Date: 28 Jun 1998 23:53:34 -0600 From: klaus <klausnopsamsion.xmission.com> Subject: Re: Car stories: was cheap accommodation
Comments, anyone? Anthea <ant_knopsamities.com> wrote: > Reminds me of the time the parents took the Saab up to look at a bit of > land I was contemplating buying (in the Tinderrys, for Aussie readers. > That's the interesting mountain range behind Michelago). The road was > pretty rough (actually bloody rough) and when they'd looked at the land and > returned to the car, it was as dead as a door-nail. Turns out there's a > fancy computer in there that turns off the fuel if the car rolls. > The rough road had convinced the computer that the car had rolled. > So there they were, in the snow...with their heated side mirrors. > Had to go rescue them in the Peugeot (my Daihatsu Charade of the time would > not have enjoyed that road either).