JohnF wrote:
HIDs have been around for a long while now, and available on just about anything from VW Polo upwards, not just luxury cars.
My present car does not have them, and I miss them - the next one will
I doubt that future purchasers will have much choice.
JohnF wrote:
My previous car (a Vauxhall Omega MV6) had them back in 1998 when they were really new, and it was interesting to note the changing in other drivers' reactions during the four years I had the car - initially, people would move out of the way in awe
No, they probably either saw the blue fringe/light spill as strobes, or (like in the Thames Valley) knew that the traffic dept. were some of the first users of Vaxhaulls with HID.
JohnF wrote:
later on they would pull out in front of me just to spite me!
Possibly jealousy; what do you think, had you upset them in some way?
JohnF wrote:
There was one time the auto-levelling packed up one evening on the M3
And there's a major problem building: what'll happen when all these cars get to the s/h market - esp. if the plans to reduce MOTs tp 2 year intervals go through.
JohnF wrote:
They can be a distraction if you should catch a beam smack in the eye, for example when an oncoming car comes over a humpback bridge, but it is usually only for a brief moment.
A brief moment when a driver's night vision is taken away, and could take several minutes to rebuild . . .
You may have gathered, I'm not a fan of them . . .