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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / January 2008Deer misses me
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=764558565826177091 Just running the camera on a night darker than the inside of a cow to get a baseline for exposure adjustment, and lucked out... twice. If you think it's too dark you should see it before I boosted the luminance. ----- - gpsman > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=764558565826177091 > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > - gpsman What kind of vehicle is that, and do you use standard sealed-beam format headlights? If you're driving on roads like that you *NEED* E-codes, preferably with a relay harness. Screw being legal, I wanna see where the heck I'm going. check this: http://danielsternlighting.com/tech/relays/relays.html http://danielsternlighting.com/products/products.html I'm running the standard Cibie 7" reflectors with standard 55/60W bulbs in the Fabulous BeaterPorsche. Also got a relay harness from the late Dan Wray AKA "IceShark" on Pelican. I was prompted to buy them when I found myself commuting after dark on a road about as well illuminated as the one in your video; I couldn't maintain above 40 MPH even on high beam. Got the E-codes in and it was like night and day. Nice and inoffensive on low beam due to the sharp cutoff; if you aim them properly the only possible way they could dazzle an oncoming driver is cresting a hill. Seriously, you have no idea what you're missing until you've driven behind *GOOD* headlights. It makes driving the POS pickup that much more painful at night ('93 Ford; no easy upgrade available, although there are some cheezy "crystal clear" aftermarket reflectors available that couldn't possibly have a *worse* beam pattern than the stockers, I might have to try them someday if it becomes anything resembling a regular driver.) I am so sold on E-codes I bought another pair for the '55 Stude, just in case. They're that good. I do have a set of fairly illegal (as if E-codes aren't illegal enough, but there's a reason for this one) 90/100W H4 bulbs, but haven't even been tempted to put them in. The combo of the standard H4s, relay harness, and a Transpo voltage regulator means I have a true 14.1V at the headlights and the light output is amazing. I suppose I might try them if I lived out in a really rural area and did lots of driving at night, but I'd think that a 60/100 bulb (if such a thing exists) would be better, to reduce the risk of blinding other drivers on low beam. nate  Signaturereplace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel >> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=764558565826177091 >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > preferably with a relay harness. Screw being legal, I wanna see where > the heck I'm going. Gpstroll isn't going to listen. He doesn't listen on anything else... USDOT has his back, he doesn't need anything better, there is no better law is the law us regulations top of the world and all that crap. >> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=764558565826177091 >> >> Just running the camera on a night darker than the inside of a cow to >> get a baseline for exposure adjustment, and lucked out... twice. If only Cal-El's nighttime videos were that good... >What kind of vehicle is that, and do you use standard sealed-beam format >headlights? If you're driving on roads like that you *NEED* E-codes, >preferably with a relay harness. Screw being legal, I wanna see where >the heck I'm going. Obviously GPSTroll has no concern with legality - you see him blatantly crossing a double-yellow center line in that video. :) Signature"You can all kiss my @ss!" - Carl Rogers, Message-ID: <IE1ej.2353$se5.298@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com> >>>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=764558565826177091 >>> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Obviously GPSTroll has no concern with legality - you see him > blatantly crossing a double-yellow center line in that video. :) Aw, c'mon, he was playing reasonably nice this time. While I agree that it's not a good idea, it's understandable given the scenario. (one of those reflexes that isn't always a good one though; hard braking might have been a better choice, although you don't always get time to consciously think about what you're going to do.) nate Signaturereplace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel >> Obviously GPSTroll has no concern with legality - you see him >> blatantly crossing a double-yellow center line in that video. :) > >Aw, c'mon, he was playing reasonably nice this time. Just giving him a dose of his own medicine. That is *precisely* the sort of disingenuous bullshit that GPSTroll always says to everyone else. Signature"You can all kiss my @ss!" - Carl Rogers, Message-ID: <IE1ej.2353$se5.298@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com> > >> Obviously GPSTroll has no concern with legality - you see him > >> blatantly crossing a double-yellow center line in that video. :) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > sort of disingenuous bullshit that GPSTroll always says to everyone > else. "Always"...? Pointing out that you make judgments based on insufficient evidence, and misjudge with plenty of evidence, is hardly "disingenuous". http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/disingenuous : lacking in candor; also : giving a false appearance of simple frankness ----- - gpsman > > >> Obviously GPSTroll has no concern with legality - you see him > > >> blatantly crossing a double-yellow center line in that video. :) [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > - gpsman Anyone got a link to that "aw geez not this s**t again" pic? nate > > > >> Obviously GPSTroll has no concern with legality - you see him > > > >> blatantly crossing a double-yellow center line in that video. :) [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > nate never mind http://www.e-pix.org/img365.htm nate (bored and needed to kill 5 minutes) N8N: << snip >> > > Anyone got a link to that "aw geez not this s**t again" pic? > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > http://www.e-pix.org/img365.htm Thanks for the reference. I'll have to keep it im mind next time that GPS or SFB decide to rear their ugly heads. In the mean time, I'll refer gpsman to the following page: http://www.worldofnecromancer.org/stfu.html (Others may fee free to refer gpsman to this page also) -- "Now, if you came to my town... [All you got to do is ask] Dressed all funny like that... [I bet I'd be a big hit] They'd be upside your head... [Did you say "head?"] With a long Baseball Bat... [Very unfriendly...]" --Cheech and Chong > What kind of vehicle is that, and do you use standard sealed-beam format > headlights? If you're driving on roads like that you *NEED* E-codes, > preferably with a relay harness. Screw being legal, I wanna see where > the heck I'm going. Dood: Thanks for the concern, but the video is (much) more representative of a crappy camera (and/or camera operator) than crappy headlights. ----- -gpsman >> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=764558565826177091 >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >check this: Thoroughly seconded! I have e-codes on all four of my cars. I was able to avoid a couple of deer a few weeks back in the Mercedes that I would definitely have not seen in time with the craptastic US-spec lights. What amazes me in our 'oh-so-safety-minded land' is that headlight washers aren't required. I normally drive either my Mercedes 300TE or Saab 900 in the winter, both of which are equiped with headlight wash/wipe. Tonight I had to take my BMW 535i on a 50 mile trip, which has Hella e-codes but no wash/wipe - I couldn't see a damned thing after 10 minutes on the highway! It has been a while since I drove a car without wash/wipe on sloppy roads - it was downright scary! Most of Europe has required headlight washers and in-car (or automatic) level adjustment for ages. I have the level adjusters in the Benz too - though they aren't all that necessary as it has self-leveling hydraulic rear suspension too. Kevin Rhodes Sloppy snowy Westbrook, Maine '88 MB300 TE (Euro-spec E-codes and Euro wash/wipe setup) '92 Saab C900CVT (E-codes and stock wash wipe) '86 BMW 535i (Hella 5.25" e-codes) '74 Triumph Spitfire (Hella 7" e-codes and relays - and actual fuses!) >>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=764558565826177091 >>> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > I would definitely have not seen in time with the craptastic US-spec > lights. I'm not sure if your particular Benz uses "aero style" US-spec lights or not, but I think in some cases the Kraut engineers punish us for not harmonizing with ECE regs by putting the worst possible lights on their US versions of their cars. Case in point: VW Corrado. The fog lights actually do a better job of lighting up the road than the low beams. (got a relay harness and E-codes in that one as well, even though it's the girlie's car. Too bad it's still in pieces.) nate Signaturereplace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel gpsman: > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=764558565826177091 Tsk... Tsk... Tsk... Overdriving your sightlines again, I see.... > Just running the camera on a night darker than the inside of a cow to > get a baseline for exposure adjustment, Excuses, excuses.... > and lucked out... twice. Spurious conclusion. There is no such thing as, "luck." > If you think it's too dark you should see it before I boosted the > luminance. Then you either need a better camera or better headlights. I second Nate's comments. Signature"I was talking to your mother Just the other night. I told her I thought you were an a.shole She said, "Yes, I think you're right." --Jimmy Buffett > Then you either need a better camera or better headlights. I second > Nate's comments. I don't have video, but here's a picture I took while driving at night with my selective yellow e-code headlamps. <http://filebox.vt.edu/~aikhokar/headlamps/on_road_low.jpg> Obviously gpstard's headlamps suck. |
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