If I had a gun with two bullets and I was in a room with Hitler, Bin Laden, and the guy who had the idea to put HID bulbs in cars.

"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
10/24/2016 at 19:40 • Filed to: None

I would shoot the guy who had the idea to put HID bulbs in cars twice.

DISCUSSION (31)

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Honeybunchesofgoats
10/24/2016 at 19:42

For me, it’d be the guy who decided that YouTube video ads were a good idea.

66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash > gin-san - shitpost specialist
10/24/2016 at 19:43

So... blow up Google HQ?

Honeybunchesofgoats > gin-san - shitpost specialist
10/24/2016 at 19:45

Is it just me, or are they way more frequent than they used to be? I’m all for some dude making original videos getting some money from it, but I swear it’s gone from one ad every so often to nearly everything I watch.

RazoE > Honeybunchesofgoats
10/24/2016 at 19:46

Uses less power, more useable light, more attractive color range, projectors with crisp cutoffs...

F THAT GUY!!!

Honeybunchesofgoats > RazoE
10/24/2016 at 19:47

All of these are fair points, but in the grand scheme of things, I feel like everyone on the road is safer when I can actually see the road and I’m not completely blinded by the car behind me/in the oncoming lane.

Ssfancyfresh > Honeybunchesofgoats
10/24/2016 at 19:48

I would take 2 bullets for the HID guy. Better lighting for everyone. Sorry

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Honeybunchesofgoats
10/24/2016 at 19:51

I think that is more the other idiot who forgot to turn their highbeams off.

Honeybunchesofgoats > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
10/24/2016 at 19:55

Honestly, everyone else’s commanding ride height means that their headlights are aimed right at my face, so even low beams will illuminate the whole cabin and blind me.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Honeybunchesofgoats
10/24/2016 at 19:56

Tell me about it. The fog lights on some trucks are at eye level for me.

66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash > Honeybunchesofgoats
10/24/2016 at 19:57

I wouldnt be suprised, but I just use AdBlock and whitelist good channels.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Honeybunchesofgoats
10/24/2016 at 19:58

What once through the important bits and one through the chest

Agrajag > Honeybunchesofgoats
10/24/2016 at 20:02

It’s gotten to the point where I’m not sure if they have their brights on and I should retaliate. Every once in awhile I’m like “Oh, yeah? Well WHAMMO!” And then they turn theirs on and I’m like. “Aw shit” and take a quick careen off the nearest cliff.

Dave the car guy , still here > Honeybunchesofgoats
10/24/2016 at 20:08

Have you ever considered the asshole behind you may have installed HID bulbs in a non-HID housing? Its usually a huge mistake. They seldom control that extra wattage unless its a better made halogen projector and then its still often screwed up. Have a friend who was experimenting with aftermarket h7 Audi projectors and retrofitting HIDs. You would have laughed at the white melted center in the lens from the 1st night of driving, I did!

NostalgicCarLife > RazoE
10/24/2016 at 20:08

Is that actually true though? Didn’t they just do a test of headlights earlier this year and HIDs turned out to mostly be really crappy?

NostalgicCarLife > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
10/24/2016 at 20:08

And also on all the time, for no reason at all.

Honeybunchesofgoats > Agrajag
10/24/2016 at 20:21

I have exactly the problem. I can never tell, so I don’t even know when it’s appropriate to flash. It’s gotten to the point that if I’m on relatively empty roads, I just use my highs even if I normally wouldn’t, just so I can turn them off when another car approaches to prompt them to turn off theirs.

Honeybunchesofgoats > Dave the car guy , still here
10/24/2016 at 20:22

I change my answer. I’d save one bullet for whoever is behind DIY HID kits.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Honeybunchesofgoats
10/24/2016 at 20:23

A lot of that is probably also period who retrofit HID bulbs to halogen housings. SO MUCH GLARE AND NO CUT OFF

Honeybunchesofgoats > NostalgicCarLife
10/24/2016 at 20:25

As someone uses front and rear fogs whenever there’s fog and rain, I hate those people so much for making me feel self-conscious about my dinky fog lights that are six inches off of the ground that they’re aimed at.

Dave the car guy , still here > Honeybunchesofgoats
10/24/2016 at 20:28

Please kick him after he is down, just for me.

facw > NostalgicCarLife
10/24/2016 at 20:52

Houston is flat enough that it’s not an issue, but I’ve lived in hilly places, and being blinded by people cresting hills while using fog lights in non-foggy/rainy conditions has left me with a burning rage for people who just leave them on all the time.

facw > Honeybunchesofgoats
10/24/2016 at 20:55

They’ve definitely become more common since Google started letting rights holders use Content ID to monetize videos with infringing content rather than just making a takedown request.

TylerJ > Agrajag
10/24/2016 at 21:05

I flashed my high beams at a guy once because I thought he had his on. Turns out, he didn’t. He also didn’t have the four lights on that were attached to his brushguard. He soon did though. I still couldn’t see even after he went by because the lights had been so bright.

Agrajag > TylerJ
10/24/2016 at 21:12

Kinja'd!!!

TheJWT > Honeybunchesofgoats
10/24/2016 at 21:18

Headlights are too bright these days. I’m not even being sarcastic, shit gives me a headache.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Honeybunchesofgoats
10/24/2016 at 21:55

That’s what I thought, too; initially it was an ad on certain videos, to an ad on every other video, to ads on basically everything, and now most longer videos have multiple ads. It’s why I hate watching Youtube on my iPad since it doesn’t have some sort of adblock.

Spoon II > RazoE
10/24/2016 at 22:02

The big problem is, that although the HID bulbs are fine on flat roads or whatever, as soon as you’re on an incline or you hit a bump, you blind everyone.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Honeybunchesofgoats
10/25/2016 at 10:25

Relevant.

I like that they give poor ratings for glare.

Kanaric > RazoE
10/25/2016 at 11:27

Work a nightshift drive to work and coming home when it’s completely dark out on a lonely desert highway on a daily basis and have that truck with 10k hids start tailgating you. That and VWs, happens DAILY. So ya FUCK that.

It’s fine in a well lit city when I am adjusted to street lights. However in a place where you can see every star in the sky and the galaxy NO. It is scary as fuck

Kanaric > gin-san - shitpost specialist
10/25/2016 at 11:29

adblock

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Kanaric
10/25/2016 at 16:56

On PC, no problem. Android is fine as well if you use an adblock browser. It’d be nice if there was a way to block it in the YouTube app on either Android or iOS.