I don't know if I'd call it "horrible"... Amateurish, certainly, and the
femme fatale added a trashy element, but no worse than Tom Clancy, although
rather less well-edited. The automotive development aspect was interesting,
if not exactly convincing.
For those who are wondering what on earth we are discussing, it's a
self-published novel called "ZEV-1", about the first hydrogen-powered car,
which curiously happens to be an MGB.
on 7/28/04 11:13 AM, Paul Root at ptroot@iaces.com wrote:
> Speaking of burning money. I was one of the guys suckered into buying
> that trash. I think I read 3 chapters before giving up.
> HORRIBLE.
>
> And I hadn't even got to the car part.
>
>
> Max Heim wrote:
>
>> Hmmm, I wonder if you'll see much benefit at this point. I mean, depending
>> on how many miles you have accumulated on dino oil, it's arguable that the
>> wear and crud distribution has already occurred. Running synthetic starting
>> after a full rebuild seems reasonable (it certainly seemed to work in your
>> example), but I would suspect it's a waste of money on a high-mileage
>> engine. Though you could take the attitude that it can't hurt...
>>
>> Speaking of burning money, on Monday I put $20 of gas into the B and was
>> utterly disgusted to see that it didn't even move the needle up to the 3/4
>> mark -- in fact, it was barely over 1/2. I guess I need to get to work on
>> that hydrogen fuel cell conversion, like the guy in the novel.
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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