4 MYTHS ABOUT CARS YOU SHOULDN'T BELIEVE!

From car maintenance to fuel prices, find out which car myths are making you spend more than you should.

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1. YOU NEED TO WARM UP THE ENGINE BEFORE DRIVING THE CAR

"Running the engine cold puts its life at risk"

The origin of this myth is that some parts of the car take longer to warm up and run at 100%. However, when your vehicle is idling, it is already making an effort and it takes longer to warm up than if you were simply driving it. Of course, you can't push things to the limit, and the fact that you can drive your car straight away doesn't mean you have to push it to the limit at high speeds.

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2. IF YOU USE THE MOST EXPENSIVE GASOLINE, THE CAR HAS MORE POWER

"Fuel with additives prevents the accumulation of sediment in the tank, allowing it to work better and have more power"

Yes, it's true that the sedimentation of some of the fuel's components can harm your car, but this has been controlled by law for over a decade now. So don't be fooled by additive fuels.

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3. YOU SHOULD CHANGE THE OIL EVERY 5000 KMS

"If you want your car's engine to last as long as possible, you should change the oil and filter every 5,000 kilometers."

This myth originated in the 1970s when oil technology was still developing. If you consider the quality of car oil at the time, a change every 5000 km was good advice. However, with the quality of products today, why do we still maintain these values? Perhaps because the manufacturers benefit?

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4. POLICE CARS GO FASTER

This only applies to those countries where the police can afford top-of-the-range cars and, of course, movies. Otherwise, and especially in the case of Portugal, this is just a myth.

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Source: Ekonomista

Translated with DeepL.com