Date:         Fri, 7 Jun 1996 08:23:38 GMT+1000
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From:         David Yates <D.Yates@botany.uq.edu.au>
Subject:      Re: The Magic number 3600 & Over-optimistic speedometer

Don't know if its relevant, but in Botswana, at all petrol (gas)
stations there is a small portable ramp.  When young drivers (VW or
other)  pull up they ask that the ramp be put behind the rear wheel
on the petrol-filler side of the vehicle and they back onto it,
elevating the car by maybe a foot or more. Must sell more petrol too.

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Dr David Yates                     
Botany Department                   
The University of Queensland     
Brisbane, Qld, 4072
Australia
phone +61 7 3365 2070
fax   +61 7 3365 1699
WWW Page http://www.botany.uq.edu.au/

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