Shift pattern emblem

[stock 2016]

Hi;
A sort of weird thing I'd like to do is have the shift pattern on top of the gear knob made into a metallic/plastic emblem that matches the logo on the trunk. A silver applique that matches & shows other drivers they're behind a manual & know what to expect.

[Sapphireho]

So you want to warn people behind you that you don't know how to drive an MT?

[86MLR]

Millennial anti-theft

[86MLR]

Or

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Or, more on topic

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by stock 2016

Hi;
A sort of weird thing I'd like to do is have the shift pattern on top of the gear knob made into a metallic/plastic emblem that matches the logo on the trunk. A silver applique that matches & shows other drivers they're behind a manual & know what to expect.

1. If you really want that, go have it made. There are plenty of local and internet vendors that make custom badges and 3D printed emblems.

2. What makes you think anybody behind you will know what to expect from a manual? Even if they know what the pattern means, they won't care and will still honk at you to stop driving like a chimp.

[JD001]

Originally Posted by stock 2016

Hi;
A sort of weird thing I'd like to do is have the shift pattern on top of the gear knob made into a metallic/plastic emblem that matches the logo on the trunk. A silver applique that matches & shows other drivers they're behind a manual & know what to expect.

What do you mean 'shows drivers they're behind a manual & know what to expect'?

I'd guess that 80% of the cars in the UK are manual and therefore plenty of chances of being behind, infront and to side of of one.. and nothing unusual to report..

[soundman98]

he's in comiefornia. where people get irate over leaving 5' of space in dead-stopped traffic.

i just bounce off the rev limiter once or twice while stopped and people get real shy. no one wants to be the one irritating the obviously disturbed.

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by JD001

What do you mean 'shows drivers they're behind a manual & know what to expect'?

I'd guess that 80% of the cars in the UK are manual and therefore plenty of chances of being behind, infront and to side of of one.. and nothing unusual to report..

Most of our cars in the US are automatics, and morons like to make a game of getting as close as possible to the cars in front of them because they're not expecting anybody to ever roll backwards. OP thinks that putting the manual pattern on the back of his car will change that behavior so that he doesn't have to learn proper hill starts. But it won't.

[soundman98]

so i had this really irritating guy tailgating me in my pickup truck for #reasons. tailgating so close, i couldn't see his headlights behind the tailgate, meaning he was within 4ft of my bumper at 50mph.

so i snapped the wheel once like i was avoiding a dead something in the roadi only just saw. he backed off 6 car lengths. and i laughed

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by soundman98

so i had this really irritating guy tailgating me in my pickup truck for #reasons. tailgating so close, i couldn't see his headlights behind the tailgate, meaning he was within 4ft of my bumper at 50mph.

so i snapped the wheel once like i was avoiding a dead something in the roadi only just saw. he backed off 6 car lengths. and i laughed

I have a TapTurn flasher relay. Whenever someone tailgates me, I turn the flashers on wig-wag strobe pattern and ease off the accelerator. It confuses enough people that I'd estimate 80%-90% back off.

I spent a week in Bangalore recently. Look up videos of Indian horns. I'm considering getting an Indian lorry horn for my car and laying on it when someone tailgates me.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

I have a TapTurn flasher relay. Whenever someone tailgates me, I turn the flashers on wig-wag strobe pattern and ease off the accelerator. It confuses enough people that I'd estimate 80%-90% back off.

I spent a week in Bangalore recently. Look up videos of Indian horns. I'm considering getting an Indian lorry horn for my car and laying on it when someone tailgates me.

lol.

i've got tapturn in the car, i'll have to try that next time.

essentially what i said in my first post in this thread-- be the craziest by doing something stupid/obnoxious and less people mess with you.

i just especially laughed at the guy backing off so far, as i knew that he was following so closely that he genuinely believed he ran over something nasty, as there was less than no time to react.

i'm generally not a d!ck, but when i am, i enjoy it.

[extrashaky]

Another thing I'll do is hit my windshield washers. The washers on our cars can get a pretty good stream blowing out behind the car. Most people will instinctively slow down if they have to turn on their wipers.

[fatoni]

Originally Posted by soundman98

he's in comiefornia. where people get irate over leaving 5' of space in dead-stopped traffic.

i just bounce off the rev limiter once or twice while stopped and people get real shy. no one wants to be the one irritating the obviously disturbed.

complains about how people drive in a far away state. then tells people that, instead, they should be redlining at stops instead.