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perfect for flashing assholes driving behind you with high beams on.]]>Dec 12th 2007 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/
I settled on a 12Volt HALOGEN plug-in lamp.

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You need to remember that not everybody lives in trigger-happy U.S. I live in L.A., and sympathize with your comment, though here the assholes don't usually do the high-beam thing, but do the tailgating instead.

Though I come from another country where it's perfectly safe, at least in the bullet-hole sense, to taunt assholes like that.]]>Dec 12th 2007 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/
If I was a cop I'd pull every one of those idiots over and give them TWO tickets. One for burnt out low beam and one for driving with high beams on in the city!]]>Dec 12th 2007 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/There are so many options to get around that....I havent had that issue in forever since my rear view and door mirrors adjust when lights hit from behind, but I remember back in the day - it's very simple to either slow down and let the person pass you or adjust your mirrors. It's not worth it to heat up the situation.

As for these lights....Not quite sure what to think. I'd like to see them in action before I judge them. The fact that they showcase them in a bmw suggests there'll be a 'premium' asking price for them too.]]>Dec 12th 2007 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 13th 2007 6:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/I was shopping for a car earlier this summer and tested the 750li. while its performance around corners was nice, its dashboard and instrumentation was ridiculously cluttered - making the cabin feel smaller than what you'd find in the Chrysler 300C.

I settled on leasing the roomier, slightly more expensive MB S550.

selling this style of headlamp in American cities is just asking for trouble. These damn things flash you in your eyes at standing-level so you'd run the risk of flash blinging SUV drivers.]]>Dec 12th 2007 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/
Sure, that Ralph Wiggum quote has nothing to do with the topic, but nor does your useless post on what you ended up leasing. Try Engadget's sister site http://www.autoblog.com/ , they might actually care.]]>Dec 12th 2007 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/
First of all, we all think you're an idiot, but here's one more reason: The S class and the 7 series have a COMPLETELY different key demographic...it is very rare for someone to walk into a combined dealership and test-drive both of those cars (source: European Motorcars - I used to work at the DSM one). Not only that, but the 7 series is VERY uncluttered...there's a little knob called iDrive that eliminates most of the switches, knobs, etc... The Mercedes on the other hand...it's clean-ish, sure, but wtf do you need a button right there on the dash to put it in "tow-truck" mode? That's about as unnecessary and pointless as you are. BMWs knee airbag reduces the amount of padding needed on the dash, which, in addition to other things, actually makes it roomier than the S (this is a fact, not opinion)

Also, you do know that it's nearly impossible to get a lease on a S550, don't you? The poor residual value combined with the whole made-to-order thing=lease rates that aren't much better than just financing the thing for 3-4 years, unless your credit rating (and this APR) is so bad that you couldn't qualify for the lease anyway.

Next time, instead of spending time making up stories about cars that you can't even afford to spend the electricity to Google on, work on the whole spelling, grammar, and uppercase letter thing. ]]>Dec 13th 2007 1:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/I was shopping for a car earlier this summer and tested the 750li. while its performance around corners was nice, its dashboard and instrumentation was ridiculously cluttered - making the cabin feel smaller than what you'd find in the Chrysler 300C.

I settled on leasing the roomier, slightly more expensive MB S550.

selling this style of headlamp in American cities is just asking for trouble. These damn things flash you in your eyes at standing-level so you'd run the risk of flash blinding SUV drivers.]]>Dec 12th 2007 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/
FIIIIRRREEEEE! *boom*]]>Dec 14th 2007 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Wow...I mean really you did? Seriously that's all you could come up with. You went in to detail about your car and pointed out how much of a snob you are and that's all you came up with? Damn....that's sad....]]>Dec 13th 2007 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/
I wouldn't recommend them at eye level though...]]>Dec 12th 2007 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/
/me grabs CC and looks for website...

:-)]]>Dec 12th 2007 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/
Here it's only illegal to leave your foglights on within 200 feet of oncoming traffic, though it's rarely enforced as it seems more often than not, cars roll off the assembly line today with foglights that come on automatically with low beams.

As for fog lights turning off with high beams, I'm not sure if it's because of the whole low beams/fog lights staying under the fog and down below eye level or what.

If these were constant running lights, I'm sure you could get a ticket, but they automatically dim (not sure if by "dim" the company means "completely disables" or not) when oncoming traffic light is detected.

Not to sound like a Jegs catalog, but anybody interested in these might want to check with their local/state laws first, if you're concerned about the legalities.]]>Dec 12th 2007 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/
Please note the following "dimmed when the unit senses the headlights of oncoming traffic." pulled right from the above article.

Rob Fleming, you're right, these could produce head that might damage wiring, found in a lot of modern mirrors, for the compass, thermometer, auto-dim, etc.

I'd be interested in these if the price is right, if you're alone on a dark road, the more you can see, the safer you are.]]>Dec 12th 2007 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/
Now if only that were the case...]]>Dec 12th 2007 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/
For around town of course they could cause issues with blinding out of drivers.

Otherwise I think this is a great product!]]>Dec 12th 2007 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/
...On the bright side, if you added a strobe feature you could use this as a traffic preemption device ;) ]]>Dec 12th 2007 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/
I think you're misunderstanding me. It probably does vary from state to state, but I know that in many states, you can't have your high beams, low beams AND your fogs on at the same time. You can have two sets on at the same time (low and high OR low and fog), but you can't have all three on. Having this set, lows, and highs on would most likely be illegal in many states.

I'm 90% certain this is why fog lights turn off when high beams go on...]]>Dec 12th 2007 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/]]>Dec 12th 2007 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/]]>Dec 13th 2007 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/
My point is this: You Don't Need More Light. If you can't see, get your eyes checked.

I fail to see the point in creating another device that allows for continued and increased asshattery on the road. Why can't people just use their plain old ordinary headlights?]]>Dec 12th 2007 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 9:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 12th 2007 10:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/12/visualeyes-rayzer-in-car-hid-lights-illuminate-road-dorkiness/Dec 13th 2007 12:29AM