This explains the current state of the auto hobby among the under 30 set.
All the cash gets spent on of stupid looking exterior mods- 3 foot high
rear wings on front wheel drive cars!
25 pounds worth of tape stripes, gaudy low profile rims and tires, and
the mandatory 2000 watt stereo.
Bak in the day- the first question was "How much horse power?" Now, its
"how many watts in your amp?"
I'll bet that less than 5 percent of these owners have turned a wrench
on their engines.
Paul Burr
On Friday, January 4, 2002, at 01:31 AM, Bill Brewer wrote:
> I am automation programmer at a cement plant where we pyro-process
> raw
> ores into cement (1,100,000 tons per year). The process burns a ton of
> coal
> every 3 and a half minutes. I was explaining the theory of nitric oxides
> formation and how to minimize them to a new kid that just graduated from
> college. He didn't quite get it. I explained that part of the process
> worked
> like a giant carburetor than can run rich or lean.
> He stared at me, completely lost and said "I've never seen a
> carburetor
> before".
> I said "You've never had a car with a carburetor?"
> He said "Nope, fuel injection only".
> I was dumbfounded. A dinosaur in a lost world.
> I stumbled home and synchronized the SU's using a piece of tubing
> and a
> screwdriver.
>
> Bill Brewer
> Lost in Tehachapi
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