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Subject:Re: /f spreewell: Whats up with that?
From:Sudhir Desai
Date:Fri, 12 Dec 1997 20:24:58 -0500

On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Joel Walker wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Dec 1997 13:26:23 EST Ken "da Choaker" Lewis said:
> >I don't get it. Spreewell chokes his coach and gets fired for life.
> >Peewee Herman chokes his chicken and gets fired for life. Whats up with
> >that?
>
> well, basically, it's because "chokes" went out with carburetors. fuel
> injection doesn't have a "choke" ... a themo-time switch, or maybe just
> the coolant-temp-sensor-extra-gas-squirting-algorithim in the Digi-Jet/Fant
> computer, but no "choke".
>
> so i guess "choking" isn't good for fuel economy. and that's why they were
> fired. :)
>
> Unca "Friday" Joel
>

enough with the "chokes" already! (sorry)

Sudhir H. Desai                         1984 VW Vanagon 3.4 liter Chevy V-6
cdes@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu            1996 Subaru Outback 2.2 liter flat-4
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