hernan1304
Member Since: 28 Feb 2008
Location: Dubai
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crews control wrote:Am I the only one who thinks the design of the wiper stalk is very poor? Even after two years driving, it doesn't seem very intuitive. I still get the front and rear wash pull wrong, and it's way too easy to leave the rear wiper running unintentionally.
No! It's definitely backwards from every other car I've driven. Drives me crazy, especially when the car is clean and I just want to spray the front but end up making a mess in the back...
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 15th Dec 2008 4:02 pm |
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TallPaul
Member Since: 03 Jan 2008
Location: Near Reading
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Agree on the front is the back back-to-front thing! 
I found polishing the windscreen helps improve accuracy (with dedicated glass polish of course, I used Autoglym stuff).
It could be worse, when the EPB was fixed last Friday I had a FL2 for the day and the wipers on that were even worse! Awful!
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| 16th Dec 2008 1:47 pm |
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philhunt
Member Since: 16 Sep 2007
Location: MI5 not 9 to 5
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My front auto wipe is worse in the dark than in the light - often when sitting in traffic in a street-lit road, the screen can be pretty much covered in raindrops before the auto wipe kicks in
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| 17th Dec 2008 12:49 am |
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Bushwanderer
Member Since: 27 Nov 2007
Location: Northern Rivers, NSW, Australia
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Hi Phil,
I think that's your answer.
While I don't have "auto" wipers, mine slow down/stop when I stop. The Bearded Dragon
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| 17th Dec 2008 4:10 am |
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caverD3
Member Since: 03 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
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Treated mine with 'Rainex' it makes a big difference.  “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
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| 17th Dec 2008 4:27 am |
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philhunt
Member Since: 16 Sep 2007
Location: MI5 not 9 to 5
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Bushwanderer wrote:Hi Phil,
I think that's your answer.
While I don't have "auto" wipers, mine slow down/stop when I stop.
I wondered whether speed of the vehicle had an influence but if the stalk is in auto wipe mode when I start the car and the screen has rain on it, the wipers clear the screen as soon as the key is turned.
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| 17th Dec 2008 12:01 pm |
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TallPaul
Member Since: 03 Jan 2008
Location: Near Reading
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There is a speed factor, for example in slow traffic (if you just stopped) it keeps wiping fast for a bit before it slows to intermittent.
Also works faster at motorway speeds.
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| 17th Dec 2008 1:03 pm |
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