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Replying to: rfruth (Oct 25, 2004 5:35 pm) Doesn't have bluetooth, but cell phones are dangerous, blue-tooth or not. They still take your attention away from driving. However bl;uetooth and other hands-free cell phones are certainly less dangerous than handheld and some people need to use them in their business. However if you see a large SUV with someone taling on a cell phone, clear a path, especially if they have kids in the vehicle and most especially if they have some kind of sports or fitness logo on theri rear bumper or rear windshield. YMMV, MidCow |
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I'm about ready to buy an '05 Prius but I hate the High Intensity Headlamps. They blind other drivers - - they are like looking into high beams for oncoming drivers. I don't want to put more of these on the road. The dealer has been getting lots of complaints on them and their service dept is actually replacing them with other headlamps...for a price! So if you want package #6, you pay extra to have the dealer take off the blinding headlamps, or order a different package. What are other people doing about this and why do auto manufacturers put these road hazzards on cars in the 1st place?
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HID lights are not a hazard if they are aimed properly. They are on OEM on many many cars and have not yet been "outlawed" anywhere. Any other drivers who get blinded is because of badly aimed headlamps..... 
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Replying to: greengal (Oct 26, 2004 8:55 am) You are absolutely correct. They are horrible and the sooner the laws are passed to get rid of them the happier I will be. I don't care if it is a matter of adjustment. The driver doesn't care that he is blinding me when they are not adjusted right. |
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quote-"The driver doesn't care that he is blinding me when they are not adjusted right."-end quote I guess that would depend on the individual driver. *I* in my case *have* had a non-HID headlamp which was mis-aimed and was blinding oncoming drivers on LOW beam, and *I* took it upon myself to re-aim the lights. Any responsible driver would do the same. And of course there are the Prince Farquads out there who give a flip about blinding people - but thanks to my supreme belief in the good of man to man, I think that those people are in the smaller end of the percentage.
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I think the same thing was said about Halogen head lights when they were first introduced. They would blind the oncoming traffic. However, now-a-days you can get extremely blindingly bright Halogen replacements Actually, HID lights have a very sharp cut-off and if properly aimed do not blind the oncoming drivers. That being said I have HID lights in my IS300 which are auto-leveling and every time you turn them on they go through an auto leveling check. This ensures that drivers are not blinded and the leveling automatically takes place while you are driving, so if you are coming up a hill where your lights would normally shine higher, they are lowered. Only the cheaper implementations of HID do not have auto-leveling and they can blind oncoming drivers if the headlights are not properly aimed. Okay, please tell me, the Prius does have auto-leveling HID lights, doesn't it? Please tell me, Toyota didn't cut another corner to save weight(er a buck!) YMMV, MidCow What do you think about the new headlights that turn to look around a corner when you turn the steering wheel?
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Replying to: midnightcowboy (Oct 27, 2004 7:57 am) As for the "new" lights that turn to look around a corner... they aren't exactly new; that feature dates to the 1940s. |
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Replying to: backy (Oct 27, 2004 3:17 pm) What cars have the trun-around-the-corner feature currently been in or is in? Recent Lexus, maybe recent BMWs and Mercedes. Certainly , not 2 years ago, or 10 or 20 or 30 or 40 or 50 or 60 or so as you suggest. Yeah! Picture pones were introduced in the 1963 world's fair, and in the last couple of years actually became a reality. HIDs light up the night! MidCow |
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Replying to: midnightcowboy (Oct 27, 2004 7:24 pm) http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/showroom/1948/photos.html
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Replying to: midnightcowboy (Oct 27, 2004 7:24 pm) Isn't that what I stated? It is a fact, one that is easily verifiable with two minutes research on the Web. It is rude to question a fact someone posts, as if they are lying. |
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