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From: Pip Luscher on 17 Jun 2010 15:40
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:02:33 +0000 (UTC), "SIRPip"
<gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>Pip Luscher wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:04:41 +0000 (UTC), "SIRPip"
>> <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> > The then cutting-edge viscous-coupled fan (remember them?)
>>
>> My current car has one of those, and my previous car had one, too.
>
>Coo. I thought they'd been shelved years ago in favour of electric
>units. I dunno, I don't keep up these days - as Hog said, spannering
>POS cars isn't much fun any more.

These are/were both japanese 4x4s with longitudinal engines; I guess
it makes more sense with that arrangement. Maybe there's a good reason
for avoiding using electric fans on offroaders as well, though I can't
think what that might be.

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-Pip
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