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totally agree...
"Jim Warman" > wrote in message
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To be honest, if your car has daytime running lights, I would leave them
be.... I cannot recall how many times that the sight of oncoming DRLs has
kept me from passing, even in bright daylight, when it wasn't safe to do so.
Disable them? Not on a bet....

DRLs work!!! Without a word of a lie, these are about as simple a safety
device as you'll ever have (hell, you don't even have to buckle them). FWIW,
DRLs are mandatory on all vehicles registered in Canada since about MY 1992.

Jim Warman wrote:
> To be honest, if your car has daytime running lights, I would leave them
> be.... I cannot recall how many times that the sight of oncoming DRLs has
> kept me from passing, even in bright daylight, when it wasn't safe to do so.
> Disable them? Not on a bet....

I meant that if the auto headlight feature is only turning on the
running lights and not the headlights and tail lights. That would be
dangerous. I'm a firm believer in safety too.
Been wearing my seatbelt religiously since the 70's.
-Paul

On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 15:24:01 -0600, "oklaman" > wrote:

>You might be mistaken. When the auto headlights come on, the taillights
>also illuminate, which they should.

Hmmmm. Well, then, if that's the case, then it appears that that
particular feature simply doesn't work on my Explorer. All this time I
just assumed that it was not one of Ford's "better ideas", and I shut it
off.

Greg

Greg-to make sure I haven't been driving around for 7 years with no
taillights, I double checked. The taillights come on when the auto
headlights come on. It wouldn't make sense otherwise.

Keep in mind that we are not talking driving lights (which I don't have),
but regular headlights.
"Greg Berchin" > wrote in message
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On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 15:24:01 -0600, "oklaman" > wrote:

>You might be mistaken. When the auto headlights come on, the taillights
>also illuminate, which they should.

Hmmmm. Well, then, if that's the case, then it appears that that
particular feature simply doesn't work on my Explorer. All this time I
just assumed that it was not one of Ford's "better ideas", and I shut it
off.

Greg

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 20:02:42 -0600, "oklaman" > wrote:

>Greg-to make sure I haven't been driving around for 7 years with no
>taillights, I double checked. The taillights come on when the auto
>headlights come on. It wouldn't make sense otherwise.

I agree. But mine doesn't work that way. I just assumed that it was
designed that way, since the tail lights come on when I use the manual
switch. Now it appears that something isn't working right on mine.

Greg

If your autolamp is like my 1998 you should have a slider on your rear view
mirror (automatic dim with compass) that says autolamp that controls the
headlight delay time when you turn off the car. The actual headlight switch
has no indication.

--
Allan Williams



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> Jim Warman wrote:
>> To be honest, if your car has daytime running lights, I would leave them
>> be.... I cannot recall how many times that the sight of oncoming DRLs has
>> kept me from passing, even in bright daylight, when it wasn't safe to do
>> so.
>> Disable them? Not on a bet....
>
> I meant that if the auto headlight feature is only turning on the
> running lights and not the headlights and tail lights. That would be
> dangerous. I'm a firm believer in safety too.
> Been wearing my seatbelt religiously since the 70's.
> -Paul
>