GTD Drivers and Front Fog Lights

[Booth11]

It's the one thing I do not miss on the R.  Much prefer the deep intakes.

Though I did on occasion use my old GTI fog lights (in fog, not as DRL's), they are no great loss at all. Loads of drivers round my way have their DRL's and fogs blazing away all day, looks ridiculous and just no need.

[andrewparker]

I don't really get why you can turn them on independently of one another - surely if it's foggy, it's foggy and you should have both front and rear on...

[Exonian]

My house is quite near a show home and I see people pull up quite often with their fog lights on when it's not foggy, then get out of the car to go into a (fairly dark compared to outside) show home; and what do they do as they get out of the car? They put their sunglasses on to go INSIDE!!! It's some kind of neurotic behaviour that many people have. In their own mind they're trying to be cool but failing miserably.
It's not like they're knuckle draggers either as they aren't exactly cheap houses or cheap cars and no doubt the sunglasses cost more than I earn in a month...

Anyway, I think the GTI and GTD have a far prettier face than the R and I do like the foglights tucked away on those models but as previously stated, they're white LED lights so not going to be very effective in fog plus the cars have xenon lights as standard in the UK which kind of negate foglights up to a point although I did find the fogs on my GTI useful in really bad visibility for lighting the verges so they're not completely redundant. If you have a standard Euro or US GTI/D with crappy halogens then the fog lights will have a lot more benefit (unless you live in Arizona I guess...)

[dubber36]

I don't really get why you can turn them on independently of one another - surely if it's foggy, it's foggy and you should have both front and rear on...

...unless someone is following you. Then it would be considerate to turn the rear one off. Leaving it switched on when someone is close enough to clearly see your tail lights is akin to leaving your headlights on main beam when oncoming traffic approaches.

[Gnasher]

I don't really get why you can turn them on independently of one another - surely if it's foggy, it's foggy and you should have both front and rear on...

...unless someone is following you. Then it would be considerate to turn the rear one off. Leaving it switched on when someone is close enough to clearly see your tail lights is akin to leaving your headlights on main beam when oncoming traffic approaches.

Good call and also (although more in the time before high level brake lights) it's very easy for fogs to mask the brake lights coming on, increasing the chances of someone rear ending you.

I will say though that having them on as additional lights to high beam is a massive improvement down country lanes at night as they light up the verges so much better than the standard xenons. I know some have done it as a VCDS mod and it's a bloody good idea!

[monkeyhanger]

My house is quite near a show home and I see people pull up quite often with their fog lights on when it's not foggy, then get out of the car to go into a (fairly dark compared to outside) show home; and what do they do as they get out of the car? They put their sunglasses on to go INSIDE!!! It's some kind of neurotic behaviour that many people have. In their own mind they're trying to be cool but failing miserably.
It's not like they're knuckle draggers either as they aren't exactly cheap houses or cheap cars and no doubt the sunglasses cost more than I earn in a month...

Anyway, I think the GTI and GTD have a far prettier face than the R and I do like the foglights tucked away on those models but as previously stated, they're white LED lights so not going to be very effective in fog plus the cars have xenon lights as standard in the UK which kind of negate foglights up to a point although I did find the fogs on my GTI useful in really bad visibility for lighting the verges so they're not completely redundant. If you have a standard Euro or US GTI/D with crappy halogens then the fog lights will have a lot more benefit (unless you live in Arizona I guess...)

I think it harks back to the days when only sporty cars had front fogs, so people used to put them on to show they had a sporty car. Then everyone got them. By the letter of the law, I only had reason to put my front fogs on once in 20 months with the GTD.

[Booth11]

... put their sunglasses on to go INSIDE!!! It's some kind of neurotic behaviour that many people have. In their own mind they're trying to be cool but failing miserably.

Never trust someone who wears sunglasses indoors, unless a medical reason to do so, and 'trying to be cool' is not a medical reason.

Never trust someone who has their fogs on in bright daylight, unless......... 

[itavaltalainen]

Having fogs on in bright daylight with no fog is just a beg for attention.... for me nothing shouts chav more.

Having said that I coded mine to come on if I flash lights (in addition to xenon full beam), makes it a bit more visible if Xenons are on dipped already. 

Otherwise I possibly have had them on 10 times in last year when it was actually foggy (scary how many people drive with no lights or sidelights only in fog, or other extreme have rear fog lights on when you can clearly see their normal tails from 50m or more and dazzle you).

[fredgroves]

I don't really get why you can turn them on independently of one another - surely if it's foggy, it's foggy and you should have both front and rear on...

...unless someone is following you. Then it would be considerate to turn the rear one off. Leaving it switched on when someone is close enough to clearly see your tail lights is akin to leaving your headlights on main beam when oncoming traffic approaches.

Yes and just the same its not allowed under the Highway Code... but the number of twonks who don't know or don't care is shocking.

[p3asa]

Both front and rear fog lights can be selected with the lighting knob turned to sidelights or headlights (but not 'Auto' or 'off').

You can't have fog lights without headlights on...

The Mk7 has a different set up to the Mk6.

On the Mk6 if you go to pull out the switch to put on the fog lights, the switch will physically move to the side as well.
On the Mk7 you can put the fog lights on in "auto" and the switch doesn't move to the side. It won't put the fogs on in the Off position but does put the fogs on with just the side lights on. I don't think you could do this in the Mk6.