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This is so wrong...

Post by tristessa » Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:06 pm

I'm just gonna leave this picture right here...

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Re: This is so wrong...

Post by Gypsie » Tue Jul 02, 2013 11:36 pm

Frankenbus just got a new organ....
So it all started when I wanted to get better gas mileage....

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Post by tristessa » Wed Jul 03, 2013 8:17 pm

I prefer to think of it as an appendage, ThankYouVeryMuch.

For several years I've thought this would be useful on trips to alleviate the stiffness & soreness that develops in my knee & ankle after several hours of driving. I haven't thought it useful enough to drop $150-200 on an aftermarket cruise control kit, but when I found a complete slightly used Dana/Rostra cruise setup at Pick-N-Pull for $30...

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Re: This is so wrong...

Post by glasseye » Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:33 pm

Wouldn't buy a vehicle without it.
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Post by Amskeptic » Fri Jul 05, 2013 12:07 am

glasseye wrote:Wouldn't buy a vehicle without it.
Pah! There are lovely vehicles without it.
Why, in my VW Bus, I can cruise for hours with my left foot on the accelerator and my right leg taking a nice stretch break on the passenger seat. It's not like I have to modulate the accelerator or anything - flat road 3/4 - hills/headwinds floored.
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Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
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Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
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Re: This is so wrong...

Post by tristessa » Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:28 am

Colin, I'd try that but I usually have a *passenger* in the passenger seat on the longer excursions .. one that's very very nervous about my having anything other than my right foot on/near the accelerator. Found that out when I tried using a brick...
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Post by Gypsie » Fri Jul 05, 2013 12:34 pm

Hmmm...I've never tried using a brick on a nervous passenger. I'll have to get a brick and give this a try...
So it all started when I wanted to get better gas mileage....

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Re: This is so wrong...

Post by tristessa » Fri Jul 05, 2013 7:48 pm

Coat it in vaseline first.
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Post by Amskeptic » Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:18 pm

tristessa wrote:Colin, I'd try that but I usually have a *passenger* in the passenger seat on the longer excursions .. one that's very very nervous about my having anything other than my right foot on/near the accelerator. Found that out when I tried using a brick...
Me too. Passenger means accelerator pedal foot gets a massage.
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BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles

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Post by Amskeptic » Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:19 pm

Gypsie wrote:Hmmm...I've never tried using a brick on a nervous passenger. I'll have to get a brick and give this a try...
Calms them right down. Don't be near a border station, however.
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles

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