Not the hills; the cell phone reception. Take a look at Verizon's service map and notice the service coverage in Nevada. Las Vegas, Reno, and Tahoe are pretty well covered; rest of state is not. Pretty typical of The West.

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message----- |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of |Tom Hargrave |Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 10:15 PM |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM |Subject: Re: tools to have onhand... | |Understood - I pretty much travel between Milwaukee WI and Huntsville AL - |not too many hills between here & there but the snow can get interesting. | | | |Tom | |www.towercooler.com | | | | | |From: Jake de Villiers [mailto:crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com] |Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 11:09 PM |To: Tom Hargrave |Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com |Subject: Re: tools to have onhand... | | | |Urban Easterners vs Westerners | |When you break down/get stuck/injure yourself in the mountainous West, all |the cell phones in the world won't help you! | |You'd better have a better plan that that. And maybe a chainsaw. ;) | | | | |On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 7:49 PM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote: | |I drive a lot - over 50K a year and can say the best 2 tools to take on the |road are a cell phone and a list of friends. | |A wireless internet connection rates a distant third. | |Tom |www.towercooler.com | | | |-----Original Message----- |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of |Larry Alofs |Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 9:42 PM |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM |Subject: Re: tools to have onhand... | |I'm not clear whether you are talking about your whole collection or a |set to take on the road. Except for a breaker bar and socket for |lugnuts, I don't take any half inch drive stuff when traveling. I do |take some silicone rescue tape and some strapping tape. | How about combination wrenches ( box and open end )? Vice grips: 5" |needle nose and 7" curved jaw with cutter. Screw drivers? | How do you turn the bolts on your CV joints? | |Larry A. | |On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Harry Hoffman |<hhoffman@ip-solutions.net> wrote: |> Hi All, |> |> So, it's been a while since I've owned a VW (only T2 before now). Since |> the breakdown I've decided to make sure I'm prepared, tool-wise, so |> here's what I've got. |> |> I'd appreciate any pointers on things I'm missing or things I'm carrying |> that don't make sense |> |> Tools: |> Socket Wrenches: (1) 1/2" drive, (2) 3/8" drive |> Sockets: 6mm-21mm 3/8" drive |> Deep Sockets (3/8" drive): 9mm-19mm, 21mm |> Large Sockets (1/2" drive): 27mm, 28mm, 30mm, 32mm, 36mm |> Torque Wrench (1/2" drive) |> Cheater Bar (1/2" drive) |> Open Ended Wrenches: 6mm-19mm |> File Set |> Magnetic Pullers: (2) with Mirrors |> Adapters: several 3/8" and 1/2" adapters and extenders |> Allen Wrenches: Up to 17mm |> Small ball peen hammer |> hacksaw |> mallet |> metal clippers |> Dwell/Tach tester |> pocket multi-meter |> Inductive timing light |> battery charger 120v |> |> I have everything fitted into ziplock bags. It's amazing what you can |> fit into a toolbox when everything is nicely organized. We'll see how |> long that lasts ;-) |> |> Cheers, |> Harry |> | | | | |-- |Jake | |1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van' |1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie' | |Crescent Beach, BC | |www.thebassspa.com |www.crescentbeachguitar.com |http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27