Hi

 

I am waiting for my new Yeti to be delivered.  This year I am going to take my new Yeti for a trip to France and I was wondering if I need to purchase beam converters or does the Yeti have a switch in the light box to move them?  I have heard other cars having this.

 

Thanks

 

Steve

Think if you have Maxi Dot you should have Travel Mode in the settings, I believe this alters the light beam

hmmm how do I know if I have Maxi dot?  I have an amundsen sat nav as an option?

Only works with Xenons??

I always just stick the defectors on, and a big magnetic GB sticker on the back, reason being if I do get stop by French Plod it's easier to point to things as opposed to trying to explain there is a switch behind the headlights that changes beam patterns, in bad French..

Maxi Dot is the Display readings between the Speedo/rev counter.  you can alter settings etc  ( If fitted ).

 

The graphic are usually white made up of dots. White dots  " Maxi Dot "

As mentioned you need the combination of Maxidot and Xenon headlights. It works very well. SWMBO has a LHD Yeti here and we've never been flashed.

ahh deflectors it is, i have maxi dot but not xenon's. :(

It does work very well on the Xenons but peculiarly you lose the cornering function.  All it does is to flatten out the left headlight's light spread to match the right hand one.  So in effect you have less light on the right than you would have had on the left in the UK.  Not a huge issue truth be told and furthermore I found that when you're on the continent you don't really drive at night much (since ten to one you are on holiday in the summer with many hours of sunshine!)

 

I'd honestly have thought that they could make one design of Xenons for LHD and RHD giving either configuration the same light outputs and cornering functions when toggling this switch...

Uk car, based here in france 80 -90% of the time, don't use deflectors, don't hane xenons just move the lamps to the bottom setting with dip just in front of the car, and the fogs if needed, never been stopped, flashed etc for high wrongly dipping lights, a chum, sgt in the gendarmerie regularly sees the car with lights ablaze, never commented - however, what he does say if the car has a uk reg and is not causing probs,breaking speed limits etc it is usual to let 'em pass, more trouble to chastize etc across the language barrier - also contrary to uk advice alcometers are not reqd here, think the law has fallen by the wayside!

I live /travel regularly across Finistere, morbihan, cote d'amour attending various model shows, model sailing events etc

Terrible echo in here Tony!

 

We go to France nearly every year, sometimes more than once, and I gave up putting deflectors on years ago, and as Tony says I've never had a problem. I do exactly the same and just turn them down on the rotary knob.

Terrible echo in here Tony!

We go to France nearly every year, sometimes more than once, and I gave up putting deflectors on years ago, and as Tony says I've never had a problem. I do exactly the same and just turn them down on the rotary knob.

Never thought I'd read about you being a law breaker Graham!

All fine and well "turning them down" BUT the left hand light is still shining much higher than the right even if turned down. Tsk Tsk. And you're severely shortening how far the lights shine when you do drive at night (which is rare as I said, but still). So not safe in my book.

But I sound like you now!! Back in my box.

^^ Tis a bad case of the wind Graham!!

^^ Depends where you are, in towns i accept, but with street lighting a minor problem, rural stuff, the knob also works in the other direction so distance illumination is not a prob and easy to just flick the knob down when encountering oncoming traffic! Works for me!