Cheap mods you are proud of

But once there's coins in it, it is a coin holder isn't it?!

 

Dude-it comes with its own supporter, no dangling necessary.

 

Nice, but will that thing support a double double, a large Coke and fries?

 

Don’t forget, and operated by Chinese chips!

 

I'm interested in this! Does he have a website or was this a one off?

 

Just shoot him a DM he’ll hook you up.

 

Adafruit Altimeter- you have to program it, I added a little Toyota logo to it and 3D printed the case:



https://learn.adafruit.com/clue-altimeter/overview

 

nice. mine temporarily reacts to opening and closing doors. did you notice that on yours?

 

You need to know how high you are?

 

you are dedicated, i just use an in and out tray that i borrowed

 

@Mad German

EDIT--this isn't a loaded question, is it? (Meaning you've expected my answer but have a different angle of approach)

EDIT#2--I see you were using my photo for reference. (Disregard my ?)

It's under the driver's side backseat compartment. Here's a side-by-side of the 2 caps in question:

 

I haven’t noticed the doors causing a change but it could, I usually have the power turned off when I open the doors though.

Where did you get yours? I want it!

 

It’s a sobriety meter!

No, really, if you know your elevation, and you have a topographic map, you can find exactly where you are when you’re off-Roading or hiking. All you have to do is look at where the contour lines cross your trail at a specific elevation and you can pinpoint it.

you can do the same with a compass by triangulation, but that doesn’t work so well at night or if you’re in a deep forest or in a canyon and can’t see the horizon.

 

Great little alt there! I like it

 

You need to find a garage sale run by the surviving wife of an old pilot that died and left behind the pulled analog devices when
he converted his plane to digital.
In case you are a pilot: I got a dual navcomm and VOR and ALT and ancient GPS for $5 each. Calibrations expired but all worked just fine.
I built a box, with rabbit ears and gps antenna, to hold them for a base unit since I can get a couple VOR signals and comm from atc/twr/gnd at class D and C towers and several non-towered airports. I used to take it on camping trips as well.
I don't use the box anymore so i repurposed the alt to the taco. A small piece of foam secures it in the holder.
I know my exact elevation so I set it before leaving garage.
btw: box now not needed since there are several streaming airport comm sites. we're talking decades ago.

 

Mine requires no power, which is powerful.

 

hardly needs it but FIFY: I find the wisest doth suffice.

 

yeah but mine is readable at night and I have preset calibration points…

 

what means thee "preset calibration points"?

 

I programmed in known elevation points so I can simply push the exposed buttons to do it depending on where I’m at. My driveway just needs one tap and it’s set.