there are some spots that just have piles of gunk, i was scraping it up with a spoon

i think i last washed the van in january when i drove it back up here. i hate having to pay $5 or $10 in quarters to wash the damn thing myself when i could do it for free back home...sigh, when i get a place up here...

road salt + sand + trying to keep rims clean = teh suck. also gets in the antenna spring and does chit in there, so need to keep that cleaned out.

ya, family hoses are nice

my rims dont like to stay clean at all, i get mad brake dust or something

trying to find a carwash to get into is also an interesting exercise...not all are high enough.

my rims dont like to stay clean at all, i get mad brake dust or something

i get that on my front ones...a lot.

trying to find a carwash to get into is also an interesting exercise...not all are high enough.

lol ya, i bet you have some problems with that

well, the big antenna will clear 13 foot bridges, and that comes off...but the two on the roof aren't removable - the dual band coil loaded one tops out at around seven feet.

i'll probably be adding another antenna soon

seven feet above the ground, or seven feet above the roof?

i'll probably be adding another antenna soon

sweetness, for what?

seven feet above the ground, or seven feet above the roof?

above the ground, the vhf/uhf dual band whip is only around three feet tall.

sweetness, for what?

a 2-meter band antenna (around 144mHz) for GPS position tracking and that sort of thing. basically takes the input from the GPS into a circuit that takes the NMEA data and spits it out into a format that the radio will recognize, and send that out over the air. As long as I'm within a hundred or so miles of the nearest internet gateway repeater, I can look on any internet-connected computer in the world and know exactly where that tracker is, down to a few feet.

http://findu.com/

to give you an idea of what you can play around with.

thats really freaking badass

basically what cell phone companies are doing, the theory is identical.

my dad has a really old GPS, like 10+ years, no idea if he's looking to get rid of it or if itd work for what you need

basically what cell phone companies are doing, the theory is identical.

i dont want cell phone companies to know where i am

i dont want cell phone companies to know where i am

they do if you have a newer phone, unless you specifically turned it off. By federal law, if you call 911, they have to know where you are...because otherwise, paramedics respond to the cell tower's site instead of you.

no idea if he's looking to get rid of it or if itd work for what you need

nah, thanks man...i think i've found what i need. some of the newer Garmin units are hella cheap, and hella accurate.

cell phones are teh suck, though...probably one of the most overrated technologies in existence.

i dont want cell phone companies to know where i am

they do if you have a newer phone, unless you specifically turned it off. By federal law, if you call 911, they have to know where you are...because otherwise, paramedics respond to the cell tower's site instead of you.

no idea if he's looking to get rid of it or if itd work for what you need

nah, thanks man...i think i've found what i need. some of the newer Garmin units are hella cheap, and hella accurate.

i thought 911 couldnt track you on cell phones... so they have developed that technology?

thats cool, my dad has a newer Garmin thats pretty badass

cell phones are teh suck, though...probably one of the most overrated technologies in existence.

they are both awesome and horrible at the same time

i thought 911 couldnt track you on cell phones... so they have developed that technology?

my last two Sprint phones had that option...turned GPS off except for 911 tracking. I've never actually called a 911 dispatcher on them, so I can't tell you if they work or not.

Cell phones are great for everyday chatting, and the minor annoyance (flat tire, car problems, etc...). When the chit hits the fan, so do the cell networks. That's why I've got the radios in the truck. Those don't go down.

i thought 911 couldnt track you on cell phones... so they have developed that technology?

my last two Sprint phones had that option...turned GPS off except for 911 tracking. I've never actually called a 911 dispatcher on them, so I can't tell you if they work or not.

Cell phones are great for everyday chatting, and the minor annoyance (flat tire, car problems, etc...). When the chit hits the fan, so do the cell networks. That's why I've got the radios in the truck. Those don't go down.

i have no idea if my chitty Siemens phone has tracking or not, dont feel like calling 911 to find out

ya, when they work they are good

your radios are so bad ass man, you'd be set if we ever got fudgeed

holy crap Brande Roderick is smoking hot

Yes...yes she is

oh, some more ranting. it really bugs me about how people think cell phones (or any wireless technology, for that matter; bluetooth, wifi, wan's) are safe or secure...let's face it, folks, if it's over the air, it can be compromised. More often than not, somebody's listening that's not on the other end.

Most scanners are pitifully easy to modify to pick up cellular traffic, maybe just a clipped wire or diode here and there...if the Paris Hilton/Fred Durst thing isn't enough to get that in their minds.

and that isn't even mentioning landline carriers, although with the coming of fiber it isn't as easy as taking a lineman's handset and jacking into your nearest PBX box with a test tone generator...

be afraid, be very afraid...

snooping isnt difficult at all, i've seen diagrams all over the net of how to do lil chit that will fudge with people