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Jedi Knight
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After over a century of motor car production you would have thought the manufacturers would have perfected a system that would wash your windscreen without freezing. I can't think of one modern I've had over the last 20 years that did not freeze up when the temperature approaches freezing. And who had the bright idea of linking wiper operation to the water jet. Turn the washers on and they're frozen - result an even bigger smear than the one you were trying to clear as the wipers spread the salt and unburnt diesel produced by the lorry you were passing all across your field of view.
My previous car was a Rover 620 Turbo. It has to be one of the warmest engine compartments out so what do Rover do. They stuff the washer bottle right at the front of the engine compartment where the cold airflow blows over the bottle keeping all that warm engine heat away from the bottle. They the route the washer feed the cold side of the various bulkheads around the engine, just to make sure there is no chance of the water getting warm.
Hey I'm really getting warmed up now!!!
Peugeot 405. Classic washer design. NOT! Who had the stupid idea of running the washer pipes along the wiper, smack bang in that cold airflow. Result, any temperature below about 3 degrees and they froze.
In fact the only car I have had that doesn't freeze is the Healey that has the washer bottle inside the engine compartment being kept warm by around 600lbs of internally heated cast iron. However I don't tend to run the Healey in the cold weather that much as I don't tend to insure it over the winter!!!!
So I've had my rant. What do other people hate about modern car design that you think should have been designed out decades ago.
Come on, vent your spleens.....
My previous car was a Rover 620 Turbo. It has to be one of the warmest engine compartments out so what do Rover do. They stuff the washer bottle right at the front of the engine compartment where the cold airflow blows over the bottle keeping all that warm engine heat away from the bottle. They the route the washer feed the cold side of the various bulkheads around the engine, just to make sure there is no chance of the water getting warm.
Hey I'm really getting warmed up now!!!
Peugeot 405. Classic washer design. NOT! Who had the stupid idea of running the washer pipes along the wiper, smack bang in that cold airflow. Result, any temperature below about 3 degrees and they froze.
In fact the only car I have had that doesn't freeze is the Healey that has the washer bottle inside the engine compartment being kept warm by around 600lbs of internally heated cast iron. However I don't tend to run the Healey in the cold weather that much as I don't tend to insure it over the winter!!!!
So I've had my rant. What do other people hate about modern car design that you think should have been designed out decades ago.
Come on, vent your spleens.....