I just knew this would come up somewhere after I read Mr. Egan's column. :)
Current cylinder count - 4
Lifetime cylinder count - 8
- Bryan "Livin' Large" Heitkotter ;-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Navid Kahangi" <navidk@home.com>
To: <Smokerbros@aol.com>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 8:48 PM
Subject: RE: How many cylinders do you have?
> Do model airplanes count? :)
>
> --Navid
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Smokerbros@aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 8:08 PM
> To: ba-autox@autox.team.net; team.net@autox.team.net
> Subject: How many cylinders do you have?
>
>
> 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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