One eye rear fog light

Is it true that only the driver side rear fog light works on US models? This is what the service dept told me. The euro models get two fog lights.

It's true.

yeah pull the fog light out twice

Spr...One foglight...driver's side rear, no matter how many times you pull the foglight out

I thought the european ones were also a single light.

no, I know, I just meant that's how to enable it

So is there anyway to activate the passenger side fog light? I have people telling me all the time that one if my rear lights is out! Same goes for my Mercedes!

European models have only one rear fog light also, like many other cars here in Europe.

I thought I remembered hearing the one light signified that it was "ok" for people to pass you at high speed, say on the autobahn. a "hey, i'm staying put so you can fly by" beacon of sorts. The drivers side designation would show you can pass on the left? Obviously not all that useful in the states - any European guys know if there's any truth to that?

my car euro spec. 2002 only 1 fog , driver side

The one light, on the drivers side, shows it is safe to pass on the drivers side. If there were two, you would have a harder time distinguishing them from brake lights, and if the driver's side burnt out, you wouldn't see where to pass.

The one fog light has no relation to signaling to pass in autobahn, in fact cars with both fog lights here do not allow you to turn only one on. The fact that it europe usually there is only one rear fog light on the left side is because here you can only overtake from the left so only the left one is needed technically. Over here if you want to signal the car behind you to overtake you such as a slow truck, you turn on your right turn signals and keep moving. And if you are the one on the left lane overtaking at high speeds such as autobahn you leave you left turn signal on while on the left lane telling other drivers to clear the left lane.

There was a kit for the 993 that allowed for the operation of a passenger side rear fog light. I remember it because there was a discussion on people confusing it with brake lights. I had a kit for mine, but I never installed it. Later sold it on ebay. I don't know if there is a conversion for the 996. You might ask the 993 guys about it.

I have guys coming up to me as well telling me I have one light out - and they are actually proving to me that the fog lamps are doing what they are supposed to be doing. That tells me that they ARE PAYING ATTENTION to you and that's EXACTLY what you want the other drivers on the road to do when it is foggy out guys!

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by Redlinerobert: <strong>... I have people telling me all the time that one if my rear lights is out! Same goes for my Mercedes!</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">All the time?? Is there a lot of fog in your part of CA or are you riding around with your rear fogs on all the time? At night, in no fog, the rear fog light is pretty annoying to others.

Some folks asked me to look at this a few months ago. The socket for the 2nd rear fog light is there in the passenger side rear light housing. What is not present is the wiring from that socket to the switch. You would need to run a wire from that light assembly to the front dash switch (no easy task) or through the engine comparment (not recommended) to the other rear fog light. Again, two fog lights would likely confuse most drivers -- so why do it.

In the US any rear fog light confuses people. So do parking lights. But since they are uncommon, it is very helpful when someone is trying to follow you on busy streets.

Here is what they say about the 1 rear fog light on the UK Boxster board. <a href="http://forum.boxa.net/index.php?act=ST&f=4&t=1075&hl=fog+light&s=" target="_blank">http://forum.boxa.net/index.php?act=ST&f=4&t=1075&hl=fog+light&s=</a> <a href="http://forum.boxa.net/index.php?act=ST&f=13&t=642&hl=fog+light&s=" target="_blank">http://forum.boxa.net/index.php?act=ST&f=13&t=642&hl=fog+light&s=</a>

Do UK Porsches have the right rear fog light instead of the left?

I think so for the 986/996. Might post on the UK board as some have had 996s. One of these days I will check the 986/996 wiring diagrams and see what is involved in running a jumper wire. Not hot on my list as we do not have fog, just smog. Jeff

Refering to what Carlos from Spain said: The last time I was in Germany I was on the Autobahn (riding in a tour bus), and we saw many hot cars (Porsche, Bimmer, Benz) driving ultra fast in the left lane with their left turn signals activated. I asked the tour guide what that was about, and he said that means they want to overtake anyone in the lane in front of them, and all drivers in front were required to pull to the right if it was safe. That is so cool. How nice would it be if you're following some jerk in an Oldsmobile going 60 in the fast lane, and you could just "turn signal" him out of the way. Instead we've got A-Holes who have license plate frames that read "The closer you get, the slower I go". Europeans definitely have the driving thing down alot better than we Yanks. <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" />

Few people realize that "slower traffic keep right" is the law in most states, and is entirely separate and distinct from the speed limit laws. (In other words, it doesn't matter that they are doing the speed limit or over in the left lane, if someone is faster, the slower traffic must move right).

Yes, your absolutely right guys if you see someone appproaching from behind and you're in the left lane, its not only the law to leave the left lane free, its the decent civilised courtious and logical thing to do, even if you yourself are overtaking other people, just pop into the right lane and then pop back to the left and resume overtaking again... unfortunately here in Europe its not always like that too and sometimes you have to overtake those idiots from the right WOT even though its ilegal and dangerous <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" />

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by Patrick: <strong>Few people realize that "slower traffic keep right" is the law in most states, ...</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Not in my pathetic state! To make matters worse, it seems customary around here to get out of the right lane as soon as you get on the highway. <img border="0" alt="[grrrrrrr]" title="" src="graemlins/cussing.gif" /> As a result, the right lane is often completely free of any traffic and open for going just about as fast as you want ... completely backwards! <img border="0" alt="[offtopic]" title="" src="graemlins/offtopic.gif" /> Sorry, couldn't resist venting.

Same out here pete01, and once that realization finally sunk in with me my blood pressure dropped enormously and freeway driving became enjoyable again for the first time in years. If you think about it, its a lot more fun (and probably safer as well) for the faster driver to be the one doing the lane changing rather than some idiot who can barly drive the speed limit while going straight in on lane.

dang right Jeff...people on here talk about passing on the right being so dangerous. it's not nearly as dangerous as driving with the flow of traffic (in the left lane of course), with some teenage girl on your butt so close you can't see the bumper of her car...i drive 230+ miles per day to and from work and i've definitely learned the value in aggressive/active safety.

Loren, that's the way the 993 was set up as well, but there was a kit complete with wiring socket, bulb..and even a switch if need be for the right side. If anyone is interested they can do a search on the 993 Forum. One light is enough to allow followers to be more alert when approaching a car in the fog. BTW, Volvo has one, and there may be other non German cars that have one as well. Probably will come to US assembled cars about the time the hydrogen fuel cell hits the street!

Here's the link for the 993 for the 2nd rear fog light. <a href="http://p-car.com/diy/rfl/" target="_blank">http://p-car.com/diy/rfl/</a> You might have to go to <a href="http://www.p-car.com" target="_blank">www.p-car.com</a> and sign the disclimer. I gotta believe that if there was one for the 996 it would be similar to this one.

I did it on my Boxster. I think the wiring color codes are the same on a 996, but we have a rear trunk so we can do it with a 4' piece of wiring that jumps the active 12 volts wire to the inactive wire on the other side. Jeff <a href="http://forum.boxa.net/index.php?act=ST&f=13&t=1801&s=" target="_blank">UK Board</a>