Sure... they have to crank the stereo to be able to hear it over the noise
of the engine and the tires, which desensitizes and degrades their hearing,
so they have to turn the stereo up to hear it better, which desensitizes
and... so on.

Cya,
Robert

On 3/4/08, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> > After run cooling can be a requirement for many engines depending on use
> > and load. Think about this, under load, parts of the engine get hot
> enough
> > to almost glow. Pistons and the inside of the heads may be getting to
> 600
> > or higher. So you pull into the rest stop and immediately shut the
> engine
> > down. That heat has to go somewhere ... Most Diesel truck engines
> specify 3-5
> > minute cool down after operating under load...
>
> Which goes a long way toward explaining why guys with oversized diesel
> pickups let their vehicles clatter and bang for many minutes after
> arriving in camp. And here I thought they were just jerks.*
>
> =========
> * Since the same guys that drive the noisiest vehicles also tend be the
> ones who play their stupid stereos loudly enough to annoy everyone in
> earshot, there may be a high correlation between jerkiness and ownership
> of oversized diesel pickup trucks.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
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