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#15 of 23 Re: Frozen Wiper Blades [tiff_c] by british_rover Dec 03, 2007 (10:33 am)
Replying to: tiff_c (Dec 03, 2007 10:09 am) Yeah a few cars do. Land Rover has it on all of their models as do some Jags and Astons. I think Toyota might have it on a couple of vehicles and it is an option on UK market Fords. Replies to this message: tiff_c (Dec 03, 2007 10:42 am)
#16 of 23 Re: Frozen Wiper Blades [british_rover] by tiff_c Dec 03, 2007 (10:42 am)
Replying to: british_rover (Dec 03, 2007 10:33 am) Yeah a few cars do. Land Rover has it on all of their models as do some Jags and Astons. I think Toyota might have it on a couple of vehicles and it is an option on UK market Fords.   Cool info, thanks! I did hear about some sort of windscreen in cars a few years back that had a coating or something on it and you couldn't use a radar detector as a result. I'm so used to clapping my wipers and blasting the defroster that I'd probably forget I even had a heated windscreen or a heated outside mirror.
#17 of 23 Re: Frozen Wiper Blades [capri33] by technoblue2007 Dec 05, 2007 (10:21 pm)
Replying to: capri33 (Dec 03, 2007 9:11 am) Measure your both wipers, the front wipes are probably 2 different sizes. At the Wal-xxxx near where I live I got Ansco Winter wiper blades for $5.88 each. The winter blades are enclosed in a thin rubber over the normally open parts of an all season wiper blade so they don't freeze up. They are pretty easy to replace yourself (as long as you aren't out in the freezing cold with numb fingers). Here is a link for that show the different types of wiper arm attachments and has a video showing how to change blades. http://www.acdelco.com/parts/wiper-blades/installation.jsp Good Luck!!
#19 of 23 MINI Cooper: Traction on slippery roads by dem55 Oct 22, 2007 (7:08 pm)
We're ready to sell our European sportwagon for a Cooper, but wondering how good its traction is on wet or snowy roads. Any comments?
#20 of 23 Snow by justgiuls Oct 09, 2008 (5:51 pm)
How does the car handle in snow?? Replies to this message: bodble2 (Oct 16, 2008 1:49 pm) ex_tdier (Dec 22, 2008 10:05 pm) theSwitchback (Feb 02, 2009 11:41 am)
#21 of 23 Re: Snow [justgiuls] by bodble2 Oct 16, 2008 (1:49 pm)
Replying to: justgiuls (Oct 09, 2008 5:51 pm) As long as the snow is not too deep, it'd be fine. Replies to this message: ex_tdier (Dec 22, 2008 10:05 pm)
#22 of 23 Re: Snow [bodble2] by ex_tdier Dec 22, 2008 (10:05 pm)
Replying to: bodble2 (Oct 16, 2008 1:49 pm) Some dude in his mini cooper today went through over a foot of snow. I dunno if he had all season tires or snows, but in all likelihood he didnt have winter tires as 99.99% of the folks where we live only use all season or summer tires.
#23 of 23 Re: Snow [justgiuls] by theSwitchback Feb 02, 2009 (11:41 am)
Replying to: justgiuls (Oct 09, 2008 5:51 pm) As long as you've got the right tyres on the car, it can be great fun, and very predictable, see here for example.

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