Date:         Fri, 7 Sep 2012 14:37:58 -0500
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Friday NCV: how far can you drive without oil.
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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---- Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Back when I was 12 or so, a Volvo dealership opened in our town. To
> demonstrate the quality of their product, the dealership announced in the
> newspaper that the oil would be drained from a Volvo car (this was about
> 1962) and that the car would be driven over a nearby mountain (Monte Sano,
> for those who know Huntsville Alabama) and back to the dealership in what
> is today the Medical District. Probably six miles round trip, maybe eight,
> but the mountain road is steep and long. The public was invited to the
> event. They did it, claiming no serious harm to the car.
>
> Think of doing that today.

Pity the person who bought that car.  mcneely

>
> Jim
>
> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Ken Olsen <648.ken@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The offending car was a Jetta, and it did almost hit my Westy.
> >
> >
> > http://bugled.blogspot.com/2012/09/how-far-can-you-get-in-car-without-oil.html
> >

--
David McNeely