120, not including lawn mowers and motor scooters (2). !7 cars, 8 new, 8
V8s, only one 4. This works out to only about 2.4 cyls/yr since getting
driver's license. I think a number like 4 or 5 cyls/yr probably qualifys you
as a real motor-head.
BTW, how many Corvairs does it take to equal one V8---, or one Corvette?
Don
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>From: Smokerbros@aol.com
>To: ba-autox@autox.team.net, team.net@autox.team.net
>Subject: How many cylinders do you have?
>Date: Sun, Dec 17, 2000, 8:07 PM
>
>Peter Egan's latest column on R & T is about the number of cylinders we have.
> My current count is 17, for instance. 8cyl. Silverado, 8 cyl. Firebird, 1
>cyl. Go-Ped. Meager by some counts. I think Egan's current count is 58.
>
>Then there is your life's total. Mine is 110 (including 18 4 bangers, and 17
>cars that have been autocrossed). Egan's is nearly 300, I think.
>
>By the way, Egan says that anything with internal combustion engines counts,
>including lawn mowers, weed whackers, etc., and reminds us of something that
>we all know, there are levels of quality, too. 12 lawn mowers does NOT equal
>1 Ferrari 275!
>
>For counting purposes, Egan didn't have to count Rotaries, or at least didn't
>mention it. I figured them as 6 cylinder engines (3 chambers X 2 rotors).
>
>Okay, let's hear your numbers, complete with lies, excuses, stories!
>
>CHD
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