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Rain Sensing Wipers

posted by  geo1 on  Tue Oct 19 15:11 CST 2004
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My V70 has rain sensing wipers and I'm not impressed. Anyone else have an opinion?
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What a waste of money...

posted by  KlausC on  Wed Oct 20 06:19 CST 2004
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Are we all so dumb we don't know how to turn the wipers on? Or when to turn them off? Us guys in the midwest sometimes like to see the windshield get good an wet before the wipers encounter half dried bug guts/oil.
I put Rain-X on my wind shield and when it is just misting, I dont want the wipers going, the drops just blow off. Besides, is the system smart enough to differentiate between rain/snow/sleet?
I know how to turn the wipers on/off, I just wish my 850 had multiple levels of intermittant wiping, instead of the every 7 second interval.

Klaus
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95 854T(85K mi), 88 245(165K mi)








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What a waste of money...

posted by  tonyg on  Thu Oct 21 11:42 CST 2004
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You can purchase an intermittant relay, giving your 850 variable speeds. I purchased mine from IPD years ago. They don't sell it anymore because I think word got out that you could purchase the relay much cheaper elsewhere. I think the relay is used by Volkswagon.
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What a waste of money...

posted by  geo1 on  Wed Oct 20 15:52 CST 2004
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I agree.
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Rain Sensing Wipers 850 1996

posted by  someone claiming to be Rob on  Wed Oct 20 04:00 CST 2004 [RELATED]

My s60 has them too. I don't get enough rain here in So. Cal for it to really matter much. But them seem cool when they are on. On the other hand its just one more thing that might break down the road...

Rob

96 854 113,000 miles
04 S60 2.5T 10,000 miles








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Rain Sensing Wipers

posted by  someone claiming to be Vic on  Tue Oct 19 23:58 CST 2004 [RELATED]

Why not?

I don't own a car with that feature but I wish that it was a possible add-on feature for older cars as I like the idea.







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Rain Sensing Wipers

posted by  geo1 on  Wed Oct 20 04:47 CST 2004
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very hard to regulate the speed.







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