Re: The Best Fog Vision

[Andrew Duane USG <duane@hunch.zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Tom Nas say:

> "Dan Sinclair" <sinclair@prospro.com> wrote:
> >My 1988 Audi 90 fog lights work independent of all light settings. I can run
> >the fogs with high or low beam, or just parking lights.  My parents own a
> >1989 Audi 80, and their fogs shut off if you switch to high beam.  I suspect
> >this was a revision in 1989 and later.  You might be able to just order a
> >1988 or early fog relay and get the same result as a jumper (albeit more
> >expensive I'm sure).
> >
> Who knows... but if they discover it during the annual test, your car's failed.
> Besides- the point of fog lights is to act as supplementary illumination,
> not primary.
> 
> If you use them for primary illumination, they're poser lights. They're
> also worse than DOT headlights.

It does vary quite a bit, especially on the road to our house in
HEAVY snow or fog. Headlights just blind you. Fogs only are a GODSEND
to make it that last 2 miles home sometimes.

And we always get our car inspected by the mechanic who gave me
the jumper :-)

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