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Re: Seen on the Weekend Thread
« Reply #680 on: September 27, 2018, 08:09:17 pm »
Folks driving around Montreal to Kingston keep an eye out for Italian cars this Sunday. Big meet in at Chateau Mentebello. Will take video, pictures for you guys of course.
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Re: Seen on the Weekend Thread
« Reply #681 on: September 30, 2018, 10:43:34 pm »
Found this little Russian hiding in Vanier.
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Re: Seen on the Weekend Thread
« Reply #682 on: October 01, 2018, 09:25:38 am »
Cool find. I like the colour on that one.
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Re: Seen on the Weekend Thread
« Reply #683 on: October 01, 2018, 10:12:52 am »
MB 250 GD

No idea what year it was but must have been one of the first G Wagons.

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Re: Seen on the Weekend Thread
« Reply #684 on: October 12, 2018, 09:13:40 pm »
VW Westfalia southbound on I29, similar to the picture.  I'm guessing the driver wasn't going 75 mph.

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Re: Seen on the Weekend Thread
« Reply #685 on: October 27, 2018, 10:16:16 pm »
Keep forgetting to add this one.

Was in Burlington VT a couple of weeks ago. Saw 7 Subarus while trying to pull out from my parking space. Must have easily seen 1,000 over the day.
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Re: Seen on the Weekend Thread
« Reply #686 on: October 29, 2018, 11:14:34 am »
Bentley Continental pulling in the parking lot at the Superstore.
I thought these guys just send the butler to the grocery store.
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Re: Seen on the Weekend Thread
« Reply #687 on: October 29, 2018, 11:52:05 am »
Quote from: quadzilla on October 27, 2018, 10:16:16 pm
Keep forgetting to add this one.

Was in Burlington VT a couple of weeks ago. Saw 7 Subarus while trying to pull out from my parking space. Must have easily seen 1,000 over the day.
Yeah. Vermont is the land of the slow moving Subaru.
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Re: Seen on the Weekend Thread
« Reply #688 on: October 29, 2018, 12:23:37 pm »
Quote from: tortoise on October 29, 2018, 11:52:05 am
Quote from: quadzilla on October 27, 2018, 10:16:16 pm
Keep forgetting to add this one.

Was in Burlington VT a couple of weeks ago. Saw 7 Subarus while trying to pull out from my parking space. Must have easily seen 1,000 over the day.
Yeah. Vermont is the land of the slow moving Subaru.

I was down Stateside last week for work and was really surprised how many hybrids and EVs i saw on the relatively short drive through Maine to Campobello Island.  That part of Maine is mostly backwoods blue-collar and I saw plenty of Priuses and Volts.  Many more than what i see around here. 
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Re: Seen on the Weekend Thread
« Reply #689 on: October 29, 2018, 08:50:26 pm »
Connecticut is the land of Subaru, Volvo, and SAAB.  Lots of 9-3s and 9-5s hanging on...
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Re: Seen on the Weekend Thread
« Reply #690 on: October 31, 2018, 08:25:37 am »
On Sunday night I was on the autobahn late in the evening headed up, fairly rural open at this point. Experienced/saw the effect of the newest Matrix / Active LED lighting system when an Audi Q7 passed me. I noticed that a lot of the trees/side of the road were lit up, as if he had his full-beams on, but yet I never experienced any glare. As he passed another car further up, I saw the light beam "part" again- keeping a large beam of light forward and to the side but hallowing out where the other car being overtaken was.

Too bad you guys don't have it activated over there. Would be a huge safety benefit.
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Re: Seen on the Weekend Thread
« Reply #691 on: October 31, 2018, 08:37:19 am »
Quote from: mlin32 on October 31, 2018, 08:25:37 am
Too bad you guys don't have it activated over there. Would be a huge safety benefit.

They finally got approved for the USA so hopefully that means Canada will also.

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1119359_us-to-finally-allow-modern-self-dimming-adaptive-headlights
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Re: Seen on the Weekend Thread
« Reply #692 on: November 03, 2018, 05:46:25 pm »
Took the train to the centre Frankfurt/Main, saw a Honda Odyssey. Another one of those "consulate families" posted here; it was registered in Frankfurt.

On the drive home from the train station, saw a Merc GL500. Quite rare because of its sheer size and thirst. Also saw an imported Mustang.
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Re: Seen on the Weekend Thread
« Reply #693 on: November 05, 2018, 12:36:53 pm »
Quote from: quadzilla on October 31, 2018, 08:37:19 am
Quote from: mlin32 on October 31, 2018, 08:25:37 am
Too bad you guys don't have it activated over there. Would be a huge safety benefit.

They finally got approved for the USA so hopefully that means Canada will also.

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1119359_us-to-finally-allow-modern-self-dimming-adaptive-headlights

My 2018 Crosstrek has adaptive LED headlights.  I've used them quite a bit and they are effective.  Oncoming cars cause the high beams to turn off in some fashion. 

I don't know if they are of the "matrix" design.  Perhaps a simpler "auto on/off" switch?
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Re: Seen on the Weekend Thread
« Reply #694 on: November 05, 2018, 01:03:49 pm »
Quote from: random006 on November 05, 2018, 12:36:53 pm
Quote from: quadzilla on October 31, 2018, 08:37:19 am
Quote from: mlin32 on October 31, 2018, 08:25:37 am
Too bad you guys don't have it activated over there. Would be a huge safety benefit.

They finally got approved for the USA so hopefully that means Canada will also.

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1119359_us-to-finally-allow-modern-self-dimming-adaptive-headlights

My 2018 Crosstrek has adaptive LED headlights.  I've used them quite a bit and they are effective.  Oncoming cars cause the high beams to turn off in some fashion. 

I don't know if they are of the "matrix" design.  Perhaps a simpler "auto on/off" switch?

I think there is a difference between auto hi/low beams and adaptive matrix. The later can adjust the amount of light from each side (driver/passenger) to give the maximum light without blinding other drivers.

At least that is my interpretation of it.
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Re: Seen on the Weekend Thread
« Reply #695 on: November 05, 2018, 02:03:07 pm »
Quote from: quadzilla on November 05, 2018, 01:03:49 pm
Quote from: random006 on November 05, 2018, 12:36:53 pm
Quote from: quadzilla on October 31, 2018, 08:37:19 am
Quote from: mlin32 on October 31, 2018, 08:25:37 am
Too bad you guys don't have it activated over there. Would be a huge safety benefit.

They finally got approved for the USA so hopefully that means Canada will also.

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1119359_us-to-finally-allow-modern-self-dimming-adaptive-headlights

My 2018 Crosstrek has adaptive LED headlights.  I've used them quite a bit and they are effective.  Oncoming cars cause the high beams to turn off in some fashion. 

I don't know if they are of the "matrix" design.  Perhaps a simpler "auto on/off" switch?

I think there is a difference between auto hi/low beams and adaptive matrix. The later can adjust the amount of light from each side (driver/passenger) to give the maximum light without blinding other drivers.

At least that is my interpretation of it.

I think you are right, especially given the news report of it only being considered now.  It looks like there might be a single cluster of LEDs in the Subaru and some are turned off when the high beam assist is active.  Not sure though.
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Re: Seen on the Weekend Thread
« Reply #696 on: November 05, 2018, 02:32:44 pm »
Quote from: quadzilla on November 05, 2018, 01:03:49 pm
Quote from: random006 on November 05, 2018, 12:36:53 pm
Quote from: quadzilla on October 31, 2018, 08:37:19 am
Quote from: mlin32 on October 31, 2018, 08:25:37 am
Too bad you guys don't have it activated over there. Would be a huge safety benefit.

They finally got approved for the USA so hopefully that means Canada will also.

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1119359_us-to-finally-allow-modern-self-dimming-adaptive-headlights

My 2018 Crosstrek has adaptive LED headlights.  I've used them quite a bit and they are effective.  Oncoming cars cause the high beams to turn off in some fashion. 

I don't know if they are of the "matrix" design.  Perhaps a simpler "auto on/off" switch?

I think there is a difference between auto hi/low beams and adaptive matrix. The later can adjust the amount of light from each side (driver/passenger) to give the maximum light without blinding other drivers.

At least that is my interpretation of it.
Correct: Explanation vidéo here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYSix5r38qY
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Re: Seen on the Weekend Thread
« Reply #697 on: November 05, 2018, 02:37:29 pm »
^Nice!
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Re: Seen on the Weekend Thread
« Reply #698 on: November 05, 2018, 04:27:04 pm »
Nice indeed!  A matrix of 25 individual LEDs, 5 per cluster, each of them dimmable.  Wow.

I am impressed.
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Re: Seen on the Weekend Thread
« Reply #699 on: November 25, 2018, 05:05:26 am »
Don't know how it ends but there is no valet for parking there for sure...  :think:
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