Re: HIDs-Long

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <199908101712.LAA26873@aztek-eng.com> DeWitt Harrison writes:

> I believe we may be looking at yet another case of progress for the sake
> of progress.  I certainly hope HID illumination will turn out to be an
> improvement worth the trouble and expense of the special high voltage
> power source and tightly controlled beam pattern (And continuous
> height adjustment for God's sake!) Why has every car component become
> a bleeding "system" these days?

I find them very irritating when coming the other way on a less than
perfect road surface.  The beam cutoff is so sharp that they seem to
flash occasionally - I find it very distracting.

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 Phil Payne
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