The green light on the dash is useful as it is in the drivers line of sight. I can't say I've ever looked down at my headlight switch, or would want to when travelling at speed just to check if my lights are on.

I find the location of full beam (blue light) is poorly located & too small. It should be beside green light. I have found myself blinding other cars as it was too late before I realised the full beams were on.

Note with BiXenons...full beam/dipped is excellent and sometimes hard to tell difference. Also because turning on both requires exaclty same stalk operation (old system..stalk forward=full back=dipped). I have found myself search on dash for full beam light whist car passing..its not ideal.

Is this thread for real ?!

Like a lot of threads lately, I am beginning to doubt the current generation of drivers. Apparently all season tyres are also better than winter tyres in winter. God help us if any of these drivers started driving before any of these driving aids were invented.

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The day I can't glance down at my light switch, or can't find the stalk to dip the headlights is the day I stop driving..

Auto lights, green symbols, auto dipping etc are aids, they don't absolve the driver of responsibilty to control their vehicle and use lights correctly.

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Auto lights, green symbols, auto dipping etc are aids, they don't absolve the driver of responsibilty to control their vehicle and use lights correctly.

 

Nobody is saying they are?

 

A light on the dash roughly in your line of sight versus one next to your knee obscured by the steering wheel is hardly pushing the boundries of modern technological advances.

 

You know, like car manufacturers have been doing successfully since before any of us were born...

No-one said it did and No-one said they couldn't look down at the switch. But for obvious reasons people do need to know whether their headlights are on or not. In my case, I wasn't expecting the indication to be where it was because I've never seen that before, and with the dash lights on low (as I like them) it wasn't very noticeable.

 

People ask silly questions on forums sometimes, scorn if you want. But this is often not helped by people's silly answers - ie multiple people misleadingly indicating that cars always have this system, when in fact many cars, and it transpires even the Mk2 Octavia, have a simple dipped beam light on the dash.

 

The forum is about comment and my comment is that I preferred a light on the dash. Ridicule that if you want!

A light on the dash roughly in your line of sight versus one next to your knee obscured by the steering wheel is hardly pushing the boundries of modern technological advances.

If your steering wheel is obscuring the light switch then there's something seriously wrong with you car, your steering column must be bent like a banana!

TBH I can't remember if my MkII had a green light on the instrument cluster or not. Maybe it was a MkII FL thing. Then again, my early MkII didn't have a cruise control light either, and it was a L&K!

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If your steering wheel is obscuring the light switch then there's something seriously wrong with you car, your steering column must be bent like a banana!

 

Driven a MkII Superb recently?

 

Obviously everyone has their seat and steering wheel adjusted to the exact same position as you, and of course is the same height and build as you

Driven a MkII Superb recently?

Obviously everyone has their seat and steering wheel adjusted to the exact same position as you, and of course is the same height and build as you

No I haven't but seeing as this is the octavia 3 forum and that's what is being discussed the Superb isn't relevant one bit.

Yes it is, the light switch functions in exactly the same way.

Yes it is, the light switch functions in exactly the same way.

No it's not, you're talking about the positioning of the switch, is that exactly the same on a superb and an O3, is the steering wheel in exactly the same position, is it the same diameter and thickness, is the seating position exactly the same?

Is this a wind-up? As I said earlier (and you now also appear to be saying) everyone's driving position is different so whilst you can clearly see the switch others can't.

 

All those of us who can't easily see the switch are saying is that we would benefit from the light on the dash, like fitted on the MkII.

 

So, no, my steering column isn't bent like a banana.

Is this a wind-up? As I said earlier (and you now also appear to be saying) everyone's driving position is different so whilst you can clearly see the switch others can't.

 

All those of us who can't easily see the switch are saying is that we would benefit from the light on the dash, like fitted on the MkII.

 

So, no, my steering column isn't bent like a banana.

Well, I can easily see the light switch, it's not in my sight line, but it is only a quick glance to see it.

 

I'm glad that the clock lighting does change when the lights are on, as in only needles lit when lights are off, full dash lights when lights are on.

 

Maybe it's an oversight that there is no "green" light on the clocks when the lights are on, maybe it can be sorted through VCDS?

 

As an aside, I drove home from Chesterfield at 22:00 last night and was impressed by the Light Assist.

I'm glad that the clock lighting does change when the lights are on, as in only needles lit when lights are off, full dash lights when lights are on.

That's not strictly true, the instruments (speedo, rev counter etc) work off an ambient light sensor so you do get full back lighting when the ambient light inside the car is low, independent of the state of the headlights.

I'm glad that the clock lighting does change when the lights are on, as in only needles lit when lights are off, full dash lights when lights are on.

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That's not strictly true, the instruments (speedo, rev counter etc) work off an ambient light sensor so you do get full back lighting when the ambient light inside the car is low, independent of the state of the headlights.

Ah, have tested that today, and you are right, I normally run with the lights on auto, so didnt notice before that they worked separately. Thanks.