<VV> lights (Corvair or otherwise)

[J R Read_HML]

Off of headlights for a moment.

Alan made reference to "ambient light" and I believe that was aimed (pun 
intended) at outside lighting.  For "cockpit" lighting at night, I prefer to 
have the dash lights turned to a low level - especially on the road.  Around 
town, I might turn them up to the 50% level.

I see SO MANY drivers with the dash on full bright (including my wife).  To 
me, I want to see (mainly) outside at night.  The bright dash lights become 
a distraction that I don't want.  I still can't convince her of that and 
always have to turn the dash lights down whenever I get into her car at 
night.

Do others feel like I do?  That bright dash lights actually interfere with 
the ability to see outside at night....

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan and Clare Wesson" <alan.wesson at atlas.co.uk>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> halogen lights


> The trouble with bright lights is that if you react to them by thinking
> 'look at that *sshole* with the bright lights - I am going to get lights
> even brighter than them', we just end up in a lighting war where everyone
> gets dazzled - a bit like the arms race!
>
> Personally, I am always staggered by how easy it is to drive a car with
> really, really rubbish headlights (my Corvair then) as long as there are 
> no
> ambient light sources, and no bright lights coming the other way.
>
> We don't actually need that much light to be able to see at night. What we
> need is for that ambient level of light not to change much, so that our 
> eyes
> don't need to keep adapting. So the less bright everyone's lights (and the
> background lighting) are, the better it is for all of us. It would help if
> we all banned BMWs, Mercedeses and Audis, for a start - every time one 
> comes
> towards me I am totally dazzled, whatever I am driving.
>
> Cheers
>
> Alan
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <airvair at earthlink.net>
> To: <JVHRoberts at aol.com>; <jciampi at embarqmail.com>; <Sethracer at aol.com>;
> <lechevrier at earthlink.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 8:34 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> halogen lights
>
>
>> Now I WOULD like a pair of asphalt-melting off-road aux lights on my
>> everyday driver. I'd blast every one of those morons who assult oncoming
>> traffic with their aux lights. Flashing the hi-beams (my only available
>> lights) just doesn't get the message across.....
>>
>> -Mark
>> "bright light, bright light!" - from the movie "Gremlins"
>>
>>
>>> [Original Message]
>>> From: <JVHRoberts at aol.com>
>>> Subject: Re: <VV> halogen lights
>>>
>>> Admittedly, I am nutz about this stuff. All of our cars have upgraded
>>> lighting. All of them. All have overwattage bulbs, one has E code sealed
>> beam
>>> replacements (best lights we have), and one, after some searching, have 
>>> E
>> code
>>> composite headlights. Certain cars have different lights abroad than
>> here, so, I
>>> swapped them. For later GM cars, look for 'export headlights'. The ones
>> for
>>> the  Corvette C5s are not only amazing, they're less than $100 a pair!
>> And they
>>> make  them for the Caprices, and most of their cars. Right in the parts
>> book!
>>>
>>> Agreed, if you don't drive at night, what's the point? Otherwise, I like
>> to
>>> light 'em up like a rally car!
>>>
>>
>>
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