French Fogs/Headlights

[KenC]

Why are they called 'French'? Are they common there? Were they first used there?

[nando]

because they have yellow lenses and are used on cars in france. :)

[KenC]

because they have yellow lenses and are used on cars in france. :)

So it's legal to have yellow headlights in France? Did yellow fogs come standard on cars there?

[nando]

AFAIK most lights are required to be yellow in france.. so yeah yellow fogs came from france too.

[M-technik-3]

Fogs are yellow due to the light spectrum cuts through the fog and the traditional spectrum of clear lights tend to bounce back at you.

[AndreNY]

You MUST have yellow lights if you car is registered in France, it's their law. When i was in paris 5 years ago at night you would know exclty who is from france and who is a foreigner the lights come into use alot agianst the fog

[KenC]

You MUST have yellow lights if you car is registered in France, it's their law. When i was in paris 5 years ago at night you would know exclty who is from france and who is a foreigner the lights come into use alot agianst the fog

If all French e30s had yellow headlights, then why isn't there a plethora of them?

[SykoBMW]

Maybe they weren't required to be yellow back then?

[nando]

or maybe E30s weren't popular in france? most of the pictures I've seen from france have a lot of really small ugly cars that are good for crowded cities, not cars like the E30 (which is pretty big for a euro car). Plus BMWs are undoubtedly expensive there, a lot of people don't even own a car to begin with.

[AndreNY]

or maybe E30s weren't popular in france? most of the pictures I've seen from france have a lot of really small ugly cars that are good for crowded cities, not cars like the E30 (which is pretty big for a euro car). Plus BMWs are undoubtedly expensive there, a lot of people don't even own a car to begin with.

hmmmm by reading this im assuming you are saying this because France is a GAY country, because they didnt support the US in the war in Iraq. BMW's are expensive EVERYWHERE not just france, they are a big car in Italy but not France, and how would you know how many ppl do or do not own a car?

[lowslowe30]

hmmmm by reading this im assuming you are saying this because France is a GAY country, because they didnt support the US in the war in Iraq.

Where in fucking hell did you come up with that line? He didnt insult france in anyway nor make any reference to iraq. I would assume that nando would rather you didnt say he insulted something when he didn't. Anyway I'd assume that the reason is e30s weren't so popular in france, I also assume that these aren't as hard to come by as everyone thinks. But thats just an assumption as is my entire post.

[M-technik-3]

If all French e30s had yellow headlights, then why isn't there a plethora of them?

Because you need to live in france to run this headlight setup. Aka your car need to be tagged in France. I don't even think the Brits allow yellow low beams.

[AndreNY]

hmmmm by reading this im assuming you are saying this because France is a GAY country, because they didnt support the US in the war in Iraq.

Where in fucking hell did you come up with that line? He didnt insult france in anyway nor make any reference to iraq. I would assume that nando would rather you didnt say he insulted something when he didn't. Anyway I'd assume that the reason is e30s weren't so popular in france, I also assume that these aren't as hard to come by as everyone thinks. But thats just an assumption as is my entire post.

i understand what you are saying, but he is stating opinions and not facts, that's all

[nando]

wtf andre?

a lot (which doesn't mean all) of people in europe don't own cars. this is not opinion!! Ask anyone who has lived there. it has nothing to do with my opinion of france (how the hell would you know what my opinion is anyway?). It's simple, a lot of people don't need a car there. In germany for instance, a license is expensive, so is insurance, gas, everything. Plus europe is crowded, why the heck do you think most people tool around in those tiny little cars? There's not room for everyone to have 3-4 cars per family like the usa (which I'm not saying, nor did I say, was superior for that reason).

I never said france was a gay country. man, lay down the crack pipe!

[Brew]

But France is a gay country. ;)