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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.  |
Living up a canyon in Colorado, one of the worst things to encounter were the bike riders 2 and 3 wide riding up the hill.
Used to shift my old GMC diesel duelly into overdrive, bog the heck out of it, then, just when passing said idiots, clutch in and throttle down
Nice big cloud o' smoke, and the exhaust exited to the right too.
Nowadays with tailgaters I just pull aside and let them go. Helps clear out the coppers ahead of you.