Originally posted by wa2tuff: Is that a small bulb down on the one side? What's it for?
It's a city light. From what I read about the base I'm going to in Germany, you have to turn these on when you park in certain areas b/c there are no street lights.
They said to not park an American spec car in those areas b/c you'd have to leave your parking lights on all night.
I think they're just little LEDs, but could be a bulb like the ones in the 3rd brake light and door handles.
That brings back some memories. I was stationed in Germany while in the Army. I bought an Opel GT (looked like a mini Vette) while I was over there. One of the features was in the turn signal stalk. With the ignition off, you could put the stalk in left or right "turn mode" and the front and rear signal lamps would stay on. They would act as markers for the car in darker areas. Mine were fairly bright so they really got the attention of passing drivers. The car also had a rear fog lamp that was much brighter than the tail lights for driving in foggy areas. Couple of good ideas we could use on our cars here.
