More like cousins since Ferdinand was in prison when the A was developed. On Dec 1, 2010 11:38 PM, "Mike Hayes" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Speaking of Porsche guys, I like to tell them my bus and there Porsche > are almost the same car. Just like brothers. That pisses them off. > > > > On 12/1/2010 9:44 PM, Denis Dodson wrote: >> >> So, I am driving up to Eureka Springs to go bar hopping with Dave, >> Brad and the beautiful Claudette. I was thinking, "jeez, there is a >> bunch of vibration". I am thinking transmission, I donno. And the >> steering is sluggish. I get to Eureka and a stop sign and I open the >> driver's door and look down to see... a flat. %#@! >> >> Well, since I ran in to the deer, and I have this oil leak, Murray had >> been put away for the season until I got the call of coming to Eureka >> for big fun. In for the season means that I have basically stripped >> the interior...INCLUDING MY SPARE TIRE! And, since I have the wide 5 >> EMPI mags, I require a stud and nut system (Sammie knows) so to put on >> a regular 15" spare I need stock lug nuts, which are attached to my >> spare WHICH IS AT HOME. So Brad and Dave both came to the gas station, >> where I had landed on a wing and a prayer, in their buses where we >> figured out that I could use Dave's good spare and everyone had to >> give up lug nuts to give me enough to get mobile. Phew! >> >> The gas station guy, who watched the whole drama as we used the >> bathroom to wash up or sold me Fix-a-flat, was fascinated, in an old >> guy sorta way, that we had fixed and were on our way. That is not the >> first time that spectators were amazed that we were fixed and had to >> go, thank you. >> >> We had a Porsche guys look at us and were also amazed that we were on >> our way. >> >> Bus people are different.// >>