Article: All This Tachometer Talk Has Her Head Spinning

Q. Husbands can be so excitable. When I told mine that the tachometer reads 2,000 r.p.m. while I'm in second gear, he was not his normal, calm self. I'm trying to find out what the tachometer is there for, and what it means to me while I'm driving and shifting. Should I even pay attention to it? Please tell me all I ever wanted to know about tachometers, in 150 words or less. SANDY

TOM: In 150 words or less! Are you crazy, Sandy? Who do you think we are, Ernest and Julio Hemingway?

RAY: Husbands are excitable, aren't they, Sandy? Here's everything you need to know about tachometers in fewer than 150 words:

TOM: Tachometers tell you how fast the engine is spinning in "revolutions per ...

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