>Which reminds me of an engineers joke. Many years ago, the engineers in
>Detroit did a study and found that it requires 4 lug bolts to hold a wheel
>on a car. This is why most American cars have 4 lug bolts. And why most
>German cars have 5. And why most Italian cars have 3.
Cute joke, but no basis that I know of. The only 3-bolt car I think of is
French. Can you name one Italian car with 3? Surely not most.
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
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