Car & Bike Ok to start car with headlights on?

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Ok...I've started driving some time back and the problem is such that sometimes while I am driving on changing from 1st to 2nd gear the car might switch off as I leave the clutch too fast. Normally, I get it up again quite easily.

But at night I have head lights on medium and I have heard stories of engines blowing up since starting a car with headlights on medium apparently causes some type of fuse.

Is this true ? Maybe in the olden days yes but hasn't technology progressed far enough to avoid this ?

My car is a 2009 model Spark.

~H2O
 
lolz.. never heard of this.. i mean engines blowing off due to lights.. :S

btw.. after seeing the thread title, I thought u r attempting some kinda stunt and challenging someone :P
 
LOL engines don't blow up because of lights. Also driving inside the city with constant high beam is illegal. You are supposed to drive with low beam.
 
Chaos said:
LOL engines don't blow up because of lights. Also driving inside the city with constant high beam is illegal. You are supposed to drive with low beam.
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Thanks alot I stick to medium beam.
 
the only thing i can think of is the light bulbs blowing up due to sudden start (maybe voltage would not be under control etc)... :ashamed:
 
If you are power-shifting with quick clutch releases, you need to blip the throttle as well, so that the revs stay high. Stalling is caused by engine revs being too low, and with moped engine in the Spark it needs to be revved to have fun.

That said, it's a really nice little car. I owned a Matiz for 8 years - that had an even tinier engine (I think it was used for a domestic genset as well :p) and it was still pretty fun to drive.

What will happen if you start the engine with the lights on is that the battery might be overloaded momentarily. In extreme cases this could mean a blown fuse, and sometimes the engine will simply not start as there isn't enough juice left over for the starter motor.
 
in 2 years of driving a spark around , it stalled on me once , that was due to the a/c being on and i slowed and tried picking it up in 2nd gear :P..... other than that its a pretty nifty city car
 
well slightly off topic.

i have seen people who want to put their car in reverse,first put to first gear and move forward for one or 4 inches fand then put to reverse.why on earth do they do that.
 
adder said:
well slightly off topic.

i have seen people who want to put their car in reverse,first put to first gear and move forward for one or 4 inches fand then put to reverse.why on earth do they do that.
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Swift owners perhaps? That's because Swift (atleast) has a problem when you try to put the reverse gear "cold". Putting it into first gear, moving a bit and then putting it into reverse helps. :ohyeah:

I don't know if it's a side-effect of modern cars/ engine, but I would call this a bug.

PS - I drive a Swift.
 
adder said:
well slightly off topic.

i have seen people who want to put their car in reverse,first put to first gear and move forward for one or 4 inches fand then put to reverse.why on earth do they do that.
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Some of them who must've parked their cars in the garages does that as well. Most of them do that since taking a step backward initially is considered to be a bad omen :P so they employ the first gear, take the car a bit forward and then puts the reverse gear.

Not sure technically if this has got to do anything.
 
Desecrator said:
Some of them who must've parked their cars in the garages does that as well. Most of them do that since taking a step backward initially is considered to be a bad omen :P so they employ the first gear, take the car a bit forward and then puts the reverse gear.

Not sure technically if this has got to do anything.
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Nicely put Gannu!

+LT
 
kunaldua said:
Swift owners perhaps? That's because Swift (atleast) has a problem when you try to put the reverse gear "cold". Putting it into first gear, moving a bit and then putting it into reverse helps. :ohyeah:

I don't know if it's a side-effect of modern cars/ engine, but I would call this a bug.

PS - I drive a Swift.
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I have done this many times in Zen and even in Alto.
Reason being, It doesn't slot correctly into reverse gear directly most of the times.

Also I have been starting with headlight on from the past 2 years tht too in Zen I had a 100/130 and now in Alto I have a 100/90 bulbs. No problem whatsoever.
 
cranky said:
If you are power-shifting with quick clutch releases, you need to blip the throttle as well, so that the revs stay high.
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I blip the throttle even when driving leisurely as it seems to make the shifts smoother. When driving quick, heel and toe is very necessary.
 
From what I know, it may lead to a blown fuse, at most. So you would have to change the fuse before headlights come on again. Same applied for the stereo system. Or maybe its just an urban legend...not sure. But blown engine....seriously?
 
adder said:
well slightly off topic.

i have seen people who want to put their car in reverse,first put to first gear and move forward for one or 4 inches fand then put to reverse.why on earth do they do that.
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OT.

There is an old saying. RATH Hamesha Aage chalta hai. Piche nai.
P.S. I do that on my swift. :bleh:
 
srsriharsha said:
Reason being, It doesn't slot correctly into reverse gear directly most of the times.
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Agree. My Alto frequently gives this problem. When I showed it to the service center guy, he told me to first put it into 1st gear, move forward a little and then change into reverse. He said this is a common problem with Maruti alto, Zen and even WagonR - that the reverse gear does not slot correctly.
 
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