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11-17-2004, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by SacQuacker
No real American will EVER agree to having DRL's.
We are against anything on our vehicles that makes them go slower or look stupid.
We don't like trigger locks on our guns
, warning labels on our beer 
and the V-chip.
God Bless the USA! Live free or DIE!
We are against anything on our vehicles that makes them go slower or look stupid.
We don't like trigger locks on our guns
, warning labels on our beer and the V-chip.
God Bless the USA! Live free or DIE!
12-02-2004, 04:05 AM
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And then you have this:
DETROIT - Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 92,577 of its Celica cars in the United States to fix a problem with their daytime running lamps, federal safety regulators said Wednesday.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the recall, involving Celicas from the 2000 and 2001 model years, was ordered because the running lamps are too bright and fail to conform with federal motor vehicle safety standards.
A similar recall affects 1,378 all-new Cobalt compact cars from General Motor Corp.'s Chevrolet division, NHTSA said.
It said a bulb shield in the Cobalt's headlamps, which prevents them from causing excessive glare for oncoming drivers, can loosen or break due to vibration, increasing the risk of a crash.
DETROIT - Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 92,577 of its Celica cars in the United States to fix a problem with their daytime running lamps, federal safety regulators said Wednesday.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the recall, involving Celicas from the 2000 and 2001 model years, was ordered because the running lamps are too bright and fail to conform with federal motor vehicle safety standards.
A similar recall affects 1,378 all-new Cobalt compact cars from General Motor Corp.'s Chevrolet division, NHTSA said.
It said a bulb shield in the Cobalt's headlamps, which prevents them from causing excessive glare for oncoming drivers, can loosen or break due to vibration, increasing the risk of a crash.
12-02-2004, 09:18 AM
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That's because they set the DRL's on highbeams, which I never understood anyways. Full power highbeams are annoying even during daytime, that's a no-brainer.
They could just set the DRL system to automatically light up the lowbeams, and the taillinghts, and we'd be rid of the problems. But somehow, for some reason, since it is government-regulated, it has to be complicated.
They could just set the DRL system to automatically light up the lowbeams, and the taillinghts, and we'd be rid of the problems. But somehow, for some reason, since it is government-regulated, it has to be complicated.
12-02-2004, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by sauceman
That's because they set the DRL's on highbeams, which I never understood anyways. Full power highbeams are annoying even during daytime, that's a no-brainer.
They could just set the DRL system to automatically light up the lowbeams, and the taillinghts, and we'd be rid of the problems. But somehow, for some reason, since it is government-regulated, it has to be complicated.
They could just set the DRL system to automatically light up the lowbeams, and the taillinghts, and we'd be rid of the problems. But somehow, for some reason, since it is government-regulated, it has to be complicated.
12-02-2004, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by CGTSX2004
But then what happens to all the government jobs related to finding and fixing these problems? You wouldn't want people to lose their jobs, would you?
12-02-2004, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by CGTSX2004
DRLs are fine in my book. I think that if it doesn't hurt anyone and the visibility of the vehicle is increased (especially to/for those incompetent drivers), then why not. 
12-02-2004, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by domn
We seem to handle it just fine in Canada and we're no smarter than you yanks so your point isn't a good one.
12-02-2004, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by biker
And then you have this:
DETROIT - Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 92,577 of its Celica cars in the United States to fix a problem with their daytime running lamps, federal safety regulators said Wednesday.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the recall, involving Celicas from the 2000 and 2001 model years, was ordered because the running lamps are too bright and fail to conform with federal motor vehicle safety standards.
A similar recall affects 1,378 all-new Cobalt compact cars from General Motor Corp.'s Chevrolet division, NHTSA said.
It said a bulb shield in the Cobalt's headlamps, which prevents them from causing excessive glare for oncoming drivers, can loosen or break due to vibration, increasing the risk of a crash.
DETROIT - Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 92,577 of its Celica cars in the United States to fix a problem with their daytime running lamps, federal safety regulators said Wednesday.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the recall, involving Celicas from the 2000 and 2001 model years, was ordered because the running lamps are too bright and fail to conform with federal motor vehicle safety standards.
A similar recall affects 1,378 all-new Cobalt compact cars from General Motor Corp.'s Chevrolet division, NHTSA said.
It said a bulb shield in the Cobalt's headlamps, which prevents them from causing excessive glare for oncoming drivers, can loosen or break due to vibration, increasing the risk of a crash.
12-02-2004, 02:27 PM
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My solution is simple. I park my car in a valet-managed parking garage, and they turn on the lights to drive the car up out of the bowels of the garage. I leave with the lights on, get to the office, let them turn off automatically, and - voila - they are on for the evening drive home. So I think everyone should park in valet parking garages where these things are just taken care of for you. 
Seriously, this is probably the only thing I miss from my old Jetta GLX - and yep, it makes a difference in glare light as much as in dim light, particularly if the glare light is in a hazy atmosphere.
Seriously, this is probably the only thing I miss from my old Jetta GLX - and yep, it makes a difference in glare light as much as in dim light, particularly if the glare light is in a hazy atmosphere.
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