How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
04-25-2017, 09:34 PM
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Stopped about ten feet from the other car. Took me a moment to go through "What the **** just happened? I've stopped! Oh, riiiiiiight. I'm not driving on ***** rubber." Just as the taxi that had been following me slid past me in the next lane, fishtailing wildly.
Splurge. Buy the good rubber. And don't be a lazy *******. That is all.
Splurge. Buy the good rubber. And don't be a lazy *******. That is all.
So, carrying on with the m.net style, I did this:
Third brake light assembly, removed.
Discard bulb and socket, (OK, save for later if you like) and cut wires.
Then install 48 LED panel with adhesive back side. Use a dab of hot glue to tuck wires away.
Cut wires to the 1156 bulb socket adapter, retain plug, discard the rest.
That way you can unplug everything if you need to remove stuff.
Here's the $4 LED flasher thingie.
Blue goes to LED +, black wires to harness - and red to harness +. Simple.
This is everything, soldered and shrinktubed.
Tape wires, flasher neatly (m.net..) and tuck away nicely (m.net, again)
Nice and bright, and flashes in a way that GETS attention. Shortens the following vehicle's reaction time.
It saved me from getting hit more than a few times.
Last edited by Godless Commie; 04-25-2017 at 09:35 PM. Reason: kant spel
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04-25-2017, 09:39 PM
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And, here's the link to the LED panel, if anyone's interested.
Get the "warm white" option.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hot-...608.0.0.v1Jw0q
Get the "warm white" option.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hot-...608.0.0.v1Jw0q
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04-25-2017, 09:45 PM
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* not actual taxi.
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04-26-2017, 11:04 AM
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In the 1950s, George Kelly, in his book on Personal Construct Theory, wrote, "psychological disorder is any personal construct which is used repeatedly in spite of consistent invalidation".
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04-27-2017, 12:51 AM
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04-27-2017, 08:36 AM
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I had that happen to me a few years ago coming back from Vegas after a few days out there for work helping teach some schools. I'm glad they brought us back to the gate after beginning to taxi since there had been a hydraulic failure.
A night in a hotel was much better than crashing into the Rockies trying to make the connecting flight in Denver.
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04-27-2017, 11:07 AM
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i just went back from the xice-3 to the s-drives and promptly pulled 1g under braking the next day:
https://youtu.be/2Rbvktd7n_g
Even the camera does a little stutter. Lol
https://youtu.be/2Rbvktd7n_g
Even the camera does a little stutter. Lol
where was the excessive hornage? id have been honking from 0:04-0:10
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