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Old 11-26-2013, 11:55 PM   #1202
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Originally Posted by Jaywest717 View Post
Yesterday, I had a passenger in the car that pulled up next to me ask me to wind down my window to compliment my car. He asked if the engine was a V6 or a V8. I told him that it was a boxer engine and he gave me a blank look. So then I spent the next 2 minutes at this stop light trying to explain to him the whole concept behind a horizontally opposed engine...
I used to explain to people it was like the old VW engine.

Since they weren't impressed, I've changed the analogy to ..... it's sorta like a Porsche engine....

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