"new" euros...now what

[rob hod]

  Hi,

    Well I should apologise for giving the impression that I was ranting
about Euro's, actually being in Europe I'm well acquainted them, my CGT
having a very similar set up. Anyway for some reason I set off ranting, but
it was directed at the HID type lunacy that currently prevails and seems to
fit in with the SUV driver mentality as another facet of the road hog
mindset - "I'm driving my kid 1/2 mile to soccer , I'm late, and you'd
better get out the way or I will blind you and/or barge you off the road
with my 2 ton leviathon"

    Just to be clear, I have no problem with being able to see where you're
going! I find a nicely relayed euro type set up with standard bulbs enough
for me.

    Cheers,

rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent McLean" <kentmclean at mindspring.com>
To: "rob hod" <rob3 at hod3.fsnet.co.uk>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: "new" euros...now what


> rob hod wrote:
> > ...but surely having so much bright light in the
> > nearfield in contrast to the murk just beyond that zone will mean that
the
> > eyes cannot adjust to seeing anything is outside of the cut off range.
>
> Rob,
>
> Have you driven in an Audi 200 with Euro lights?  The light doesn't just
> die 200 feet in front of the car.  There is a nice broad light that
> stretches
> into the distance.  The cutoff is such that the light shines below the eye
> level of oncoming cars. There is also about a 30 degree rise to the right,
> so that street signs may be easily read. On high beams, the effect is
> more pronounced, with the light stretching 1/4 mile or more ahead.
>
> On US DOT sealed beam lights, where there is no sharply defined cutoff,
> the light fans out like a funnel. That is what blinds oncoming drivers.
>
> HTH,
> Kent
>
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