soft-roader n.—Gloss: a sports utility vehicle styled to look like it is built for off-road driving but which is not really capable of it or suitable for it. «It will also probably share a platform with the next Suzuki SX4 junior soft...
floor plan interest n.— «Dealers borrow money to pay for the cars that sit on their lots. For every day that the cars sit unsold, they accrue more of what the industry calls “floor plan” interest charges. According to the...
smog v.— «Arthur Garcia had been driving the same small, 22-year-old truck to work and back for the last 12 years. But when it came time in May to get his pickup “smogged,” Californian slang for an emissions test, his local...
smogged v.— «Andrew had brought Bob to be smogged on Monday and this 25-year-old vehicle did not pass.» —“A trip to Baja with Bob” by Sharron Esler Sierra Sun (Truckee, California) Apr. 16, 2004. (source:...
cherry-stemming v.— «As proposed, it carves out principal roads on top from the areas proposed for wilderness designation through what’s called “cherry-stemming,” so they could continue to be used. Motorized vehicle travel is...
witness mark n.— «There may be witness marks (scrapes and gouges) on the road surface that may suggest a post-impact movement of a vehicle.» —by George A. Peters, Barbara J. Peters Automotive Vehicle Safety Dec., 2002...