bulb life

[winterset]

I was reading Bruce's post, and I just wanted to get this out. My car is 11.5 years old. I never changed any bulbs in the front (headlights, markers, directional bulbs etc). has anyone else had this luck. I pretty much only owned 1 car previous to this (a Delta 88), and I was changing headlights, almost as much as I was changing mufflers & tailpipes. I have never changed either on this car, & I'm so happy. However, that little bulb in the back brake light burned out about 3 times. I hate when I see that burned out on caddys. - everyone please check yours!!! - it throws off the symmetry at night.

[Cadillac Jim]

I've had side marker bulbs go but never headlinght, taillight, turn signal, parking light, or stop light bulbs. I do have a running light out now that I need to get to, but I rarely use those except in fog. The car has 130K+ miles. I changed the headlight bulbs to Sylvanial Silver Star at 100,000 miles. The high beams, which are used at 3/4 power for the daytime running lights, showed some signs of age, in that there was some blackening of the bulb near the filaments.

[JohnnyG]

I, like Jims_97, changed my headlights to Sylvania Silverstar bulbs a few years back. At the time there was a question about how long they would last, some speculating that they'd be good for a year or two at best. Mine are still fine, and I like them a lot.

Oddly enough, I just noticed an advertisement for them on this website. Go ahead and check them out, particularly if you feel that your headlights are getting a little "tired".

[thu]

I never changed the headlamps or front indicator lamps on my 1993 Deville. It was 13 years old. I replaced a tail-lamp, the left rear side-marker lamp, and maybe the glove compartment lamp. That was it. I never replaced any other lamp on the car.