Date:         Wed, 2 Sep 2009 15:43:25 -0700
Reply-To:     Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagons and part
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That's the radio? I've always called that the 'wife'. Y'know, ya learn
something new every day....

Cya,
Robert

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of B
Feddish
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 8:01 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Vanagons and part

So I'm drivin down the road, I turn on my radio and hear:

She packed my bags last night pre-flight
"Mr. Feddish, you have seam rust on the left side, please pull into the
nearest body shop to have that repaired."
Zero hour nine a.m.
"Mr. Feddish, you have low compression in cylinder #3, please pull into a
local garage and get that rebuild or replaced with a Zetec."
And i'm gonna be high as a kite by then
"Mr. Feddish, your transmission has about 5 miles left to go on it, please
have it replaced immediatly".
I miss the earth so much i miss my wife
"Mr. Feddish, your passenger side upper control arm has been squeaking since
1996, please please fix that."
It's lonely out in space
On such a timeless flight
"Mr. Feddish, your Air Conditioning continues to thwart you, maybe you
should rip it out."

No thank you. ;)

Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Rocket J Squirrel
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 10:31 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Vanagons and part

On 9/2/2009 6:30 AM Dave Mcneely wrote:

> Some vehicles, Mercedes comes to mind, notify drivers via the sound
> system when a malfunction occurs.  So, my wife's nephew was driving,
> when the radio station he had tuned powered down, and a voice spoke to
> him, saying something like, "Mr. Tucker, we noticed that your right
> tail light has failed.  If you'll stop in to a convenient Mercedes
> service department, we'll repair it for you.  Thank you."  The radio
> came back up.

But as the cars add more and more interactive features, some way to pay for
all those features must be found, esp. in this economy where so many have
scaled bad. As a result, auto makers are turning more and more to sponsored
announcements.

"Mr. Tucker, we noticed that your right tail light has failed.  If you'll
stop in to a convenient Mercedes service department, we'll repair it for
you.  Thank you. This message brought to you by OxiClean. Hi, Billy Mays
here to share with you the most important product I have ever endorsed..."


--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano Bend, OR
KG6RCR