| ▲ | JKCalhoun 4 hours ago | |
You reminded me of a stunt/promotion I saw on TV in the 1970's where they drained the oil from a Japanese import and then ran the engine (red-lined it as I recall, perhaps a brick on the accelerator) until they blew the engine. This was when there was a lot of grousing about those cheap (and fuel efficient!) Japanese cars catching on in the U.S. market. Hilariously, the Japanese car just kept running and they had to intervene — maybe drain the radiator? I wish I could find something about it but even ChatGPT comes up empty handed. Maybe it was a half-time stunt? I feel like it was in a stadium anyway. (My first car was a used 1974 Datsun B210.) | ||
| ▲ | bluedino 3 hours ago | parent [-] | |
Reminds me of the 1990's Prolong commercials on late-night TV. They drained the oil out of a Dodge Viper and drove it around a track on the desert. | ||