Miata Mailing List: March 1997, Message #149
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Subject: Re: barn doors open for parking lights?

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I meant all MX5's in the UK.  I have no knowledge of the rest of Europe but

you are right it really is or was a dumb law.  I don't know if the law

changed or what but new cars don't have to have the barn doors up have the

parking lights on.





Tony





> >Prior to Mid 1996 all MX5's had to have the barn doors up if they wanted

> >any sort of lights on at all.  (Some law the politicians thought of).   

>  This

> >has always been a real pain and various people have come up with ways of

> >running with just the small lights on and the barn doors firmly shut.   

>  It

> >involves removing one of the relay's something I never got round to on  



> my

> >94 1.8iS.

> 

> >Tony & Christine.

> >North West Organisers for UK. MX5 Owners Club.

> 

> Tony,

> 

> Can you clarify your statement "ALL MX5's" ?

> Do you mean all UK, or all European?

> 

> MX-5's in New Zealand and Australia could always put on the small

> lights without raising the big ones. Japanese ones are the same, but

> they're Eunos Roadsters, not MX-5's.

> 

> Man....what a dumb law that one is....  glad its not here...

> 

> Fletch.

> 

> Red '90