Sontat "projection lamp" headlight question.

[Brian Nystrom]

On twisty roads, the fog lights can help considerably, as they
illuminate the edges of the road and their beam is much wider than the
low beams. However, they don't increase distance visibility and I
strongly recommend that you not use them unless they're really needed,
as I find fog lights on approaching vehicles to be very annoying.

 

[Edwin Pawlowski]

Hmmm. I daresay that if flipping the high beam switch is such a chore,
driving must be real agony for you. ;-)

Seriously, it's just a matter of adapting to the car, just as you do with
switch locations, heater & A/C controls, radio buttons, etc. It's really
no big deal. If you quit resisting, it won't take long at all.

Yes, it is un-necessary agony. Best headlights I ever had was my '97
LeSabre. In the four years that I had it, I'll bet the high beams were not
used more than 50 times. With the projector lights, I'd probably flipped
them 50 times on one trip down River Road.

I did drive about 40 miles last night on highway (light traffic) and city
with no need to use the high beams. It is just some of the smaller roads,
especially with turns and hills.

 

[Matt Whiting]

On twisty roads, the fog lights can help considerably, as they
illuminate the edges of the road and their beam is much wider than the
low beams. However, they don't increase distance visibility and I
strongly recommend that you not use them unless they're really needed,
as I find fog lights on approaching vehicles to be very annoying.

Brian,

I didn't write a single word of the above that you attributed to me.

Matt

 

[kaboom]

Brian,

I didn't write a single word of the above that you attributed to me.

**Hi Brian, those were my scribblings not Matt's. However, I'd like
to thank you for the fog lights idea and I'll be looking into it. I
used to have fog lights on my old Santa Fe and I used them rarely
because the regular headlights were fine but the car did look cool

Thanks

kaboomie

 

[Mike Marlow]

Actually, that was - and still is a major gripe of mine. I believe you even
suggested a way to fix it... http://tinyurl.com/lnczd

Oh - I'm fine with aiming headlights against a wall, but my point was that
my Grand Am just does not have a good light reflector, thus some of the
worst high beam lighting you've ever seen.

 

[Edwin Pawlowski]

**Hi Brian, those were my scribblings not Matt's. However, I'd like
to thank you for the fog lights idea and I'll be looking into it. I
used to have fog lights on my old Santa Fe and I used them rarely
because the regular headlights were fine but the car did look cool

Thanks

kaboomie

They do look cool, but as another car approaches in the opposite with them,
I've often been know to utter some nasty words. Mostly on the after market
ones installed by a kid that knows nothing about aiming lights. I'll have
to try them and see if I piss of anyone else.

 

[kaboom]

They do look cool, but as another car approaches in the opposite with them,
I've often been know to utter some nasty words.

**I didn't mean cool with them turned on, I meant with them off
I've probably uttered the same nasties as you, Edwin.

Mostly on the after market
ones installed by a kid that knows nothing about aiming lights.

**Yea, nothing like those aftermarket jobbies that just kinda dangle
there, eh?

I'll have to try them and see if I piss of anyone else.

**Well, it's either going to be foglights pissing them off or your
high beams. Fogs are probably the lesser of the two evils.

kaboomie