So dis guy sez

Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliot · 2004-05-22T00:30:43+00:00

It's about 10 in the morning and I'm at local coffee house, cooling down and enjoying a cold soft drink and a maple scone after a 20-mile bike ride. Couple fellows at the next table are talking about-- of all things -- aircooled Volkswagens. I join in the conversation and we swap stories of a VW nature. They have more stories to tell than I, since this is my first.As they get up to leave, one of the fellows offers a bit of advice about air-fuel mixture. "Just because your plugs appear sooty doesn't mean that the mixture is too rich in a VW," he says. "Problem is, with short trips and even the idling as you pull into your driveway, you'll soot up your plugs. Thing to do is drive aways on a freeway. Pick an offramp where there's not likely to be any traffic, and as you turn off, kill the engine and coast to a stop. Don't let the engine idle. Then pull your plugs and look at 'em. You'll get a truer picture of things that way."I thanked him for his advice, but ever since then I've been wondering if he has a clue, or whether he's passing on some hoary old automobile legend. Or even if he was blowing smoke up my biking shorts. What do you guys think?

So dis guy sez

May 22, 2004 25 Replies

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Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliot 22 years ago

Dan'l! Where you been?!?

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jjs 22 years ago

It's Davey. Ya know, the guy in the coonskin cap?

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Shaggie 22 years ago

Hard as it may be to believe, that reminds me of a horribly politically incorrect rhyme I learned while growing up. The Daniel Boone part, I mean. :-) It starts out: Daniel Boone was a man! He was a big...man!

Then things get offensive.

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Jan Andersson 22 years ago

Davey Crockett. Daniel Boone. What's the diff.

Jan

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Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliot 22 years ago

Davey! Where you been?!?

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Busahaulic 22 years ago

Trubbel is, that bear could smell a fire before it starts to flame.... .... and now look at the state of forest fires in the U.S.! You kilt Smokey. (Or was that Bandit?) You did a damned poor job patchin' up the crack in the Liberty Bell, too. Look at the Crack that's in there now!

I used to wear a Davy Crockett outfit when I was little, but don't tell anyone!

I've

that too obscure?)

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