Tailgating

[NotBudule]

drinking, and playing cornhole in a parking lot.

That had much different meaning back in my day ...

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[Fordup]

That had much different meaning back in my day ...

Back when Bud Light was popular .

 

[Jason B]

i saw this thread and was really hoping it was about grilling, drinking, and playing cornhole in a parking lot. What a disappointment.

Due the extreme heat and drought here, tailgating has been made illegal at ball games, well
just the grilling part.

 

[Dunneldeen]

Psych

I turned the corner, looked in my rearview mirror and had that quick moment of "what the heck" then realized what I had in the back of my truck. Had a good chuckle about it.

 

[Tom_C]

With the rake of the truck, it doesn't appear to me to be that bad. At least we can see the top of the grill and lights.

I thought so I didn't know, but something smelled.

 

[MountainGoat]

I had an old Z with the rear window washer, was able to easily adjust it up with a pin so it sprayed like 10 feet back. I had quite a few laughs with that...not just spraying tailgaters either. I kept asking friends to check if my brake lights were out.

 

[12Bravo20]

The clear glass beads from the crafts section at Walmart works wonders for tailgaters. Plus they shatter and blend in with the broken windshield glass.

And YES I use to carry clear glass beads with me when I rode motorcycles and had to use them on a few occasions. I had a Highway Patrolman tell me to carry them. It is pretty much instant death if you go down on a motorcycle and have a car tailgating you.

 

[GTGallop]

https://www.rexingusa.com/product/v1p-pro/

Yes it is $150 to $225 depending if they are running a sale.
Yes it means you are paying to protect yourself from something you shouldn't have to or from someone who should be more courteous and responsible..

As someone who has been involved in 6 rear end collisions, one of them pretty stout and all of them while I was completely sitting still waiting for a green light, I can tell you that there will come a day after an accident where you would eagerly pay $500 just to make all of the problems go away.

It's cheap insurance to help your insurance insure you.
And since you are paying your insurance to insure you, wouldn't you want to make it easier for them to cut through the other guys red tape and bull schiesse?

Fortunately I haven't had to use mine yet, but my wife was in an accident and it would have made it a LOT easier if she had been running a cam.

 

[bsr956]

Few years back our Explorer was rear ended by a rented car being driven by someone that didn't rent the car. Talk about a cluster, told their insurance I JUST wanted my wife to be seen by a Dr, previous neck surgery, & my Explorer fixed. Just needed new bumper brackets to realign the bumper. After month of back & forth they agreed. Then they called to say they are cutting me a check for $400 "aggravation pay". I said whatever, just wanted it to be done. We cashed the check on Thursday, on Friday we came out from visiting MIL at rest home & someone had run into the back of our car caving in the bumper corner and left the scene. No cameras in the area. Insurance has $500 deductible, repairs were $500 so the aggravation pay went to fixing the car.

 

[MountainGoat]

https://www.rexingusa.com/product/v1p-pro/

Yes it is $150 to $225 depending if they are running a sale.
Yes it means you are paying to protect yourself from something you shouldn't have to or from someone who should be more courteous and responsible..

As someone who has been involved in 6 rear end collisions, one of them pretty stout and all of them while I was completely sitting still waiting for a green light, I can tell you that there will come a day after an accident where you would eagerly pay $500 just to make all of the problems go away.

It's cheap insurance to help your insurance insure you.
And since you are paying your insurance to insure you, wouldn't you want to make it easier for them to cut through the other guys red tape and bull schiesse?

Fortunately I haven't had to use mine yet, but my wife was in an accident and it would have made it a LOT easier if she had been running a cam.

The more illegals get driver licenses (or not get them) the more insurance is going to be useless. Just another tax to drive.

The best thing is going to be having a big truck, either lifted, with a big hitch or steel bumpers so the impact doesn't damage much. Since they will probably be driving a Hyundai or Kia!

Edit: Although I remember hearing the steel bumpers can just transfer impact to the frame damaging it more so probably a bit of research is in order before spending the dough.

 

[got3fords]

I had an old Z with the rear window washer, was able to easily adjust it up with a pin so it sprayed like 10 feet back. I had quite a few laughs with that...not just spraying tailgaters either. I kept asking friends to check if my brake lights were out.

When I was a kid we had an old Nash Rambler with the foot operated sprayer. The nozzles were way off and one day while waiting for mom at the store, a guy was getting into the car next to us and I sprayed the guy in the neck. Oh the look on his face! He never figured out where it came from.

 

[got3fords]

Few years back our Explorer was rear ended by a rented car being driven by someone that didn't rent the car. Talk about a cluster, told their insurance I JUST wanted my wife to be seen by a Dr, previous neck surgery, & my Explorer fixed. Just needed new bumper brackets to realign the bumper. After month of back & forth they agreed. Then they called to say they are cutting me a check for $400 "aggravation pay". I said whatever, just wanted it to be done. We cashed the check on Thursday, on Friday we came out from visiting MIL at rest home & someone had run into the back of our car caving in the bumper corner and left the scene. No cameras in the area. Insurance has $500 deductible, repairs were $500 so the aggravation pay went to fixing the car.

That had to be aggravating!

 

[pbethel]

The closer they get, the slower I go. Eventually, they get the message. Emergency flashers help, too.

One company I worked for paid thousands of bucks to send me to a https://www.drivedifferent.com . This course's answer to tailgaters, heavy traffic, bad road conditions, or just about anything was "increase your following distance."
Damned funny. Except it works.

 

[GTGallop]

The best thing is going to be having a big truck, either lifted, with a big hitch or steel bumpers so the impact doesn't damage much. Since they will probably be driving a Hyundai or Kia!

Edit: Although I remember hearing the steel bumpers can just transfer impact to the frame damaging it more so probably a bit of research is in order before spending the dough.

That's one of those "it depends" things. For the most part a steel bumper can keep your vehicle from soaking up damage, but once it exceeds a certain threshold, it will bend the frame, but it would have bent the frame if you had a squeeshy stock bumper too. Totaled is Totaled at some point.

So the trick is to get a beefy steel bumper that mounts through a sacrificial crush member that can be replaced. Best of both worlds. But yes - the best defense is a strong offense.

I once saw a Dodge Ram with one of the Ranch Hand bumpers rear end a Rav-4 that had slowed down to turn right into a parking lot. He basically cut that Rav-4 in half and sent the spare tire rolling to the next intersection 0.5 miles away where it caused a secondary accident.

Dodge truck was fine. Dude sat on the curb eating a Butterfinger waiting on the police to lock him up because he damn near killed the Rav-4 driver. It was a very one sided accident.

 

[SigOris]

I’ve been known to use a half tank of washer fluid on a tailgater.

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