disabling the daytime driving lights

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Of course it's safer...they're just trying to make things work automatically now that's all.

My God man!...that's the funniest statement that I've seen on here for days!!...how often have you seen 'lights' cruising along a highway with NO VEHICLE attached to them?!?...

So now you're gonna campaign for removing headlights from cars?

Uh, "nanny"? Whatever turns your crank. But please do answer the question.

Tercel Owning Nanny

Thanks for the info. A direct answer to a direct question. If only others could answer the same way.

This happened in the late 1980s. Did they have DRL back then? My question is: how do you see a car in the dark when the car has no lights on at all - no headlight, no DRL, no running lights? The answer is . . nightvision or side looking radar. If I was in an M1 Abrams, I might have seen(detected) the car and I could done something to "light" it up :-)

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That happens up here, actually. I see it myself. Happens especially during lane changes.

Ha Ha Ha Ha!

Time for the asbestos underwear!

:)

The hell with DRL........I just wish everyone would use their turn signals!........and that doesn't mean turning on your turn signals 9 blocks before you intend to turn!

Do you really think you'll get an answer?...nah, no chance...he's just a frustrated old guy who must bitch and moan because nothing he has seems to work now and he feels he -must- blame someone...anyone...

Jeez! I knew that. I could blame it on a typo if I only did it in one post ...

Can I call up Old Age, and blame it on that?

It is only true on the newer models - not the location, the function. It's also only true on the upgrade models, not the base models as far as I know.

An MDT Tech is a Toyota Master Diagnostic Technician.

An MDT is the BEST of the professional Toyota technicians. An MDT must be current and carry all 8 ASE (National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence) certifications; take every technical course Toyota offers, including New Model Intro every year; and have a minimum of 5 years experience working at a franchised Toyota dealer.

I know it is not easy to earn that recognition because I was one of the few district service managers with a certification. That was over 10 years ago and I have let those certifications lapse.

When it comes to knowing Toyotas, in my experience, someone who spends 8 to

but I digress...

I do not know how you define "newer" models, but the auto-off function on Toyota headlights has been around at least since the early 1980's. Other manufacturers were putting in chimes to remind people to turn off their headlights, Toyota just turned them off.

Well, I was the second or third poster of this never ending thread...

...my decision with my new 4 Runner is I'm going to drive backwards with my parking brake slightly depressed (to defeat the DRL's) and turn on my emergency flashers. Will give me, and most drivers, a new perspective on things, and really learn how to use the rear view mirrors.

Thanks, however, Mr. MDT Tech for the info about the 2 amber bulbs being all there really *is* to my DRL's. My dashlights...now that's a new thread. I'll start that one now...replacing the dashlights because of being burned out because of DRL usage...(care to carry on??...)

Thanks,

...Allen

Shut up!!! Now someone at Toyota will hear you and put some sort of circuitry in the car that will put on your turn signal 50 yards before you turn into your driveway.

Hell yes!...I do that all the time (what's sad is that my wife helps me do it too) :)

"Ray O" wrote: snip

Pretty impressive credentials Ray...

Now, I have a 2000 Corolla, it has one humungous beeper, chime or somesuch warning for when I forget to turn the headlights off...you're saying that if I leave 'em on and exit the car (after turning the engine off) that they'll go out soon?...gonna try it tomorrow at the coffee shop (it'll give me a reason to live one more day at least)... :)

Hmmm... I'll admit I haven't driven a Corolla for a long time I could be wrong. The cars with the auto headlight off feature should turn the headlights off, no chimes or beeper, when you turn off the engine and open the driver's door without any delay. The Camry XLE's, Avalon, Previas, Sequoia, LS, 4Runners, Cressidas, Land Cruisers, MR2, Celica GTS that I've driven or owned all had this feature. It was a fault my logic to assume that all Toyotas have this feature.

One of the perks of having a little seniority was a wider choice of company cars, and given the choice of a company car where every expense is covered, I'll admit to choosing the nicest car that suited my needs and season, so I didn't spend nearly as much time in Tercels and Corollas as I did in other models.

It's so damned refreshing to come across someone who doesn't blast out positively when he's not sure of a fact (like some do here). See guys?...he's learned that those things spring up and bite yer ass sometimes...

"Gord Beaman" wrote: > The Real Tom wrote: > > >On 12 Mar 2005 23:02:14 GMT, "badgolferman" > >< snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com> wrote: > >

I dont want to disable them, i just want to be able to turn them off... I work on a military installation, and its illegal to drive up to the Checkpoint at night with Your headlights on.. while the DRL?s work at a reduced brightness, it can still be construed as headlights on and therefore taken negatively by the guards.. Common sence would have been a way to turn them off such as the case with most other car manufacturers.... not only is it common sence but courtesy as well.

Jeff