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"Svart Smart, traded in his Smart" (svartsmart) 02/10/2017 at 17:58 • Filed to: None

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Here we have a Subaru Forester with *one* working brake light and two working taillights.

facw > Svart Smart, traded in his Smart 02/10/2017 at 18:08

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Don’t come to Texas if you are scared by things like that...

Only one out of three taillights working is super common down here.

TheHondaBro > Svart Smart, traded in his Smart 02/10/2017 at 18:10

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I’m constantly seeing cars around here with one working headlight. I can’t even fathom the sort of cognition that would lead to someone thinking “Nah, it’ll be fine.”

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > TheHondaBro 02/10/2017 at 18:14

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For city driving, one headlamp and two parking lamps are probably adequate for the front end. Still, if it were my car, I’d be stopping for a replacement bulb at my first opportunity.

facw > Svart Smart, traded in his Smart 02/10/2017 at 18:40

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One light is normally going to be enough for you to see. I think the bigger issue that when that second light fails, you are immediately in the dark, which could be quite dangerous.

That said, I had two cars on one light go by me while I was waiting to make a left last night, and it was super annoying, much harder to judge speed and distance with only one light.

TheBimmerGuyWhoNowOwnsAChevy > Svart Smart, traded in his Smart 02/10/2017 at 18:44

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Well most cars don’t tell you when a light is out (as far as I know) so maybe they don’t know it’s out. That reminds me of a time I saw someone’s reverse light was out and coincidentally we went to the same gas station and I let him know.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Svart Smart, traded in his Smart 02/11/2017 at 06:02

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common as muck for Forester brake lamp bulbs to blow.

same thing happens a lot on Holden C(r)aptiva

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > TheBimmerGuyWhoNowOwnsAChevy 02/11/2017 at 10:50

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That’s why you occasionally take your car in for service and, while there, ask the service staff to check and, where necessary, replace bulbs. Or just recruit a friend to help you with a quick walk-around bulb check.