Re: [OT: Dome/Trunk Light or not so OT...]

[koabi@email.arizona.edu]

i was thinking of something that would turn on once the trunk was opened
(ie hook it up to a switch).

-- Original Message --

>koabi@email.arizona.edu wrote:
>ok, im sorry this message has a connection to a *gasp* Japanese car, but
>bear with me.  My mom's toyota corolla was thoughtfully not equiped with
>a trunk light (or even knobs to adjust the mirrors from inside).  I was
>just wondering if any of you know of some dome/map light type thing that
>is powered by its own battery that i can stick in the trunk?  There doesnt
>seem to be a hot lead anywhere near the trunk that i could use...though
>i havent looked too hard.  Of course i rubbed it in her face that my 15
>year old car had power mirrors AND a trunklight.  Of course i stopped that
>when all my interior lighting died (fuse probably).  Ok, so this isnt OT
>anymore...what fuse controls the interior lighting in the scirocco?
>
>koabi brooks
>lets see, what cars can i list off
>
>86 16v (one day to have a 2.0)
>87 16v (a transmission short of being ok)
>70 Bug
>
>
>
>I take it this Japanese wonder is about as well loved as my Scirocco, NOT.
>(probably more like MY mom's poor Altima I'd guess) Anyway, how about one
>of
>those round battery jobs that you use in closets, you know , the type you
>push
>on the white part to light it up. Cheap and simple, if your mom is like
>mine,
>it needs to be real easy - it won't light up when you open the trunk, but
>hey
>it's cheap. Depends on how fussy your mom is (I hope she's not like me...)And
>the neat thing is, she can install it! (peel and stick I imagine)
>Failing that, wire something up that you scrounge from the junker's. Cathy
>(no
>cheap lights for me!)
>





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