I'm surprised nobody has mentioned it... the reason it's a problem to remember to turn on the headlights when they should be turned on has less to do with the fact that the DRLs are there and a lot more to do with the fact that the instrument lights are always on... at least that's why I forget
I have no problem with DRLs (ya, would be nice if I could turn them off when I need to), but WTF kind of safety feature is having the instrument lights on all the time?? Used to be that when I couldn't see the little hash marks between the MPH marks (on my old car), I would turn on the lights (dusk, dawn, overcast, etc), but now I don't have that point of reference.
Has anybody done a mod to turn off the instrument lights when only DRLs are on??
I've tried the "lights on always", but I've drained enough batteries in my life that I have a very strong habit of turning off the lights when I park the car... I'm working on it...