fog lights - a rant

leonsmith · Post by **leonsmith** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 11:11 am

Just need to get this out of my system - i've had enough of these w@nkers who do it.

TURN YOUR FOG LIGHTS OFF WHEN THERE'S NO FOG!

and what's worse are the cretins who run their fogs INSTEAD of their dipped beams in the dead of night! TURN ON YOUR LIGHTS FFS!

That's better. Thanks.

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 12:54 pm

Here Here!

My mate just got fined by the coppers for having fogs on for no reason! Ha ha! Bring it on!

It might look good at a cruise - but if really F**ks me off when they blind me. Fed up of having my retinas burnt thankyou.

polo2k · Post by **polo2k** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 1:37 pm

simple solutions to this problem include replacing your main beam bulbs with a xenon kit, aiming your headlights too high and then making libera;l use of the left hand stalk behind the wheel on every opertunity

leonsmith · Post by **leonsmith** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 3:42 pm

polo2k wrote:simple solutions to this problem include replacing your main beam bulbs with a xenon kit, aiming your headlights too high and then making liberal use of the left hand stalk behind the wheel on every opportunity

This is all very true, but I find that the vast majority of fog light offenders fall into two categories;

a) women drivers doing the school run, who didn't even knew they had fog lights in the first place so aren't going to know what the hell your flashing them for - they just press all the buttons that look anything remotely like a light when they get in, but really haven't got a clue what they do.

and b) 'just passed their test' baseball cap boy racers, who are driving 1.1 L reg Vauxhall Corsas with tinted windows, three spoke alloys and blue leds on their washer jets and can hardly understand english, let alone the subtlety of a headlamp flash

Still anything is worth a try!

polo2k · Post by **polo2k** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 4:29 pm

just so you know some times i drive with my fogs on

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 6:58 pm

do you flash yourself (oo errr) in that case? or is a a jekyll and hyde problem?!

that's ok, i can see why it might look a bit cooler, but it's still annoying!

Scorpio1 · Post by **Scorpio1** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 8:08 pm

Must say it does look good on the BMW's with the rings!

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polo2k · Post by **polo2k** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 8:13 am

i just do it some time to annoy nova drivers then when im behind em whak on the xenon low beams

des_pd_ tdi · Post by **des_pd_ tdi** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 8:51 am

Really annoys me to.

The thing is on a VW Polo 6n onwards you can't switch them on by accident and you can't leave them on by accident, there's a two way push and pull switch to activate front/rear fogs. So there's no excuse.

Please, please, please anyone that does this on the forum, please don't.

I can't express how much it narks me off.

RANT OVER

Des

Sadgeek · Post by **Sadgeek** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 7:35 am

I with you Des on this one. There is absolutely no reason for people to be using their fogs 99.9% of the time.

It's difficult to categorise these gits though, as more and more often it's middle-aged blokes/old pensioners etc...

Last week I followed a driving instructor for three miles with his rear fogs on (he was the only one in the car). When he finally pulled over I opened my window and suggested that he may wish to turn the bloody things off, and that as a driving instructor he should know better (without profanities). I got a mouthful of abuse for his mistake

In future, he can have the headlight treatment!

kliis · Post by **kliis** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 10:03 am

Yeah! It really annoys me too!!
I wish I could stop a driver driving with the fogs on and ask him/her "Why??" I can't understand....

Oh! Here in Spain I saw a police car driving with fogs on. And, as leonsmith said, they where using...
Quote: ...their fogs INSTEAD of their dipped beams in the dead of night!

So what can you expect if you see "the law" doing it!?

tornado_ally · Post by **tornado_ally** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 2:27 pm

I think full beams are much worse than fogs. It does literally blind you. So lads/lasses please no full beams unless it's absolutely necessary

Post by **Josh_PoloGTi** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 11:39 am

My fog light bulbs are the same as my full beam bulbs.

So that's why I ONLY use them when it's foggy!

robbiehall · Post by **robbiehall** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 7:34 pm

I disagree that fogs dazzle, I have just been out this evening and, of course seen a few drivers with fogs and heads on. They did not dazzle me. What I and my wife both notice is that some cars heads seem VERY bright and we have been tempted to flash them thinking THEY are on full beam.
What I also notice is that some cars (big Mercs e.g.) have unbelievably bright brake lights, and they can really annoy...specially if the driver is covering the brakes all the time.

Cheers
Rob

Scorpio1 · Post by **Scorpio1** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 11:39 pm

Yeah the Merc's are bright, they use L.E.D's as standard, (well the newer models).

I get flashed a lot with the xenon's, but it happens a lot to cars with them, as a lot of people must think they're on full beam.

Having a bi-xenon set-up was fun..! If someone flashed you and you flashed them back, they would retreat with their tail between their legs!