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On 11 Nov 2005 at 0:41, Dave Hall wrote: > In my book 'toodling' suggests driving along in no special hurry, enjoying the > drive and not stressing yourself or the car. Now 'tooling' sounds like 'putting > the pedal to the metal' (apologies if it's a rude thing to say in the USA). I > think we had a fairly leisurely 'toodle' to Hershey, but at times to/from Parma > we were definitely 'tooling' along. ;-) ISTR some rather high speed bits on both runs, but the western route certainly had more wide-open spaces, and was a longer drive. I'm sure we pushed things a bit more on that trip. In the name of fuel economy, if nothing else, we may want to tame things down a bit next time. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~