I often wondered why there was a panel light on the Healey as well.
One night last year I was driving the BT7 down a dark rain soaked twisty
rural highway in the pouring rain (The drive there during the day was
great). When oncoming traffic appeared, the glare of their headlights off
the road was blinding. Driving around a curve I could not make out the
centre line at all and could barely see the shoulder. I think it was because
the Healey is so low.
I found that turning the dash lights off made a huge difference.
Laurie Wilford
>From: Jim Shope <healeymanjim@joimail.com>
>Reply-To: Jim Shope <healeymanjim@joimail.com>
>To: healeys@autox.team.net
>Subject: halogen bulbs
>Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:31:56 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
>
>i prefer the dim lights on the panel. in southeast asia we learned that
>when flying at night turn off all lights in the cockpit. it made you less
>of a target and it helped improve night vision so you could see those big
>red tracer shells coming up at you . of course, i try not to drive at
>night anymore. it is getting harder to see those guys out there trying to
>kill me on the highway. i still cannot understand why we have a panel
>light switch on the healey. does anyone ever turn their panel lights off
>when the headlights are on. healeylmanjim
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