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- From: ehawrysh@bnr.ca (Evan Hawrysh)
- Subject: Re: >>> how do i get taur
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.145909.654@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
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- Organization: BNR
- References: <1993Jan25.4168.218@dosgate>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 14:59:09 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- In article 218@dosgate, "tom neumann" <tom.neumann@canrem.com> () writes:
- >
- >Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser) writes:
- >
- >HR>If it's not a power antenna, and it's the stock 1-piece steel "whip"
- >HR>style Taurus antenna, it does NOT go down. It'll go thru a car wash
- >HR>just fine.
- >
- >You probably will get away with it 9,999 times out of 10,000 but:
- >
- >We had one customer that took their 90 Volkswagen Golf (with the
- >exact same antenna you refer to) through a car wash; one that they
- >had gone through many times before with the antenna attached.
- >
- >This ONE time the antenna got caught in the roller-brush. It picked
- >the car right off of the floor as the antenna wrapped around the
- >roller! It pulled part of the fender around the antenna mount up
- >about a half of a foot before the roller stopped turning.
- >
- >It's the only time I've heard of it, and odds are you'll usually get
- >away with it, but I think it would still be a bit safer to take the
- >antenna off.
- >
- >Tom Neumann
- >---
-
- This reminds me of the time my brother took his 1976 Mustang II (boredom zero)
- through an automatic wash. The roller yanked the antenna off and mercilessly
- began to whip the car. Can't say it didn't deserve it though.
-
- Evan
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