[extropy-chat] Geo Metro was Public Transportation

[Keith Henson]

At 06:23 PM 23/03/05 -0800, Mike Lorrey wrote:

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>However the point is that the Geo was a lighter vehicle

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A rented one did a really fine job of losing a bunch of scientology PIs in 
deep sand . . .

"It is way fuzzy now, but I think this version was produced after calls
from the advertising people at GM who were at the time trying to
figure out if this adventure could be used to sell Geo Metros (sub
compact 3 cylinder cars.)  The final conclusion after their
advertising people had looked over a faxed copy of this article was
that their minds could just not comprehend an ad where a *Geo* was
being used as a "Dukes of Hazard" vehicle."

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"          Alas, there is no opening *anywhere* in the back wall.
So I veer away plowing through sand and over fallen palm fronds like a
small boat in a choppy sea.  If GMC needs a testimonial from a verrry
satisfied customer about the handling characteristics of a GEO in deep
sand, I'm  their man.

     " Ah, did the media miss a golden opportunity!  One, two, or three
cars throwing up sand like giant demented blue lizards!  I don't know
if they followed me.  I couldn't look back for fear of wrapping my
lizard around one of the palms.  The tape would be a treasure,
especially if one of the PI's cars followed me into the deep sand and
got stuck.

      "Dodging palms, bucking and rolling and not daring to stop because
the car would get stuck, I make a huge U turn inside the wall through
the sand and palm frond mix.  If there was a locator bug stuck under
the car it might have been scraped off."

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Keith Henson