What to Do When an Engine Has Been Sitting More Than Five Years

Heres a good way to mess with your friends the next time youre sitting at the local watering hole: ask them if cars are alive. Cars these days are composed of both synthetic and biological materials, they can react to outside stimuli such as heat and cold, they can reproduce (with the aid of a human symbiote) and they can even age. Resurrecting a long-stationary engine usually isnt a matter of