Trade Secrets

[Brett Dikeman]

At 1:04 AM -0800 3/29/01, Huw Powell wrote:
>brake fluid, which of course enters the body through the armpits.
>loctite, usually holding two parts of ones fingers together permanently
>bits of wire stuck into skin & blood supply when making harnesses
>inhaled battery fumes due to improperly vented underseat batteries!
>burnt oil fumes from leaky cam cover gaskets causing pooling on intake
>manifold which then pours onto the hot turbocharger when braking

Dan and I took a spin in a sube WRX today.  1.5 miles on the 
odometer.  Salesman to dan on the phone: "Yes, I find these test 
drives quite a bit of fun."  Dan(after hanging up):"I like this 
salesman."

We pull into the parking lot after what would be described as a 
normal drive, and sitting in the lot, the car starts to smoke.  "Heh, 
you think we worked the turbo a little?" says the saleman.

Apparently, all Subes come from the factory with catalytic converters 
that need to "burn off" a coating or something; the WRX has no less 
than THREE converters(and I thought I had a bunch; 2's fine, three's 
a crowd, if you ask me.)  The result was a rather impressive amount 
of smoke after this WRX's maiden voyage....

B