"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
05/18/2015 at 08:40 • Filed to: BMW, 518d
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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
05/18/2015 at 08:40 • Filed to: BMW, 518d | 1
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It’s the 18th of May!
But if you consider that it’s May the 18th I have something unexciting for you. Have a 518d.
Two litres (despite the name) of diesel goodness.
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Cé hé sin
> Cé hé sin
05/18/2015 at 09:06 |
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Yes, it does have orange indicators despite appearances.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Cé hé sin
05/18/2015 at 09:24 |
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I argue that some cars look best with amber and some cars look best with all red, it just depends. However, given that in the wacky US of A, we can’t choose most of the time, it’s a false choice unless one imports Euro lights as needed. I know, I’ve heard the argument that amber is less equivocal and more immediately clear as a signal, but I personally cannot recall having once been confused - the flashing aspect is more direct than color anyway.
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Cé hé sin
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/18/2015 at 09:43 |
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There are very few cars sold in Europe with orange lenses now as designers have taken a loathing to them (one exception is the Toyota Auris), but they all flash orange as is legally required. They either have orange bulbs with whiteish lenses or orange LEDs (BMW and Audi) with red or whiteish lenses.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Cé hé sin
05/18/2015 at 10:03 |
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My Series IIa is all red behind, like this:
Instead of red/amber like this:
Even on these, there are two schools of thought as to which looks best. The later US fixtures were an odd sort with a chrome ring not used in most other places, so if one wants to go back original all-red, it’s hard. I was surprised some months ago to find that the US market Mk. 1 Cortina actually had all red rear lenses. Also a hard job to match, naturally, because the three panes in a Cortina light are all different! The top sector is marginally different in size...
