On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:26:06 -0700, "Clark W. Griswold, Jr."
wrote:

Dan wrote:

My personal noise
pet peeves are loud vehicles (more & more common with the proliferation
of trucks & "performance" exhaust systems on every kid's 12 year old
Civic) and barking dogs.

Both are a pain around here. The neighbor has a Ford F-250 with a monster deisel
engine. Has to be able to tow his Quadrunner around on weekends, don't cha know.
For reasons that aren't clear, he thinks he needs to let the engine warm up at
least five minutes during the summer and 20 minutes or more during the winter.
So it sits in his drive banging away every morning.
i used to do the same thing when i had a diesel. it's not
a matter of "needs to", it's wants to. it'll pull better. in winter
soime heat will be coming out (diesel takes longer). all in all,
a good idea if you can afford the gas.
....thehick