That made Oi chuckle

So this evening I was following (at a distance) a Tonka Toy pickup along
a road near WUNderland. We reached a long straight and I was idly
contemplating an overtake when an oncoming car appeared.

I instantly spotted the fact that he was on main-beam, and that the
lights were those bloody awful HID jobs.

Matey in the Tonka Toy gave him a quick flick of main beam as a
reminder. To no effect. So he gave him a slightly longer one. No
response.

And then...

The Whole Fucking World Lit Up.

The entire front end of the Tonka Toy must have been spotlights. You
could have seen it from the moon. I swear the truck slowed slightly
under the pressure of departing photons.

The oncoming wanker actually stopped (quite quickly).

I laughed. A lot.

Shortly afterwards I passed the Tonka Toy and gave him a *big*
thumbs-up. Oddly enough, his dipped beams were totally inoffensive. :^)

 

Nice.

 

Lovely.

I used to do similar[1] when I had spots fitted to the crash bars of my
GS550E.

[1] although not to *quite* as great an effect

 

heh. Nicely put.

Yeah, but did he dip his lights?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Switters

No, he didn't. On account of being unable to see the switch due the
smoke from his eyeballs, I imagine.

 

Lovely. I've stuck a couple of 100w spotlights on the Outlander & found
a suitably deserted bit of straight road last night to align them. I
don't know what the range is, but it's longer than I'll ever need, &
judging by the smoke coming off the lenses I'll be sorted if I ever
have the urge to fry some bacon at the side of the road.

 

You need some nice HID spotlights you do

 

I really don't you know. The ones I've got are effectively free (had
them over 15 years) & give more than enough light.

 

Throw a rock into the pool why dontcha

 

I once bought a second hand disco, it had a light bar on the top of the
windscreen with 4 massive **** off jobbies & a light bar on the bumper with
another 4, but only 2 worked. Jesus fucking christ, it was like daylight

I took 'em off & flogged them.

 

That's a .sig line for you forever, Nige.

 

Quite....

 

Wicked Uncle Nigel wibbled forthrightly:

<VBG>

 

I often wish I had directional remote control mirrors, so when an
idiot pulls up behind me at a stop with lights that melt my backside,
I could return the favor by directing it back at his eyes.

 

I used to have a fog light mounted as a reversing light wiv switch on
the dash. Did the trick.

 

On 14/02/2011 22:23, Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:

Laugh. Thanks for that. Cheered me up that has.

 

Had one of those on a Mini once, it worked a treat when someone
wouldn't turn his high beam off when following

--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Lozzo

I have an auto-dimming mirror. Works even better. :^)

 

So do I now, but in a SO1971M you don't get such luxuries.

--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

 

I remember my old man doing that with a pair of Cibie super oscars. Turned out
the high beam offender was a cop car. Oh how we laughed as my old man tried to
talk his way out of it.

Fraser