jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman) (03/28/85)
In article <487@spp2.UUCP> urban@spp2.UUCP (Mike Urban) writes: >The incredibly efficient automobile engine that XXX Motors Inc > has been keeping under wraps all these years (so they can > keep selling their gas guzzlers, ya see). Well, once I was curious about all them nifty gadgets in the back pages of Popular Mechanicals and J. C. Whippennies, and having (at the time) more money than plain, good sense, I fired off a dozen checks and installed a bunch of the things. The ads told it all, and I (though a bit skeptical) sucked it all in: the carburator water injector that saves 22%, the gasoline additive that saves 27%, the special engine treatment -- guaranteed for 19% better mileage, the special low-friction tires that get a whopping 37% more miles to the gallon; I got 'em all. I was really excited at the prospect of 105% better mileage. There's only one problem, now. I get sick from swallerin' gas. Y'see, every few miles I gotta stop and siphon some out to keep the tank from overflowin'! -- :::::: Jan Steinman Box 1000, MS 61-161 (w)503/685-2843 :::::: :::::: tektronix!tekecs!jans Wilsonville, OR 97070 (h)503/657-7703 ::::::