Seems like lately one car out of every ten out there is being driven around with one of it's headlights broken. Scary thing is that these people either don't know or care and it probably won't be addressed till the WOF comes up for renewal.
*Sigh*
Heavy Metal Thunder
Seems like lately one car out of every ten out there is being driven around with one of it's headlights broken. Scary thing is that these people either don't know or care and it probably won't be addressed till the WOF comes up for renewal.
*Sigh*
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L-Plate Rider
Also it's difficult to tell from a distance what size vehicle is actually coming toward you.
Which brings to mind a story told by Sanjeev on Top Gear. Whilst driving in India he sees a single headlight coming toward him. Knowing how it works in india, many vehicles have headights out(to save power apparently)
Sanjeev says to his cousin beside him "I cant tell if this is a truck or a scooter coming toward us"
"Or" his cousin replies " 2 scooters carring a wardrobe" !!!
Possibly a location story, but
.....is the answer
Forum whore
I drove my van to work yesterday morning,and couldn't see where I was going on dip....when I got to work I found the left headlamp out on dip.Tonight I brought home a bulb for my daughters flatmate,his left headlamp is out on dip - then my wife says,''my left headlamp went out on dip last night too!''
It's catching - don't come near me,I think I'm contagous!
This is true by the way,not evil clown stirring.
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Wannabe racer
Hey it's better than some places I've lived in where you will be going a long and catch up to a vehicle with no rear lights in the middle of the lane, so have to slam on the anckors.Originally Posted by SlashWylde
Such is life.
Life is difficult because it is non-linear.
Weekend cruiser
have mal-adjusted lights. one pointing south, one west, and the spotties directly at head height. they used to check beam direction at wofs, but nowadays, it seems the fucking-close-enough method is the call of the day. where it is sufficient to just stand in front of the car and verify that all lights are simply working.
my neighbours right headlight on his falcon twin cab ute has been out for months.
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The Loose Goose
But if they all fixed them it would take away the game I play at nights when driving! I count the number of vehicles with only one headlight - my best was 27 in a trip from Wellington to Levin, but I did get 12 from Porirua to Lower Hutt one night too.
Pisses me off greatly, bet it's not the only thing wrong with the vehicle too. And have you noticed that invariably, the headlight that IS working, is on high beam? Feel like shooting it out...
Yes, I am pedantic about spelling and grammar so get used to it!
Weekend cruiser
yep theres a few of em, thats for sure. and ya gotta arks the question - "How do they not know their headlights are out?"
my favourite night driving game is called "high-beam-the-mofo-with-their-fog lamps-on" (only when im driving the shopping basket though. if im on the bike, i dont hassle no-body in a cage...)
No matter what shit you got in to in the past, your future remains spotless.
Giant Bumble Bee
Yeh my cars like that at the mo and yeh i can't be fucked getting it fixed till i have too
Because I can...
Forum whore
I drove 90km to work yesterday,I wonderd why my lights were so useless,but never twigged a lamp was out until I bought the van into the workshop and told the apprentice to adjust the bloody headlights correctly,because I saw him adjust them last week when he changed the front bumper - ''but it's not going he said''.Doesn't take a lot of brains to be stupid.....
Something I just found out about maladjusted headlights - one trick we do with plastic lenses that have become clouded is give them a buff with cutting compound....they come up like new! But it destroys the pattern and they have ''flare''.....I don't do the cheap trick anymore - clouded headlamps now fail a WoF.
Don't try your high beam trick with me - my Pajero has SIX headlamps,4 on highbeam....illeagal I know,but it sends those who give me a flick off the road into the bushes.
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Arrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhh. I'm outgunned. I only have the legal four. MUST FIT MORE HEADLAMPS.
bikeless
Counted 36 on the way home from Auckland monday night. And that's not counting the ones coming up to pass me from behind. Kept thinking there were alot of bikes out that night.
Mate of mine has his light out aswell. Told him that and he said all joking like, "But that makes me look like a motorbike bro..."
Sever
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see her, you'll never free her
you must surrender it all
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430 Watts - that could suck a battery dry in minutes....lucky I got 2 eh? But my charge light keeps coming on and off....I might be late to work some morning soon.
I think I mentioned it in another thread - the consumer has decided they pay too much for halogen bulbs,the market has responded and supplied them with cheaper bulbs....the result is one eyed cars.Just because a product is more expensive doesn't mean the retailer is a rip off artist....they just may have your welfare as a concern....
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A handful of sparkplugs could reduce that number.
Speed doesn't kill people.
Stupidity kills people.
Forum whore
It must suck owning a Suzuki,having to carry enough spares that you have enough to throw away....A handful of sparkplugs could reduce that number.
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what made me spit the other night, driving thru town - a cop car. with no headlights on. 10pm a night, so quite dark. Dashboard and tail lights lit, but nothing on the front of the car. And I followed it, and over-took and had them follow me for about 5 mins, and no change. A fukin cop car with no headlights. Had that been anyone else, they'd be ordered to the nearest gas station to fix it or park up and walk home.. I would have taken the rego, but I couldn't see the front one, and the back one had had a sticker over the last 3 letters on the plate, then ripped off, leaving that white paper crap across it, so you couldn't see it anyway!!!!!!! wtf... But what can you do? Pull them over and bollock them?
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