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Re: Touring Package & Bi-Xenon Lights
Posted by Unknown Sender (more from Unknown Sender) on Wed, 5 Feb 2003 21:31:17
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00 

I got two other responses to the bi-xenon light query.  See below.

Meanwhile, in browsing this month's R&T, I noticed the lights listed 
in option packages for the Mini Cooper and Mercedes E500.  The 
packages were about the same price as the Saab touring package, but 
gave you considerably more.

Since Laura was interested in the premium package, we'll probably go 
ahead and get the touring package too (it might have been too much 
money to buy the premium package just so we could pay 1200 more for 
the lights [and parking assist]).  Now, we have to find the wagon 
that has those packages and not the automatic tranny (there's only 
one Linear wagon with MT between New York and Washington...).

>The lights are exceptional. I mean, absolutely unbelievable if you 
>haven't used Xenon headlights before. Extremely clear and white at 
>night, and the integral high-beam feature is astounding. The only 
>problem is driving other cars at night without them. Highly 
>recommended and well worth the price, considering just a few years 
>ago, they were low beam only units at several times what they're 
>going for now.

>The Bi-xenon lights are much better than standard, and it's not just 
>lights, but a self leveling mechanism which accounts for heavy 
>loads.  They are very bright, and the low beams cut off at the top 
>like a flat shelf.  They are covered under warranty, and the 
>cassettes (equivalent of bulbs) are being used by increasing #'s of 
>mfg's.  These are the blue-ish lights you see on the Mercedes, etc.
>The parking assist generally works well, especially if you have a 
>wagon, which has a high cut-off for rear vision.  It apparently can 
>be fooled, and is sensitive to road grime.
>I have the Aero wagon with both of these, and love it.  I consented 
>to one with the touring package after a dealer's parts guy 1000's of 
>miles away said the lights were a huge improvement.

and Tom and Ray Magliozzi don't think it's fair that some people have 
those lights and others don't, so they must be good.

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