Humor
"Bump Start"
About five years ago the battery in my beat-up VW Beetle had died because I left the lights on overnight.
I was in a hurry to get to work on time so I ran into the house to get my wife to give me a hand to start the car.
I told her to get into our second car, a prehistoric oversized gas-guzzler, and use it to push my car fast enough to start it. I pointed out to her that because the VW had an Autostick, it needed to be pushed at least 30 mph for it to start. She said fine, hopped into her car and drove off.
I sat there fuming wondering what she could be doing. A minute passed by and when I saw her in the rear-view mirror coming at me at about 40 mph, I realized that I should have been a bit clearer with my directions.
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VW Trips & Tales
Edited Email from Member, Robert O. Jr. –
Well I've
done it again. I'm thinking about calling my bug "Da Marathon Bug." I went
to Jackson, MS for a one-day trip on a Saturday, and on Monday I had to go
to New Orleans for some family business and returned on Tuesday. On the
way there and back Da Bug was more than willing to pass up all of those
newer vehicles and leave them in our tracks. We smoked a couple of NuBees
as well. The only problem was that once we hit Louisiana and stopped for
gas the car refused to start. I was blessed to meet a guy named Paul who
jacked da bug up and bridged the starter and da bug fired right up. I was
particularly pleased because I had my youngest son, Da Josh Man, with me.
Since then da bug has started every time. What gives?
While in Jackson I met a guy who was driving a 1967 Porsche 911 and had eight working bugs in his yard. I told him about our show and he's going to tow up one of his bugs to display. Ain't that cool? Oh, get this; the reason he stopped me was because I was driving a Bug. Talk about family everywhere!