[s-cars] Bulbs for clear sidemarkers

Charlie Smith charlie at elektro.cmhnet.org
Mon Jul 8 08:29:20 EDT 2002


Earlier, Lee Levitt wrote:
>
> Been there, seen that. I wasn't commenting on customs, however, just that
> the illumination is *really* weak. I've seen other vehicles with city lights
> that are much more visible...the Land Rover Discovery comes to mind.
>
> You do know, however, that city lights give you about 20 extra horsepower,
> right?

Alors!  All this time I thought that it was done to save electricity.
The cost of energy was really high in Europe, especially a few years back.

When you were driving something like a Citroen 2CV or a small DKW, I'm sure
that every little bit counts.

    - Charlie





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