Yeah, I remember when fuel injection was exotic stuff, limited to
"fuelie" 'Vettes and 300SLs. Not even Ferraris had fuel injection. Now my
wife's Metro econoslug has it (first "fuelie" car either of us has ever
owned).
(And I'm not even that old... there are baseball players older than I
am... I just saw one last night pitching for Oakland.)
Bullwinkle had this to say:
><<<snip>>>
>Chris Thompson wrote:
>I've never DRIVEN a carbureted car before, let alone owned
>> one. That's what happens when you get your license in 1985 in a family with
>> no older cars.
><<<snip>>>
>
>Listers:
>
>Doesn't that make some of us feel old!
>
>I can remember back in 1977 when I first drove a fuel injected Datsun 810
>Maxima
>and there were mostly full service gas stations. Young kids would look at
>the
>engine and marvel at all of the plumbing and the port injection system. Now
>they look at the MG's SU carbs and ask, "what's that?"
>
>Blake
>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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