On 1/31/2014 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.

This is a repeat of your previous post. Is that Blackberry stuttering again?

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.


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There’s no point crying over spilled 4-Methylcyclohexanemethanol.

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. ;-)

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.



--
There’s no point crying over spilled 4-Methylcyclohexanemethanol.

On 1/31/2014 8:00 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
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.



Glad you cleared that up. We can add litterbugging to your long rap
sheet. Thanks.

On 1/31/14, 8:18 AM, Hank wrote:
On 1/31/2014 8:00 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
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.



Glad you cleared that up. We can add litterbugging to your long rap
sheet. Thanks.


You just can't behave in here, can you?

--
There’s no point crying over spilled 4-Methylcyclohexanemethanol.

On 1/31/2014 8:19 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:



Glad you cleared that up. We can add litterbugging to your long rap
sheet. Thanks.


You just can't behave in here, can you?

It's difficult.

On 1/31/14, 8:38 AM, Hank wrote:
On 1/31/2014 8:19 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:



Glad you cleared that up. We can add litterbugging to your long rap
sheet. Thanks.


You just can't behave in here, can you?

It's difficult.

Perhaps the answer lies in Anger Management classes.

--
There’s no point crying over spilled 4-Methylcyclohexanemethanol.

On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 04:11:02 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

On Friday, January 31, 2014 1:14:32 AM UTC-6, wrote:
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 21:08:49 -0800 (PST), Tim

wrote:



On Thursday, January 30, 2014 9:58:55 PM UTC-6, thumper wrote:





That sounds like a drive I took from Detroit to Grand Rapids in a '68 VW



Beetle during a huge overnight ice storm. I was at the edge of traction



sliding the whole way but probably averaged 40-50 mph. The VW did well



compared to all the trucks and cars off the road.



That was courtesy of the rear engine weight and lighter front end, plus independent back suspension



My biggest problem



was the lack of defroster and freezing rain on the windshield that would



cause the wipers to stick. I cracked the windshield whacking it with my



hand to free the wipers... that and the gas pedal linkage freezing.



Too bad your bug wasn't equipped with a gasoline heater...



Old beetles had that carbon monoxide heater, right off the exhaust

manifold and no fan. Going down the road it worked OK if you were

driving a ways.

How well do I remember. I was raised in a '64 bug...

Our first car in Germany as an underpaid 2LT was a 1959 Karmann Ghia - my cheap Porsche. Fun car for
whipping around German roads, although not a speed demon on the autobahn. Whenever I had to pick up
a soldier who had a little too much to drink, got wild, and was in a German jail, I'd make him ride
in the back seat of that KG - all the way back to the barracks. Word got around. My back seat was
not a place to ride!

On 1/31/2014 8:50 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 1/31/14, 8:38 AM, Hank wrote:
On 1/31/2014 8:19 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:



Glad you cleared that up. We can add litterbugging to your long rap
sheet. Thanks.


You just can't behave in here, can you?

It's difficult.

Perhaps the answer lies in Anger Management classes.

Sorry, another Dr. Harry misdiagnosis.