Re: Net worth, Cylinder Index

[Avrum Belzer <apb4419@idt.net>]

Is there a turbo equivalency formula?  8^)  



At 06:42 AM 6/21/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Now that the age thread has amused the list (I wonder how the under
>20 crowd can keep these pricy cars running-resourcefulness I guess.) 
>Being 57 does change some things for the better.  I still play tennis 3
>times a week and don't have to go to work everyday.  
>   A local St. Paul radio show(Joe Souceray's Garage Logic) uses the
>Cylinder Index(CI) as a measure of one's manliness or machoness.  You
>simply count the number of cylinders of all internal combustion engines 
>you own; cars, trucks,cycles, lawn mowers, weed whips, etc.  Lease
>vehicles do NOT count.  How you doing out there fellows?  What's this
>AGE crap, if you don't have a CI of at least 15,  you ain't much!!  If
>your CI exceeds your age then you can really start talking.
>   Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for someone to explain how a BAD BOMB
>can cause all four brakes to start dragging.  
>Bob Ringlien--age 57 but CI of 25
>85 5kt------5
>89 200T-----5
>91 minivan--6
>84 V4 Sabre-4
>Ride Mower--1
>Push mower--1
>L grinder---1
>Jonesrud CS-1
>Weed whip---1
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