re: been-a-scrapyard-hunting

[Phil and Judy Rose <pjrose@servtech.com>]

>Coming home, I noticed that my car was running much sweeter than it had
>been doing for months, even though it's way overdue for a service. Then I
>noticed that the malfunctioning speedo hadn't played up the whole trip,
>which it had been all week long... When I drove down to my brother's place
>later that evening, I noticed that _all_ my dash lights were working again
>(I'd already bought some new bulbs for a round of replacements) and that
>the car seemed to have more power- at about half-throttle there seemed to
>be an additional 'kick' like a small turbo jumping in, resulting in much
>faster acceleration and a more pleasant feeling. Hmmm... voodoo? Was my car
>pining for the open road? Had all the short trips (I work only 10 miles
>from where I live) made it 'coke up' a bit?
>
>Planning for a trip to Germany soon...
>
>Tom
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
> Tom Nas                                          Zeist, The Netherlands
> tnas@euronet.nl
>1988 Audi 80 1.8S, mostly Tizianrot metallic, 214,000km

Tom,
An easy explanation: you took ol' Tizianrotschen on a trip to the "old car
graveyard" (boneyard?). This must have scared the living sh*t out of the
poor thing. She is evidently on her best behavior, at least for the time
being. Additional trips to Oldenzaal, as needed, might turn out to be
cheaper than time in the shop. ;-)

Phil Rose

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