[Shop-talk] Engine idling problem

[David Hillman]

On Mon, 3 Oct 2016, eric at megageek.com wrote:
> BTW, Neil suggested an "Italian Service".  I'm an Italian Jersey boy and I
> never heard that term.  I thought any service I did was Italian Service.
> 8>)
>
> What's an Italian Service (don't worry, you can't offend me.)

    Usually called an "Italian Tuneup", in my experience.

    The joke is, rich doctor/dentist/whatever leaves his Ferrari -- which 
he only drives in traffic at slow speeds -- with a very expensive Italian 
car specialty mechanic, and tells him it doesn't run right.  Mechanic 
"test drives" it around town at 6000 rpm ( like the valets in Ferris 
Bueller ) and afterward, voila, it sings like it should again, and the 
wrench gets paid for doing what most would pay to do.

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  David Hillman