Drive Throughs??
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Drive Throughs??
How many of you guys with lifted trucks dont get sensed at drive throughs?
I cant get steak and shake, wendys, taco bell and some mcdonalds to pick me up. gets kinda annoying and confuses the heck out of the drive through personell
I cant get steak and shake, wendys, taco bell and some mcdonalds to pick me up. gets kinda annoying and confuses the heck out of the drive through personell
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I agree with the crap statement. I only had a problem getting sensed at a drivethough one time, but sometimes I have a problem getting the truck around the tight little turns and the person on the intercom can NEVER hear me and I usually have to shut the truck off which makes me mad.
I actually tipped the girlie at Starbucks a dollar the other day because she could hear me over the truck... and I was losing my voice!
I actually tipped the girlie at Starbucks a dollar the other day because she could hear me over the truck... and I was losing my voice!
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Or stop eating that crap.
I can't say anything really. I haven't had a cheeseburger in a month and I am dying for one. Been on the Lean Cuisine lunch diet.
Back to the topic. What makes it so they cannot sense you are there? I am lifted 4" on 35" tires and they always know I am there. Like Lisa though I have the problem where they cannot hear me.
I can't say anything really. I haven't had a cheeseburger in a month and I am dying for one. Been on the Lean Cuisine lunch diet.
Back to the topic. What makes it so they cannot sense you are there? I am lifted 4" on 35" tires and they always know I am there. Like Lisa though I have the problem where they cannot hear me.
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Arm won't raise sometimes
My wife sometimes couldn't get the truck with a 4" lift out of the parking lot where she works. I think that they've retopped the blacktop so many times that the sensors don't read like they should. We went down there one evening and found the "sweet spot" and I spray painted a line to show where to line up the front wheel. It has worked pretty good. Sometimes she still has to back up and go forward a couple of times to get the arm to raise. I'd rather they readjust the sensors though - if that is possible.
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Sitting 9.25" over stock on 38" tires there are a few places that I've taken my truck that they don't know I'm there. Been in my buddy's K5 that is a little shorter than my truck, on my old 38s and lots of places can't sense is truck either.
As for hearing....I always have to turn my motor off, being so far away from the speaker and with straight pipe duals they could never hear me.
Back to the topic. What makes it so they cannot sense you are there? I am lifted 4" on 35" tires and they always know I am there. Like Lisa though I have the problem where they cannot hear me.
Majority of sensors for drive thrus, electric gates, etc. detect metal (steel)......on a lifted truck, the metal is too far for the sensor to recognize.
As for hearing....I always have to turn my motor off, being so far away from the speaker and with straight pipe duals they could never hear me.
Originally Posted by Texas Outlaw
Back to the topic. What makes it so they cannot sense you are there? I am lifted 4" on 35" tires and they always know I am there. Like Lisa though I have the problem where they cannot hear me.
Majority of sensors for drive thrus, electric gates, etc. detect metal (steel)......on a lifted truck, the metal is too far for the sensor to recognize.
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i always turn off my engine as well, as a courtesy to the drive through people
i also noticed that if i sometimes back up and pull up a little, it will eventually go off of they will see me
and i probably shoudl stop eating that food
i also noticed that if i sometimes back up and pull up a little, it will eventually go off of they will see me
and i probably shoudl stop eating that food
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This is a fairly common problem for motorcycles, which tend to have more aluminum and less steel (iron), and are also smaller to begin with. My bike will sometimes not trip stoplights. You can actually buy a thing that is a chunk of iron or something that mounts to the bottom of the bike.
Maybe something like that could be implemented on a lifted truck. A piece of iron that can be flipped down, mechanically or electrically or something, to trip stoplights, drivethroughs, etc.
Maybe something like that could be implemented on a lifted truck. A piece of iron that can be flipped down, mechanically or electrically or something, to trip stoplights, drivethroughs, etc.
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Yep, a buddy of mine with a solid axle'd F-150 with like 17" of lift with 41-46" tires (depending on his mood I think 
)was telling me some stop lights are a PITA for him to trigger.
Not all fast food is bad (some is really bad if you look up nutrition info on their websites).......and those little fruit n yogurt parfaits from McD's are pretty damn good, LOL
)was telling me some stop lights are a PITA for him to trigger.Not all fast food is bad (some is really bad if you look up nutrition info on their websites).......and those little fruit n yogurt parfaits from McD's are pretty damn good, LOL
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i dont know if that would work because it would hav eto be low enough to trip it
i guess i will have to occasionally "interupt" their drive through order line by pulling up to the window to order
i guess i will have to occasionally "interupt" their drive through order line by pulling up to the window to order
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Originally Posted by Kwikkordead
Park the truck and go inside. 
I'd rather not shut off my motor unless I have to. We have guys around here that don't even shut off their motor when fueling up. Isn't it true that more fuel is used when restarting a PSD than just letting it sit there and run?
the only drivethrough I go through anymore is the Starbucks with a good intercom system for a non-fat sugar free vanilla latte. If I am desperate and unable to catch lunch, I'll go to Wendy's for a salad. I haven't had a hamburger and fries for probably two years.
Last edited by Smokin'; Feb 14, 2008 at 09:02 AM.