08-02-2015, 07:37 PM
(08-02-2015, 07:25 PM)Niall Wrote:(08-02-2015, 07:21 PM)Toms306 Wrote:(08-02-2015, 07:16 PM)306carter Wrote: Getting blinded from your own wing mirror!!
On this note...does anyone know if its illegal to dive with the wing mirrors folded at night?
With the angle I have my drivers one, I keep getting blinded in the Focus by following drivers... The Vectra had an auto dimming wing mirror but the Focus doesn't unfortunately, however it does have powerfold mirrors, and I forgot to flip them back out the other night...made for a much nicer drive but guessing its not legal?
Legally you have to have a drivers side mirror at a minimum. Well so i was told as when someone took the drivers mirror off of my work car, the body shop flat bedded it away because apparently its not legal without it.
Crikey, seems a bit excessive lol! But fair enough, I had assumed that would be the case. Finny thing is no-one else seems to notice them flipped, its quite a wide car so I tend to have them flipped in car parks, and don't notice for 10 minutes or so on leaving...you'd think you'd get some odd looks lol.
(08-02-2015, 07:25 PM)Piggy Wrote: My car doesnt have the fog lights on guys...hasnt for months. I have no front fog light switch or light on dash
I get the whole 'bulb fitted wrong' thing too, pees me right off.
I DONT get how fog lights, designed for fog and thus only help about 20-25ft of road, help. 306 headlights are excellent with good earths and decent bulbs.
The more light closer to you as a driver, the worse your vision for distance. Try driving with interior light on and you'll see what I mean.
If you're trusting yourself to react to something only a few feet away then either you have supermans reactions or most likely you're just not looking far enough ahead for hazards.
Fog lights. For fog. Simples.
Its just the location of the fog lights I think, 306 lights don't light up verges at all and its hard to see where road ends and mud/grass starts on a dark country lane, you do get used to it when driving a 306 but coming back from the Golf or Vectra and now the Focus with HIDs can barely see a thing in the 306 in comparison! I assume the HID projectors give a wider spread of light as well as obviously a whiter and more distant light. I also found the ABM projectors on the 306 were better than crystals but I still find fogs are useful in the 306 even with them. Only lights I've had worse so far was 106 frosted lights....literally more luck than judgement around not hitting stuff with those!
