travelafar
Active member
I hope some people get a laugh out of this story being that I'm 23 years old.
When I bought my RV I was driving home on the Mass Turnpike. This was my first time driving an RV, a 23ft 1979 Shasta mini. Before I started the 3 hour trip home, I of course adjusted the mirrors, and got familiar with the dashboard and such. "Great!" I thought, "This should be easy; I've driven 20ft box trucks in Manhattan, what's 3 more feet and some open highway?"
About an hour later into the trip I found myself flabbergasted and pulled off on the side of the highway. For the life of me I could not find out how to dim my high beams!! I had already snapped the cruise control lever off thinking that was it, and was frantically searching the dashboard and steering column for a switch, a lever, a button, anything! With no luck of finding such a mechanism I decided I should 'get going' and just try to make my way home, feeling horrible for blinding anyone coming at me and horribly confused for not being able to figure out how to dim my lights!
The next day I was showing my neighbor my new buy (he's 60years old), and told him of my endeavor on the highway the night before. He began to laugh when I told him that I didn't even think that it came with low beams and that I was 100% sure that I checked every switch/nob/and button on the whole front end! (He even tried to bet me 50 bucks he could find it in 5 seconds!)
My quiz for You is, where did my dimmer switch end up being?
The first person to get it right gets a free night at Housatonic State Park in Sharon, CT paid by me. We would have to arrange dates but I will hold true to my word. http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2716&q=325220
This should be easy for anyone over 50!
When I bought my RV I was driving home on the Mass Turnpike. This was my first time driving an RV, a 23ft 1979 Shasta mini. Before I started the 3 hour trip home, I of course adjusted the mirrors, and got familiar with the dashboard and such. "Great!" I thought, "This should be easy; I've driven 20ft box trucks in Manhattan, what's 3 more feet and some open highway?"
About an hour later into the trip I found myself flabbergasted and pulled off on the side of the highway. For the life of me I could not find out how to dim my high beams!! I had already snapped the cruise control lever off thinking that was it, and was frantically searching the dashboard and steering column for a switch, a lever, a button, anything! With no luck of finding such a mechanism I decided I should 'get going' and just try to make my way home, feeling horrible for blinding anyone coming at me and horribly confused for not being able to figure out how to dim my lights!
The next day I was showing my neighbor my new buy (he's 60years old), and told him of my endeavor on the highway the night before. He began to laugh when I told him that I didn't even think that it came with low beams and that I was 100% sure that I checked every switch/nob/and button on the whole front end! (He even tried to bet me 50 bucks he could find it in 5 seconds!)
My quiz for You is, where did my dimmer switch end up being?
The first person to get it right gets a free night at Housatonic State Park in Sharon, CT paid by me. We would have to arrange dates but I will hold true to my word. http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2716&q=325220
This should be easy for anyone over 50!