Hi Gary:
So those people I have seen in restaurants and at film parties sniffing
white dust off mirrors and scraps of paper have actually been comparing
exhaust scrapings to see whose bimmer is working best? That's so sweet.
And here I was attributing more sinister interpretations to their
activities. Shame on me and my suspicious mind.
Cheers,
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Perry [mailto:rgperry@earthlink.net]
Sent: October 31, 2005 11:34 AM
To: Mark Hooper
Cc: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: carburetors
Mark,
Nice advertisement for Color Tune!
Greg Perry
ps, The sense of smell is used to sniff a peice of paper that has been
in the exhaust stream momentarily to detect a rich mixture along with
observation of the exhaust gases out of the tailpipe against a white
paper/ cardboard background.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Hooper <mhooper@digiscreen.ca>
Sent: Oct 31, 2005 6:59 AM
To: Greg Perry <rgperry@earthlink.net>
Cc: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: carburetors
Hi Greg:
Sniffing gasoline and carbon monoxide will do that to you. I'm told that
with perseverance it takes longer and longer to make one's senses go
numb. Soon tuning your own car won't be enough. You will start haunting
autocross events and volunteering to help adjust other owner's machines.
"Just a quick tweak" you'll beg, "It's been so long; at least twenty
minutes. You don't know what could have happened to your spark plugs in
that time. Just one quick sniff and I can tell you." People will get
used to the sight of your feet sticking out from behind their parked
cars as you lie prone on the pavement, nose next to the tailpipe,
waiting for that first whiff as they fire up to get away from you as
quickly as possible.
You'll take to carrying peanut-butter jars with captured clouds of smog
to the office for quick "tuning breaks" when nobody is looking. Jars
with labels like "TR3 1957-hot intake valve" and the house favourite,
"TR6 1972 - captured 1999".
Eventually you will resign your existing job and take work as a gasoline
truck driver just to stay close to the source of your delight. Trading
shifts with the other drivers to get the truck with the super gas
because "It's the good stuff".
You don't want to end up going this route. Be warned; it could happen!
Buy a Colourtune today and avoid "Tuner madness".
Mark
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