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This is a basic presentation so people who have a limited understanding of what's under the bonnet can get an idea. Basic means not adding extraneous details re
by calsy 11y ago
This is a basic presentation so people who have a limited understanding of what's under the bonnet can get an idea. Basic means not adding extraneous details regarding items that are considered 'secondary', for e.g turbocharging. Fuel, oil, air, exhaust, cooling.. these things have been the building blocks of car engines for the past 100 years and that wont change.
I swear some people just cant appreciate simplicity.
- semi-extrinsic 11y agoI agree to some extent that simplicity is nice, I'm just saying I think the level of simplicity is inconsistent: including some sensors but not others, having an explanation of hybrids but nothing of turbos, etc. And that not including the link between the accelerator pedal and the engine leaves a pretty big hole in the layman's understanding.
- calsy 11y agoBut thats exactly my point, you cant include everything unless you want to turn a basic how-to into an instruction manual. Cover the fundamentals of an engine and give little interesting facts like that regarding hybrids. I think your really having a hard time grasping what basic is when you mention things like 'they covered this, but not that', yes thats cause its BASIC.
- semi-extrinsic 11y agoSure, but again: "how accelerator pedal tells engine to make higher vroom noise" is a very very basic part of understanding an engine. Omitting it leads to a big hole in the reader's understanding, since the accelerator pedal is likely their only method of interacting with an engine.