red flare looking thing?

[welshrx-7]

hey guys on the passenger footwell i got a red tube clipped to the side i opened it and it looks like a flare. what the hell is this for? have anyone heard of it going off on it own. lol.

[Nik da Greek]

It\'s, erm, a flare! Japanese market requirement for emergency breakdown/crash scenarios. Like our red warning triangles, but with added whooosh!

[leon]

in the manual thers a picture of a man running down the train track waving the flare.. my only thought is what if he runs the wrong way. :rollin

[Nik da Greek]

Believe it or not, there\'s an entire section of the Rulebook for train drivers (which is an A5 book about 4 inches thick!) detailing which way to go to protect your train in the case of an emergency, and how to assess the most likely primary risk. It does basically say, though,  that in the case of, for example, de-railing across a multi-line rail system you must use your knowledge, intuition and understanding of signalling systems to identify the direction from which the most imminent threat is likely to come. This means "guess which way the train that kills you is coming from" in laymans terms! Very reassuring.

[hammy]

my flare wasnt in the holder when i got the car so i bought one a couple weeks back for that genuine jdm touch.

brand new flare from japland...needless to say they dont ship things like that, not working ones anyways!

never know when it might come in handy

[DC-TYPER]

i set mine off! missus wasnt happy

[T11MNM]

my flare wasnt in the holder when i got the car so i bought one a couple weeks back for that genuine jdm touch.

brand new flare from japland...needless to say they dont ship things like that, not working ones anyways!

never know when it might come in handy

Hey, where did you get that from?

[hammy]

a mate brought them back from one of his trips to japan.....

.....think he might have some more possibly, but obviously these are still unshippable, so its in person only

[peterwolds]

Hey, where did you get that from?

go to any ships chandlers get yourself a boat flare if you realy want one ,they are all date stamped as to when they are past their use by date although still ok for some time after that

[T11MNM]

I had a flare in my starlet gt a number of years ago and thought it was a quirky touch so was hoping to fill the void in my current car.

The flare was posted in a jiffy bag so if anyone has one going spare then get in touch.

[Philo]

Mine is still there too. Always good to have a 15 year old firework to hand...

Next time asks me where I am, think i will just tell them to look for the flare...

[welshrx-7]

how much they worth?

[murray]

I dont want to high jack but ive just found this in my car,
does any one have a clue what it is ??
 

 

[Nik da Greek]

That\'s the container that a Yakuza gangster keeps his severed finger in when he has to cut it off to atone for an act bringing disgrace to his master. If your body is mising any part or incomplete in any way, you can never enter heaven, which is why the cutting off of any bit is such a major gesture. They seal it in one of those containers, the kanji on the end are warding glyphs to keep their severed body part safe from demons on its trip to meet them in heaven. Your car\'s probably been used in all sorts of gangster stuff in its homeland, dude, drive-bys and everything!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
...Not really! No idea what it is. Good story, though, innit?

[leon]

Genius and you have made me feel even more safe on the trains Nik i\'ll remember that next time im on a national express service :mmmm