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Old 07-10-2008, 09:00 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by TD View Post
I just bought a new car that doesn't have them. The Audi just has halogens. And I don't miss the xenons one bit.We were on Georgetown Pike (outside the Beltway) the other night in the Audi and I never felt the lighting was at all inadequate.I cannot see myself ever specifically paying extra for xenons. They were standard on the 330 so I have them. But I've always felt they were overrated.
Having replaced the Xenon lamp in our Audi (twice!), I can say this: be glad you don't have them. The unit was, IIRC, $780, as opposed to about $250 for the halogen (which is what my insurance company first wrote it up as).
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