"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 27 Dec 2014 22:53:07 -0500, Someone Else >
> wrote:
>
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>> >
>> > "Someone Else" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >> sf wrote:
>> >>> On Wed, 24 Dec 2014 22:21:19 -0500, Someone Else >
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> sf wrote:
>> >>>>> On Wed, 24 Dec 2014 18:58:23 -0500, Someone Else >
>> >>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>> >>>>>>> On 12/23/2014 8:45 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> >>>>>>>> On 12/23/2014 8:31 PM, sf wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 20:10:12 -0500, Someone Else
>> >>>>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>>> I don't bother with things like extra anti-glare,
>> >>>>>>>>>>> anti-reflective or
>> >>>>>>>>>>> anti-fog coatings. I don't drive in conditions which
>> >>>>>>>>>>> require them.
>> >>>>>>>>>>> Fog might be a problem where you live.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Transitions lenses don't work in modern cars. The UV
>> >>>>>>>>>> protection in
>> >>>>>>>>>> the
>> >>>>>>>>>> glass prevents them from darkening.
>> >>>>>>>>> My glasses will be very surprised to hear that.
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> So will mine. Then again, I don't have windows tinted so
>> >>>>>>>> darkly that
>> >>>>>>>> the cops CAN'T see inside the car.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Jill
>> >>>>>> Replying to yourself?
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> The UV protection in the factory glass is what keeps the
>> >>>>>> dashboards in
>> >>>>>> newer cars from cracking, too. That is the main reason behind
>> >>>>>> the filter.
>> >>>>> How did you transfer little tidbit of information over to
>> >>>>> transition
>> >>>>> glasses? My glasses work just fine in my car. If the car's UV
>> >>>>> window
>> >>>>> protection keeps them from turning even darker, why is that a
>> >>>>> problem?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Please do bestow your oh so uninformed opinion on the unwashed
>> >>>>> masses.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>> It's not my opinion - it's a fact. My Transitions - new this
>> >>>> year-don't
>> >>>> darken in either of my cars. I asked the optometrist about that
>> >>>> and he
>> >>>> told me about the glass in the cars. I researched it online and
>> >>>> found
>> >>>> the same information and ended u buying real sunglasses.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> When I get into the car, they lighten and stay that way even on a
>> >>>> sunny
>> >>>> day. If I roll the driver's window down I have seen the left lens
>> >>>> darken and the right stay clear if the sun hits them right. This is
>> >>>> all
>> >>>> over the internet and even on their own website so check it our
>> >>>> before
>> >>>> you start attacking me, or anyone else.
>> >>> I don't need to check the internet to decide you're weird. Your car
>> >>> windows have great UV protection and you're saying your lenses don't
>> >>> work. What kind of logic is that? They don't turn into sunglasses
>> >>> because they don't need to. You seem to have lots of disposable
>> >>> income, so if you want to wear sunglasses, buy yourself a pair and
>> >>> wear them. Knock yourself out and buy designer glasses while you're
>> >>> at it just so you can name the brand here.
>> >>>
>> >> You missed the point. I have sunglasses. Others are saying their
>> >> Transitions lenses work in their cars. Mine don't. They don't work
>> >> in my friends 2009 F-150 either.
>> >
>> > I do remember a person telling me this when I got my glasses that they
>> > wouldn't work in a car. I told her that mine always did. And they
>> > still seem to. Now it could be that it is the UV protection that
>> > doesn't work but they do get dark and that's all that matters for me.
>> > If the car has UV protection built in... Right?
>> >
>> Correct. And most newer cars do.
>
> How do you know the UV protection isn't working? If they're getting
> dark the UV protection is working.

I don't know about that. You can get cheap sunglasses with no UV protection
but it all seems a moot point if the car has it anyway.