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Why do Headlights Stay on After Key is Removed?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by hotballa, Sep 27, 2012.

  1. hotballa

    hotballa Contributing Member

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    This baffles me. For those cars with automatic headlights, it's not really a problem, but why in the hell doesn't electricity to the headlights just cut off once you take the key out of the ignition? There is no good reason I can think of to not have had cars wired this way. If you ever need to use your headlights for a little bit, you're going to turn on your engine anyway.
     
  2. CrazyDave

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    To show you your way for a moment after exiting your car in the dark?
     
  3. hotballa

    hotballa Contributing Member

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    I'm talking about the cars that sometimes you leave the light on by mistake and come back to find your battery drained.
     
  4. Roxnostalgia

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    So you can find your way to the steel wool.
     
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  5. Buck Turgidson

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    Um, no.
     
  6. Jontro

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    Because the Illuminati are evil.
     
  7. Joshfast

    Joshfast "We're all gonna die" - Billy Sole
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    because it has two holes silly
     
  8. justtxyank

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    The only thing I can think of is that needing to turn your car off due to engine trouble or being pulled over on the side of the road or something when it is dark out you may want to have lights working without the need for the car to be running.
     
  9. Buck Turgidson

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    Or pretty much any number of things you could be doing outdoors (setting up a campsite, repairing something after dark, cleaning a deer, etc....) where you want some good light and don't want to listen to the engine and breathe exhaust.
     
  10. Yung-T

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    "Like vaginas!"

    -hotballa
     
  11. SwoLy-D

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    The "accessory" setting is for that, I believe.

    I think he's referring to the older cars and some new ones that allow you to turn on the lights at any time WITHOUT having the key in the ignition.

    Maybe someone realized you could need your keys AND the lights on at places where you hadn't thought you could. But, in contrast, it also makes you responsible and disciplined to remember to turn them off at all times. :eek: That's just my opinion.
     
  12. Relentless

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    Well, you hotballa have become my least favorite poster and will be added to my ignore list. Godspeed.
     
  13. Blurr#7

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    To divert attention away from the white scratches on your paint! Duh!
     
  14. Buck Turgidson

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    Yes, and that's what I'm referring to, thanks, my old truck is like this. Also don't see how using the "accessory" setting would make me any less likely to walk off and leave the lights on (only use it when I want the radio on too).

    Just checked, brand new truck is like this too. Don't see the big deal either way, actually.
     
  15. CometsWin

    CometsWin Breaker Breaker One Nine

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    The engine and the electrical system aren't the same thing. Do yall have sweet and sour chicken?
     
  16. ima_drummer2k

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    If they say why? Why? Tell them it is human nature.

    Why? Why does he do me that way?
     
  17. Rocketman95

    Rocketman95 Hangout Boy

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    Will this cause you not to see threads they start? If not, Clutch, can you please make a hotballa forum and promptly ban me from it please? Or can someone please direct him to a good site where one can start their own blogs instead of polluting this forum even more with whatever ****ing random thought pops into their head at any given moment?
     
  18. smoove shoez

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    If you have 1 headlight out, do you drive with your hi beams on?
     
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    Midnight basketball bro. How else do you expect me to see at night. Would you rather people go gangbanging on the streets instead?
     
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