Was: Scirocco Spy Shots on Autoblog, Now: Vw Engineers I'd like to slap

[smithma7 at gmail.com (Mike Smith)]

You want the euro headlight switch :)

On 7/22/07, Chris Bennett <scirocco16vr32@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In semi related news... filed under the Catagory "VW Engineers I'd
> love to slap the shit out of"  I replaced the H7's in my "headlights"
> yesterday.  (R32)
>
> They make it harder than chinese arithmatic to get to... and then I
> have something than can only be described a "pelican" case to get into
> to actually get the bulbs out.  Good idea but they hold it all
> together with a friggin coathanger?  Grr.
>
> One side has an extra panel to remove and actually has less room than
> the other.  I don't get that.  Why not make it universally stupid?
>
> Bitch #2 about this...
> I don't get WHY these headlight clusters work the way they do.  MKIV I
> guess are all the same I don't think the R32's are different.  When
> the car is running and I release the emergency brake, the larger of
> the headlights come on.  I can't override it or disable.  If I turn
> the headlights on, the friggin City Lights come on (and tails
> obviously)  So turning on the headlights in a low light condition
> gives you NO additional light at all in front of the car.  The Fog
> lights are crap--the look cool but don't really shed additional light
> in front of the car only the sides.  What I would like to have is the
> ability to turn on the city lights and OFF the main beams of the
> headlights.  It seems that the wires are reversed or something.  Is
> that what the "european" switch does for me?
>
> Of course there is no place to mount additional driving lights or
> anything.  Not that I really want to--it would screw up the look, but
> there aren't alot of options.  I would be better off mounting some
> offroad hella's on the roof rack.  LOL I am kidding.
>
> On 7/21/07, Allyn <amalventano1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Yup.  They screwed it up as expected.  This scirocco lover will have nothing to do with that 'iroc' crap.  How could VW miss how
> > everyone went apeshit over the red concept photos.  Instead they stick with something not even fit for the 'kia' side of Dauns
> > driveway.  Hopefully there is enough room in the barn for them to park in the coming years.
> >
> > Red concept - I would 2nd mortgage my house and buy 2 of them.  Today.  *right now*.
> > Green concept - hinted at by the article - I'd sooner buy a last gen civic hatch - and I'm not too crazy about hondas.
> >
> > Way to drop the ball, VW.  The scirocco name *does not* beling on that car.  Call it a corrado if you want the sales numbers to
> > match the name...
> >
> > Al
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Brad Sterling [mailto:bgsterling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 11:31 PM
> > > To: Scirocco List
> > > Subject: Scirocco Spy Shots on Autoblog
> > >
> > > I'm having a hard time making out the lines through the
> > > camouflage, but the comparison to a Civic SI is not a good sign:
> > >
> > > http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/18/spy-shots-first-look-at-production-vw-scirocco/
> > >
> > > -Brad
> > > '86 Scirocco 16v
> > >
> > >
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