The road reflectors are not only recessed (sp) below the surface, but they
also have two little metal arches on either side of them so as the snowplows
sort of "ramp" over them.  and as long as we are talking about disappearing
vehicles, did natural selection lend its migrational tendencies to the  Vega
as well?  I had one of these as my second car, I bought it for 35 bucks(my
1st was a '72 Fiat Spyder and go figure, I'm 6'6",  I had to wear my chuck
taylors all the time instead of my engineer boots because the pedals were so
close together, yes even closer than a Beetle).  Some of the El caminos
migrated to Southern IL,  I see quite a few of them around down here.  
Peter DePaoli
Carbondale,IL
'69 Panel Camper
'71 Westy (parts anybody?)
'73 Snooper Beetle

At 11:01 AM 1/2/96 -0600, Norman Leong wrote:
>Dan "let's carp on California" Houg inquires:
>
>>but there remains one California mystery unsolved...
>>How do keep all those plastic reflectors imbedded in the roads from 
>>being scraped off by the snowplows?
>
>Happy new year, Dan, I trust you had a pleasant stay in (somewhat) sunny
>Cal....
>
>Seems to me those plastic road refelctors get scraped off just like anywhere
>else,
>(didn't you go to Lake Tahoe?) but I've noticed some of the newer reflectors
>sit
>below the level of the road surface, thereby escaping the long blade of the
>plow.
>
>Norman "I've got 50 series tires on my car, too!" Leong
>norman_leong@baynetworks.com
>