<VV> Headlamps

Hugo Miller hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk
Sat Apr 4 14:10:05 EDT 2020 

Depends what you are used to. The map I was using in Florida 20 years 
ago was useless - it showed roads that didn't exist and I found roads 
that weren't on the map. The bigger problem is that every US map I have 
ever found jut has lots of spidery lines which don't correspond to the 
actualt roads they represent. The excellent 'A to Z' British maps, by 
contrast, show the layout of every road junction, i.e. whether there is 
an intersection, and if not, which road passes over or under the other.
I am very good at navigating - I always use the sun for reference 
(except at night!) and I always know what to expect next, whether it is 
an intersection, a railway line, a river or whatever.
I wouldn't use a GPS for all the tea in China. I'm not taking orders 
from a computer! I have a whole dossier of newspaper cuttings where 
people have ended up driving along railway tracks or river beds because 
their GPS told them to. The problem isn't the device itself, so much as 
people's blind faith in computers. We regularly, in the UK, get huge 
trucks that keep on going down roads that get progressively narrower, 
till they get completely stuck and can't go either forwards or 
backwards.

On 2020-04-04 18:27, Joel McGregor wrote:
> I haven't used a paper map in 20 years but back then they were
> excellent.
> GPS systems should have a major advantage since they are quickly and
> easily updated but they don't seem to keep up with construction very
> well. I quit bothering to send changes to Google because they are so
> unresponsive.
> Several times I would send in a correction, they would change it in a
> couple of months only to change it back later.
>
> Joel McGregor
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Date: 4/4/20 3:03 AM (GMT-06:00)
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> Headlamps
>
> Since you mention England, there is one simple idea that the United
>  tates would do well to copy from Europe. The very first thing I
> noticed
>  when I came to Florida was how dazzling car headlamps are.
>  I actually flew in on a 747 to Miami, jumped on a rented Harley and
>  rode straight up to Kissimmee, so my first journey was at night.
>  Actually the first thing I noticed was how useless road maps are,
> and
>  how primitive sign-posting is, compared to Europe. But it took me a
>  while to figure out why it seemed like everybody was driving on high
>
>  beam.
>  In Europe, headlamp lenses have a clever pattern in the glass, and
> the
>  bulbs have shields on them, so that on low beam, there is a very
> clear
>  'cut-off' line, below which everything is illuminated and above
> which
>  everything is dark. This line slopes upwards to the right (or left
> in
>  England) so it illuminates the grass verge, and gently slopes down
>  toward the left (or right in England) finally levelling off at a
> point
>  low enough not to dazzle oncoming cars.
>  This beam pattern, together with headlamp aim, is part of the annual
>
>  safety inspection in Europe. If this was a requiremtn in the States,
> it
>  would utterly transform night driving.
>
>  On 2020-04-04 02:32, Seth Emerson via VirtualVairs wrote:
>  > Funny you should mention that, Jim. In England or "on the
> Continent"
>  > you have to specify which low-beam bulbs/assemblies you want. In
>  > England, the low beams drop down and to the left. On the Continent
>
>  > (as
>  > in America) the low beams drop to the right. Low beam sealed units
>  > are available either way. Same, really, with the separate
>  > housing/bulb
>  > units. -Seth
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: Jim Becker via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>  > To: hugo <hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk>; virtualvairs
>  > <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>  > Sent: Fri, Apr 3, 2020 5:32 pm
>  > Subject: Re: <VV> One Low-Beam Out... Sometimes
>  >
>  > I thought maybe it should have a bulb with a left hand thread.
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs
>  > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2020 5:08 PM
>  > To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>  > Subject: Re: One Low-Beam Out... Sometimes
>  >
>  > A bit like SU fuel pumps then ;)
>  >
>  >
>  > On 2020-04-03 21:36, Robert Marlow, Vairtec Corporation via
>  > VirtualVairs wrote:
>  >> Going back decades, my then-girlfriend had a '66 Monza DD on
> which
>  >> the driver's side low beam lamp sometimes -- not always -- failed
> to
>  >> illuminate. Subscribing as we did to the Corvair Cheapskate
>  >> Philosophy, the solution was to get out of the car, whack the
> lens
>  >> with the side of your fist, and the light would come on.
>  >>
>  >> This "repair" succeeded each time for the better part of a year
>  >> before the lamp finally refused to comply.
>  >>
>  >> --Bob
>  >>
>  >> On 4/3/2020 1:08 PM, Michael Mauro via VirtualVairs wrote:
>  >>> Re: my 67 coupe... with low-beams selected, right-side low-beam
> is
>  >>> out; when I press the floor switch for high-beam, all four beams
>  >>> illuminate. Question... do I need to replace the right-side low
>  >>> beam;
>  >>> or, is there a wiring issue? (Of course, if the fix is a new
> bulb,
>  >>> I'll replace both to insure the same amount of illumination).
>  >>> Please
>  >>> advise. Thinks!
>  >>> Mike Mauro
>  >>
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