I can't see my own reverse lights.

"GreenN_Gold" (GreenN_Gold) 11/13/2013 at 16:15 • Filed to: None

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I let a car back out of a spot this morning, and it dawned on me that I've never seen my own car's reverse lights. I mean sure, it's not that difficult (or that interesting, let's be honest) to IMAGINE what they look like. I certainly know what the back of my garage looks like when my reverse lights are on, but there's no way to get out of the car and see the lights themselves of course. Google image turns up no satisfactory results, which is understandably an odd photo for someone to take. I guess I'll just have to wait until I see someone with the same car backing up.

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

/i'm a simpleton

//i should think about more important things

Jayhawk Jake > GreenN_Gold 11/13/2013 at 16:16

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I, like any other GM owner AFAIK, see them every time I lock or unlock the car.

CalzoneGolem > GreenN_Gold 11/13/2013 at 16:17

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I've never seen myself in the mirror with my eyes closed.

oldirtybootz > GreenN_Gold 11/13/2013 at 16:19

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Simple solution. Get in your car, turn the key on/engine off, apply parking brake, shift into reverse, go look at reverse lights.

ZaqAtaq > GreenN_Gold 11/13/2013 at 16:19

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I like to get out and walk around the car while the lights are on at night. It's nice to know what it looks like. I never thought about the fact that I haven't seen it's reverse lights... thanks for that.

CalzoneGolem > ZaqAtaq 11/13/2013 at 16:25

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1. Put in reverse.

2. Apply parking brake.

3. ???

4. Look at that shit!

Jayhawk Jake > CalzoneGolem 11/13/2013 at 16:28

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But you could take a picture of the mirror while your eyes are closed...

CalzoneGolem > Jayhawk Jake 11/13/2013 at 16:29

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If I looked at that I'd be seeing a picture of myself in the mirror with my eyes closed not the real deal.

GreenN_Gold > Jayhawk Jake 11/13/2013 at 16:55

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I believe I just get the 4-way flashers with my remote.

GreenN_Gold > oldirtybootz 11/13/2013 at 16:56

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Duh, I didn't think about that fact that they would come on with the ignition in the on position.

GreenN_Gold > CalzoneGolem 11/13/2013 at 16:59

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I was thinking the clutch would kill the engine, but I didn't think about simply leaving the ignition in the "on" position. I'm a huge failure at life.

In my defense, it was 7 am when I was thinking about this initially.

Redd, the RX-7 that could > GreenN_Gold 11/13/2013 at 17:06

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I made my girlfriend drive my car around a course and watched every indicator, headlight, tailight, foglight, brake light and reverse light. (This is also how I found out that I only have one foglight functioning)

oldirtybootz > GreenN_Gold 11/13/2013 at 17:20

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That's how you have to check it for inspection if you don't have anyone around to atand behind the car.

BullManUGA > Jayhawk Jake 11/13/2013 at 17:29

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And the horn honks at max volume.

GreenN_Gold > oldirtybootz 11/13/2013 at 17:38

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Yeah, we don't have inspections in this state. Headlights, DRL's, and turn signals are also easy to tell just from the driver seat, and I can check the reflection of all three brake lights any time I have a big SUV, pickup or semi truck behind me at a stop light. If it's something with a large chrome grill, I can see the break lights almost any time of day.

GreenN_Gold > BullManUGA 11/13/2013 at 17:40

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That's one thing I like about my car, it has a separate and borderline pleasing tone for the remote, it doesn't use the horn.

BullManUGA > GreenN_Gold 11/13/2013 at 17:43

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Exactly. My Audi does a nice soft sound. My MIL's Saturn blasts your eardrums.

wkiernan > GreenN_Gold 11/13/2013 at 18:24

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Back up to any store with a big glass window and look at the reflection in your car's rear-view mirror. That's how I check to make sure my car's rear light bulbs aren't burned out.

oldirtybootz > GreenN_Gold 11/13/2013 at 18:43

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You're lucky, they're pretty anal here. It was a big thing when they waived the emissions inspection for 1995 and older vehicles.

GreenN_Gold > oldirtybootz 11/13/2013 at 18:51

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Emissions testing is required every other year in WA State for vehicles older than 5 years but younger than 25 years. They don't check anything else though, no safety check or anything.

I also just learned that diesel vehicles built after 2007 require no emissions testing. Another pro in the diesel column I suppose.

oldirtybootz > GreenN_Gold 11/13/2013 at 19:00

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New York is downright draconian compared to that.

Ian Duer (320b) > wkiernan 11/13/2013 at 21:25

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I'm so glad that I'm not the only person who does this.

wkiernan > CalzoneGolem 11/13/2013 at 21:38

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I have, but that was when I was dead.

Jayhawk Jake > BullManUGA 11/13/2013 at 21:44

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Actually it's a quieter honk now, it's not bad.

CalzoneGolem > wkiernan 11/14/2013 at 07:52

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I've been meaning to try that for years.