{"id":8294,"date":"2014-05-12T05:33:07","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T05:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/?p=8294"},"modified":"2014-05-12T07:21:41","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T07:21:41","slug":"z-auto-abbreviations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/z-auto-abbreviations\/","title":{"rendered":"Jargon Buster &#8211; A to Z of Car Terms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/a-z.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8298\" alt=\"a-z\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/a-z.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/a-z.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/a-z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Motoring is full of abbreviations you&#8217;ve probably never heard before, so if you hear your DPF\u00a0 is blocked, or someone you know just bought a ZEV never fear- it&#8217;s probably in our list writes Suzanne Keane<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">A-Z of Car Terms<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AWD \u2013 All wheel drive (<i>or another way of saying 4 wheel drive!)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>BHP \u2013 Brake Horse Power (<i style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">A measure of the engines horsepower)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>CRD \u2013 Common Rail Diesel (<i style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">This is where a single pressurised fuel line supplies all the diesel to cylinders in an engine)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>DPF \u2013 Diesel Particulate Filter (<i style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">This removes soot from exhaust gas and they have a tendency to get blocked quite frequently!)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>EGR\u2013 Exhaust Gas Recirculation (<i style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">This redirects some of the emissions back into the engine to improve fuel economy)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>FWD \u2013 Front Wheel Drive<\/li>\n<li>GWV \u2013 Gross Vehicle Weight (<i style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">This is the maximum weight of the entire car, including all passengers, luggage AND the car itself!)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>HIDs \u2013 High Intensity Discharge Lamps (See also Xenon)<\/li>\n<li>I \u2013 injection<\/li>\n<li>Km \u2013 Kilometers<\/li>\n<li>LED \u2013 Light Emitting Diode (<i style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">These give a much brighter and cleaner looking light and last longer too!)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>MAF \u2013 Mass Air Flow Meter (<i style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">Measures the air entering the engine in order the balance the fuel)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>Nm \u2013 A measure of Torque (<i style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">The engines turning force)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>OBD \u2013 On Board Diagnostics<\/li>\n<li>PAB \u2013 Passenger Airbag<\/li>\n<li>RWD \u2013 Rear Wheel Drive<\/li>\n<li>SRS \u2013 Supplementary Restraint System <em>(<span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">This is another name for your airbag system \u2013 designed to work in conjunction with seatbelts)<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li>TBO \u2013 is for Turbo!<\/li>\n<li>UVW \u2013 Unloaded Vehicle Weight<\/li>\n<li>VIN \u2013 Vehicle Identification Number (<i style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">also referred to as a Chassis Number)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>W\/B \u2013 Wheelbase<\/li>\n<li>Xenon \u2013 Lights that use a gas filled bulb and an electrical arc to light<\/li>\n<li>YOM \u2013 Year of Manufacture<\/li>\n<li>ZEV \u2013 Zero Emissions Vehicle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suzanne Keane<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>12th May, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motoring is full of abbreviations you&#8217;ve probably never heard before, so if you hear your DPF\u00a0 is blocked, or someone you know just bought a ZEV never fear- it&#8217;s probably in our list writes Suzanne Keane A-Z of Car Terms AWD \u2013 All wheel drive (or another way of saying 4 wheel drive!) 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