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#10 of 23 Frozen Wiper Blades by capri33 Dec 03, 2007 (9:11 am)
Anybody had this experience before? It was cold (about 25 degree) and raining last night. There was ice building up on the wiper. I removed the ice on the blades, but the blades were straighten up by the cold, so they couldn't fully touch the glass and wipe the rain off. Anybody had this problem before? What should I do? Shouldn't this only be happening to the cheap metal or rubber? But my wipers are from Mini... Replies to this message: tiff_c (Dec 03, 2007 9:32 am) british_rover (Dec 03, 2007 10:07 am) tiff_c (Dec 03, 2007 10:09 am) and 3 more... technoblue2007 (Dec 05, 2007 10:21 pm)
#11 of 23 Re: Frozen Wiper Blades [capri33] by tiff_c Dec 03, 2007 (9:32 am)
Replying to: capri33 (Dec 03, 2007 9:11 am) Yeah millions of times just lift up the wiper when it's moving and drop it back onto the windshield a few times. Be quick as you just want it to bang onto the windshield to shake the ice off. All cars do this unless they have heated wiper blades. Replies to this message: british_rover (Dec 03, 2007 10:07 am) tiff_c (Dec 03, 2007 10:09 am) capri33 (Dec 03, 2007 10:14 am) british_rover (Dec 03, 2007 10:33 am) and 1 more...
#12 of 23 Re: Frozen Wiper Blades [tiff_c] by british_rover Dec 03, 2007 (10:07 am)
Replying to: tiff_c (Dec 03, 2007 9:32 am) Or heated windshields. Replies to this message: tiff_c (Dec 03, 2007 10:09 am) capri33 (Dec 03, 2007 10:14 am) british_rover (Dec 03, 2007 10:33 am) tiff_c (Dec 03, 2007 10:42 am)
#13 of 23 Re: Frozen Wiper Blades [british_rover] by tiff_c Dec 03, 2007 (10:09 am)
Replying to: british_rover (Dec 03, 2007 10:07 am) Or heated windshields.   Do they really have heated windshields now? Replies to this message: capri33 (Dec 03, 2007 10:14 am) british_rover (Dec 03, 2007 10:33 am) tiff_c (Dec 03, 2007 10:42 am)
#14 of 23 Re: Frozen Wiper Blades [tiff_c] by capri33 Dec 03, 2007 (10:14 am)
Replying to: tiff_c (Dec 03, 2007 10:09 am) I see. Thanks a lot.
#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?

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