Gimmick or great ?

[john johnson]

the auto wipers puzzles me as im looking at a new van with these on are they any good?

[stuartmmcfc]

Originally Posted by john johnson

the auto wipers puzzles me as im looking at a new van with these on are they any good?

I've got them on the fester and I think they're great
But not as good as the voice control for the phone and audio.
Bit of a waste of time for climate control. Its easier and quicker to move my hand 12 inches and just do it

[dest]

I always thought aircon or climate control was something I never needed: open the window!
But after having aircon on various cars and climate on the S4, I am converted!
I can live without it, but its also a nice thing to have.

The heated windscreen on my Cossie was awesome!

The heated seats in my Cav Turbo were never used, I didnt see the point of them

[john johnson]

heated screens are brill, i have taken the van over the car because of this on frosty mornings

[SteveCat]

Electric Lumbar Support on the Honda was one thing I did love about it.

And yes,I had the heated front screen on my S2 RS Turbo.The Ford Quickclear System.Worked really well...

[Martc]

Originally Posted by stuartmmcfc

I've got them on the fester and I think they're great
But not as good as the voice control for the phone and audio.
Bit of a waste of time for climate control. Its easier and quicker to move my hand 12 inches and just do it

Ford Voice control is great!

There is now a message for someone on a Ford Mondeo that I hired a few months ago Basically if the phone book is empty then setup ficticious names against ficticious numbers.

When you use the command to play back the phone book it plays back the entire phone book contents in the order that you put it in, so think of a sentance and split up the words.

It was a long jounrney and I was very very bored!

[pimpdriver]

Originally Posted by martc

ford voice control is great!

There is now a message for someone on a ford mondeo that i hired a few months ago basically if the phone book is empty then setup ficticious names against ficticious numbers.

When you use the command to play back the phone book it plays back the entire phone book contents in the order that you put it in, so think of a sentance and split up the words.

It was a long jounrney and i was very very bored!

lmfao!!!!

[Tim C]

Originally Posted by john johnson

the auto wipers puzzles me as im looking at a new van with these on are they any good?

That they turn on by themselves is only half the story really.
They also vary their speed (and intermittent interval) dependent your speed and the amount of water on the screen.
So there's always enough wiper action without any nasty dry scraping across the screen.
If something splashes you coming the other way they'll immediately go to warp speed leaving your finger free to carry on with what it was doing .

[Martc]

Originally Posted by Tim C

That they turn on by themselves is only half the story really.
They also vary their speed (and intermittent interval) dependent your speed and the amount of water on the screen.
So there's always enough wiper action without any nasty dry scraping across the screen.
If something splashes you coming the other way they'll immediately go to warp speed leaving your finger free to carry on with what it was doing .

I have now had 4 different makes of car with intermittant auto wipers and they all do the same thing which is basically quite annoying. You get very light rain and if you are going at speed it sets off the wipers but there is not enough rain on the screen to stop it from scraping the wiper blades across the screen

In intermittent mode find they either go too fast when they don't need to or they go too slow when they need to go faster.

[Tim C]

Originally Posted by Martc

I have now had 4 different makes of car with intermittant auto wipers and they all do the same thing which is basically quite annoying. You get very light rain and if you are going at speed it sets off the wipers but there is not enough rain on the screen to stop it from scraping the wiper blades across the screen

In intermittent mode find they either go too fast when they don't need to or they go too slow when they need to go faster.

My Navara is the first vehicle I have had with auto wipers. Apart from the odd epileptic fit they seem to work quite well.
It does have a sensitivity adjustment on it though, which needs a tweak occasionally. I don't know whether other manufacturers have that?