*sigh* HID lights under attack

[Steve Marinello]

After looking at the Autoweek article on the Mini, I have similar concerns
re. the lights mounted in the hood.  How well will aim be maintained, much
less how long will filaments last with the light assembly getting slammed
each time the hood is raised and shut.  Of course, it's a BMW design now, so
it should work, right?!  Of course, one guy in the office has his '99 525i
at the dealer again (flatbedded the third time) with another dud fuel
pump....


----- Original Message -----
From: "Wallace White" <wallace at stanfordalumni.org>
To: "Brad Wilson" <bradw at pobox.com>
Cc: "Audi Quattro List" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: *sigh* HID lights under attack


> Brad Wilson wrote:
> > people is the "blue tint" of the light. Nevermind the fact that it's
nearly
> > impossible for me to blind someone with my low-beam, self-leveling HIDs,
> > which is completely untrue with traditional non-self-leveling lights.
>
> I've been wondering about these self-levelling lights: how quickly and
> how often do they self-level, and how long are they going to last?
>
> I'd hate to think that ten years from now, the roads will be filled with
> maintenance-deprived HID cars whose self-levelling mechanisms are
> jammed. Bright lights plus bad aiming is no good.
>
> - Wallace
>   '87 5kcstq 173k, recently found 5k/100 euros at the junkyard
>