It smelled of motor oil and friction heat, the way a nineteen-forties Spitfire might.
She hid under cars in subterranean parking lots, her cheek resting in gritty-slick splatterings of motor oil.
Spending on gasoline and motor oil rose 25% in 2011, mostly because the price of gasoline climbed 26.4%.
And a "petrol" aroma (it's really more a suggestion of motor oil than gasoline) is a badge of distinction among Alsatian Rieslings.
They are being tapped to talk up just about everything, from movies to milk and motor oil--and they do it for free.
The Equinox, GM's fourth-generation fuel-cell car, has an electric motor which has no fuel injection, no pistons, no transmission, no motor oil.
Malloy, a DIY-type guy who drove an ambulance to put himself through college, has been spotted covered in motor oil from trying to get it started.
Cookies and motor oil don't appear to have much in common, but both are low-growth industries with basically interchangeable products, where strong brand names are key.
Some will no doubt remember back to a generation ago, when sponsorship signage on race cars was basically limited to motor oil and beer--STP, Pennzoil, and Anheuser-Busch 's Budweiser were staples.
During a visit to the hallowed Crimson halls, the team was kindly enough to show off the material through a series of messy, messy demos, dropping water, motor oil, liquid asphalt and newly-mixed concrete on aluminum and glass.
Some will no doubt remember back to a generation ago, when sponsorship signage on race cars was basically limited to motor oil and beer--STP, Pennzoil, and Anheuser-Busch 's (nyse: BUD - news - people ) Budweiser were staples.
To keep the sand from blowing away, most courses rake three or four gallons of vegetable oil into each green once or twice a year. (Not too long ago, they used motor oil.) Sand greens are about one-third the speed of grass, but the oil quickens them up a bit, too.
But Postl faces some big problems with the motor-oil industry that he didn't have in the cookie business.
After dismantling its brake drums, carburetor, motor head and oil pan to sand off the rust, he gave the refurbished car to his mother in exchange for lifts on his newspaper route.
Last year, at Texas Motor Speedway, Michael McDowell hit an oil slick, slammed head first into the wall at a hundred and eighty miles per hour, flipped over and over, leaving much of his car in pieces on the track, and, when the vehicle finally came to a stop, crawled out of the wreckage and walked away.
The GM designed oil-cooled, permanent magnet motor is the heart of the Spark EV's propulsion system.
ENGADGET: Chevy Spark EV rated most efficient retail car with 82-mile range, 119 MPGe
This sudden surge in exports of oil distillates, the primary source for motor diesel fuel consumed in the U.S., occurred at the same time diesel prices hit record highs.
The international picks are topped by Toyota Motor held in seven of the funds, then French oil giant Total in six funds.
Ssangyong Oil Refining, the biggest shareholder in Ssangyong Motor, boasts shareholders' equity of 1.1 trillion won and a capital-reserve ratio of 385%.
To get around the shortages, some motorists mix their fuel with cooking oil, a practice that isn't particularly good for the motor.
Theres plenty of oil to smell at Regal-Beloit, a transmission and electric-motor company tucked away in Beloit, Wis.
Valvoline, the motor products unit of Ashland, is using Tremor as part of its marketing push for SynPower premium oil.
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