VW / Audi / Skoda and fog lights

VW / Audi / Skoda and fog lights

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Happy82

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15,077 posts

169 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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Not a fog light rant, however all of the new VAG cars I have seen recently seem to have fog lights on during the day.

Is this their version of daytime running lights? And could VAG be in trouble as I thought incorrect use of fog lights could be fined?

Codswallop

5,250 posts

194 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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Happy82 said:
Is this their version of daytime running lights?
Yes.

Happy82 said:
And could VAG be in trouble as I thought incorrect use of fog lights could be fined?
They're not fog lights, they're DRLs and I'm sure a company like VAG knows a thing or two about type-approval.

Happy82

Original Poster:

15,077 posts

169 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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Cheers!

They're bloody blinding though irked

Wafflesmk2

1,347 posts

154 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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Noticed this yesterday on a new passat.

fking annoying.

Im more than confident people will/may get tickets for fog-light use.

R300will

3,799 posts

151 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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Nothing compared to jealous people with 'inferior' cars not blessed with these DRL pieces of st, driving around with sidelights on and fogs ablaze. Funnily enough i've seen a lot of older women doing it recently, i'm not sure they know they are on though and just put all their lights on to be safe. But why no headlights then?

okie592

2,711 posts

167 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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NO they arent fog lights, they are totally seperate from the fog light, another bulb in another housing next to the fog light, there not at all bliding, found on the passat and superb etc and smaller ones such as fabias and polos

drls arent anything new though, i am yet to have been dazzled by any fog light in the day, or the night.

R300will

3,799 posts

151 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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okie592 said:
NO they arent fog lights, they are totally seperate from the fog light, another bulb in another housing next to the fog light, there not at all bliding, found on the passat and superb etc and smaller ones such as fabias and polos

drls arent anything new though, i am yet to have been dazzled by any fog light in the day, or the night.
What are you studying? and is Diy Speicals meant to be spelled like that?

jamei303

3,004 posts

156 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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I'd love to use my fog lights as DRLs instead of having my headlights on, but they're fog lights by virtue of the EU/BS marking on them, which means they can't be used as optional front position lamps. I presume these VAG DRLs have the appropriate markings to be used as front position lamps.

okie592

2,711 posts

167 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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R300will said:
What are you studying? and is Diy Speicals meant to be spelled like that?
when in doubt be a spelling troll

R300will

3,799 posts

151 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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okie592 said:
R300will said:
What are you studying? and is Diy Speicals meant to be spelled like that?
when in doubt be a spelling troll
Not english then wink They are annoying though those DRL's get right in the eyes.

okie592

2,711 posts

167 months

Thursday 19th April 2012
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R300will said:
Not english then wink They are annoying though those DRL's get right in the eyes.
You are right, just today i saw a passat and crashed into a tree fml

Wafflesmk2

1,347 posts

154 months

Thursday 19th April 2012
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okie592 said:
You are right, just today i saw a passat and crashed into a tree fml
We all need lights on in the middle of summer, remember that. I've got into the habit of leaving my kitchen light on during the day, just in case an HGV can't see my house and nearly ploughs into it.

R300will

3,799 posts

151 months

Thursday 19th April 2012
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okie592 said:
R300will said:
Not english then wink They are annoying though those DRL's get right in the eyes.
You are right, just today i saw a passat and crashed into a tree fml
You sure it wasn't your own passat reflecting off a window or something so you got confused and thought some berk was driving straight at you? wink

anonymous-user

54 months

Thursday 19th April 2012
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Here we go again! DRLs are here to stay and all cars will have them eventailly, get used to it!

sjg

7,452 posts

265 months

Thursday 19th April 2012
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My Fabia has round LED DRLs in the place where foglights would normally go, and yes they look very much like I'm driving about with fogs on all the time.

There's apparently a switch under the dash to turn them off but they have to be supplied switched on. I think soon they will have to remove the switch so they are on permanently with no easy way for the owner to disable them.

va1o

16,032 posts

207 months

Thursday 19th April 2012
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Only some models have DRLs where you'd usually expect to find fogs, don't look too bad IMO. Mercedes do the same on a few models


Balmoral

40,912 posts

248 months

Thursday 19th April 2012
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The very first thing I did was turn them off at the fuseboard the moment the delivery driver got out of the car. On the Fabia vRS the DRL's are weapons grade wker lights, exactly where the front fogs would be, the same shape, and stupidly bright.



But as soon as you turn the lights on, they come back on banghead

Edited by Balmoral on Thursday 19th April 17:29

okie592

2,711 posts

167 months

Thursday 19th April 2012
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DRLS > HID > Fogs > Corning lights

all a excuse for people to moan cause they think a light will make people spaz out and flip their car into a dramatic fireball.

Omg once i totes crashed ma car on the motorway cause i seen a puff of black some come out a audi a3 and i was totally blinded and it was horrible and it had shiny lights and i was just so sad.

DoctorX

7,291 posts

167 months

Thursday 19th April 2012
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These VAG non-LED DRL's have a nasty 40 watt light bulb orange/yellow colour quite unlike other lights. Don't like them.

podwin

652 posts

202 months

Thursday 19th April 2012
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I much prefer them to the row of LEDs.