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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
If you live in a place that sees freezing temperatures, you likely have had problems with wipers that freeze and windshields that ice up. It's a pain, and even on cars with heated washer systems, it can take ages for them to warm up and start working. Nobody has time for that at 6 a.m. in Detroit in the middle of December, so Ford came up with a better idea.
The VisioWiper system takes the idea of heated washer jets and builds on them, and it's getting its debut in the Lincoln Aviator. See, the main thing that sets the VisioWiper apart from other systems is the fact that the wiper blade itself has a heating element in it, and that it also dispenses heated fluid through nozzles integrated into the blade.
(Score: 2) by epitaxial on Monday December 23 2019, @02:47PM (3 children)
How long until its recalled or breaks? If you want to know what equipment will be on your car in 10 years look at what Mercedes or Audi has on their flagship line.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 23 2019, @05:24PM (2 children)
I'm sorry, but German cars are just as unreliable pieces of shit as American and French cars. Plus, they cost more to fix. If looking for reliability, Japanese cars are unmatched.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 23 2019, @06:06PM (1 child)
From reading some reliability reports, the German brands may (on average) be worse than the USA brands--looking at the most recent 10 years or so.
Also, the Korean brands are trying to piggyback on the well earned reliability reputation of the Japanese brands...but I don't think the Koreans are really there yet?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 23 2019, @09:43PM
They won't get there until they stop eating puppies and start eating whales.