Date:         Mon, 14 Mar 2005 09:53:34 -0600
Reply-To:     Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
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From:         Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Life after speedometer, why do they break? KEYS
Comments: To: Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
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Robert:
Maaayybee, BUT:
How can you stand the racket? anything that rattles in my car bothers
me. It diverts my attention form hearing the important things like loose
shifter bushings and upper control arm bushings, etc. (I do have ADD, so
maybe I'm hypersensitive to such inputs!)
SOO, I just never take the key out of the car. Out of the ignition, and
onto the factory built holder for it ahead of the tach/ clock. On the
one vehicle that occasionally gets locked, I have another key for the
door lock on my ring.
After a decade or so of doing this, it is just so pleasant to not have
to dig for keys.  I guess our old 1960 Corvette spoiled me- It had an
unlocked off position- you could drive it all the time without a key and
never lock it.
I seldom lock the Vanagons anyway, none of the bad people around here
would want one, NONE of them would  know how to drive a stick, and most
of them are afraid of me- because I look too scary?
Seriously, need to borrow my car? the keys are in it.
Al Brase

Robert Keezer wrote:

>Sam, I think the trip meter warning to reset only when
>stopped is just another bourbon legend passed along
>because it sounds good.
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>Just like the one where passengers warn you not to
>have too many keys on the keychain or it will break
>the switch.
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>I have enough keys to double as a small dingy anchor
>and in tens years the switch hasn't broke yet.
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