On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 5:16 AM, <corvallis@peoplepc.com> wrote:
> Sometimes the plastic ones will change color in sunlight. And maybe, in
> Europe, they favored yellow on one side or the other. I think it dates back
> to when they'd park halfway up on the sidewalk at night, and leave a
> running
> light on. The Mercedes in the 1950's still had a separate light switch
> setting that would light their left or right side low-wattage light for
> night sidewalk parking. ...bill in corvallis
>
My wife's car is an '82 380SL, I always wondered what that weird light
switch was for! Now I know.
Hal
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