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myfirstbonnie wrote:She would have a heart attack if she saw the high beam switch on the floor then! :bhuh:

I liked those.
Exactly! Whoever thought it was a good idea to make you take your hand off the steering wheel to switch to lows when encountering an oncoming vehicle, in the dark, usually on a curve, anyway?

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John Deere Boy wrote:
Sadden wrote:
myfirstbonnie wrote:She would have a heart attack if she saw the high beam switch on the floor then! :bhuh:

I liked those.
Exactly! Whoever thought it was a good idea to make you take your hand off the steering wheel to switch to lows when encountering an oncoming vehicle, in the dark, usually on a curve, anyway?

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My hand doesnt come of the steering wheel....
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Yeah but i remember in a couple vehicles I've driven i have HAD to to reach it.
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I do have long fingers though.
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Sadden wrote:Yeah but can you see a Bonneville enjoying that>?
It was for the Bonneville I used to own.
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Think the frame would take it?
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frame?!?
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The frameish type thingy we have?
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Sadden wrote:The frameish type thingy we have?
:bluetwitch: the subframe....uni-body cars
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There's not really any significant forces sent through the frame?
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