Lil Rachel & I getting no respect!

Doc,

Where is that article on his site? I did a cursurory of the articles, but I didn't see the Yuppie button described (though I did see it listed on his list of mods).

 

Sounds like a typical day on the LA freeways. Get used to it. I also have a "Share the Road" license frame (I'm also a bicyclist), and I bet that pisses some people off. Like I said, "Get used to it".

 

Re: Prius Horn

Boo, if I told you once I have told you a billion times, STOP EXAGGERATING!!





A pair of Stebel Magnums will fix the horn issue, trust me they are loud! They should fit where the standard horn fits too as they aren't that big.

 

The yuppie button as such isn't written up, but there's a bit
of explanation in one of my posts over on cleanMPG and a reference
in my Hybridfest trip log from last year [all findable if you
poke around a little, left as an exercise] and Doc pretty much
described the functionality here anyways. Maybe someday I'll
write it up but you almost *have* to have the full schematic
for the car to know where to tie in the various outputs. Some
of the obvious connections aren't even reachable without major
dash disassembly, forcing one to find some alternate places that
are farther toward the surface.
.
I'm mentally debating the merits of using something like this
on tailgating trucks, which they'd probably interpret as an
attempted "brake check" even if I don't slow down and really, I'm
trying to be courteous with them and expect a little consideration
in return. For the aggressive twits in bimmers, muranos, pickups,
and ricers, on the other hand, it's full "shock and awe" response
right up front.
.
With trucks I've been trying a shot or two of the normal 4-way
hazards instead, possibly coupled with the thumb out the window,
and anyone can do that in an unmodified car. I highly recommend
trying *some* fairly obvious similar indication -- maybe if an
unwritten and fairly innocuous "standard" of signaling "please
back off" evolves, it could become fairly universally known.
That coupled with camera-assisted "truckspotting" and calls
in to dispatchers might have some hope of turning things around.
.
_H*

 

hmm. i rarely get tailgated. i'm not a tailgater, but i am a self-admitted leadfoot. i really gotta try to watch that.

 

i get tailed badly here, i slow down purposely to make them get real mad.

they should have a electromagnetic thing that repels detroit steel

 

you can see other cars behind you while driving an Expedition??