New Polo DRL's ?

[Edi30]

Saw a 6R Polo BlueMotion on the dual carriage way and front DRL's were on (next to the fogs) then I followed it and the rears were not on, so the BM's are different to the rest of the halogen equipped models.

[AJ_7]

Would anyone that tinkles with vag com know if it's possible to change the DRL's from the headlights to the lights beside the fogs, as seen on the Blue Motion?

[Norbreck21a]

There are no additional lights next to the fogs on non BM cars, thats the problem, it's not just a VCDS coding trick, it's hardware as well.

Standard models have foglights with a dummy housing on the outside (with no bulb or hole for a bulb), and when I removed one of the fogs, I couldn't see any spare wiring plugs either. The wife would love to do this rather than have the headlights on full all the time, so I guess it may be a purchase of new fog lenses, and a cable hack ?

[Grey_Polo]

So there I was cruising along the sea front at Le Havre last week with an hour to spare for the catamaran ferry to Portsmouth, when this policeman waved me down. I let down the window and he told me to turn off my lights.

I have the DRLs in the front skirt next to the fogs. The French policeman told me that it was interdit (prohibited) to drive in the day with such lights. I told him it was not possible to switch them off and showed him the light switch on '0' and then ran through the various positions. I was just about to ask him about his EU directive 2008/89/EC which came into force on the 7 of February 2011 making DRLs mandatory, but remembered just in time rule N°1 when dealing with the police - "never offer any information and be polite".

After a moment's thought he shrugged and waved me on...

[Carol]

Strangely, someone leapt out of their car in front of me at a junction last weekend to tell me that I had my lights on. When I told him that they were supposed to be on, he looked at me like I was mad. He obviously hadn't heard of 2008/89/EC either!