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Post by dixinormus on Sept 18, 2020 4:20:25 GMT
I is chav. Just had installed a pair of sleek LED DRLs in the Outlander’s lower front grille. The automatic Xenon headlamps don’t always come on in grey/drizzly/misty weather, so I reckon it’s a good investment on the grounds of Health & Safety. Happens to look cool too 😎
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Post by WDB on Sept 18, 2020 5:54:31 GMT
Surprised it didn’t already have them. They’d have been standard equipment on an equivalent model bought in Europe. Perfectly respectable if you’ve put them in the proper place.
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Post by EspadaIII on Sept 18, 2020 7:53:52 GMT
DRLs are fine if the dashboard doesn't light up all the time so people remember to turn their headlights on at dusk. Or fit auto lights if DRLs are installed. Or DRls should be at the rear as well. Too many cars driving around at about 7pm now with DRLs but no rear lights and therefore invisible...
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Post by Humph on Sept 18, 2020 8:20:05 GMT
My car has these swanky auto dip / auto on lights. They work really well in most circumstances, but don't seem to recognise or turn on in fog. Fortunately I'm a bit OCD about driving and check these things, but I could see how it could catch out the unwary.
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Post by WDB on Sept 18, 2020 8:29:36 GMT
It does — every fogging day.
I imagine it’s because auto-lights use a light-level sensor. Trouble with fog is that it doesn’t reduce the amount of light so much as scatter it in unhelpful directions. It shouldn’t be impossible to make a detector for it — just that nobody has yet put one in a car.
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