...I used the same tactic with my '79 Rabbit diesel with a "zillion" miles on it, only I would not go to the shoulder and downshift to fourth. VWRuss
At 12:12 PM 12/31/1999 +0100, Per Lindgren wrote: >Bulley wrote: > >> If I'm not already in the right lane, I move there. I gently drop my speed >> to the speed limit, or slightly below. Our license plate helps "PASS US". >> If need be, I pull to the right shoulder slightly, and slow significantly. > >This sounds just like the little experience I had just few months after the >Berlin wall fell, and the east Germans went on holiday all over Europe. I was >driving behind a stinking, smoking, two-stroke Wartburg with way too much >luggage and 5 people. At the first sign of a hill, the driver put on his right >blinker and headed for the right shoulder to creep up and trying his best to >be out of the way. Needless to say, my squareback was a racer compared to >this. Imagine them going through Europe this way! Patience my friend, >patience! > >PerL >87 Syncro 112i > |
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