[geeks] car question

[Kurt Huhn]

> I have reversed jumper cables before (twice). In my case one car (a
> Cadillac) got very upset about it, and the other (a Ford truck) didn't care.
> Each time the battery had some life left and let me know how careless I had
> been (big sparks).
> 

I did it once - to a '73 Plymouth Satellite.  It let me know, in a big
way, that I did something wrong - copper smells bad when you burn it...

Kurt