TIL: I have parking lights.

"V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches" (jbv12) 10/16/2016 at 03:30 • Filed to: It's to late for this shit

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I was pulling into the garage tonight (this morning?) and I turn the headlight switch to the off position. Except the right side running lights were still on. Upon further inspection I found out that I poses parking lights. Yay ?

Cé hé sin > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 10/16/2016 at 05:42

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They were traditionally a German thing. You’d often see an Audi, VW or whatever parked with lights on on one side, the owner being unaware that if you stopped the engine with the indicators on this is what happened.

Ford used to do them once too.

Nowadays there’s sometimes a separate setting on the light switch for parking lights.

shop-teacher > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 10/16/2016 at 07:48

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Don’t all cars have parking lights?

Brief anecdote: My grandmother learned to drive in San Diego during WWII. The west coast was terrified of being attacked by the Japanese, and one of the ways they were trying to avoid attack was by only having minimal lights on at night. Cars were not allowed to use their headlights, so she learned to drive using only parking lights at night.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > shop-teacher 10/16/2016 at 08:14

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A lot of German Euro cars have standard parking lights, but the ability to turn only one side of them on and off at will as well.

shop-teacher > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/16/2016 at 09:12

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Oh wow. I didn’t know that.

What’s the advantage of only turning on one side?

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > shop-teacher 10/16/2016 at 10:02

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Not sure - one of the German Oppos will be able to explain better, I’d think! :P

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > Cé hé sin 10/16/2016 at 14:10

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That’s what this is. To the left of the off position on the knob.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > shop-teacher 10/16/2016 at 14:13

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I’m not sure. I’ve never used them but maybe they’re just for finding the curb ?

Cé hé sin > shop-teacher 10/16/2016 at 14:35

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So you can park on the side of road but to save the battery you just have the offside lights on.