Date:         Wed, 13 Feb 2002 21:59:46 -0900
Reply-To:     Mike Moery <mike.moery@ACSALASKA.NET>
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From:         Mike Moery <mike.moery@ACSALASKA.NET>
Subject:      Re: ebay car?
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I looked at a Eurovan camper a couple days ago.  You can't start those
if the passenger seat is turned to the back.  Seems like the VW
engineers have taken your idea and gone too far with it...

    -Mike Moery
     Anchorage, AK
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 'Ol Bessie  '82TD Westy


-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of developtrust
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 2:53 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: ebay car?

Now you would think that VW or a clever vanagon.com list member would
have
figured out a way to make a switch that would not allow a van to start
with
the top up. A simple switch. Or an alarm that goes off when the van is
started up with the top up.

Does anything like this already exist? If not it would be very easy to
rig.

Any ideas anyone? Seems like a smart improvement to me and I'd like to
wire
my van that way.

William Polowniak
1989 Vanagon GL
1988 Mercedes 300 SE


In a message dated 2/12/2002 2:37:49 PM Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:


> Must have a really high ceiling in his garage if he can open his
pop-top
in
> it. Most likely, he had the van in his driveway with the roof up and
tried
> to pull into the garage. (no, I haven't done it, but I have come close
:>))
>

       Not so funny boys & girls.  I had a customer this past summer who
drove into their garage with the pop-top up.  My repair bill was $8000
and
change, CND of course, and the repair bill to the garage was over 10
grand.
Their insurance company paid up !  Check your top before motoring off !

Cheers

Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
<A HREF="http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm">BusFusion</A> a VW
Camper camping event, Almonte, ON, May 30, 31, June 1, 2, 2002
'87 Westy & Lionel Trains
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HREF="http://www.bcn.net/~limbo/">LiMBO</A>, <A
HREF="http://www.westfalia.qc.ca/CIW_English.asp">IWCCC</A> & Capital
City
VW Club
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
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