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Originally Posted by retmil46
I wish there was a switch I could install on both my diesels, to make them belch a nice cloud of black soot and smoke out the tailpipe on command - I've found that to be an excellent anti-tailgating device. When I have hit on the right conditions and was able to make either diesel belch a respectable cloud of smoke in a tailgater's windshield, it seems to freak most drivers out, and I've had some of them come to almost a dead stop.
It's like they expect black smoke out of a large truck or Cummins/Powerstroke/Duramax pickup - but it surprises the hell out of them when a supposedly "normal" sedan or Jeep Liberty does it.  |
Its also called over fueling.
Some of my friends over on the Oilburners.net website love to rig their diesels for this effect. The problem is that it attracts too much of the wrong attention, and cause people to lash out at all diesels, thinking them all to be dirty.
OTOH, I did enjoy smoking an obnoxious BMW convertible owner, ( that was probably a redundant description) one day many years ago.