From: robgood@bestweb.net   
      
   On Monday, August 30, 2021 at 6:37:13 AM UTC-4, Questor wrote:   
      
   > I have never found Martin Short to be very funny.    
      
   On his own, he's not.  However, he's a fairly good "straight" player for   
   others to play off.   
      
   > At such point that electric vehicles overwhelmingly dominate the market and    
   > internal combustion vehicles fade away, the trope of committing suicide by    
   > locking oneself in the garage and running the engine will disappear as well.    
       
   That's already been very difficult for a long time, as CO emissions are so low   
   now.   
       
   > In the television program "The Green Hornet," his car, the Black Beauty, is    
   > stored upside down under the garage floor. I wonder what problems a real car    
   > might develop if it was stored upside down.    
      
   Carbureted, that first start after righting it could be a problem.  Even fuel   
   injected, could have vapor or air in the fuel line.  Water cooled, if there's   
   been some coolant loss and air has gotten in, could develop air lock at the   
   coolant pump; then    
   again, I see now some cars where the coolant pump is up high, leaving them   
   prone to such a problem just plain.   
      
   But...what parts do you hang it by?  That might be INSTANTLY a problem, rather   
   than one that "might develop".   
      
   Bob in Andover   
      
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