the Auto Know for the Average Joe blog. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane and peek at some of the things we’ve learned so far (imagine Sarah McLachlan’s I Will Remember
To know what the heck a sway bar IS, we must first explore what the heck a sway bar IS NOT. A sway bar is not: An establishment that sells alcohol on a ship at sea Part of the pendulum in a grandfather clock The hottest night club in Chattanooga, Tennessee A solid version of
To know what the heck a TIPM IS, we must first explore what the heck a TIPM IS NOT. A TIPM is not: Two Intelligent Penguins Marrying The Intergalactic Portability Machine Triply Important Personal Mantra The thing you do for your waiter as you leave a restaurant So…what the heck is it then? TIPM
To know what the heck a drive shaft IS, we must first explore what the heck a drive shaft IS NOT. A drive shaft is not: Something about which people in the 1970s said in unison, “We can dig it” The lever you pull to get the ambition to complete a task Another term for
To know what the heck a control arm IS, we must first explore what the heck a control arm IS NOT. A control arm is not: The sample arm that remains the same throughout an arm experiment A keyboard shortcut to take a screenshot The winner of an arm wrestling contest A baseball player’s dominant
To know what the heck an intake manifold IS, we must first explore what the heck an intake manifold IS NOT. An intake manifold is not: Body builders’ favorite get-muscles-quick supplement A masculine laundry creasing machine The newest Microsoft Word font The tip of a feather used as an ink pen in Colonial times So…what
To know what the heck a throttle body IS, we must first explore what the heck a throttle body IS NOT. A throttle body is not: An alcoholic drink consisting of mainly whiskey and a double shot of pure gasoline The worst rhyme for “bottle hockey” A term for a being that houses a soul
To know what the heck a brake booster IS, we must first explore what the heck a brake booster IS NOT. A brake booster is not: A young cheerleader with a fractured leg The seat on which a small child can sit to stop a car A shot administered by a doctor to protect against
To know what the heck a shift solenoid IS, we must first explore what the heck a shift solenoid IS NOT. A shift solenoid is not: A video game minion robot character The program that assigns work schedules A candy made by Willy Wonka The device in a keyboard that enables capitalization So…what the heck
