Mr. Meier's church is in a dismal neighborhood where cars compressed into rusted cubes are stacked on lawns.
"I was trapped as the side of the car was compressed and the air bags were holding me back but the passenger door suddenly opened and I was pulled to safety thanks to other drivers who had witnessed the accident.
Inside, it is on the compact side: many years of attention to car safety have compressed the interiors of cars so there are not the vast open spaces that exist in my Mercedes aircraft hanger.
Another point of dispute is what constitutes damage; the study measured leakage from the car cylinders when the piston compressed the air and fuel mixture, just prior to combustion.
Back in the choir room, we find out that Quinn's spine was severely compressed in the car accident, meaning that she can't move her feet or legs.
Taken at close to 190 m.p.h. in seventh gear by current grand prix cars, it has the added hazard that the cars' stiff suspensions are fully compressed by their downforce-inducing aerodynamics, sharply reducing their maneuverability, as the track rises steeply from Eau Rouge to the Raidillon curve that leads onto the 200 m.p.h.
In this show, her installation "Brainwash" depicts car-wash brushes made from newspapers compressed between two flat metal clamps.
But there may be a cheaper and simpler way to make a hybrid, using air power instead of electricity.Using compressed air to power a car has one obvious disadvantage: compressed air has a low energy-density, so not very much energy can be stored.
Vents arrayed along the length of the gate would spray compressed, cool air onto the car as it moved, blowing accumulated snow off the vehicle.
When a car speeds up, the sound file gets compressed and changes pitch; when it slows down, the sound is drawn out.
