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euro_trash_rescue t1_iuz56vc wrote

Ive actually more irratated at the knobs with highbeams on in the daytime.

Over the past year i have been counting and so far over 90% are subarus!

Wtf subaru owners? Daytime, highbeams??

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raptor3x t1_iuzcecq wrote

Subaru uses the high beams for DRLs but they run at a low voltage so they should be just barely visible. If you put aftermarket LED or HID bulbs into the high beam housing the bulbs don't understand that they're supposed to run at low output and instead run full blast.

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euro_trash_rescue t1_iv0ayus wrote

I realize that as i used to work for subaru at a dealership and it was every week someone would come in saying at night their headlights were on but not their tail lights. I would have to show them how to use their headlamp switch.

I have informed a few and they did not know they were on and switched them off. High beams are blinding, drls are not.

Subaru places the high beam icon in a place where when most people hold the wheel its blocked.

The average person appears (at least in VT, to my experience) to rarely look at their dash for speed, MIL, or anything going on, much less a highbeam icon.

The govt needs to make headlamps auto mandatory.

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ShinyNerfHerder t1_iv0vlbg wrote

Most dual bulb housings use the high beam bulbs at a lower voltage/wattage for daytime running lights which are a US requirement since 2001? 2005?

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euro_trash_rescue t1_iv1qdgg wrote

Again, well aware of that. However when the headlight switch is off and the DRLs are lit the taillights are not on. Theres a very real brightness intensity differnce between the two.

Every single time i am noticing the highbeams in the daytime on a subaru, the tail lights are on, signifing that the headlight switch is in the on position, meaning they are highbeams.

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