> I'm often amused and confused by the things I read on cars and trucks. Usually, it's
> something spelled out in little chrome letters and numbers on the trunk or other parts of
> the vehicle. Examples (with possible interpretation):
> "intercooler" I suppose this means the car is air conditioned.
> "GTO" Probably stands for "gas, tires, and oil," the products consumed by the car.
> "5-speed" top speed 5 miles per hour.
> "waste gate" this car has a small metal door in the floor which makes it possible to litter the highway without rolling down the window.
> "Four Wheel Drive" Definitely not a motorcycle.
> "4x4" sixteen miles per gallon
> "Stealth" spy car -- it is made of light-weight, non-metalic materials that can't be
> detected by police radar
> "24 valves" unimportant mechanical detail that is supposed to impress people with only
> 12 valves
> "Dyna-Flow" car equipt with a flush toilet
> "Overdrive" Car is capable of going faster than it should, considering that it has weak
> brakes and dim lights.
> "Off Road" This means, "Vehicle has poor handling and will probably not be able to
> stay on the road.
> "Z-71" Engineers who designed this vehicle have been asleep since 1971.
> "Ram Charger" possibly the driver is selling male goats on credit.
> "ABS" Designed for use by driver with well developed abdominal muscles.
> "Turbo-Charged" Powered by a gas turbine engine that has yet to be paid for.
> "Cirrus" A cloud-like car that tends to float to high altitude.
> "GT" You will be lucky if you Get There.
> "High Output" a heavy polluter
> "Viper" deadly, sneaky and dangerous
> "Stingray" a car for bottom-dwelling boneless fish with a barb on their tail
> "SHO" Cars driven by actors, singers, comics and others in sho biz.
> "Fleetwood" fast, but made of wood
> "CRX" It doesn't stand for anything but it sounds good.
> "Paseo" "Honda" "Camero" "El Camino" "Amigo" etc. These must be cars and trucks
> built in Spain.
> Howard

my big thing - and don't ask me how i started this, but i've been doing it for years - is seeing if license plates are divisible by 3. i've gotten really good at adding numbers fast to see if they are. it's quite sad, really, i even have rules... if there are letters, you can choose to use them or not as you desire. don't ask me, i don't know. i can't stop, either.

speaking of cars, we just got a new (well,m not really, it's old, but it's new for us) Buick electra. it's black and i think it looks like a hearse, so I call it Mourning Becomes Electra.

speaking of cars, i was in an accident a week ago today. nobody was hurt - my brother was just spacey.

speaking of cars, DC is trying to put into place new license restrictions. permit at 16, have to keep it for 6 months. provisional license at 16.5, can drive alone at day, only carry family members in car. full license at 17, but can only have one non-family member in car until 18. AGGGGHHHHH!!!! according to my friend and her dad, who know a lot about dc politics, they won't be able to implememt it until January of 2001, so i'll have my license by then. God bless the grandfather clause.

uni"speaking of cars..."peg