Fog

[eSCHEn]

My VAG still does this!

 

[zx9]

My VAG still does this!

Yep, and bongs a warning too if it is like my Audi (I think you can turn off the bong with DCS but I have not bothered to )

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

@slim_boy_fat

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

That's an image from the web.
They would clip over the window and be plugged into a socket.

My Old Man had a AA Book Of The Road, they get a mention in it.

 

[rtbcomp]

^^ Those are They. I can't recall any of my older cars having anywhere to plug them in though (apart from the Land/Range-rovers).

 

[GW8IZR]

^^ Those are They. I can't recall any of my older cars having anywhere to plug them in though (apart from the Land/Range-rovers).

Harry Moss clip on parking lights ..

 

[eSCHEn]

Yep, and bongs a warning too if it is like my Audi (I think you can turn off the bong with DCS but I have not bothered to )

Does your Audi sound the piercing siren of doom when you enter the fuel reserve? And then every time the ignition is turned on until you fill up?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

View attachment 94050

That's an image from the web.
They would clip over the window and be plugged into a socket.

My Old Man had a AA Book Of The Road, they get a mention in it.

I remember those......

 

[colnerov]

I remember those......

The light or the book?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

The light or the book?

Both

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

@slim_boy_fat

I have both, yes I know.

I id a post on me being a hoarder.

The book is on top of the super8mm films.

 

[keithski122]

Then you have the people who have their fg lights on because its spitting with rain or those that don't turn them off until 50 miles or 5 days after the fog.

 

[mike os]

What a bunch of moaning old gits....... keep up the good work

 

[Bill Edwards]

What's almost as bad are the berks who turn on the lights because there's a sign of mist 400 yards in the distance. Or who believe them to be 'motorway lights' - yes, we really need high intensity lights shining at us in the pouring rain in the black. I thought the driving test was supposed to only allow safe people onto the roads! The highway code is clear, fog lights are for when visibility is less than 100 meters and to be turned off when visibility improves. Not exactly rocket science.

Part of this is a penalty of automatic lights - unfortunately the sensor thinks its light enough to not need lights and sadly the automatic sensor has replaced the common sense part of most drivers

There are plenty of old (pre auto lights) cars driving round in the dark with no illumination. Try flashing them repeatedly and about 1 in 10 will notice and put their lights on. The rest...?

You're having waaaay too much of that stuff...........

And am I alone in having dash lights/display which can be dimmed using a rheostat thumb wheel?

I'm astonished at the number of vehicles in poor visibility with DRLs like searchlights, the drivers of which either don't realise, nor care, that they have no lights on the rear.

I have a car with dimmable dash lights, I think every half decent car has - you want to be able to see the displays but not be dazzled by them, and everybody has different eyesight.
But not noticing, or caring, that the lights aren't on is a big problem with many motorists.

Since most of the rest of the world is unlit, slowing down to match those conditions, and not relying on the lighting arrangements of oncoming cars to set one's speed by, is the way to go. I have to remind myself that this is how it should be.

Having a couple of tons of unlit object hurtling down the road (which when it's dark if there's nothing to see should be empty and therefor safe) is OK...?
I'm not too keen on pulling out at junctions knowing that I've looked and seen nothing but may be rear ended or hit in the side by an invisible vehicle.

 

[zx9]

Does your Audi sound the piercing siren of doom when you enter the fuel reserve? And then every time the ignition is turned on until you fill up?

Yer, but it is not that loud non of the warnings are, it would be better if ABS fault or low flud levels shouted louder than the lights are left on.

 

[eSCHEn]

Yer, but it is not that loud non of the warnings are, it would be better if ABS fault or low flud levels shouted louder than the lights are left on.

Wish the Passat was like that; utterly terrifying when it goes off.

 

[ChrisJ]

View attachment 94050

That's an image from the web.
They would clip over the window and be plugged into a socket.

My Old Man had a AA Book Of The Road, they get a mention in it.

I remember those too, and the matches were to stick the bare wires into the top of the battery posts.

 

[rory1]

I tried to catch some fog whilst I was out tonight............. Mist

 

[zx9]

Vagcom might be able to disable / lower the volume?

Quite possible and I would offer to try, but for the 400 mile each way drive.

 

[eSCHEn]

It's a 3B5, Mr Bluetack will sort out the bonger when it get irritating enough

Disappointed though Keith. 800 mile run on the bike and you'll be in some lovely rides here. Just not dedicated enough mate