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Subject:Re: Some good info about E-code headlamps & "City Lights"
From:DaveC
Date:Tue, 9 Apr 2002 17:09:58 -0700

>The main difference, though, is that 7" round and 200mm rectangular
>Hellas have an irritating beam separation problem.  Set the low beams where
>they belong, and the high beams are up in the trees without enough on-road
>light.  Pull the high beams down where they can be useful, and the low beams
>are down on the bumper.  I exaggerate for illustration, but the effect is to
>make you try to find a compromise setting where both beams are kinda OK.
>The Cibies do not have this problem; when the lows are correctly aimed, the
>highs are correctly aimed.

Absolutely true. I had Hellas in my MB, and changed to Cibies for
this reason. Now the beams are where you *want* them.

BTW, in India (New Deli) they drive with their parking lights on
except on the intercity (between cities) roads at night. Said that
they were saving gas. I was quite emphatic when requesting that the
cab driver turn on his lights. He looked at me like I was insane.

Dave
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