Oh happy day .. foggy!

OzJavelin · 08-05-2006, 08:29 AM

All the SS/XR owners were looking out the window this morning around Bendigo and salivating ... foggy weather meant they could drive about proudly displaying their fog-lights, without fear from other drivers or Mr.Plod!! Oh happy day!!

Seriously, good to see foggies out-and-about today .. better than a couple of morons I came across driving with high-beams on trying to see better! WTF??

[BTW: I think I need foggies on my car too .. I think I've moved into a consistent fog zone? ]

Rod.

Mike Gayner · 08-05-2006, 08:56 AM

Is it illegal to have your foggies on under normal condition over there?

XplosiveR6 · 08-05-2006, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike Gayner

Is it illegal to have your foggies on under normal condition over there?

no, in victoria it isnt.

also just to be picky SS's dont have fog lights, they are driving lights, so they can actually make foggy conditions worse with the lights on

OzJavelin · 08-05-2006, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by EF_Dave

no, in victoria it isnt.

also just to be picky SS's dont have fog lights, they are driving lights, so they can actually make foggy conditions worse with the lights on

I'm sure we've all gone thru this arguement before, but if SS's are using these as driving lights they are pretty low to be very useful ..

Smoke Pursuit · 08-05-2006, 12:16 PM

They are Foglights, thats how they are wiredup and thats what the symble on the dash says.

Same as they always have been...

Even my dads VS had a foglight symbol on the dash.

It'sTheVibe · 08-05-2006, 12:33 PM

Australian Road Rules - rule 217, subsection 1 - fog lamps may only be illuminated in fog or "atmospheric conditions where visibility is at a minimum".

WILDTRAKPX2 · 08-05-2006, 12:47 PM

Everyone strap yourselves in and hang on tight... another fog light thread.

Dazza XLT · 08-05-2006, 12:49 PM

Yippee.
Do we need to go thru this again?

XplosiveR6 · 08-05-2006, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by OzJavelin

I'm sure we've all gone thru this arguement before, but if SS's are using these as driving lights they are pretty low to be very useful ..

we have been over this many a times, so why did the can need to be opened once again

OzJavelin · 08-05-2006, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by EF_Dave

we have been over this many a times, so why did the can need to be opened once again

Foglight envy ...

[Tonko] · 08-05-2006, 04:56 PM

aaah another argument on foglights....so when does the ford vs holden comparo thread start again? or speed cameras?... GET CREATIVE PEOPLE!

vino3o2 · 08-05-2006, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Darran

Yippee.
Do we need to go thru this again?

Obviously people didnt learn last time.... a traffic policeman told me that your fog lamps can be on as long as there not brighter or as bright as your headlights???

LethalLeigh · 08-05-2006, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by It'sTheVibe

Australian Road Rules - rule 217, subsection 1 - fog lamps may only be illuminated in fog or "atmospheric conditions where visibility is at a minimum".

Delightfully vague definition you have to deal with there. I was under the impression real foglights had a yellow tint so as not to reflect like highbeams. That would make SSs and XR8s lights driving lights. If you want real foglights you need a S13 Silvia or MX6. :P

Laminge · 08-05-2006, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by It'sTheVibe

Australian Road Rules - rule 217, subsection 1 - fog lamps may only be illuminated in fog or "atmospheric conditions where visibility is at a minimum".

And that condition is normally in the car after a heavy night on BBQ'd Chili.

coyote · 08-05-2006, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by EF_Dave

we have been over this many a times, so why did the can need to be opened once again

So people can increase there post count of course.

: x 100000

09-05-2006, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by LethalLeigh

Delightfully vague definition you have to deal with there. I was under the impression real foglights had a yellow tint so as not to reflect like highbeams. That would make SSs and XR8s lights driving lights. If you want real foglights you need a S13 Silvia or MX6. :P

fog lights can be yellow or white lights. The difference between fog lights and driving lights is:

fog lights are switched independately of your lights, parkers,low and high beam

driving lights are wired in such a way that they can only be illuminated when high beam is activated, therefore both the xr falcons and SS commodores are fog lights.

Both fog and driving lights can get other road users most upset, although fog lights generate many more threads than driving lights

**Mechan1k** · 10-05-2006, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Laminge

And that condition is normally in the car after a heavy night on BBQ'd Chili.

LMAO ... that's GOLD.

I could continue with the argument on fog lights ... but then that makes me look like a post whore ... not that I already am though.

I like fog lights ... they look pretty