Auto lights with rain detection wipers why not?

Because there's a switch that you can turn yourself if you feel safer or happier with your lights on.

Personally I prefer having the ability to turn my lights on when I feel I need to rather than letting the car do it. I've had auto headlights before and there are times when they don't come on when they actually should - such as in bright fog. By getting used to letting the car do it all the time, you might forget to switch them on manually at times when they are needed.

Some automatic things are great and helpful - such as automatic transmissions, others are a good idea in theory, but often don't work correctly in practice such as auto wipers. And the car that had those was a Merc S class, before you ask

 

Makes sense since a number of states require headlight use when using windshield wipers.

 

I guess the answer is the engineers were busy making the rest of the car so nice they left that off for the next model change.

 

Does the dash display on the gen3 dim when you put the lights on and if so can it be overridden. This is one of the really annoying features in the gen2 UK version that means if it is raining and bright, the speedo is impossible to see with the lights on (required in the UK).

 

The UK /Europe version does not have a dimmer switch. The MFD can be set bright but then has to be reset to dim at night, but this does not affect the speedo.

 

No law against dimmer switches, other vehicles have dimmer switches but not the gen2 in any trim level. I have the Tspirit version that is the highest trim level. We also did not get heated door mirrors a joke in our climate. But back to the topic is does the gen 3 in UK still have the same problem(s).

 

Thanks for your input I guess we will never work out Toyota's thinking.

 

But don't we get a manual headlight level adjuster instead? The US headlights are fixed (other than if you tinker with the actual headlight beam settings), whereas we have the manual hight adjustment. Good if you have loads of weight in the back etc.

 

In UK/EU HID headlamps are required to be self leveling and must also be fitted with a washing mechanism.

 

But on the 'normal' headlights we get the manual adjustment dial which I understand is lacking on the US versions with non HID or LED headlights.

 

Yes your quite correct Grumpy.

 

We're not smart enough to be adjusting our own headlamps!
In Canada both HID and LED headlamps must have autoleveling.
We never got the HIDs. This year it's LED or halogen. Probably a good thing after reading of all the problems the US car owners had with the HIDs.