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OT: Anyone know the whereabouts of Ben Carter?



> >  to me).
>
> Huh huh huh huh... You said laid!!

<Ben, if he only knew our dirty little secrets eh?>

>
> Cathy, make no doubt about it, that was NOT Ben's mk1 you saw! That
> is just a mock up to fool you into thinking it was put away. Ben's
> Mk1 is deep in sub-level 3 of his underground Labyrinth where Ben's
> army of old school Oompa Loompas is busy at work on his latest series
> of mods. Said Labyrinth puts the design and testing facility at
> McLaren-Mercedes to SHAME!

Nordern femme said: Well, Ben's free to build ME a mock up any time he
likes then, it was a hell of a mock up. And I have no doubt he's up to some
evil plot, but while we're on the topic, Anson's been awful quiet too....

> More from la femme du nord:
> >  And for additoinal instruction, the above torque spec should
> >  not be used for the front, those should be torqued to RFT. Same
> >  on either scale. What are YOU building there, Mr Getty?
>
> I consume, not build! My cars are lucky if I even maintain them! On
> Friday night I drove up near NYC (~100 mi) and 1/2 way there my rear
> wheel bearing decided to start screaming like a banshee. Drove the
> remaining 50 miles, drank my face off like a good little boy, and
> then in the morning tried a game of "find an auto parts store on
> north jersey on x-mas eve". 

Sounds a lot like "My car's broke in the Buffalo Airport parking lot on a
weekend" to me. But a bit more challenging. And for the record, I love
Jersey. LOL. Sort of the Bermuda triangle for VWs.

Mind you, I did not know where to find a
> store, let alone one that was open! I was lucky and got all I needed
> between two parts stores, replaced the bearing in a friend's
> driveway, drove home, and have been fine since.

See, there ya go. No consuming, that sounded like fixing to me....
Cathy