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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Ken T on 07 December 2011, 23:02:25
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On the way home tonight I saw 2 modern cars with blown bulbs. A 10 peugot "box" with 3 sections of his high brake light gone, and a 58 Audi A3 with the O/S tail light section on the boot gone. So their bulbs only last 2 years. I didn't have to change any bulbs on my previous Mig which makes them at least 4 years old.
Ken
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........ I didn't have to change any bulbs on my previous Mig which makes them at least 4 years old.
Ken
I hope you have some spare bulbs Ken. A statement like that is bound to make a couple of yours pop in the next day or so. ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Aw, thanks a bunch :'(
ken
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I`ve noticed quite a few very-young/modern cars with only one eye, lately........clearly, 'quality' corners are being cut! ;)
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Got to agree, tis a long time since I changed a bulb....... :)
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Not had to change one since i had the car last September. I saw a 60 place Renault Megane with a headlight bulb out a few weeks ago. Doesn't make sense unless it was mega high mileage and only used at night ;D
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I can't remember when one of mine last went. Thing is, nobody bothers to change them until they are pulled up at an MOT these days, >:(
If you've got a Renault ,you've got to strip half the car down to change a bulb, of course. Good job they are only made of tupperware. ;D
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Just this week my Daughter had both dipped beams go together on her '53' Peugeot 206. ::) ::) I thought it was something more sinister until I googled it and apparrantly it is quite common for both to go at the same time on some models of Peugeot. :-\ Two new bulbs and it was sorted.
On the plus side, as her full beam is so shite she was able to travel home on full without getting flashed by oncoming drivers. ::)
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;DHOWS THIS FOR RELIABILITY,
Previous mig estate owned for 6 years and 2 months, did many trips to spain, mostly driving at night time as the roads were clearer, I never had to change a bulb!!!
granted i converted to HID when i got the car, but that dont realy count, when sold some 4 months ago
it stil had the bulbs in thst i got it wth!! :y
current mig td has already had to have a brake light bulb though! :'(
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I take it you don't live around Lincoln area, driving with one headlight out seems to be a regional requirement here. I see, probably a minimum of 5-6 cars one the way to work (20 miles) and the same again on the way home, every day.
Either that or driving in the dark on sidelights with front fogs on, that seems to be becoming more and more popular.
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I take it you don't live around Lincoln area, driving with one headlight out seems to be a regional requirement here.
I think it's some sort of secret signal that the driver is up for a bit of cottaging myself, that along with driving with your front fog lights on when it's not even dark let alone foggy. ::)
;)
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.....you've got to strip half the car down to change a bulb
That`s clearly the reason so many recent-model headlamps have failed and not been replaced. :(
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I take it you don't live around Lincoln area, driving with one headlight out seems to be a regional requirement here. I see, probably a minimum of 5-6 cars one the way to work (20 miles) and the same again on the way home, every day.
Either that or driving in the dark on sidelights with front fogs on, that seems to be becoming more and more popular.
and when its foggy, they don't bother with lights at all. :-\ :-\
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Not had to replace any bulbs for failure for probably 10 years.
I have had to change indicator bulbs due to the colour coming off though.
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.....you've got to strip half the car down to change a bulb
That`s clearly the reason so many recent-model headlamps have failed and not been replaced. :(
Moreso that people don't bother checking - and only realise when both of them have gone and they think it's something seriously wrong...
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Not had to replace any bulbs for failure for probably 10 years.
I have had to change indicator bulbs due to the colour coming off though.
I seem to do quite a lot of those as well,bulbs last well enough but the coating is shite :(
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Not had to replace any bulbs for failure for probably 10 years.
I have had to change indicator bulbs due to the colour coming off though.
I seem to do quite a lot of those as well,bulbs last well enough but the coating is shite :(
Get some "silver" ones - the coating doesn't fade, and even my cheapy Ebay ones have lasted well.
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Not had to replace any bulbs for failure for probably 10 years.
I have had to change indicator bulbs due to the colour coming off though.
I seem to do quite a lot of those as well,bulbs last well enough but the coating is shite :(
Same here >:( Only bulb to fail was in the instrument panel :y
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Rover popped a dipped beam a couple of years back, and always pops bulbs in high level brake light.
My Omegas seem to kill numberplate bulbs, and once in a bulb moon one of the others.
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Having had to change all 4 on my brothers focus and a workmates audi TT this week in the dark my hands are shredded to bits, is there any need for the pathetic wire arrangement surrounded by razor sharp edges when spending 35 grand on a car >:(
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changed the bulb in my bedroom yesterday. ::)
shall i go now.
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Tonight,offside dip what a bloodly night for it to go. Anyhow hardly noticed it was out,they are useless anyhow.
Alfie
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changed the bulb in my bedroom yesterday. ::)
shall i go now.
So did I. Spooky. :o
Also changed the outside light. Had only been blown for about 3 years. ::)
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changed the bulb in my bedroom yesterday. ::)
shall i go now.
So did I. Spooky. :o
Also changed the outside light. Had only been blown for about 3 years. ::)
lazy git. :D
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In the 2.2, I've only ever had one front side light bulb blow in in 7 years!
Is amazing all these modern cars just a few years old with blown bulbs :-\
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On the way home tonight I saw 2 modern cars with blown bulbs. A 10 peugot "box" with 3 sections of his high brake light gone, and a 58 Audi A3 with the O/S tail light section on the boot gone. So their bulbs only last 2 years. I didn't have to change any bulbs on my previous Mig which makes them at least 4 years old.
Ken
in nine years i cannot remember ever having to change a bulb. nothing on the front for definite. :y
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Only one on the Omega. The number plate bulb. On MOT day ::) ::)
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as said most cars now need to go into a garage to have a new headlight bulb,
on my old mgzs (rover 45) the battery had to come out to do one side,
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In the 2.2, I've only ever had one front side light bulb blow in in 7 years!
Is amazing all these modern cars just a few years old with blown bulbs :-\
Bet they're Halfrauds bulbs :) :) ;D ;D ;)
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Not had to replace any bulbs for failure for probably 10 years.
I have had to change indicator bulbs due to the colour coming off though.
Same here, apart from rear number plate bulb.
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havnt replaced one in my omega in 4 years
but my mrs corsa b blows bulbs all the time sometimes they last 6 months sometimes a couple of days,sometimes its fronts sometimes its rear can be left or right checked all earths all good and clean
still cant moan only costs pennys to run and mot.