I used to....Get in the car, start it, then fumble around for the seat belt latch, fumble through CD wallet, fumble for match to light the cigar etc. Now I do all of the above....
then start the car. I must be saving a gallon a year!
Some of you may remember a quaint & touching movie that came out in the mid '70s during the first great gas crunch (jacked up to 50 cents per gallon!!!) called "Pete 'n Tillie" with Walter Mattheau & Carol Burnett. One ongoing schtick in the movie was Mattheau's very anal next door neighbor who bought a VW bug, & ad nauseatingly raved about the fantastic mileage it delivered. For yucks, Mattheau & his son began to sneak over, & add about a gallon a night to the bug's tank. The neighbor now bragged daily that he was getting better & better mileage...now gloating up to 50 mpg!! Of course, they then began to siphon off the same amount nightly. Now the increasingly anguished look on the neighbor's face was worth the price of admission.
Ron (remember the days of cheap $2.00 gas...two months ago?)
