[switchbak]

Well there's always "don't fuck with the way they had it", or "put it back the way it was".

Also, in Canada "Older cars don't have automatic headlights" has not been true since the 90's. It's only recently we even allow them to turn off when it's running.

The point about not wanting lights in your eyes when working on it makes sense, but you're not going to have the car running very often when it's on a hoist.