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JayG wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 7:29 am Found something I don't like about LED headlights.......

I was driving home last night in our X3 and it was very cold and light snow. Normally the headlight are great and the high beams through far. I noticed that everything seemed diffused. I pulled into a gas station and the headlights were iced over. Scrapped off the ice and within 5 minutes they were iced over again.

I guess that they don't generate much heat

I am surprised the Beemer doesn't have headlight lens deicers

32wildbilly wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 7:36 am I am surprised the Beemer doesn't have headlight lens deicers

...also known as "halogen bulbs."

JayG wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 7:29 am I was driving home last night in our X3

There were a lot of things about my X5 I didn't love - it was definitely not the most capable off-road SUV...the diesel version I bought weighed nearly 3 tons, so gravity was a profound issue. But the interior was really nice, and the audio system was the best stock stereo of anything I've ever owned. And it was so quiet! The Grand Cherokee with Wildpeak AT/2's is LOUD.

JayG wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 7:29 am Found something I don't like about LED headlights.......

I was driving home last night in our X3 and it was very cold and light snow. Normally the headlight are great and the high beams through far. I noticed that everything seemed diffused. I pulled into a gas station and the headlights were iced over. Scrapped off the ice and within 5 minutes they were iced over again.

I guess that they don't generate much heat

You might try treating the headlights with a professional-grade ceramic coating designed for windshields (if the lenses are glass) or paint (if the lenses are plastic). The idea is to made the surface too slick for any ice/snow to stick to it.

Digging deeper into the world of Fiat-Chrysler (eew). I picked up a salvage rear view mirror on eBay from a better-than-mine spec Grand Cherokee...and I happen to have an OBDLink EX cable and AlfaOBD running in a Windows 10 VM on my garage Macbook Pro.

Once I get the mirror (and a dongle from Amazon to bypass the Fiat Chrysler security gateway module), I can use AlfaOBD to tell the BCM that the Jeep has auto-dimming high beams.

5chn3ll wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 11:56 am Digging deeper into the world of Fiat-Chrysler (eew). I picked up a salvage rear view mirror on eBay from a better-than-mine spec Grand Cherokee...and I happen to have an OBDLink EX cable and AlfaOBD running in a Windows 10 VM on my garage Macbook Pro.

Once I get the mirror (and a dongle from Amazon to bypass the Fiat Chrysler security gateway module), I can use AlfaOBD to tell the BCM that the Jeep has auto-dimming high beams.

Isn't all the above from an old Beatles song...

Ob-la-di, ob-la-da
Life goes on, brah
La-la, how their life goes on
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da
Life goes on, brah
La-la, how their life goes on

...and BTW this is posted in the wrong thread!

Me the previous three days: Me today at +7f:

Just happy the second image isn't named "bananahammock.jpg"

It's actually 33 degrees right now, and, not joking, I have the fan on in my office.

OK, staring directly down the barrel of my 60th birthday (the 29th), so I just booked a long weekend in Sonoma Valley for the BoF and myself. We are staying at the Fairmount Mission Inn Sonoma in Boyes Hot Springs. But, other than hitting the spa for half a day, I have no other plans. So, any suggestions for winter activities in Sonoma? Obviously, hitting 3 or 4 wineries is on the list, but which ones are best?
Any other recommendations?
Restaurants?
Shops?
Driving over to the coast?
We are flying into and out of Oakland, but I'm not planning to spend any time there. I haven't been to San Fran in probably 20+ years - anything there to see, especially on a Sunday early afternoon?

Hello all,
Long time since I've been around here. Hope everyone is doing well and Happy New Year.