duality wrote:How many people take their minis offroad in the nighttime and have a use for that many lights?
Driving lights applications are not limited to off road use. While I would agree that for the most part they are for show now, the classics really needed the extra wattage with the yellow sealed beams that they came with back in the day.
Today on back roads, non lit secondary roads, and away from heavy traffic it is still a good idea to have the driving lamps. One should properly aim them for the intended use, maybe towards the right edge of the road to help identify roadside wild life before you get close enough for them to jump out in front of you and put a dent in your paintwork. Maybe a little higher than standard high beams can reach, then depending on weather and conditions you have the extended lights, your normal and high beams, and then the fog/foul weather lights. I prefer different switches for the extra driving lamps, and no I don't have any on my MINI, only on the classic.
I would also tell people what I heard a racing mechanic tell a customer who wanted to add more lights, you can only drive as fast as you can see no matter how much light you have.