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   Xeno to Mark Olson   
   Re: Adjust headlight   
   08 Jun 20 16:36:52   
   
   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 8/6/20 2:06 am, Mark Olson wrote:   
   > Xeno  wrote:   
   >> On 7/6/20 10:30 am, thekmanrocks@gmail.com wrote:   
   >>>    Xeno:   
   >>>   
   >>> I've driven plenty of domestic and foreign post-2000 cars, and I have yet   
   to see any with   
   >>> dashboard controls for the aim of headlights.  Everything from Impalas to   
   Accords, Optimas   
   >>> to Malibus.  Never seen a "rheomawhatitiz" anywhere on any dashboard I've   
   ever sat in   
   >>> front of, as passenger or as driver.   
   >>>   
   >> You need to look a little harder. Such adjustments are not uncommon. I   
   >> have owned at least two cars with such things and they are by no means   
   >> up market models.   
   >   
   > All the cars I have rented _in Europe_ have headlight adjustment   
   > dials in the cockpit, but none of the cars I've driven _in America_   
   > have them, whether Japanese, European or American makes.   
   >   
   > I suspect thekmanrocks hasn't driven many cars outside the USA.   
   >   
   Yes, the markets appear to have different needs/requirements. I have   
   seen the headlight adjusting dials in all manner of cars here.   
      
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