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[YZ250]

Mine's on all the time but dims when you light up. Almost every car I've had does this.

Just been out to double check our vehicles. If you start the car up in the dark with no lights on the dash lights are definitely not on.   
That's on a 52 plate, a 60 plate, a 15 plate and a 65 plate so not age related. 

[05omegav6]

Think the E Class did, but the Insigniums didn't 

[STEMO]

Mine's on all the time but dims when you light up. Almost every car I've had does this.

Just been out to double check our vehicles. If you start the car up in the dark with no lights on the dash lights are definitely not on.   
That's on a 52 plate, a 60 plate, a 15 plate and a 65 plate so not age related. 

Ermmm....right...my speedo, Rev counter, info centre and other bits are permanently lit and dim when lights switched on. Radio buttons, door switches, etc., come on with lights.

[aaronjb]

Unintended consequences... suspect the drls/front sidelights provide the feed for the dash illumination, all fed from the ignition feed before the light switch...

Drls etc are bright enough to make you think you have lights on, but in built up areas, it's easy to not realise, especially if your dash is illuminated... the second the street lighting stops, it should be plainly obvious to all but the most retarded

Not certain about this (or maybe it varies between manufacturers  ) but the Gay Time Running lights seem to be brighter (and more dazzling) when the headlights/tail-lights are off 

To look at, maybe... but like chavvy 8000k hids, looking bright and being bright are two very different things...

VW group crap does dim the drls when you indicated, which proves just how pointless they are

I thought as part of the regs the DRLs had to dim when the main lights came on.. Could be wrong though.

As for dash lights.. The BMW only turns them on when the headlights are on, the truck has the dash illuminated all the time but as there's a tell-tale for the headlights and I'm not a complete idiot I'm able to ascertain whether or not the lights are on quite easily

Unlike a lot of other people I see on the roads.. There also seems to be an epidemic of main-beam-dazzlers this year.

[STEMO]

Doesn't really matter if DRL's are pointless, they come with the car.

[TheBoy]

Do wonder is it a good idea to have super bright LED DLR's + dash all lit up and no auto lights?

Cars should not illuminate dash as default, I think that's the cause of a lot of no lighters.

Well that and stupidity.

But itz well wkd, innit?

[RobG]

The dash is always illuminated for a good reason - so you can see the dials even when you've forgotten to turn your lights on. Simple...

No logic there. If driver looks at the "dials" when turning ignition on and sees they are not illuminated, it`s an automatic response (in the majority of cases) to check that car lights are on

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

The dash is always illuminated for a good reason - so you can see the dials even when you've forgotten to turn your lights on. Simple...

No logic there. If driver looks at the "dials" when turning ignition on and sees they are not illuminated, it`s an automatic response (in the majority of cases) to check that car lights are on

I assure you, I was joking. It's a cause of much frustration to me too...

[RobG]

The dash is always illuminated for a good reason - so you can see the dials even when you've forgotten to turn your lights on. Simple...

No logic there. If driver looks at the "dials" when turning ignition on and sees they are not illuminated, it`s an automatic response (in the majority of cases) to check that car lights are on

I assure you, I was joking. It's a cause of much frustration to me too...

Should have added some of these 

[tunnie]

Same bit of road,  TfL van with no lights today. He was reminded too   

I cut him some slack as it was clearly a brand spankers work van.