At some point I'd like to put an led lightbar on the yukon but I think they look kinda gaudy. All of the wiring is there, though. There is a relay mounted on the firewall with power from the battery, leads going down to the bumper and a switch wire or whatever that comes out under the dash. Well, the wiring was there before I ripped it out without thinking much of it, but I kept it mostly intact and it could be put back in just as easily as it came out. The siren is pretty cool too. It's a really old fashioned-looking Federal Signal thing, shaped like a little bell. I'm wondering what kind of sound it'd make with 12v applied to it.
I found a siren on my silver Dodge, not sure what was going in as I only learned of it's existence by touching two bare wires together, I have no idea where the actual unit or speaker is. As for the light bar, I've got one on the same silver Dodge, I agree and think they look dumb as hell, but it already has spoiled me on the back roads.
Hmmm. Started up the genesis (very rainy and humid today) and instead of having condensation come out the exhaust pipes it came out the grille of the car. Quite odd. It also smells like gas when I really mash the pedal. Any chance there's an exhaust leak?
So I think I've officially found the worst car I've ever seen. ( If you own of these, I'm sorry, please tell me yours it better than this one) This is a 1999 Mercury Mystique, it belongs to a former girlfriend, (We still talk, there isn't any animosity, and it's irrelevant to the point) It's absolutely dreadful, I think Ford gave these things out in Happy Meals or something, It runs halfway decent but it refuses to shift until it's bouncing off the limiter, and I can't figure out why. It won't downshift itself at all, it will stay in overdrive even when you come to a stop, and then try to kill the TQ when you take off, you have to pop it into neutral when you plan on slowing down, and back into drive when you start thinking about accelerating again. I think that can be explained by bad solenoids in the trans, but this car doesn't have 100K miles on it. It's got a 2.something liter V6 that makes not enough power. Even though the car is the size of a shoe, it struggles to get to 60, or pass anything. I've never thought that Ford had the best build quality, but this thing is terrible, nothing lines up with anything else, the trunk lid is too far to the passenger side and lets water in, the rubber seal around the windshield is oozing back out and letting wind noise in. None of the interior pieces fit together right, everything is made out the cheapest plastic Ford could find, and half the shit doesn't work. It's also got that feeling of riding in a 70 MPH shopping cart on the interstate. Normally you could yet an 18 year old compact go on these problems, but this thing has 61,000 miles on it, and the original owner was a 92 year old woman, and when my friend bought it, there was nothing wrong with it. Rant over.
Friend brought this home today, I know nothing about it, only that he owns it now, I think you people might find it more interesting than I do.
Ate a curb, and probably a wall after that. Yikes. Don't know if that explains all the yellow residue on that corner though. "I'M A DRIFT MASTER!... I'm dead."
I hope they decide to keep the rotary engine. I can understand why people swap them out but the wankel rotary engine is such a big part of that cars personality.
What does he want with it? Target practice? Turn it into a barbeque? The best use you'll get out of a rotary engine, is if you turn it into a pressure cooker.
I'll just leave this here . 2K dollar swap into a 500 dollar car Whatever you drive, build it, don't buy it.
