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from the your-windshield-will-thank-you dept.
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: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 23 2019, @05:14PM
alternate anecdote:
A good friend lives at the end of a dirt road in Vermont. For years he had rear-drive cars with positraction (locking rear differential) and with studded snow tires he could get up his very steep, 500 foot long gravel driveway, as long as the snow wasn't too deep. Come the era of SUVs everywhere with 4wd or awd and his visitors were unable to climb the driveway with all season tires (with all 4 wheels driving).
For certain conditions real snow tires are a world of difference, much better than all seasons.
In my case, all seasons are fine--I work from home and rarely have to go out early in the morning. By the time I go out, the roads have usually been cleared.