Random_Walk
...what's this bolt do? *plink* ...oh.
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...or Lumens, or Wattage, or however-you-want-to-measure-headlight-output.
No, this isn't a technical post, I promise. It is a philosophical one. That's why I'm posting it here (if the mods wish to move it, that's perfectly cool...)
Okay, so I got stock halogen headlights. They work pretty good. But, I live in the sticks. It's 30 miles to the nearest streetlight of any kind, the mountain roads are winding and narrow, the local deer population is often suicidal around moving machinery, and sometimes the weather sucks.
But the lights do okay - I normally use high-beam unless something comes towards me (logging trucks carry a pair of small nuclear fusion reactors for lighting, so I don't get into any sort of headlight contest with them.)
Now... it would be nice to have more light, especially on those dark pre-dawn mornings where the roads are known to break the nerve of lesser men.
BUT... I don't want to be one of those guys. You know, the ones whose low-beams are brighter than a pair of supernovae, let alone their brights. The ones who think their ******** size directly correlates to the amount of paint their high-beams can burn off of house siding, and are not afraid to point those suckers dead into your eyes (well, not quite my eyes, but if I had an ordinary car, I know I'd be damned near homicidal by now...)
As you can see, I'm kind of torn as to whether or not to get a pair of HID's and just make sure they're aimed right, or just go with what I got and stick with halogen.
So... what do y'all think? I can't be the only one thinking in this direction... again, not looking for technical advice (I can find a metric ton of that no matter which decision I make), but more of a philosophical take.
No, this isn't a technical post, I promise. It is a philosophical one. That's why I'm posting it here (if the mods wish to move it, that's perfectly cool...)
Okay, so I got stock halogen headlights. They work pretty good. But, I live in the sticks. It's 30 miles to the nearest streetlight of any kind, the mountain roads are winding and narrow, the local deer population is often suicidal around moving machinery, and sometimes the weather sucks.
But the lights do okay - I normally use high-beam unless something comes towards me (logging trucks carry a pair of small nuclear fusion reactors for lighting, so I don't get into any sort of headlight contest with them.)
Now... it would be nice to have more light, especially on those dark pre-dawn mornings where the roads are known to break the nerve of lesser men.
BUT... I don't want to be one of those guys. You know, the ones whose low-beams are brighter than a pair of supernovae, let alone their brights. The ones who think their ******** size directly correlates to the amount of paint their high-beams can burn off of house siding, and are not afraid to point those suckers dead into your eyes (well, not quite my eyes, but if I had an ordinary car, I know I'd be damned near homicidal by now...)
As you can see, I'm kind of torn as to whether or not to get a pair of HID's and just make sure they're aimed right, or just go with what I got and stick with halogen.
So... what do y'all think? I can't be the only one thinking in this direction... again, not looking for technical advice (I can find a metric ton of that no matter which decision I make), but more of a philosophical take.
