Auto lights and wipers a year on
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From: Adrian on 6 Jul 2010 10:21 Chelsea Tractor Man <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>> they instantly up the rate as you hit lorry spray then slow again, >>> very good IMHO. >> Mmm. >> >> Excuse me for not being impressed, but I can do that too - just a bit >> earlier... > you do not want it earlier Yes, I do > and one of the times you do not want to be fiddling with minor controls > is as you overtake a truck in a downpour. The only reason to be concerned is because you can't see for that brief moment until the little wiper elf in the dashboard decides he can't see either. Anyway, what's "fiddly" about extending one finger and flicking - without looking?
From: Adrian on 6 Jul 2010 10:28 Chelsea Tractor Man <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>> and one of the times you do not want to be fiddling with minor >>> controls is as you overtake a truck in a downpour. >> The only reason to be concerned is because you can't see for that brief >> moment until the little wiper elf in the dashboard decides he can't see >> either. > I find they do a better job than a two position switch operated by the > driver. We will have to disagree. In what way? They merely start the wipers going, vary the delay between wipes, and stop the wipers. Which bit of that can I not do with one finger and a greater degree of pre-emption?
From: Adrian on 6 Jul 2010 10:44 Chelsea Tractor Man <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> Which bit of that can I not do with one finger and a greater degree of >> pre-emption? > If you think you can always anticipate the rain that will hitting the > windscreen At the very worst, I anticipate it in exactly the same manner as the elf does. At the best, I considerably preempt it. > and fiddle with the intermittent <extends finger, looks at it> What's "fiddly"? > to deal with it as well as the "elf" then go ahead I do, thanks. The wipers are doing what I want them to do, 100% of the time, guaranteed. > I find automation an improvement, would you favour a return to manual > advance and retard? So it's a case of "Any gadget must be better", is it? No gadget at all that you can think of that's a bit un-necessary and pointless? What about lane-departure bottomwobblers? Road sign echoing in the dash? IR night-vision displays in the dash?
From: Mortimer on 6 Jul 2010 10:40 "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:89gpioF6n3U24(a)mid.individual.net... > "Mortimer" <me(a)privacy.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were > saying: > >>>> Auto wipers >>>> I have found the auto wipers great if you leave them off till you >>>> decide wiping is due, then let them get on with it. > >> I've never missed not having auto lights. I can see much less benefit >> than for auto wipers which adjust their intermittent rate to the amount >> of rain. > > I've never missed not having auto-wipers, but I've got variable speed > intermittent, which does make a huge difference. How do you define the delay for variable-speed intermittent? I've always wondered how this is done, having only ever driven cars with two-speed continuous (plus flick-wipe) or else fixed intermittent or auto wipe. > Even so, several of the fleet don't even have fixed-interval > intermittent. <shrug> It's not the end of the world. You just install a > simulation of the delay relay in wetware. You mean you press the flick-wipe control on the wiper stalk each time you need the screen wiping? Yes, that's what I tend to do on the 308 if the intermittent wipe is too frequent or not frequent enough?
From: Adrian on 6 Jul 2010 11:02
"Mortimer" <me(a)privacy.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> I've never missed not having auto-wipers, but I've got variable speed >> intermittent, which does make a huge difference. > How do you define the delay for variable-speed intermittent? Depends. On some it's a separate control, either a rotary cuff on the stalk or a slider. On others, you flick intermittent on and off, pause, then back on. To change the delay, off and get a "mark" wipe, pause, then back on. >> Even so, several of the fleet don't even have fixed-interval >> intermittent. <shrug> It's not the end of the world. You just install a >> simulation of the delay relay in wetware. > You mean you press the flick-wipe control on the wiper stalk each time > you need the screen wiping? Exactly that. |