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[Niall]

IMO eating should be illegal in cars, as should smoking or fiddling with the stereo...

It is....Not being in full control of the car. People have been and will continue to be done for it if its proved the accident could of been avoided if they weren't doing something other than driving

Think of the mpg you're wasting running lights all the time! . Reducing bulb life too tbh.

I suppose you could use sidelights all the time...they have literally no purpose imo! If you need lights on, put lights on, not some half arsed tiny bulb lol.

a) *Reducing lamp life. They are lamps. Not bulbs.
b) Sidelights should not be used when driving. It should be no lights (at a bare minimum) in perfect conditions and dipped beam in anything other than perfect basically. Sidelights are for when you are parked at the side of a road hence why on modern cars, they are the only light to be able to be left on with the keys out.

Why does having your lights on effect your mpg?

The altetnator runs the electrics after the initial start

Even running modern ac doesn't overly effect the mpg

My alfa averaged 60mpg on the run to Italy last year, that was with lights and ac on all the way

The alternator loading will change however not a lot at all. Not noticeably anyway and modern cars with smart charge probably don't at all.

Alternator runs electrics...engine runs alternator... Uses more fuel for more load, the electric aux heater in the Foc really eats full on a cold start!

No....the focus uses more fuel not because of the aux heater but because its on its cold start!

bulbs get planted in the garden and they last a long time flowering each year!

lamps are consumable items like brakes , clutch's and fuel

A lamp goes on a table for reading...  Why do electrical people call bulbs lamps?  Always annoyed me at college!

But still, a clutch isn't a consumable, should last the life of a vehicle!  Besides you don't spin up the wheels everyday and say 'doesn't matter, tyres are consumable'.

Electrical people call bulbs lamps because they are lamps. Electrical "people" (professionals) use the correct terms. Just like a sparky doesn't go to a wholesaler and ask for a fuse board. He asks for a consumer unit....because thats what it is.

Clutches are consumable items. They are a friction material which of course wears away just like brake pads which are consumable.

How is smoking already illegal? They encourage it with a built in ashtray and lighter!

You find me a modern car where you don't have to pay extra for a smoking pack. most cars have 12v outputs but no lighter or ash tray.


Right, I'm done!