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Date:         Mon, 16 Feb 2004 16:53:46 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject:      Re: RoadHaus - Escaping Air Sound?
Comments: To: Larry Chase <roadguy@ROADHAUS.COM>
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All this talk about strange sounds, and other wierdness, especially as brought out by Stan Wilder, brought to mind an event last week that was wierd.

I was visiting a buddy who had just gotten a new (to him) car, a Nissan Maxima. he had also bouth a brand new PC with all the whistles and bells. We were sitting in his den, when all of a sudden, right out of the blue, his computer turns on and boots up. We are sitting there looking at each other with expressions of surprise on out faces, when his new car right outside just starts up, like someone is about to drive away. he jumps up, rushes out to see who is messing with his car, only to find no one there, and the doors locked. he couldn't even get inside. My friend is a bit excentric and I could see that he was a bit spooked. I suggested we call the previous owner of the car, and he did. Then my buddy found out the car had a remote start function, something he had missed when he bought the car. he had sat on the switch and had inadvertently started the car. He was relieved. I called the guy at home who built the computer, and told him the story. He laughed so hard he nearly fell off his sofa. He infomed us that the computer has a softswitch so that when the software sensed an incoming telephone fax, the computer would boot to receive the fax message. disconnecting the phone line to the computer solved the problem until we could reset the switch.

It was a funny event though, with everything booting up all at once.!!

Regards,

John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Larry Chase wrote:

>Volks, > >Ok .. so there I am last night, peacefully sleeping at around >mid-night. > >The only sounds are an agitated surf breaking against the beach. > >When all of a sudden I hear "Push" the sound of suddenly escaping air or >some other substance that was under pressure. > >Definitely coming from outside and from somewhere in the front of the >vehicle. > >Shoot, I Think, One of them damn Raccoons or Nutria chewed thru a tire:) > >After maybe 60 seconds it stopped. > >Finally gathering enough courage to explore the depths of the darkness >... I grab the ole trusty Mag light and hit the ground. > >All tires look normal. > >The night is deadly quiet. > >Back in the Van I spend the next couple of hours tossing and turning ... >trying to figure out what it could have been. > >The spare tire I think. It had a plug in it, maybe the plug suddenly >gave way. But why only 60 seconds of escaping air. > >This morning I check the spare ... it's fine and fully inflated. > >The othe thing I thought of was one of the LP tanks had some sort of a >release. > >Checking both tanks ..... They both are still unmder pressure ... Of >cours ei can't tell if they lost and gas or not. > >But they both still have gas in them. > >Is there any reason one of them would have had any kind of spontaneous >release? > >A pressure build up due to temp, humidity, barometric pressure ... >Anything? > >If not, does anyone have any idea what else could make such a sound? > >It's kind of like the air release on some vehicle with air brakes. > >A quick, short release of pressure. > >I'm stumped. > > >the only people for me are, >the mad ones, mad to live. >~Jack Kerouac, "On the Road" > >Larry Chase >Email: RoadGuy@RoadHaus.com >Web: WWW.RoadHaus.com >Cell: 408.202.1217 >What: North American Road Trip >How: RoadHaus - 1990 White VW Westfalia Syncro >Today: Florida > > >


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