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I thought y'all might like a glimpse of the classic car scene from my home country. I haven't seen any of these models of car since I've been in UAE.

Carnity team attended all three days of fun packed Gulf Car festival 2016. Please share the below video:

Chinese car maker Qoros have unveiled their Qamfree concept car at the Beijing motor show. This camless system has been developed by the Swedish company FreeValve AB who are part of the Koeningsegg group. Rather than using a camshaft and follower system to open and close the engine valves, it uses pneumatic hydraulic electric actuator technology (PHEA). This is a fantastic design, especially for tuners because rather than having to change mechanical parts to change valve lift, timing and duration, you will simply have to adjust a few parameters in the vehicles ECU. In theory, it's possible to have a button on the dashboard to push that can turn a vehicle from an economical town car to a full on race car in under a second rather than spends days or weeks rebuilding the engine. FreeValve are also claiming a 12-17% reduction in fuel consumption under laboratory conditions compared to the latest 2.0 litre direct injection engine with variable camshaft timing. They aren't the first company to have such an idea though, BMW, Fiat and Lotus have experimented with camless technology in the past but rather than PHEA, they used electromagnetic solenoids which can be heavy and slow. FreeValve are the first company to take such technology and make it viable.

In my opinion, injector cleaner is snake oil, something for people to sell and make commission. The only way to really clean injectors is to remove them and use ultrasonic cleaning and even then, it's something that rarely needs done. The colour of old oil can be an indicator of needing to change it. Sometimes you might buy a car without service history or maybe you just plain forgot the last time you had it changed. The simplest way to tell is rub some between your finger and thumb. The oil, even if black, should have a reddish/brownness to it and it should be 'slippy', after all, oil is a lubricant. If it's black/black and sticky it's definitely time to change it. Changing oil early won't do any harm but leaving it too late certainly might. I've seen people on an American truck forum saying that the engine oil has to be changed every 3000 miles. That's a bit severe in my eyes, especially in these days of synthetic oils where the service intervals are becoming further and further apart, there are some VW oils where they say the oil will last for 20k miles before it needs changed but personally, I would never leave it that long on my own cars.

Wow guys you know so much and do so much shopping analysis here. Good read and I think I got bit of it for my next service.....

OK guys, not everything expressed on forums have emotions attached as it's just a bloody fucking words. What technician is meaning or pointing is quite right and also required to identify or double check the fair and honest mechanic or workshop advise. Not everything in Dubai auto repair market need to be taken fully as-is as there are 100's of conman workshop waiting to rip you for 3000 AED for an hour job that cost less than 300 AED. I myself encountered this in two scenario and when confronted, same guy did the job in 1/8 of the initial quote and within 2 hour me standing on their head. What treks is saying is not to take this DIY knowledge mechanic experience too serious and professionally. Which is also right. Peace guys, you both are good and right in your own way. Chill.