In a message dated 5/11/02 8:58:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Rgsmithers@AOL.COM writes:

> kilometers per hour and that is ***much*** different from miles per hour!
>
> My dear friend, Thor, and I tried to take the Vanagon to be detail cleaned
> and polished yesterday. After driving on the four lane highway for a few
> miles, Thor, who was following me, started to flash the headlights like an
> insane man.  Not knowing what was wrong and more than a ***little***
> panicked, it was all I could do to pull over without wrecking.  I jumped out
> expecting something to be drastically wrong only to be told by Thor, in a
> rather snippy tone, that I was driving too slowly.  Although I kept going
> faster and faster, this same scene was acted out by us twice more in ten
> miles.  By the third time we stopped, Thor was having a ***hissyfit****!!!
> As I thought I had been driving at an absolutely terrifying 85 miles per
> hour, we decided that my speedometer must be broken.
>
> Instead of the car detail shop, we dropped the Vanagon at the Volkswagen
> dealership.  My spirits were lifted when we returned to pick up the Vanagon
> because there is nothing wrong with the speedometer mechanism. :)  It is
> only
> that the speedometer shows the speed as kilometers per hour which is slower
> than miles per hour.  Look on the face of your speedometer; if it says
> "km/h", drive faster.  I know this is hard to believe, but it will show 100
> (!!!!) when you are going sixty miles per hour.  Paco, the mechanic,
> explained it all to me.  Also, he was very excited about my van and he would
> like to buy it whenever I sell it.  You meet the ***nicest*** people when
> you
> are driving a Vanagon!
>
> Pinky
>

this is a joke, right?   i assume it is, after the whole motorized sunroof
deal...
"thor' "paco" "hissyfit".. thinking KPH is MPH while taking your van to the
"detail shop" ...   come on..   ;<P
"pinky, thor, and paco"  or Larry , Curly and Moe??
;<)
chris