At 12:08 AM 7/16/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Carl - I swear the only use I have ever had for an automobile horn is to
>attract the attention of good looking women in the vicinity, friends I
>wanted to wave at or dumb animals who like to wander around in the road.
>
>I HAVE heard rumors that horns are useful for "warning" folks of stuff
>that might be dangerous, but I have never witnessed the effectiveness of
>this use.
>
>This may be the reason that I have NEVEr suffered from the lack of a
>horn.   BOB-WA4RRN
>
AHhhhh Rob - you're missing one of the truly great joys of driving a slow,
underpowered, almost invisible vehicle (howcum nobody on the road with us
gives our wimpy vanagons the respect they deserve..) if you've wired up *4*
of JCW 130dB horns, + the 'ocean liner' horn, fed by  Big Red Wire and 2x30
amp relays, you won't *believe* the path you clear when you cut loose; I
only do it a few times a year, but jeez it's fun & gets results!!

Austin