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Audi A1 TSFI Sportsback 2017
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As it’s it’s your first car , are you buying an Audi because of the badge? You could get the same car Seat/ Skoda/ Vw for less and better specced. Wife loves her Leon and son loves his Ibiza.
I am old though and remember the days when your first car was a few hundred quid , nowadays youngsters seem to want the latest everything, including cars, regardless of cost.
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Automatic lights should be removed from every single vehicle imo.
Countless times I come across cars at dusk/dawn quite happily driving at 70 on the motorway with just daylight running lights on - so flipping dangerous
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ToxicWomble said:Automatic lights should be removed from every single vehicle imo.
Countless times I come across cars at dusk/dawn quite happily driving at 70 on the motorway with just daylight running lights on - so flipping dangerous
My rant over
On the contrary, autolights should be mandatory on everything with DRLs - to prevent the numpties driving along at night on just DRLs, with no lights at all on the back. "What's the problem? I can see..."1 -
One problem with automatic lights is remembering to turn them on manually when it's foggy and then back to auto when the fog lifts.0
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ToxicWomble said:Automatic lights should be removed from every single vehicle imo.
Countless times I come across cars at dusk/dawn quite happily driving at 70 on the motorway with just daylight running lights on - so flipping dangerous
My rant overAgree for a slightly different reason.Their auto lights have been turned off, or they would definitely come on at dusk/dawn, mine come on in bright sunshine if a high flying condor passes over the sun. This is annoying, as the massively huge & intrusive "infotainment" screen twangs into night mode, as well as reducing bulb life with all the flashing on & off.Once switched off, they obviously don't come on, but as my dashboard looks like Neon Tokyo all the time (for no reason I can figure out other than it can), and the DRLs are so bright I never notice when it is dark that the lights are still off until I go somewhere with no streetlights.In The Olden Days I'd have put the lights on as soon as I couldn't read the instruments easily, so now I get to join the statistics of drivers with no lights at the back.The obvious (and therefore won't ever happen) solution is to have the tail lamps on with the DRLs...
I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....
(except air quality and Medical Science)
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Elkafunds said:No not at all ! I always knew i wanted the car but hadn't test drove it so was worried that I may not feel comfortable in it! Also im a nurse which isnt a bad job im also by no means in poverty! So need for the nasty comments thank you.0
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Elkafunds said:Hi Im buying the Audi A1 sportsback I noticed the exterior lights dont have the auto option on the dial and when the lights are on and you turn the enigine off you have to manually turn the dial to off. I would have thought that a 3 yr old car would have automatic!
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facade said:ToxicWomble said:Automatic lights should be removed from every single vehicle imo.
Countless times I come across cars at dusk/dawn quite happily driving at 70 on the motorway with just daylight running lights on - so flipping dangerous
My rant overThe obvious (and therefore won't ever happen) solution is to have the tail lamps on with the DRLs...0 -
Jack_Cork said:facade said:ToxicWomble said:Automatic lights should be removed from every single vehicle imo.
Countless times I come across cars at dusk/dawn quite happily driving at 70 on the motorway with just daylight running lights on - so flipping dangerous
My rant overThe obvious (and therefore won't ever happen) solution is to have the tail lamps on with the DRLs...0 -
ToxicWomble said:Automatic lights should be removed from every single vehicle imo.
Countless times I come across cars at dusk/dawn quite happily driving at 70 on the motorway with just daylight running lights on - so flipping dangerous
My rant over1
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