Okay, I thought the normal beams were dim. The lead guy at the oil-change place laughed when he checked them. His trainee looked puzzled and said, "What?"
"That lady's headlights are out."
I've been driving with only the running lights working (unless I had the high beams on), which explains why they were so pitiful. Oh, they're kind of white, and they do light the road some, which works okay if there are streetlights -- but it means oncoming headlights are dazzling in comparison. And they live in the same twin-bulb fixture as the actual headlights, so if you look at them during the day, they do light up, they just look like lousy lights.
They're okay now. The drive home tonight was a lot better than any since it started getting dark early.
Changing the bulbs was as dusty-dirty as I expected, and they had three men on the job. It would have taken me four times as long, if not longer, so I'm resigned to the additional cost. And I got the oil changed at the same time, so it counts as a win.
Bonus, sort of: they slapped a battery analyzer on it, just in case, and my battery could be happier than it is. They don't sell 'em but they suggested I might want to shop around before too long.
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1 year ago
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