Do you use your "running daylights"?
04-27-2008 | 02:00 AM
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I won't wager on the true safety of the DRL's, but the one indisputable advantage is that they significantly clutter the IR signiture on the car. making it more difficult for John Q. Law to get a good lock on you.
04-27-2008 | 05:53 AM
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Originally Posted by JSpira' post='568941' date='Apr 26 2008, 11:37 PM
I'm not sure if they will enact new legislation for this or not but it's still safer to drive with them on, regardless of what country you are in.
The only at-fault accident I have been in would have been prevented by DRLs. As a teenager, I made a left turn in front of another car on a residential street full of parked cars. I never saw the other car. I'm guessing that, between the parked cars and my relative inexperience at the wheel, my mind somehow thought the car was not moving. A little visibility would have helped.
Since the cost of a DRL system is basically free (just some reprogramming of the car's computer) you'd think it would be required equipment by now. Instead, legislators seem to focus on big, expensive, technology-laden systems like TPMS, anti-trap power windows, and backup sensors.
These same legislators will then turn around and complain how automobiles have become much less affordable to the average person.
04-27-2008 | 05:56 AM
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Originally Posted by studavis' post='569012' date='Apr 27 2008, 04:00 AM
I won't wager on the true safety of the DRL's, but the one indisputable advantage is that they significantly clutter the IR signiture on the car. making it more difficult for John Q. Law to get a good lock on you.
mmm...thats something new I learnt today....okay DRL 'on' for me from now on (permanently).
04-27-2008 | 07:36 AM
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Originally Posted by monsterj34' post='569072' date='Apr 27 2008, 05:22 PM
I dont use mine because I dont wanna look like Toyota with running light on...
Sooo instead I run Xenons ( not always)....
Sooo instead I run Xenons ( not always)....
I've never seen any Toyota with angel eyes...
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04-27-2008 | 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by TitangrauII530iA' post='569081' date='Apr 27 2008, 10:36 AM
Strange..
I've never seen any Toyota with angel eyes...
Jukka
I've never seen any Toyota with angel eyes...
Jukka
Picture of this car is not mine but this is how it looks...
Still with LCI i wont turn on angel eye... i would put xenon on so that they can see something flying by them with bright light..
04-27-2008 | 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by monsterj34' post='569093' date='Apr 27 2008, 07:58 AM
lol well for US running daylight is differnt. It is not through angel eye until 08 versions.. NON LCI one... i got 07 bmw so it is through where the high beam is... and it lights up like toyota...
Picture of this car is not mine but this is how it looks...
Still with LCI i wont turn on angel eye... i would put xenon on so that they can see something flying by them with bright light..
Picture of this car is not mine but this is how it looks...
Still with LCI i wont turn on angel eye... i would put xenon on so that they can see something flying by them with bright light..
+1
04-27-2008 | 10:17 AM
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No. If you can't see the car in sunny California, you have a problem. 
04-27-2008 | 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Freewilly' post='569169' date='Apr 27 2008, 07:17 PM
No. If you can't see the car in sunny California, you have a problem.
Even with a strong sun headlamps are very useful! Especially if your car is dark grey as many E60 are .