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Re: MPG

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Subject: Re: MPG
From: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 90 16:46:58 CDT
> 
> ->
> ->        that's 6 gallons, 1 large bottle
> ->        of octane booster, and 1 quart of oil every 200 miles....
> ->
> ->       Is that Marvel Mystery Oil for the tank, or 20w50 for the engine?
> ->
> ->      20w50 for the engine, this is British-cars, isn't it?
> ->
> ->    You mean the engine *compartment*, don't you? (This is British Sports 
>Cars,
> ->    isn't it?)
> ->
> ->   No, no, that's the people behind you and the road beneath you (so you
> ->   can find your way home?)
> ->
> ->Don't forget that the 20w50 is also renewing the undercoating.  How
> ->*do* the floorboards rust out in an LBC?
> ->
>
>  They rust out from the inside out because you forget and leave the
> top down when it rains!!!!
>
>  iii
>
and then leave the stupid carpet in it.  If the car is going to sit
around where it can get rained on, take the carpet out and be sure the
drain holes are clear (or you get more drain holes)
--
Login name: phile                       In real life: Philip J Ethier
Phone: 298-5324


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