--- In [email protected], "WillyTex" <willy...@...> wrote:
>
> > > A novel fuel-injection system achieves 64 miles per gallon.
> > >
> uns_tressor:
> > A friend in England found that, for no apparent reason, he
> > was getting fantastic fuel consumption from his diesel.
> >
> > He took it in for his annual service, and thereafter, his
> > consumption dropped back to normal. He looked at the invoice
> > and noticed an item for the replacement of a faulty temperature
> > gauge on the diesel fuel line.
> >
> > "Yes", the mechanic said. "The fuel was overheating. The sensor
> > was faulty, and never cut off". So, the guy short circuited the
> > sensor, and back came his sensational fuel consumption.
> >
> So, your friend was getting 'fantastic fuel consumption', and
> when he short-circuited the temprature sensor, then he got
> 'sensational' fuel consumption?
>
Yes. We must bring variation into our superlatives at all
times. This will be one of the first things that you will
have been taught at MIU.
