I recently got a 2013 Honda Civic. Everything is stock. I finally sat down and programmed everything the way I wanted. There is an auto option on the headlights so they automatically turn on when dark, off when daylight, and stay on when I shut off my car/unlock it for 60 seconds (I changed it to 30 or 15, can't remember). I programmed the fog lights to be on automatically too.
Question 1: Does driving with fog lights harm battery/mpg significantly enough to not run them? I find with them on I get a lot less people high beaming me thinking I have my brights on. Coming from the Midwest (Iowa) - we did this a lot over there for that very reason.
Question 2: After I get out of the car, the fog lights, interior lights, and headlights are all on for 15-30 seconds. I think this is pretty cool as my 2004 Sunfire had no such technology, but, is this going to kill my battery over the life of the car? I do a lot of 2.9 mile trips to/from work (8-10 mins).
The battery in the Civic seems a *lot* smaller than the one I had in my Sunfire.
Thanks,
-Paul
Question 1: Does driving with fog lights harm battery/mpg significantly enough to not run them? I find with them on I get a lot less people high beaming me thinking I have my brights on. Coming from the Midwest (Iowa) - we did this a lot over there for that very reason.
Question 2: After I get out of the car, the fog lights, interior lights, and headlights are all on for 15-30 seconds. I think this is pretty cool as my 2004 Sunfire had no such technology, but, is this going to kill my battery over the life of the car? I do a lot of 2.9 mile trips to/from work (8-10 mins).
The battery in the Civic seems a *lot* smaller than the one I had in my Sunfire.
Thanks,
-Paul