[s-cars] Fog light HID upgrade?

[Robert Myers]

Lee,

And here's why I think HID fogs might be "good".  I live in the 
toolies, the way outback, the boonies, or whatever else you might 
like to call the region.  We aren't quite at the edge of the world 
but we can see it from our back door.  Need I emphasize that it is 
_DARK_ at night out here.  Those of you who live in/near a city and 
do most of your night time driving there have almost no comprehension 
of just how dark a moonless country night can be.  Bambi and his 
friends frequent these parts and they seem to take particular delight 
in jumping right out in front of cars at night.  In the daylight as 
well but particularly at night.

Under these circumstances anything which will increase the likelihood 
of spotting Bambi (usually by the reflected light from his eyes) is a 
definite plus.  High beams, which I run probably 90% to 95% of the 
time are good but the beam pattern tends to be fairly sharply 
delimited to a cone straight in front of the car.  Lowbeams, HID or 
not, provide a decently spread beam for seeing the road up close and 
personal but don't do much for the shoulders.  Fog lights spread a 
beam onto the shoulders but they don't provide nearly as bright a 
beam as do the HID lowbeams or the standard halogen high beams.  Good 
bright fog lights are a definite help when it comes to spotting 
Bambi.  Oh, yes, they sometimes can help in foggy conditions as well.  ;-)

Bambi - go back home.

Bob



At 11:14 AM 1/27/2009, Lee Levitt wrote:

>Here's why HID fogs are bad:
>
>http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bulbs/Hid/disadvantages/disadvantages.html
>
>Lee
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