[s-cars] fog lamps w/o low beams

[Lee Levitt]

Taka writes:

> Lee,
> If you're running them as DRLs, no problem with that. It's the idiots
> who drive at night, in clear weather, at 80mph on the highway in
> traffic with nothing but their fogs on that really get me. I have no
> idea how they manage to see- must be worse than my '86 5ktq with
> pitted DOT lamps.
> 
> Bad thing about using fogs as DRLs is that due to the low mounting
> point, in poor visibility or at night, it looks like the car is much
> further away than it actually is.


Agreed. On side roads the fogs are somewhat useful. In town and on the
highway, the low mounting point makes them less useful.

I think I need a pair of Hella 4000s mounted on my roof rack :)

Interestingly, the xenon headlamps do a *great* job of moving slow people
from the fast lane. Guess the high beam flash is pretty bright <grin>


> I'm guessing you're talking about the C4 chassis A6, with
> the fogs in the main headlamp assembly, right? In
> a C5, you have this "low mount" issue, as do most cars.

Exactly.

Lee
'02 A6 3.0 quattro avant
'96 A6 quattro avant