Vanagon EuroVan
Previous messageNext messagePrevious in topicNext in topicPrevious by same authorNext by same authorPrevious page (February 2001, week 1)Back to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGON (or change settings)ReplyPost a new messageSearchProportional fontNon-proportional font
Date:         Sat, 3 Feb 2001 00:48:27 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Rear-facing halogens
Comments: To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
In-Reply-To:  <v01550104b6a0fdf17007@[210.54.65.62]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed

At 08:04 PM 2/2/2001, Andrew Grebneff wrote:
>anything else than this light after that, yet he remained stuck to my tail
>at 60-70mph for a long while after that! Maybe he was using me as a
>cop-shield, as the speed limit was 80kmh (50mph) at the time, back in 1987
>or so.


He was probably trying to reload...I wouldn't recommend this trick myself.


Now I once knew an engineer who thought he could rig up a CO2 laser to seek
the bright headlights and beam right back into the reflector and make the
lamp burn out right then...I don't know how big he decided it would have to
be...nice quiet make 'em go away, at least until it decides to target
somebody's bald head instead of a headlight...


d




David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"
Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!

Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com

The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.