Re: Outrageous Headlights

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From: Aardwolf
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 00:00

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Matt Julian Swan wrote:
> It also makes sense that you need to see further in front of you at
> higher speeds.  A normal 60/55W high/low globe is fine for driving at
> 100kph, whereas 140/100W globes are only just acceptable if you are going
> to do high speed interstate runs in the middle of the night... (Not that
> anyone would do that of course...) :-)

Yeah, but you could use a pair of auxiliary 100+W "pencil beams", 
couldn't ya?  Linked up to only operate when the brights are on?

Aardwolf.

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Subject: Re: Outrageous Headlights
Date: 1997/02/19
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