<VV> lights (Corvair or otherwise)

[Ron]

I always have mine dimmer than my wife likes.  Just what is it about wives 
and lights?
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 2:25 PM
Subject: <VV> lights (Corvair or otherwise)


> 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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