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Subject:Re: Friday: Best Stupid Automotive Product
From:Max Wellhouse
Date:Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:59:21 -0600

Steven Wright talked about the time he felt environmentally friendly
and decided to buy a set of the deer whistles to put on a car.  He
accidentally installed them backwards and the next time he went for a
drive, he had a herd of deer following him down the road.

He tells it better than I do.

DM&FS

At 03:47 PM 11/23/2007, Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote:

>Did anyone mention Deer Whistlers yet ?
>In case anyone doesn't know, they're things you put on the front pumper, air
>flowing through them is supposed to make an ultrasonic sound that we can't
>hear, but deer can.
>
>I highly recommend Rain-X, on all glass, including outside mirrors.
>Lasts a couple of months maybe.  Super useful on the windshield.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
>Jim @ Work
>Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 9:37 AM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Friday: Best Stupid Automotive Product
>
>Rain-X....  Good stuff.  Yes, it works as advertised.  Don't leave home
>without it.
>
>Jim
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 9:18 AM
>Subject: Re: Friday: Best Stupid Automotive Product
>
>
> > Anybody tried Rain-X?? Which side of the fence does it fall on? It is
> > for real and really work - like a pistol-grip fly gun , or is it like
> > Sky-hooks, Blinker Fluid, Paper Bag Stretchers, Bird-tail salters, moose
> > catchers, Polar Bear pea traps, and the like?