Таня потушила габариты, выключила зажигание. Слежки она не замечала.

I understand that she turned off the engine (выключила зажигание) and she didn't notice anyone following her (не замечала слежки). But what did she do first when she "blew out the clearance"?

The person who was following her was Kutsy, and when he lost her his boss was angry and called him a понтярщик. Can you tell me what a понтярщик is?

"Понтярщик ты. Куцый, - злобно шипел Мрамор. - Дешевый понтярщик!"

"габариты" - parking lights; side marker lights;
"ближний свет - дальний свет" = low beams - high beams;

Плюс, конечно, некоторые коллеги предложили пару терминов из не совсем, ... э-э-э, .... той области.
Мы ведь о ЛЕГКОВЫХ АВТОМОБИЛЯХ говорим - так ведь ? :-))

Подытожим:
1) габариты - в США Parking lights, Running lights (archaic)
в Англии sidelights (note that "clearance lamps" is NOT used)
2) ближний свет - в США Low beams, в Англии dipped beams
3) дальний свет - в США High beams, Brights
в Англии - full beam ( as in " I was driving on full beam")

2&3 are called Headlights
To switch from 3 to 2 is To turn down your lights
Taillights or Tail lights are the red lights in back,
which are on whenever 1, 2, or 3 are on in front.
In addition to these, you have the Brake lights and
Reverse lights in the back as well.
Parking lights is obviously an anachronism - perhaps
they originally were created in the early 1900s to be
used for parking; nowadays, nobody uses them for this
purpose, but the name remains.

Такие вот пироги :-)

Phrases "parking lights" and "running lights" are widely used in the States and are still pretty much alive in the language. But never mind - brilliant research, sir!

Заходите в carnotzet (кстати - еще один термин для поста "а ля гер" - швейцарский погребок, что дома, что в ресторане) - и берете, скажем, 5 деси "Шмен де фер"...

Потом ещё.

Далее - см. пункт 1 Инструкции по пользованию :-))