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10/20/2026

🏎️ CAR FACT #19

The windshield wiper was patented in 1903 by Mary Anderson, after she watched a streetcar driver struggle to see in the snow. Carmakers rejected it as worthless — her patent expired before wipers became standard equipment.

What is the most underrated feature on your car?

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10/19/2026

🏎️ CAR FACT #18

The Trans-Canada Highway's main route runs 7,476 km from Victoria, BC to St. John's, Newfoundland, through all ten provinces. It officially opened in 1962.

What is the longest road trip you have ever driven?

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10/18/2026

🏎️ CAR FACT #17

The Honda Civic was Canada's best-selling car for 24 straight years, from 1998 to 2021 — and it took the crown back in 2024.

Civic or Corolla — which side are you on?

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10/17/2026

🏎️ CAR FACT #16

The most expensive car ever sold is a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé — one of only two built. It sold in 2022 for €135 million, about $142 million US.

If money was no object, what is the one car you would buy?

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10/16/2026

🏎️ CAR FACT #15

The first real road trip happened in 1888, when Bertha Benz drove 106 km from Mannheim to Pforzheim without telling her husband Karl — and bought fuel at a pharmacy along the way, making it the world's first filling station.

Would you trust a brand-new invention on a 106 km road trip?

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10/15/2026

🏎️ CAR FACT #14

In 1959, Volvo engineer Nils Bohlin designed the modern three-point seat belt — and Volvo opened the patent so every rival could use it free. It is credited with saving more than a million lives.

Best invention ever given away — agree or disagree?

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10/14/2026

🏎️ CAR FACT #13

The "new car smell" is the scent of dozens of chemicals in a car's interior plastics and fabrics — big carmakers employ people whose whole job is to smell and rate it.

Love it or hate it — is new car smell the best smell in the world?

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10/13/2026

🏎️ CAR FACT #12

The highest mileage on one car: Irv Gordon drove his 1966 Volvo P1800 over 3.2 million miles — same car, one owner. That's like driving to the Moon and back more than six times.

How many kilometres have you put on your longest-owned car?

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10/12/2026

🏎️ CAR FACT #11

A modern car is made of around 30,000 individual parts. From the engine down to the tiniest clip, it all has to work together on every single drive.

Which part do you think gives up first?

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10/11/2026

🏎️ CAR FACT #10

The first car radio, in 1930, cost about $130 — roughly a quarter of the price of the car itself. Music in your car used to be a serious luxury upgrade.

Would you pay a quarter of your car's price just for a radio?

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