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>> Incidentally, my wife and I tent-camped out of a Fastback for two weeks down deep in >> Mexico a few years ago. What an experience! And I have a bunch of stories to tell you >> about vehicle repairs in Mexico (no one has any Type III parts there). >I'm sure more of us would like to hear these too... please post publicly! Well, due to underwhelming demand, I will tell a story a day. Those of you with better things to do...like trimming your nose hair...can skip these yarns. We (my wife and I) had pitched our tent and made camp on a beach down near Puerta Villarta. After a couple of days of eating fresh shrimp fried in tempura batter and lazing around on the beach, we decided it was time to mosey on. An elderly man watched us as we packed up the Fastback...things on the luggage rack on top, things in the front luggage compartment, and things in the rear luggage compartment. As we were finishing, he came up to us and asked, don't you have an engine in that car? No, we told him, we were hand-pushing the vehicle through Mexico. That seemed to satisfy his curiosity...hey, you know how loco these gringo turistas are, anyway! Tomorrow...the thrilling story of our spending the night in a coconut tree field...and guess what fell and thumped all around us during the night? I can't wait to get back to Mexico this summer. We will be going in Hitler's Revenge (my Type II camper van) because I am too old and grouchy to sleep in a tent any more. Although, if my wife can't go with me because of her work schedule, I might take my squareback and sleep in it. I haven't been to Mexico in a while, and my huaraches with the white wall Michelin tread soles have worn out. Time to buy some new tread. Any suggestions from the tire experts on the list? I think General Popo might be nice this time around... Volks...start thinking about the Type III Caravan tour of Mexico. What a concept...dozens of us tearing down the road in squares and fasts and notches... Ah, poor Mexico...el mundo esta lleno de turistas... My 'pologies if anyone out there thinks (quite properly) that my incoherent ramblings about my Mexican trips don't quite fit the Type III mission. Heck, just delete 'em without reading... that's what I would do! Best... Phil dillard@suu.edu "If the #2 pencil is the most popular of all pencils, why is it still #2?"