"Signing up to help moderate the list I have no regrets about. Yet." Heh. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore. On 09/21/2012 01:39 PM, David Beierl wrote: > At 11:35 AM 9/21/2012, Roland wrote: >> before I leave home. (Many years ago with our old Vanagon my wife drove >> into the garage with the rear hatch all the way open which bent the wiper >> and added some "character" to the metal). > > That hatch is invisible from the driver's seat when it's raised. I > think maybe I'll go hang a donkey's tail from it, or an AOL CD or > something. That's bitten me twice now, fortunately not badly - but > still. Once into another Vanagon's open hatch, and once into the > inside of an open garage door. Both times while working on a Vanagon. > > I guess that, along with driving the Westy seven miles once with the > top up,* are my big stupids. Signing up to help moderate the list I > have no regrets about. Yet. <g> > > *It did seem a bit sluggish once I got to 45 mph, but that's as fast > as I was going. It was night time, going from my folks' house to a > friend's along countryish roads. Got to my destination, turned back > to shut the door and almost had a heart attack. > > Subsequent thought - headlight-alarm type buzzer, goes off when > reverse gear engaged with any door open. Easy-peasy. AOL CD in the > meantime. No, Alistair, I'm not going to use La Cucharacha for that > either. Beetle horn, maybe. ;-) > > Yrs, > David |
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