Word: antilock
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...CORVAIR The novel car with its rear-mounted engine is prized by collectors, but its glaring deficiencies helped launch the automotive-safety movement, leading to seat belts, air bags and antilock brakes...
...have had other major flaws. The regular chauffeur of the Mercedes, Olivier Lafaye, testified that a persistent warning light on the dashboard indicated a problem with the antilock braking system and the brake linings. The manager of the Etoile rental company, Jean-Francois Musa, told investigators that he had checked with a Mercedes dealer and was told that it was a false alert due to "air bubbles" in the hydraulic-brake circuit. But the claim of air in the brake system, if true, is itself worrisome: automotive experts consulted by TIME say this could reduce the efficiency of the brakes...
...world's pre-eminent microprocessor manufacturer. From a standing start in 1981, when IBM introduced the first personal computers, they have populated the planet at an astounding rate. And of the 83 million machines sold this year, nearly 90% get their kick from an Intel chip. So do antilock brakes, Internet servers, cell phones and digital cameras. And who knows what products not yet invented will be powered by the chip 10, 20 years from...
...apparently stolen by professionals for parts," says Musa. "Mainly small electronic motors, switches and circuits." Devices ripped out included those that controlled the windows, power steering and antilock braking system. The car was repaired by a Paris Mercedes dealer at a cost of more than $20,000, Musa reports, adding that at the time it was totally checked out and showed no mechanical problems. On July 7 it passed its annual police inspection...
...much--or as little--detail as you desire. The answers aren't just yes or no; you can express gradations of preference by using your mouse to slide a dial to the left or right--I like antilock brakes this much. You can revise your answers as you go along. At last the program reduces the field to a small number of appropriate cars. Then you click on a page devoted to each lucky car, where you find a buying guide, customer reviews and perhaps a sales offer from the company that made...