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Driving etiquette : Appropriate to drive with your high beams on during bag weather, such as rain on a dark night, sleet, snow etc? Are the rules different for highway versus regular streets? The way I always saw it, it is never acceptable to have your high beams on when other cars in it's path. But during all the inclement weather we've had lately, I'm being blinded by so many people who seem to think it's totally normal to throw them on during any storm.

In MA it's illegal to show someone your highbeams. Maybe this is acceptable practice in other states, so transplants carry on the practice?

Illegal here 200 ft to the car in front and 500 ft to oncoming traffic for high beams.

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Just another example of people being idiots, low beams and fogs during storms, high beams into snow e/t/c reduces visibility. I don't know if its law but its surely annoying as shit

SO many morons put their brights and flashers on as soon as snow flakes fly.

Goddamn irritating

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Vehicle brand public PERCEPTION.

USA TODAY:

Car brands with best, worst image with public

http://usat.ly/1na1RuN

Spoiler alert: Volvo is #8

I honestly think Volvo could do a LOT better than they are doing now. They need to get away from all the creative, Volvo only, electrical nightmares they get involved w/. You'd think engineering at Volvo would figure this out... if you design a car that has some form of a potential electrical nightmare that Volvo's techs can't even figure out, IMO its not a good design regardless of what it does. Just 2 examples are their auto transmissions and that ABS issue that got the Polestar taken back under the lemon law (thread was in the R forum). For this reason I wouldn't go buy a brand new Volvo, I'd lean more towards a Subaru.

I know every manufacturer has their lemons, but Volvo's lemons are too consistent and that would make me nervous about spending the long dollar for a new, luxury version of one of them (like the new V60r for example, awesome looking car, but I'd be afraid to buy a new one).

Volvo could do very well if they played off their safety ratings, and made a more repairable car. Their design is fantastic IMO, they just need to get away from the European weirdness in the electrical systems before I'd ever consider new.

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This might be the most fantastic looking wagon ever made, so sharp looking. But at roughly ~$48k (which actually isn't all that bad) I'd be really nervous about strapping in for the long haul on a new Volvo.

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This might be the most fantastic looking wagon ever made, so sharp looking. But at roughly ~$48k (which actually isn't all that bad) I'd be really nervous about strapping in for the long haul on a new Volvo.

They are gorgeous, we've got a black one here with the beachwood leather, red/brown and black. Such a nice color combo. Has the new 2.0 "T5" too, turbo only, no super.

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