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I'm buying a Seat Ateca S because I'm not prepared to wait the 20 weeks delivery time or pay the extra £4000 for the SE model. If I wanted to retrofit automatic fog lights, instead of having to turn them...
I had an accident on 10 October 2016. It was a foggy and wet morning, around 6:20am, and vision was around 100 - 150 metres. So I was using my front and back fog lights. A driver was tailgating me and...
I have looked everywhere for fog light brackets for my Peugeot 307 (2006 model) but can't find them anywhere. Can you provide any information as to where I can find some?
The Isle of Sheppey crash in September involved 130 vehicles in thick fog. Apparently many of them didn't have their lights on. Obviously, there are some silly people who wouldn't put them, on anyway,...
I have recently started to use my front fog lights during wet weather. It seems to reduce the dazzle from oncoming cars and lights up the near verges so that I do not get too close when dazzled. Is this...
I was under the impression that it was illegal to use fog lights except in adverse weather conditions. Since the new regulations recently introduced that all new cars must be equipped with 'running lights'...
I write to alert readers to potential unintended consequences of using headlights on auto setting. Such a facility is fitted to my Freelander 2 and I leave it on that setting most of the time. However,...
Why is it that some brands like BMW and Audi appear to have much brighter headlights? Also, don't you think that the many people who leave fog lights on constantly are often responsible for dazzling oncoming...
Whilst no Jackie Stewart I consider myself to be a safe, courteous and generally good driver with over 26 years of unblemished driving and a never-endorsed licence. However, the utter selfishness of...
The glass of both of my front fog lights has broken within a month of each other. The car is garaged and not left anywhere unusual and no sign of damage anywhere else on the front bumper. Am I just unlucky...
 

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