---- Roland <syncronicity1@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Confession time folks!
>
> About 1/2 the time I drive off with the rear hatch part-way open.  It won't
> fit in the garage, so I park it next to the house which is sometimes in
> full sun. So I use the rear hatch opener, the turnbuckle self assembled
> kind, to try and keep the interior cooler.  But then I get in the Van,
> drive off, and then a block later ... hmmmm..... engine sounds noisy and it
> sure is smelly today..... and I have to stop and remove that prop-open
> latch thingy.  I am not sure what I can do try and remember to remove it
> before I leave home.

Pretty easy.  Put a note on the steering wheel or dash.  that should do it.

 (Many years ago with our old Vanagon my wife drove
> into the garage with the rear hatch all the way open which bent the wiper
> and added some "character" to the metal).
>
> I have lots of other dumb things I repeatedly do with the Vanagon, but will
> leave room for others!
>
> Roland

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David McNeely