Date:         Thu, 6 Dec 2001 22:51:11 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: third brake light delight
Comments: To: developtrust <developtrust@HOME.COM>
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At 09:59 PM 12/6/2001, developtrust wrote:
>The 3rd brake light was an easy install. Thanks to the list members who
>recommended that improvement. Our brake lights are so low that those cars
>following close behind may not always see us stopping. As I see it a 3rd
>brake light up high helps us protect our beloved investment and our family
>inside from avoidable mishaps.

The *single* high-mount brake light is a very good thing (and has been
mandatory on all US cars since '86).  But I just want to point out that the
Vanagon lights are mounted in the normal position for passenger vehicles --
they are, for example, exactly as high as our '90 Corolla wagon's.  The
extra height of the van gives a sort of optical illusion that they're
abnormally low, but they ain't.

david


David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"