Member Since: 06 Nov 2006
Location: Switzerland/France
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How do I change my headlamps for driving in the UK
I have xenon headlamps with the adaptive turning thingy. I am back in the UK this xmas and would like to know how (if possible) do i adjust the lights so not to blind oncoming cars. My old ML had a little switch I moved over. Is there such a thing onthe Disco?
I'm not sure about the adaptive headlights, but the normal xenons are supposed to have a lever that is meant to adjust for the UK. There is a page in the manual about it, iirc.
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Be warned though that getting the headlamps out is not easy, the securing plate is a very tight fit.
When I changed mine over for the first time for driving in France, I spent some time taking one headlamp out so that I could find out exactly where the lever is and how to move it. I refitted the headlamp and was then able to 'feel' for the lever and to move it without having to take the headlamps out. It's still not easy though as access is a bit restricted.
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8th Nov 2006 9:22 am
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I have steery lights (adaptive) and I actually did not bother doing anything in the UK. I also did some investigation and it seems they don't rise so much to the left (unless you're steering that way) and thus don't blind anyone.
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yer, there were a few drivers in France & Spain that were unprepared for the retribution dished out from the lightbars of the Morocco convoy
ISTR the glass just about melting in the rear window of a 'captured' Merc
9th Nov 2006 4:26 pm
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captain_sugar wrote:
That's what I always did driving in the UK.... It's not our problem that they drive on the wrong side of the road.
(I suppose this won't increase my popularity on this forum )
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9th Nov 2006 5:16 pm
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The best thing is that UK drivers think I am French and so avoid me!!!
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About a quarter of the world drives on the left, and the countries that do are mostly old British colonies. This strange quirk perplexes the rest of the world; but there is a perfectly good reason.
In the past, almost everybody travelled on the left side of the road because that was the most sensible option for feudal, violent societies. Since most people are right-handed, swordsmen preferred to keep to the left in order to have their right arm nearer to an opponent and their scabbard further from him. Moreover, it reduced the chance of the scabbard (worn on the left) hitting other people.
Furthermore, a right-handed person finds it easier to mount a horse from the left side of the horse, and it would be very difficult to do otherwise if wearing a sword (which would be worn on the left). It is safer to mount and dismount towards the side of the road, rather than in the middle of traffic, so if one mounts on the left, then the horse should be ridden on the left side of the road.
The French, of course, wave their white hankerchiefs to their enemies with their left hands and so, after doing that so many times, took up postion on the right hand side as a matter of course 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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9th Nov 2006 5:44 pm
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Went round the Le Mans car museum a few years ago & noticed that the French cars up to 1926 (from memory) were right hand drive. It was only after that year that they became LHD/awkward/pain in the driving butt (delete as appropriate!!!)
PS I'd miss spelt awkward & spell checker suggested backward!
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