

| 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 -- Dave Carpenter Whatever you wish for me, May you have twice as much. "Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering." -- Arthur C. Clarke
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