cars & radar

[mike]

could have been a pie dish for all i know


--- Kent McLean <kentmclean at mindspring.com> wrote:

> mike wrote:
> > Call the recovery lorry, driver says “we get lots
> of these,
> > it’s the radar, I’ll tow you down the road and it
> will
> > be fine”
> 
> No, but...  Was it radar dish, or a microwave dish?
> 
> IIRC, the original microwave oven was developed
> because an engineer
> was standing by a magnatron which melted the
> chocolate bar in his
> pocket.  I could guess that a microwave dish, aimed
> towards a nearby
> car, could wreak enough havoc with the ECU and
> sensors to cause them
> to temporarily fail.  But that's a WAG.
> 
> How is the fertility rate in the area, compared to
> the national
> average? :)
> 
> -- 
> Kent McLean
> '94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 



	
	
		
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