I routinely pack up the van after camping and forget to lower the top.  I
usually see that though before I drive off!  Then I forget to close the
skylight and drive off . . .  The mental exercise of loading all my crap in
the nooks and crannies apparently exhausts my brain cells.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Roland
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 8:35 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.
Subject: What dumb thing do you repeatedly do with your Vanagon?

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.   (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