Info on 2010s?

[why?]

I'm so glad I got a Yaris before all the electronic nannying. But no drl's for 2010? Lucky, oh so lucky.

[auxmike]

Originally Posted by why?

I'm so glad I got a Yaris before all the electronic nannying. But no drl's for 2010? Lucky, oh so lucky.

Agreed.
Heck, I don't even have ABS! I do have the DRLs, but so far no bulb has blown out in 1.5yrs of driving with forced on headlights...

[why?]

Originally Posted by auxmike

Agreed.
Heck, I don't even have ABS! I do have the DRLs, but so far no bulb has blown out in 1.5yrs of driving with forced on headlights...

I don't have ABS either, thankfully. The bulbs won't blow, but drl's just are horrid.

Originally Posted by spockmay

The lack of DRL is so nice, but even better is the fact that they haven't yet made the stupid automatic lights. I'm not sure if anything on a car annoys me more...

As for the electronic nannying, I wish you could turn it off (without pulling the fuse!), but it sure is nice to have in an emergency.

I disagree. The last thing you want in an emergency is for the car to do something you aren't expecting. The best thing you can have in an emergency is lots of experience driving your own vehicle. It is good to be able to play and exceed the limits in controlled conditions, so that when something does happen, you are ready. Also just driving defensively is better than having any electronic weight adding nanny's.

Originally Posted by DevilGirl

Those DRL's on my 09 have gotten me into trouble. They come on when I put the car in gear, but the biggest problem is that they also turn the backlight on for the gauge cluster. Makes me think I already have my lights on. And even though this car has the indicator light to tell you if your actual headlights are on or not, I'm not used to seeing it since it's never been on any prior car I've either owned or driven. So when my guage cluster is illuminated, I think my headlights are on (since that's the only time it ever used to be with all prior cars). Not good at 5:30am, in the dark, and driving on the highways, with lots of traffic........

Ouch. It would be so nice to have an way to turn them off. Thankfully nothing bad has happened to you yet.

[spockmay]

Originally Posted by why?

I'm so glad I got a Yaris before all the electronic nannying. But no drl's for 2010? Lucky, oh so lucky.

The lack of DRL is so nice, but even better is the fact that they haven't yet made the stupid automatic lights. I'm not sure if anything on a car annoys me more...

As for the electronic nannying, I wish you could turn it off (without pulling the fuse!), but it sure is nice to have in an emergency.

[DevilGirl]

Originally Posted by why?

I'm so glad I got a Yaris before all the electronic nannying. But no drl's for 2010? Lucky, oh so lucky.

Those DRL's on my 09 have gotten me into trouble. They come on when I put the car in gear, but the biggest problem is that they also turn the backlight on for the gauge cluster. Makes me think I already have my lights on. And even though this car has the indicator light to tell you if your actual headlights are on or not, I'm not used to seeing it since it's never been on any prior car I've either owned or driven. So when my guage cluster is illuminated, I think my headlights are on (since that's the only time it ever used to be with all prior cars). Not good at 5:30am, in the dark, and driving on the highways, with lots of traffic........

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by DevilGirl

Those DRL's on my 09 have gotten me into trouble. They come on when I put the car in gear, but the biggest problem is that they also turn the backlight on for the gauge cluster. Makes me think I already have my lights on. And even though this car has the indicator light to tell you if your actual headlights are on or not, I'm not used to seeing it since it's never been on any prior car I've either owned or driven. So when my guage cluster is illuminated, I think my headlights are on (since that's the only time it ever used to be with all prior cars). Not good at 5:30am, in the dark, and driving on the highways, with lots of traffic........

I do that as well. I created a DIY a while back for headlights off with the key (which I find mighty handy on rainy and foggy days, where it's easy to forget that you turned them on). I keep meaning to do one for having the tails come on with DRL, so if you forget to turn the headlights on at dusk, at least the tails are on as well.