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Title: Am i sad? or does anyone else do this?
Post by: sellers on 12 April 2005, 17:03
As a mk2 owner i drive round with my sidelights on pretty much anytime?  so do my other mates with mk2's i think the round lights just deserve to be lit,

i think we should spread the word so when u see a nice golf u know that the owner is a true mk2-er by the sidelights being on


allthough any model of golf would be accepted
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Post by: Mr Blue on 12 April 2005, 17:08
I do that but just for safety like bikers do.

Gotta play it safe :smiley:
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Post by: Golfgal on 12 April 2005, 17:08
No because i always forget to switch them off  :grin:
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Post by: Horney on 12 April 2005, 17:19
Yup I drive round with my sidelights on too, how wierd?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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Post by: sellers on 12 April 2005, 17:20
if u do it every journey like i do it gets second nature like taking the key outa the ignition, in my amiture days of sidelighting they were left on at times
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Post by: Horney on 12 April 2005, 17:25
Infact close inspection of my sig reveals that the side lights were on at the time of the photo!
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Post by: sellers on 12 April 2005, 17:27
lol, im tempted to just wire them to an ignition live so save me forgetting to switch on or off
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Post by: Gambit on 12 April 2005, 17:37
i dont
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Post by: S11EPS on 12 April 2005, 17:44
My headlights are always on. They switch off when the ignition's off, so I switched them on when I got the car in September, and haven't touched them since.

They aid in moving people out of my way early in the morning, as I try to get to work before all the plebs get on the roads and block them up, dawdling along.
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Post by: Flying Custard on 12 April 2005, 19:06
Not all the time... but now i have fogs too which really anoys ppl  :grin:
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Post by: Dinky on 12 April 2005, 19:39
yeah..i do.. :smiley:

Dinx :kiss:
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Post by: mrwotto on 12 April 2005, 20:04
I never use my side lights, my lights or either off or on dipped.

Use main beam at night tho when I am dark badly lit roads
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Post by: Golfgal on 12 April 2005, 20:17
Thats a f**kin brill idea think everyone shud try it oh no wait a min  :grin: :kiss:
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Post by: sellers on 12 April 2005, 20:43
Thats a f**kin brill idea think everyone shud try it oh no wait a min  :grin: :kiss:

hey cheeky, well i think a mk2 looks mint with its sidelights on
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Post by: redcarboy on 12 April 2005, 20:47
Does my mk3 have  side lights not at the moment it doesn't... :sad:
The light buzzer would keep going if i left them on accidently anyway.. :grin: :grin:
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Post by: Golfgal on 12 April 2005, 20:53
Yeah my mk1 dont have side lights

side lights are for pusseys  :grin:
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Post by: Len on 12 April 2005, 20:55
Small point - front fogs are illegal at night!

Will probably get you a pull during the day too! Unless its foggy of course!

And rear fogs are illegal at night even if it is foggy!

All true go check it out if ya dont believe me!
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Post by: Golfgal on 12 April 2005, 20:58
Hear that??

To pull all you have to do is put ur fog lights on!!

Fog lights at night cannot be illegal!! Wat if its foggy cant u have your rear fog on??
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Post by: Len on 12 April 2005, 21:01
Nope! read what it says! oh sorry forgot u r a female! :tongue:
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Post by: Golfgal on 12 April 2005, 21:02
read where? I know in the highway code it says your only allowed your fogs on if visability is at a certain level.
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Post by: Len on 12 April 2005, 21:05
Read what i said in my post above! Its quite simple even for you surely!

Rear fogs TOTAL No No at night!!!!

Front fogs only if its foggy!
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Post by: Golfgal on 12 April 2005, 21:11
but where did u read it from old man

if its a quiet road at night and foggy i gonna put ma fogs on!!
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Post by: Len on 12 April 2005, 21:19
One particular mate liked his fogs too much and got pulled for it! Thats how i know its illegal.

Got a fine but no points!

And less of the old Teen Mum!
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Post by: mix on 12 April 2005, 21:19
*Golfgal takes out stick and stirs.....
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Post by: Len on 12 April 2005, 21:22
Nah not in her condition! she loosing her touch! :laugh:
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Post by: mix on 12 April 2005, 21:23
or the bump is getting in the way.......
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Post by: Len on 12 April 2005, 21:28
Nah she is getting to be a right housefrau!

All domesticated so she's losing that edge of young free and single, Turning all mumsy and sensible!

Oh i'm going now nite nite children!
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Post by: mix on 12 April 2005, 21:29
oh yeah, coming up to your 9:30 curfew .. . . . .. . . :tongue:
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Post by: mix on 12 April 2005, 21:30
the ordealies will be round to collect you in a minute
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Post by: Golfgal on 12 April 2005, 21:34
it dont say in the highway code that fogs at night is illegal it was prob coz he didn't need em on coz o viability
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Post by: sellers on 12 April 2005, 21:39
but what deffines its a foglight? its possition as its to the lower of the front bumper or the fact its a brighter bulb, cos surely u could get away with dimmer bulbs
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Post by: The Hoax on 13 April 2005, 00:01
I don't - but then again I don't even give a cheery wave when I pass another Mk 2. I don't mean to be aloof but I think that if I flash and wave the other guy will think that I am being a wayne kerr as he is not into VW's - he is probably only taking his mum's car out for petrol.

Sometimes I think - what is the price of a wave? - what have you to lose? - but something inside stops me and I think - shove your heep of sh!t up your passage you arrogant cheapskate sod. Is it just me?
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Post by: gibby on 13 April 2005, 11:18
I don't put my side lights on as mk1 cabs already look cool  :cool: :grin:

I mostly wait for mk1 cab owners to nod or wave at me as I've nodded at others before and they are clearly not into it and must have thought "who the fcuk was that"  :grin: :grin: I do get the odd mk2 owner nodding though, bit of mutual respect there I think.  :smiley:
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Post by: JMallows on 13 April 2005, 11:31
I always have the sidelights on when i drive too, used to have the dim dip which looks much better, but since i uprated the lights, i dont have dim dip...

Worried about leaving your lights on?!?! Surely you havent looked here (http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=13552.0") then!!
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Post by: Veedubgt18v on 13 April 2005, 14:17
mallows behind the drivers side headlight is a yellow wire in a coil shape. unplug it and you will have dim/dip again
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Post by: JMallows on 13 April 2005, 15:23
Yeah, i did unplug it! Thats why i dont have dim dip. For some reason, when you uprate the headlights, you cant have dim dip. If you leave it plugged in, sidelights are just the same as dipped lights. Unplugging it obvioulsy means you dont have dim dip at all!
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Post by: Veedubgt18v on 13 April 2005, 15:42
but you should be left with sidelights tho cos thats what i have got now cos i got uprated loom aswell
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Post by: ...joe on 13 April 2005, 18:30
Not all the time... but now i have fogs too which really anoys ppl :grin:

yeah that is really annoying!!! why do people drive around with their fogs on???
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Post by: mix on 13 April 2005, 18:33
joe, the word is wayne kerrs........

I never used to drive around with my side lights on, sometims forgot to put the mians on cos if the car park at work.....
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Post by: robiwill on 13 April 2005, 22:59
I was pulled in my MK3 gti 8v (slug) with my front fogs on but he only pulled me to check my rear fog wasnt on. If the two arnt linked they are classed as driving lights and arnt ilegal
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Post by: BOGGLE on 14 April 2005, 00:12
I was pulled in my MK3 gti 8v (slug) with my front fogs on but he only pulled me to check my rear fog wasnt on. If the two arnt linked they are classed as driving lights and arnt ilegal

It doesn't matter if your rear fog lights are on or not, the fronts are still classed as fogs and shouldn't be on unless foggy due to causing undue dazzle to other road users.

I often put my sidelights on on the Mk4 cos it does look kinda cool and it's nice to see the blue and red lights on the dash :wink:
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Post by: sesterfield on 14 April 2005, 00:15
I don't want to sound stupid but what is dim dip  :embarassed:
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Post by: Judderi on 14 April 2005, 11:37
My side lights are wired to angel eyes so its a must when the daylight starts to faid. Tho i must get a buzzer as im always leaving them on and draining the battery.
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Post by: mix on 14 April 2005, 14:56
My side lights are wired to angel eyes so its a must when the daylight starts to faid. Tho i must get a buzzer as im always leaving them on and draining the battery.

we hadnt noticed..... :huh: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

*mix runs.....but wait, he walks as 2.016v can't start his car van cos of the flat battery..... :wink:
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Post by: Judderi on 14 April 2005, 15:37
My side lights are wired to angel eyes so its a must when the daylight starts to faid. Tho i must get a buzzer as im always leaving them on and draining the battery.

we hadnt noticed..... :huh: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

*mix runs.....but wait, he walks as 2.016v can't start his car van cos of the flat battery..... :wink:

LOL

Or the minor point that its also in about a million pieces at the mo. Could chase you in my grandad van though!
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Post by: mix on 14 April 2005, 15:40
:wink: :wink:

hehehe, gotta say tho, when your car is done, apart from the fact that you will rag the nuts off of it because of driving a slow van for ages, its gonna look phat :smiley:

But didnt you leave the lights on in your grandads van tho???
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Post by: Judderi on 14 April 2005, 16:00
:wink: :wink:

hehehe, gotta say tho, when your car is done, apart from the fact that you will rag the nuts off of it because of driving a slow van for ages, its gonna look phat :smiley:

But didnt you leave the lights on in your grandads van tho???

I did but ive now swapped the van for his people carrier and that has a buzzer!  :grin:
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Post by: doross on 14 April 2005, 22:57
I prefer to drive with my dip beam on as I have blue tinted xenon bulbs (from e-bay) which i put in last week. Not sure if thier legal but they look cool!
 :evil: :evil: