Yeah, Pete Rose was heading up a cheerleadeer car wash at Hardee's last
weekend and he accidentally mixed sand in the wash water bucket.  He then
passed out the "$20 dollars worth of free bodywork with every new paint job
" discount cards as the folks dropped their donation in the big bucket.  or
wasthat an old Earl Scheib trick?

DM&FS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ari Ollikainen" <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: 25mpg city 35 mpg highway in a Vanagon!

> At 3:50 PM -0400 10/19/01, Kitzmann wrote:
> >Ran across this, oh so slightly unbelievable, statement on Ebay today. "
> >The engine runs smooth and you won't believe the gas mileage this thing
> >gets(25/35)."  Or do Californians use kpg?
>
>         No...SOME Californians who post vehicle for sale of eBay use
>         plain ol' deceit:
>
>         "This is to the best of my knowledge an accurate description of
>         this vehicle."
>
>         Obviously the seller has a low-knowledge threshold of his vehicle
>         including the lie about "existing warranty"...notice that he
>         never reveals WHEN the engine was rebuilt.
>
>         I like the part about the "oversized piston rings"...not to
mention
>         the "independent strut front suspension".
>
>         "Everywhere I drive it, I get pulled over for questions and
>         compliments"
>
>         In California? For a Vanagon with mismatched paint on the right
>         side panels? Perhaps he gets offers of paint jobs?