Crossword Puzzle: May 2012
Across 1. Auto seats, sometimes 5. Grip-enhancing tire-tread slits 8. Circular-rubber sealing device (1,4) 9. Caliper component, ____ valve 10. Component incorporating bendix drive 11. Conical traffic diverter 12. Perfect condition, slangily 14. Groovy tire surfaces 17. Topless-touring Mazda 19. Recycled tire 22. Valve-seat deterioration 23. Crankshaft bearing type 24. Adjusts the engine 25. Automotive
WIX Filters Sponsors Tomorrow’s Technician’s ‘2012 School of the Year’ Competition
Schools can enter competition to name best technician training program in country at www.ttschooloftheyear.com
Crossword Puzzle: April 2012
Across 1. Radiators’ tubes-and-fins sections 4. Crash-activated devices (3,4) 8. Convertibles, slangily 9. Big brand in 14-Across components 10. Power-window system part 11. Suspension-system parts 12. Rejuvenate flat battery 14. Windshield-wiper components 18. Protrusion on an engine shaft (3,4) 20. Component absent in unibody car 22. Relationship between gears 23. Combination-wrench section (4,3) 24. Certain
Crossword Puzzle: March 2012
Across 1. Disc-brake-job parts (6,3,4) 8. Term for dash-gauge grouping 9. State with potato-promoting plates 10. "Hey Little ____" Rip Chords song 11. Engine-lube reservoirs (3,4) 12. Old-car sound, sometimes 14. Sends car to salvage yard 18. Term for shuddering clutch action 20. Uneven carburetion term 22. Serpentine-belt predecessor (1,4) 23. Trunk-jack type, often 24.
Crossword Puzzle: February 2012
Across 1. Alternator-output units 5. Stock-car tracks 8. Piston portions between rings 9. Recyclable repair-shop liquid (4,3) 10. Gear-changing lever 11. Brake-drum resurfacing machine 12. Body-filler finder 14. Trunk tires 17. Uplifting items for backyard mechanics 19. Item covering airbag (4,3) 22. Extra-cost new-car equipment 23. Engine-control computer, slangily 24. Mr. MacPherson’s suspension invention 25.
Hyundai Elantra, Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Win 2012 North American Car and Truck of the Year
This is the 19th year of the awards, which were inspired by the “Car of the Year” in Europe.