[EJIB]

Originally Posted by 1lyfe

i hate how theres no longer an "ALL" button for climate control so you cant lock both temperatures together anymore. when my girlfriend sits in it she has it set to max heat all the time and then i have to manually adjust it or ill be getting heat waves from the passenger side

+1

[snowghost]

Originally Posted by 1lyfe

Think of it this way.
there are only two bulbs in your car (one for each side) for your headlights and a mini mirror inside your projectors (also called a solenoid) that controls where your light shines. When youre using your headlights only the mini mirror is not engaged so you get all your light shinning the road ahead of you. When you flick your high beams the mini mirror angles itself up and redirects some light to shoot upwards so you now have high beams.
your daytime running lights are the angel eyes which are powered by a LED all on its own. you can control it at all its always on.

My car is in the shop now, but this means that with Xenons there is no flashing your brights when you pull the stalk with the lights off?

[1lyfe]

Originally Posted by snowghost

My car is in the shop now, but this means that with Xenons there is no flashing your brights when you pull the stalk with the lights off?

There is.
The way D1S (the type of bulb for the Xenons) works is that it is pre-warmed up when the lights are off so when you flick the high beams its still very bright flashes of light.
not like traditional HID bulbs where it takes time to warm up before they get bright

[jbbrann]

Originally Posted by snowghost

My car is in the shop now, but this means that with Xenons there is no flashing your brights when you pull the stalk with the lights off?

No, the car is "smart" enough to turn the headlights if they aren't already on when you pull the stalk to flash the lights.

[pkim1079]

Originally Posted by MarkW83

Do you have xenons?

If so, it's only the inner lens that lights, and this switches between low and high beam.

The corono rings ("halos") are also on, and can be on as "daytime running lights" on their own, during the day, as well.

In the US the outer lens used to be the "cornering light", and would come on e.g. when going round a corner; but with the "Adaptive Headlights" option in the UK now, it's the foglights that do this, so the outer lens (the inside of it) is completely unused

If you have halogens: no idea. Lol

Confusion here. I think you mixed up inner / outer.

[MarkW83]

Originally Posted by pkim1079

Confusion here. I think you mixed up inner / outer.

Quite possibly, though the main point was that only one ever lights up