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- From: brooks@mcnc.org (Ted Brooks)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech,rec.autos
- Subject: Fun pranks to pull with your car (Was: ++WHICH OIL BEST FOR)
- Message-ID: <9215@alvin.mcnc.org>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 16:40:36 GMT
- Followup-To: rec.autos.tech
- Organization: Center for Microelectronics, MCNC; RTP, NC
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- > I've had a bit of fun with my older SAABs (they used 2-stroke engines until
- > 1968) at gas stations. Occasionally, I'll get strange looks as I take my
- > gallon gascan out of the trunk, pour a quart of two-stroke oil in it, fill
- > the gascan halfway or so with gas, shake it, and pour it into the tank, then
- > fill the tank. It's quite a production, really. Anyway, this Yuppie Scum
- > in a BMW was watching me from across the pumps, with the classic
- > 'what the hell are you doing' look. I told him, "Well, the car has 210,000
- > miles on the engine, and has never had an oil change. I just dump it in
- > here and figure it will take care of itself." At that point, I went in to pay
- > and when I came out, he was STILL standing there dumbly, dazed and confused.
-
- > I LOVE it when that happens!
-
- > Dave Hinz - Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's. Obviously.
-
- Sure keeps 'em guessing!!!
-
- Reminds me of an article I read about a guy with a '56 Chevy who loves to pull
- into the full service gas pumps and tell them to fill it up. If the attendant
- hasn't ever seen one of these, he'll NEVER find the gas cap - it's hidden
- BEHIND the left taillight. You have to turn an innocuous-looking piece of
- chrome trim on the tailllight assembly, and the taillight hinges downward.
- (About as obvious as secret doors & passageways in a whodunit mystery).
-
- More in the vein of the "jury rig your car or die" thread, I was riding with
- a guy back to school in the pouring rain when the vacuum wipers on his
- Javelin crapped out - while we were still 3 hours from school. Fortunately,
- he had some baling twine in the trunk, which we attached to the wiper arms
- and ran in through the windows. The expressions of the drivers passing us
- was priceless.
-
- Anybody else out there who has some interesting pranks they pull simply to
- enjoy boggling other driver's minds?
-
- Ted Brooks
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