On Sep 23, 2006, at 9:47 AM, Jake de Villiers wrote: > They've been mandatory up here since the mid-eighties, and one of > the first > things I do with a new used car is disable the darn things. The > system > makes it so that you can't effectively communicate with your > headlamps via > the light switch or the high beam stalk. Its a binary system and > without 0, > 1 is meaningless. > > I mean suit yourself, that's just the way it looks to me. > > Jake
Jake -- you must have missed the memo. On many VWs, you can toggle the DRLs by pulling up gently on the emergency brake. Not enough to engage the brakes, but just enough to trigger the switch which cuts the DRLs. A bonus feature of this well-engineered system is that if you pull up too hard at freeway speed, your lights will go dark, and your vehicle will do a 360. This will REALLY get the other driver's attention. |
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