... LOL @ 'Spaw's stretch limo story ...

We had some events up at Texas A&M where some guy always turned up with a crew-cab Ford Pickup. The fun part was wagering on how many pylons he'd have stuck between the dual rear wheels when crossing the finish line.

One of our family vehicles was a VW van, with a notoriously balky starter. Some mornings the whole clan would wind up pushing it halfway down the street before getting it bump-started. One gusty day we actually managed to point it downwind, open the doors and get it rolling fast enough to start.

I dunno about *performance* in the VW van, but we had kittens littered under the back seat on the way to school one morning. One of those cats grew up to be a regular Tounces, riding straddled on the steering wheel or helping the driver turn.

~S~