WHEN THE sun starts beating
- down, we all look fora place in
the shade.

But if you're in a car stuck in a
uaffic jam on a bright sunny day.
shade is about as rare as a lemonade
stand.

Well, almost.

Tinted windows are seen by
many as the answer to keeping cool.
Tinted, or darkened, windows work
much fike sunglasses.— they take
the glare out of your view, und filter
UV rays. The energy of the sunlight
that strikes a windshield breaks
down this way: 44% visible light,
3% radiation in the ultraviolet
range, and 53% infrared radiation,
cr heat. ;

In addition to assisting a driver's
vision, tinted windows keep: the
interior temperature. of a vehicle
down, which in turn eases the strain
on the air-conditioner and thus
improves gas mileage.

The ultimate window. however,
isn’t just a filter ——- it should work
more like the human eye, blocking
light in the heat of day : and allowing
more light in when it’s dark. Your
‘average tinted window (stock or

’ after-market) may not be capable of
doing such feats yet, but researchers
at Ford are well on the way to creat-
ing just such a window.

Through a process called elec-
trochromics — in which a group of
chemicals that can change color
when an electric current is applied
—researchers have created a “bion-

ic window” that can ‘change from

_ Clear to almost black in seconds.
— Andrew McCredie

Why trucks

aren’t front-
wheel-drive

From page 23

would suffer from an extremely
unbalanced weight between front
and back, causing poor handiing
and breking.. ..
In fact, braking under a no-load-
. condition with this type of set-up
can become absolutely dangerous.
Because all the weight is in the
front, the vehicle’s rear end will
swing out easily during braking and
can subsequently cause an accident
(especially under slippery condi-
tions). Simply put, weight balance
is a very important part of vehicle's
dynamics and in the case of front-
wheel-drive trucks, it just doesn't
. work.

Other reasons for not producing
front-wheel-drive trucks include
engineering costs, space limita-
tions, and lack of demand from the
consumers. Car companies are

“offering four-wheel-drive options
instead, which makes a lot more
sense since you now have all four

:, wheels working to achieve traction
_on the road.

So chances are you will never
see a front-wheel-drive wack again.

David Chao answers questions
monthly in the North Shore News.

If you have questions about new

cars or how to take care of thes,

WTite tO: m

David Chao -

#200-2150 West Broadway
Vancouver, B.C.

V6K 419

Fax: 736-1519

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