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LRNoob
 


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Fogs turning themselves off?!

May seem like a dumb question but.....

Was driving down towards Eindhoven today in pretty heavy fog. Headlights on automatic and 'on', front and rear fogs on, manually. Suddenly noticed as I entered a slighly lighter patch of low cloud that all lights were off Shocked .

I can appreciate that the slight brightening of the ambient light (only slight, it was still foggy with view limited to between 150 and 200 meters or so) might trip the automatic sensor to turn off the headlights, but would that also turn off the fogs Question

I reset the headlights to 'on' (not auto) and reset the fogs to on and continued, albeit with a frown replacing the permasmile.

Comments appreciated (even if it is RTFM Very Happy ) (mine is in Dutch and is a Censored to plough through).

Peter Peter  
Post #60766521st Feb 2010 10:04 pm
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DG
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Didn't think you could put the fogs on while in auto Confused ...you have to switch them back to manual on and then pull ...no ? 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021  
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Post #60767321st Feb 2010 10:11 pm
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LRNoob
 


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No, it didn't seem to be a problem.

Dash info clearly indicating 'auto' lights and headlights activated before I switched on the fogs. All the indicators then shown together on the instrument panel.

Peter Peter  
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Your lights worked exactly as they should, in actual fact ambient light levels are higher in fog because the light is more diffused. Lesson learned (for us all, that is) lights on manual if you are relying on the fogs. 2011 D4 Landmark, Mini Cooper SD Clubman, Range Rover Vogue SE  
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More like the D4 is, "too clever by half" (an Aussie cliche which probably won't translate to English, much less Dutch Whistle ) in this instance. Thankfully we don't get fog here. Jim Dowell - D4 HSE TDi, 12,000 hydraulic winch & hidden winch mount, MTRs, TyreDog, Traxide 2 x aux battery system, fixed air compressor, Dolium roof rack, MitchHitch.
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bet you still have people running around with fogs on though Twisted Evil  
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sticks348
 


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Re: Fogs turning themselves off?!

LRNoob wrote:
(only slight, it was still foggy with view limited to between 150 and 200 meters or so)


How much visability to people want before they turn their fog lights off!!! Rolling Eyes  
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You chaps have nothing to complain about, here in Africa some people drive with their parklights and park with their driving lights Evil or Very Mad White MY2011 SDV6 HSE  
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LRNoob
 


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Hi Sticks

The fog was intermittent. Fairly dense generally with lighter patches. So I didn't want to faff turning the fogs on and off.

Anyway learned my lesson, will use manual headlights in the fog in future.

Peter Peter  
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