Bunkermagnet
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More likely they have auto lights and have forgotten to put them in that setting.Idiots in cars with 'daytime front driving lights' who think all their lights are properly on when it's dark.Knobheads.
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user2010
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Idiots who invented 'auto lights'.
Add to that, the people who think 'rain sensing wipers' are a good idea.
Work colleague messaging me at home. I understand they have issues at home but getting drunk and then messaging me isn't the way forward.
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Idiots who invented 'auto lights'.
Why?🤔
USER1999
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Mine don't come on in the fog.
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Neither do mine so, guess what, I use that revolutionary thing called the lights control and turn them on myself.
Doesn't make auto-lights a bad idea though.
Whatever happened to common sense?
Those that lack it would still be unlikely to turn their lights on in fog or failing light if they didn't have auto-lights.
I have auto lights. The only real flaw is that a light doesn't come on the dash advising when they are on. That would give piece of mind and clarity.
I also don't know if mine come on during fog so I simply turn the dial to dipped. If it showed up on the dash it would be clearer.
I also don't know if mine come on during fog so I simply turn the dial to dipped. If it showed up on the dash it would be clearer.
Bunkermagnet
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If my memory serves me correctly, you drive a Superb. I would imagine your dash illumination will change when your lights come on, being VW group. I know my Transporter van changes it's dash illumination when the dipped beams are on instead of the DRL's.
2 1/2 years in and I haven't noticed a change. VW don't allow skoda to have all of the toys so maybe that has not come across. Then again perhaps I just haven't noticed 🤔. Simplest would be for a dipped light symbol to illuminate. It's worked on cars for years.
How does it change on your van?
Bunkermagnet
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I have the dash illumination lower for night than daylight. I also have a light indicator in the dash binnacle when the lights are on. However I first notice the radio/sat nav screen goes dimmer when the lights come on and DRL's go off. I am one who hates the dash lighting being too bright at night, and prefer a more subtle illumination. My previous Transporter didnt have auto lights, but DRL's as they all do. It had a light sensor in the binnacle so the dash night illuminated when you went through tunnels or such as the binnacle in that one wasn't lit in daylight normally.
Having had a few Skoda's, I have found they still have the basic same kit as the VW, and often have more as standard.
GreiginFife
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I have BMW digital cockpit (basically the first gen digital dials) and if my DRLs are on only then the illumination across the dash is white. If my side lights come on, I get a green sidelight indicator lamp, then if driving lights come on then the dash illumination changes to red and the green indicator lamp gets bigger.
Standard blue indicator lamp for head lights.
Standard blue indicator lamp for head lights.
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The side and head light green warning illuminates on my Hyundai as soon as those lights come on, automatically or manually.
It's so obvious isn't it? No idea why that isn't the same for all.
Took the wrong exit out of a train station this evening. A 2 minute walk took me 45 minutes 🤬.
user2010
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Dashboards being illuminated without the need to turn your lights on, thus lots of idiots think they have their lights on at night.
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Imurg
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If they had automatic lights it wouldn't be a problem would it....
Surely you must have realised? How come it took so long?
I should have added, I was in Munich so language issues, street and exit names were a problem. If you have ever been to Munich you would understand. The main underground station is huge, like a shopping centre. Hard to navigate when inside, I took a wrong turn. I thought I could get to the surface and walk around the outside of the station and come to the correct exit but it doesn't allow that. That meant I had to take diversions and work my way back. It all started to blend together, I couldn't see any familiar landmarks and the downward spiral began. I don't have a great sense of direction and by the end I was like a 4 year old who had been spun around and left to find their way. Epic fail as my son would say.
Makes it much clearer. I had a similar incident as a teenager on a school exchange trip to Frankfurt. I decided to take a tram into town (with the full knowledge of the family) with a a couple of my mates. So far so good. Once we got into Frankfurt town centre, we foolishly decided to split up and explore. I soon realised I had no idea where I was and my schoolboy German inefficient to ask for help. Panic set in and so I began running aimlessly looking for the right tram stop. In the end I had to stop and ask for help. Not successfully at first (and here was me thinking they all got taught good English at school!) but eventually found a hotel, an English speaking receptionist who helped and a porter who took me to the tram stop and waited until it came. When I got back I said what a great time I had and it was never mentioned again
