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Automobile

Of or relating to any vehicle, usually designed to carry passengers, that operates on ordinary roads and typically has four wheels and a gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine.

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Scuttle

Automotive; Automobile

Main bulkhead under the windscreen.

Scrub

Automotive; Automobile

Scraping a tyre tread in a sideways manner, possibly through faulty wheel geometry, causing increased wear.

Schrader valve

Automotive; Automobile

One-way pneumatic tyre valve with a spring-loaded seal to allow air to pass inwards only.

Short-stroke engine

Automotive; Automobile

One in which the cylinder's bore diameter is numerically greater than its stroke.

Short motor

Automotive; Automobile

A reconditioned engine block complete with pistons and crankshaft but no cylinder head.

Serpentine belt

Automotive; Automobile

Driving belt that follows a circuitous path to rotate pulleys attached to several accessories or auxiliary items.

Servo-assistance

Automotive; Automobile

Device using hydraulic, vacuum, electrical or pneumatic means to supplement the pressure applied by the driver.

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