- 3:14 PM Tuesday,
May 22nd 2024:
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- The Delorean
headlights were never great to begin with. People
almost always had to use the brights (which was
literally a second set of headlights) a process that
bent the faschia on almost every Delorean due to
overuse. Check pictures and you'll see a slight bump
in the plastic over them which has lead many owners to
just never use the brights now. I detatched them all
together to save on battery power since that has
ALWAYS been an issue since the swap. I
digress...
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- ...so when I left
the gig it was rough to say the least. I couldn't see
too far ahead of me and I remember thinking it was
just a product of there being ZERO lights on these
back roads. However once I got to the main roads,
people were flashing their lights at me because my
headlights were so dim. I was basically having a
brownout. The crew kept wanting to use my headlights
(which are hooked up to the main battery, whereas the
other lights have separate batteries) and try as I
might to turn them off when the takes were over...
they were on for quite a bit. But I was sure that once
I got the car running, the alternator would take over
and we'd be fine. Oh how wrong I was. As I kept going
down the road it continued to be dim and in fact my
power was dying as there wasn't enough juice to tell
my fuel injectors when to fire (I'm presuming this).
Then when I got onto the freeway I was barely able to
get it into 6th gear and then lightly press the gas to
keep it at around 60 before the power dropped. Of
course doing this for 60 miles is really fun... I
eventually got behind a semi that was going slow and I
used HIS BIGASS to warn me of the turns ahead
because my headlights were useless. If I could just
stay behind him I should be able to get
home.
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- This was
terrifying and I should've pulled off immediately
and called AAA. But at 1am... and you've already made
it half way? You're thinking you can just hang on. It
was touch and go though... when eventually the engine
just backfired, sputtered out... and I pulled off
onto a shoulder in the pitch black with hardly any
battery power to keep lights on in the back of the car
to keep people from plowing into me.
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- Fun. So I called
AAA, let them know that no, I was indeed NOT in a
safe situation, and to HELP. After the call I sat in
my car for a few minutes and braced for every car
flying past until I finally just said fuck it and got
out and jumped the railing so at least I could
survive. Delorean be damned.
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- Which brings us to
the video... which just feels
SO GODDAMNED real in VR180.
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- That shot of us
under the car may be my favorite shot of all-time.
Just like in the last entry talking about being on the
hunt for a cool shot, I remember putting the
gimbal down and thinking "man, this should look pretty
cool" and I audibly gasped when I saw that for the
first time in my headset. Guys, you're there. From
someone who WAS there, I can assure you - that's
what it felt like (and looked like) to be there. If
you're watching that in 8k60? I'd almost say it looks
better than the reality of that desolate stretch of
highway. I really want to put together a short
narrative film with all I've learned from these 100
videos.
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- Oh and this is the
100th VRlog and what better way to celebrate than
another Delorean breakdown. LMAO. I swear.
JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOUR OUT THEY PULL YOU BACK IN.
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- Though shit, I've
made more money on the 3 gigs I've had in the last 2
weeks than the previous 12 months COMBINED. I'll take
it. Bally is taking forever and
DADDY GOT BILLZ. Good fuck did I need that
$30k from the Super Bowl in January.
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- (sigh)
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- So I make another
friend with a tow-truck driver (I swear we could throw
a party) and at some point I need to figure out if
I need a new alternator (most likely) and new
batteries (most definitely). For some reason my main
battery for the engine (which was purchased in 2021)
won't hold a charge. I mean what the ever-loving fuck.
How can that fucker only last 3 years? It cost
THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
Grrrr.
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- Alright - kids are
out of school for the summer this week! I believe
the next video will be a Pokemon convention with Cam
on Sunday or maybe introducing Vienna's own YouTube
channel... good shit!
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- Adam
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