Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:43:43 -0500
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From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: What dumb thing do you repeatedly do with your Vanagon?
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---- Gregg Carlen <gregg.carlen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Put your keys on the latch-thingy. Your not going to drive off without them.
>
> My confession: I leave my keys in the locking gas cap so I can't drive off without putting the gas cap back on. My dumb thing is to leave the keys and the gas cap together sitting on top of the pump and don't realize it until I've climbed in to the drivers seat.
But, long ago, I began carrying a spare set of keys for vehicles because I had more than one time locked the keys inside. I even once when in the field for working removed all objects from my pockets before going into the water. I was many miles down a dirt road. Well, among the objects were the ignition keys. I locked them in the trunk.
Of course, VW took care of that one, by requiring a key to lock the driver's side door.
That didn't help me when I left the gas cap with keys on top of the gas pump just outside Glacier National Park and drove sixty miles before I knew what I had done. Drove back, and there was the gas cap with keys. That didn't teach me, I still leave the keys in the gas cap, but usually I place it on the passenger side floor -- not always.
mcneely
>
> Gregg
> 90 Westy (Blueberry)
>
> On Sep 21, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:
>
> > ---- Roland <syncronicity1@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >> Confession time folks!
> >>
> >> About 1/2 the time I drive off with the rear hatch part-way open. It won't
> >> fit in the garage, so I park it next to the house which is sometimes in
> >> full sun. So I use the rear hatch opener, the turnbuckle self assembled
> >> kind, to try and keep the interior cooler. But then I get in the Van,
> >> drive off, and then a block later ... hmmmm..... engine sounds noisy and it
> >> sure is smelly today..... and I have to stop and remove that prop-open
> >> latch thingy. I am not sure what I can do try and remember to remove it
> >> before I leave home.
> >
> > Pretty easy. Put a note on the steering wheel or dash. that should do it.
> >
> > (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).
> >>
> >> I have lots of other dumb things I repeatedly do with the Vanagon, but will
> >> leave room for others!
> >>
> >> Roland
> >
> > --
> > David McNeely
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David McNeely
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