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Socoder -> Off Topic -> Ye Olde Grumpaloos

Sat, 27 Jul 2013, 00:17
Evil Roy Ferguso
We mostly say ’accelerator’ around here. (Ohio)
Sat, 27 Jul 2013, 00:17
steve_ancell
A lot of the younger people around here say accelerator too, but most people that were born pre 1990s say throttle. I will probably still say throttle even when the internal combustion engine gets replaced by the electric motor.
Sat, 27 Jul 2013, 00:21
steve_ancell
And now I'm gonna make myself sound even more old. When I first started driving, a lot of cars still had a choke pull-control.
Sat, 27 Jul 2013, 10:19
rockford
My first two cars had chokes. Thankfully they are now a thing of the past.
Sat, 27 Jul 2013, 18:15
steve_ancell
My third car, a 1988 Vauxhall Astra, had an auto-choke that was gradually opened by a Bi-Metal spring as the engine warmed up. Even those auto-chokes didn't always work properly, especially if the coolant level was low. Thank fuck for fuel injection systems or better still, thank fuck I migrated over to Diesel, it elimiates all the staring problems that you get from petrol and you even get full power from a cold start.
Sun, 28 Jul 2013, 02:37
rockford
Diesel FTW indeed