Show us your yellow fogs. Show us your Frenched headlights.
Originally Posted by
BRGcoopahS
Old french cars have yellow headlights... what else would it mean?
no need to call me a dummy after you complimented my car.
Nooooo.... I was saying that even after you posted about a Citreon, I still didn't really get it. I didn't know it was a French car... I was referring to myself as the dummy!! And yes I do love your interior!
Originally Posted by
Hermes
"Frenched" lights come from the aftermath of World War 1. Before the construction of the giant waste of money known as the Maginot Line, the French government in their associated paranoia required all French registered vehicles to be equipped with lights of a yellow hue. In their logic, if the Germans tried to cross the border in their vehicles equipped with white colored lamps it would be easy to tell. It didn't quite work as well as they thought (kinda like the Maginot). The law was not changed until 1993 when France joined the European Union, and since then no production cars are equipped with yellow lamps as a standard item.
You can always count on JP for the history lesson... Your knowledge of vintage BMW (and other cars!) really impresses me... Thanks for the explanation... I now know something new... And knowing is half the battle!
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