<![CDATA[Jalopnik: econoscope]]> http://tags.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: econoscope]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/econoscope http://jalopnik.com/tag/econoscope <![CDATA[Save Gas The French Way: Econoscope!]]> When scavenging the local self-service junkyard for parts to put on our 24 Hours of LeMons car, I spotted this '84 Peugeot 505. Because you always see entertainingly weird stuff in French cars, I took a look inside this one... and, sure enough, there it was: the Econoscope! At first I figured it was just a clever name for the tachometer, but then I saw the three lights below the "Econoscope" lettering. I assume the Econoscope is just a vacuum sensor that indicates low vacuum or high vacuum, but it can't be so simple; this is a French car, after all!


Junked_Peugeot.jpgI was tempted to pull out the Econoscope apparatus and add it to Wanky the Safety Cat, in order to enhance my driving safety.

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