Front fog lights out of fashion at last?

[ZakTroy]

Iggle Piggle said:

They were nearly always sold on sports packs, advertised to make your car look sporty. Now everyone has those stupid DLR LED's that are just as bright but "legal"

To be fair the DRL's are bright during the day but when the lights are on they're supposed to dim. And I think they're actually quite handy for increasing visibility of a car.

However the 'foglight f***wits' and slowly going to migrate over to being the 'stick on DRL d***heads'. Seems common among private hire cab drivers already and looks ridiculous!

[kambites]

I couldn't give a damn if it looks ridiculous - it's their car. All that matters is whether it's blinding or not.

[Dog Star]

To me the proof that VAG DRLs are too bright is the fact that they have to dim so that you can see the indicators.

[anonymous-user]

Dog Star said:

To me the proof that VAG DRLs are too bright is the fact that they have to dim so that you can see the indicators.

I think thats actually quite a neat touch!

[mike50001]

not helped by car makers making the switching arrangements so unhelpful.

on my 407 i cant have the back fogs on without putting the front ones on first.

[va1o]

MonkeyMatt said:

Dog Star said:

To me the proof that VAG DRLs are too bright is the fact that they have to dim so that you can see the indicators.

I think thats actually quite a neat touch!

I agree, well thought out, and to be fair its only on models with LED DRLs, normal DRLs don't dim.

[ajprice]

va1o said:

MonkeyMatt said:

Dog Star said:

To me the proof that VAG DRLs are too bright is the fact that they have to dim so that you can see the indicators.

I think thats actually quite a neat touch!

I agree, well thought out, and to be fair its only on models with LED DRLs, normal DRLs don't dim.

I thought you'd left your sidelights on

My car has foglights, newer ones have LED DRL strips in the foglight position. There's a silly money Brabus option to have what looks like 4 foglights, 2 are DRL, 2 are fogs.

[normalbloke]

Captain Muppet said:

How about flid? Or Benny?

There has to be a name we can use for 'tards that only causes offence to the right people.

Mouthbreather.

[Cyder]

mike50001 said:

not helped by car makers making the switching arrangements so unhelpful.

on my 407 i cant have the back fogs on without putting the front ones on first.

Not sure what's wrong with that, my front fogs on both cars are so ste I wouldn't bother putting them at all apart from the fact I have to put them on to turn the rear fogs on.

Drove in to work at 5.30am today in a peasouper and tried all different combo's of front lights in the Juke and decided that dip was best, fogs just lit up the verge 1 foot to the side of the car. Utterly useless.

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

I had a Volvo S40 a while back. The daytime running lights consisted of front headlamps on low beam, rear tail lamps on plus all 4 orange corner markers on.

I thought it was a bit OTT for daytime driving.

So I dismantled the switching unit from inside the car and modified it so I could turn everything off.

Made me happy, at any rate.


But not long after, I changed jobs so that I had a long mostly motorway commute into London and back. I began to notice that Middle and Outside Lane hog morons are slightly more likely to move over if you have your dipped headlamps on during the day.

So nowadays, everytime I roll down a motorway sliproad, I automatically flick the headlamps on for my journey.

Try it and see for yourself - it definitely works! So I'm a bit annoyed that these new DRL's will probably end up eroding my little advantage away to nothing soon

[leef44]

I remember the mk1 Focus used to have an on/off button mounted on the right hand side of the dash behind the steering wheel. There's a little light which comes on actually on the button however since the button is behind the steering wheel you cannot see that it is on when driving normally. I can't remember whether this was just for the rear fogs but it does mean there could be a lot of people driving around with their fog lights on without knowing.

I'm sure Ford wasn't the only company to have this set up.

[okie592]

they are still a option on certain models

i like the fogs on audis and mercs, they used to come on when you unlocked the car and that does look rather cool

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

leef44 said:

I remember the mk1 Focus used to have an on/off button mounted on the right hand side of the dash behind the steering wheel. There's a little light which comes on actually on the button however since the button is behind the steering wheel you cannot see that it is on when driving normally. I can't remember whether this was just for the rear fogs but it does mean there could be a lot of people driving around with their fog lights on without knowing.

I'm sure Ford wasn't the only company to have this set up.

Is there not a light that comes up on the dash too?

I don't recall owning a car that doesn't have an indicator light on the dash right in front of your face for fogs?

[leef44]

Ray Luxury-Yacht said:

Is there not a light that comes up on the dash too?

I don't recall owning a car that doesn't have an indicator light on the dash right in front of your face for fogs?

that's the point, i was shocked to find that too. No light on the dash, just the light on the button hidden behind the steering wheel.

[okie592]

Ray Luxury-Yacht said:

Is there not a light that comes up on the dash too?

I don't recall owning a car that doesn't have an indicator light on the dash right in front of your face for fogs?

really? the mk1 focus you have to pull the light switch out once for front and 2 times for rear. no dash warning though

[Rostfritt]

leef44 said:

I remember the mk1 Focus used to have an on/off button mounted on the right hand side of the dash behind the steering wheel. There's a little light which comes on actually on the button however since the button is behind the steering wheel you cannot see that it is on when driving normally. I can't remember whether this was just for the rear fogs but it does mean there could be a lot of people driving around with their fog lights on without knowing.

I'm sure Ford wasn't the only company to have this set up.

I think some people don't think their lights are on until they see a lamp on the dash that looks a bit like a headlight. On most cars I have driven there is no light when just the headlights are on, besides the backlighting. An unscientific test but I am sure I saw no more or less front fogs being used in the last few days with dense fog, but still quite a few driving with no lights at all in quite poor visibility.

[daydotz]

the was my concern about the polo i think it looks odd without them

[Polarbert]

callahan said:

Pints said:

TameRacingDriver said:

They might be out of fashion, but thats only because those stty DRLs are all the rage now!

Most certainly this. And I think I'd rather put up with the bloody foglights.

Yep, I have them on my Octavia Vrs unfortunately. I actually got someone today flashing his front fogs and pointing at mine as he was driving towards me - has he been in hibernation for the last few years, or was he just an idiot? I should have stopped him to politely enquire, but it took me a while to realise what he was on about.

Couldn't you remove the fuse that controls the things?

[alfettagtv2000]

older Mercs always had fogs - in the headlight unit. W123 124 etc...

[Typhon]

Am I the only one here who doesn't have a problem with foglights? I'm pretty sure they don't dazzle oncoming traffic