RE: Xenon lights, help?

[ccohen5@compuserve.com]

Ha, nut would you trade 80/100W Euro halogens which make night 
into day? These lights may be cool, and have a better color in 
some circumstances, but either DOT or early technology makes them 
inferior to good halogens by far IMO....and cool can kill.

>  > I trade you...my incandescants for your xenon's...
> merlin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	owner-quattro@audifans.com [mailto:owner-quattro@audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of ccohen5@compuserve.com
> Sent:	Wednesday, October 13, 1999 2:35 PM
> To:	quattro-digest@audifans.com
> Subject:	Xenon lights, help?
> 
> I have a 4.2 A6 about to be delivered and have a 99 A6 loaner from
> my dealer with I believe the same DOT approved gas discharge lamps
> as I will get on the 4.2. Driving the loaner the other night on
> some VA side roads I was appalled at how dangerous the sharp cut
> off can be. My Euro lamp equipped 92 100 was so superior in this
> respect as a comparison. While the GD light is bright and the
> white color helpful, as the lights moved up and down with
> undulations of the road, I found myself completely unsighted for
> long enough such that even at 30 I could have easily departed the
> track. The car has fog lights which could be switched for driving
> lights, has anyone found the need to do this - anyone have any
> comments, ideas, BTDT perspectives, or just plain it sucks to buy
> a new car!
>