<VV> BETTER HEADLIGHTS REVISITED

[Tony Underwood]

At 12:28 AM 8/23/2009, Sethracer at aol.com wrote:
>
>In a message dated 8/22/2009 7:00:46 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>jekepler at amplex.net writes:
>
>Even  today, Europeans drive with better lights than you'll find "stock" on
>any  car in North America.  It's better today, but there's still a lot  of
>room for improvement....and it's being driven by the same  "bureaucratic
>inertia" that had us driving 75 MPH in the dark in the  1960's!
>
>
>Almost true - The HIDs on my 2005 Corvette will extend my driving by
>several years. They light up the night as well as the Cibie or Marchals. And
>they are perfectly legal. Now I have to work on my 65. Daniel Stern 
>lighting,
>here I come! (I don't intend to buy any new car that doesn't offer HID
>lights as  an option).
>
>




Or:


Drive a '60 with short tires and rear end gears so steep the car 
won't go fast enough to overdrive its headlights without floating valves.




tony..


(it moves out from the light pretty well though)