The Porsche Cayenne

Another interesting story was in the local citizens help shop and on being seen had a good chat about my lights issue. Lucky for me the lady interviewing me had a problem with her Porsche Cayenne which i may add was only 3 years old with very little mileage. The Cayenne was due for it

Her vehicle failed it's test on the headlights being too bright and nothing else. The garage that carried out the MOT did not have all the appropriate tools and equipment etc to adjust the headlamps so told my lady to pop the vehicle into her Porsche dealer and get the problem fixed. The dealer asked her why she wanted her headlamps adjusted and she said it was for an MOT. The dealer said they had checked her lights and found them to be correct completed the MOT and sent her back out on the road.

This lady after questioning me had told me that when ever she drove at night other drivers flashed their lights in a retaliatory fashion so was not surprised when her local garage failed her lights on the MOT.

This next bit beggars belief as the main agent for Porsche had said her lights were OK and gave her an MOT and she new that her lights were a problem to others she took her main agents MOT and is still driving around blinding others unnecessarily.

What intrigues me is how can one garage fail and one pass. Is the test good enough or is it the MOT tester at fault.

I will leave you all to ponder on that one.

The Smart Car

Hi readers another wrong to be righted. I have been driving at night for too many years and over the last ten many vehicles have new lights that blind you unnecessarily to the point they are dangerous. Even though the Smart Car is not as popular as many other models the lights on them kept blinding me more than what could be normal or should be. I tried to question the drivers of the ones with dodgy lights but the drivers were afraid to chat with me.

Then a stroke of luck I went to see my optician who gave me an eye check which was A OK for my tender years and happened to mention the problems I have been coming across at night and about the Smart Car in particular. To my surprise he had the answer as he had purchased a brand new one for his wife and she had been complaining when she took one of her friends out that other drivers flashed their lights in frustration at her as she was blinding them.

My optician investigated and gave me my answer as to why i had the problem. Even though the car is so small it has a feature just under the steering column that will lower the beam height if heavy people get into it. I am not saying my opticians wife and friend are fat but it was the reason. I have asked many drivers of these cars and not found one person driving one that new of the switches existence. What a waste of a good invention.

The Range Rover

Hi there bloggers this info needs to be out there. A friend purchased a brand new RR Sport HSE model and after purchasing was asked by the salesman how much night driving he did or was likely to do. As a retired gent with allmost copious amounts of money the reply was drive most often at night and weekends. Of which the salesman replied the new model you have purchased has the new bi-xenon lights as standard. Have you driven with them yet to which he replied no not yet. The salesman then said the new lights on your vehicle are 30% brighter than the old halogen headlights and when you drive at night you may find other drivers flashing you (with their headlights). This is where it gets interesting.

Do not worry as your vehicle passes all Government Tests.

I would love to find out your views on this as my friend was told he will be blinding other drivers but he is allowed to as he is doing it legally.

This surely needs investigating further.