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Article: All This Tachometer Talk Has Her Head Spinning
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- March 2, 1994
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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 ...