Miata Mailing List: April 1996, Message #59
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   From: Sean Archer 
Subject: Re: parking light question>>>Canadians?
   Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 17:38:07 -0500

At 09:22 AM 3/30/96 -0500, Dirk wrote:
>When I was in Europe I noticed that all cars have the ability to leave one
>side of their parking lights on. They do this by having the turn signal arm
>pushed to the side you want lit and having the light switch turned to
>parking lights only.
>
>It's a nice option to have when parking in the narrow, unlit streets at
>night.  This ensures everyone sees where your car is while they are
>barrelling down the alley.
>
>It's just a small, low wattage lamp that doesn't do anything to battery
>juice.  Has anyone ever seen a car come equipped with something similar in
>the States?  How about Canada?
>****************************************

I saw some cars like this when I was in the UK in '94, but no such thing
here in Canada.  I don't suppose there is really a need for a "parked" light
since our roads are much wider, plus park lights will drain your battery if
left on for an extended period of time - been there, done that ...

We do have daytime running lights which are unique to Canada though.
They're the bright orange signal light idicators on the front, and you can
see a Canuck Miata coming for miles!  Too bad you can't see an April fools
joke comin ...


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