Headlights

Andybtsn · 9 Dec 2015 at 08:37

Hi guys,

I've had a '14 Insignia for around 9 months now and it wasn't until I drove my wife's '07 Focus I realised how pathetic the Xenons are in comparison. Can anything be done to improve visibility in the dark? The last car I had with Xenons was a Lupo GTI and I don't recall them being poor.

I thought you guys would give me a quick yes or no answer!

I'm having to use my fog lights just to give a bit of extra light, don't get me wrong, they show enough light but compared to the Focus they are very dim.

My eyesight is ok for the record

Cheers

Andybtsn · 9 Dec 2015 at 08:57

Hi, I presume they are just stock Xenons. No way of knowing, I am getting an engineer out next week to reprogram my spare key so might see if he can check whilst at my house.

No clouding or misting as far as I can tell, I did have a good look last night.

Andybtsn · 9 Dec 2015 at 09:01

rossk26 said:
Really?

Slight exaggeration, I don't have too, it makes a slight difference though.

Andybtsn · 9 Dec 2015 at 09:05

bledd. said:
No

Fog lights are for letting other road users that you're there, they don't really provide any useful light for driving.

They shouldn't be used in 99.9% of driving as they blind everyone else.

To be honest I've only used them a couple of times down the back roads to my house where I come across no traffic. It's surprising you saying that as I see more and more people utilising them, I wouldn't say they dazzle me in anyway.

Andybtsn · 9 Dec 2015 at 09:08

paradigm said:
It does indeed make a difference, it makes you one of those "people"

I've been driving for 14 years, I've never had to resort to using fog lights. I wouldn't use them on a motorway or anywhere that I would incur heavy traffic, I mentioned them to highlight the poor lighting of the car that they do make a difference to my visibility. But like I said, they've only been switched on a couple of times.

Andybtsn · 9 Dec 2015 at 09:39

Glanza said:
The AFL xenons move side to side when you move the wheel, when you first turn the lights on they will do a self check i.e move up, down, left and right.

Do yours do this? If they aren't and you have xenons then that's more then likely your issue.

Cheers, I can't say I've noticed the movement when turning on the engine.

I've emailed the seller now to see what can be done

I just wanted to make sure that Xenons hadn't gone down drastically in terms of quality since I had them last!

I'll hopefully get it sorted asap.

Andybtsn · 9 Dec 2015 at 10:33

iaind said:
It's a 14 plate car, why are you bothering with the seller? Drop it into your nearest vauxhall main dealer, ask them to fix it and take a courtesy car away

Erm, the seller is the dealer.

Andybtsn · 9 Dec 2015 at 11:15

paradigm said:
No one in the history of written communication has ever referred to their local main dealer as "the seller".

"The seller" would typically suggest that you bought the car from a private individual, or at a push a small time trader.

Serious business! They sold me something, I don't care what they should be called.

Yes, grudas, definately Xenons.

I'm going to ring the seller

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now.

Thanks for the help folks. It's been a blast!