In a message dated 8/27/00 9:44:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
mark_hb@hotmail.com writes:

<< They'll be comparable, if they're E-code: since E-code throws some light to
 the right to help you read road signs - I don't think the square vs road
 will make much difference in lighting the road - we're not making a movie
 for one, and for another, the cut off is on the top and bottom for the low
 beam - since our eyes are side to side and not one on top of the other, and
 were scanning the road side to side and not the skyline for UFOs, it
 shouldn't be a problem.
  >>

OK, so what planet are you from that your eyes don't scan forward as well?
Round (I know you didn't mean to say "road") lights have a slight edge on
distance vs. square lights. Put a visor on the top inch and bottom of your
round lights and you've got yourself a square light. Aside from the different
light pattern, I believe people resort to using European specification
headlights because of the wider choice of bulb wattage. All illegal in the US
by the by.

BenT
E-people prefer rounds. H4 euro lights now in my:
79 MB 280TE (square)
72 911T
83 BMW 323i
83 BMW 323i
former 79 928