In a message dated 2/19/02 10:47:48 AM Pacific Standard Time,
al_knoll@PACBELL.NET writes:

<< Donning my Nomex...

 I seem to recall that engine wear is proportional to piston feet per mile.
 How far a piston travels in moving the car one mile.

 Given same lubricants, operating temperatures, the motor with more p-ft/mi
 will wear out sooner.

 Of course there are many other elements in the wear equation too but P-F/mi
 seemed important enough to "Rod and Truck" to include as a parameter on
 their road tests.

 But if you wash your car regularly with re-claimed water you can feel better
 about it's unstoppable entropy. >>

I don't know Al. My engine wear is by some guy named Calvin. And no I prefer
not to use reclaimed water to wash them. Sorry my engine got ahead of Friday.

BenT
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