Anti tailgating device
 

I was being tailgated hard on a 2-lane road over the weekend. I tried tapping the brakes, slowing down, the usual stuff. It didn't make a difference. I found the perfect tactic. I put it in neutral and revved the motor a few times ... It worked like a charm ... Nice big cloud of black smoke. And the tailgater finally backed off.

Why not just pull of the road and let them by?

What if you saw an animal and had to slam on the brakes?

Were you in a Benz or on an Li150? :grin: 2-stroke smoke! Love the old Lammies and Vespas...

I just wait for them to look down, then check my brakes. I got someone good in the old 300SD last year, major coffee spill!:D

I was hitchhiking the shuttle after canoeing the Mattawa river in northern Ontario back in the late 70's. A guy in a 1950's Volvo finally stopped to pick me up. The thing was in such bad shape, I had to hook the seat belt thru the door handle before buckling it to hold the door closed. Once we started driving, I noticed a pump oil can between the front bucket seats, with a rubber hose running up under the dash. I thought, "God, this thing burns so much oil, you have to pump it in while driving!". After a while, I asked him, "What is that?" He replied, "A proximity regulator." Not wanting to look like an idiot, I accept his answer and pondered. I'd heard of electrical regulators but never a proximity regulator. After a suitable amount of time had passed, I inquired, "What is a proximity regulator?" He replied, "Watch this." He slowed down until the car behind came right up on his bumper. He then gave the oil can a few pumps. Clouds of blue smoke emerged from the tailpipe and the driver behind immediately backed off. That oil can fed directly into the manifold! Warped brilliance at its finest.

Classic -- I love it!

I had a friend in highschool, yes only one :P, he had a switch in the cab of his truck that turned on the break lights. He used it when he hooked up a trailer to make sure the break lights worked without having to have two people. Anyway, he had a guy tailgating him so he flipped the switch, but didn't slow down. Scared the crap out of the guy riding his rear. I always thought that would be usefull. Although I would feel really bad if that person tailgating crashed. But people should tailgate!

Whenever Im tailgated I remind myself to install an ultrabrite strobe
in the back window that gives a nice bright tripleflash.

BAP-BAP-BAP!

Yes, this would be illegal and I have not done it.
It's just what I think of.

Secondly Oil Slick

Thirdly Caltrops

:)

In true spy hunter fashion, (and maybe redneck with too much time on his hands) I always had thought of building a device behind the rear bumper to drop jacks, you know, like children play with.....only these would be special jacks....made from hollow copper hobby tubing soldered into an X with the tips sharpened to a bevel point. I think I like the oil can idea better though, less liability to worry over....

ForcedInduction made one a while back when he had his wagon.. except he used diesel fuel

See post #9, last line.

Axle noise
 

Before I figured out (with the help of this forum) that my rear axles needed to be replaced, the rear end would emit a noise after driving about 15 miles. The driver behind me definitely heard it too because I could see him in my rear view mirror getting further and further behind me even though I had slowed down. I thought about making a recording and setting up a speaker in my trunk.

While we're telling those stories, I recall a high school fellow that had cut a switch-operated fuel injector and spark plug into his tailpipe. On demand he could blow some nice six foot flames out the rear of the car.

That thing used to scare me to death. I had visions of all kinds of stuff that could have gone wrong.

Cheers, John

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