bright HIDS and arrogant drivers

[Bogeyman]

What is wrong with giving your car "porma"? Its like saying people should stick to their stock tires and rims. I guess we are all, in one way or the other, guilty of making their cars "porma". If it makes you feel good that your car is different from the rest, why not.

Dressing up your ride should be within reasonable bounds. If the extra accessories you put in your car start to endanger fellow drivers on the road, then it becomes unreasonable, even illegal in my book. That's my beef with HID. True, I have equipped my ride with a rear spoiler (which mounts a third brake lamp), stepboards and rain visors, and these hardly are annoying, much less endangering anyone the way HIDs are.

I hope no one here would be *insensitive* enough as to cite "porma", at the expense of the safety of their fellow motorists.

People can always bring up the "It's my money" argument, regarding HIDs. Fine, it's their money, but it's also my eyesight on the line, which is what I mainly depend on when I'm on the road. Besides, certain motorists I see dressing up their cars the way they do, are living proof that money can buy neither taste nor common sense, but that's another story.

I wouldn't exactly wear shades at night just to shield my eyes from HID glare. I wouldn't even think of darkening my windshield tint, because I wouldn't be able to see as well, which will then force me to shell out a considerable sum to buy a set of -- wow, HIDs!

Again, not all cars with HIDs are arrogant.

Of course not.

I've been using HIDs for more than a year now and there were very few incidents (less than five if I recall) that cars in front of me would flash their lights. In the few cases, I would turn of my lights.

Good for you. But again, hindi ba masama sa HID ang patay-sindi?

Not all bright lights out there are HIDs. You have those who increase their wattage from the stock 55W. There are also the coverted right hand drive vehicles who did not re-adjust their light direction. And there are those who just don't care and likes using their hi beam. I hope they are getting equal attention in this thread.

I hope so, too.