Yup! That's the way it works on the older carb'ed cars. . And if your
vehicle is not in the best of tuning, you can blast a big cloud of black
smoke out there as well. That  used to REALLY get'em!! Been guilty many
times.

Course there can be a penalty - you can split your muffler!!!

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
> re "Do not explode the exhaust box at him'
> This a real trick that I read about in a US motorcycle magazine about 10
> years ago : .
> for getting people off your tail............
> you keep the bike ( or vanagon - but I haven't tried this ) in gear
> but turn
> off the key  ( the steering won't lock as long as you don't turn the key
> full left and pull on it ) .............you turn off the ignition while
> still moving and keep it in gear........
> unfortunately, on a fuel injected vanagon that'll also shut off the
> fuel............but on a carb vehicle fuel still goes through the
> engine and
> into the exhaust system, on some anyway .......................you do
> it for
> about 5 seconds, then turn the key back on ..............the result is a
> huge load bang/explosion sound out of the exhaust system.
> Scares the hell out of 'em and they back off.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter T. Owsianowski" <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 7:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [NVC] Beware of the Skid Demon
>
>
>> Some of us have accidentally "exploded our exhaust boxes" at one time
>> or another.
>>
>> That was very funny, thanks for sharing!
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9/18/08, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:
>>> Volks,
>>>
>>> Tomorrow being Fryedaye, and today being not - and my expecting to be
>>> out of town on Frydaye - I thought I would stretch it a bit and post
>>> this, rather than sit on it another week.
>>>
>>> Could be a stretch, but Vanagons could be affected as in line 5,  I
>>> suppose.
>>>
>>> Enjoy!!
>>>
>>> John Rodgers
>>> 88 GL Driver
>>>
>>> *HOW TO RIDE MOTORCYCLES*
>>>
>>> 1962 Safety Rules from Honda
>>>
>>> Taken from a 1962 Honda Motor Cycle Instruction Book. Translated by
>>> Honda for the American Motorcycle Rider
>>>
>>> 1. At the rise of the hand by Policeman, stop rapidly. Do not pass him
>>> by or otherwise disrespect him.
>>>
>>> 2. When a passenger of the foot, hooves in sight, tootel the horn
>>> trumpet melodiously at first. If he still obstacles your passage,
>>> tootel
>>> him with vigor and express by word of mouth, warning Hi, Hi.
>>>
>>> 3. Beware of the wandering horse that he shall not take fright as you
>>> pass him. Do not explode the exhaust box at him. Go smoothingly by.
>>>
>>> 4. Give big space to the festive dog that makes sport in roadway.
>>> Avoid entanglement of dog with wheel spokes.
>>>
>>> 5. Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon.
>>> Press the brake foot as you roll around the corners, and save the
>>> collapse and tie up.
>>>
>>
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>>
>> Pete
>> '79 Westy "Aardvark"
>> '87 Westy "Joe's Van"
>> WWW.Busesbythebeach.com
>
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