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Timco 01-21-2015 10:39 AM

Do you check your lights?
 
When you're behind a vehicle with lots of chrome or there's a full size truck behind you?

I like to do a light check when I see them all lit.

amitmishra4 01-21-2015 10:53 AM

Every. Singe. Time. Sometimes when its not even Chrome but a lighter color, just so I can see the reflection and make sure both are working haha

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timco (Post 432661)
When you're behind a vehicle with lots of chrome or there's a full size truck behind you?

I like to do a light check when I see them all lit.


randy7601 01-21-2015 06:59 PM

Yes. Of course. I'll check high beams and fog lights too.

Fintro11 01-21-2015 07:17 PM

haha no matter what car i am in I check my lights in the reflection and then point it out to my wife " Hey look i can see my car " she rolls her eyes

don't get me started on mirrored windows :D

SJEFFB986 01-22-2015 06:54 AM

here's how I check all my lights. Turn em all on...get out...walk to the front..all while in my driveway..ha ha.

Fintro11 01-22-2015 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by SJEFFB986 (Post 432780)
here's how I check all my lights. Turn em all on...get out...walk to the front..all while in my driveway..ha ha.



You have far too much energy :p some times I tell my wife when she's walking to the car to check them.

jotoole 01-22-2015 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by SJEFFB986 (Post 432780)
here's how I check all my lights. Turn em all on...get out...walk to the front..all while in my driveway..ha ha.

don't forget your brake lights

JayG 01-22-2015 07:37 AM

Yea, checking the brake lights is a little tougher. You have to be really fast to step on the pedal and run behind the car before the lights go out :dance:

I check mine in the garage, you can step on the pedal and see them on the closed door

amitmishra4 01-22-2015 08:56 AM

I try to check my spoiler too when I hit 75, but I always fail :-( Alas

jotoole 01-23-2015 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by jotoole (Post 432785)
don't forget your brake lights

p.s.

A good idea, especially for our older boxsters, have a replacement brake light switch on hand. Backing out of garage one sunny afternoon I noticed I had NO brake lights whatsoever per reflection on garage door. Wayne R. Dempsey's 101 Projects for your Porsche Boxster, p. 288, states they "have a tendency to fail once in a while."
Easy DIY, done from inside car, remove defective switch from just above the brake pedal. No tools required.
Approx $26.00 from Pelican, Suncoast, etc.


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