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Also the car has the option to change to kilometres on the digital readout, along with the headlights already adjusted the car is made for UK and continent. HEADLAMPS - DRIVING ABROAD
The headlamp beam pattern is suitable for driving on either side of the road. That's from page 40 of the driver handbook.
Regards

The UK lights are good for temporary driving abroad, but as a dealer sale vehicle abroad you'd change the beam pattern properly.

(15-07-2013 07:16am)Barton Evoque Wrote:  I think some adjustment must be needed mine definally point to the left of the road.

I think it depends on which lights you have as the beam pattern seems to differ on Halogens to that on Xenon equipped cars, but the manual does state that the beam pattern is suitable for use on both sides of the road. There is definitely more of a 'stepped' cut off on Halogen lights, (biased to the left on RHD cars or the right on LHD cars) to that on the Xenon lights. I will try and illustrate this for you.

Look at the angle of the vertical step up to the right on the Halogen beam of this LHD car. I would say the step up is around 50-60 degrees from horizontal.



Here again with the angle of the 'step up' illustrated. .



Apologies for this pic not being taken in the dark, but you can see on the beam pattern of my adaptive Xenons (RHD) that the angle of the step up (to the left) is much less steep. I measured it as being around 10 degrees. The beam itself looks much flatter than that of the Halogen lights.



Here again showing the much shallower angle of the step up.



I don't know for sure what the beam pattern is like on normal Xenon lights though, I'm afraid. However there's a thread where Tim says he was driving in the UK with one of our continental members driving his LHD, Xenon equipped Evoque following Tim in the dark. Tim said that the lights were fine to be followed by, so the same would apply if the LHD car was oncoming on the opposite side of the road. It doesn't sound like it would dazzle either oncoming traffic or drivers in front. Same principle applies to RHD cars travelling in continental Europe, etc. Paula xx

Thanks Paula, sounds like I'm going to be ok with my standard xenons then, that's one less thing to sort, just need my breath kit then.

When I went to Belgium it took me through France with no problem (quite easy, 1 straight road!!), but decided to send me through the centre of Brussels instead of round it

(16-07-2013 11:23pm)Wak Wrote:  Thanks Paula, sounds like I'm going to be ok with my standard xenons then, that's one less thing to sort, just need my breath kit then.

No probs, Wak. You'll be just fine with your Xenons for sure, ..have fun! xx

(17-07-2013 07:25am)KaDargo Wrote:  When I went to Belgium it took me through France with no problem (quite easy, 1 straight road!!), but decided to send me through the centre of Brussels instead of round it

living in belgium, i can assure you that it is sometimes better to drive trough brussels than around it!
we had the same experience in paris and lyon in france.
When the outside ring around is full and packed with lorrys, then drive trough instead of around