Miata Mailing List: October 1998, Message #63

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	I'd like to help you test the prototype
	Mike
> While I do not condone road rage, I have found something very 
> interesting yesterday.  You see, ever since I have owned my '91, it 
> seems that people in "other" types of cars (especially SUV's), seem to
> 
> always treat my car as a bump in the raod and try as they might,
> always 
> tailgate me for some reason.
> 
> DISCLAIMER: I am not trying to suggest that EVERY car behind me does 
> this, but it is a daily situation here in Atlanta that is getting on
> my 
> nerves.
> 
> There is nothing like Mr. Lexus / Landcruiser / Navigator / BMW/ 
> get-the-crap-out-of-my-way arsehole who hugs your bumper while doing 
> 75mph and all you see is either the holy lights themselves in your
> eyes 
> or a very larger-than-life looking Toyota embelem.  What is one to do?
> 
> Here's what I finally did:
> 
> Instead of slamming on the brakes and fighting it out in court, try
> thsi 
> one for size...I was in traffic yesterday when this woman was hugging
> my 
> behind for life or death (hey, it sounds better than it was).  I just 
> about had it and went to move over (as I have been doing for about
> four 
> years now), when I accidentally hit my windshield washer arm.  Before 
> you knew it, a streak of old water and pink-washy stuff shot our of my
> 
> nozzles and went right over the roof and onto her wonderful (and
> clean) 
> BMW.  It was like god himself sent down an extra bit of wind to carry
> my 
> fluid-of-fightning right into her windshield.
> 
> Boy was she pissed!  I could see her screaming and cursing and hitting
> 
> her wipers, etc.  She got so fustrated since this stuff did not help
> her 
> view (remember, it was some weird residue-sludge stuff at the bottom
> of 
> my container that attached itself to her car) that she swerved right
> to 
> go around me, almost hit another Mercedes, and pissed off the other 
> driver.  Before you knew it, both of them took off in a rage and
> dooked 
> it out in 6PM traffic.  I didn't like the idea of them driving off
> like 
> that, but hey, she was gone from my sights.  
> 
> So now I started to think....is there a way that you can mount another
> 
> single nozzle (under the rear bumper line?), fluid container and
> washer 
> motor all contained in the back trunk?  And in turn, mount the
> direction 
> of the spray up at a 45~ angle so that it sprays a fine mist directly 
> behind your car.
> 
> I have seen Pontiac/GM cars that have a mist-type sprayer that covers
> a 
> bigger area.  When activated at 75mph, your tail-hugger friend will
> not 
> even notice where it came from...possibly kicked up off the pavement?
> 
> The catch here is this....I know that you could probably dilute the 
> solution with 75% hair spray, thus, when it hits air and glass it will
> 
> become more sticky...and when your tail-hugger freak decideds to hit 
> his/her wipers, it will just smear across the board.
> 
> Of course, this does sound dangerous and I in no way want to create 
> accidents, but when you think of it...isin't the guy on your butt
> almost 
> doing the same thing my limiting yoru rearward vision?
> 
> Anyway, I am working on a prototype, and wheather it is leagl or not, 
> you never saw this post from me.  Of course a Stage III turbo would do
> 
> the trick, but with todays higher speeds from other luxury burners,
> they 
> hang right with you and I am not the type to start and break the
> 100mph 
> barrier on the highway.
> 
> Ideas, comments, stories, or suggestions?
> 
> 
> 
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> 1991 Classic Red Miata/Team R-Speed
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> PS: sorry for the misspellings
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