I drove around for two weeks wondering why my digital clock was so dim I could barely read it in the sunlight {I never drive at night}. I started to curse it and was fondly remembering the analog clock from my old PT cruiser then out of the blue I remembered about the dash dimmer switch, somehow i…

I have one of those electronic dashes that lights up for a display. It fools me into thinking that my headlights are on at dusk.

It’s your wife, @bing . She’s foolin’ with you. :wink:

This is why so many people have just their DRL’s on well after dark. And most never even question why the “headlights “ are so dim.

[image] PvtPublic: most never even question why the “headlights “ are so dim. Either that, or they tell us and everyone else that they “will never buy one of these cars again because they have lousy headlights”. :smirk:

haha… it’s so true… :slight_smile: a few days ago, at night, I was passing a guy/gal who had DRLs only (evident by missing taillights) and having check engine light blinking bright yellow on the dash… yet keep going 5 under speed limit in a total darkness

[image] thegreendrag0n: check engine light blinking bright yellow on the dash Well, I think I can say with a fair degree of confidence that they won’t be driving that vehicle much longer, before a tow truck is necessary. They must be part of the public that thinks that it is “normal” to h…

It was an number of episodes in “Big bang theory” where Penney drove her clunker with “that yellow light”, where car finally broke down and she was making a fuss about why and “it was always glowing yellow, what’s normal!” :slight_smile:

I guess the message from that TV show was that even brainy people can be clueless when it comes to something like a CEL glowing in their face. However, I have to say that it is a sad part of human nature to try to convert almost anything unpleasant into a “normal” situation. As a school counselor,…

[image] VDCdriver: I guess the message from that TV show was that even brainy people can be clueless I don’t know why that made me think of our Safety Officer. She was responsible for collecting and updating all the MSDS’s and taking over Safety Committee responsibilities from me. But one d…

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bing February 11, 2021, 8:38pm 2

I seem to do that on a regular basis. It must be where the switch is located or something that gets turned down from time to time. It’s just one of those routine things I check now.

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