Boattail on a Prius

[alohaspirit]

youre already making a sweet looking boattail


why not make matching skirts and wheel covers to match?

[basjoos]

The easiest approach to the lighting issue is to install a 4-pin trailer lighting plug on the car and build some trailer lights into the boattail. My backup lights are a pair of tractor work lights mounted in the underside of the boattail. Also you may want make provisions for being able to remount the rear license plate on the boattail when it is in use. Check your state laws, but I ran into the problem where some cops said you can't have any form of covering (clear or otherwise) over the plate. If desired, you could also design additional cargo storage space into the boattail.

[Christ]

Originally Posted by basjoos

The easiest approach to the lighting issue is to install a 4-pin trailer lighting plug on the car and build some trailer lights into the boattail. My backup lights are a pair of tractor work lights mounted in the underside of the boattail. Also you may want make provisions for being able to remount the rear license plate on the boattail when it is in use. Check your state laws, but I ran into the problem where some cops said you can't have any form of covering (clear or otherwise) over the plate. If desired, you could also design additional cargo storage space into the boattail.

What about those license plate dust cover things? You can't have those either?
Did you check the law, or just take the cop's word for it?

[basjoos]

SC law says you can't have anything that blocks or obscures the plate and this would include tinted covers and wrap-around frames, but this law obviously isn't enforced very strictly. There's nothing in it specifically against clear covers, but I finally removed the clear cover over my plate to keep from giving the cops another excuse to pull me over (I had two of them pull me over for "obscured plate" on my boattail).

[Christ]

Ok, I just wondered, because I've been told a lot of things by cops that were either completely untrue or alluded to something else that was only true in practice, but not by law.

Unfortunately, it seems like many cops would rather enforce their law than THE law, so it's left to civilians to make sure the officers are kept in line at times. I'm usually the first to point out when a cop is talking out his backside, and replacing his brain with his badge.

[alohaspirit]

i once had a cop pull me over on my bike just to check my insurance

they said i didnt come to a "complete" stop at the light

they let me off but not until they ran my insurance



i think we have the same NO clear license plate here too

[rmay635703]

Originally Posted by Christ

Ok, I just wondered, because I've been told a lot of things by cops that were either completely untrue or alluded to something else that was only true in practice, but not by law.

Unfortunately, it seems like many cops would rather enforce their law than THE law, so it's left to civilians to make sure the officers are kept in line at times. I'm usually the first to point out when a cop is talking out his backside, and replacing his brain with his badge.

One of my friends from college brought a cop to court because he lied, it got dismissed but he received a letter from the commissioner that it was part of a police officers job to lie to properly enforce the law or to gain evidence. Nice. http://forum.ecomodder.com/images/smilies/confused.gif

[Dieselman]

Originally Posted by ENERGYprof

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Ok, here it is outside in full daylight.

Two vehicles at polar opposites of the eficiency spectrum, a prius and a series 2 Landy...

Originally Posted by ENERGYprof

[And here's a nice set of skirts to fit a prius:
Toyota Prius - Wheel Skirts - Toyota Prius Wheel Skirts by Hybrid Effects 1 pair (Shipping Included)

Why oh why didn't Toyota make the prius look like that? It looks much better and very futuristic.

[ENERGYprof]

Dieselman--- yeah yeah I can take the abuse. Land Rovers use very little gas since they seldom run! I guess I watched too many Safari documentaries as a kid. I like the aluminum body on it since it won't ever rust. Plus my kids love it. Great for camping or an off-road frolic. I'd LOVE to convert it to 100% electric since it can only go 35mph with those tires anyhow. :-) Either that or a 3cyl Mercedes diesel.

[Christ]

3cyl diesel, I say - rock the rocks with it.