In article <000001c7bbf4$2b8d8de0$6400a8c0@bsinc>, hskr@san.rr.com ("Brian")
writes:
> As far as burning out the bulbs quicker, as Bernd said, I doubt that it
> significantly adds to that. I run my fog lights/parking lights when I drive
> during the day and I have yet to burn out my fog light bulbs, or
> taillight/parking lights.
I always ran the headlights & foglights on both my Daks, never had a bulb
burnout that I could attribute 100% to having them on so much (I discovered I
had one out shortly after taking a chunk of tire tread to the left headlight,
my assumption was that the shock did it there). And never had a taillight burn
out at all.
I've had my Subaru almost 2 years and had one headlight burn out about 6 months
after I got it. At that point the car had over 45K on it, and I'm assuming
original bulbs. The switch on that car stays on ALL the time, except when the
dealership or my wife has been in the car (Subaru lights are tied to the key,
so I can leave the switch on all the time and never have to think about turning
my lights on. I *love* it). The passenger side bulb has, to my knowledge, never
been changed, and it's pushing 80K/4+ years now.
By contrast, my wife's Elantra blew both headlight bulbs at the same time
around 50K I think, and she uses the lights in the traditional manner.
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