I know this is stupid but what ever

Do you guys used the Auto setting for your head lights? or do you get in and turn them all the way on.

Personally I drive with my running and fog lights on then when it gets late enough I turn them to just on. I never use Auto.

Jake

 

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has given this any thought.

I never use it. I don't know if it is like this in the I30, but in my previous car the sensor was SUPER sensitive, and the lights would come one sometimes when passing under a shaded stretch of road. I was always afraid people thought I was flashing my lights at them.

 

I use it, I also have it rigged so the Auto stays on during the day if I wanted to.

 

I dunno if this is true but with HID's its recommended not to. Me personally I don't use it, I mean it only takes a few secs to just flick it on when needed.

 

i usually leave it in auto unless its only kinda dark out then i run my parking lights with fogs

 

02+ with Hid's I would not recomend it, the constant on and off really does shorten there life. They come on when you back out of the garage, under every overpass etc etc...

 

i never use the auto..

 

Auto lights? What is this feature you speak of...

 

I never use it but sometimes im like what ever

 

5gen max feature

 

HID's on auto, close to eight years.

How much lifespan am I going to lose?

I find it odd that Nissan would put an auto feature on a car if they believed that it would shorten the life of a componant.

 

+1, I use it all the time in the Max and in every car I've owned that had it. If I have a bulb go out I'll just buy another one. Oh yeah and I occasionally use 87 octane in the Max too depending on what the gas prices are.

 

I always have mine on off position, only time i let them on auto is when its dark out and i need to see where im going when i shut the car off.

 

I've always left my headlamps in the auto position, since Sept-2004. Sort of gives that "I'm in a luxury vehicle and the headlamps turn on while under roads then turn off once back in daylight "

Plus it's nifty to fire up the VQ at night and the headlamps kick on without having to touch the switch.

And for those complaining about HID bulb life and the auto setting, that only applies to switching the lamps on-off for multiple cycles in short succession.

 

This. The auto setting on the car is programmed and designed not to harm the bulb life.

 

bad if you have HIDs. but bullbs are cheap so if your convenience is worth it use it.

 

with my auto feature, it sometimes doesnt fire up both of my hid headlights.. poss. problem?

 

I always kept them on. Yeah sitting in traffic under a bridge might make them go on for a minute but it never really bothered me. I gave it thought but if its near dusk and they go on and off once i just turn them on so i dont get pissed off any more.

 

i use them but def always wonder because sometimes have issues w my hid lights one not always coming on..

 

I'm just aware about it. The HID is designed to outlast your car. But obviously they do go out.

Now how silly did I look when an ex was driving and started flicking the switch... i freaked... so she intentionally did it more... well that relationship did not last.

not bc of that, but haha

anyway, I personally think Nissan messed up the order. should be: OFF, PARK, ON, AUTO
or maybe even AUTO, PARK, ON, OFF or even AUTO, ON, PARK, OFF, or even OFF, PARK, AUTO, ON

the Nissan positioning of OFF, AUTO, PARK, ON does lead to incidental flickering... UNLESS you think about it.

I just change to whichever setting I want when the car is off.
The problem is that if it's not dark enough to use AUTO, well now you have them ON. But if you turn them off, well you have to pass auto to flicker them.

Therefore if it's possibly dark enough for the AUTO to work, but I don't want them on (just moving the car, or want to use my driving lights which are activated with my PARK lights) I adjust it with the car off.



But I typically use AUTO. I love that they stay on until I close the door and turn on when I start the car. You just have to get the habit of making sure it's OFF during the day for underpasses, tunnels, tree covered roads. Which I use PARK setting for to turn on lower lights.

 

Leave the switch in AUTO and if you manage to make the lights come on at least twice, I'll flip the switch to OFF for the time being. Just make sure to pop it back to AUTO before you set off when you come back to the car.

 

I have never used it on any of my cars/autos. It's really no big deal to me either.
I guess it would extend battery life?

 

I use it and I love it!!

 

Our Maxima has battery rundown protection, it'll cut off current flow if you leave something on so the battery has enough power to start the engine.

Remember HID uses inverters, they draw I think 12 volts and pump out something huge to power the ballasts.

 

I use auto and I have remote start on my car so they come on at night when I start my car.

 

Keep them on all the time no problems yet

 

just got my max with HIDs but my dad uses auto all the time and nothings happened yet