Interior/Exterior Ian's MINI Circuit
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Joined: Feb 2005
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From: Scottsdale, AZ
Originally Posted by GBMINI
Here is the reason: if you turn on the front fogs while the auto headlights are on, then they will stay on.
Since the AFF mimics you turning on the front fogs whenever the lights go on, you now have an interaction!
If, say, the auto headlights come on in a tunnel, the AFF will also turn on the front fogs. Now when you exit the tunnel back to full daylight, the auto headlights will not automatically turn off again.
So you have something like "auto once headlights" instead.
BTW: Thank you everyone for the kind words on this thread
(I missed it all when I was on vacation back in March)
Since the AFF mimics you turning on the front fogs whenever the lights go on, you now have an interaction!
If, say, the auto headlights come on in a tunnel, the AFF will also turn on the front fogs. Now when you exit the tunnel back to full daylight, the auto headlights will not automatically turn off again.
So you have something like "auto once headlights" instead.
BTW: Thank you everyone for the kind words on this thread
(I missed it all when I was on vacation back in March)
6th Gear
Joined: May 2002
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From: Gloucester, MA, USA
Originally Posted by Electric_S
But when you leave the tunnel and the headlights turn off, the foglights turn off with them right? But lets say you hit another tunnel, then you would have to manually turn on the fogs if you want them on right? Like you said, auto-once foglights.
If the fog lights are on, the auto headlights stop being auto headlights and just become "on" headlights.
At least until you turn off the fog lights - only when you do that will the auto headlights turn themselves off, assuming it is light enough that they decide to do so.
The "problem" with AFF is that it does not know if it is light or dark - if the lights come on, it turns on the front fogs, and from then on the auto headlights stay on.
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