Zarger said:
If you don't already use it - get RainX on your windows it is AWSOME, used it for years. In heavy rain/overtaking trucks in the wet, don't need the wipers, weird thing is need wipers more in light drizzle.
Just Buy Some !!!! :!: :!: :!:
I back this up all the way, have been a Rain x user (the wife calls it spray away) for last 8 or so years and swear by it. As Zarger states it eliminates the need to use wipers almost entirely, I find an occassional wipe at low speeds required or a quick squirt on the loud pedal breaks the waters adhesion to the screen and it simply blows away.
My only word of caution is that it can be too good at it's job and in heavy rain where everyone else is struggling to see out the screen a car with Rain X can still safely drive at normal speed which can catch out other drivers who think you are doing 45 on mway when in fact you are doing considerably more and they pull out in your path.
You do also get some strage looks from other road users who probably think your wipers are broken. This also reminds me of a story my grandad used to tell me when I was a nipper about how drivers used to inadequate or non existent wipers would cut a potato in half and rub this on the screen as the starch had a similar effect in preventing the rain from adhering to the glass... not sure if it was one of his storys or actually had some factual basis and tbh have never tried it.
