"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
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> On 21 Jul 2005 04:45:46 -0700, "N8N" > wrote:
>
>>Just got an Impala last night (company car... not actually mine, mine
>>is at a dealership somewhere because someone who was supposed to do
>>some paperwork was on vacation... but I digress) ANYWAY... any doubt
>>in my mind that the automatic headlights are a bad idea has now been
>>erased. When you leave the vehicle, the lights stay on for 30 seconds
>>or so... SO... when you look back at it to check to see if you left
>>your lights on it freaks you out for a minute, until you tell yourself
>>"oh, it's just the automatic lights"
>>
>>BUT...
>>
>>what if you really *did* leave them on?
>
> On my GM car, the lights turn on and off automatically based on
> ambient lighting conditions - it's impossible to "leave them on."

Yours must be different compared to most other GM's, If one needs to switch
the lights on manually (say during a snow storm when the auto system may not
work because the ambient light can be too bright AND/OR wipers aren't needed
since the snow just blows off of the windhield), one can leave the lights on
with most GM vehicles IF once forgets to set the switch back to "Auto".

> On my Tacoma, the lights are manually controlled, but if you leave
> them on a timer shuts them off automatically after a minute or so.
>

I think quite a few of the Toyota's do that. Maybe GM should implement that
design as well for when people forget and leave their manual switch on.