Adjusting sensitivity of auto lights...hmmm

[Gonzo0]

Evening all,

As time passes with our new GTS I have found a rather annoying trait, the auto lights (LEDs) come on way to early for me, when it's not even darker yet. I like to keep displaying the DRLs longer into the evening rather than the auto lights switch on.

In our TTS we can change when the auto lights come on....can this be done in the Macan?

Thanks

[Paul]

If it can, let me know please; like you, mine come on too early.....and don’t then switch off (when you’ve come out of the tunnel for example) for ages.
(Mind you, I wasn’t aware the TTS had that option - must go and have a play with ours later.)

[MikeM]

No, you can't adjust them and Yes,they come on at every opportunity. Only answer is to switch the damn thing off It is the single and only thing that I don't like about my Macan

[Nuclear Nick]

An ex-Police instructor once recommended leaving auto lights off as there is a risk that the lights coming on can fool someone else into thinking you are flashing them to turn across your path........

[Sidscott]

The DRL`s are on when auto lights are switched off anyway so its not as if other vehicles wont see you if you forget to turn on your main lights.

[johnd]

An ex-Police instructor once recommended leaving auto lights off as there is a risk that the lights coming on can fool someone else into thinking you are flashing them to turn across your path........

Hmm, well if I weigh the tiny, tiny probability of that scenario vs that of me forgetting to turn on the lights under commonplace marginal conditions and getting involved in some incident as a result then I know which one I'm going to prefer. It's also the case that many more cars are showing brightish driving lights these days than ever used to be the case, so other drivers are used to see approaching lights, even in daylight hours.

But I'd dearly love to find a way of adjusting the sensitivity of the auto-lights - I don't appreciate being the only car on a busy road in brightish overcast conditions to be showing full headlights. I'd estimate that my lights often come on at a solar irradiance of 100W/sqm, if not higher, which is just OTT. (Remembering you can still see adequately at dusk at 1-2W/sqm, though not suggesting for a second that you don't need full lights at those light levels. An auto-on level of 30-50 is probably about right, but especially if you also have bright always-on driving lights)

[Semerka]

I'd prefer to be seen than not, who cares if you're the only one on the road with dipped beam on.

There are too many cars here in UK who's drivers do not switch their dipped beam on when necessary. That's more of an issue in my eyes.
And don't get me started on fog lights!

[Guy]

If it's that much of a worry try a bit of tape over the sensor on the reverse of the rear view mirror - left hand side

[Ray G]

Would that not fool the sensor into thinking it was dark Guy?

[Guy]

Would that not fool the sensor into thinking it was dark Guy?

Oh yes, I really should think these things through

I don't have a problem with the auto-light setting in my car. Perhaps the glow from the status LEDs of my dashcam (fitted just in front of the mirror) trick the sensor into thinking it's lighter than it really is?