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Old 06-08-2006, 05:50 PM
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Default Trans Am owners... Do You Drive With The Fog Lights On?

I've seen some people with them on and some off while driving in the day.

I think it looks cool to have them on everytime you drive.

How about you guys?
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i use em before sundown - they're not really visible in the brightest part of the day though.
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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.
They stand out a bit more on a black car.


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They stand out a bit more on a black car.


Thats how I drive around most of the time.....all new cars in Canada have lights on..you get used to it..
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They also stand out more if they're not stock lights
I use the fogs instead of the regular headlights, but if it's daytime all the lights are off (except the cursed DRLs)
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I use them during dusk and at night
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ya i use them down here, helps people see me as people drive like idiots down here.
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The driving/fog lights are always on if I've got the headlights up...sometimes I'll run with just the driving lights if it's cloudy or gloomy out during the daytime.

At least we're fortunate enough to have the option of just the amber DRL's rather than headlights (like other GM models).
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during the day i do sometimes. but not all the time.

DRLs really set the cars off though. When i had my 96 TA i would turn them on all the time. for some reason i think the DRLs make the car look more agressive
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every once and awhile i will put them on at dusk, but usually there always off.
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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.
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usually ill forget to turn them off when i get out of the tunnel. i have 5% tint, and even with the windows down, its hard to see the gauges in the car since the tunnel is pretty dark, so ill turn them on, and sometimes i forget.
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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.
not too stupid though...you can see everyone better.....
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I think it's stupid to call other people stupid for a common practice.

The car looks much more aggressive with them on and I drive "lit up" all the time. (whenever I do drive the car..rarely)
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Not during the day, but definitely dawn and dusk. More so because I dislike flipping up the headlamps if I don't have to.
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The fog lights really don't do much for lighting anyway. If you them on at night without the headlights you still can't see anything. Pretty much worthless as a lighting tool.

These fog lights are mainly for appearance and that's how I use them.
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The only time I run them on are on dark cloudy days (like it's about to rain), and at dusk/dawn.
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Originally Posted by y2k_ta
The driving/fog lights are always on if I've got the headlights up...sometimes I'll run with just the driving lights if it's cloudy or gloomy out during the daytime.
Exactly what I was going to say
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I run mine on most of the time. Figure it's a more effective day-time running light. It looks good too, IMHO.

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I drive with them on regularly, I think it looks exotic with just the fogs on and no popped up lights
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