On 1/31/14, 7:48 AM, Hank wrote:
On 1/31/2014 7:39 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 1/31/14, 6:56 AM, True North wrote:
I suffered afew years with a new 1972 Beetle.
I built a house in 1976 about 18 miles from downtown and all winter
I'd turn the heater off before getting home.
If I didn't remember to open the heater vents back up before exiting
the car, they froze and the next morning I'd be driving blind for the
first 5 miles. I eventually added a garage to my Cape Cod style house.


I had a '65 Beetle for a while when I worked in Kansas City. My
girlfriend at the time was a student at University of Missouri, in
Columbia. It was a several hour drive. On decent days, the drive was OK
but when the wind was howling or when there were lots of big trucks on
the highway, the VW would get blown all over the road. It was a nice
city car, though. The heater sucked, big time.


When you first started telling this story it was a 2 seater British
sports car that you eventially left by the side of the road when it
died. I hate litterbugs. ;-)

The two seater I left by the side of the road was an MG-A, and the
incident in which it caught fire occurred while returning from covering
a news story about the opening of a hospital at a military facility. It
had nothing to do with my girlfriend. Or the VW.

As always, have as nice a day as you can.



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