Actual delay official and order of deliveries confirmed?

[J Alynn]

As a side note, while I am generally still wanting manual control of my headlamps (even though I do use auto more now than I did in the past).

I have found that I like the auto-highbeams feature on my Hyundais. I live away from town a bit, and the roads up here have no street lights. So high beams are used a lot. But there is still a fair bit of traffic, and the auto-high beams actually do a really good job of automatically going to low beams when a vehicle crests a hill/comes around a corner in front of me, faster than I could do it myself sometimes.

And importantly, its been reliable enough that I trust it, and also ... its possible to force it to highbeams on all the time.

I’ve gotten to where I leave mine on all the time. Like you, mine are generally faster in 95% of situations I just go with the autos.

 

[Scout_Lookout]

I think the best solution for all is adaptive headlights with a control switch. I don't even want a vehicle without anymore, as of today I can confidently say this as my Rivian is having some body work done after a minor collision and I'm driving a 2025 Genesis GV70. For those who don't know the Genesis is the luxury brand of Hyundai and has all the bell's and whistles, and this car is certainly loaded out.

However, I quickly noticed driving this morning how much better adaptive headlights are over auto hi-beams. While the auto hi-beams work great at not blinding oncoming drivers, you lose a lot of visibility on dark roads during the time it takes for the hi-beams to come back on. Now the adaptive lights have a much better light coverage constantly, and just blot out the oncoming cars while keeping full beams on everything else, providing incredibly visibility even on the darkest of roads. This is definitely a buying decision for me from here on out.

 

[04Ram2500Hemi]

I wish my auto highbeams worked as well as yours - I have to disable it because I feel like it waits too long to switch to low with either on-coming or out-going traffic... :-(
Consequently - always disabled...

That’s how my auto high beams are. I just do it manually.

How many of us remember the high beam switch on the floor? That was always a trick if you had a manual transmission.

 

[bwdavis7]

That’s how my auto high beams are. I just do it manually.

How many of us remember the high beam switch on the floor? That was always a trick if you had a manual transmission.

Us old timers definitely remember the switch on the floor. Of course, my manual 4-speed 79 Scout has it. Driving at night, it keeps your feet busy. I think I actually preferred it on the floor.

 

[speedrye]

That’s how my auto high beams are. I just do it manually.

How many of us remember the high beam switch on the floor? That was always a trick if you had a manual transmission.

Amen. Old F-100 with the three on the tree had the switch on the floor, but thankfully it had a T-handle parking brake. I can't remember what vehicle it was that I drove that had the usual three pedals, as well as a parking brake pedal to the left of the clutch AND the high beam switch on the floor. THAT was a challenge. Now for a basic automatic transmission, I loved the high beam switch on the floor and would take that option again in a heartbeat.

 

[RodorW]

I think the best solution for all is adaptive headlights with a control switch. I don't even want a vehicle without anymore, as of today I can confidently say this as my Rivian is having some body work done after a minor collision and I'm driving a 2025 Genesis GV70. For those who don't know the Genesis is the luxury brand of Hyundai and has all the bell's and whistles, and this car is certainly loaded out.

However, I quickly noticed driving this morning how much better adaptive headlights are over auto hi-beams. While the auto hi-beams work great at not blinding oncoming drivers, you lose a lot of visibility on dark roads during the time it takes for the hi-beams to come back on. Now the adaptive lights have a much better light coverage constantly, and just blot out the oncoming cars while keeping full beams on everything else, providing incredibly visibility even on the darkest of roads. This is definitely a buying decision for me from here on out.

Is that the “matrix” headlamps? I’ve seen it action in an out of spec video and it looks awesome, but haven’t experienced them myself, as Amazons Rivian fleet had normal auto high beams

 

[Scout_Lookout]

Is that the “matrix” headlamps? I’ve seen it action in an out of spec video and it looks awesome, but haven’t experienced them myself, as Amazons Rivian fleet had normal auto high beams

Yes Matrix headlamps. There is a good bit of videos out now showing how good they work, and as far as I'm concerned they're worth every penny.

 

[RodorW]

Yes Matrix headlamps. There is a good bit of videos out now showing how good they work, and as far as I'm concerned they're worth every penny.

From what I’ve seen I can agree, I think it was the video where they took the LFP R1S to carmax to sell and the lights were cutting around there other car on the road ahead while not shining directly on it, I thought something looked on and then they turned and the lights shifted with the car head. Really cool to see, would love some real world experience with them

 

[Scout_Lookout]

From what I’ve seen I can agree, I think it was the video where they took the LFP R1S to carmax to sell and the lights were cutting around there other car on the road ahead while not shining directly on it, I thought something looked on and then they turned and the lights shifted with the car head. Really cool to see, would love some real world experience with them

That was a great video indeed, I remember seeing it too, and thinking how well it represented the functionality of the lights. But you should totally experience them firsthand you will quickly fall in love with them I'm sure.

The one drawback (minor I would add) would be the lights will also dim for bright lights on the side of the road, such as exterior house/perimeter lighting, but again this is minor and seldom occurance.

 

[6-ScoutFamily]

Us old timers definitely remember the switch on the floor. Of course, my manual 4-speed 79 Scout has it. Driving at night, it keeps your feet busy. I think I actually preferred it on the floor.

And some of us old timers learned how to shift without the clutch.

 

[bwdavis7]

And some of us old timers learned how to shift without the clutch.

I had forgotten about that. You could put slight pressure on the gearshift and "feel" when the gears "synced up".

 

[J Alynn]

That’s how my auto high beams are. I just do it manually.

How many of us remember the high beam switch on the floor? That was always a trick if you had a manual transmission.

Remember it but had autos so the footwork was a bit easier.

 

[J Alynn]

Amen. Old F-100 with the three on the tree had the switch on the floor, but thankfully it had a T-handle parking brake. I can't remember what vehicle it was that I drove that had the usual three pedals, as well as a parking brake pedal to the left of the clutch AND the high beam switch on the floor. THAT was a challenge. Now for a basic automatic transmission, I loved the high beam switch on the floor and would take that option again in a heartbeat.

I think early on we asked about it but guessing with auto high beams pretty much standard they don’t see the need to add the-but it would be fun to have again

 

[speedrye]

And some of us old timers learned how to shift without the clutch.

Crap, I guess that makes me old. Here I was thinking it was just because we were poor and couldn't afford a new clutch. Ironically, that translated into me rev-matching upshifts and downshifts before it was popular. Still do it to this day in all of my vehicles.

 

[Logan]

And some of us old timers learned how to shift without the clutch.

Definitely not something I did on the regular. But was a useful trick to know when offroading, and riding dirt bikes.

Once the clutch linkage for my buddies CJ5 broke while we were wheeling, so shifting without the clutch became the only option for a bit.

Also one time dirt biking, had a crash, and the clutch lever broke. So it was good to be able to shift/make it back home.