Snow Driving Observations
03-23-2018, 05:00 PM
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On the wiper issue, how did you have your climate controls adjusted?
On my Audis, I have always found it best to manually override the venting direction so that heat is going to the windshield when I am in wintry mountains. I don't mean the "max defrost" button, but just the top button in the three that direct more air to windshield, dash vents, and floor vents, respectively. I keep the set temperature anywhere from 60F and up, i.e. I don't cook myself if I am in heavy clothing already. I also might manually run up the fan speed a few clicks since the automatic mode often runs too slowly to really ventilate.
I have never had my wipers freeze up in the Sierra Nevada. But, I had older B5 A4s and now a Q3 so don't know if the B9 is very different in this regard...
On my Audis, I have always found it best to manually override the venting direction so that heat is going to the windshield when I am in wintry mountains. I don't mean the "max defrost" button, but just the top button in the three that direct more air to windshield, dash vents, and floor vents, respectively. I keep the set temperature anywhere from 60F and up, i.e. I don't cook myself if I am in heavy clothing already. I also might manually run up the fan speed a few clicks since the automatic mode often runs too slowly to really ventilate.
I have never had my wipers freeze up in the Sierra Nevada. But, I had older B5 A4s and now a Q3 so don't know if the B9 is very different in this regard...
03-23-2018, 11:13 PM
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My Toyota RAV4 2008 has a heated windshield based where the wipers rest on.... but for some reason Audi or European manufactures DO NOT or have never seemed to offer that feature. I don't know why.......
03-24-2018, 05:29 AM
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My guess is for energy efficiency as well as added cost. Just burns more electricity/gas and isn't needed 99% of the time. I could have used it once this winter, but it was literally 1 day out of 365. If it happened to be on the weekend, I would have just stayed home (so 0 out of 365 days). Replacement glass would cost a lot more since it would have that heater pads build in to those wiper areas.
I could see it being really useful for the mid-US belt where the snow falling has a lot of moisture in it. My 2008 GMC had heated washer fluid which was great for this problem as well as bugs, but that is no more as well (in full honesty, it only got used a handful of times as well).
I could see it being really useful for the mid-US belt where the snow falling has a lot of moisture in it. My 2008 GMC had heated washer fluid which was great for this problem as well as bugs, but that is no more as well (in full honesty, it only got used a handful of times as well).
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