Blinker Solution with Eurolights...

[Larry C Leung]

My favored tech (unfortunately no longer local) felt the same way. Unless
something like Euros were unsafe or offensive, he "overlooked" them. The
things that truely mattered, he really did check out.

LL - NY

On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 00:26:49 -0500 "ricematthews" <ricematthews at msn.com>
writes:
>FWIW, here in PA where annual safety inspections are done by private
>mechanics (as opposed to state run stations), my mechanic just reminds
>me
>that the "illegal" (non-DOT) lights weren't on the car when he saw it
>;-)
>in case anyone asks.  He's actually a real stickler on all other
>aspects of
>the inspection.
>
>Although my Audi's have all had factory DOT lights, my current and
>past
>vehicles with non-sealed beam round or rectangular lights have never
>caused
>me to fail an inspection or to get flagged by a cop.  I think this
>became
>even more often overlooked in around '85 when most European imports
>were
>coming in with DOT approved versions of the standard Euro lights
>(i.e.
>anything that was not standard round or rectangular).
>
>>If you live in Oregon, Washington, Alaska or Massachussets, or in
>>Canada, then E-code lamps are 100 percent legal.
>
>>Some eastern Seaboard states, such as NJ, PA, VA and MD, still
>specify
>>that E-code headlamps may only be used on motorcycles.
>
>