Just a side comment: some cities used to have regulations requiring that lights be on when the car was parked overnight - hence, "parking lights". People who didn't live in those cities had no idea what the hell the term even meant. I found out when visiting relatives in Milwaukee about 45 years ago. They no longer have the requirement; I don't know if any place else does today in the States, but I've read that at lest some European cities still call for these to be illuminated all night when PARKED. Must make for fun when it gets cold and batteries are weak... Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Caldwell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 3:12 AM Subject: Re: City Light Qs
On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Iñaki Berroeta wrote: > The fact that you live in the city does not have much to do with using city > lights. http://lighting.mbz.org/faq/#city > Yes, but that is still primarily their use, and how they got their name. There are very few other circumstances besides when you're in a city area that you'll be driving around without your headlights on. The mbz.org page mentions using them when you're driving with your fogs on, but use as parking lamps or for slow-speed creeping around the city is where they really shine (pun intended, yuk yuk yuk... :) > > Question 1-- What kind of bulbs do I use for city lights? Where can I > >get them? > It uses a 5w small bulb. I think is the same as your sidemarkerlight bulb > but I´m not sure. You can get a bulb at any auto store. Go with the bulb > holder and ask for a 4 or 5w bulb. > >I've seen guys with colored city light bulbs...what does everyone > >think of this? > Sucks > > What colors look best w/a dark colored car? > Red will make them pull you over pretty fast. You can start with red and see > how many times you get pulled over in a week. Then get some green and do the > same test. After a few weeks you will find out that white is the best choice > for a city light. The city lights I ended up installing are yellow, and they came with little plastic "bulb condoms" to change the color. Works very well, and yellow will probably never get you pulled over. The other bonus there is that the color doesn't really shine through with the headlights on. Also looks cool too. The only colors that are allowed to come out of the front of your car are white, yellow, and orange... so pick one of those if you want to be inconspicuous. _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
