In message , at 12:06:43 on
Sun, 8 May 2011, Recliner remarked:

Don't an increasing number of cars come with automatic headlights? I've
got so used to them that I'd probably forget to switch the lights on in
a vehicle without them. Ditto with the auto-dipping rear view mirrors.

There are lots of gadgets on high-end cars (a friend has auto headlights
on a Jeep Cherokee) and I miss the auto wipers and rear view mirrors on
the Mercedes I sold in 2004. Neither of my current (nor pre-Mercedes)
cars have any of these.

What's helpful is a scheme where headlights (and sidelights) are
automatically extinguished when you turn off the ignition while the
lights are switched to driving/headlights.

That means when you start driving next time the lights will come on
without you having to play with the light switch. With the fail-safe
disadvantage that sometimes you end up driving on headlights in
daylight.
--
Roland Perry