I guess my horn isn't as wimpy as I thought. I just measured it at 110 db with the hood up and the meter as near as I could get it to the horn. Looks like I'll have to get an air horn if I want a big improvement. Not sure if I'm willing to go that far for my little obsession.

The car is an Audi allroad and it has those fancy schmancy headlights that everyone hates. They shouldn't be a problem for oncoming drivers if they are aimed correctly (my car auto levels them). In fact, I think mine would be less distracting because they have a very sharp dropoff while standard halogen lights have a gradual dropoff. I agree with what someone else said that the ones people hate are probably from aftermarket installs (were they on a Honda by chance?)

I'll tell you what, though, from the driver's perspective the HIDs are awesome. I never cared about headlights before and I never thought I had a problem seeing at night. But now that I've experienced these I will never go back.

-Dylan