At 12:08 AM 7/16/98 -0400, you wrote: >Carl - I swear the only use I have ever had for an automobile horn is to >attract the attention of good looking women in the vicinity, friends I >wanted to wave at or dumb animals who like to wander around in the road. > >I HAVE heard rumors that horns are useful for "warning" folks of stuff >that might be dangerous, but I have never witnessed the effectiveness of >this use. > >This may be the reason that I have NEVEr suffered from the lack of a >horn. BOB-WA4RRN > AHhhhh Rob - you're missing one of the truly great joys of driving a slow, underpowered, almost invisible vehicle (howcum nobody on the road with us gives our wimpy vanagons the respect they deserve..) if you've wired up *4* of JCW 130dB horns, + the 'ocean liner' horn, fed by Big Red Wire and 2x30 amp relays, you won't *believe* the path you clear when you cut loose; I only do it a few times a year, but jeez it's fun & gets results!! Austin |
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