Nonsense. A conspiracy by the oil companies. You think continously pulling
110 watts comes for free?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Sellam Ismail
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 5:01 AM
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: OT: Rant about cars and how stupid the world is with stupid
> people running it
>
>
> On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Chad Fernandez wrote:
>
> > Also, my truck has DRL's. I guess GM thinks I'm too stupid to turn the
> > lights on myself. Actually it's probably not GM, they are just
> > responding to the "safety" desires of the masses. The really stupid
> > thing is that the DRL's are just on the front. If I'm concerned that
> > people aren't going to see me, I want to have my rear lights on too!
> > Windowsitis, would be a good name for this kind of thing.
>
> Day-time running lights are a conspiracy by the headlight industry to sell
> more headlights.
>
> I can't think of anything more stupid at the moment. If you can't see a
> car in the daylight with or without it's headlights on, YOU SHOULD NOT BE
> ALLOWED TO DRIVE!!!
>
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