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Old 06-09-2006, 12:27 AM
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i use them, they give it that meaner look
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no lights on when it's bright out. but if it rains during the day the fogs will come on.
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Originally Posted by PontiacFan
No, very seldom are they ever used on our car.
Definitely not around the city driving, which is one of my pet peeves, I think it's ridiculous to drive around town with the fog/driving lights one. It's just too stupid.
as long as it is not blinding other drivers, there is nothing stupid about it. I use them at dawn/dusk/overcast days. why not have an extra set of lights on that may be the only thing someone sees when they are about to pull out in front of you?
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Old 06-09-2006, 07:54 AM
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No to the fog-lights, and the DRLs are switch controled.

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Old 06-09-2006, 09:09 AM
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I like the look of the car when the fog lights are on. However I usually forget to turn them on. Then again when I remember to turn them on I always forget to turn them off untill I hear the idiot bell reminding me the lights are on
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Originally Posted by PontiacFan
No, very seldom are they ever used on our car.
Definitely not around the city driving, which is one of my pet peeves, I think it's ridiculous to drive around town with the fog/driving lights one. It's just too stupid.
Well chances are if someone sees my stupid fog lights they are going to see me coming and not run into me....
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Old 06-09-2006, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Silver02TA
i use em before sundown - they're not really visible in the brightest part of the day though.
Same here, I only run the DRLs unless its late in the afternoon or really early in the morning.
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Old 06-09-2006, 10:36 AM
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I'm with most of you, I use them at dawn, dusk, or raining. I just put in some Pilot Cyberwhites which are a million times brighter, so the only time I use low beams anymore is if I'm driving somewhere without street lamps.
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Old 06-09-2006, 12:04 PM
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I never use my fog lights
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Old 06-09-2006, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by PontiacFan
Definitely not around the city driving, which is one of my pet peeves, I think it's ridiculous to drive around town with the fog/driving lights on. It's just too stupid.
Maybe I should read the thing again.
In my opinion it IS ridiculous to drive around the city/town with them on.
They are of absolutely no use in city driving, other than 'for others to see me better'.
Well then let's just take off the daytime running lights that GM put on the car to begin with.

What good does it really do other than 'make your car look cool'?!? Seriously.
Some of them are too bright anyway. Okay fine, 'they're not that bright in the daylight'.
Well then why the hell are they on during daylight hours?!?
There are times & places where the fog/driving lights can be beneficial, ..., I think, ...

I guess I'm just not that vain that I need everyone around me to see that I'm 'cool' with my fog/driving lights on.
It's usually the yonger crowd than does it anyway. Maybe I'm just getting too old, ...

To each their own. You can use'em, I don't.
I didn't call anyone stupid themselves.
I just thought the behavior was stupid.
But I'll simply change the wording to ridiculous.
So don't hate me for having an opinion.
Don't take me seriously for my own misjudgements.
I can be 'stupid' myself sometimes, yes.
Just ask the cop that stopped me a few weeks ago, ...

And that my friends, is my opinion & I'm sticking to it, ...
(Had to get my daily dose of smileys in too, ...)
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Old 06-09-2006, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by PontiacFan
Maybe I should read the thing again.
In my opinion it IS ridiculous to drive around the city/town with them on.
They are of absolutely no use in city driving, other than 'for others to see me better'.
Well then let's just take off the daytime running lights that GM put on the car to begin with.

What good does it really do other than 'make your car look cool'?!? Seriously.
Some of them are too bright anyway. Okay fine, 'they're not that bright in the daylight'.
Well then why the hell are they on during daylight hours?!?
There are times & places where the fog/driving lights can be beneficial, ..., I think, ...
The one thing it does in marginal visibility (dusk, dawn, or raining) is turn on the taillights. This provides additional visibility for people behind you. Otherwise, I agree - the DRLs are already on so what's the purpose of turning on the foglights in bright daylight?

I use mine in rain (and occasionally at dusk or dawn) because they satisfy the "lights on when raining" laws in Florida. Other than that they are only on when the headlights are on.
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Old 06-10-2006, 12:30 AM
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I like to put them on at dusk, dawn, and when I'm cruising around town at night. I make sure and turn them out when I'm driving home at night, if you're doing a little over the speed limit and you meet a cop on the road the fogs might as well be bullseyes, because around here they go after f bodys and mustangs like no other.
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Old 06-10-2006, 02:53 AM
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I turn on the running lights (so the sides and back also) along with the foggies when the lighting is not so great, so others can see me better. Having a black car for the first time has made me more cautious about being visible.
There's a long stretch of very busy road I take going home that faces directly into the late afternoon/setting sun; there's plenty of light around but I know from my own experience it is tough to see another car in front of you in the glare, especially with a dirty windshield.
I think our cars look way cool with just the running lights and fog lamps on, but that the pop-ups (when up) look like *** on the 98+'s.

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Old 06-10-2006, 03:32 PM
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yeah drive with them on more so than not. Mine where after market bulbs till I change out the headlights and put in the conversion kit. The conversion kit is super bright.
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Old 06-10-2006, 09:54 PM
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I use them now and then during the day and only fog lighs at night
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Old 06-11-2006, 11:53 AM
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Trans Am's look like spaceships when I see them across the road driving by
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Old 06-11-2006, 12:02 PM
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Have to have lights on here all day, so I just use the foglights. The bulbs are a @$#%$ to change though...
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Old 06-11-2006, 09:50 PM
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I use em when I remember
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Old 06-12-2006, 12:39 AM
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I drive with mine on during the day, and at night. I not only want people to see me in their mirrors, but when I am coming towards them. Like on a 2 way street. I think they make the car stand out.
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Old 06-12-2006, 04:06 AM
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I forgot to mention, at night and in rain I drive the headlights on... if you leave the foglights on and have the headlights up people start flashing their lights at you...
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