On 10/30/2017 1:47 PM, Casa de los peregrinos wrote:
> On 10/30/2017 11:25 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 10/30/2017 12:43 PM, Casa de los peregrinos wrote:
>>> On 10/30/2017 11:22 AM, Gary wrote:
>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Doris Night" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 15:33:36 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Ding - Dong Daddy" > wrote in
>>>>>>> message
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That's a new one on me...I know I'll never visit an IKEA again
>>>>>>>> because
>>>>>>>> they force you to go through a cattle shoot to buy anything.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was there once. Horrible! That store has since moved. Not sure
>>>>>>> how it is
>>>>>>> at the new location. We didn't even buy much. Had a bite to eat
>>>>>>> in the
>>>>>>> cafe.
>>>>>>> They did have a salad bar. See Steve! I remembered a salad bar.
>>>>>>> Not near
>>>>>>> me
>>>>>>> though. Good two hour drive from here. Got a desk for Angela, a
>>>>>>> few desk
>>>>>>> accessories, a couple of cheap blankets because it turned cold
>>>>>>> that day
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> we were freezing in the car.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Don't your cars in the US have heaters?
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes but mine only has heat in the front. Husband's old car had it
>>>>> in the
>>>>> back. Most cheaper cars don't though.
>>>>
>>>> WTH? Please explain this one, Julie. I've never head of a car
>>>> having a separate heater in the back. This is an odd thing that
>>>> you have said. Most vehicles have a front heater and are
>>>> sufficient to heat the entire vehicle.
>>>>
>>>
>>> VW Karmann Ghia comes to mind:
>>>
>>> https://auto.howstuffworks.com/volks...mann-ghia2.htm
>>
>> Forgot about that.Â* I had two Ghias and since the engine was in the
>> rear, the heat came from the back.Â* Except on my '64 convertible where
>> the heat ducts rusted away and had no heat.Â* My Corvair had heat ducts
>> both front and back but again, it all came from the back.
>
>
> Many of the VW heaters were also gas powered - freaky!
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvWN4CVbAuM
>
> Hard to imagine NHTSA ever letting that pass muster today.
>
>
Corvair had a gas heater in 60 and 61. It was supposed to be rather
good too. It cut your mileage by 6 or 7 MPG when used.
I had a Monza coupe, a fun car to drive with a modified shifter to make
a short stroke between gears. It even has an AM/FM radio.