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December 31st, 2008, 02:45 PM
How 2: Kill Time While Your Turbo Cools - Quick Tech
By Ricky Chu
Photography by Carter Jung
We can't count how many times we've told you that if you have a turbocharged car (http://www.superstreetonline.com/techarticles/130_0706_killing_time_while_turbo_cools/index.html#), it's absolutely essential that you let the turbo cool down before you turn the engine off; just a minute of chill will add years to the lifetime of your turbo. The turbo timer is an ingenious invention, allowing a person to leave the car running for a set period of time and then automatically shutting it off. But if you're poor like us and can't even afford an inexpensive turbo timer, we've come up with a few ideas to kill about a minute or so of time while you're sitting in your car.
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1. Pull your car into the parking spot and set the emergency brake.
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2. Depending on if you're using T9 or regular text input, you should be able to complete and send one text message.
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3. Don't you hate it when your friends borrow your car and move your mirrors? Now you have time to set them back to your liking.
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4. You can't go out in public if your hair is all messed up. Take a few seconds to fix it while your car cools down.
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5. Re-tie your shoe laces tighter so you don't trip over them later.
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6. If you're going on a date, here's an opportunity to run through your lines and make notes so you don't sound like an idiot.
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7. Let's say you're going to a meeting. Take these 45 seconds to come up with a really stupid excuse for why you're late.
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8. Go through your wallet and organize the stack of receipts that you've been collecting and planning on turning in to your accountant.
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9. Check your breath to make sure you don't smell like you've been eating Korean food. If it smells like garlic, chomp down a pack of gum.
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10. Collect all the garbage that's lying around in your car and throw it in the trash, Litterbug.
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11. Look for and gather up loose change. Maybe you can pay for a double cheese-burger later.
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By Ricky Chu
Photography by Carter Jung
We can't count how many times we've told you that if you have a turbocharged car (http://www.superstreetonline.com/techarticles/130_0706_killing_time_while_turbo_cools/index.html#), it's absolutely essential that you let the turbo cool down before you turn the engine off; just a minute of chill will add years to the lifetime of your turbo. The turbo timer is an ingenious invention, allowing a person to leave the car running for a set period of time and then automatically shutting it off. But if you're poor like us and can't even afford an inexpensive turbo timer, we've come up with a few ideas to kill about a minute or so of time while you're sitting in your car.
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1. Pull your car into the parking spot and set the emergency brake.
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2. Depending on if you're using T9 or regular text input, you should be able to complete and send one text message.
</TD></TR><TR><TD>http://static.superstreetonline.com/_SiteConfigs/_global/images/no_photo_100px.gif (http://www.superstreetonline.com/techarticles/130_0706_killing_time_while_turbo_cools/photo_03.html)
3. Don't you hate it when your friends borrow your car and move your mirrors? Now you have time to set them back to your liking.
</TD><TD>http://static.superstreetonline.com/_SiteConfigs/_global/images/no_photo_100px.gif (http://www.superstreetonline.com/techarticles/130_0706_killing_time_while_turbo_cools/photo_04.html)
4. You can't go out in public if your hair is all messed up. Take a few seconds to fix it while your car cools down.
</TD></TR><TR><TD>http://static.superstreetonline.com/_SiteConfigs/_global/images/no_photo_100px.gif (http://www.superstreetonline.com/techarticles/130_0706_killing_time_while_turbo_cools/photo_05.html)
5. Re-tie your shoe laces tighter so you don't trip over them later.
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6. If you're going on a date, here's an opportunity to run through your lines and make notes so you don't sound like an idiot.
</TD></TR><TR><TD>http://static.superstreetonline.com/_SiteConfigs/_global/images/no_photo_100px.gif (http://www.superstreetonline.com/techarticles/130_0706_killing_time_while_turbo_cools/photo_07.html)
7. Let's say you're going to a meeting. Take these 45 seconds to come up with a really stupid excuse for why you're late.
</TD><TD>http://static.superstreetonline.com/_SiteConfigs/_global/images/no_photo_100px.gif (http://www.superstreetonline.com/techarticles/130_0706_killing_time_while_turbo_cools/photo_08.html)
8. Go through your wallet and organize the stack of receipts that you've been collecting and planning on turning in to your accountant.
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9. Check your breath to make sure you don't smell like you've been eating Korean food. If it smells like garlic, chomp down a pack of gum.
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10. Collect all the garbage that's lying around in your car and throw it in the trash, Litterbug.
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11. Look for and gather up loose change. Maybe you can pay for a double cheese-burger later.
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