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Headlights - Active high beam vs Adaptive Shadow TechnologyViews : 31843 Replies : 133Users Viewing This Thread : |
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#41 |
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I've had an XC90 for 9 months and use AST whenever it's dark. I haven't been flashed once and I'm always amazed at how well the system works; far better than I would've expected.
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I love how it works, but I need to test it out more before I get a good opinion on it. Certainly seems to suit the country roads more than anything else.
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If I am not mistaken, I seem to recall a setting under the lights menu which enables you to set a faster reaction time to the 'dipping' of the main beam.
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#44 |
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Also, the camera (at top of windscreen) which feeds the AST system is higher up.
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only driven once at night since having it and I must say.... amazing! Being able to actually see at night LOL.. Novelty
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#46 |
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Excellent lights, have had the odd flash from oncoming traffic, but not enough to be concerned.
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Not driven on a country A/B road yet to judge it, but i put the main beam on in our street (i.e., streetlights), and all the street signage for about 200m lit up in bright white like nothing else!! I suspect these lights are going to be mighty impressive on the A-roads....
Got in our old XC90 to move it tonight, and everything seemed so.......yellow? ![]() |
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#48 |
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I think the AST is brilliant (groan
![]() But, I do wonder about the brightness of the lights in general and peoples reaction to LEDs. When I took the demo S90 out for an overnight test drive back in early Dec I did about 100 miles and was flashed 5-or-6 times. I doubt I was flashed as many times in the whole 5 years I had my previous car (Bi-Xenons) as on that one night with the S90. Maybe the settings were on slow, the LHD mode activated, or the lights out of line, but 2-3 of the flashes I got were in lit areas when the main beam was not even on. One car flashed me once, twice, and then put their main beam permanent on. I flashed them, and they reverted to dipped. Since I got my own S90 I have been flashed a few times, including once/twice when only on dipped beam. I think people are still becoming accustomed to full LED systems, see the clear, bright white and think you have main beam on.
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Fine if you're driving a car with bright white lights, but if you're in a car with yellow candles for lights, you're at a distinct disadvantage. |
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Related question - if you have these switched on, how do you flash other cars, EG to let someone know you're letting them pull out or whatever?
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