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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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Replying to: midnightcowboy (Oct 27, 2004 7:24 pm) I don't really think anyone is being "blinded" by HID headlights. I believe it is just people and their perceptions and prejudice against change that has created all of the flack against HIDs. What happens is the HID lights are "different" and therefore noticable. People look at them because they notice the difference. Well, looking into a light source, even from a distance, can give a perception of being blinded. And the one post about halogens is absolutely correct. My step father - a very strong skeptic of autmotive change - used to constantly complain of being "blinded" when the Halogen lights started becoming popular. What did I tell him? "Don't look at them!" MidCow - I can't believe you would make a statement like you did about adaptive headlights being introduced in the '40s. Did you really now know that "adaptive" headlights were introduced in the 1948 Tucker. The Tucker had two conventional headlights and one "cyclops" headlight in the middle of the grill that swiveled in tune with the steering wheel. Tucker produced 51 of these "cars of the future", of which 47 are known to still exist. 20 years later, Citroen used a similar, although less advanced and manual system, on their DS. Michael
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Replying to: gagrice (Oct 27, 2004 7:51 pm) Okay you were right. mea culpa. The Tucker "cyclops eye" sounds like it was a pretty futuristic car when it existed. Did you also note that it accelerated 0-60 mph in 10 seconds. Wow! That's faster than a 2005 Prius. YMMV, MidCow |
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I have had my 05 Prius for about a week and I have noticed a very annoying rattle that seems to be coming from the windshield or the dash next to the windshield, I will be taking it in next week to see if can be eliminated, I am just wondering if anyone has encountered this problem with their prius. I really like this car and I hope it can be taken care of otherwise I have no choice but to to get rid of this car.
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