Daytime running lights for Canada import

[Geraint Lloyd]

bollocks

got the wrong list

should have been 20v

Geraint Lloyd wrote:
> Eric
>
> Brady has a btdt on his 20v avant, i'll either get him to write in or
> ask him what he did.
> I have an 89 200 tqa  that someone else imported from arizona
> and an 87 golf 2 gti that i imported from the UK
>
> neither has drls. strictly speaking with Transport Canada if the vehicle
> is over 15 years old then it doesn't need modification eg: i have no cat
> on the golf 'cos the uk didn't mandate them until 96. the provinces are
> supposed to follow this.
>
> When the golf was inspected in quebec, the inspector failed it because
> it had no DRLs, but the inspection station manager pointed to him that
> the car was over 15 years old and didn't need them so made the inspector
> re-do the inspection report.
>
> I got the impression that the provincial boys like to fail cars because
> they get extra revenue when you come back for a retest. the fact that
> the golf failed early on in the test due to lack of DRLs meant that the
> inspector didn't 'find' anything else to fail (the car had passed it's 
> french safety test a month or so before so was fine...).
>
> moral based on experience and advice from pal who imports MGs from all
> over the place:
> get the car tested as is. you will either get lucky and it will pass or
> you will have a list of things to do and a retest. if the only thing to
> do is hook up the dlrs then it could be worse.....
>
> Geraint
>
>
>
>
> Eric Huppert wrote:
>   
>> John,
>>
>> Just looked in the Bentley, seems like slightly different wiring between
>> U.S. and Canada... May be easier to use parking lights, but hoping someone
>> who's BTDT can shed some "light" (pun intended)
>>
>> Will have to explore the diagrams a little closer and see what I can figure
>> out!
>>
>> Thanks, Eric
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John McMahon [mailto:jfm at nts-online.net]
>> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 1:17 PM
>> To: Eric Huppert
>> Subject: Re:
>>
>>
>> I believe that even the early 1990s vintage Audis came with provisions for
>> DRLs.  My '90 Coupe quattro 20V
>> has them listed in the fuse/relay box.
>> John McMahon
>> Abilene, Texas
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Eric Huppert" <ehuppert at hvc.rr.com>
>> To: <quattro at audifans.com>; "200q20v" <200q20v at audifans.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 11:43 AM
>>
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> Just sold my 200 20V to a Canadian father and son. (Nice first car for a
>>> teenager!)
>>>
>>> Needs to have DRL's for import to Canada. Told them I'd hook them up.
>>> Thinking I'll use the parking lights in the headlights, probably use power
>>> off ignition source (in relay box under kick panel). Already installed a
>>> full size bulb (1156 or 7) and they're brighter..
>>>
>>> Thoughts, or BTDT?
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
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