# Tonight is the night! **URL:** \ **Category:** GEM Forum\ **Created:** [December 6, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/tonight-is-the-night/29969 "2025-12-06T16:14:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pythan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@Pythan](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Pythan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/tonight-is-the-night/29969/1 "2025-12-06T16:14:31Z")
It is finally here. Tonight is the light parade here is Elk Grove were I will do my parade premier of my highly modified 2002 e825 four seat GEM. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ptzklnfNM6A/maxresdefault.jpg "short night time shot") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptzklnfNM6A) ![for motion platform](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/electricforum/original/3X/0/1/01f5722fa1f37cbcc86d6cd165b676876dc3dd18.jpeg) ![20250617_125233](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/electricforum/original/3X/5/6/56d9b74ba1dd7eccb998848f5f6ed5260f549de3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ledft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@ledft](https://community.electricforum.com/u/ledft)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/tonight-is-the-night/29969/2 "2025-12-06T16:24:16Z")
Good luck. You’re going to bring a lot of smiles to a lot of people. Love it. ---
**Author:** ![AssyRequired](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/assyrequired/32/7621_2.png) [@AssyRequired](https://community.electricforum.com/u/AssyRequired)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/tonight-is-the-night/29969/3 "2025-12-06T16:28:21Z")
Looks fantastic! Is your snail/turtle all charged up and coming out too? ---
**Author:** ![Pythan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@Pythan](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Pythan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/tonight-is-the-night/29969/4 "2025-12-06T19:48:51Z")
Charged up, in the trailer and ready to go.. Since I am driving the Magical Locomotive, I had to turn Turtle driving duties over to a friend. Just for scale, the top of the Turtle Hat is 6’2" ![20221223_182906](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/electricforum/original/3X/f/8/f8aea8ebdeed99d7d924d1cf25ab05279c02f85c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![AssyRequired](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/assyrequired/32/7621_2.png) [@AssyRequired](https://community.electricforum.com/u/AssyRequired)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/tonight-is-the-night/29969/5 "2025-12-06T19:57:45Z")
Nice! I’m guessing it won’t be long before you interface the logic of a roomba, throw in a few proximity sensors, then let them run around behind you fully automated. Hit a button on your train dash and they would line up behind you like little ducks, hit it again and they would random pattern/spin while still keeping in reasonable range. ---
**Author:** ![Pythan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@Pythan](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Pythan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/tonight-is-the-night/29969/6 "2025-12-06T20:00:39Z")
Ha Ha.. I don’t think my insurance carrier would like me anymore.. Besides, they are so much fun to drive. The wheelchairs I used for the motion platforms are super responsive. ---
**Author:** ![dougl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@dougl](https://community.electricforum.com/u/dougl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/tonight-is-the-night/29969/7 "2025-12-06T22:56:42Z")
I used Jazzy Selects in my 2 Cupcake Cars and they will get up and go along with spin on a time. I had also hacked the joystick interface and had one running off of an Arduino with an old Gravis joystick. I was going to set it up for RC remote control but instead ended up making a Cupcake Car with a tricycle in it so kids could drive one too. Quite fun doing goofy stuff like this. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/electricforum/original/3X/6/a/6a6997c5ca411d30c2f2e4562f6e005123d6ec52.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![JarJarJava](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/jarjarjava/32/15158_2.png) [@JarJarJava](https://community.electricforum.com/u/JarJarJava)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/tonight-is-the-night/29969/8 "2025-12-07T17:04:15Z")
Fra ra ra ta ra ra rah! ---
**Author:** ![Pythan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@Pythan](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Pythan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/tonight-is-the-night/29969/9 "2025-12-07T17:26:28Z")
I love it.. very creative. ---
**Author:** ![grantwest](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/grantwest/32/15_2.png) [@grantwest](https://community.electricforum.com/u/grantwest)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/tonight-is-the-night/29969/10 "2025-12-08T17:36:58Z")
One hell of a project Well done