In Operating the Average Car 10,000 Miles
1. Contact points open and close 90,000,000 times.
2. Each spark plug fires 15,000,000 times.
3. Coil delivers 90,000,000 charges of 1 5,000 volts.
4. Spark plug cables deliver a total of 1,350,000,000 volts.
5. Carburetor mixes 2,810,000 cu. ft. air with 82 5 gal. gas.
6. Distributor shaft and rotor revolve 15,000,000 times.
7. Fuel pump pulsates 15,000,000 times.
8. Speedometer cable revolves 10,000,000 times.
9. Each valve opens and closes 15,000,000 times.
10. The 1915 car was in its day good for about 40,000 miles. Its motor turned over at about 1,800 revolutions per minute at full speed. Repairs were frequent and expensive. Today's automobile has doubled that life expectancy—but its motor turns over a lot faster—3,600 revolutions per minute is…
