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Cars: 2015

RaceBoarder said:
Part of the problem is that your truck/SUV lights naturally sit right at the eye line of someone sitting in a compact/sports car. It's a height discrepancy.

Also I think you have to kind of be in the sticks for this issue to become more pervasive, as people in cities simply don't use their high beams in the city. It's when they venture out and start using something that they are unfamiliar with is when you start seeing issues.
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I’m currently in a small crossover (rental while my car gets hail damage fixed) but I was driving on 494 near GDO- so not in the sticks. This was an Audi suv whose headlights could raise the dead
 
MichVandal said:
NHTSA is the ones dictating light height max and aiming rules. Complain to them. And I’m serious, as they are required to take input from citizens. Enough of that kind of complaints and things will change.
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Than you! Since I don’t have the VIN of the car I’m complaining about (duh, how would I ever get that) looks like I have to call them
 
FWIW, a number of these ultra bright headlights could be from people who’ve replaced the factory bulbs with aftermarket options, either due to simple want or they have an old vehicle and the need arose. Regardless of that cause, most people do not no how to accurately adjust the aim of their headlights.
 
RaceBoarder said:
Part of the problem is that your truck/SUV lights naturally sit right at the eye line of someone sitting in a compact/sports car. It's a height discrepancy.
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I'm genuinely surprised those microphallus conveyances aren't even worse. Some of them are hiked up so high it feels like I could drive under them. Are their lights angled lower than normal sized males' vehicles?
 
My MDX seems to have pretty well-engineered lights. When I pull up on the garage it has a sharp line that defines the top of the lights that only a Ferrari would fit under. I've driven behind my wife in her focus and she says she doesn't get blinded by them. So I'd like to think they do a good job without blinding people. I also think it is partially due to it being multiple LEDs instead of one bulb, as someone mentioned above.

I was driving in front of a Toyota SUV of some sort tonight and I had to adjust the angle on my side view mirrors because it was so bad. It literally cast a shadow of my car on barriers. That shit was terrible.
 
St. Clown said:
FWIW, a number of these ultra bright headlights could be from people who’ve replaced the factory bulbs with aftermarket options, either due to simple want or they have an old vehicle and the need arose. Regardless of that cause, most people do not no how to accurately adjust the aim of their headlights.
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Agreed. You can always tell. They're either loose, asymmetrically oriented, or clearly the wrong color (blue is almost always aftermarket; you want like 5000K, not 6000K, or god forbid higher than that)
 
Toyota is really hedging their bets that lithium ion batteries may not be the future, and I like that. While the mass use of lithium ion is muchbetter than an ICE in every way, it's still not great. Solid state and lithium iron phosphate seem really interesting and, potentially, a fairly easy swap from lithium ion. And while both are a ways behind the lithium ion, they have very good potential.

Toyota is also working on non-battery sources like ammonia, of which I am highly skeptical but intrigued, and some other even further-away possibilities.
 
Swansong said:
Toyota is really hedging their bets that lithium ion batteries may not be the future, and I like that. While the mass use of lithium ion is muchbetter than an ICE in every way, it's still not great. Solid state and lithium iron phosphate seem really interesting and, potentially, a fairly easy swap from lithium ion. And while both are a ways behind the lithium ion, they have very good potential.

Toyota is also working on non-battery sources like ammonia, of which I am highly skeptical but intrigued, and some other even further-away possibilities.
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By ice, I assume you mean specifically gas and diesel ice, as there are still some potential alternative fuels out there that are carbon neutral. Right now, I don’t see a clear leader for the universal replacement of gasoline and diesel, yet. Lot of ideas and potentials, but nothing that stands out as best.
 
MichVandal said:
By ice, I assume you mean specifically gas and diesel ice, as there are still some potential alternative fuels out there that are carbon neutral. Right now, I don’t see a clear leader for the universal replacement of gasoline and diesel, yet. Lot of ideas and potentials, but nothing that stands out as best.
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yes, that's what i meant, I was unclear.

And I agree. Lithium ion-based BEV is, to me, a very good temporary step but I don't see lithium ion as the long term fix. Or if we'll even have one fuel source. Perhaps we shouldn't?
 
Anyone have recommendations on a dash cam? Not that i want to spend money while unemployed but with rising insurance rates, theft, and general azzhattery on the roads, it’s tempting.

i don’t want to be monitored by insurance, i want something that covers rear and front. Have also heard it needs to be gps version or insurance wint even look at a video if soomething had happened.

Also- not looking to spend hundreds on installation which is my biggest question mark
 
Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
Anyone have recommendations on a dash cam? Not that i want to spend money while unemployed but with rising insurance rates, theft, and general azzhattery on the roads, it’s tempting.

i don’t want to be monitored by insurance, i want something that covers rear and front. Have also heard it needs to be gps version or insurance wint even look at a video if soomething had happened.

Also- not looking to spend hundreds on installation which is my biggest question mark
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Go to the Car bible. Great car info and comparison reviews but also car related items as well. They even talk about brEAKS.

https://www.caranddriver.com/shopping-advice/g25380817/best-vehicle-dash-cams/
 
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