The dangers of DRLs 4635

C.H.

Hmm, most of the Sebring owners I know are young, just-out-of-college people who picked them up cheap and used. But of course the whole idea of relying on personal observation for demographic data is silly - demographics can vary wildly from one area to another.

At this exact moment, no, but that's mostly due to their new "employee discount" sales gimmick. Their numbers looked downright terrifying prior to that.

I respectfully disagree, the number of obviously bean-counter-designed cars in GM's lineup vastly outnumbers the obviously enthusiast-designed ones.

I think it's reasonable to buttume that a light switch would have an off position. The fact that he didn't notice it was because it's really fairly surprising that any mfgr. would be so stupid as to not include it. Yes, there are very good reasons for wanting to kill all your lights, or switch to only parking lights - as repeatedly stated in this newsgroup. Military installation security checkpoints, restaurant parking lots, Xmas light displays, to name the first three that come to mind.

GM is still taking a very consumer-unfriendly position.

Are you quite finished telling James what an idiot he is yet?

as above, you done yet?

Blah, blah, blah...

The ABS fitted to high end sports cars and F1 racers is very different from the ABS fitted to consumer-grade sedans, and often has driver-selectable programs ranging from "normal" to "don't intervene until you detect that I'm about to commit vehicular dissolution" and sometimes even "off."

Huh? Surely there's a typo in that sentence 'cause it doesn't make sense.

Due to DRL's? I call bullpoo until I see a cite. Even most insurance companies admit that there's no benefit to DRL's, or at least don't give a discount for DRL's which is pretty much the same thing.

It would be nice if they made those, yes.

And most of the readers of this newsgroup, and most people who take an active interest in road safety. Yourself included, apparently. Granted, you're wrong, but you apparently have a strong opinion on the subject.

Who said anything about the GTO? His statement was that GM was practically giving away cars *in general,* which may or may not be true (I'm not privy to their cost-per-unit compared to their current pricing) but it's an undeniable fact that they're relying on discounts and sales gimmicks to move the metal, which is not a viable long term business strategy.

nate

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