Nuclear Nick wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 7:26 am
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........
I can understand that on car I had back in 2001 - they would switch on/off going under bridges, however I haven't noticed that on more recent cars.
I have heard the reason the lights come on earlier than you expect is because they take into account the angle of light hitting sensor - if it is too low then likely moving in and out of shadows which may make you invisible but still bright enough for you to see well.
Personally I just so used to them coming on I don't really notice if they are on or off, and I suspect most road users are now used to automatic headlights they don't notice people with them on in day
John_M wrote: ↑Thu Aug 23, 2018 7:01 pm
Personally I just so used to them coming on I don't really notice if they are on or off, and I suspect most road users are now used to automatic headlights they don't notice people with them on in day
Lots of DRLs look like headlights anyway. When I lived in Denmark I fitted an extra relay to my wife's Golf to put the headlights on with the ignition (DRLs were required by law there) - it was an official VW mod and I think it was supposed to put the lights on at a reduced brightness, but I could never tell between that and full headlights. I never bothered to remove it on return to UK.
Col M wrote: ↑Thu Aug 23, 2018 7:53 pm
I don't mind the headlights coming on as much as having the PCM switch to night (even when the headlights were set to off).
Now run PCM in day mode... until the nights draw in.
Further to my last. The auto headlights used to annoy me when living overseas, because every time it switched on automatically I'd get a message in the MFD reminding me that the lights were switched to inverted beam pattern (for driving on the right). I would notice this much more that the lights coming on!
bennachie wrote: ↑Thu Aug 23, 2018 9:29 pm
Auto dipping?
I don't have that. Maybe the opening in the mirror is for those that do. If I find time tomorrow I will sit in the car with the lights on auto, cover the hole with my finger and see what happens!
Guy wrote: ↑Thu Aug 23, 2018 7:06 pmLots of DRLs look like headlights anyway. When I lived in Denmark I fitted an extra relay to my wife's Golf to put the headlights on with the ignition (DRLs were required by law there) - it was an official VW mod and I think it was supposed to put the lights on at a reduced brightness, but I could never tell between that and full headlights. I never bothered to remove it on return to UK.
Sounds like might be something like DIm Dip we had in UK
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