Daytime Fog lights Poll

[GreyZed]

No don't do it, you look like a self important dick, bloody annoying having one behind you as well. :thumbsdown:

Too late, that ship sailed when we bought into the brand!

"Why look darling the middle aged pilot of that high performance BMW behind us has chosen to drive in the daylight hours without deploying his pretentious angel eye and front fog lamp combination! I'll wager he's a thoroughly good egg and not the stereotypical dick end that society would have us believe."

Sadly I doubt such words are ever uttered from inside of a Nissan Note as any of us approach doing twice their speed yet oddly almost half the prevailing legal limit.

 

[GreyZed]

In almost a million miles of driving, I have never been blinded by someones front fog lights. However, I have been blinded on an almost daily basis by t**ts who have their headlights incorrectly set or by using illegal high powered bulbs or a combination of both. This is the real problem.

I see no practical difference between DRL's and front fog lights, the heights seem to be in the same bracket, the brightness seems to be in the same bracket too.

It's got nothing to do with being cool. It's about being seen. Since I started riding motorbikes at age 16, I have always driven with my headlights on, 24/7, accepting the kindly flashes from drivers telling me I have my headlights on. I go through a lot of headlight bulbs which can be fiddly to replace. Since the advent of LED bulbs, on the Zed, I now use the fog lights fitted with LED bulbs permanently as they last almost forever. Of course you have to have your sidelights on as well for the fog lights to come on, they're LEDs too.

I agree with all of this^

Never had a bike but did go through 3 kit cars 2 of which were very very low so had to have headlights on permanently just to have a hope of being visible to the same level as other vehicles.

 

[Darkangelv2]

Don't have front fogs on the M, so no worries about me blinding/annoying anyone.

However, I was changing a sidelight bulb on the Alfa the other day and noticed that the foglights are set up in the main light unit at the same height as the dip/main beam.

The bottom lights I thought were foglights are indicators

A 147 per chance? Yeah, that caught me out the first time!

 

[john-e89]

No don't do it, you look like a self important dick, bloody annoying having one behind you as well. :thumbsdown:

Too late, that ship sailed when we bought into the brand!

"Why look darling the middle aged pilot of that high performance BMW behind us has chosen to drive in the daylight hours without deploying his pretentious angel eye and front fog lamp combination! I'll wager he's a thoroughly good egg and not the stereotypical dick end that society would have us believe."

Sadly I doubt such words are ever uttered from inside of a Nissan Note as any of us approach doing twice their speed yet oddly almost half the prevailing legal limit.

:lol: 'Bought into the brand', Made me chuckle, yes that's a cross we have to bear.

Maybe my phrase was a little pointless and no offence intended but I don't personally see the need for fog lights on when it's not foggy, remember most seem to have them on at night too, very annoying in the dark with one behind you, headlights are deemed fit for purpose especially with modern bulbs etc. Driving standards do seem pretty poor as a rule and I would suggest dipped headlights are more than adequate if someone deems the need for extra protection, not two much brighter fog lamps.

Anyway just IMO, we all have different ideas.

 

[mmm-five]

A 147 per chance? Yeah, that caught me out the first time!

A 147 1.9 JTD 8v Lusso to be exact - with a Z4M-baiting 115bhp