Tuning you
straight
Q.
What is the most stolen car in South Africa?
A. The latest figures on SA Crime Info provides a list of total
vehicles reported stolen during 2011, and while not perfect, it does warn
used-car buyers which models top the tsotsis’ shopping list.
In a nutshell, it is
almost any used Toyota. The brand has four models in the top five most-stolen
list.
The Nissan
never-say-die 1 400 bakkie is also a popular car among thieves.
At the Tracker head
office in Johannesburg, the guys who watch the monitors said there is no way to
hide a Tracker’s power supply and sender in a 1 400’s very basic
electronics.
It takes an experienced car thief a few seconds to spot the extra
cables and rip them out.
As for the most stolen car, it is the Toyota Corolla.
Q
What is 50 ppm and what will happen if I don’t put it in my new diesel?
It is 50 particles of dirt per measure of diesel, and if you have a
Toyota D4-D engine, your ride will go for a little longer, as Toyota took one
look at the diesel on sale in SA and opted to widen the tolerances — at the
expense of power. Other modern diesel injectors work at pressures so high that a
few dirt particles will block it, as VW discovered with their bi-turbo Amaroks
on a pan-Africa trip. Hint: use Sasol.
