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Re: Auto lights
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2021 1:58 pm
by Stoopo
Sparks wrote: βMon Nov 15, 2021 1:49 pm
Stoopo wrote: βMon Nov 15, 2021 1:10 pm
Yes the lights seem to default to auto when you start the car. Safety I guess.
Canβt help with the tailgate.
Did you have a long think about that one?.....
Iβm a long thinker
Re: Auto lights
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2021 5:44 pm
by MagneticGrey
Stoopo wrote: βMon Nov 15, 2021 1:58 pm
Sparks wrote: βMon Nov 15, 2021 1:49 pm
Stoopo wrote: βMon Nov 15, 2021 1:10 pm
Yes the lights seem to default to auto when you start the car. Safety I guess.
Canβt help with the tailgate.
Did you have a long think about that one?.....
Iβm a long thinker
As a
long thinker you must have to stoop going through doorways. Is that where the name comes from?
Re: Auto lights
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2021 4:07 pm
by Stoopo
MagneticGrey wrote: βMon Nov 15, 2021 5:44 pm
As a
long thinker you must have to stoop going through doorways. Is that where the name comes from?
Itβs a long story but nothing to do with my 5β8β height or my stance
Re: Auto lights
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2021 10:39 pm
by MagneticGrey
Stoopo wrote: βTue Nov 16, 2021 4:07 pm
MagneticGrey wrote: βMon Nov 15, 2021 5:44 pm
As a
long thinker you must have to stoop going through doorways. Is that where the name comes from?
Itβs a long story but nothing to do with my 5β8β height or my stance
Bang goes that theory!
Re: Auto lights
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2021 7:29 pm
by Stoopo
MagneticGrey wrote: βTue Nov 16, 2021 10:39 pm
Stoopo wrote: βTue Nov 16, 2021 4:07 pm
MagneticGrey wrote: βMon Nov 15, 2021 5:44 pm
As a
long thinker you must have to stoop going through doorways. Is that where the name comes from?
Itβs a long story but nothing to do with my 5β8β height or my stance
Bang goes that theory!
Haha.
The name was given to me when we had a team meeting a few years back. We were discussing a competition to take us all to a ranch in the US and decided to give each other cowboy names.
We had Curly, TBone, Mitch, Tex and a couple of others. I got Stoop (from Stuart
).
When the company allowed private plates I couldnβt resist S7OOP for Β£250. Itβs stuck with me for about six cars now.
Re: Auto lights
Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2021 9:48 pm
by MagneticGrey
Stoopo wrote: βTue Nov 23, 2021 7:29 pm
MagneticGrey wrote: βTue Nov 16, 2021 10:39 pm
Stoopo wrote: βTue Nov 16, 2021 4:07 pm
Itβs a long story but nothing to do with my 5β8β height or my stance
Bang goes that theory!
Haha.
The name was given to me when we had a team meeting a few years back. We were discussing a competition to take us all to a ranch in the US and decided to give each other cowboy names.
We had Curly, TBone, Mitch, Tex and a couple of others. I got Stoop (from Stuart
).
When the company allowed private plates I couldnβt resist S7OOP for Β£250. Itβs stuck with me for about six cars now.
That's a much better story than the one behind my name.
Re: Auto lights
Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2021 6:08 pm
by Stoopo
MagneticGrey wrote: βThu Nov 25, 2021 9:48 pm
Stoopo wrote: βTue Nov 23, 2021 7:29 pm
Haha.
The name was given to me when we had a team meeting a few years back. We were discussing a competition to take us all to a ranch in the US and decided to give each other cowboy names.
We had Curly, TBone, Mitch, Tex and a couple of others. I got Stoop (from Stuart
).
When the company allowed private plates I couldnβt resist S7OOP for Β£250. Itβs stuck with me for about six cars now.
That's a much better story than the one behind my name.
Haha - plus Iβm not grey and donβt stick to metal
Re: Auto lights
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2023 9:43 pm
by PeteRead
So glad I saw your question, and found this forum...
I just got a '71 reg Puma and would prefer to operate the headlamps manually, so I used the round knob near the steering wheel to switch autolamps off. That's OK, but when I next switch the engine on again it always resets to auto. I've done this lots of times.
Did you ever find a way to solve this?
I saw something about it perhaps being a safety feature... but if that's the case, why have a switch?!
Thanks,
Re: Auto lights
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 6:06 am
by alanp
I think the switch is to allow you to be able to operate the lights in poor weather where the auto lights wouldnβt come on, fog for example, I wouldnβt want to disable the auto lights as I think itβs a cool safety feature, how many cars do you see without lights on dark winter evenings?, auto lights should have been standard instead of drl,s
Re: Auto lights
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 12:34 pm
by Sparks
It's definitely a safety feature to counteract all the idiots that think that they have night vision or don't know when it's appropriate to turn the lights on.
Not sure why you would want to override it!?