> From: Zathras >
> Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com
> Newsgroups: alt.autos.alfa-romeo
> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:10:50 +0100
> Subject: Replacent Dash Lights
>
> On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 06:07:41 GMT, Catman
> > wrote:
>
>> Juhan Leemet wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:35:57 +0100, Zathras wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 19:33:24 GMT, Catman
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>> <Snip>
>>>>> fog lights switch off when the ignition is turned off, and will not
>>>>> re-light unless deliberately turned on.
>>>
>>> Battery saving feature, I would guess?
>>>
>> No. It stops iddiots from driving around with their got lights on (dazzling
>> the rest of us) for months cos they forget to turn them off.
>
> ..nah! It's Italian electrical paranoia! Same as the ignition switch
> without a key in kills almost everything so there's a special position
> just so you can operate the side lights without the key in!!! ;-)
>
> <Snip>
>
Always loved that feature of Italian cars. I interrupted my Italian car
stream with a BMW once and it was about a year of flat batteries before I
got used to turning the lights off!