[T2] fixing my bus, remotely

[accessys at smart.net]

virtual beer.

only problem is my wife is out of town with only portable video chat 
device.   sometimes being a ludite can be frustrating but I doubt my flip 
phone will be much help

great idea though
Bob



On Mon, 22 Jun 2015, Sami Dakhlia wrote:

> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 18:49:18 +0200
> From: Sami Dakhlia <sami.dakhlia at gmail.com>
> To: Type2.com <Type2 at type2.com>
> Subject: [T2] fixing my bus, remotely
> 
> So my brother calls from California while I'm traveling in North
> Africa: he says my bus keeps stalling. Big mystery. (He's not
> mechanically inclined.)
>
> I'm going to keep a short story short. Since I had a good wifi
> connection at the hotel and he has a 4G data plan on his smartphone,
> we decided to video-chat. It was almost as if I had been right there.
> I suspected a disconnected vacuum hose and asked him to point his
> phone at various areas in the engine bay, allowing me to visually
> inspect it. And indeed a hose had come off. Easy fix, which saved him
> a tow.
>
> Which brings me to Bob's ordeal. Maybe we can do a video conference
> and all have a closer look at his mystery problem. I'll bring the
> beer. :)
>
> Cheers,
> Sami
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