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    My big whinge about rear foglights...

    I was on my way down to the London Chest Hospital today and when I was on the A12, 2 cars passed me, both with their rear fog lights on...

    Is it just me or do people see a bit of drizzle as an excuse to switch on this rather un-needed and sometimes, annoying device?

    People using them at night or in the rain should be shot personally, unless the rain is SEVERE as is the spray, and then use them because it does get dangerous, but I could see Canary Wharf from where I was - No problems, so the car in front shouldn't be too much of a challenge...

    They really do dazzle people through the rain that is really just light mist from the car in fronts wheels...

    I mean, the front fog lights are useful, using them with the sidelights does work nicely in the rain, but 60watts of red light when I'm already concentrating really pisses me off...

    Oh well, rant over

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    Its mainly old people and women who swiched it on 6 months ago during light fog and then continue to drive aimlessly along until their MOT test when it finally gets switched off.
    If I like it, I lick it. If I dont, I kick it

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    If anyone leaves them on,i flash my front fogs if they look in their mirror as if to say WTF?, i just flip to high beam 220w (ish) of PIAA,that as the desired effect!

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    Front foglights and rear foglights on in the wrong weather conditions are nuisance and leave you open to a FPn if the Police can be bothered to do anything about it.

    I fail to see what is so hard to grasp with rules for lights in rain situations, dipped headlights, nowhere does it say foglights.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LEE69 View Post
    If anyone leaves them on,i flash my front fogs if they look in their mirror as if to say WTF?, i just flip to high beam 220w (ish) of PIAA,that as the desired effect!
    I prefer to just disembowel them on the spot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LEE69 View Post
    If anyone leaves them on,i flash my front fogs if they look in their mirror as if to say WTF?, i just pull along side, wind down the window and smash their ****ing wing mirrors off with teh modstick


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    Quote Originally Posted by LEE69 View Post
    If anyone leaves them on,i flash my front fogs if they look in their mirror as if to say WTF?, i just flip to high beam 220w (ish) of PIAA,that as the desired effect!
    does bugger all,
    had a guy in a mondeo following me with his main beams on...
    i was putting my fog on and off...didnt do anything.
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    Rear fogs don't cause me issues too often. It's tossers with their front fogs on in clear weather that grinds my gears.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Benn View Post
    does bugger all,
    had a guy in a mondeo following me with his main beams on...
    i was putting my fog on and off...didnt do anything.
    let him overtake, then flash like mad. :P
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sten View Post
    Rear fogs don't cause me issues too often. It's tossers with their front fogs on in clear weather that grinds my gears.
    Yes, but its cool to drive around with your front fogs on.
    We were wondering if we could borrow some brown sugar...?

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    Quote Originally Posted by tathan View Post
    I don't think I've ever been passed by a car.
    But a tree, a bmx and a mobility scooter are another matter...
    If I like it, I lick it. If I dont, I kick it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Dempsey View Post
    Yes, but its cool to drive around with your front fogs on.
    It also increases horsepower
    If I like it, I lick it. If I dont, I kick it

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    Quote Originally Posted by BlackIce View Post
    Its mainly old people and women who swiched it on 6 months ago during light fog and then continue to drive aimlessly along until their MOT test when it finally gets switched off.
    My aunt did that with her heated rear window, the light on the button was dead, so it was left switched on for about 10 months, and she wondered why the car ate a succession of batteries and alternators and constantly failed to start.
    It was finally found when I brought the diesel XM with its 750 cold cranking amp battery over one day to give her a jump. After about 15 minutes of jump leads connected and me revving the engine, her car was still flat as a pancake.... something not right, as that battery I have could start a lorry... then I noticed the lines of her rear window clearing away the condensation.....

    While on the subject, I found that the car I bought recently had an additional foglight switch... beside the gear lever, in front of the sport suspension switch. I had a look, and there was some strange wiring going on. I was wondering what the hell it was all about, then I later discovered that one of the previous owners, for some unknown reason had wired the front fogs to come on when you put the car into sport mode
    I mustve looked a right **** driving around with them on for the past few weeks
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    I find its nearly always old Fiestas that have the fog lights on for a month following any signs of poor visibility.

    Again its usually the same owners that get baffled as to why they get flashed at.

    I hate it too. Possibly the worst road crime, second only to failure to signal at roundabouts!
    it's a C20XE not a fookin Redtop FFS

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    Quote Originally Posted by CraigGreen View Post
    I hate it too. Possibly the worst road crime, second only to failure to signal at roundabouts!
    Oh feck don't get me started on that one!
    Feckoff cup!

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