# Car at grocery store **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [November 8, 2026, 12:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-at-grocery-store/206576 "2026-11-08T00:03:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 12:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-at-grocery-store/206576/1 "2026-11-08T00:03:28Z")
![FunkyCarAtSmiths_CloseUp-20261107](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/6/d/6dca8ad7214385a114093a9ccb5e25c7ea3d5656.jpeg) The bicycle on top is a ‘double’: one frame welded on top of another. In the same lot I saw a car without a hood and a whiskey bottle for the windshield wiper fluid. I wanted to take a picture but the driver was in the car. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 1:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-at-grocery-store/206576/2 "2026-11-08T01:31:48Z")
That Nissan is a very strange art car. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 1:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-at-grocery-store/206576/3 "2026-11-08T01:59:13Z")
The bicycle is only a distraction, the real feature is in the hood. The cold air intake adds 1 horsepower. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/3/5/3586a48190bd88435bf23db1af69a739506551d2.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 2:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-at-grocery-store/206576/4 "2026-11-08T02:57:10Z")
Thanks. I didn’t know that. The air intake was what I asked about - this is ‘Car Talk’ community. The bike is in the picture perforce and I thought people might notice it and wonder, so I pre-answered. How much power does he lose from the loss of streamlining? ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 3:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-at-grocery-store/206576/5 "2026-11-08T03:36:09Z")
> [@Nevada\_545](#): > > The cold air intake adds 1 horsepower. And the aerodynamic disruption subtracts 3. ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 4:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-at-grocery-store/206576/6 "2026-11-08T04:20:36Z")
Are those air scoops I see, some on pipes that go along the edge of the windshield, above the roof, pointing forward, official ways to do that? ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 4:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-at-grocery-store/206576/7 "2026-11-08T04:37:45Z")
Those air inlets keep the water out of the engine when splashing through creeks. The Nissan: Pedestrian impact protection; if a pedestrian were struck by that car and slid across the hood, they would be cut open, and their intestines will spill out. The police need to have a talk with that driver.