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Tim in Scotland



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Also to add to the confusion the rear wiper will come on automatically if you have the front wipers on either rainsensing or continuous and engage reverse gear.
When you have the wipers on constant or auto and stop in traffic have you noticed that they stop and go to a long interval intermittent wipe and revert to full speed when the car hits a fixed speed........

With the head lamps I get them washed whenever the headlamps are on and I push the button on the end of the wiper stalk, which also operates the windscreen washer at the same time.

During the summer I had the wipers set to auto and they came on even if it wasn't raining........... on investigation I had squashed flies on the area where the sensor is so it thought it was raining and turned the wipers on to intermittent. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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MDP



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If money could be saved by opting not to have rain sensor wipers ,then great, I would opt not to have them! Mad I want to be in control of when I wash/wipe both front & rear screens. I also think being able to jet/power wash the headlamps when you decide too is also better than every fifth time. 
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caporajm



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to add to that, my dealer said the same thing with regards to that adjusting the front wipers. So they were also misinformed RRS S/C Special Edition, Vesuvius

Post #3273 Thu Oct 13 2005 6:48am
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d3matt



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Tim in Scotland wrote:
Also to add to the confusion the rear wiper will come on automatically if you have the front wipers on either rainsensing or continuous and engage reverse gear.
When you have the wipers on constant or auto and stop in traffic have you noticed that they stop and go to a long interval intermittent wipe and revert to full speed when the car hits a fixed speed........


Most (decent) cars do this don't they? All my past BMW & Merc's have done this. Even very old models. Matt
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RRS ownership for 1 yr, then D3 for 2 yrs. Then cut back to old bangers and working my way back up through two Peugeots in 6 months. Now got Saab 9-5 2.3t and enjoying the performance!

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d3matt



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MDP wrote:
If money could be saved by opting not to have rain sensor wipers ,then great, I would opt not to have them! Mad I want to be in control of when I wash/wipe both front & rear screens. I also think being able to jet/power wash the headlamps when you decide too is also better than every fifth time.


I completely agree. While I like gadgets and extras on my cars, auto wipers (and auto headlamps) is something I'd rather not have. The auto wipers would be okay, if you still had the option to put them on an old-fashioned variable delay timer as well. Matt
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RRS ownership for 1 yr, then D3 for 2 yrs. Then cut back to old bangers and working my way back up through two Peugeots in 6 months. Now got Saab 9-5 2.3t and enjoying the performance!

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