Blog 17: Answer 3

What is the most important factor in maintaining an automobile?

Answer 3: The most important factor in maintaining an automobile is self educating yourself on the basics of auto mechanics.

• Self educating yourself about the mechanics of your car will allow you to have a better understanding of what is going on under your hood and will allow you to practice preventative maintenance on the car more effectively because you will know what the car needs and take the appropriate steps in providing those needs.
• Self educating yourself about the mechanics of your car will also help out when diagnosing problems with your car without having to start disassembling anything or taking it in to the shop, which can save you money on labor by the mechanic at the shop.
• Self educating your about the mechanics of your car will help out because you will figure out how to do the small jobs on the car yourself like brake jobs, oil changes, and light changes(ex.headlight, taillight), thus saving you money on the labor of the mechanic in the shop.

Resource: My grandpa Jesus Vazquez, he is a very experienced "car guy" and is one of the wisest people I know. Year after year we see his wisdom being put into play, sometimes even proving us wrong about some choice we thought would have been smart to do. I listen to my grandpa very carefully and enjoy having someone with so much experience in life. He is the one who helped me develop my third answer.

I think that this answer is definitely refutable but I am not to sure if it will be such a detailed answer to my question. I might have a hard time trying to explain such a concise and practical answer. In all, I might make a few adjustments or changes to this answer but for right now this is my third answer!

Blog 11: Holiday Project Update

1. Unfortunately I was unable to do any mentorship over the break due to both mine and my mentor’s busy schedules. However, I was able to watch many videos on cars and the mechanics of them which helps me to further understand the many moving parts and functions of an automobile. 2. What I learned the most about my senior topic is the functions of exhaust headers and how they can be used to increase horsepower. I also learned the differences and correlations between torque and horsepower. This is a very important concept to understand because of the tuning of vehicles, in order to tune a vehicle to reach its best possible performance, torque and horsepower are as important to know as it is for a baby to know what a good old fashioned whipping is. The source I used for this research was all found on YouTube. 3. I would probably talk to Nick the mechanic at the Bavarian Garage because he has been in the business for many years and is definitely a viable source of car information.

Blog 10: EQ

1. "I reviewed the rule of three for writing an EQ."

2.   
      a. What is the most important factor in healthy weight loss?
       
             This EQ meets the rule of three because it requires you to research in depth the different
              ways to lose weight in order to determine the best way. It also allows you to choose
              a stance on how to answer it since there are so many different ways to lose weight. It
              also has no errors in grammar and makes sense.
                  
      b. What is most important to securing a conviction in a criminal investigation?
               
              This EQ meets the rule of three because it requires you to do lots of research on the different 
               ways to secure the conviction. It also requires you to take a stance on answering it since
               there are different ways to secure a conviction in a criminal investigation. The question makes
               sense and does not contain any grammar mistakes.
      
      c. What is most important in creating a hairstyle that best satisfies a customer?
    
             This EQ meets the rule of three because it requires deep research on hairstyles and
              the opinions and trends of people today. It also requires you to take a stance because
              some people may think that your way of creating a hairstyle is wrong and you must
              defend that your way is best. It also makes sense and contains no grammar mistakes.
      d.  How can an anesthesiologist best treat chronic pain?

             This EQ meets the rule of three because it requires further research on how to
              treat chronic pain and the different ways to treat it. It requires you to take a stance on
              your own opinion on how to treat the chronic pain. It makes sense and doesn't contain
              any grammar mistakes.

My EQ: What are the most important factors in keeping a BMW or any Automobile maintained? 

Blog 8: Research and Working EQ

1. What are the most important factors in keeping a BMW or any Automobile maintained? 

2.   Possible answers

• Visit your regular mechanic maintenance shop every month for checkups.

•  Use fuel additives to keep your car running clean and efficiently.

3. The most important source that I have used to come up with these answers is the website "howitworks.com".

4. My mentor is Pedro Miranda, the owner of the Bavarian garage in Covina. What I am doing for my mentorship relates directly with automotive repair because I'm literally being hands on, repairing and doing preventative maintenance on BMW's. 

Blog 5 - Mentorship Reflection

1. My experience getting a mentor was not very difficult for me. One reason is that contributed to an easy search for me was the seemingly never ending supply of mechanics shops to ask around my house and at one point I even considered making my own grandpa my mentor since he has had plenty of experience and know-how to teach me lots about auto repair. I have always loved cars and motorcycles, it's in the blood of my whole family, which also made it easier because many of my uncles and cousins are mechanics themselves, and know plenty of other mechanics for me to try and ask. But before I made my final decision to make my grandpa my mentor, I had came up on a great opportunity. My step dad is a barber and cuts peoples hair from all over the place, he happened to be cutting our friend Nick the mechanic's hair and told him about it and he told me to speak to PJ or Pedro, the owner of the BMW shop he worked at and to ask him about it. So I asked him and he was willing to let me come in a and learn, and things went on since then and he has been great so far. 

2. I would say that the most important article I have read so far has been, "What That Car Really Costs To Own" because it answered a lot of the questions I had about BMW's and there cost to own. It gave good statistics on many different cars which gave good insight on how much it would be. For example, they gave a table that showed the ratio of an assortment of cars' costs in the time of five years, the ratio was comparing operating costs with carrying costs, carrying costs consisting of depreciation, interest, and tax while operating costs consists of fuel, insurance, maintenance and repair costs. This gave a great look on how each cars expenses change over time, and really showed me how much a really nice car costs to own over a good amount of time.

Blog 3: Topic Choice and Working EQ

1. Topic: BMW Maintenance and Repair

2. Research Question: What are the most important factors in keeping a BMW or any Automobile maintained?